Get Out! You've got your choice of masked wrestlers for free, a rodeo and fried food or an all day music fest in Echo Park. more ›

Get out in LA today! Check out the future on the last day of Little Tokyo Design Week or take a tour through the past at the brand new NHM Dinosaur Hall. Can't decide? Then it's Bastille Day in the park for you. more ›

Today in Los Angeles!!! Double alien love with E.T. and Close Encounters screenings, bike with friends at the CicLAvia group ride and free Shakespeare in the great outdoors. more ›

Get Out! And into the swing at the Boyle Heights Carnival, get creeped at the Twin Peaks marathon, The Egyptian Stop(s) Making Sense, & sport Red, White, & Blue-eyed soul at the Hollywood Bowl with Hall & Oates & Fireworks. more ›

A few things worth getting out & checking out today in L.A. more ›

Don't Lose Your Head, Augustus: A tasty new offering, Chocolate: The Exhibition, now open at MUZEO in downtown Anaheim, explores "the plant, the products, the history, and the culture of chocolate through the lenses of botany and ecology, anthropology and economics, conservation and popular culture." To enter the exhibit, look for a lush, tropical rainforest. Runs through September 11. Free chocolate sample with admission. Tickets $9-$13 more ›

Today in LA! Shiver at the Egyptian Theater during the Alfred Hitchcock Series, Lummis Day storms the stone home in Mount Washington, and take the family to MOCA for free art, music, and writing activities. more ›

If you're up and raring to go, and happen to be headed Chinatown way, pop in Actual Size Los Angeles to see the conclusion of a 12-hour-long "improvisatory sound work" that got underway at midnight. Over 40 artists and musicians will be taking part, and the public (some who might still be slumbering) were invited to take par. more ›

Today in (and around) LA! Step out with the Big Parade LA in a community climb, get the whole world in your hands at Worldfest, and Walk Like a Venetian with the art set. more ›

Bug Out: "One of the most popular Museum events, Bug Fair is held on the second weekend of May each year! The two-day Bug Fair is an insect extravaganza with hundreds of things to see and do," says the Natural History Museum. 70 Exhibitors, Governmental agencies, educational institutions, entomological societies, private companies, have on display and for sale thousands of items including preserved (and live) insect specimens, books, equipment, supplies, products, honey, silk, wax, art, toys, clothing, and more. more ›

Hats For Bats: Nocturnal? Not today. Born in 1999 of the goth/deathrock/industrial scene, Bats Day In The Park is an outing of and for the highly costumed kind. Picture Mickey ears clipped into bat wings, and so forth. "The annual spooky trip to Disneyland is just a park meet during a normal operating day at Disneyland. Please use discretion regarding the length of shirts and skirts and language on clothing. Be respectful. What you may feel is appropriate dress may not be to the normal park attendee." And what a perfectly grey day!! Get goth'd up and meet at 12:30 p.m. in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. more ›

Git Along Lil Doggies: Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, featuring a roundup of Western gear, food, clothing, and living history exhibits, returns to Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio and other venues around Santa Clarita. "Saddle up and step back to a simpler time of chaps, saddles and old-time saloons. This year’s festival will include a mix of new attractions and returning favorites, including dutch oven peach cobbler, trick ropers, authentic gear and a show stopping musical talent lineup." Don't worry about bringing the kids, there's a children's corral. Click here for directions and schedule. 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. more ›

Escape To Hippie Mountain: The long-running Topanga Earth Day Festival wraps up today with stages, speakers, vendors, music, workshops and art. There's even a bio diesel shuttle to help you get there. Topanga Community House Fair Grounds, 1440 North Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA. 90290, 10:00 a.m. - Sunset. more ›

Many of this weekend's great events continue today for those who didn't make it on Saturday or who can't resist going back for a little more. Check out yesterday's Get Out for more info about the Brewery Art Walk and Burbank Arts Alive, and our mini-guide to Artisanal L.A. Plus, there's a Garden Party & Tour in Hancock Park/Windsor Square, and the chance to explore Franklin Canyon after sundown. What are you going to Get Out and do today? more ›

The Art Of Monsters: There's something hiding in your closet, under your bed, in the back seat of the car and probably calling from inside the house. You better get to a safe place. How about Monsterpalooza!! -- a stupendous collection of 200 vendors, special presentations, monster museum, model kit contests, lectures, panels, exhibits and a mutant army of artists in attendance. more ›

Sand Sprint: Rain or shine, Josh Duhamel’s Tokidoki Youth Relief Run will be raising money for earthquake/tsunami victims in Japan at Santa Monica Beach this morning. The 2-mile run has a $10 minimum entrance fee and money raised wil go entirely to the American Red Cross’ Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund... more ›

Go Fly A... Redondo Beach takes off today as thousands of people converge on the city's pier for the 37th annual Festival of the Kite. Organizers will by flying a "red, white and blue 25-by-14-foot behemoth" during the free-to-attend even, and prizes will be awarded for the best handmade kite, best ground display, highest-flying kite, youngest kite flier and youngest-at-heart kite flier, notes the Daily Breeze. No pun intended. more ›

Keep On Truckin: Invasion of the food trucks continues with a kickoff to a new monthly gathering at Union Station called Truckit Fest. On the first Sunday of every month you can swarm around your favorite rolling treats or option for the VIP treatment: valet parking, early entry, no standing in lines, private lounge, table service... more ›

Sew Buttons: Machine Sewing 101 - A Crash Course in the Thread and Needle, is a three class Machine Project program beginning today and continuing March 6th and March 13th. Instructor Annie O’Malley will be teaching the fundamentals of constructing a garment beginning with a guided tutorial of a sewing machine. Materials are included, but don't forget to BYOMachine to class. Noon to 4pm, Non-members $155, Members $130. Register Here. more ›

Don't Write Me Off: It's real. It's now. It's the 23rd Annual Los Angeles International Pen Show. Really. And it sounds amazing. What I would do for a stash of special pens... you know... that lux medium point perfect weight pen that feels sooo good writing on newsprint while doing the crossword puzzle... yessssssss. The LA Weekly reports there'll be new fancy pens from around the world and old fancy pens to buy, admire, and get appraised. There's even one that writes in italic. Not kidding. Manhattan Beach Marriott, 1400 Parkview Ave., 10:00am-5:00pm, $7 more ›