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Weekday Event Picks for LA Kids: Castles, Trains, and Stories, April 27-May 1

4/27/15 - By Jacqueline Stansbury

This is a week filled with all those things that send a child’s imagination soaring: castles, trains, and stories. Kids can craft cardboard castles (say that ten times fast) at the Arroyo Seco Library, and celebrate 75 years of trains at the Pasadena Model Railroad Club’s spring open house. Then throw the family in the car and head north for the 16th annual Ojai Storytelling Festival, where yarns get spun, and orators celebrate journeys around the globe from Africa to Ireland. Wherever you find yourself at the end of the week, there's a half-price frappucino waiting with your name on it.

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1. Make It Monday – Monday
Kids can construct castles and more at the Arroyo Seco Regional library. This is a family playdate for kids ages 5-12.
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2. Pasadena Model Railroad Club Spring Open House – Tuesday
Believe it or not, trains are not just for kids, and these folks in Pasadena take their 5,000 feet of track very seriously. The public only has two opportunities a year to check out this spectacular HO Scale reproduction of the rails, and this is one of them.
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3. Circus Vargas Arlequin – Wednesday
Here's a great excuse to investigate that “Great” park in Irvine: the circus is in town. Kids who arrive early can get a pre-show, up close look at life in the three rings.
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4. Día Celebration with Georgette Baker – Thursday
Georgette Baker presents a musical, bilingual celebration of niños and libros (children and books) at Santa Monica’s Pico Branch Library.
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5. Ojai Storytelling Festival – Friday
Storytellers gather to tell tales at the Libby Bowl in Ojai. Some are for children, others not, but this is definitely a family friendly festival.
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