Andell Family Sundays
12:30–3:30 pm | Free
Join us on Sundays for programs designed especially for families. Make art, explore the museum, or join a bilingual gallery tour. Most of all—have fun!

Power of Color: Abstract Expressionist Art
August 23*, 30, September 6, 2009 | North Piazza
What does red say to you? How about green or purple? Color is one of the most important ways an artist communicates. In LACMA’s permanent collection, check out how abstract expressionists use color. Make your own art or move like a color in workshops with Doran George, May Jong, Daniela Arbizzi, and Quan Yen Trang.

Celebrate Korea!
September 13, 20, 27* | Los Angeles Times Central Court
Join a celebration of the reinstallation of the Korean Art galleries! Special on September 13—Korean dance and music performance with the Korean Classical Music Institute of America. Make your own music with the performers and join in art workshops with Hadley Holliday, Robert Morse, and Quan Yen Trang.

*Family Sundays starts at 11 am just after the Tarfest run! See Tarfest.com for more information.
*Children’s Author & Illustrator: Alex Beard

Brush and Ink: Korean Painting
October 4, 18, 25 | Los Angeles Times Central Court

NexGen offers free general admission to anyone 17 and under as well as one accompanying adult. This includes permanent collection galleries and selected special exhibitions. To join, visit the LACMA box office or print the enrollment form and mail it in.

Form is available at http://www.lacma.org/programs/pdfs/NewEnglishNexGenForm.pdf.

Garden Concerts for Kids 2009
A FREE outdoor music series for families

Dates: Saturdays and Sundays, August 15 & 16, 22 & 23, and 29 & 30, 2009
Time: 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Location: Getty Center, Central Garden
Admission: Free; no reservations required.

Enjoy the best of children’s music in the great outdoors at Garden Concerts for Kids, offering three weekends of kid-tastic, sing-along fun in the Central Garden. Make it an afternoon—come early to browse the galleries, wander the gardens, and enjoy a picnic on the grass.

For more information visit Getty’s website.

KidSpace is an awesome place.

Hosting more than 200,000 guests each year, Kidspace features exhibits, programs and activities on more than three acres of indoor and outdoor space that encourage a child’s growth and development through explorations of the environment, investigations in science, and artistic forms of expression that captivate the inquisitive and growing minds of children ages 1 to 10.

The many exhibits and features offered at Kidspace will enthrall children as they explore the creative arts, natural sciences, world cultures and more. Kidspace offers interactive programming in the following areas of interest:

• Insect life
• Visual and performing arts
• Natural systems such as weather, animal and plant life cycles
• Early childhood learning

With more than 20 exhibits to explore, activities of learning and discovery take place side by side with the creativity of play. Some of the exhibits include:

• Raindrop Climber – this enclosed glass climber soars 40 feet into the air, with climbing platforms sculpted into the form of raindrops
• The Dig – uncover plant and animal fossils native to the Pasadena Arroyo Seco Trike Tracks – follow the marked routes on special Kidspace tricycles
• Interpretive Arroyo – a mini model of Pasadena’s own Arroyo Seco with gentle, rolling water and native plant life for kids to explore and discover
• Nature Exchange – bring samples of rocks, plant life, soil, or other natural objects to trade at the Kidspace Nature Exchange. Share your knowledge of your object to earn points on your Nature Exchange Membership Card to trade for new items and artifacts
• Bugsy’s Diner – learn about the anatomy and feeding habits of insects Star Station:
• Planetarium Experience – experience the culture and legends of the night sky

Kidspace children’s museum is located at: 480 n. arroyo blvd. pasadena, ca 91103

Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9:30am to 5pm and weekends, 10am to 5pm open Mondays for specific events and holidays only

Admission: $9 for adults and children, infants under 1 are freec

Korean Cultural Center is one of my favorite places to go. Its a great place to go if you want to learn about Korea. They constantly are having all sorts of events, including movie screenings. If you want your kids to pick up a foreign language then you can’t beat their deal, and its affiliated with Seoul National University. Check them out, they’re fun to visit and look at the Korean art, and also great to learn about the Korean people.