Grammy®-nominated singer songwriter Perla Batalla’s powerful voice, emotional honesty, and boundary defying songs have captivated audiences at prestigious venues around the world. Batalla will bring her show, A Letter to Leonard Cohen: A Tribute to a Friend. More information:

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Hollywood has a long history of western movies being filmed in the national parks of the west that date back to the era of silent film. Join retired national park ranger Mike Malone as he takes you on a visual journey to some of our most spectacular western nation parks where John Wayne, Tom Mix, Jimmy Stewart, Clint Eastwood and many more once rode across the screen.

Have you noticed the large overpass on the 101 freeway near Liberty Canyon Road? Have you wondered why it is being built? Rorie Skei, Deputy Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy & Lauren Gill, Deputy Director of the California National Wildlife Federation, will present the history of wildlife crossings and how the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, the largest wildlife corridor in the world, goes beyond conservation and moving towards environmental rejuvenation.

Entice your taste buds as you travel back in time to Victorian Southern California with Richard Foss, a culinary historian with two books in print has been writing about food professionally since 1986. Richard offers audiences a unique perspective on how the discovery of gold, the arrival of railroads and steamships brought imported and luxury items as well as the first convenience foods. Discover what people ate and how they cooked it during this period of extraordinary changes.