Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

FINAL DAYS! Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in studying the #NHMLAC Collections? If you’re currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting program, apply for our Student Collections Study Awards now through October 1—details: https://bit.ly/NHMSCSA24

“The word 'Guelaguetza' means, 'to create community'... when people travel to Oaxaca they see it, they feel it. It's a feeling that you have that people will take care of you.” ― Bricia Lopez Join us in celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth as siblings Bricia, Paulina, and Fernando Lopez—co-owners of local landmark restaurant Guelaguetza—discuss the role of family, tradition, and cultural heritage in the latest of our #ChocoLAte stories. https://lnkd.in/gVyBygy8

ICYMI: Watch as Erika Durazo, Senior Paleontological Preparator of the #Dinosaur Institute, unveiled details about our new green dino with KTLA: https://bit.ly/KTNHMLA

?? Our new green dinosaur, Gnatalie, is beautifully featured in the September issue of National Geographic, online today! With stunning photos by Craig Cutler, this impressive article is garnering national attention. Hear more from Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga below, or view the #NatGeo piece: https://bit.ly/GnatGeo

The culminating event of LA County Library’s One Book, One County program was a public, in-person conversation with the author of “L.A. Weather” María Amparo Escandón, partner library directors, and L.A. County Library Director in L.A.’s Gloria Molina Grand Park on Saturday, July 27. Libraries from all over L.A. County bussed participants to the park from their respective cities to participate in the event, where County partners and agencies shared resources for young readers and families. To tie in with the book’s theme of a local family struggling with the impact of drought and wildfires, #NHMLAC staff Chebon Marshall (Chief of Staff, Executive), Diana Sanchez (Program Manager, School and Teacher Programs), and Catherine Fox (Coordinator, Community Engagement) hosted an interactive booth that introduced the 185 participants to native plants that are fire-adapted and the different animals that depend on those plants for food and shelter. ?? Catherine Fox

Since 1942, Edelweiss Chocolates in #BeverlyHills has been the confectioner of choice for both the blue-collar chocolate lover and icons of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Originally known as Grace Young’s Candy Round-Up, the chocolatier’s clientele list included celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Katherine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, and Lucille Ball. In fact, the famous “Job Switching” episode of “I Love Lucy” was directly inspired by Lucille’s frequent visits to Edelweiss! Creative Director Danny Zahirpour finds innovative ways to inspire people to make Edelweiss not just a candy shop, but a community meeting place, infusing his family’s own cultural heritage and identity into their chocolates by using rosewater—an important part of Iranian cuisine and Iranian culture. Hear more from Danny and what Edelweiss Chocolates means to L.A.’s chocolate-loving community in our latest #ChocoLAte series feature: https://bit.ly/EdlwsChclt

?? KQED’s Deep Look gets up close and personal with the #TarPits’ most successful (and smallest) predator: the petroleum fly Helaeomyia petrolei. https://bit.ly/PetroFlies

Featuring the #Olympics, early aviation, parades, and more, our new Seaver Institute permanent display is proof “Amazing Things Happen in #LosAngeles”:?https://lnkd.in/g_CPD5-4

Paleobotanist Jessie George and colleagues think we can learn a lot about managing today’s #climatechange by studying the #plants that survived the last one: https://bit.ly/LATIAL

Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis, a new #species of extinct #crocodile relative, rewrites life on the #Triassic coastline in new paper led by Dr. Nate Smith of the #NHMLA #Dinosaur Institute: https://lnkd.in/g-YDhcYB