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    Circus Vargas is Back with a Brand New Show Under the Big Top

    Circus Vargas, California’s own Big Top circus, presents an entirely new show for 2010 at Westfield Culver City September 1 – 6, 2010! The show opens Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m., with shows on Thursday and Friday night at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m., and on Monday the final shows will be at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

    Arrive early for the free interactive Pre-Show, where children of all ages are invited into center ring for a crash course in circus skills! With a mesmerizing hula-hoop production, enchanting aerial bungee-ballet, stunning display on the Wheel of Destiny, wildly electrifying motorcycle performance, the internationally acclaimed Flying Tabares and much more, Circus Vargas has everything to offer the highest quality of fun family entertainment! For tickets and information go to the website HERE or call (877) 468-3861.

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    Cool Down this Summer at Splash Pads & Water Play Areas

    Make a Splash this Summer

    Whoever invented the splash pad is pretty smart (and rich I would assume). Or had kids of her own and witnessed the glee in their eyes even as their youthful skin turned pruney in the bath. Or was inspired by her own childhood summers running through magical lawn sprinklers. Now that the near triple degree heat is a nagging reminder that we are well into the summer season, go make a splash at one of your local parks or public recreation facilities at a splash pad. Splash pads and water play areas are great options to cool off when you don’t have access to a pool or don’t have time to drive to the beach. And swimming proficiency is not an issue so the little ones will enjoy it just as much.

    PUBLIC SPLASH PADS

    A.J. Martin Park
    14830 E. Giordano Street
    La Puente, 91744; (626) 917-8354
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Amelia Mayberry Park
    13201 E. Meyer Road
    Whittier, 90605; (562) 944-9727
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Annenberg Community Beach House
    Splashpad Play Area
    415 Pacific Coast Highway
    Santa Monica, 90402; (310) 458-4904
    Hours: 8:30 a.m. – Sunset
    Cost: FREE for the splash pad outside; Public pool is open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and costs $10 for adults; $4 kids aged 1 and up

    Basset Park
    510 North Vineland Avenue
    La Puente, 91746; (626) 333-0959
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Dalton Park
    18867 Armstead Street
    Azusa, 91702; (626) 852-1491
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    North Hollywood Recreation Center
    North Hollywood Pool
    5301 Tujunga Ave. (and Magnolia)
    North Hollywood, 91601; (818) 755-7654
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. (M-F); 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. (S-S)
    Cost: $2.50 Adults; FREE for kids under 7 (kids under 7 must be accompanied by adults, who must wear swimsuits while watching the kids) The Fee also covers pool use.

    Pacific Park Splash Pad
    501 S. Pacific Avenue
    Glendale, 91204; (818) 548-4098
    Hours: Dawn to Dusk
    Cost: FREE

    Panorama Recreation Center Splash Pad
    8600 Hazeltine Avenue
    Panorama City, 91402; (818) 893-3401
    Hours: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Rimgrove Park Splash Pad
    747 North Rimgrove Drive
    Valinda, 91744; (626) 330-8798
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    San Angelo Park Splash Pad
    245 S. San Angelo Ave.
    La Puente; (626) 968-2666
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Stoner Park Pool Splash Pad
    1835 Stoner Ave.
    Los Angeles, 90025; (310) 575-8286
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. (M-F); 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. (S-S)
    Cost: FREE for 17 years and under; $2.50 for adults
    Pool 0-4 ft of water

    Sunshine Park Splash Pad
    515 Deepmead Avenue
    La Puente, 91744; (626) 854-5559
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Swim Stadium Splash Pad (Water Play*)
    3980 South Menlo Avenue
    Los Angeles, 90037; (213) 763-0129 (5)
    Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
    Cost: Adults $2.50; FREE for kids 17 and under
    *A pool with 1 foot of water has play structures and water sprays.

    Sylmar Park Recreation Center Splash Pad
    13109 Borden Ave.,
    Sylmar, 818-367-5656 (6727)
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Valleydale Park
    5525 North Lark Ellen Avenue
    Azusa, 91702; (626) 334-8020
    Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    Virginia Park Splash Pad
    2200 Virginia Ave.
    Santa Monica, 90404; (310) 458-8688
    Hours: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
    Cost: FREE

    COMMERCIAL WATER PLAY AREAS

    Raging Waters
    111 Raging Waters Drive
    San Dimas, 91773; (909) 802-2200

    Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
    24500 Town Center Drive
    Valencia, 91355; (661) 255-4100

    Universal Studios
    Curious George Water Play Area
    100 Universal City Plaza
    Universal City, 91608; (818) 622-3801

    Another way to cool off this summer: Ice Cream Trucks!

    Check out what else there is to do in Los Angeles this week HERE.

