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| LOS ANGELES MUSEUMS Calendar
Current Museums Events in L.A. and surrounding areas
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03/20/2010
A VIEW FROM THE BRAUN: ARCHAEOASTRONOMY
234 Museum Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065 - Free for members, $20 for nonmembers. For reservations, call 323.221.2164, ext. 230. - Paul Apodaca, Ph.D., the Braun Research Library Lecturer-in-Residence, will present a lecture describing how the first Americans used the sky as part of their worldview. Archaeoastronomy is the study ....
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03/20/2010
TRADERS SANTA FE CRAFTS IN THE AUTRY STORE!
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323) 667-2000 - Free - John Selmer and Barbara Goldeen of Santa Fe Crafts have a long and impeccable reputation for finding a wide variety of the finest in Native American art, baskets, and jewelry. 11:00am-4:00pm. For add ....
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03/31/2010
WHITE HOUSE MINIATURE TEA AND TOUR
40 Presidential Dr. Simi Valley 93065 805-577-4057 - 45.00 per person - On March 31, The Ronald Reagan Library is pleased to offer a very special First Lady’s Tea and Tour in conjunction with our new exhibit-The White House in Miniature! Enjoy a traditional tea includin ....
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04/10/2010
LET’S MAKE HISTORY! COASTER WEAVING
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 323 667 2000 - Free with museum admission - Join museum teachers at The Autry and learn about the various weaving techniques used by Native American tribes. Then weave a coaster to take home. ....
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04/10/2010 to 04/11/2010
WORKING KNOWLEDGE: APPRECIATING NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETRY LED BY JUSTIN FARMER
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 323 667 2000 - Free with museum admission - Learn the skills necessary to cultivate an appreciation for Native American baskets at The Autry. This two-day seminar led by Justin Farmer (Ipai), an authority on Indian basketry as well as a respec ....
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EXHIBIT: PROJECT SERIES 40: AMANDA ROSS HO – THE CHESHIRE CAT PRINCIPLE
The Pomona College Museum of Art, 330 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 (909) 621-8283 - Free - For "Project Series 40" Amanda Ross-Ho presents a new site-specific installation dealing with the mutability and materiality of context. She creates paintings, sculpture and installation works that e ....
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EXHIBIT: HELEN PASHGIAN: WORKING IN LIGHT
The Pomona College Museum of Art, 330 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 Contact: (909) 621-8283 - Free - Helen Pashgian '56 is a pioneer Light and Space Movement artist, a member of the small group of Southern California artists who coalesced in the 1960s around the use of industrial materials, which of ....
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"FAMOUS FOR 15: FROM ANDY WARHOL TO YOUR CAMERA-PHONE"
Pomona College Museum of Art, 330 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 909) 621-8283 - Free - "Famous for 15" examines the phenomena of photo-based fame through Andy Warhol’s practice and its modern parallel of camera-phone photography. The exhibition is a selection of Polaroids and black an ....
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03/27/2010 to 04/11/2010
BUBBLEFEST
2500 North Main St Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-542-2828 - Children 2 & Up - $9.95 and Adults - $12.95 - BubbleFest – Discovery Science Center’s bubble extravaganza – will float into Orange County for Spring Break, March 27 – April 11, 2010. International bubble artist Fan Yang, a sixteen-time Guinn ....
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04/16/2010
BIG BAND DINNER AND DANCE!
40 Presidential Dr Simi Valley 93065 (805) 577-4057 - 54.95 per person - April 16, 2010 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Dine under the wings of Air Force One and dance the night away to the greatest music of all time! Featuring Pat Longo’s Hollywood Big Band, who delivers unparalleled ....
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04/18/2010
CAUGHEY FOUNDATION LECTURE: HEARING WOMEN IN THE WEST
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 323 667 2000 - Free, but reservations required. RSVP to Belinda Nakasato-Suarez at bnakasato@autrynationalcenter.org. - This year’s Caughey Foundation Lecture at the Autry features bestselling author Lisa See. In her lecture, See will reflect on her own writings and on her ongoing search to uncover the voices of wome ....
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04/18/2010
LET’S MAKE HISTORY! HOME LANDS PIN
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 323 667 2000 - Free with museum admission - Visit the new "Home Lands" exhibition and discover how women settled the West. Then join with museum teachers and celebrate women’s contributions to Western history by creating a pin to show your pr ....
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04/24/2010
COMMUNITY BASKET COLLABORATIVE
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 323 667 2000 - Free with museum admission - Visit The Autry's museum exhibit "The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition," and then join museum teachers for a hands-on opportunity to experience what it feels like to weave a basket ....
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04/25/2010
FAMILY PLAYHOUSE! PAPER TIGER
4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 323 667 2000 - Free with museum admission - According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. Visit The Autry's Family Discovery Gallery and create your own torn-paper tiger. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ....
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04/28/2010
WHITE HOUSE MINATURE TEA AND TOUR
40 Presidential Dr. Simi Valley 93065 805-577-4057 - 45.00 per person - On April 28, The Ronald Reagan Library is pleased to offer a very special First Lady’s Tea and Tour in conjunction with our new exhibit-The White House in Miniature! Enjoy a traditional tea includin ....
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05/01/2010
ROCKET LAUNCH AT THE BOEING COMPANY, HUNTINGTON BEACH
2500 North Main St Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-542-2828 - Children 2 & Up - $9.95 and Adults - $12.95 - This May, join the challenge to design, build, and launch a rocket made from a 2-liter plastic soda bottle that uses a combination of pressurized air and water for propulsion. The competition will co ....
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01/16/2010 to 05/02/2010
SECRETS OF CIRCLES
2500 North Main St Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-542-2828 - Children 2 & Up - $9.95 and Adults - $12.95 - Circles are pretty amazing shapes. If you look around, you’ll see that they’re everywhere: wheels, clocks, doorknobs, tortillas, Frisbees, tops and more! This exciting new exhibit for ages 3-10 cel ....
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05/15/2010
SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT
2500 North Main St Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-542-2823 - Children 2 & Up - $9.95 and Adults - $12.95 - Young chess players (grades K-12) are invited to enhance their learning and life skills through chess and make new friends! Chess assists in memory, logic and analysis which are key components of imp ....
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05/22/2010
SPEEDCUBING AT THE CUBE
2500 North Main St Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-542-2828 - Children 2 & Up - $9.95 and Adults - $12.95 - Join us on Saturday as Rubik’s Cube speed solvers showcase their skills at Discovery Science Center! Come watch as the quickest cubers compete against each other and against themselves to set and br ....
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