2023 Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 14th this year, so it’s time to start brainstorming gift ideas for your mom, your kids’ mom…
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Museum Monday: The Exploratorium, San Francisco
The Exploratorium, an award-winning, science-meets-art museum in San Francisco, checks off a lot of boxes on visitors’ wish lists. It’s one of the…
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12 Beautiful Botanical Gardens in California
Here’s an easy way to feel like you’ve cleansed your soul, just a little bit – take a stroll around your local botanical…
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Museum Monday: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
In late 2024, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is set to complete construction of its brand-new David Geffen Galleries. The…
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The Ghazir Orphan Rug woven by Armenian orphans as a gift for President Coolidge in 1925 (public domain)
The King said… They Shall Not Perish
OPINION by Rachel Melikian President Calvin Coolidge and the World’s Biggest Hand-Woven Carpet We leave history behind as time passes. Motion pictures move…
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Museum Monday: The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has a mission to preserve and celebrate over 13,000 years of human interaction with the ocean. It’s quite…
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Museum Monday: An American Christmas Story at the Reagan Library
Every holiday season, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley presents a special exhibit of Christmas trees decorated to fit the year’s…
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Museum Monday: The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was born in Wisconsin, rose to fame among early modernist art circles in New York City, and traveled widely across…
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Here are the 11 New Inductees to the California Hall of Fame
Today, the governor and first partner announced the 15th class of Californians to be inducted to the California Hall of Fame. The 11…
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A Guide to the Scariest Spiders in California
Are you an arachnophobe? Do creepy black spider Halloween decorations freak you out far more than any witch, bat, ghost or thing that…
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Museum Monday: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
There are many popular museums in Los Angeles, but the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County stands out among them with its…
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The Curious Tale of Louise Huebner, the Official Witch of Los Angeles
On July 21, 1968, a Los Angeles County Supervisor appointed Louise Huebner as LA’s Official Witch. She was presented with a signed and…
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