GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES Sundays, September 13, 20, 27 & October 4 | 1-4:30 pm Create your own edible garden for fresh organic produce by learning how to: 1. Create good soil out of your current one 2. What, how, and when to plant 3. How much and how often to add compost and water […]
LA PRIDE 2015 GEARS UP TO ROCK WEST HOLLYWOOD WITH ITS FIRST ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCEMENT FEATURING FIFTH HARMONY, TAMAR BRAXTON & WEEKEND HEADLINER, KESHAThe 3-day TLGB 45th Anniversary Celebration Launches Ticket Sales Today With More Performers To Be AnnouncedLos Angeles—Every year, LA PRIDE’s Festival entertainment lineup features a diverse collection of talent ranging from Grammy Award […]
By Brandy Black My kids love bugs and worms. I do not. This is definitely an area where my kids don’t take after me. When our daughter first held a worm in her tiny fingers I screamed and told her to put it back in the dirt. My wife had to remind me that children […]
At Kidspace during ArtNight Pasadena, explore the art, history, and culture of puppetry. Create your own finger and animal puppets, learn the mechanics of marionettes and design one in the Imagination Workshop. Enjoy a puppetry performance by The Crayon Court at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 pm, followed by a professional puppeteering demonstration. Admission to Kidspace, […]
Happy New Year! In honor of 2015, picture book author Oliver Chin will read and autograph his new book Year of the Sheep. Learn about the 12 animal signs of the zodiac and what inspired Oliver to write and publish his books. You can collect all the books in the Tales from the Chinese Zodiac […]
WEATHER ALERT: Snow expected on January 24 and 25 at the LA Zoo in Griffith Park. It’s all part of Snow Days, our annual celebration of wintery fun! For this one weekend, the bear, tiger, takin and markhor exhibits will be transformed by blankets of snow. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to view inquisitive creatures […]
By: Ted Peterson “What do you want for Christmas?” Santa asked as he gave Mikey a lollipop. “This?” Mikey answered, referencing the sweet. “No, I mean what else, besides the lollipop?” Santa replied, with a ho ho ho. “A Christmas tree for Jimmy, and one for Evan, and one for Bryan,” he said, rattling off […]
By: Tanya Ward Goodman Last week, when temperatures soared into the triple digits, our electricity went out. It was seven o’clock and I was just getting dinner on the table. The kids were in the bathtub and there were leftovers being brought to life in the microwave. And suddenly, it was dark. The kids shouted […]
By: Tanya Ward Goodman My daughter turned six last week. In keeping with her exacting nature, she had very specific plans for the celebration of this momentous event. First, there were to be two parties: the “kid” party and the “grown-up” party. The kid party would take place on a weekend. There would be a […]
By: Julie Gamberg I’ve recently become a fan of The Diet Soap podcast. The podcaster “unschools” his kids, as he mentioned when he had the guest Dayna Martin on his show to discuss her book “Radical Unschooling – A Revolution Has Begun.” Since hearing their talk, I have begun to fret that if I don’t […]
