Disney’s El Capitan Theatre. Parking at 1755 N Highland Ave, Hollywood. Historical Guided Tour, $20, 45 minutes, Fridays through Sundays, advanced reservation only.
Reciprocal
NARM ROAM and Mod/Co
- LA: Japanese American National Museum, MOCA of LA, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Autry Museum of the American West, GRAMMY Museum, Pacific Asia Museum, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), LA PLaza de Cultura y Artes, Italian American Museum of LA, LA Contemporary Exhibitions, Hammer Museum, Museum of Neon Art, Craft Contemporary, Holocaust Museum LA, Fowler Museum UCLA, Chinese American Museum, Amory Center for the Arts, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Palos Verdes Art Center, Pasadena Museum of History, The Gamble House, Skirball Cultural Museum, California Botanic Garden, Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, Sasse Museum of Art, Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum, Catalina Museum, Lancaster MOAH
- OC: Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Bowers Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center, Orange County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Fullerton Arboretum, UCI Museum of California Art, Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens, Oceanside Museum of Art, Surfing Heritage, Balboa Island Museum, Moulton Museum
- Riverside: Mission Inn Foundation and Museum, Riverside Art Museum, March Field Air Museum,
- SD: SD Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art SD, SD History Center, Timken Museum of Art, SD Automotive Museum, Junipero Serra Museum
Museums
- Bowers Museum, Santa Ana.
- The J. Paul Getty Museum has two locations: Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles; and Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy, Pacific Palisades.
- The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino (near Pasadena); library, art collections, and botanical gardens.
- Japanese American National Museum, Little Tokyo.
- The Cheech, Riverside Art Museum (RAM), Chicano Art and Culture, 3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA, 92501, on the corner of Mission Inn Ave. and Orange St.
- California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles.
- Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena. Outside tile wall designed by Edith Heath.
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Wilshire and Fairfax, Los Angeles.
- The Broad, Walt Disney Concert Hall.
California Science Center.
Los Angeles Conservancy walking tours, in-person, self-guided, and virtual.
California Migration Museum self-guided audio walking tour of migrant history in Downtown LA (Olivera Street).
Garment District.
Banana Republic Factory Store at Outlets at Orange. Also at Brea Mall.
Wi Spa.
Food
Santa Monica Farmers Markets. Downtown, Wednesdays and Saturdays 8am to 1pm, 155 Arizona Ave. Main Street, Sundays, 8:30am to 1:30pm, 2640 Main St. Pico, Saturdays, 8am to 1pm, 2233 Pico Blvd.
Gusto Bread, Long Beach.
Music and Dance
- First Sundays, Soulful of Noise, 2 to 6pm.
- Atomic Ballroom, Irvine. WCS social Thursday nights, Fusion lesson 9:15 to 10pm and social 10 to 11:55pm on Friday nights. Quad lessons Saturday late afternoon.
- The Fifth, Anaheim.
- Cicada Restaurant and Lounge, Los Angeles, swanky dining and dancing to live music on selected evenings in an historic 1928 Art Deco building.
Transportation
Westminster to LGB 12 min, SNA 19 min, LAX 30 min, BUR 45 min, and to ONT 45 min.
Lodging
Bposhtels, Anaheim.
Modern Hostel
Donations
Beacon House Thrift Shop, 3220 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, 310-514-4940. Also San Pedro location, and can call for pick up.
Plato’s Closet, 15216 Goldenwest, Westminster, 714-622-4138.
High Desert
Joshua Tree – stargazing.
Death Valley, 1 hour south and somewhat east of Manzanar, for stargazing in the Spring or Fall when the weather is more moderate.