Long Beach • Shark Lagoon Night, get up close with the ocean’s ultimate predators at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Long Beach • Long Beach Museum of Art. Beautiful sculpture gardens surrounding one hundred year old Craftsmen buildings overlooking the ocean. Exhibitions of American decorative arts, early 20th Century European art, California Modernism and contemporary art, including video. Educational programs for children and adults.

Pasadena • Pacific Asia Museum. The gallery includes a traditional tatami mat area with an alcove (tokonoma), art and floral displays, and a rare 15th-century Buddhist temple ceiling. Paintings, prints, textiles, ceramics, lacquer wares and netsuke.

Woodland Hills • The House At Haunted Hill. A high-tech Halloween show in and around a private home. Family friendly with no blood, no gore, no chain saws and no one jumping out at visitors. Located at 4400 Saltillo St.