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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
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
Holocaust Musem LA Digital Program
The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts and Holocaust Museum LA are offering a digital 2 ½ week program where students will speak with Holocaust...
07/12/2021 - 07/27/2021: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
32 Acres Soundwalk
Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CAThis site-specific soundwalk developed by artist Marike Splint and produced by Center Theatre Group in association with UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television offers...
07/14/2021 - 09/29/2021: All Day
Summer Sounds on the Plaza
The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles , CaliforniaSummer is here and live music is back at The Original Farmers Market. With the sounds of 20s/30s vintage on Thursday and Motown on Friday.
07/15/2021 - 07/16/2021: 12:00 am
87th Anniversary Event: Summer Sounds on the Plaza at The Original Farmers Market
The Original Farmers Market and The Grove, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTo honor the 87th Anniversary milestone, The Original Farmers Market is hosting two very special live performances in the Market Plaza.
07/15/2021 - 07/16/2021: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Summer Sounds on the Plaza
The Original Farmers Market, Los Angeles , CaliforniaSummer is here and live music is back at The Original Farmers Market. With the sounds of 20s/30s vintage on Thursday and Motown on Friday.
07/15/2021 - 07/16/2021: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Jerry Moss Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe Music Center’s new outdoor series Dance at Dusk, part of the 18th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, brings the very...
07/16/2021: All Day
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...
07/16/2021: All Day
Met Opera Global Summer Camp: Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Join the Met on a virtual exploration of the world of opera with "La Cenerentola." Experience two classes each day in topics like arts &...
07/16/2021: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
2021 OC Fair
OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CAIt’s time for fun as the OC Fair makes its return for Summer 2021. This event will be packed with cute animals, carnival rides, contests,...
07/16/2021: 10:00 am - 11:45 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...
07/16/2021: 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...
07/16/2021: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Music in the Gardens
Descanso Gardens, La Cañada-Flintridge, CAEnjoy the sound of live music wafting through the garden while you enjoy summer blooms for three Fridays in July. Performances include: July 16 –...
07/16/2021: 11:00 am - 2:00 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...
07/16/2021: 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...
07/16/2021: 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,...
07/16/2021: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Family Scavenger Hunt
Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, CAConnect with unique details in Rancho Los Alamitos’ gardens, ranch house and barnyard through this family scavenger hunt and learn stories about the children who...
07/16/2021: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm