Cheetah Run 5K; Oscar Party; Tidepooling Adventure; Winter Bar Crawl; ​Teddy Bear Concert Series: Your SoCal Weekend

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and quirky events throughout Southern California – from the southernmost tip of San Diego, through Orange and Riverside counties, to the beaches and valleys in Los Angeles.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, do see what's on tap this weekend from Saturday, Feb. 25 to Sunday, Feb. 26.

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RIVERSIDE COUNTY:

Fire & Ice Chili Cook-Off, Craft Beer Festival – Corona

Mata Ortiz Pottery Celebration – Desert Hot Springs

Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival – Indio

Riverside County Waste Department to Provide Free Composting Class – Lake Elsinore

3rd Annual Cheetah Run 5k/1k: The Living Desert – Palm Desert

Oscar Party on El Paseo – Palm Desert

Saturday Morning Hike – Palm Desert

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY:

Author Talk with Luis Alberto Urrea – Carlsbad

Carlsbad Reads Together Celebration – Carlsbad

Screen Your Teen - Free Heart Screening – Carlsbad

Rayme's Song Mash-Ups – Coronado

Tidepooling Adventure with Birch Aquarium at Scripps – La Jolla

Grossmont Symphony Woodwind and String Quintet – San Diego

"The Illusion" – Solana Beach

4th Annual Spring Valley Library KARAMU - Black History Month Celebration – Spring Valley

Antique & Collection Consignment Auction – Vista

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ORANGE COUNTY:

Cooking with Chef Rich Mead | Braising – Corona del Mar

Live Music at Pacific City – Huntington Beach

Isabelle Cordemans & Sandra Samaha - "Feminist Voices" – Laguna Beach

Orange County Garden Friendly Event – Lake Forest

Winter Bar Crawl For A Cause – Newport Beach

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY:

“Broadway Lights Up the Silver Screen” Tour – Beverly Hills

A Faery Hunt's Enchanted Adventure – Encino

Teddy Bear Concert Series: Meet the String Family – Los Angeles

North Hollywood "NoHo" Historic Walking Tour – North Hollywood

"Madagascar, A Musical Adventure, Jr." – Road, Pacific Palisades

Cuban Salsa with Kati Hernandez – Santa Monica

Fundamentals of Afro Cuban Dance with Kati Hernandez – Santa Monica

LA Chamber Orchestra, Led by Carlos Kalmar, Presents Works by John Adams, Lutoslawski and Haydn – Westwood

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Heading to Northern California, by chance? Then see: Academy Awards Night Events; Black History Month Health Fair; Fly Fishing Show; Bacon & Beer Classic: Your NorCal Weekend

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