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Rise Up L.A. - A Century of Votes for Women
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County celebrates the 19th Amendment’s centennial year with this exhibition. With an online component and the video premiere...
08/18/2020 - 12/31/2020: All Day
‘Deep Connections’ Passageway Photo Exhibit at Union Station
Union Station, Los Angeles, CA“Deep Connections,” a new photo exhibition featuring black-and-white photos of the people and machines who do the underground construction of the Metro, is in the...
09/22/2020 - 01/31/2021: All Day
Grand Park's Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Grand Park, Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe eighth annual Grand Park's Downtown Día de los Muertos features a mix of digital programs, including an online arts-based workshop, digital ofrendas and audio storytelling, along with socially...
10/24/2020 - 11/04/2020: 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Not So Spooky Farm- A Drive Thru Experience
SilverLakes Athletic Complex, Norco, CaliforniaNot So Spooky Farm is a family friendly and all-ages activation created to keep the Halloween spirit alive. The fully immersive experience is a drive-through...
10/26/2020 - 11/29/2020: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Read with Mrs. R
Mrs. R. wants to inspire your child with a love of reading! Her read-alouds are interactive, entertaining, and educational (shh, don't tell the kids!) Your...
11/01/2020: All Day
Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic Exhibition
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Enter the wonderful of Disney as this amazing exhibit presents over 400 items of Disneyana, including props, artwork, costumes, and many...
11/01/2020: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Soot and Water: Gyotaku Records of Catalina Exhibition
Catalina Island Museum, Avalon, CA10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. through Nov. 1. Gyotaku prints were conceived in mid-19th century Japan as a way to record impressive fishing catching. They also...
11/01/2020: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
L.A. Times Festival of Books: Chicken of the Sea
This whimsical and unexpected picture book originated in the 5-year-old mind of Ellison Nguyen, son of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen. Father and son...
11/01/2020: 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Spider Pavilion
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CAThe arachnids return to the Natural History Museum. Walk through the open-air pavilion and marvel at these shy and fragile creatures. You’ll see a variety...
11/01/2020: 11:20 am - 5:00 pm
Exploring Your Universe at UCLA
Exploring Your Universe (EYU) draws in thousands of children, parents and friends from the Los Angeles community to our campus every year on the first...
11/01/2020: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Forest Lawn Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Forest Lawn will continue its tradition of bringing authentic Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations to the community with this year’s virtual...
11/01/2020: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Knott's Taste of Fall-O-Ween
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAKnott’s Taste of Fall-o-Ween comes to the Buena Park theme park’s California Marketplace. Guests of all ages can dress in costume – with protective face...
11/01/2020: 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Palligator Show
The 5th Annual BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre will be a little different this year. But despite the challenges of this worldwide pandemic,...
11/01/2020: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
L.A. Times Festival of Books: Natalie Portman
L.A. Times Film Critic Justin Chang welcomes Academy Award-winning actress, director, producer, activist and debut children’s author, Natalie Portman, for a discussion and reading from her...
11/01/2020: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Tovangaar Today Virtual Celebration
Before the name “Los Angeles” was ever written on a map, there was Tovaangar: a gathering place and nurturing home for the Tongva people. Co-curated...
11/01/2020: 4:00 pm
Happy Halloween, a Family Drive-Thru Experience
This fun family experience includes a monster ally, a Jurassic adventure with life-size dinosaurs, strolling magicians and illusionists, a Dia de los Muertos zone, drive-through...
11/01/2020: 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Urban Legends of Southern California
OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CAThis scary experience is best for ages 12 and up. However, a Little Legends Night for ages 12 and younger is planned for 5-7 p.m....
11/01/2020: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm