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# DAILY PRESS Celebrate Black History Month at L.A. Zoo
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/daily-press-celebrate-black-history-month-at-l-a-zoo/
- Published: 2007-02-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:59:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Fifth Annual Black History Month is a two-day event featuring educational displays of prominent African-American zoo and aquarium professionals, entertainment performances, folk art and food. Entertainment includes Ray Sidney & the Firm Soundation Gospel Group, the Bobby Haynes Jazz Quartet, the Upstream Reggae Band, and African Drumming and Dancing. Other highlights are the African Wrap-Doll Workshop and an African marketplace.

The two-day event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 3, and Sunday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. at Griffith Park’s Treetops Terrace, 5333 Zoo Drive. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children, ages 2 to 12\. The Zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For general information, call (323) 644-4200 or visit www.lazoo.org.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 2, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/020207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)