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Spring is definitely in the air this Sunday! There are several Southern California gardens in bloom as well as several native plant garden tours. All of this and more can be found on the Sunday “Gayle on the Go!”

 

Take a look at the report and then scroll down this page for more information I didn’t have time to tell you during the broadcast.

 

Enjoy! Please stay safe!

Gayle

 

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Bloom! at South Coast Botanic Garden

26300 Crenshaw Boulevard

Palos Verdes Peninsula

424 452 0920

southcoastbotanicgarden.org 

Spring is in happening in Orange County at the South Coast Botanic Garden. This is an experience called BLOOM! Five floral displays featuring more than 21-thousand bulb of various flowers are putting on a vernal equinox show now thru June. Visitor information is on the southcoastbotanicgarden.org website.

 

The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch

5704 Paseo del Norte

Carlsbad

760 431 0352

theflowerfields.com

Mother Nature is putting on a Springtime show at the FLOWER FIELDS AT CARLSBAD RANCH. 55-acres of radiant rows of Ranunculus flowers are in bloom only until Mother’s Day weekend on the rolling hills of North San Diego County. theflowerfields.com website says all tickets must be purchased online. The website suggests checking the bloom status before visiting. The website also reminds guests pets, drones, balloons, and bicycles are not permitted.

 

Saturday, April 13th & Sunday, April 14th

2024 Native Plant Garden Tour

Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flower & Native Plants

nativeplantgardentour.org

Brandy Williams, the Garden Butterfly, is one of the participants in the 2024 NATIVE PLANT GARDEN TOUR produced by the Sun Valley based Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flower and Native Plants. Tickets are available now for the Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, Sunday, April 14th event. More details are on the nativeplantgardentour.org website.  

 

Saturday, April 13th

Free!

9am to 1pm

Spring Open House

Santa Fe Dam RC Modelers

Club Flying Field

Duarte

sfdrcm.com

Mark your calendars for the Saturday, April 13th Spring Open House for the Santa Fe Dam RC Modelers Club Flying Field. Everyone is invited to witness flight demonstrations, experience hands-on trainer flights and more.  

The sfdrcm.com website says the free Duarte event begins at 9am.

  

Belmont Shore Railroad Club

3601 South Gaffey Street, Building 824 

San Pedro

310 831 6262

belmontshorerr.com

This is described as the “largest N-Scale Model Railroad Club on the West Coast.” The Belmont Shore Model Railroad Club says we’re invited to explore this historic model railroad club. The belmontshorerr.com website has visitor details.  

 

The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire

15501 East Arrow Highway

Irwindale

626 969 4750

renfair.com

Step back in time and become a member of the Renaissance era. Shop at an English market of the 1580s. Wander through an Elizabethan, England waterfront town.

Enjoy jousting tournaments and roast meat.  Where is all of this happening? In Irwindale at THE ORIGINAL RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE. The renfair.com website has the visitor details.

 

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy

1601 East 6th Street

Los Angeles

lunaluna.com

The art community describes this as “the world’s first art amusement park.” It’s Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, built in Hamburg, Germany in 1987 featuring celebrated artists Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hockey, Roy Lichenstein and more. It lost its funding and disappeared. Well, it’s back and we can experience this amazing and unusual art and amusement park creation inside two huge Los Angeles warehouses.

Ticket information is on the lunaluna.com website. The website indicates this spectacular exhibition closes Sunday, May 12th.  

 

Asian Comics: Evolution of An Art Form

Bowers Museum

2002 North Main Street

Santa Ana

714-567-3600

bowers.org

Never-before-seen at a museum and making its American debut, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form at the Bowers Museum. The museum says this is the largest ever selection of original artworks from Asian comics, displayed alongside their printed, mass-produced forms.

This exhibition is a vivid journey through the art of comics and visual storytelling across Asia. From its historical roots to the most recent digital innovations, the exhibition looks to popular Japanese manga and beyond, highlighting key creators, characters, and publications.

The bowers.org website says we can explore thriving contemporary comics cultures and traditional graphic narrative artforms from places including: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

 

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

SoFi Stadium

1001 South Stadium Drive

Inglewood

424 541 9100

sofistadium.com

Los Angeles philanthropist and entrepreneur Bernard Kinsey is talking about THE KINSEY AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND HISTORY COLLECTION, an outstanding exhibition at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

The inspired work of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, and their son Khalil, is considered one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Curated by Khalil Kinsey and historian Larry Earl, the exhibition focuses on the lives, and accomplishments from the 16th century through the years of slavery and emancipation to the civil rights movement and modern-day.

The sofistadium.com website contains ticket and tour information.

 

Free!

Sunday, April 7th @ 2pm

Messiah -Resurrection

Chancel Choir

Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church

26438 Crenshaw Boulevard

Rolling Hills Estates

213 788 4260

icyola.org

info@icyola.org

The award-winning documentary “The Orchestra Chuck Built”, the story of former lawyer turned orchestra conductor Chuck Dickerson, who created the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, the largest majority African American orchestra in the United States.

See in person Conductor Chuck Dickerson, his Inner City Youth Orchestra and the Chancel Choir perform today George Handel’s classic Messiah at Rolling Hills United Methodist Church in Rolling Hills Estates. The icyola.org website says today’s 2pm event is free!

 

Leonardo Da Vinci: Inventor. Artist. Dreamer.

California Science Center

700 Exposition Park Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90037

323 724 3623

californiasciencecenter.org

If you are wondering what in the world is going on here, we have California Science Center’s Senior Vice President for Exhibits Diane Perlov demonstrating the paddleboat designed by Renaissance master, artist and inventor Leonard da Vinci. This is one of his many machines and devices produced from a lifetime of 16th century sketches and designs.  

So, let’s make this a “ learn about the Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci “Sunday. Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.