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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/ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Samurai Robots report to the dance floor

The Pacific Asia Museum is hosting a free family day this Saturday, March 14, 2009, from 12 – 4 pm.   The exhibit is "The Samurai Re-Imagined: From Ukiyo to Anime" and features samurai, manga comics, armor, and robots.   The day includes free admission to the galleries plus crafts, performances, demonstrations, and more fun.

Also part of [...]

How to look at art without feeling inferior

What a great title!   LACMA is hosting a free lecture on looking at art.  Here’s its blurb:

"Milton Esterow, editor and publisher of ARTnews, talks about the international art scene, the art market, art journalism, art criticism, and changes in taste and fashion, followed by questions from the audience. Born in New York City, Esterow was [...]

Whale Fiesta

January 25th is the Whale Fiesta at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.  Look at the nifty whale sand sculptures on the beach.  Also admission to the aquarium is free that day.  I predict lots of youngsters will be at the event as this looks extremely family friendly.  Their website write-up is funny:

"Join us for tons of [...]

Human Google Day, Part I

UnHip LA roamed around the South Bay, vowing not to use Google as a resource.  We decided to use our eyes and ears and become human Googles instead.  Look what we found:

 

 

 

 

By following good ol’ street signs, we wound up at the South Coast Botanic Garden, which is "one of the first gardens to be [...]

Huntington Gardens