Yes, it’s a rainy Saturday, but we can still have some fun and learn a lot! There are many indoor and outdoor events on this weekend’s “Gayle on the Go!” list,
So, take a look at the report and then SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE FOR MORE FABULOUS INFORMATION I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU DURING TODAY’S BROADCAST!
Enjoy! Please stay safe!
Gayle
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Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
40 Presidential Library and Museum
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley
805 522 2977
reaganfoundation.org
See the actual equipment, scripts, props and wardrobe filmmaker George Lucas used to create his epic space opera movies and see the equipment the Reagan Administration produced to protect the U.S. from Soviet intercontinental nuclear weapons attack.
Visitor information is on the reaganfoundation.org website.
Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors
Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda
714 983 9120
nixonlibrary.gov
This is new at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors. This collection of 66-color portraits and a four-panel mural painted by former President George Bush. These are the faces of members of the U.S. military who have served the nation since the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks.
The nixonlibrary.gov website has visitor information, and it says the exhibition features a companion book as well as an app where you can hear Mr. Bush tell the stories of all of the warriors he painted.
Closing Soon!
Valor & Virtue: Jewish American Medal of Honor Recipients
Heroes Hall
OC Fair & Event Center
88 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa
714-708-1500
ocfair.com
Time is running out to explore the powerful and educational exhibition VALOR AND VIRTUE: JEWISH AMERICAN MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. The Costa Mesa Heroes Hall exhibit spotlights all 18 Jewish American Medal of Honor recipients with displays of their personal items, uniforms, letters and medals. The ocfair.com website says this special tribute closes the end of this month.
Museums Free-For-All
Free General Admission at More Than Thirty Organizations
socalmuseums.org/free
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Just a few feet away, the La Brea Tar Pit and Museum. The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. These are just three of the more than 30 museums participating in today’s SOCAL MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL.
With museums from Long Beach to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, there is so much to explore. View the full list of participating museums on the website: socalmuseums.org/free
Asian Comics: Evolution of An Art Form
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana
714-567-3600
bowers.org
This is new this weekend in Santa Ana.
Never-before-seen at a museum and making its American debut, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form presents 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.comwebsite contains ticket and tour information.
Leonardo Da Vinci: Inventor. Artist. Dreamer.
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
323 724 3623
californiasciencecenter.org
There are more than 30 incredible inventions we can explore, new this weekend, at the California Science Center. LEONARDO DA VINCI: INVENTOR. ARTIST. DREAMER. Ticket information is on the californiasciencecenter.org website.
IMAX Movie “Cities of the Future 3D: Engineering Innovations”
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037
323 724 3623
californiasciencecenter.org
See the ideas and concepts of the Leonardo Da Vinci’s of the 21st century in the movie “Cities of the Future 3D” playing at the California Science Center’s IMAX Movie Theater.
This special film takes us to some of the world’s great cities where profound change is already happening.
Show times and ticket information are on the californiasciencecenter.org website.
Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy
1601 East 6th Street
Los Angeles
lunaluna.com
It’s what the art community describes 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.
Magic Strings!
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
4949 York Boulevard
Los Angeles
213 250 9995
bobbakermarionettetheater.com
Puppeteer Bob Baker, the creator of the oldest children’s theater company in Los Angeles. His legacy lives on with the Bob Baker Marionette Theater classic “Magic Strings.”
“Magic Strings” debuted in 1970. The bobbakermarionettetheater.com website says this new show includes “multi-screen archival footage of Bob Baker from interviews, demonstrations, and more, revealing to the audience the true magic of marionettes.”
Tickets are available on the website: bobbakermarionettetheater.com.
ChocoLAte: From Beans to Bliss
Video Series
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
nhm.org/chocolate
Chocolate lovers will love this! The Natural History Museum’s CHOCOLATE: FROM BEANS TO BLISS. In addition to exploring the history of chocolate at the Los Angeles County facility, there is a series of museum stories from people such as the owners of Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Cookies.
Learn more about the vegan cookie company and schedule your visit to this new exhibition on the nhm.org/cookie website.
Belmont Shore Railroad Club
3601 South Gaffey Street, Building 824
San Pedro
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 experience. The belmontshorerr.com website has visitor details.
Free!
Creating in Community
Fowler at 60
Fowler Museum
308 Charles E. Young Drive, North
Los Angeles
Fowler.ucla.edu
Creating in Community: Fowler at 60 celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Look at the research, exhibitions, and public programs of the past sixty years! Through these collaborations fresh ideas bloomed, unforeseen challenges and expectations arose, and new connections were forged.
Revisit these extraordinary projects as they bring this spirit of engagement into the future.
First All-Electric Audi Dealership in Southern California
Audi Fletcher Jones
1275 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa
949 791 1500
audifletcherjones.com
At Audi Fletcher Jones electric cars of the 21st century! We can see them, and test drive them in Costa Mesa at the first all-electric Audi dealership in Southern California.
