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Print Shop for the Big Top: the Majestic Poster Press Collection
L.A. Central Public Library, Los Angeles, CAPrint Shop for the Big Top: the Majestic Poster Press Collection celebrates the letterpress technique that was seen in print signage all across L.A. The...
02/25/2022 - 08/25/2022: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Your (Un)Natural Garden
Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CAThe Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens presents artist Adam Schwerner’s immersive work in “Your (Un)Natural Garden.” Visitors are invited to experience nine large-scale multimedia...
04/16/2022 - 01/08/2023: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
BODIES 2.0: The Universe Within
Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CAThe traveling science exhibition BODIES 2.0 offers a unique view into the amazing human body, showcasing over 200 actual human specimens, whole bodies and organs...
04/17/2022 - 10/15/2022: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Ghost Town Alive!
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAKnott's Berry Farm's town of Calico comes to life with the award-winning, interactive Ghost Town Alive! Guests are invited to unlock secret missions with characters,...
05/20/2022 - 09/05/2022: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Knott’s Summer Nights
Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAThe nighttime summer party, Knott's Summer Nights, offers food, music, games and more. Enjoy live music at the Calico Mine Stage, Charleston Circle Fountain and...
05/20/2022 - 09/05/2022: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Butterfly Pavillion
Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CAVisit Natural History Museum's annual exhibition, Butterfly Pavilion, to experience butterflies in all stages of their life cycle, from eggs to caterpillars to to chrysalises...
05/26/2022: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CAGet a taste of deli history through neon signs, menus, advertisements, uniforms, photographs, and clips of deli on the big and little screen in this...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
100 Years of Peggy Lee
The Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, CAThe GRAMMY Museum celebrates singer, songwriter, film composer and actor Peggy Lee’s centennial birthday. “100 Years of Peggy Lee” features handwritten notes, costume jewelry, rare...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
26th Annual Butterfly Season
Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CAJoin Kidspace for its 26th Annual Butterfly Season from March 11 to May 31. View live butterflies and honeybees, create caterpillars out of clay, dress...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
All That Glitters: The Crown Jewels of the Walt Disney Archives
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CaliforniaVisitors can see the jewelry and accessories from “Titanic,” “The Princess Diaries,” and some of their favorite Disney and Fox films. The exhibit will consist...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CALACMA presents "Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You," which spans four decades and features 33 works by the world-renowned L.A.-based...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CALACMA presents "Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse," which contextualizes the work of designer Alexander McQueen. The exhibition places over 70 designs by McQueen in...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Marley: A Family Legacy
The Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, CAInspired by their father Bob Marley, the Marley children took to music and other ventures to further promote the Marley message of justice and freedom....
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View of the American Homefront
Catalina Museum for Art & History, Avalalon, CA"Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View of the American Homefront," features a collection of Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers during the 1940s that were...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
STREET ART ALIVE
The LUME Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAMulti-sensory digital art exhibit, STREET ART LIVE, features over 200 street artists from around the globe. The experience includes interactive installations, themed café and bar, along...
05/26/2022: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
A Forest for the Trees
Ace Mission Studios, Los Angeles, CAA Forest for the Trees takes visitors on an hour-long journey through a surreal forest of magic, music, and wonder—with animatronic performing trees, illusions of...
05/26/2022: 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Building the Essentials: Ferne Jacobs
Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CACraft in America Center hosts the first ever retrospective of Los Angeles fiber artist Ferne Jacobs, featuring approximately 30 artworks created by Jacobs between the...
05/26/2022: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gosette Lubondo: Imaginary Trip
Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CAThe Fowler Museum at UCLA presents "Gosette Lubondo: Imaginary Trip," the first U.S. solo exhibition of work by Congolese artist Gosette Lubondo. Lubondo’s photographs offer...
05/26/2022: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jamal Cyrus: The End of My Beginning
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAHouston-based multidisciplinary artist Jamal Cyrus presents his first presentation in L.A. with “The End of My Beginning,” which includes approximately 50 works in assemblage, textiles,...
05/26/2022: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sara Cwynar: Apple Red/Grass Green/Sky Blue
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CANew York-based Canadian artist Sara Cwynar presents her first exhibitions of works in L.A., featuring her recent works in video, from Feb. 5 - May...
05/26/2022: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Hadestown
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CAThe Ahmanson Theatre presents the Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning musical, "HADESTOWN," which intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice,...
05/26/2022: 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arts Grown L.A.: TAIKOPROJECT
La Pintoresca Branch Library, Pasadena, CAJoin Arts Grown L.A. outdoors for a special family-friendly outdoor musical performance by TAIKOPROJECT. Move, dance and clap along to intense and exciting beats. In...
05/26/2022: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Sounds on the Steps
The Culver Steps, Culver City, CAJoin The Culver Steps for a series of weekly “Sounds on the Steps” musical performances held on the center’s scenic steps, adjacent to its beautiful,...
05/26/2022: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Summer Music Series 2022
The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles, CAEnjoy delicious eats, dynamic beats and cool evening breezes as The Original Farmers Market presents live music all summer long. Thursday evenings on the West...
05/26/2022: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday Night Music Series
The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles, CAThe Original Farmers Market Presents Thursday Night Music Series on the West Patio all summer long, featuring Latin jazz, reggae, doo wop, swing, Texas blues...
05/26/2022: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm