Why I wear a mask.

 

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When I wear a mask I’m saying I respect my friends, family, co-workers and neighbors.

When I wear a mask I’m saying I respect grocery and essential workers, nurses and doctors.

When I wear a mask I’m saying I respect other people.

Why do you wear a mask?

 

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#SouthCoastRepertory announces $60,000 playwright grant — Orange County Register

A major American playwright will receive a $60,000 commission to develop a new play under the Pinnacle commission, a new program announced today by South Coast Repertory in partnership with New York City off-Broadway theater Playwrights Horizons.

via South Coast Repertory announces $60,000 playwright grant — Orange County Register

MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL! #Free Admission at over 40 Local Institutions

MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL is Saturday, January 25, 2020 when you can enjoy free Admission at over 40 Institutions

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SoCal Museums announces the 15th Annual Museums Free-for-All on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Over 40 museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors and invite visitors to attend free of charge.

Museums Free-for-All also serves as a reminder that free visitor days are available
year-round at museums across Southern California.

A calendar of free days can be found at www.socalmuseums.org/free

This offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed
exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each museum. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.

Participating Museums

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Automobile Driving Museum
Autry Museum of the American West
Bowers Museum
The Broad
California African American Museum
California Science Center
Cayton Children’s Museum
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Craft Contemporary
Descanso Gardens
Forest Lawn Museum
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
Getty Center Museum
Getty Villa Museum
Glendora Historical Society
Hammer Museum
Heroes Hall Veterans Museum
ICA LA
Japanese American National Museum
Kidspace Children’s Museum
La Brea Tar Pits
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
LACMA
Los Angeles County Fire Museum
Los Angeles Museum of the
Holocaust
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles)
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County
OCMA (Orange County Museum of
Art)
Pomona College Museum of Art
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History  (Please note free admission is for the museum
only, not the Sea Center.)
Skirball Cultural Center
Sunnylands Center & Gardens
The International Printing Museum
The Wende Museum
Torrance Art Museum
USC Fisher Museum of Art
USC Pacific Asia Museum
Valley Relics Museum

When: Saturday, January 25
More information: www.SoCalMuseums.org

Southern California surfers dominated waves at home and abroad in 2019 — Orange County Register

It was a year of great waves and accolades for Southern California surfers who were hoisted up in victory on foreign sands and cheered on by hometown crowds at surf contests in their backyard. Here are some of 2019’s most notable surf success stories…

via Southern California surfers dominated waves at home and abroad in 2019 — Orange County Register

Bakery Matriarch Rosa Porto Died at 89. #PortosBakery & Café

Rosa Porto, the baker and Cuban émigré who founded the popular Porto’s Bakery & Café chain in Southern California with her family, died Friday, according to the business’s Instagram page. She was 89. “I learned by breaking eggs and from necessity,” Rosa Porto was quoted in the Times as saying. “I started baking the cakes…

via Nakery Matriarch Rosa Porto Died at 89 — KTLA