    (Posted July 28, 2009)

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    Summer Fun at Beach

    Anneberg Community Beach House Pool in Santa Monica Opens for Summer Season June 19, 2010

    Get ready for a summer of fun at the Annenberg Community Beach House, which opens its doors to the public for the summer season beginning June 19, 2010. With a public pool, cultural events, yoga, beach sports, beach parking, Back on the Beach Café and the new Sand & Sea Fitness Room, there’s something for everyone at the Beach House.

    The Beach House is conveniently located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway just north of the Santa Monica Pier and California Incline, enter at Beach House Way. Open daily from 8:30am – 8:30pm.

    Pool passes let you access the pool and Pool House changing rooms. Passes go on sale daily at 9:30am. All members of your party must be present when purchasing passes. Passes may also be reserved, up to 3 days in advance online starting at 7am. Daily passes are $10 for adults, $4 for youth (1-17), $5 for seniors (60+), or $24 for a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 youth). Pool hours are Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday from 10am – 6pm, and Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday from 10am – 8pm. Tuesday & Thursday Pool Power Hours are open to ages 16 & up from 6pm – 8pm. Passes are $7 or $5 with another full price activity.

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    Pasadena Chalk Festival

    Pasadena Chalk Festival

    Paseo Colorado
    280 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 91101 (between Marengo and Los Robles Avenues); (626) 795-8891
    Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, 2010
    10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

    Ages: All
    Cost: FREE
    Website

    To celebrate it’s 18th anniversary, the 2010 Pasadena Chalk Festival will attempt to make history by setting the Guinness World Record for the Largest Display of Chalk Pavement Art!  More than 500 artists come from all across Southern California to spend two days on their hands and knees creating 175 spectacular chalk murals on concrete areas in every style imaginable. 

    In addition to the extraordinary opportunity to watch artists at work, there will be live music an entertainment throughout the weekend.  Families and children can create complimentary Father’s Day cards in KID’S CHALKLAND, and have their faces painted by face painters in a designated area for the children.

    Be on the lookout at the end of the festival for prizes for Best Overall, Best Technique, Best Use of Color and more. Festival visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite murals as well. Pasadena Chalk Festival “Paseo Colorado People’s Choice” ballots will be available in the Center’s retailers.

    **Photo above courtesy Pasadena Chalk Festival – 2009 Best in Animation Alley award – “Where the Wild Things Roam” by Jen Swain**

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    Annenberg Community Beach House

    Santa Monica Beach and the Annenberg Community Beach House

    Romp on the sands of Santa Monica Beach fronting the Annenberg Community Beach House, then participate in one of the many kid and family activities available such as Yoga Buddies for kids age 5-12 and Beach Volleyball classes for kids ages 7-15 and 16 and up. The community pool will be open for the summer season beginning June 19, 2010 but the the splash pad, garden terrace and view deck are open daily, 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.

    Annenberg Community Beach House

    415 Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, 90402
    Hours: Garden, View Deck & Splash Pad Daily, 8:30 am – 8 pm
    Event House Gallery Mondays & 2nd Saturdays, 11 am – 3 pm
    Marion Davies Guest House Mondays & 2nd Saturdays, 11 am – 3 pm
    Pool will open for the summer beginning June 19, 2010

    Ages: All
    Cost: $7 per person for Beach House and Pool; Other costs apply for classes
    Website

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    Griffith Park Old Zoo Area

    Griffith Park Old Los Angeles Zoo Area

    While other parts of Griffith Park are crowded with parties and picnickers, we love the wide open grassy areas at the Griffith Park Old Zoo Area. If there isn’t an event going on there you and your kids will have the run of the spacious lawn, perfect for chasing toddlers, playing tag with tweeners or strolling with your teens! You can also explore the cool-looking stone caves where the animals once lived. (though to be safe, we’d recommend shoes for traipsing in these cement parts).

    Old Los Angeles Zoo

    Griffith Park Dr., Los Angeles, 90027
    Check out map at link below:

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    Ecosystems at the California Science Center

    Ecosystems at the California Science Center

    If you haven’t yet been to the Ecosystems exhibit at the California Science Center, start your visit feeling very cool at the white, giant polar ice wall in the polar research hut learn how species survive at the ends of the Earth. Then check out the three other areas of the “Extreme Zones” before you travel to all eight environmental Zones, each of which illustrates a different ecological principle. Ecosystems occupies 45,000 square feet and contains more than 250 species of plants and animals — an unprecedented blend of live plants and animals, and hands-on science exhibits in 11 immersive environments. From walking through a living kelp forest to experimenting on a polar ice wall, explorers will investigate some of the Earth’s most fascinating ecosystems. Highlights include a 188,000-gallon kelp tank populated with more than 1,500 live fish, kelp and other marine life; a desert flash flood; and a special gallery dedicated to the urban ecology of Los Angeles.

    In the Extreme Zone, discover how even in the harshest environments, species adapt to their surroundings. In the Forest Zone, learn about the sources and importance of biodiversity in ecosystems. In the River Zone, investigate the ways flowing fluids carry energy and matter from place to place. In the Island Zone, look at how isolation reveals the processes of evolution. In the Rot Room, see how rot and decomposition release nutrients that nourish life. In the Global Zone, focus on the ways living and physical systems interact on a global scale. In the L.A. Zone, learn about the ecological challenges faced by urban ecosystems when it comes to water, waste, energy and wildlife. And in the Family Discovery Room, explore how our homes are habitats, providing us—as well as pets and pests—with food, water and shelter.

    Ecosystems at The California Science Center and IMAX Theater

    Exposition Park
    700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles.
    Hours: Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Ages: All
    Cost: FREE Admission to Science Center (IMAX ticket costs apply)
    Website

    Photo Credit: Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard

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    Play in a Safe Place at the La Habra Children’s Museum

    Play in a Safe Place at the La Habra Children’s Museum

    The first Children’s Museum to open west of the Rocky Mountains in December 1977, The La Habra Children’s Museum knows just how important play is to learning. Children can ride a kid-size carousel, take a walk in T-Rex’s footprints, pet an Arctic fox, pump gas, drive a bus, dress up and perform, and dig for fossils all in one afternoon! Located in a historic 1923 Train Depot, it features 7 galleries and 14 different hands on exihibit and an exhibit which changes 4 times a year.

    Don’t miss the current exhibit Farm Animal Friends showing until June 30, 2010. Join your kids and learn amazing facts and explore life on the farm. Watch chicks hatch from eggs! Pat our placid sheep and laugh at playful goats. Sit on a pig! Fry up bacon and eggs in a farm house kitchen. ‘Milk’ our Holstein cow “Abigail” and then follow the journey that pail of milk takes as it is processed, packaged and delivered to the grocery store.

    La Habra Children’s Museum

    301 South Euclid Street, La Habra, 90631; (562) 905-9793
    Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Fridays open at 9 a.m. for Members
    Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Closed Mondays and all Major Holidays

    Ages: All
    Cost: $7.00 per person; $6.00 La Habra residents; Children under 2 are FREE.
    Website

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    Discover California’s Past at The California Heritage Museum

    Discover California’s Past at
    The California Heritage Museum

    Located in a historic 1894 house, the California Heritage Museum presents innovative exhibitions on diverse aspects of the State’s cultural riches. The history of the house is not forgotten, with an exhibit on the home’s first owner, Roy Jones, and his family’s role in the founding of Santa Monica.

    Don’t miss the last few weeks of the exhibit “SKATEBOARD: Evolution and Art in California.” The show continues through Sunday, May 30, 2010. The exhibition traces the evolution of boards from pre-1950 to the present showcasing the riders, designers, artists, and manufacturers that created the California phenomenon known as the skateboard.

    The Museum’s permanent collection of fine and decorative arts is housed on the first floor. It includes Monterey Furniture, California Rainbow Pottery, a wide variety of California tile, and many other period collectible pieces representing California’s rich history.

    California Heritage Museum

    2612 Main Street, Santa Monica, 90405; (310) 392-8537
    Hours: Wednesdays – Sundays 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    Ages: All
    Cost: General Admission $8; Seniors, Students $5; Members, Children under twelve FREE
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    Third Annual National Train Day Chugs into Town on May 8, 2010 with Free Event at Historic Union Station

    Third Annual National Train Day Chugs into Town on May 8, 2010 with Free Event at Historic Union Station

    The third annual National Train Day will be chugging into town at historic Union Sation with fun events and activities for the entire family on Saturday, May 8, 2010. National Train Day will commemorate the 141st anniversary of the development of the first transcontinental railroad‘s by bringing to life the rich history of how trains transformed America. Live entertainment, interactive and educational exhibits, kid‘s entertainment, food demonstrations, model train displays, and a tour of notable private railroad cars, Amtrak equipment, freight, and commuter trains will be part of the celebration from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. on National Train Day. The event and all activities are free.

    The Union Station event will feature model trains, train equipment displays and much more including:
    The Railroad Braceros Exhibit
    Train Equipment Displays
    Model Train Displays
    AmtraKids Depot Go-Green Express: Eco Exhibit
    National Park Service Trails & Rails Exhibit
    Snapshot Station
    Trains Move our Economy Exhibit
    Amtrak: Dining the Rail Way exhibit and culinary emonstrations, featuring Chef Marcel Lagnaz
    Live performances by the USC Trojan Marching Band and Playhouse Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve!
    Appearance by California Gold’s Huell Howser

    National Train Day Celebration

    Union Station
    800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, 90012
    Saturday, May 8, 2010
    11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    Ages: All
    Cost: FREE ($6 Parking is available at E. Cesar Chavez and N. Vignes St in the MTA Lot)
    Website

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