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SOAR at South Coast Botanic Garden
South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes, CASouth Coast Botanic’s butterfly experience SOAR features a new pavilion with live tropical butterflies. The SOAR experience begins outside with South Botanic’s new garden area...
04/01/2021 - 07/31/2021: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Lygia Pape. Tupinambá
Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAOpening April 24, ‘Lygia Pape. Tupinambá’ is the first solo exhibition in Los Angeles dedicated to Brazilian artist Lygia Pape whose wholly original language favors the primacy of the viewer’s sensorial experience...
04/24/2021 - 08/01/2021: All Day
Barnsdall Virtual Art Fair
Barnsdall Art Center’s annual art fair shifts online due to temporary closure of the park. The 3-month long virtual art fair is a fundraiser that...
05/01/2021 - 07/31/2021: All Day
Pick Your Own Blueberries
Somis Farm Center, Somis, CAUnderwood Family Farms’ blueberries are in season at its Somis Farm Center location where you can pick your own. Blueberries are $5.29/lb. Strawberries are still...
05/15/2021 - 07/10/2021: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
RECONNECTING: A Vision of Unity by Kengo Kito
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAOne of Japan’s most innovative contemporary artists, Kengo Kito, focuses on interconnectedness in a time of healing with his first U.S. exhibition, “reconnecting; A Vision...
06/16/2021 - 09/06/2021: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Portraits of Freedom: Building a Life in L.A.
Grand Park, Los Angeles, CaliforniaThis month-long public art installation applies an artistic lens to celebrate the diverse communities in L.A. County. It will feature photography and video exhibitions at...
07/01/2021 - 07/31/2021: All Day
Moon Jelly Experience
Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CACome see a new wonder at Birch Aquarium. The Hall of Fishes exhibit is excited to launch its new 600-gallon cylindrical jelly experience. This is...
07/01/2021 - 08/31/2021: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Bubblefest
Discover Cube Orange Couty, Santa Ana, CAThe bubbles are back at this family friendly event. Filled with interactive experiences like bubble drum stations, bubble exhibits, and science demonstrations. Also featuring the...
07/02/2021 - 07/18/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Festival of Arts Fine Art Show
Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CAThe acclaimed juried fine art show features a wide variety of media, from paintings to jewelry to handcrafted furniture, by over 100 local Orange County...
07/05/2021 - 09/03/2021: All Day
Pageant of the Masters
Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach, CAThe famed Laguna Beach festival returns this summer with “Made in America: Trailblazing Artists and Their Stories,” where art comes to life. The show will...
07/07/2021 - 09/03/2021: All Day
Summer Sounds on the Plaza
Summer Sounds on the Plaza at The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles , CASummer is here and live music is back at The Original Farmers Market. Summer Sounds on the Plaza continues into with the sounds of jazz...
07/08/2021 - 07/09/2021: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s “Alegre!”
Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park, CABob Baker Marionette Theater’s “Alegre!” is a colorful celebration of music, marionettes, featuring samba-dancing cacti, fluttering flowers, a majestic marimba player and many more newly...
07/09/2021: All Day
Met Opera Global Summer Camp: Mozart's The Magic Flute
Join the Met on a virtual exploration of the world of opera with "The Magic Flute." Experience two classes each day in topics like arts...
07/09/2021: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Bubble Planet
Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CAThis summer is the Summer of Bubbles at the Kidspace Children's Museum. Big bubbles, little bubbles, create-your-own bubbles. This multi-sensory, outdoor exhibit is the place...
07/09/2021: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation
LACMA, Los Angeles,This exhibition is part of LACMA’s ongoing collaboration with Yuz Museum in Shanghai, China. “Legacies of Exchange” will feature 20 works of Chinese contemporary art...
07/09/2021: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Way to Play Day
Pretend City Children’s Museum, Irvine, CAPretend City's Way to Play Day focuses on gross and fine motor skills. Play your way through the museum and find out how you can...
07/09/2021: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wild California Explorers
Southern California Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CADid you know that the Washingtonia filifera is the only species of palm trees indigenous to California? Your kids will learn more of these amazing...
07/09/2021: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Clue LIVE! A Walking Experience
Westfield Century City, Los Angeles, CAThe iconic family-loved game comes to life as an interactive murder mystery walking experience. Live actors put your investigative skills to the test as you...
07/09/2021: 11:30 am - 9:30 pm
Cardboard City
Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CAThe 10,000 sf pop-up community art center will feature free, museum-style exhibitions of large scale cardboard sculptures and architectural models constantly added to by artists-in-residence,...
07/09/2021: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Virtual STEM Camp
Join Hastings Branch Library for fun lab activities using household supplies. Each week, they will explore an area of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)...
07/09/2021: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Summer Evening Strolls at The Huntington
Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CAEnjoy Huntington Gardens at twilight with their summer evening strolls series. The Gardens will be open Friday through Sunday evenings through August. The 1919 café...
07/09/2021: 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Summer Sounds on the Plaza
The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles, CASummer is here and live music is back at The Original Farmers Market. Enjoy a great mix of musical genres Thursdays and Fridays through July...
07/09/2021: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Festival Friday Favorites
Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CAThe Festival of Arts hosts some of the best musicians from around Southern California. Festival of Arts is putting some of their favorite performers together...
07/09/2021: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
OC Parks Sunset Cinema Movie Series: Dolittle
Yorba Regional Park, Anaheim, CAOC Parks Sunset Cinema film series brings family-friendly movies to the big screen this summer. Follow Dr. Dolittle on his comeback quest. Get to see...
07/09/2021: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Overnight Family Camping
Various parks, Los Angeles,Camp under the stars this summer at a beautiful LA County Regional Parks. Enjoy a night with your family in the great outdoors. You will...
07/09/2021: 6:00 pm