African American Heritage Adventures is designed to help our kids explore and enjoy learning African diaspora history and culture, beyond the Black History Month in February. As parents of color, we want our kids to embrace their heritage as well as love their hair, lips, nose, and skin tone—characteristics that are rarely celebrated or revered as beautiful.   Whether you seek a sense of kinship, strength of community and shared experiences or are looking for opportunities to meet others parents …

… County Museum of Art); Getty Center; Getty Villa; Petersen Automotive Museum; Hammer Museum; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Skirball Cultural Center; Page Museum; Norton Simon Museum; MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art); Drum Barracks Civil War Museum; Fort MacArthur Museum; CAAM (California African American Museum); Long Beach Museum of Art; RMS Queen Mary Museum; Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens; Grammy Museum; California Science Center; Griffith Observatory; MOLAA (Museum …

If you are looking to connect with fellow Africans and friends of Africa; meet new people, expand your network, and learn about Africa - then you are at the right place.  Lets meet & share with others our diverse cultures, history, and the American experience.  Anyone including non-Africans are free to join this group.  Our meetup will also give our members who are new to the U.S./Los Angeles the opportunity to make friends, thereby easing the process of adapting to the new LA environment.  Our …

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Meet fellow Tequila Aficionados in the Los Angeles area! Learn from the MEXICAN ACADEMY OF TEQUILA and the AMERICAN TEQUILA GUILD everything you ever wanted to know about tequila. Learn about the culture of tequila, the history of its people, its food and folklore while enjoying great dining experiences and Tequila tastings in great restaurants and tequila lounges through out the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. It is a fun way to learn about our favorite spirit while having fun and meeting new f …

… Members of our free, non-commercial group will have the chance to attend classic movie outings and see these films on the big screen in an audience setting with other like-minded TCM viewers and classic movie buffs throughout Southern California (and especially in the greater Los Angeles area) including the annual TCM Hollywood Film Festival and venues such as  the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian & AERO Theatres, the Arclight Cinema complex in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cin …

… If, for example, you're already planning on spending an afternoon at the Getty, or taking an L.A. walking tour, or listening to free jazz at the Downtown Biltmore, or attending a 70mm screening of Lawrence of Arabia, or checking out the free Shakespeare at Griffith Park, or the Downtown Artwalk, or that lecture on the history of the North American book trade, or eating Cuban food at Versailles or Korean BBQ at Woo Lae Oak or chicken and waffles at Roscoe's, or hiking on an early Saturday morning …