Enchanted Forest of Light
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L.A. Zoo Lights: Animals Aglow
Brighten up your holidays with an all new Yuletide tradition! The Zoo will be decorated with festive lights for the winter holiday season. This fresh, exciting event will include family-friendly evening activities to illuminate the season for memories that will make you smile all year.
Las Posadas
Las Posadas has been a part of Olvera Street since its founding in 1930. Reenacting the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem with traditional songs, colorful costumes, and vibrant music brings one of the oldest Christmas stories to life. While the event is rooted in Christian and Catholic traditions, all are welcome to participate. Each night the crowd gathers as the pastores, or shepherds, are led by the angel to ask for shelter at one of the shops…
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
The region’s longest-running annual holiday tradition returns! Perfect for all ages, this timeless story of redemption is filled to the brim with music and merriment. Create cherished memories with your whole family by witnessing Ebenezer Scrooge’s joyful transformation. It is a perfect burst of boundless good cheer for the season—and beyond! Thursdays – Saturdays, 7:00 p.m. Saturdays – Sundays 2:00 p.m.
Film Series: Beware the Elements! Natural Disasters on Film
The Acadmy Museum presents the Film Series Beware the Elements! Natural Disasters on Film Following a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, extreme wildfires, historic floods, and a truly unprecedented “hurriquake,” we find the perilous realities of climate change increasingly impacting our daily lives. This screening series considers natural disasters through our planet’s primary elements—earth, wind, water, and fire—and seeks to highlight key moments in the history of the disaster film genre as a source of entertainment and portrayal of science, and…
A Christmas Carol with Charles Dickens
Our holiday tradition is returning to the Independent Shakespeare Company for its 19th year. Join us as we recreate (with a little artistic license) the experience of a public reading of A Christmas Carol, given by Charles Dickens himself. Enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate or spiced (and spiked.) cider as the ISC Studio transforms into a cozy Victorian drawing room.