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Summer Reading Programs - Not just for kids!

This summer, I hope to read more and what better way to motivate me than the local public library’s Summer Reading Program for adults?  For every book I read, I will be entered in a weekly drawing to win a $5 Starbucks gift card.   And if five books get read, I’ll be able to [...]

This sounds like wacky fun

On Saturday, Beverly Hills hosts a "public art party" to celebrate the work of Yayoi Kusama.  I’ve experienced a Kusama installation before at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh.  It was cool and wacky.  This event’s free and the Paley Center for Media will be free as well that day as part of the festivities.

http://www.publicartparty.com/ [...]

Renegade Craft Fair – July 11-12

This sounds great!

http://www.renegadecraft.com/los-angeles?site=la

And it’s free!

Learn how to make a linoelum block print and other arts/crafts for free!  There will be bands too.  And it all takes place on the penthouse level of California Market Center with 360-degree views of downtown L.A.

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We went to this.  It was very cool to see all the great [...]

A Half Mile of Al Fresco Installations, sculptures and performances

On the trail of A Half Mile of Al Fresco Installations, sculptures and performances
This sounds great!  I love New Town’s installations.  June 6 – 7, 2009.  Free.

Visit Pompeii for Free!

Ever since I was little, the story of Pompeii intrigued and haunted me

From LACMA’s email newsletter:

Special Offer: Free Admission to Pompeii and the Roman Villa

 

LACMA is pleased to offer one day of totally free access—June 9—to its blockbuster exhibition Pompeii and the Roman Villa and the entire museum!

KCRW [...]

Make a Coffee Cup

This sounds intriguing, got it off a listserv.  Also, could be a fun cheap date/recession fun outing -

" The Coffee Cup Collective is a project sited at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock and Swork for the Intersections 2009 exhibition. The production phase of the project introduces participants to ceramic reproduction methods with the [...]

Gamble House Free!

Along with the Police Historical Museum.  I went on this day last year – great fun!  We took mugshots at the police museum and ate free hot dogs there.   :0)

From Pasadena Now:

Free Admission Event: “Museums of the Arroyo Day”  Six museums in Los Angeles and Pasadena [...]

Art festival in a special place

The Pasadena Waldorf School is hosting its second annual Festival of Art on Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10 am to 5 pm.  I’ve been curious about Waldorf schools ever since I read that its students learn how to knit and weave even before writing.  The thinking behind this is if a student knows how to [...]

Check out people from the library

Santa Monica Library is letting borrowers check out real live people!

What a great idea!  I kinda am interested in talking to the ex-gang member.

Pasadena Art Night

is Friday, March 13, 2009.

Here are the deets.

The new Samurai exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum is free on this night too.