It’s Sunday! Let’s have some fun at Bob Baker Day, visit a national park, take a new Hollywood movie studio tour, and more are on the Sunday “Gayle on the Go!” list.
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Sunday, April 21st
10th Annual Bob Baker Day
Los Angeles State Historic Park
Downtown Los Angeles
10am to 5pm
bobbakerday.com
Sunday, the 10th Annual Bob Baker Day celebration happens in downtown Los Angeles at L.A.’s State Historic Park.
The day long festivities celebrate the 100th birthday of L.A.’s beloved puppeteer and the 60th anniversary of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
Sunday festival is free, however you must RSVP, meaning you must confirm your attendance so event organizers can prepare for your arrival. Please do so on the bobbakerday.com website.
Free National Park Week
More Than 400 National Parks
nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-park-week
This is the beginning of FREE NATIONAL PARK WEEK. More than 400 national parks of different shapes, sizes, and types available to us with entrance fees waived now through Sunday, April 28th.
To find the national park near you, check the websites, there are several, among them the nps.gov/findapark website.
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
TCM Classic Films Tour
wbstudiotour.com/tour/classics
There’s a brand-new Warner Bros. Studio Tour! A partnership with Turner Classic Movies takes us to the Golden Age of Hollywood with classic movies, classic costumes, behind the scenes venues where movie stars worked, the property house where millions of television and movie props are stored and more. Tour information is on the website: wbstudiotour.com/tour/classics
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.
Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy
1601 East 6th Street
Los Angeles
lunaluna.com
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. The website indicates this spectacular exhibition closes Sunday, May 12th.
How We Roll: The Ever-Evolving Automobile Tire
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
10am – to 5pm
323 964 6331
petersen.org
We don’t think much of them until we have a flat. I’m talking about tires! This new Petersen Automotive Museum exhibit illustrates the more than one-hundred years of tire history, considered the most sophisticated piece of vehicle equipment despite its basic appearance.
Fascinating! Learn that and more at the new Petersen exhibit “How We Roll: The Ever-Evolving Automobile Tire.” Visitor information is on the website: petersen.org.
