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Castle Builder: Build Your Kingdom
Discovery Cube Orange County, Santa Ana, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12-Jan. 27. Kids can learn how to be the master of their castle, but building one and finding out run it...
10/12/2019 - 01/27/2020: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Petersen Youth Workshop: The Science of Cars
Petersen Automotive Museum, L.A., CAOne of the most important technological innovations in history, the automobile exemplifies the intersection of art, society, and science. Cars serve as excellent demonstrations of...
10/19/2019 - 10/27/2019: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Carved
Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA6:30–10:30 p.m. Oct. 23–27. Debuting at Descanso this Halloween season is this new jack o’lantern extravaganza. Lining a mile-long path through the Camellia Forest and...
10/23/2019 - 10/27/2019: 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Fantasy World: Italian Americans in Animation Exhibition
The Italian Museum of Los Angeles, L.A., CA10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues.-Sun. through Jan. 26. Spanning a century of animation history, this exhibit focuses the lives and work of Italian American artists, writers,...
10/24/2019: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Halloween at Madame Tussauds Hollywood
Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Hollywood, CA10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sun.-Thur., 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Oct. 1-Nov. 1. Halloween is all about costumes and frights, and you can get both at Madame...
10/24/2019: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley Exhibit
The Autry Museum of the American West, L.A., CA10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tue.–Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. March 31-Jan. 5. A Minnesota Chippewa, artist David Bradley has explored questions regarding identity, self-determination and the...
10/24/2019: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Kids Club at Palisades Village
Palisades Village, Pacific Palisades, CAEnjoy a weekly dose of fun, including music, entertainment and other fun for youngsters.
10/24/2019: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Louis Vuitton X Exhibition
Louis Vuitton X Exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sun. through Nov. 10. Explore the fashion house’s 160-year history of collaborations. This temporary installation features over 180...
10/24/2019: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
The Elevated Eye: Aerial Photography Past and Present Exhibit
Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Oct. 10–March 8. Explore the history of aerial photography - from its origins in the 19th century to the boundary-pushing technologies...
10/24/2019: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Pequenos Rockeros
Cayton Children’s Museum, Santa Monica, CAAre you ready to rock?! Join the museum's very own resident rock star, Luis, for a rockin' great time! Youngsters will bounce out to rock...
10/24/2019: 10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Bookworms
LA County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia,Families can explore the Arboretum Library and its great story trees! Come enjoy stories and a take-home craft involving the theme: "Watch Out! Adventures Await...
10/24/2019: 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Hallowe’en Spooktacular
Bob Baker Marionette Theater, L.A., CA7:30 p.m. Thur., 10:30 a.m. Fri., 11:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Sept. 21-Nov. 3. Over 100 Halloween-inspired puppets, from glow-in-the-dark skeletons to “xylo-bone” playing ghouls,...
10/24/2019: 10:30 am - 8:30 pm
Storytime Adventures!
Snooknuk Cafe, Los Angeles, CAThis Storytime Adventure features its very own Storytelling Crew and there will also be special guest story-tellers and puppeteers to entertain the little ones. Storytime...
10/24/2019: 10:30 am - 11:00 am
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...
10/24/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 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,...
10/24/2019: 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...
10/24/2019: 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...
10/24/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 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...
10/24/2019: 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...
10/24/2019: 11:00 am - 5:00 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...
10/24/2019: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
"Take Eight" Beach Clean-Up with Santa Monica's Shore Hotel
Shore Hotel, Santa Monica, CASanta Monica's eco-friendly Shore Hotel is turning eight and they are celebrating by giving back to the environment with the “Take Eight” beach clean-up at...
10/24/2019: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Anastasia
Hollywood Pantages, Hollywood, CA8 p.m. Tues.-Fri. 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. Oct. 8-Oct. 27. A shroud of uncertainty surrounded the fate of the...
10/24/2019: 1:00 pm - 10:30 pm
On Beckett
Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City, CA8 p.m. Tues-Fri, 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. Sept. 13-Oct. 27. Bill Irwin is a Tony Award-winning actor, and MacArthur,...
10/24/2019: 1:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Music Man
Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA8 p.m. Oct. 18, 25; 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Oct. 19, 26; 2 p.m. Oct. 20; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24; 1 p.m. Oct. 27. There...
10/24/2019: 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Little Women
Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre, CA8 p.m. Thur.-Fri., 2:30 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat. 2:30 Sun. (no show on Oct. 31). Oct. 17-Nov. 3. The Sierra Madre Playhouse premieres a new...
10/24/2019: 2:30 pm - 10:00 pm