Living - Activities - Los Angeles, California, USA
Events, groups, and things to do; People in Los Angeles take part in many clubs and organizations; activities include interest groups, clubs, hobbies, community centers, organizations, and groups
- Groups: People in Los Angeles take part in many clubs and organizations; activities include interest groups, clubs, hobbies, community centers, organizations, and groups
- Amateur Radio: American Radio Relay League; amateur "ham" radio clubs in the LA area
- Animals: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles
- Arts: LA County Arts Commission; promotes the arts in Los Angeles County
- Astronomy: Los Angeles Astronomical Society
- Aviva Ctr: Aviva Family and Children's Services; care and treatment to abandoned, neglected, abused and at-risk youth and their families
- Bar Association: Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Children's Bureau: Children's Bureau of Southern California
- Culture LA: Cultural Affairs; City of Los Angeles arts and cultural experiences
- Goodwill: Goodwill Industries of Southern California; helps people with disabilities and other vocational disadvantages through education, training and job opportunities
- Heal the Bay: coastal environmental organization
- Historical CHS: California Historical Society; education and information about California history
- Indian Ctr: Southern California Indian Center; serves the American Indian, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian communities of Los Angeles, Orange, Kern and Riverside Counties
- Jewish Women: National Council of Jewish Women, LA
- LA Subject: Los Angeles as Subject; archival resources at the University of Southern California showing the history and culture of LA; includes information about the past, present, and future plans and imagined futures
- LA River: Friends of The Los Angeles River; helps protect and restore the riparian biota
- Minerals: Mineralogical Society of Southern California; collects and studies mineral specimens
- Sage Council: Spirit of the Sage Council; coalition of environmental organizations & American Indians dedicated to defending & conserving native biota and sacred lands
- Skirball Ctr: Skirball Cultural Center; activities related to Jewish heritage; displays and exhibits
- Tech Comm: Los Angeles Society for Technical Communication
- Wiesenthal Ctr: International Jewish human rights organization; works to preserve the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action
- Window Between Worlds: uses art to help end domestic violence
- -USA Directories-: LA is home to thousands of organizations; search for associations, societies, and nonprofits in the LA covering many interests; many of these are based in LA; these directories help you locate an organization
- Commerce: Los Angeles' business community
- Area Chamber: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
- EDC: Los Angeles Area Economic Development Corporation; business leadership organization; aims to attract, retain and grow businesses and jobs in the regions of LA County
- Japanese Chamber: Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California
- Chinese Chamber: Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles
- Latin Business: Latin Business Association
- Listings: Connect to online calendars and databases; show what's going on and where
- LA Times Calendar: Events and guide; gives information on restaurants, events, movies, nightlife, dance, tv, and radio; from the Los Angeles Times newspaper
- LA Weekly Calendar: Events and guide; gives information on film, music, arts events in the area
- LA Stage: LA Stage Alliance; provided by the LA State Alliance
- Clubs: Clubplanet; guide to nightlife, clubbing, nightclubbing, night lifestyle, club lifestyle
- Performing: LA is home to many performing arts and cultural groups
- Periodic: LA has many annual or one-day special events, ongoing summer concert series, and recurring trade shows
- Academy Awards: The Oscars; awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Antelope Valley Fair: Celebrating agriculture and industry in Lancaster
- Antiques Show: LA Antiques Show; organized by the Antique Dealers Association of California
- Arts Fest: Festival of Arts; includes Pageant of the Masters, in which actors re-create famous paintings
- ATP Fest: All Tomorrow's Parties; a periodic festival in which an invited curator--a musician, artist, or writer--to choose a selection of bands/performers that reflect their record collection or people that they feel influenced by or connected; site includes other locations throughout the world
- Auto Show: LA Auto Show
- Carnaval: Brazilian Street Carnaval
- County Fair: LA County Fair; held at Fairplex
- Date Fest: National Date Festival; Celebrate the desert cash crop with date testing, camel races, rides, and a fair
- Dining 411: Restaurant 411; directory of restaurants in LA, Orange, Ventura, and other California counties
- Dining MenuPix: Restaurant menus; browse restaurants by location or cuisine and see their menu online
- Emmys: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Awards
- Film Fest SB: Santa Barbara International Film Festival; annual showcase of film; also, throughout the year, there are film exhibitions, educational programs, celebrity tributes, and forums in new technology
- Golden Globes: Entertainment awards; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; a group of Southern California-based international journalists; confer the Golden Globe Awards to recognize outstanding achievement in motion pictures and television
- LA Co Fair: Los Angeles County Fair; celebrates agriculture and industry
- LA Pride: Parade for diversity; produced by Christopher Street West Association and hosted by the independent City of West Hollywood
- Lobster Fest: Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival; celebrates marine decapod crustaceans; an approved Maine Lobster Festival
- Lotus Festival: Echo Park, LA; Annual celebration of blooms of Echo Lake
- Marathon: A 42.16 km running race through LA
- Mariachi USA: Los Angeles; celebration of Mexican culture at the Hollywood Bowl
- Nisei Week: Japanese Festival; celebrates Japanese and Japanese American culture and history
- Orange Show: National Orange Show Festival; Celebrate California's famous fruit crop
- Oscars: Academy Awards; awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Omega: Events promoter; a variety of events including Old Pasadena Jazzfest, Doheny Blues, Doheny Days, and more
- Poppy Fest: Celebrates poppy-blooming season; Lancaster
- Renaissance Faire: Renaissance-themed festival; San Bernardino
- Rose Bowl: Pasadena Tournament of Roses; Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game
- Shakespeare Ctr: Shakespeare Events/LA
- Triatholon: swim, cycle, and run; Venice Beach, Hollywood and surrounding areas, downtown; ends at Staples Center
- Tofu Fest: Food festival; produced by Little Tokyo Service Center in association with Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
- Valley Fair: celebrates agriculture and industry
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