Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
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Thursday: Lili Singer series continues with “Great Plants for Fall Planting” featuring Matthew Roberts of San Marcos Growers. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. $20. (626) 821-4623.
Friday: Plants from the Descanso Gardens propagation program and the Mount San Antonio College horticulture program will be available for sale at Descanso’s Harvest Festival and plant fair. Descanso’s horticulture staff and other experts will present talks, demonstrations and workshops through the weekend. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Free with admission of $3 to $8. (818) 949-4200.
Saturday: Santa Monica Conservancy presents a tour of four Midcentury Modern homes in Santa Monica Canyon. Noon to 5 p.m. $50 to $65. A reception with architectural historian Barbara Lamprecht will be 4 to 6 p.m at a Case Study home; $150 to $175, with discount on tour for those attending both. (310) 496-3146.
Saturday: L.A. County Smart Gardening will present “Go Green, Grow Green,” a workshop covering the basics of composting and organic gardening. Worm and green waste compost bin will be sold below cost, cash only. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ocean View Farms Community Gardens, 3300 Centinela Ave. E-mail: educationchair@oceanviewfarms.net.
Saturday: HomeGrown Culver City celebrates backyard food gardening with vendors and exhibits. Hourly workshops on keeping chickens and bees, growing food, permaculture, canning and preserving and composting. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Media Park, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City.
Saturday: Silkscreen artist and L.A. Times story subject David Weidman, pictured above, will exhibit artworks and sign books from 6 to 10 p.m. Free. The Living Room Art Gallery and Salon, 125 Rochester St., Costa Mesa. (949) 631-0808.
Saturday: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden walking series “Around the World in 127 Acres: Meet the Arboretum’s Plant Collections,” focuses on plants used to make fabric. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $5 to $7. 301 N. Baldwin Road, Arcadia. (626) 821-4623.
Sunday: Farm Feliz and the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council sponsor the second annual Eastside Eco-Tour. Homes and community gardens with sustainable elements to be featured. Noon to 4 p.m. Free.
Ongoing:
Brown Bag Tuesdays: The Gamble House, the Arts and Crafts landmark designed by Charles and Henry Greene, continues a weekly lunch program. Visitors can picnic on the rear lawn or terrace of the 1908 estate between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. each Tuesday. Twenty-minute docent-led tours will be given at 12:15 and 12:45 p.m. for $5. 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena; (626) 793-3334. Reservations: (626) 449-4178.
Coy Howard: “From Hand to Mouse, From Furniture to Architecture,” the first in a two-part exhibition by Southern California Institute of Architecture faculty member Coy Howard. Show features 50 images of Howard’s speculative architectural projects and a selection of furniture designs. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Nov. 7. Free. SCI-Arc Gallery, 960 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles.
Design biennial: The Pasadena Museum of California Art’s fourth California Design Biennial, titled “Action/Reaction,” highlights work in industrial design, fashion, graphics, transportation and architecture. Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, through Nov. 1. $5 to $7. 490 E. Union St. (626) 568-3665.
Spider Pavilion: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s annual attraction opens. Tickets sold for admission at half-hour intervals throughout the day. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last tickets sold for 4:30 p.m., through Nov. 7. $1 to $3. 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 763-DINO.
— Lisa Boone
Photo credits from top: Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times; Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
