In L.A., there is no shortage of events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year.<\/p>\n
Since 1986, the federal holiday is observed on the third Monday of January to honor the life<\/a> and legacy of the Civil Rights leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n California African American Museum<\/p>\n The California African American Museum is hosting a King Day scavenger hunt<\/a> on Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. On Monday, it is hosting an all-day event <\/a>honoring King that will culminate with a performance by the Inner City Youth Orchestra of L.A., which is billed as the largest majority Black youth orchestra in the country.<\/p>\n Keep up with LAist.<\/p>\n If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. <\/p>\n Orchestra at Skirball<\/p>\n The orchestra will also perform at the Skirball Cultural Center on Saturday evening. The free event is already at capacity, but you can try your luck by signing up for the waitlist here<\/a>. Earlier Saturday, the orchestra will join the Santa Monica Symphony for its annual MLK concert.<\/a><\/p>\n Parades and celebrations<\/p>\n Cedric the Entertainer will be the grand marshal of this year\u2019s official L.A. MLK Day Parade on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Western and Crenshaw avenues on Monday<\/a>. If you\u2019re looking for a parade earlier in the weekend, you can head to Long Beach\u2019s MLK Day parade on Saturday<\/a>. Also on Saturday is a celebration of King\u2019s legacy at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City<\/a>.<\/p>\n Volunteer opportunities<\/p>\n In 1994, President Bill Clinton officially decreed MLK Day as a day of service. If you\u2019re looking for opportunities to volunteer, grab free tickets to Monday\u2019s MLK Day Volunteer Festival<\/a> at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.<\/p>\n Free access to state parks<\/p>\n Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that more than 200 California state parks will be free to enter on Monday<\/a>. The move comes after the Trump administration eliminated MLK Day and Juneteenth from the list of days when it\u2019s free to access national parks. There are 12 free state parks on the list in L.A. County, including Los Angeles and Will Rogers State Historic Parks, as well as Topanga and Malibu Creek State Parks. See the full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In L.A., there is no shortage of events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year. Since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[69991,69992,69993,48,52,51,47,50,49,65871,66906,62269,54231,69994],"class_list":["post-137889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-caam","tag-icyola","tag-inner-city-youth-orchestra-of-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-martin-luther-king-jr","tag-mlk-day","tag-mlk-day-events","tag-mlk-parade","tag-skirball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}