The L.A. Zoo’s annual Halloween celebration includes two weekends of spooky decor and up-close-and-personal interactions with some of the zoo’s creepiest crawlers. Look out for trick-or-treating, a spooky storytime, education stations, slime from Sloomoo Institute and photo ops. The animals will get in on the Halloween action, too—from spider monkeys to Tasmanian devils—with pumpkin feedings scheduled a couple of times a day.
We don’t know about you, but our mind is always focused on the weekend. It can never come soon enough—which is why we’re already thinking about what new restaurants we want to try or where we can drive for the day. Whether you’re looking to scope out the latest museum exhibitions or watch a movie outdoors, you’ll find plenty of things to do in L.A. this weekend.
We curate an L.A. weekend itinerary of the city’s best concerts, culture and cuisine, every week, just for you. We’re already halfway through the month and well into spooky season, but our favorite events aren’t all Halloween-themed. The weather is back to being sunny and warm—like our rainy day didn’t even happen—so consider an alfresco evening at the buzzworthy Cortège, which hosts its last performance on Sunday. You can also ogle L.A. architecture at the Dwell Open House, hit up the Love Shack with the B-52s at the Bowl, fete fall at the Original Farmers Market, see scary movies at Heritage Square Museum or celebrate the Rialto Theatre’s 100th anniversary in South Pasadena. This Sunday is also the season’s last installment of Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome, a mile-high music series at Mount Wilson Observatory where all-female mariachi band Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas will take the stage.