Family Friendly

Downtown Santa Monica Farmers Market

Event Type
Family Activity
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
The Downtown Santa Monica Farmers Market is widely recognized as one of the largest and most diverse Certified Farmers Markets in the nation. Residents, out-of-town visitors, celebrities, and many of Los Angeles’ best-known chefs and restaurants can be found shopping at this location, which features over 60 California farms.

 

The market is held weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Website Link
santamonica.gov/places/farmers-markets/downtown-farmers-market
Event Date
-
Event Location

Arizona Street Santa Monica Farmers Market
155-199 Arizona Ave.
Santa Monica
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0161145, -118.4989774

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10348723
Event Main Image

Jersey Boys

Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Experience the rise to fame of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Jersey Boys follows the legendary 1960s rock ‘n’ roll group The Four Seasons as they work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom. With unforgettable hits like “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Jersey Boys will take you on a nostalgic trip through the lives of these music legends as they navigate fame, friendship, and the music industry.
Website Link
musical.org/events/jersey-boys/
Event Date
Event Location

Musical Theatre West
4350 E. 7th Street
Long Beach, 90804
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.7750742, -118.1418029

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
562. 856.1999
Event ID
10355435
Event Main Image

Nancy Baker Cahill: CORPUS

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
New media artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s CORPUS (2022/2024) is a monumental virtual sculpture that imagines a future of blended, embodied entanglement between human, machine, flora, and microbiome. The towering Augmented Reality (AR) figure is a glowing, dynamic body that blurs the boundaries between the digital and physical world. Anchored on the Hammer’s sculpture terrace located on Wilshire Boulevard,  CORPUS will be viewable only through iPhone 6s and above, or Android 7.0 and above, on the 4th Wall app
Website Link
hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2024/nancy-baker-cahill-corpus
Event Date
Event Location

Hammer Museum, UCLA
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0591217, -118.4436674

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
310.443.7000
Event ID
10355541
Event Main Image

For the Love of LA – Season 2 and 3

Event Type
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
For the Love Of L.A. highlights the broad and expansive array of Angeleno creativity across diverse disciplines and geographies.  For the Love Of L.A. premiered 48 projects while offering artists a platform to express their views of Los Angeles that are relevant and reflective of the current time through music, dance and visual culture.
Event Date
Event Location

Online
Online
Online, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
40.7136487, -74.0087126

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event ID
10349127
Event Main Image

CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH WITH MOVIES ON KANOPY AND HOOPLA

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Stream films on Kanopy or Hoopla, both on-demand streaming film services. They both have an extensive library of African American cinema and documentaries that are free with your Los Angeles City or Los Angeles County library card.

 

 

kanopy.com/en/category/40898?frontend=kui

 hoopladigital.com

Website Link
kanopy.com/en/category/40898?frontend=kui
Event Date
Event Location

Online with the Library
Los Angeles
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0549076, -118.242643

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10352552
Event Main Image

CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH WITH GREAT MUSIC

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles County Library cards give you access to many resources, including two amazing online music collections. Freegal features unlimited songs, and Hoopla lets you check out full albums. These two databases have endless amounts of music from the African and African American diaspora to explore, from famous hits to underground sounds.

 

hoopladigital.com/search?q=African+American+music&scope=everything&type=direct&kindId=6

freegalmusic.com

Website Link
freegalmusic.com
Event Date
Event Location

Online with the Library
Los Angeles
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0549076, -118.242643

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10354929
Event Main Image

The Crazy Superhero Vacation

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Crazy Superhero Vacation is a production by Ms. Neate’s class at Vena Avenue Elementary. Animation and editing are by Pieter Hardeman of Toy Story Lab. Southland Sings is a creative organization using the arts to unlock creative potential through live opera, musical theatre production, education assemblies, and music composition for all ages.

Website Link
https://youtu.be/sr8WkH259N4?si=nXrOCB_qMepwoHCm
Event Date
Event Location

YouTube
CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
36.778261, -119.4179324

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10303117
Event Main Image

FILM CLUB – SELMA

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Join the library for a chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.

Website Link
visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/12125425
Event Date
-
Event Location

East Los Angeles Library
4837 E. 3rd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0339873, -118.1597237

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323. 264.0155
Event ID
140599
Event Main Image

MOON MAN – VICTOR J. GLOVER, JR. AND ARTEMIS II

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Southern California native Victor J. Glover, Jr., will pilot a spaceship around the moon in 2025 as part of the Artemis II mission. At this event, which will include special guests and activities, learn more about this extraordinary African American astronaut, the moon, and more.

Website Link
lapl.org/whats-on/events/moon-man
Event Date
-
Event Location

Alma Reaves Woods – Watts Branch Library
10205 Compton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90002
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.9440108, -118.2465966

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.789.2850
Event ID
140519
Event Main Image

Victorian Christmas

Event Type
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Christmas Holiday display of our finest antiques, Santa Clauses, angels, choir boys, and village scenes that depict Dickens’s Victorian Christmas. Our Christmas tree will be decorated with our collection of antique ornaments and there will be a display of vintage Christmas cards.

Event Date
-
Event Location

Grier Musser Museum
403 S. Bonnie Brae Street
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0610329, -118.2711096

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$15
Contact Phone
213-413-1814
Event ID
10325194
Event Main Image
Family Friendly