Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon Adventure

Sequoia National Park SkyviewWith a big birthday in sight, it occurred to me that being with trees that are over 2000 years old might provide some much needed perspective. When the chance to ferret away a kid who had been in college all …

6.29.16

Ticket Giveaway to Star Trek at The Hollywood Bowl

stStar Trek- in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl June 8th & 9th!

Director J.J. Abrams re-exhilarated the iconic Star Trek franchise (now 50!) with one of the most exciting and irresistible blockbusters in recent movie-going history: Star Trek (2009). Experience …

6.23.16

TICKET GIVEAWAY: Sing-A-Long Sound of Music at The Hollywood Bowl

Sound-of-Music-sarahplove-17305984-1920-1080A true fan favorite returns to The Hollywood Bowl next weekend: the Sing-A-Long Sound of Music. Dress up as something or someone from the beloved film (here are some clever ideas for costumes), come for pre-show festivities at …

6.16.16

Multicultural Summer Sounds

Los Angeles has terrific concert series for kids which offer enriching and diverse performances with fun extra-curricular programming. This year, all three have a multicultural theme with music from different countries as well as from different communities around Los Angeles.…

6.4.16

Carless at Bergamot: Exploring on bike or foot

With the current, much-heralded launch of Metro’s Exposition Line, Bergamot is at last also a real transit station again, and it’s now possible to reach the arts complex easily via public transportation and to explore it—and the surrounding area—on foot or on bike.
6.4.16

Big Bunnies – June 5-11 (psst you can buy one for yourself!)

intrude-4Arts Brookfield presents a highly acclaimed public art installation by Australian artist Amanda Parer. The installation is titled Intrude and will be on view this Summer from June 5-11, 2016. Intrude in LA features seven monumental rabbits constructed of sewn …

6.4.16

TED talk by Stephen Wilkes

Seronera National Park, Serengeti, TanzaniaO_NIGHT_SERENGETI_Master_17-fea-990x450We’ve exposed you to the art of photographer Stephen Wilkes before, but bring him up again now because he’s done a TED talk about his work and his process, which you can read about in a recent National Geographic …

6.4.16

Movies for Memorial Day Weekend

North by Northwest

If your family hasn’t seen Zootopia or The Jungle Book yet, a trip to the theaters en famille says summertime better than almost anything (except maybe a beach day). Or check out the first wave of summer releases, including …

5.27.16

In DTLA, a new kid on the (whole) block

The big news in the Downtown art scene is the mid-March arrival of mega-gallery Hauser Wirth & Schimmel. Its opening marks a homecoming of sorts for Paul Schimmel, the former chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art who …

5.11.16