Dana Point Tall Ships Festival- FREE

Toshiba Tall Ships Festival- September 9 – 11, 2011

(Sunset parade September 9) Watch the tall ship come into harbor!! with cannon ball fight to make it complete!

This year, the Ocean Institute is celebrating its 26th year hosting the Toshiba Tall Ships Festival! Come and explore the majesty and wonder of tall ships through the smells, sounds and sights of real working tall ships. Interactive living-history encampments including blacksmiths, scrimshaw artists, and the infamous Port Royal Privateers are sure to entertain and amaze guests of all ages and are not to be missed.

Inside the Ocean Institute, explore our work on protecting the local watersheds through hands-on labs and art activities, get up-close and personal with some of the ocean’s most amazing sea creatures, including sea stars, jellies, rays and octopus. New this year, your child may participate in our Friendly Pirate School! Watch as your child learns to talk like a pirate, walk like a pirate and sing like a pirate!

These are just some of the fun & exciting activities that will be a part of this year’s spectacular Toshiba Tall Ships Festival. Come celebrate with us as we celebrate the area’s rich maritime history!

2011 Tall Ship Festival Activity Prices:  Grass Park Activities, Chantey Concert, Art & Craft Show, Food Court, Living History encampments and Vendor area FREE.

UCI Arboretum is Free!

ARBORETUM

The UCI Arboretum is a 12.5-acre botanic garden and research facility located approximately one mile from the University of California, Irvine. The Arboretum features plants and communities from the California Floristic Province and also has an extensive collection of South African species.

HOURS

Arboretum hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed on holidays

ADMISSION

FREE, there is no charge for entering and enjoying the Arboretum.

DIRECTIONS

The UCI Arboretum is located just south of the corner of Campus Drive and Jamboree Road on the UCI North Campus.

Caspers Adventure hikes and campfires- FREE!!

Caspers Wilderness Park, 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano
FREE!!

Please join us at Caspers Wilderness Park for Adventure Day! A family fun-filled event will be celebrated with a full schedule of musical entertainment, natural history tours, arts and crafts, wildlife exhibits, games and food. Families and friends of all ages can partake in the Adventure Day activities. Caspers Wilderness Park will host wildlife-inspired games of ring-toss, cowboy lasso, scavenger hunt and storytelling.

Calico Ranch near Julian fun day trip with the family!

Calico Ranch is a family-run apple and pear orchard located near the historic town of Julian. The farm has remained in production since it was first planted in the early 1930's. The Young family has owned the 30 acre orchard for more than nineteen years.  As one of the last remaining apple orchards in the Julian area where the public can enjoy the fun of picking their own fruit, Calico Ranch offers the possibility of a unique family experience.

Hours of Operation -  Visit thier webite for more info and directions. Last year due a late season frost they lost many of their apples, so be sure to check their site before heading up. or call them.

About Our Apples - More than 130 varieties of apples are grown on-site as well as several varieties of pears. At Calico Ranch, we implement an integrated pest management system which is a safer, minimized and wiser use of pesticides and herbicides. We offer a different variety off apples and pears each weekend depending on which become ripe at that particular time of the season. Whether you come for the U-Pick experience or just to visit our Easy-pick fruit stand, we hope that your visit will be a memorable one.

While in Julian you can also visit: http://www.julianca.com/orchards/index.htm

Target FREE Holiday Mondays- Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Visitors of all ages are invited to a FREE day at the museum thanks to Target.

Upcoming Programs
Target Free Holiday Mondays
Visitors of all ages are invited to a free* day at the museum

Labor Day
Monday, September 5 | 12–8 pm | *Free, tickets required
Join us for a free* day at the museum (all day) and enjoy a live performance by La Santa Cecilia. La Santa Cecilia, named after the patron saint of musicians, is a hybrid band influenced by Latin culture, rock and world music. Hear them perform live on the museum’s plaza at 12:30 and 2:45 p.m. join a bilingual tour of the modern Latin American art and more.

* Does not include free admission to the Tim Burton exhibition or any specially ticketed exhibitions. To ensure a safe and pleasant visitor experience tickets to the Boone Children's Gallery on Target Free Holiday Monday will be timed and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Pick up your free timed ticket in the Boone Children's Gallery on the day of the event. Timed tickets allow for a thirty minute visit.

Join us for a FREE day at the museum (all day!) and enjoy a live performances.

***On a side not you can go any day After 5 PM, you may pay what you wish at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ***

More about LACMA:  

With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities.

LACMA’s seven-building complex is located on twenty acres in the heart of Los Angeles. 

LACMA’s collections encompass the geographic world and virtually the entire history of art. Among the museum’s special strengths are its holdings of Asian art, housed in part in the Bruce Goff-designed Pavilion for Japanese Art; Latin American art, ranging from pre-Columbian masterpieces to works by leading modern and contemporary artists.

FREE museums this weekend.

It's here,The first weekend of the month! Time to get some culture in and spend some fun time with your family, Here's the list below of museums in the area offering free admission this weekend. Some are only for B of A customers, so if you are a B of A client you are in extra luck this weekend, with even more choices for a family adventure.

• Target Free Admission at La Habra Children’s Museums- Saturday
• Target Free Admission at Bowers/Kidseum- Sunday
• Museums on us- First weekend of the month- Free Admission to museums/aquariums WITH your bank of America card. Some of the Museums offering admission are- Birch Aquarium at Scripps, The New Childrens’ Museum in San Diego, Discovery Science Center (Saturday only), LACMA,   Autry Museum, Muzeo, and The Living Desert Zoo in Palm Springs

Free Angels tickets if you give blood

Free Angels tickets if you give blood

June 14th, 2011, 11:02 am · 1 Comment · posted by Marla Jo Fisher, Staff Writer

Would you bleed for your geographically challenged Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team? How about for desperately ill people who need your red cells?
If you like the idea of helping people by donating blood, and you like baseball, then this is a deal for you:
If you give blood at the UCI bloodmobile set up at the Big Red Helmet at Anaheim Stadium, they’ll give you a voucher good for two tickets you can use later to selected Angels baseball games.  You will be entered into a drawing after every blood drive for four people to watch Angels batting practice from the field before a specified game. Winners – who will be notified by email within 48 hours of donating blood – will each receive an Angels goodie bag and four tickets to that game.
That sounds like a lot of fun for people who like baseball.  And you’ll be helping accident victims, sick people and babies in the summer when blood supplies traditionally run low at the UCI Medical Center.
After donating blood, participants can walk over to the ticket booth and exchange their vouchers for game tickets. The Angels have set aside certain sections from which to choose seats.
The box office is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday when the Angels are out of town or not playing and until the seventh inning on game days.
I do not have the dates for the games available for the free tickets, but when I get them, I’ll post them.
To make an appointment to donate, click on https://www.healthcare.uci.edu/BloodDrive/, complete the online form and submit it. Check the website for additional rules about who can donate. For more information, contact UC Irvine at donateblood@uci.edu or 714-456-LIFE (714-456-5433).
Dates on which you can give blood:

• June 22 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• June 28 – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• July 5, 20 and 30 – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• July 14 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Aug. 4 and 20 – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Aug. 10 and 30 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sept. 6 – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Click here to learn more about the UCI blood drive and put in a request to give blood at Angel Stadium
Click here for the Angels calendar and schedule
You have to be able to spend 45 minutes or so in Anaheim on the day you donate.
Individuals can only donate once every 56 days. You must be at least 17 years old to donate. There are other rules about who can donate, check the website for more specifics.
Please complete and submit the online form to request a date and time to donate. A representative from the blood donor center will contact you to confirm your donation appointment.