From gardening workshops to gospel music, there is a ton of stuff to do this weekend. Gayle Anderson has a look in Gayle on the Go.
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Sunday @ 7am
ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE LOS ANGELES 13.1 MARATHON & 5K RACE FOR CHARITY
Half Marathon starts Venice Boardwalk @ Rose Avenue
5K starts @ Dockweiler Beach, Playa del Rey
Four-thousand runners enjoy a scenic course that winds along the beach in Venice, Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, El Segundo, and back to Playa Del Rey with an epic post race party. There will be live music, food, and refreshments. Your huffing and puffing benefits the non-profit organization World Vision.
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Free!
Sunday @ 11am
Children’s Gardening Workshops
Great Park Farm + Food Lab
Orange County Great Park
Sand Canyon & Marine Way
Irvine
866 829 3829
There’s a free monthly hands on gardening workshop for children ages three-to-eleven at the Great Park’s Farm + Food Lab in Irvine. Sunday’s focus? Rain, Rain, Come Our Way: Where Our Water Comes From and Why It’s So Important to Protect It.
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Sunday
Dinofaire
STAR Eco Station
10101 Jefferson Boulevard
Culver City
310 842 8060
Also for the kids the STAR Eco Station and Dinofaire. Dinoman, a dinosaur aficionado, will lead students on a riveting journey through the Mesozoic era using enormous inflatable props and real dinosaur memorabilia!
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Sunday @ 10am
L.A. Travel and Adventure Show
Long Beach Convention Center
300 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach
562 436 3636
Learn about dinosaurs and more at the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Speakers include Rick Steves, host of “Rick Steves’ Europe”; Jean-Michel Cousteau, world famous explorer, diver, and environmentalist; Pauline Frommer, guidebook author; Peter Greenberg, America’s most recognized travel journalist; and Richard Wiese, host of “Born to Explore with Richard Wiese.”
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Sunday @ 10am
Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana
714 567 3600
This is the last weekend we can see the pins worn by America’s first female U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, worn during her administration to convey foreign policy messages. They’re more than jewelry. These pins were political statements as Albright traveled the world representing our government.
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FREE!
Sunday @ Noon
The 90 That Built L.A.
The Museum of African American Art
Third Floor Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
4005 Crenshaw Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 294 7071
Stevie Wonder, MAGIC JOHNSON, and the late KTLA Anchor Larry McCormick. They are among “The 90 That Built LA” on exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of African American Art. The exhibit celebrates the Los Angeles Urban League’s 90-plus years of community service. Admission is free!
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Sunday @ 10am
Loretta Young: Hollywood Legend Hollywood Museum
1660 North Highland Avenue
Hollywood
323 464 7776
http://www.thehollywoodmuseum.com
The Hollywood Museum celebrates actress Loretta Young on her 100th birthday. We’re invited to the museum for a peek at the movie and television actress’ costumes, photos, furniture and memorabilia.
Young was the first actress to receive an Oscar and an Emmy!
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Sunday @ 11am
2013 Ink America Tour
Tattoo & Body Art Expo
Fairplex
1101 West McKinley Avenue
Pomona
909 623 3111
The 2013 Ink America Tour is happening at the Fairplex in Pomona, featuring more than two-hundred of the best tattoo and piercing artists in the world.
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Sunday @ 5am
Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show
Fairplex
1101 West McKinley Avenue
Pomona
714 538 7091
Also in Pomona, the Pomona Swap Meet and Classic Car Show, where car lovers will find more than two-thousand vendors offering new, as well as used one of a kind car parts and accessories AND hundreds of classic cars for show and sale.
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Sunday @ 5pm
Don B. Welch Productions
The First Lady of Zion
The Wilshire Ebell Theatre
4401 West 8th Street
Los Angeles
323 939 1128
It’s Sunday! Let’s have some church at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, the sanctuary for Don B. Welch’s hit comedy gospel musical, “The First Lady of Zion.”
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Gayle, Gayle on the Go, Anderson
KTLA 5 News
5800 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
1-323-460-5732
Gayle.Anderson@KTLA.com
Also, Twitter and Facebook: ktlagayle
What’s going on in your world. Let me know! Snail mail! E-mail! Facebook! Twitter! Oh, please don’t wait until the last minute. Have a GREAT FIRST WEEKEND OF THE NEW YEAR!
Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.
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