5 Family Art Days Around Town (& Why They’re Great)

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Many museums around town offer rich arts programming for families during specially curated arts days — several occuring on a monthly basis. Dropping in for these clinics is an excellent, creative weekend diversion. Kids relax and play with arts and …

2.20.14

Giveaway: Sleepover in Noah’s Ark on February 1

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Have your kids ever slept overnight at a museum? Like a moment torn from a pint-sized and tame version of A Night at the Museum, you and yours can snuggle down with the creatures of Noah’s Ark, as part …

1.23.14

K.A.M.P. at the Hammer

KAMP2 One of my favorite events to attend with my six year-old son is the Hammer Museum’s K.A.M.P.(Kids Art Museum Project) event. The museum filled with families who came out to meet and work with accomplished artists leading workshops for the …

6.28.13

Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival

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Wondering how to stretch out the days between now and summer? You can keep the family busy by dropping in to see some of the intriguing films gathered up for the LA Children’s Film Festival, going on between April 26 …

4.24.13

Free Concert for Kids with the LA Phil

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Getting the kids to love music is easy in the endlessly interesting-to-look-at Walt Disney Concert Hall. On April 27, the LA Phil is offering a nice chance to do just that. Purchase a full-price adult ticket to a 2:00 PM …

4.18.13

Rocka Your Soul at Grand Park this Saturday, April 6 to celebrate Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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To celebrate Alvin Ailey’s iconic masterpiece, Revelations, on the occasion of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater coming to town this month, the Music Center is throwing an incredible afternoon party at Grand Park on Saturday (4/6) from 1:00 …

4.4.13

Exodus Steps at Skirball Cultural Center: Fun for all ages!

Read on for a TFS Subscriber’s Experience at this fun exhibit

A temporary exhibit, Exodus Steps, provides a clever way to explore the familiar tale of the Israelites’ journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land, …

3.20.13

Things to Do With Kids in LA: TFS Susbscriber visits Kidspace’s Physics Forest

photo 1Having grown up in Pasadena, my husband has fond memories of the original Kidspace in Old Town. So it was with a little nostalgia and a lot of excitement that we took our four children, ages 7, 4, 1 1/2 …

3.19.13

From Up on Poppy Hill – first of three new anime films for 2013

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March 22 marks the American debut of a new film from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, From Up on Poppy Hill, which is one of three new films being released in 2013 from the animation studio responsible for visionary worlds, such …

3.11.13