LA Weekend Guide: Earth Day Fun; CA Poppy Festival; Immersive 'Avatar'

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA — To keep your weekend fun and lively, Patch has rounded up some entertaining events going on throughout Greater Los Angeles — from the Westside, South Bay and beaches, through DTLA, the East Side, San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys to the Ventura County line.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's slated this weekend from Saturday, April 22 to Sunday, April 23.

Among top events are the California Poppy Festival in Lancaster, the free immersive experience"Art Of Avatar: The Way of Water" in Hollywood, and regionwide Earth Day celebrations, including at Santa Monica's Ferris wheel in Pacific Park.

Double-check with event organizers to confirm dates, times and locations ,in case activities were updated since posted on Patch.
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ANTELOPE VALLEY:

California Poppy Festival: Lancaster

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DTLA & EAST SIDE:

Comedy Show: Trying To Make It In Hollywood, Fairfax

'Art Of Avatar: The Way of Water' Free, Immersive Experience: Hollywood

Stories From The Quilt, Hollywood

Eagle Rock Run Club Ovation Community Run, Hollywood

Hollywood PAL Texas Hold'em Charity Poker Tournament, Pantages, Hollywood

Record Store Day AFTERGLOW, Kimpton Everly Hotel, Hollywood

'1776' Broadway Musical: Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles

'Wild For The Planet' Weekends: LA Zoo, Los Angeles

Cirque du Soleil 'Corteo': LA Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles

YMCA Healthy Kids Day: A Day of Play for LA, Coliseum, Los Angeles

L.A. Works' Earth Day, Los Angeles

Friendship Buddies Live Stand-Up Comedy, Verdugo Bar, Los Angeles

Moon Over Modernism: Silvertop Residence Tours, Silver Lake

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LONG BEACH & NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS:

Family-Friendly Earth Day Celebration: Towne Center, Cerritos

Earth Day Festival: Aquarium Of Pacific, Long Beach

Mayapalooza: 'Of Gods & Animals' Brunch: Fuego, Hotel Maya, Long Beach

Earth Day Celebration: 2ND & PCH, Long Beach

The Queen Mary Haunted Encounters Tour: Long Beach

Chicana Artist Yolanda Gonzalez Workshop, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach

Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour, San Pedro

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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY:

Crossroads Tigers FREE Athletic Training for Kids, Chatsworth

St. Cyril Gala - Live Music & Food Trucks: Encino

Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society Drought Tolerant Festival, Encino

"Best Friends--Community Cats" Library Conversation, Granada Hills

All Street Clean Up Event with VCC for Earth Day, Sherman Way, San Fernando Valley

Astrologer Susan Miller, Sherman Oaks

25th Annual Annabelle Godwin Family Play Day, Van Nuys

Earth Day Festival, Westlake Village

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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY:

World's Biggest Bounce Park: Arcadia

Pomona College Band Concert, Claremont

Annual Spring Wine Walk: Montrose

"The Drowsy Chaperone," Jewish Federation's JFed Players, Pasadena

Pasadena Unified School District Science Fest, Pasadena

Ophelia's Jump "Native Gardens," Comedy by Karen Zacarías, Upland

Community Water Festival, Walnut

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SOUTH BAY, BEACHES & PENINSULA:

West Basin Recycled Water Facility Tour, El Segundo

Earth Day Celebration: Roundhouse Aquarium, Manhattan Beach

Earth Day with Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Palos Verdes

Classical Piano Recital featuring Timothy Yang, Palos Verdes Estates

Antique Street Faire, Torrance

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VENTURA COUNTY:

Auschwitz Exhibition: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, Simi Valley

SEEAG’s Earth Day Plantopia, Petty Ranch, Ventura

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WESTSIDE:

Music In The Mansion Festival: Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills

Tasting Event | Brentwood Fine Wines & Juliet, Brentwood

Bewilder Basecamp: Earth Day Extravaganza, Culver City

Earth Day Event at West Los Angeles College, Culver City

High School, Community College Students Invited: Music on Bluff Festival, Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles

Open House & Free Sample Dance Classes, C Spot LA, Los Angeles

Friends of Library Book Sale, Mar Vista

Sail as Guest of Marina Sunday Sailing Club, Marina del Rey

World Of Barbie Tour LA: Santa Monica

Ferris Wheel 'Goes Green' For Earth Day: Pacific Park Pier, Santa Monica

Earth Day Regenerative Wine Fair: Esters Wine Shop & Bar, Santa Monica

Circle of Light: Evening of Channeled Messages from the Guides with Psychic Riz Mirza, Santa Monica

Your Dead Grandma & Friends with Medium Leisa Mills, The Crow at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica

Earth Day Clothing Swap, St, Paul's Lutheran Church, Santa Monica

Yom Ha'atzmaut Celebration, Santa Monica

'Hot Dog On A Stick' Muscle Beach Grand Reopening: Venice/Santa Monica

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Hitting the road for the weekend? See ...

• OC Weekend Guide: Eco-Hero Whale Sail; OC Wine Fest; Earth Day Fests
• San Diego Weekend Guide: Earth Day Events; 'Dutch Day' Family Fest; King Tut
• Inland Empire Weekend Guide: Earth Day Fun; Blues Fest; Windmill Tours; Coachella
• SF Bay Weekend: Coastal Wildflower Day; Butter & Egg Parade; Earth Day

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