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Hammer Gallery Games
Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA11 a.m., noon. These 45-minute guided sessions combine family-friendly tours with easy-to-play games. Ages 7 and older.
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 1:00 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...
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Ice Breakers Free Live Music Series
The Plaza at Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 8-Jan. 19. On Sundays, The Plaza at Santa Monica, located next to the Ice at Santa Monica outdoor ice-skating rink, will...
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Loitering Is Delightful Exhibition
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, L.A., CA11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thu.-Sun. Oct. 31-Jan. 12. When you have the time to hang out at the Barnsdall Art Park, you should make the point...
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Oscar Oiwa: Dreams of a Sleeping World Exhibition
USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed., Fri.-Sun. Thur. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Jan. 10-April 26. Known for his giant canvases and large frescoes, Oscar Oiwa, an acclaimed Japanese...
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday Funday at The Wallis
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA11 a.m.-2 p.m. Mark the second Sunday of the month as a Funday. Make that a free Funday! The public can enjoy interactive, family-friendly dance,...
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 2:00 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...
01/12/2020: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fowler Families: Picture This! Create Your Own Postcard
Fowler Museum at UCLA, Westwood, CAPostcards are a quick way to share adventures in one’s hometown or around the world; they often featuring a photograph or illustration on one side...
01/12/2020: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
An Evening With C.S. Lewis
La Mirada Theatre, La Mirada, CASpend the afternoon with the famous British author C.S. Lewis. This one-man show finds Lewis (the man behind the Narnia series) hosting a group of...
01/12/2020: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Stories in the Afternoon: Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CASupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor used her own experiences as a child diagnosed with diabetes to write a story about children with various challenges. In...
01/12/2020: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wild Kingdom Starring Peter Gros
Lewis Family Playhouse, Rancho Cucamonga, CAPioneering animal and conservation expert, Peter Gros, shares his passion for wildlife on the live stage. Accompanied by friendly, exotic animals, Gros will highlight his...
01/12/2020: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
NOVA: Polar Extremes Community Screening
Natural History Musem, L.A., CAPolar Extremes, an upcoming NOVA special hosted by paleontologist and Sant Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History Kirk Johnson, will take...
01/12/2020: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sensory-Friendly Noah's Ark
Skirball Cultural Center, L.A., CADuring these hours, the Skirball welcomes all visitors to enjoy a Noah’s Ark experience specially designed for guests with autism spectrum disorders, sensory-processing differences and...
01/12/2020: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girl Scout Badge Event: Space Science
Kidspace Museum, Pasadena, CA5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, 19, 26. Girl Scouts can explore space at Kidspace during this badge event. On Jan. 12, Daisies will discover how shadows...
01/12/2020: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Moonlight Forest
L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA5:30-10 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Nov. 9-Jan. 12. The Moonlight Forest rises again at the L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Bigger and brighter for its second...
01/12/2020: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Matilda
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Redondo Beach, CA7:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 17; 2 p.m. Jan. 12; noon Jan. 18. Born from the unique mind of Roald Dahl, Matilda the Musical is Royal...
01/12/2020: 7:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Disney's Frozen
Hollywood Pantages, Hollywood, CA8 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 4-Feb. 2. The hotly anticipated stage adaptation of “Frozen” finally surfaces...
01/12/2020: 8:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Neil Simon’s Musical Fools
Atwater Village Theatre, L.A., CA8:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 18, 25; 4 p.m. Jan. 12, 19, 26; 8 p.m. Jan. 13, 20. Start 2020 with some foolishness - "Musical Fools"-iness,...
01/12/2020: 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm