It’s a beautiful March Saturday! There’s a lot to discover and a lot to learn. Here are some suggestions on the Saturday “Gayle on the Go!” list.
Take a look at the broadcast and then scroll down this page for more information I did not have time to report during the WEEKEND KTLA MORNING NEWS.
Take a look. Enjoy. Please stay safe!
Gayle ☺
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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.
Movies in the Garden: Jurassic World
5pm
The Arboretum
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia
626 821 3222
arboretum.org
Have you seen the Universal Pictures box office hit JURASSIC WORLD! Well, we can see it tonight at 5pm the L.A. Aboretum’s special event, MOVIES IN THE GARDEN. Tickets are available on the arboretum.org website.
Barks & Brews presented by Fera Pets
11am
Sunday, March 10th
The Arboretum
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia
626 821 3222
arboretum.org
Barks and Brews at the L.A. County Arboretum? Yep! For the first time tomorrow, Sunday starting at 11am, you and your canine friend are invited to the Arboretum’s first ever Barks & Brew event. Participation guidelines and ticket information are on the arboretum.org website.
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.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Smithsonian Institution
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 930 2277
petersen.org
This exhibition is closing this weekend. “The Negro Motorist Green Book” a Smithsonian touring exhibition that illustrates the perils of driving while black during the mid-19th century.
This special exhibition also contains interactive video component providing a realistic experience of the dangers of driving while black.
Visitor information is on the petersen.org website.
Admission & Parking are Free!
51st Annual Puvungna Pow Wow
Upper Campus Quad
Cal State Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach
562-985-4111
csulb.edu
The 51st Annual Puvungna Pow Wow is underway Cal State Long Beach. This impressive gathering of Native Americans is the largest and the oldest university based pow wow West of the Mississippi.
The csulb.edu website says this parking and admission to this extraordinary event are free.
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.
Camellias In Bloom
*Descanso Gardens: descansogardens.org
*The Huntington: huntington.org
Camellias! They are described by gardening experts as one of the best flowering shrubs, nicknamed the Queen of Winter Flowers. They are blooming at Descanso Gardens in La Canada – Flintridge. The descansogardens.org website says visitors their history and how to grow your own.
And the Queen of Winter Flowers are blooming in San Marino at The Huntington. The huntington.org website says its botanical collections include nearly 80 different species.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Smithsonian Institution
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 930 2277
petersen.org
Closing t weekend “The Negro Motorist Green Book” a Smithsonian touring exhibition that illustrates the perils of driving while black during the mid-19th century.
This special exhibition also contains interactive video component providing a realistic experience of the dangers of driving while black.
Visitor information is on the petersen.org 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.
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.
Now Through Monday, April 15th
Free Low Income Tax Assistance
CSUN Vita Clinic
Clinic Locations
csun.edu/bookstein-institute/csun-vita-clinic
Now Through Monday, April 15th
Free Low Income Tax Assistance
Norman P. Murray Community & Senior Center
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Schedule Appointments: 949 470 3062
Cityofmissionviejo.org
California State University, Northridge’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics is offering free tax preparation assistance to low-income families and individuals, including non-English speakers, people with disabilities and veterans, beginning Monday, January 22nd through Monday, April 15th at CSUN and more than a dozen satellite locations throughout Los Angeles County.
The CSUN VITA Clinic is staffed by IRS-certified student volunteers and is available to taxpayers six days a week at a variety of locations, including in CSUN’s Bookstein Hall; Las Palmas Park and San Fernando Public Library in San Fernando; Sun Valley Public Library; Valley Plaza Branch Library in North Hollywood; Grandview Library in Glendale; Mid Valley Regional Public Library in North Hills; Pacoima Public Library; Panorama Public Library; Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library and the nonprofit Inclusive Action for the City in Los Angeles. A complete list of locations, date and times can be found on the clinic’s website.
Here are the guidelines for this unique program:
*The clinic accepts walk-ins, but it is highly recommended that taxpayers schedule an appointment through the VITA website.
*A list of documents and forms of identification taxpayers must bring to their session can be found on the website.
*The maximum gross income limitation per tax return has been set at $64,000.
More than 300 CSUN student volunteers complete intensive training on handling federal and state tax returns. Aside from tax preparation, some of the students are trained to serve as financial coaches to the taxpayers at the clinic.
In addition to providing service to the community, the CSUN VITA Clinic also gives students an opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge and experience in their field of study, and an opportunity to give back to the community.
Launched in 1970, the CSUN VITA Clinic is housed in the Bookstein Institute for Higher Education in Taxation, located in the Nazarian College. The clinic aided more than 8,500 low-income taxpayers in 2023, generating more than $8 million in refunds to low-income taxpayers and $2.8 million in federal tax credits.
For more information about the CSUN VITA Clinic, call (818) 677-3600, email VITA@csun.edu or visit its 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.
Street Legal Dragway
Southern California Fairgrounds
18700 Lake Perris Drive
Perris
951 349 4027
streetlegaldragway.com
This is new! It’s the Street Legal Dragway in Perris, California, a drag strip facility specifically made for street legal cars, designed to deter the dangerous, illegal local street drag racing. Racing details are on the streetlegaldragway.com website.
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.
*Time Changes All Odds: Photography & Catalina
*Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years
*Lasting Impressions
*Below the Surface: The Catalina Photographs of Bruce Hall
Catalina Museum for Art & History
217 Metropole Avenue
Avalon
310 510 2414
catalinamuseum.org
There’s a lot happening at the Catalina Museum for Art and History. The special exhibitions currently on view: “Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years” – objects so rare and absurd they have never been exhibited publicly.
“Lasting Impressions” – museum’s seven decades collection of fine art.
And “Time Changes All Odds: Photography & Catalina” – explores how photography has contributed to the identity of the island since the medium’s introduction in the 1800s.
The catalinamuseum.org website exhibition and visitor details.
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.
Free!
Art of Costume Design in Film
ASU FIDM Museum
919 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles
213 510 6964
asufidm.asu.edu/museum
*Museum Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10a.m. to 5p.m.*
Actors are not the only ones garnering Academy Award attention! There are the people responsible for the costume designers and their teams responsible for the wardrobe we see on the actors in our favorite movies.
Costume designer Ellen Mrojnek and her team are nominated for an Oscar for the wardrobe featured in the movie “Oppenheimer” and there’s costume designer Jacqueline Durran and her team nominated for the wardrobe featured in the movie “Barbie.”
The ASU FIDM Museum website says we can see all five of the Oscar nominated costumes — and more — at the ASU FIDM Museum in downtown Los Angeles location. Admission is FREE!
Oscar Night at the Academy Museum
Sunday, March 10th @ 3pm
6067 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 930 3000
academymuseum.org
If you did not get an invitation to Sunday’s Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater, no problem! Dress to impress and travel to the Academy Award Museum of Motion Pictures for OSCAR NIGHT AT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM. Enjoy food, beverages and watch the awards ceremony. The academymuseum.org website says the Oscar fun begins 3pm Sunday.
So, let’s make this a “golden statuette” Saturday. Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.
