It’s Sunday! There are a lot of new summer events to explore. There’s beginning of a special art festival in Laguna Beach; the once-in-a-life-time exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls; the special Getty Villa has reopened, closed by the Pacific Palisades wildfire and more on the Sunday “Gayle on the Go!” report.
Let me suggest you watch the broadcast and then scroll down this page for more information I didn’t have time to tell you during the broadcast.
Take a look! Enjoy! Please stay safe!
Gayle :-)
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Now Until September 2025
Dead Sea Scrolls
Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
reaganfoundation.org
You are witnessing the final exchange of Dead Sea Scrolls currently on exhibit at the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. Due to strict preservation protocols outlined by the Israeli Antiquities Authority, the scrolls can only be on exhibition for a three-month period, then returned to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem to rest for a year or more before they can be exhibited again.
Time is running out to explore this once in a lifetime experience. The reaganfoundation.org website says this only West coast display closes September.
Getty Villa Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles
getty.edu/visit/villa
The historic Getty Villa is reopened for this weekend, closed for six months because of the Palisades Fire. The museum staff needed time to remove debris, deep clean the facility and its artifacts, make it even more fire resistant and make it safe for visitors to return.
The Getty Villa hours will be limited for the time being. The getty.edu website details the current visitor guidelines. Admission is free!
Now Until Sunday, August 31st
Sawdust Art Festival
935 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach
949 494 3030
sawdustartfestival.org
SOMETHING FOR THE SUMMER! This is the annual Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach, featuring live music, food, art demonstrations, art classes and of course, artists – nearly 200 hundred artists offering one-of-a-kind treasures.
The sawdustartfestival.org website contains ticket and visitor information for this summer tradition happening now until Sunday, August 31st, 2025.
Game On! Science, Sports, & Play Exhibition
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles
californiasciencecenter.org
Eight-time Major League Baseball All-Star, two-time World Series champion, and World Series Most Valuable Player L.A. Dodgers Freddie Freeman provides instruction when it comes to the science of swing at the new interactive exhibition GAME ON! Science, Sports and Play at the California Science Center.
He is one of several sports mentors representing the science of several sports at this extremely interactive exhibition.
Get your GAME ON! Science, Sports, & Play! at this Exposition Park experience. Visitor information is on the website: californiasciencecenter.org. The exhibition is FREE!
Exposition Park Rose Garden
701 State Drive
Los Angeles
213 763 0114 / 214
laparks.org/park/exposition-rose-garden
“Smell the Roses!” at “L.A’s Most Treasured Rose Garden,” the Exposition Park Rose Garden, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks says the Rose Garden is closed every year from January 1st to March 15th for pruning back of the roses, so the current blooms are spectacular. For more information check the website:laparks.org/park/exposition-rose-garden
Black Cowboys: An American Story
The Autry Museum of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles
theautry.org
At the Autry Museum of the American West for the new exhibit BLACK COWBOYS: AN AMERICAN STORY.
According to The Autry, “From the ranches of Texas to the cities of California, “Black Cowboys: An American Story” offers a clearer picture of the Black West and a more diverse portrait of the American frontier.
Historical and contemporary objects, photographs, and personal stories convey the work and spirit of Black cowboys and reveal how Black men and women turned their equestrian skills to popular performances in rodeo, Western film, and music.
Videos created for this exhibition highlight individual Black cowfolk, past and present, who have kept these traditions alive.”
Details for visiting this new museum experience at The Autry are on the website: theautry.org.
So, let’s make this “an explore the new Southern California experiences” Sunday. Gayle Anderson, KTLA 5 News.
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