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  • Artist Betye Saar, wearing a blue top, explores a bamboo grove in the Japanese Garden at The Huntington.
    Nov 11
    thru Nov 30
    • Art

    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

    • The Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens
      1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino
    $13 - $29

    The site-specific installation features a vintage wooden canoe and found objects harvested by Saar from The Huntington’s 207-acre grounds.

    Tickets & Info
  • A square promotional image with the title "Broadway At The Beach" written in a golden-shaped rectangle at the top. The background is black with sparkling parallel gold lines in a chevron 'V' shape emanating from the center outward. A purple and blue multicolored ribbon loops and stretches from left to right across the image and behind the gold logo at the top. At the bottom of the image reads "Long Beach Terrace Theater 2024-2025" in a gradient of peach to dark purple colors. The middle of the image has four rectangular promotional tiles for the four shows of the theater season - in the top left is "The Book of Mormon," in the top right is "Come From Away," in the bottom left is "The Cher Show," and in the bottom right is "Champions of Magic: Chasing The Unbelievable"
    Sep 14
    thru May 2
    • Sponsored
    • Entertainment
    • Music
    Sponsored

    Broadway At The Beach 2024-2025 Season – Long Beach

    • Long Beach Terrace Theater
      300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
    Packages starting at $179 for all four shows

    Broadway At The Beach 2024-2025 Season is coming to the Long Beach Terrace Theater, featuring four blockbuster shows. Season tickets on sale now.

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  • A promotional image for Caltech. The title at the top reads in dark letters "The Watson Lectures 2024-2025 Season." The background is shades of yellow, teal, and white. A collage of photographs includes seven Caltech lecturers in various poses. One wears an indigo blue suit holding an Ehrlenmeyer flask. Next to him is a man with glasses in front of a film reel with the film unspooled. To his right is a woman in a blazer and blouse holding an open book. Below her is an image of a speaker's podium with "Caltech" across the front with white letters on an orange rectangular background. To her right is a man in a dark t-shirt with a bald head talking and gesturing in front of mathematical formulas written behind him. In the back row is a woman wearing a dark long-sleeve shirt and her arms crossed, smiling at the camera. Behind her is an image of a satellite sailing through the air. To her right is a woman with shoulder length hair holding a model of purple colored molecules. To her right is a man wearing an emerald shirt with his arms crossed. To his right is an image of a geographical landscape.
    Oct 23
    thru May 28
    • Sponsored
    • Lectures & Talks
    • Educational
    Sponsored

    The Watson Lectures at Caltech: 2024-2025 Season

    • Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium
      332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena
    Free

    At this engaging lecture series you will hear from scientists and engineers on the forefront of discovery who are expanding knowledge, tackling society's most pressing challenges, and inventing the technologies of the future. Free and open to the public.

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  • Designer Diane von Furstenberg poses for photographers in front of her collection of wrap dresses. Her dress is black and white. The displayed dresses are mostly cheetah print.
    Oct 17
    thru Aug 31
    • Art
    • Educational
    • Only In LA

    Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion

    • Skirball Cultural Center
      2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Brentwood
    $18

    The Skirball opens a new exhibition of her life and work.

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  • A light installation of geometric shapes reflected by mirrors.
    Sep 15
    thru Jul 6
    • Art

    Olafor Elliason: 'OPEN'

    • The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
      152 N Central Ave., Downtown L.A.
    $18

    Icelandic-Danish artist Olafor Elliason's new installation uses light and geometry to engage with the museum’s unique architecture.

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  • Musician and singer St. Vincent in her "Digital Witness". music video. She's wearing a green dress, standing in a semi-surreal setting of green and yellow buildings and lamp posts and with disco balls on them.
    Nov 24
    thru Jul 13
    • Art
    • Entertainment
    • Children and Family

    'Digital Witness'

    • LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
      5905 Wilshire Blvd., Mid-Wilshire
    INCLUDED IN MUSEUM ADMISSION

    'Digital Witness' pairs recent artifacts of the digital age with recognizable moments from film innovation and more.

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  • A paiting made to look like an open page of a photo album, with recreations of photographs of people, presumably families.
    Nov 23
    thru May 4
    • Art
    • Children and Family

    'Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968'

    • MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)
      250 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
    Free

    A show that puts the focus on real people, featuring more than 40 artists whose work across different media uses photorealism.

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  • A promotional image from Goldenvoice. The top half of the image has a blue-gray background and reads "Il Volo, World Tour 2025" "Sat. March 2 Peacock Theater" in metallic silver and white letters. The bottom half of the image has a light forest green background and has a scroll logo reading "ARCADIA 2025 Tour" with a star logo surrounded by line rays radiating outward. Above the logo is black text that reads "Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas with special guest Willie Watson." Next to the logo the text reads "The Greek Theatre July 13"
    Mar 4
    thru Jul 28
    • Sponsored
    • Music
    • Entertainment
    Sponsored

    2025 Concerts: Il Volo, Alison Krauss & Union Station

    Starting at $62+ per ticket

    Don’t miss out on some of 2025’s greatest concerts: Italian trio Il Volo brings their extraordinary voices to the Peacock Theater on March 2nd 🎵 and later in the year, Alison Krauss & Union Station take over the Greek Theatre for one unforgettable night of music under the stars.

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  • A person stands in the middle of a room with immersive LED screens showing colorful balloon art.
    Oct 30
    thru Mar 16
    • Art
    • Children and Family
    • Entertainment

    Balloon Museum

    • Balloon Museum L.A.
      1601 E. 6th St. , Downtown L.A.
    $52.21 (ADULTS)

    The pop-up Balloon Museum features works with LED lights, hot air (of course), and more.

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  • A reproduction of the painting "At The End," by art duo Giorgiko. It's an oil on canvas painting showing various human figures standing in rushing, knee-deep waters. Some in the background carry flags, as if the crowd had been marching toward something before coming to the end of a pathway forward. Behind them, mountains glow orange as if on fire.
    Feb 1
    thru Mar 29

    'Perseverance: 20 Years of Thinkspace'

    • Brand Library and Art Center
      1601 W Mountain St., Glendale
    Free

    A wide-ranging new show featuring more than 70 artists is on view.

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  • The phrase "Together, We Create" is painted in black and white on a red brick wall. The tip of a paintbrush is also painted on the wall, as if it wrote the phrase.
    Feb 14
    thru Mar 22
    • Art
    • Community Events

    Fire relief art shows benefitting Grief x Hope: Artists for Loss Angeles

    • Multiple Locations
    Free

    See art that supports Grief x Hope, a charity that's directly supporting Los Angeles artists in the wake of the fires.

    Tickets & Info
  • A serving of the Kith Treats and Van collaboration: The Marshmallow. It's ice cream with marshmallows, chocolate and caramel syrup. Here it's pictured with roasted marshmallows spilling onto the surface around it. In the background are a pair of cream-colored Vans OTW Collection sneakers.
    Feb 15
    thru Mar 15
    • Food & Drink

    Kith Treats x Vans

    • Multiple Locations
    VARIES

    Kith Treats has collaborated with skate shoe brand Vans for their latest ice cream treat, "The Marshmallow."

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