LA County Fair is here!

Now thru Oct 2nd, Wedneday - Sunday, admission price and hours vary daily. The LA County Fair celebrates its 83rd anniversary this year. As usual, fairgoers can climb on firetrucks; watch chickens hatch; bungee jump; ride ponies; see horses and pigs race; taste prize-winning baked goods; create spin art; try new household products; pet kangaroos and ostriches; ride elephants; listen to live music; and mingle with hogs and hares. All this and over 70 exciting carnival rides and attractions in the largest carnival collection in North America. www.lacountyfair.com

Family Room at The Getty

Learn and play with your kids in the Getty's new Family Room. Totally redesigned, with five activity coves and treasure-hunt walls that surround the room, it's bursting with cool things to see and do.

Draw, Build, Play
Decorate a giant illuminated manuscript with your own designs. Build a tube sculpture, take your place in a parade scene in a painting, or play with camera lenses and a wall of mirrors. Tired? Relax and read on a luxurious bed just like an 18th-century French aristocrat.

Hunt for Art Treasure
Gaze through nearly 70 peepholes at different heights on the treasure-hunt walls to see interesting details from works of art in the Getty's collection. You and your kids will enjoy roaming the galleries afterward to find the art you've spied through the peepholes.

When and Where
The Family Room is open daily during regular Museum hours (Tuesday through Thursday 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m., Sunday 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.). It is located in the Museum Courtyard by the East Pavilion.
Information in the Family Room is offered in English and Spanish.

Driving Directions
The Getty Center is located in Los Angeles, California near the San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) and the Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10). Take the Getty Center Drive exit from the 405 and follow the signs. See below for information about parking and alternate forms of transportation. The Getty Center,1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049, Tel. (310) 440-7300, www.getty.edu

Evening Campfires @ El Dorado Nature Center

Friday, September 9, 2005, 7:30 - 8:30pm, El Dorado Nature Center, 7550 E. Spring St., Long Beach. Get the family together for fresh air, stories, games and laughs around the campfire. $1.50 per person. Reservations required. 562.570.1745.

Free Family Night at Kidspace

First Tuesday of every month (5-8 pm) the museum is free to the public. Where else can kids dig, learn about fossils, and the evolution of earthquakes, ride trikes, and climb 40 feet into the air? Now, they can do it all at the new Kidspace Children’s Museum, the only Los Angeles-based museum committed to creating exhibits and programs in the arts, sciences, and humanities that promote exploration, investigation, and expression. With a new location in Pasadena’s Brookside Park, next to the Rose Bowl, Kidspace unveils its one-of-a-kind museum, including more than two acres of gardens, waterways, and outdoor learning environments. 480 N. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena. Phone 626-449-9143. www.kidspacemuseum.org