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Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo Concert
McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CAOran Etkin brings "Clara Net" and a host of instruments and special guests for this Timbalooloo concert, which celebrates the release of his album "Finding...
10/06/2019: 10:30 am - 11:30 pm
Take Me Out To The Ball Game: Popular Music And The National Pastime Exhibit
Grammy Museum, L.A., CA10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sun.-Mon. Wed.-Thur., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. March 14-Oct. 7. The unique relationship between baseball and music will be explored in this exhibit,...
10/06/2019: 10:30 am - 6:30 pm
The Nocturnals Storytime Event
Vroman’s Hastings Ranch, Pasadena, CAIn support of Bullying Prevention Month, Fabled Films Press partners with Vroman's Bookstore for an extra special storytime featuring the acclaimed Grow & Read book...
10/06/2019: 10:30 am - 11:30 am
826LA@Hammer: Pouring Your Emotions into a Song
Hammer Museum, Westwood, CAAre you feelin' it? What is it about a song that makes you feel happy, sad, energized, or invincible - like you could take on...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Air Land Sea: A Lithographic Suite by William Crutchfield
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CAnoon-5 p.m. Mon., Wed.-Thur., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 19-Nov. 4. Just one look at a Crutchfield lithograph and you know he...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Bowers Family Festival
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CAAt today's Indian Diwali Festival, you can listen to live musical and dance performances all day long! Internationally acclaimed choreographer Ramya Harishankar’s Arpana Dance Co....
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art Exhibition
LACMA, L.A., CA11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Tues., Thurs., 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 22-Dec. 8. Lions, dogs, horses, oxen, cats, fish, insects, birds,...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hammer Projects: Max Hooper Schneider
Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA11 a.m.–8 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 21-Jan. 19. This immersive installation, which is Schneider's first solo museum show, reveals his background in...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Hello Kitty Friends "Around The World" Tour
LA Plaza Village, L.A., CA11 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-1o p.m. Thur.-Fri., 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sun. Sept. 20-Oct. 20. To celebrate Hello Kitty's 45th anniversary,...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence Exhibition
Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA11 a.m.–8 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 29-Jan. 5. The Hammer is presenting the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Make Your Mark in the Park
Grand Park, L.A., CAFor the 8th year, Grand Park transforms into a giant experimental drawing studio as it partners again with Ryman Arts to present The Big Draw...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Museum of Monsters
Museum of Monsters, L.A., CA11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues.- Sun. Oct. 6-Nov. 18. Enter a world of benevolent monsters, furry encounters and interactions with Monster Slime when you venture into...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thomas Joshua Cooper: The World's Edge Exhibition
LACMA, L.A., CA11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Tues., Thurs., 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 22-Jan. 26. Thomas Joshua Cooper is a photographer who is...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tricks for Treats Workshop
Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, Playa Vista , CATraining builds a common language between humans and their animals and helps develop trust and a healthy relationship. Help strengthen the bond between you and...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine Exhibit
Annenberg Space For Photography, Century City, CA11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Oct. 5-Dec. 29. This Annenberg photography exhibition takes a historical look at civilization’s relationship with barriers, both real and imagined. It...
10/06/2019: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Fun in the Sun: Photography Workshop
Getty Center, L.A., CAThis free, drop-in program focuses on solar-powered art. By arranging flowers, leaves, letters, stencils and other materials on light sensitive fabric and then exposing it...
10/06/2019: 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest
Big Bear Lake Convention Center, Big Bear, CAnoon-midnight Sat., noon-6 p.m. Sun. Sept. 7-Nov. 2. Oktoberfest is such a big deal in Big Bear that it begins in Sept. and ends in...
10/06/2019: 12:00 pm - 11:59 pm
California's Route 66: Hiding In Plain Sight Exhibition
Santa Monica History Museum, Santa Monica, CAnoon-8 p.m. Tues., Thurs., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed., Fri.-Sat. June 29-Oct. 19. America's most famous road, Route 66, ended in Santa Monica, so it is...
10/06/2019: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn to Speak Nahuatl at LA Plaza
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, L.A., CALA Plaza de Cultura y Artes invites the public (ages 6 and older) to learn a little Huasteca Nahuatl, the language that over a million...
10/06/2019: 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Really Awesome Improv Show
The Second City Hollywood, Hollywood, Californianoon Sat.-Sun., This fast-paced and high-energy improv comedy show is a fun for all-ages improv show. N ow celebrating a 9-year run, RAIS features improv...
10/06/2019: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Absolutely Halloween
Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica, CA2 p.m. Sat., 12:30 p.m. Sun. Oct. 5-27. A local Halloween tradition, this magical, original Rudie-DeCarlo musical adventure tells the story of a sweet young...
10/06/2019: 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Andell Family Sundays
LACMA, L.A., CA12:30-3:30 p.m. Oct 6, 13, 20, 27. Get artistic on a Sunday afternoon at LACMA. In October, this drop-in family program is themed around "Animals...
10/06/2019: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
7th Annual FandangObon FestivalÂ
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, L.A., CAWhat is FandangObon? It is a family-geared festival that bridges the participatory music and dance traditions of Fandango of Veracruz, Mexico and the Japanese Buddhist...
10/06/2019: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Alpine Village Oktoberfest's Family Sundays
Alpine Village, Torrance, CA1-6 p.m. Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27. While this Oktaberfest operates on Fridays and Saturdays, those are 21-and-over affairs - it's Sunday when Alpine Village...
10/06/2019: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Blue Man Group: Speechless
Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA8 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. Sept. 24-Oct. 6. Spread the word - the Blue Man Group's new...
10/06/2019: 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm