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The Weekend Planner: Indoor and Outdoor Activities Across the 818

Delve into history, nature, music and today's food truck scene.

When/Where: Every Friday,  5-8 p.m., the Parking Lot at 11458 Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood.

Why Go: Get out into the community for a weekly food truck fest, boutique vendors and street performers. Dogs welcome too!

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Pricing: Admission free; food and vendors cost. 

Classical Organ Music

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When/Where: Saturday, January 14, 7:30 p.m., St. Francis de Sales Church, 13360 Valleyheart Drive, Sherman Oaks

Why Go: Internationally acclaimed organist Hector Olivera will appear in concert at St. Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks. Maestro Olivera will perform a virtuosic program featuring the works of Bach, Franck, Liszt, Stravinsky, and Tchaikowsky on the St. Francis de Sales Rodgers Organ and his own Roland Atelier AT-900 touring organ.

Pricing: Free; Donations accepted.  

Meet Dean's Daughter, Deana Martin 

When/Where: Saturday, January 14, 9 p.m., Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills

Why Go: Deana Martin takes the audience on a musical journey, honoring her legendary father Dean Martin and other great performers who shaped American music and popular culture for over four decades. She sings the sound track of our lives, the classics made popular the world over by her father and his “Pallies.” Deana performs many of her father’s greatest and most enduring hits, including: “Memories Are Made Of This”, “That’s Amore”, “Everybody Loves Somebody”, and many more of the world’s favorites.

Pricing: $29.50

Capture a Nature Moment 

When/Where: Saturday, January 14 , 2 p.m.- 4 p.m., King Gillette Ranch Park, 26800 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas

Why Go: Bring your camera and learn from volunteer naturalist Joanne  as she shares her expertise and teaches some tricks of nature photography. Bring your camera. 

Pricing: Admission free; parking $7 

Annual Reenactment of the Signing of the Articles of Capitulation

When/Where: Sunday, January 15, 1 p.m - 2:30 p.m., Campo de Cahuenga
3919 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood.

Why Go: Celebrate the 165th anniversary of the historic signing at Camp de Cahuenga. Travel back to 1847 for a piece of living history. Witness the proceedings at the very place where General Andres Pico and Lt. Colonel John C. Fremont placed their signatures on the document ending hostilities and bringing peace between the American forces and Californios under Mexican Rule. On this spot, Butterfield Stagecoaches would soon stop, Civil War soldiers would later encamp and subsequent generations would have a front row seat for a burgeoning entertainment industry.  There will be music, dancers, food and more!

Pricing: Free.


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