The audifletcherjones.com website says you can see for yourself at the unique Costa Mesa facility seven days a week.
Limitless: Contemporary Artist Leah Smithson
Women’s History Month
Hotel Figueroa
939 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles
hotelfigueroa.com
Contemporary artist Leah Smithson is Women’s History Month, 2024 featured artist at the landmark Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles. Smithson’s “Limitless” exhibition features sixteen original works of art including something described as an exclusive first-ever immersive AR sculpture. Plan your visit on the hotelfigueroa.com website.
Women’s History Month
Judithe Hernandez: Beyond Myself, Somewhere, I Await for My Arrival
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum
3581 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside
riversidemuseum.org
“Soy la Desconocida,” is a pastel on paper work of art created by artist Judithe Hernandez, a founding member of the Chicano Art Movement. Just in time for Women’s History, a first retrospective of artist Judithe Hernandez is being presented at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum. The riversidemuseum.org website says this first of its kind exhibition features more than 80 of her works of art. Ticket information is on the website.
Descanso Gardens
La Canada Flintridge
818 949 4200
descansogardens.org
There’s no doubt the Spring season is here. There’s plenty of proof at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge. These glorious tulips are currently the 150-acre garden’s showstopper.
You can see the colorful display for yourself! Visitor details are on the descansogardens.org website, which reminds visitors not to delay. This Springtime show only lasts a few weeks.
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.
Adopt a Guinea Pig Month
spcaLA: Friends for Life
*spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center
Hawthorne
*spcaLA P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village & Education Center:
Long Beach
spcala.com
March is “ADOPT A GUINEA PIG MONTH” at spcaLA. Adopt one for fifteen dollars. Adopt two, the second fee is waived! The spcala.com website says we can see the adoptable sweeties online and in person at spcaLA facilities in Hawthorne and Long Beach.
“Poor Things”
Academy Award Winning Costume Design Holly Waddington
Art of Costume Design in Film
ASU FIDM Museum
Downtown Los Angeles
asufidm.asu.edu/museum
Congratulations are in order for the production team responsible for the look of the movie “POOR THINGS.” They won Academy Awards were won for the Makeup and Hairstyling team; Production Design; and Costume Design. Fashion expert Nick Ver-E-os explains why Holly Waddington received an Oscar.
We can see the Academy Award winning “POOR THINGS” costumes, all of the Oscar nominated movie costumes and more at the exhibition the ART OF COSTUME DESIGN IN FILM at the ASU FIDM Museum. The asufidm.asu.edu/museum website says the exhibition is free!
Nick Verreos
Fashion Designer, Fashion Expert
Author: “A Passion for Fashion”
YouTube: “Fashion School with Nick Verreos”
To learn more about the art of costume design, take a look at Fashion Designer & Fashion Expert Nick Verreos’ book “A Passion for Fashion.” It is loaded with information as well as his YouTube Channel: “Fashion School with Nick Verreos.”
Celebrate the Oscar Winners!
David Geffen Theater
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
6067 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 930 3000
academymuseum.org
The Academy Awards are over, but that doesn’t mean Oscar Season is over at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Now through the end of the month we can see Oscar winning productions “OPPENHEIMER”, “20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL”, “ANATOMY OF A FALL” and more. The academymuseum.org website contains times and tickets for the screenings at the state-of-art David Geffen Theater.
March is National Reading Month
Plant Science Library
The Arboretum
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia
626 821 3222
arboretum.org
March is NATIONAL READING MONTH, a month to motivate people of all ages to read every day.
In addition to municipal and county libraries, there’s the Los Angeles County Arboretum’s PLANT SCIENCE LIBRARY, a library most people don’t know exists! It contains an extensive collection of publications specializing in the history of the L.A. Arboretum, Southern California gardening, Botany, native plants, environment, water, birding, and more! Plus, the facility contains extensive research material and information that cannot be found online!
The library is open to L.A. Arboretum members and the public with paid admission.
Arboretum Library
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91007
626 821 3222
arboretum.org/visit/library
The aboretum.org website says Arboretum Library hours are 8:30am to 3pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
March is American Red Cross Month
Donate Blood & Platelets by March 24th:
*Pet Supply $10.00 E-Gift Card
*Chance to Win One of Five $3,000 Gift Cards
redcrossblood.org/pets
This is the last weekend to take advantage of a special American Red Cross blood donation campaign. This weekend blood and platelet donors will receive a ten-dollar e-gift card to a pet supply merchant of choice and a chance to win one of five $3,000.00 gift cards.
Make a “paws-itive impact on the website: redcrossblood.org/pets
So, let’s make this is a “sleeves up and donate” Saturday. Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.