Access to nature, recreation, and sites of relaxation—in other words, leisure—is critical to pursuing the full range of human experience, self-fulfillment, and dignity. The exhibition illuminates Angelenos and other Californians who worked to make leisure here an open, inclusive reality in the first half of the twentieth century. In shaping recreational sites and public spaces during the Jim Crow era, African Americans challenged white supremacy and situated Black identity within oceanfront and inland social gathering places throughout California.
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Black California Dreamin’: Claiming Space at America’s Leisure Frontier
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A FAERY HUNT ENCHANTED ADVENTURE
There is only gentle and silly fun in A Faery Hunt Show. Fairyland is created by weaving faery magic with original stories, dancing, and songs to inspire you and your kids. It will transport you and your family into an enchanted realm of glamorous joy and interactive fun. Sunday, May 4, A Faery Hunt Amazing Adventure Crestwood Hills Park, 1000 Hanley Ave., Los Angeles, 90049 10:30 a.m. Start Saturday, May 17, A Faery Hunt Enchanted Adventure Orcutt Ranch,…
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Cal Fresh EBT Enrollment
The CalFresh program offers support for free groceries and other expenses. Whether you’re applying for the first time or need assistance with your current benefits, we’re here to help. We offer assistance in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
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Hollyhock House Tours
Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions. Guidebooks are also available for visitors to use in the house. Tickets on sale now through January. Tickets for February will be released in December. If it says NO EVENTS on the purchasing calendar that indicates tours are sold out for that date or Hollyhock House is closed. Questions? Email hollyhockhouse@lacity.org.
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Mark Bradford: 150 Portrait Tone
Mark Bradford’s 150 Portrait Tone, a mural-size composition that contains elements of both abstraction and realism, is based on an idea for a work that the artist conceived after the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by a police officer in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in July 2016. Castile, a nutrition services supervisor at an elementary school, was shot after being pulled over in his car—an incident that was livestreamed on Facebook by Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, who was sitting in the…
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The Interactive Story File of Lawson Iichiro Sakai
In 2019, Lawson answered more than 1,000 questions in his Story File so that future generations can continue conversing with him to learn about his legacy. What would you like to ask Lawson? Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursday, 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m. Adults – $16, Seniors and Youth – $9, Members and Children under 5 – Free