Use your day off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day to immerse yourself and your family in art — all for free at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LACMA admission is free for all on Monday, Jan. 16 as part of a Target Free Holiday Monday sponsorship. The L.A. art museum opens at Noon and closes at 8PM.
The free admission day includes a host of special free activities including bilingual tours. Be sure to check out LACMA’s exhibition Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World, where you’ll discover the importance of indigenous art forms from the Aztec and Inca during the colonial period. On Monday, the Peruvian Ensemble, representing the Inca, performs live music from the Andes on the museum’s plaza at 12:30PM and 2:45PM.
While admission is free, you must reserve a general admission ticket. Call 323-857-6010 or reserve the ticket online.
On free admission days, LACMA’s Boone Children’s Gallery is one of the most popular and therefore congested parts of the museum. So tickets to the gallery are separate, timed and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Pick up your free timed ticket in the Boone Children’s Gallery on Monday. Timed tickets only allow for a 30-minute minute visit.
Thank you to Twitter follower @elisebee for reminding us of this free fun opportunity!
Joy to the free!
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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is welcoming 2012 with a frugal fun promo: $1 for a 12oz caramel cream tea latte or caramel latte (hot or iced) from 4 to 7PM Wednesday, Jan. 4. I love these frugal promotions as they give me a chance try one of Coffee Bean’s new fun flavors for just a buck, although substitutions like soy milk are extra.
Click Here to find the nearest Coffee Bean location.
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Free Gifts for Kids!
Free festive holiday afternoon for kids and families in Downtown L.A. Saturday, Dec. 11! Swing by Grand Central Market for a free picture with Santa plus free gifts for all kids! The fun starts at 11AM.
Built in 1917, Grand Central is the oldest and largest open-air market in Los Angeles. Lots of free fun things to see!
Get in the festive spirit this Sunday, November 27th, at the 80th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade. The parade benefits Marine Toys for Tots and features Marie Osmond as the Grand Marshall. As always, the parade is free to attend! There’s always sure to be colorful floats, balloons, marching bands, and of course, celebrities.
The parade starts at 6 P.M., but be sure to arrive early! This exciting Hollywood tradition will travel on a U-shaped route starting at Orange Street and Hollywood Boulevard, traveling East onto Hollywood Boulevard turning South onto Vine Street, and then traveling West onto Sunset Boulevard back to Orange Street.
If you’ve got plans to see a flick at L.A. Live’s Regal Cinemas today, Nov. 2, remember to get your free popcorn and drink. Why? It’s their 2nd anniversary! Their movie tickets are pricey so you might as well get a freebie to go along with your film!
Want to hand out something free to your Los Angeles-area Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween? If you live in Simi Valley, Northridge, Palmdale, Lancaster, Covina or West Covina then gift your costumed kiddos with FREE bowling coupons!
Just click on the link or the coupon and you’ll be able to print out as many sheets of the 6 free coupons as you’d like. Just remember to make sure you have a Brunswick Bowl near your home by checking locations here. If there isn’t one nearby, you’ll be giving the kids a trick not a treat on Halloween!
Coupons are good for one free bowling game from Oct. 31 to Nov. 15. Shoe rental is extra.
Kids celebrate Halloween and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for free at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium this weekend, Oct. 22 – 23. The marine science center, located at beach level at the Santa Monica Pier, has spooky, family friendly activities planned both days, 12:30 to 5pm. Children under 13 are admitted free with an adult; for all others, there is a suggested donation of $5 or a $3 minimum admission fee. For groups of 10 or more, the entry fee is $2 per person.
Experiment in the mad scientist laboratory, tip toe (if you dare!) through the marine animal graveyard, and create colorful Dia de los Muertos crafts and masks. Both days will feature a glow in the dark bioluminescent deep-sea experience and don’t miss the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a presentation on the amazing abilities of marine parasites. Face painting and spooky story times are scheduled throughout the weekend as well.
The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is located at at 1600 Ocean Front Walk. Come celebrate the season – costumes are encouraged.
Two cheers for Peets fans getting in a last taste of cool summer drinks with a buy one get one free offer through Sun. Sept. 25!
Feast on FREE in-person Farmer-Chef cooking demonstrations at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market 30th Anniversary Celebration Kick-Off on Wednesday, Sept 14. Line up to get books signed by local farmer-chefs, including Amelia Saltzman, author of the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market Cookbook. The SaMo cookbook is a fave of Free Fun L.A.!
Suzanne Goin of Lucques starts the event with opening remarks at 10AM. The free fun food event concludes at 1PM. Click Here for a full schedule of events.
Have Smurfing Free Fun!
UPDATE: Almost as soon as this posted the tix were snapped up!
Free fun for kids and their parents when you sign up to see the Smurfs movie in 3-D for free on Saturday, July 30, at Rave The Bridge, Los Angeles. The free film is courtesy of the Mocha Moms, a support group for stay-at-home mothers of color.
Click here to RSVP. You must sign up by Wednesday, July 27.
And there’s more than a free movie. The Mocha Moms will have free family-friendly fun activities for the family before the screening.
