ALL WEEKEND

Potted Potter - Beverly Hills
You’ll be like Hermione with her time turner as you magically experience all seven Potter books in barely over an hour.

Camellia & Tea Festival - La Cañada Flintridge
Descanso Gardens celebrates the camellia, which brightens winter days with its colorful blossoms and warms the heart when brewed into tea.
 
Half Price Drinks - Multiple Locations
Peets offers half price drinks after noon. Make mine mocha! (Coupon needed).
 
Pasadena Civic Ballet presents Little Mermaid - San Gabriel
The Pasadena Civic Ballet ventures under the sea for  an original ballet based on based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid.

Engineers Week - DIscovery Cube LA - Sylmar
Engineers Week - Discovery Cube Orange County - Santa Ana
It just keeps getting more sciency! Engineers Week closes out with the Egg Drop Competition and visiting scientists.
 
Last Weekends of the Month at the Skirball - West LA
Fire up the antique, hand-cranked sewing machines to make fabric wallets and water bottle bags at the Skirball this weekend.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28

National Tooth Fairy Day - Irvine
The Tooth Fairy visits Pretend City for some toothy insight.
 
Lowes Build and Grow - Multiple Locations
This week’s project is a Monster Jam kit featuring Max-D. (And make sure to sign up for the next project so he has someone to play with.)
 
Storytime Book Signing & Craft with Annie Reiner - West LA
Dr. Annie Reiner visits Children's Book World for a reading of her new children’s books, Penelope’s Pearls and I Am Lilly.

Junior Chef Classes - Multiple Locations
If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake. Or sent my kid to this class on cake basics at Williams-Sonoma.

Dr. Seuss's Birthday at Lakeshore Learning Stores - Multiple Locations
Lakeshore Learning celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday with free crafts for kids, games, and stories read every hour.

Mardi Gras: Long Beach Carnevale - Long Beach
The Long Beach Carnevale is a masquerade in the true fashion of the carnival of Venice Italy.
 
St. David's Day Festival - Downtown
The Welsh League of Southern California celebrates the National Day of Wales with headliners Poxy Boggards, Dylan Thomas poetry readings, and a kids-only tea party.

Saturday Science: The Science of Food -  Downey
Columbia Memorial Space Center teaches some cold hard science facts about food. Like how ice cream is made.
 
Gene Autry Double Feature - Griffith Park
Git Along Little Dogies! The Autry is showing a Gene Autry double feature.
 
BHCP Kids Club - Baldwin Hills
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza celebrates Black History Month at this week’s kids club.
 
African Drum and Dance with CHAZZ and Teresa - Downtown
CHAZZ and Teresa visit the Central Library for an interactive program with traditional African dance and rhythm and authentic djembe drums.
 
Public Star Party - Griffith Park
If you thought there were a lot of stars at the Oscars last week, wait 'til you see how many are in the sky at the Griffith Observatory.
 
FIGat7th Kids Club - Downtown
Kids use wheels, cardboard, and string to fashion an old time classic toy. 
 
SUNDAY MARCH 1
 
$10 Music Lesson Day - Santa Monica & Pasadena - Santa Monica & Pasadena
Green Brooms Music Academy offers $10 private music lessons at both its locations.
 
Free Day at the Bowers - Santa Ana
It’s a Celtic Family Festival at the Bowers Museum, with Irish dancing, music, and crafts.
 
Bike Day Family Festival - Westwood
Get on your bikes and ride! The afternoon is all about bikes at the Fowler Museum.

Chinatown Firecracker 5K/10K Run and Walk - Chinatown
Kids who participate in the 1K Kiddie Run can enjoy a carnival with games, face painting, petting zoo, and puppet show.
 
Vegan Street Fair - North Hollywood
Sample your way through vegan delights one bite at a time.

Cultural Program - Newbury Park
Chumash Elder Dennis Garcia shares his ancestors’ culture, with Chumash stories and songs.  

Free Day at the La Habra Children's Museum - La Habra
Let’s play at the Children's Museum at La Habra! The museum has a ginormous checker board, hula hooping, building giant outdoor structures, and a crazy obstacle course.
 
SoCalMoms SoulCycle Ride Pasadena - Pasadena
Moms are invited to join SoCalMoms and SoulCycle for "girls morning out" indoor class, a "cardio-party on a bike."
 
Andell Family Sundays - Art of Ancient Colombia - Mid-Wilshire
This month’s Sunday program at LACMA looks at works of art from an ancient culture.
 
Sunday Studio at MOCA - Downtown
Museum goers can investigate how pictures change meaning when they are re-combined with other pictures, text, or blank space.
 
Family Program: The Doctor Seuss Show - Downtown
The Central Library celebrates Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss's birthday with classic stories and songs.
 
Zimmer Sunday Family Programs - Mid-Wilshire
The Zimmer celebrates Dr. Seuss and his wonderful world of words that rhyme and striped top hats.

As always, there are many more activities listed on our daily events calendar, and if you didn't receive this info as a newsletter, you should sign up for our weekly events updates. Whatever you choose to do this weekend, we hope you have a terrific time!