Westside Weekend Get Out Guide

Wind down, replenish, relax and have fun. That's what this week's Westside events guide is all about. Have your own suggestion? Add it to the comments!

• Bel Air - The Purim Carnival is back this year with new rides, food, and other family fun at the Stephen S. Wise Temple, 15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive. A zip line and a rock climbing wall are new this year. Starting Sunday at 9:30 a.m., there will be a light nosh and Purim Pre-Game followed by singing, dancing, Megillah reading and costume parade. Tickets are $36. For information, call 310-476-8561.

• Culver City - The Mar Vista Family Center, 5075 South Slauson Ave., celebrates its new creekside native plant garden Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Visit the new garden located behind the family center along Ballona Creek. Take in the refreshments and the Sea Lab's Traveling Tidepool activities. Phone: 310-390-4888

• Santa Monica - The Erth Dinosaur Petting Zoo Show at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., brings dinos to life and takes children and adults through an interactive journey back to prehistoric ages. Feed, water and care for creatures that once roamed Earth eons ago. Saturday's shows are at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 to $30 and can be purchased online. For information, call the box office at 310-434-3200. 

• Pacific Palisades - The Getty Villa's exhibit, "Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity," features over 180 ancient glass objects from the Erwin Oppenlander collection. Some of the works were made in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Roman Empire and are from periods as old as 2500 B.C. Tickets are free, but must be reserved online. Parking is $15. For information, call 310-440-7300.

For more weekend events, check out Santa Monica Patch, Culver City Patch, Brentwood Patch, Pacific Palisades Patch, Venice Patch and Marina del Rey Patch.