Each beach city in Southern California has its own personality, but Venice has cornered the market on cool. And when you have teens and tweens, the cool factor just might be the difference between a lame outing and one that’s …
Exploring Abbot Kinney with Kids
Art Walks
With a dynamic creative community of artists, galleries, collectors, and museums that has reached a critical mass, Los Angeles is by any measure one of the world’s most important cities for contemporary art. Engaging children (and some adults) in the …
A Game that Teaches Digital Citizenship to Middle Schoolers
Common Sense Education released an exciting new educational game today that will help middle schoolers understand the basic tenets of digital citizenship. The term "digital footprint" evokes scenarios that parents comprehend in a nanosecond, But, it takes more time for kids to learn that …
Amazing Automobiles: The Ultimate Car Exhibit at the Reagan Library until May 1, 2015
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, in partnership with The Peterson Automotive Museum, is hosting a spectacular car exhibit that is only running for two more weeks. The cars on display are the ones that dreams (and some movies) …
Things to do with Kids in LA: Explore Boyle Heights
Historically home to Jewish-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans and other immigrant groups, Boyle Heights—named for early Irish immigrant land owner Andrew A. Boyle—is a great example of the kind of only-in-LA mash-up that makes our city special. Though vestiges of the Jewish …
Three Hikes Worthy of these Gorgeous Clear Skies
When the rains sweep clean the L.A. Basin, hiking is in order. Here are three worthy places to explore.
Admit it – you’re perfectly happy not to be living back East with all those dreadful snowstorms. For many, the single …
POTTED POTTER through Sunday, March 1
POTTED POTTER: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – a Parody by Dan and Jeff
Written and Performed By Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner
10 Performances only! Fed 25- March 1, 2015
Hold onto your wands, Potted Potter has crossed the pond …
Watch a T-Rex Grow Up at The Natural History Museum
One my son’s early childhood developmental phases was, what I like to refer to as, “the Dinosaur Phase”. It was phase one, closely followed by the “superhero phase” and then the “Lego period”. Tragically my son’s Dinosaur phase coincided with …
The Taylor Swift Experience & More at the GRAMMY Museum
Time has called her “the moment’s most successful recording artist.” Vogue described her as “full of hugs and exclamation points.” Taylor Swift has the ability to inspire, encourage, make you feel like she’s your best friend even though millions of …
