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Fun & Free Events for LA Kids this Weekend: Mega Take Apart, Levitated Mass and Early Fireworks! June 30-July 1

6/28/12 - By Toby B

You can’t blame this weekend for feeling insignificant: it’s being overshadowed by a Wednesday of all things. A Wednesday! Well, in its defense, it is a rather big deal Wednesday. Birth of our country and all that. Fireworks, festivals, parades, Barry Manilow, and more fireworks.  It’s hard for simple weekend to measure up, even if it's got movies under the stars, a super-sized rock and Shakespeare in the park. Maybe a free blowout would help boost its self-esteem. 

But let's keep it real. Independence Day is the main event; you're gonna want to see fireworks. That's why you come to us. Not only do we have well over a dozen fireworks displays listed on our daily events calendar,  we've even compiled them for you in a single handy-dandy post. You're welcome. Guess we've earned that free blowout, too bad it doesn't start until after the 4th...

Keep reading for some of our favorite picks for this weekend, and to find out about that free blowout...

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Dog Days of Summer - Santa Ana
Discovery Science Center is going to the dogs this week. Kids can learn all about man's best friend and even see some stunt dogs.

Family Amphitheater Performances - West Los Angeles
This weekend’s family concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center feature Melissa Green (Saturday) and Philippine dance and music from Kayamanan Ng Lahi (Sunday).

Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival 2012 - Griffith Park
The irreverent Independent Shakespeare Company launches its 2012 summer season with A Winter's Tale.

SATURDAY JUNE 30

Mega Take Apart & Crafternoon - Culver City
Kids can take apart electronic devices and turn the pieces into art. (Or put them back together. That's okay, too).

LA Sanitation West LA Yard Open House  - West Los Angeles
West LA kids can meet "Mr. Recycle” and his sidekick “Robo Blue” at the latest Sanitation open house.

Neil Comess-Daniels Mini Concert - West Los Angeles
Santa Monica’s Neil Comess-Daniels brings songs from his newest release to Children's Book World.

Celebrate America - Music and Fireworks - Santa Monica
The fireworks at Santa Monica College are on Saturday. Not July 4th. So if you’re hoping to see the fireworks, you have to go this weekend. Not July 4th. Got it?

Street Food Cinema - Downtown
Bring your blanket and a picnic dinner for a movie on the lawn in Exposition Park. This week’s screening is Transformers…

Cinespia - Hollywood
… or you could take in Labyrinth at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (Be advised, these screenings tend to sell out).

SUNDAY JULY 1

DidiPop - Topanga
Singer-songwriter DidiPop performs at the Theatricum Botanicum.

Lone Bean Book Launch Party  - Santa Monica
Books and Cookies’s owner Chudney Ross celebrates the release of her new book with face painting, balloon animals, and storytime!

Andell Family Sundays - Levitated Mass - Mid-Wilshire
A 540-ton boulder traveled over 100 miles to be part of an art installation at LACMA. Now Levitated Mass is on display, and visitors to this month's Andell Family Sunday can be among the first to experience it.

Manhattan Beach Summer Concerts in the Park - Manhattan Beach
Families can enjoy music under the stars at Polliwog Park. This week Ronny and the Classics perform songs from the 50s and 60s.

That free blowout?  It's at Ulta Beauty locations, courtesy of Living Proof hair products. It's free but appointments are limited, so you'll want to make an appointment as soon as you can.

As always, there are many more activities listed on our daily events calendar. Whatever you choose to do this weekend, we hope you have a spectacular time. Happy Birthday, America.