Are you looking for a quintessential California experience for your family? Look no farther than a colorful institution dedicated to the history of Western history and culture– the Autry National Center, located in Griffith Park next to the LA …
The Autry National Center: The TFS Top 10 Must-Sees
Art + Technology Laboratory at LACMA
We spent a little time with Joel Ferree of LACMA’s brand, spanking new Art + Technology Lab. It’s a gorgeous, recently-renovated space with a cool green mood that is surely a boost to the creativity of all who enter.
The …
Why Free Museum Admission is Such a Big Deal
Why Why Free Museum Admission is Such a Big Deal: it's the Just Do It of Art Appreciation (and especially great for turning kids into art lovers)
What Every Snowflake Knows in its Heart: Thoughts of Snow, Safety and Cloud Cake
Winter Games, the Kevin Pearce documentary, and a neat show about Winter Sports at SMMOA
Yutaka Sone & Benjamin Weissman: What Every Snowflake Knows in Its Heart, Tuck with Loose Straps 2007
In the midst of California’s worst drought on …
MLK, Jr. Day Reflections: 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen & a Charleston, SC Plantation
Traveling produces potent memories, and one of the most indelible experiences I’ve had on the road took place on the grounds of a former rice plantation outside Charleston, South Carolina called Middleton Place. I can’t remember exactly why we …
1.20.14
The Last Bookstore
Are your local Barnes and Nobles bookstores either closing or overrun with computer-fixated patrons? Are you a little too dependent upon your Amazon wish list? We might have the perfect https://www.thefamilysavvy.com/2014/01/the-last-bookstore/ to modern book malaise: a cavernous and strangely beautiful …
3 Reasons to Explore DTLA
Surprise, surprise! DTLA has been listed at the tippy top of several travel lists for 2014. GC magazine declared that “America’s Next Best City is inside LA” — declaring DTLA one of the coolest places in the country …
Hockney at the de Young in San Francisco
The Family Savvy reviews David Hockney's The Bigger Exhibit at SF's de Young Museum.
1.14.14
Giselle at The Music Center- Ticket Offer for Subscribers (Tea and a Film, too!)
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s critically acclaimed staging of Giselle comes to town for four performances between January 31 and February 2… in time to put us all in the mood for Valentine’s Day! The ballet is known as …
