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Critter Carnival: Adoption Event
Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, Playa Vista , CAStep right up, and meet and adopt a variety of small companion animals in this special event, celebrating little critters. Visit PetSpace's ambassador animals at...
09/18/2021: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cauleen Smith: Stars in My Pocket and the Rent is Due
LACMA Gallery at Charles White Elementary School, Los Angeles, CACompanion show to Cauleen Smith’s exhibition at LACMA, “Give It or Leave It,” is on display at Charles White Elementary School where Smith conducted virtual...
09/18/2021: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
SCIART Presents Making/Giving Artist Talk
Featuring artists Daggi Wallace, Nurit Avesar, and Janet Milhomme, this virtual talk will consider the parallels between making art and the giving of gifts.
09/18/2021: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
How to Taste Olive Oil like a Pro
The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles, CALearn how to recognize a real extra virgin olive oil and identify flavor profiles while experiencing the different tastes of oils with Nancy Ash!
09/18/2021: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Il Trovatore
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles,Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” a drama about dangerous passions, fatal mistakes and terrible secrets, opens the LA Opera’s 2021/22 season. Oct. 3 and 6 will...
09/18/2021: 2:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Kristina Kuzmic Hope & Humor Comedy Show
Brea Improv, Brea, CAKristina Kuzmic's Hope & Humor show gives hilarious insight into life and parenting, making everyone feel less alone in this struggle called life.
09/18/2021: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Pasadena Loves YA: Gigantic Book Giveaway
Hastings Branch Library, Pasadena,Calling all lovers of YA lit. Join Pasadena Public Library for a book giveaway and chat with other YA book lovers.
09/18/2021: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Mitchells vs. The Machines Q&A
Aero Theater, Santa Monica, CACatch the new Netflix animated feature, “The Mitchells vs. The Machines,” followed by a Q&A with director Michael Rianda and producers Phil Lord and Chris...
09/18/2021: 3:00 pm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga , CATheatricum Botanicum reopens this summer with a new take on its signature production. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will run in repertory with Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”...
09/18/2021: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Street Food Cinema: Monsters, Inc.
Verdugo Park, Glendale, CA, Los AngelesStreet Food Cinema features cool outdoor movies, delicious local food trucks, live music, interactive games and more.
09/18/2021: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Sunset Trail Rides
Monteverde Ranch, Sylmar, CAMonteverde Ranch will supply the helmets, trail guides and horses, you bring the camera! Enjoy the beautiful Hansen Dam trails at Sunset with friends and...
09/18/2021: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
DELUSION: Reaper’s Remorse
Phillips Mansion, Pomona, CAIn this site specific, interactive play, guests move through the delightfully dilapidated Phillips Mansion as the haunting narrative of Esther Phillips unfolds. Guests are invited...
09/18/2021: 6:30 pm
Knott's Scary Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAKnott’s Berry Farm’s immersive Halloween experience, Knott’s Scary Farm, returns with 15 haunted attractions, including five scare zones, eight mazes and two seasonal ride overlays...
09/18/2021 - 09/19/2021: 7:00 pm - 2:00 am
Jurassic Park @ Electric Dusk Drive-In
Electric Dusk Drive-In, Glendale, CaliforniaLA's longest pop-up drive-in and outdoor movie, Electric Dusk Drive-In, presents "Jurassic Park."
09/18/2021: 8:00 pm
Lizastrata
The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, CAGetty Villa’s theater under the stars returns this fall with Troubadour Theater Conmpany’s “Lizastrata,” a comedic musical retelling of Aristophanes’s ancient Greek comedy using mash-ups...
09/18/2021: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm