| World City concerts are of really high quality performances for your educational and family enjoyment and are frequently interactive. Over the years, we have rarely ever seen a repeat performance. Seats are obtained by queuing up at the bottom of the grand staircase at Grand Ave/2nd Street intersection. The three hundred tickets per show go quickly, so I suggest coming a good 60-90 minutes before 10am since the free tickets are distributed at 10am for the first show at 11am, and at 11am for the 12.30pm show. Each individual can ask for 10 tickets, so share your tickets with another family so the other adult can supervise the children play at the garden level while their other adults stay in line. Bring hats/sunscreen, snacks or lunch (clean up after yourself of course) as this is an outdoor amphitheater performance on the 3rd level where the beautiful urban garden is. Plan to stay for at least 3 amazing art projects work on cultural themes featured during that day's concert. For those enjoying the second concert, do the art projects first! Plan a playdate and go as a group of families to have fun! Walk to the LA Cathedral for its animal sculptural garden or tour its underground vaults. Enjoy the shooting water fountains at California Water Plaza and MOCA on Grand Ave. | World City - Red Thunder November 20th, 2010 Starts at 11:00 AM | |||||||||
 (Dance, Native American) With authentic regalia, consisting of vibrant feathers, intricate beadwork, and handmade jewelry and headdresses, Red Thunder celebrates the unique heritage of the Plains Indians. Showcasing music, song, and traditional dance while re-telling the stories that have been passed through generations, Red Thunder entertains and educates audiences of all ages.Free Tickets: All tickets are free and are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. Tickets for 11:00am performance distributed beginning at 10:00am. Tickets for 12:30pm performance distributed beginning at 11:00am. All performances subject to change. For more information, please visit World City. For more details, directions and parking information, please click here: http://www.musiccenter.org/cal/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4716&year=2010&month=11 Here is the 2010-2011 season of free World City concerts: World City features internationally renowned artists in admission-free performances on select Saturdays at the W.M. Keck Foundation Children's Amphitheatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Performance Times: 11:00am and 12:30pm Free Tickets: All tickets are free and are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. Tickets for 11:00am performance distributed beginning at 10:00am. Tickets for 12:30pm performance distributed beginning at 11:00am. All performances subject to change. Venue: The W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheatre is an intimate outdoor performance space. Sunscreen and appropriate seasonal attire are strongly encouraged. In the event of rain, event will be moved to a nearby indoor location.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
LA's Best free cultural/musical offering: WorldCity Concerts - Plains Native American Culture this Saturday, November 20, at 11am and 12.30pm
Friday, November 12, 2010
This Sunday, November 14, 2010, make festive block-printed table runners at Fowler Museum after Hammer Museum's family movie, The Black Stallion
UCLA Fowler Museum hosts a free family art event in its courtyard each month. Last month, we made glow-in-the-dark paintings about the moon and moonbeams based on a Indonesian weaver's legend. From the same informative exhibit about Indonesian weavers, this Sunday, you can block-print a table runner in time for November's Thanksgiving festive feast.
If this is your first visit to UCLA's Fowler Museum, please note admission is free and check out campus parking and public transportation options here: http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/visit
Fowler Museum's permanent anthropological and silver exhibits and the frequently changing exhibits make a monthly visit to coincide with its family art workshops on a Sunday worthwhile. Next month, on Dec 12, the family gets to make Korean kimchi and decorate a jar in conjunction with its Korean food exhibit which opens this Sunday.
We plan to go to this event after seeing Hammer Museum's free monthly family movie starting at 11am - this Sunday, it is the Black Stallion - see details below. While there, don't miss entering Hulian Hoeber's gravity-defying house installation on its upper floor terrace. It reminds us of Confusion Hill in Huell Howser's roadside attraction show. Pretend to be superman or see a ball roll upwards . http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/189
To enjoy Hammer Museum free, go on Thursday and it is open from 11am to evening.
ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.
Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours.
If this is your first visit to UCLA's Fowler Museum, please note admission is free and check out campus parking and public transportation options here: http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/visit
Fowler Museum's permanent anthropological and silver exhibits and the frequently changing exhibits make a monthly visit to coincide with its family art workshops on a Sunday worthwhile. Next month, on Dec 12, the family gets to make Korean kimchi and decorate a jar in conjunction with its Korean food exhibit which opens this Sunday.
We plan to go to this event after seeing Hammer Museum's free monthly family movie starting at 11am - this Sunday, it is the Black Stallion - see details below. While there, don't miss entering Hulian Hoeber's gravity-defying house installation on its upper floor terrace. It reminds us of Confusion Hill in Huell Howser's roadside attraction show. Pretend to be superman or see a ball roll upwards . http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/189
To enjoy Hammer Museum free, go on Thursday and it is open from 11am to evening.
- 11:00am November 14, 2010
- Hammer Kids Save to Calendar
Family Flicks: The Black Stallion
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The Black Stallion 
Family Flicks: The Black Stallion
Carroll Ballard (Duma) made his feature debut with this gorgeous adaptation of Walter Farley’s classic novel about a boy and a majestic stallion who meet during an ocean voyage and bond while stranded on a picturesque desert island. Ballard balances action with subtle characterization, convincingly detailed art direction, and breathtaking cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. (1979, 117 min. Dir: Carroll Ballard 35mm, color)ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.
Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours.
Kids in the Courtyard: Textiles for the Table
Kids in the Courtyard: Textiles for the Table
Get ready for Thanksgiving by making festive block-printed table runners for your feast, inspired by the textiles in Weavers’ Stories from Island Southeast Asia.
Get ready for Thanksgiving by making festive block-printed table runners for your feast, inspired by the textiles in Weavers’ Stories from Island Southeast Asia.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Run or walk with your child - help him be a Marathon Kid!
Your child comes home with the purple flyer about registering to be a Marathon Kid stapled with a white mileage log and a white sheet with five fruits/vegetables for
http://www.marathonkids.org/
http://www.marathonkids.org/
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Bring your family to one of LA's best free music and art cultural offerings - WORLD CITY concerts at Walt Disney Hall's amphitheater
| World City concerts are of really high quality performances for your educational and family enjoyment and are frequently interactive. Over the years, we have rarely ever seen a repeat performance. Seats are obtained by queuing up at the bottom of the grand staircase at Grand Ave/2nd Street intersection. The three hundred tickets per show go quickly, so I suggest coming a good 60-90 minutes before 10am since the free tickets are distributed at 10am for the first show at 11am, and at 11am for the 12.30pm show. Each individual can ask for 10 tickets, so share your tickets with another family so the other adult can supervise the children play at the garden level while their other adults stay in line. Bring hats/sunscreen, snacks or lunch (clean up after yourself of course) as this is an outdoor amphitheater performance on the 3rd level where the beautiful urban garden is. Plan to stay for at least 3 amazing art projects work on cultural themes featured during that day's concert. For those enjoying the second concert, do the art projects first! Plan a playdate and go as a group of families to have fun! Walk to the LA Cathedral for its animal sculptural garden or tour its underground vaults. Enjoy the shooting water fountains at California Water Plaza and MOCA on Grand Ave. | World City - Red Thunder November 20th, 2010 Starts at 11:00 AM | Download This Event Email To A Friend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dance, Native American) With authentic regalia, consisting of vibrant feathers, intricate beadwork, and handmade jewelry and headdresses, Red Thunder celebrates the unique heritage of the Plains Indians. Showcasing music, song, and traditional dance while re-telling the stories that have been passed through generations, Red Thunder entertains and educates audiences of all ages. Free Tickets: All tickets are free and are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. Tickets for 11:00am performance distributed beginning at 10:00am. Tickets for 12:30pm performance distributed beginning at 11:00am. All performances subject to change. For more information, please visit World City. For more details, directions and parking information, please click here: http://www.musiccenter.org/cal/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4716&year=2010&month=11 Here is the 2010-2011 season of free World City concerts: World City features internationally renowned artists in admission-free performances on select Saturdays at the W.M. Keck Foundation Children's Amphitheatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Performance Times: 11:00am and 12:30pm Free Tickets: All tickets are free and are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. Tickets for 11:00am performance distributed beginning at 10:00am. Tickets for 12:30pm performance distributed beginning at 11:00am. All performances subject to change. Venue: The W.M. Keck Children's Amphitheatre is an intimate outdoor performance space. Sunscreen and appropriate seasonal attire are strongly encouraged. In the event of rain, event will be moved to a nearby indoor location.
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Location Family Programming Walt Disney Concert Hall- W.M. Keck Amphitheatre 111 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA USA 90012 Email: education@musiccenter.org Phone: (213) 972-8000 Website: Click to Visit Directions & Parking Public Transportation Accessibility Dining | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
After Halloween, what to do with candies that you don't wish your child to eat? Do candy science experiments!
After Halloween's treat-or-tricking, you must be wondering what you can do with the excess candy treats. Playful parenting is often advocated to relieve parenting stress. How about engaging your child in some candy science experiments? Have fun with your child doing some of these candy experiments suggested here from the article linked below.
The Candy Experiments
"Listed below are just a few ideas to get started. Have fun, and let curiosity be your guide!
For the article I excerpted this portion, please see:
http://mothering.com/parenting/candy-experiments
The Candy Experiments
"Listed below are just a few ideas to get started. Have fun, and let curiosity be your guide!
- Acid Test: This experiment tests for the acid often found in sour candy.
- Chocolate Bloom: Chocolate is made of cocoa butter, cocoa solids, and other ingredients that have been mixed together. Can you take them apart?
- Color Separation (Chromatography): You know candy is colored with artificial dye. To see the different dyes for yourself, try this.
- Density Rainbow : Sugar water is denser than water—the more sugar, the denser. This experiment shows you how to layer different densities into a rainbow.
- Dissolving Hot/Cold: See if candy dissolves faster in hot or cold water.
- Hidden Candy : Most candy is made from sugar, corn syrup, and flavorings. These ingredients are used to sweeten lots of different foods. Can you find the “hidden candy” in other varieties of food you eat?
- Lifesaver Lights : Do wintergreen Lifesavers really make a spark in the dark?
- Sink/Float Most: candy sinks in water, because sugar is denser than water. But some will float. Why?
- Oil Test : If you thought your candy was all sugar, think again. Many chewy candies also contain oil. This experiment uses heat to let you see the oil for yourself.
- Pop Rocks : What’s the secret ingredient in the candy that crackles?
- Sticky You: know candy can cling to your fingers—but how sticky can you make it?
For the article I excerpted this portion, please see:
http://mothering.com/parenting/candy-experiments
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