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THINGS TO DO IN L.A.
MONDAY 12/09/2019
Festivals, Concerts, Entertainment, Activities, and Other Events in Los Angeles



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12/09/2019
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
SANTA PAWS

300 S Santa Fe Ave Ste N 8185224021 - Free - Get pictures of your pets with Santa on 12/9 from 7 to 9pm! ....

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09/15/2019 to 12/31/2019
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
ESCAPE ROOM LA-ATLANTIS

120 E. 8th St. Suite 100 Los Angeles, CA 90014 232-364-7467 - $33-$39 - Escape Room LA games are live-action adventures where you’ll race to solve clues and puzzles and escape before your time runs out! You’ll be immersed in extraordinary environments, from a 1940’s d ....

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12/07/2019 to 01/06/2020
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
CAPISTRSNO LIGHTS

26801 Ortega Highyway (949) 234-1300 - $10 for Adults (ages 12-60) $9 for Seniors $5 for Children (ages 4-11) - The Mission will host Capistrano Lights 2019: Experience the Mission at Night featuring a nightly tree lighting and music program held from December 7 through January 6, 2020. After the Mission close ....

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11/01/2019 to 01/20/2020
(RECOMMENDED EVENT)
ICE AT SANTA MONICA

1324 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, 90401 310-393-8355 - $5-$17 - Every holiday season Downtown Santa Monica brings a little ice to our beachside community, transforming the corner of Fifth Street and Arizona Avenue into the winter wonderland known as Ice at Santa ....

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12/09/2019
ROSE AND WALSH

87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre 91024 626-355-4318 - Suggested donation $5 - The next play in Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Off the Page series of staged readings will be Rose and Walsh. Rose and Walsh follows two great literary figures and the depth and consequences of their end ....

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12/09/2019
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

19700 Rinaldi Street, (818) 831-9333 - - Videogamebus.COM WILL BE AT the "Light up the Night" event for DCFS. The event is being organized jointly by LA County- Department of Child and Family Services and Shepherd Church. Los Angeles Police ....

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10/19/2019 to 12/14/2019
BROOKS & SCARPA | DENSE-CITY: HOUSING FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL

3026 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, 90405 - Free - Brooks & Scarpa | DENSE-CITY: Housing for Quality of Life and Social Capital
Exhibition | October 19 – December 14, 2019
Reception | Saturday October 19, 2019 | 5-8 PM
Airport Gallery | 3026 Airport ....

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12/06/2019 to 12/14/2019
OUT OF THE PAST: GEN Z RESPONSES TO 20TH CENTURY SANTA MONICA

3026 Airport Ave, Santa Monica 90405 - Free - Out of the Past: Gen Z Responses to 20th Century Santa Monica
Exhibition | December 6 – 14, 2019
Reception | December 6, 2019 | 4 – 6 PM
18th Street Arts Center (Airport Campus) | North Gallery
302 ....

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10/16/2019 to 12/15/2019
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY

5060 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029 323-663-1525 - $25-$45 - You can’t beat City Hall, but you can try. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis, ex-cop and recent widower Walter ‘Pops’ Washington has made a home for his newly par ....

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11/18/2019 to 12/16/2019
TECHNIQUES OF FINE COOKING AT THE INSTITUTE OF CULINARY EDUCATION

521 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 888-718-2433 - 525 - These are the classes on which our recreational program’s reputation was built. Over 20,000 students have taken this series at our campus in New York City. Mastery of essential cooking techniques pr ....

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10/31/2019 to 12/16/2019
EIGHT NIGHTS

110 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205 818-506-1983 - $35 - The heartfelt, lyrical portrait of a German Jewish refugee haunted by her past, but resiliently moving toward the future, witnessed over the course of generations of the same family that inhabits a s ....

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11/20/2019 to 12/22/2019
ROOFTOP CINEMA CLUB LEVEL - HOLIDAY SCREENINGS

888 South Olive St, Los Angeles, 90014 - $17-$24 - Rooftop Cinema Club, the maestros of outdoor cinema are back and taking over the holidays with their announcement of a NEW holiday film slate to take place at their Los Angeles venue, LEVEL in Downto ....

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11/21/2019 to 12/24/2019
PHOTOS WITH SANTA AT SANTA MONICA PLACE

395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, CA 90401 3102608333 - Varies - Santa will be available for photos and visits at his holiday home, located in Center Plaza, near Louis Vuitton. Want to see Santa sooner? Get a Fast Pass to make your family’s visit even easier! Res ....

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11/02/2019 to 12/28/2019
NATURE IN MIND

King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, CA, 91302 805-370-2302 - FREE - Artist Reception and Holiday Gift Solo Show: "Nature in Mind" is a solo show of my artworks inspired by the Southern California native plants and animals I live with, embellished by dreams and imagin ....

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12/06/2019 to 12/28/2019
SANTASIA A HOLIDAY COMEDY

13500 Ventura Blvd. - Purchase Online: $30. At the Door: $40. - “SANTASIA - A Holiday Comedy” created by Shaun and Brandon Loeser, directed by Shaun Loeser, is celebrating its 20th year. This Off-Broadway Hit and Critics’s Pick laugh out loud annual holiday ro ....

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12/02/2019 to 12/31/2019
BAYSIDE OPENS FOR LUNCH DURING DECEMBER

900 Bayside Drive Newport Beach, 92660 (949) 721-1222 - - Bayside Restaurant will be open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the month of December only. Come gather and celebrate with friends, family and colleagues to enjoy an updated menu, including Chi ....

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11/29/2019 to 12/31/2019
CLEAN YOUR CLOSET FOR CHARITY & SUPPORT FLAIR CLEANERS 17TH ANNUAL FLAIR CARES HOLIDAY CLOTHING AND SHOE DRIVE

720 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, 90403 310-395-9354 - free - ....

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12/07/2019 to 01/05/2020
SCISSORHANDS: A MUSICAL INSPIRED BY THE FILM

1714 N Vermont Ave 3102711551 - $25 - $45 - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! They’ve taken on ’90s film faves like Scream, Cruel Intentions and Clueless. Now Rockwell: Table & Stage cuts into the absurdity of suburban life with Scissorhands: A Musica ....

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10/06/2019 to 01/12/2020
OPENING FOR "CALAFIA: MANIFESTING THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE"

145 N RAYMOND AVE, PASADENA, CA 91103 6267925101 - 0 - The Armory is pleased to present the fourth iteration of the MexiCali Biennial, CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise—a series of exhibitions and related programs taking place throughout the ....

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11/30/2019 to 01/12/2020
LA KINGS HOLIDAY ICE PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA AT L.A. LIVE

800 W Olympic Blvd. 818-309-7948 - - The annual LA Kings Holiday Ice presented by Coca-Cola brings outdoor ice skating to L.A. LIVE's Xbox Plaza! The LA Kings Holiday Ice Rink presented by Coca-Cola will be open November 30, 2019 - Janu ....

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