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A Cheapster's Weekend: April 16-18

[ April 16, 2010; ] Friday

Free Fries at Jack in the Box: It’s a post tax-day celebration as Jack in the Box is offering free french fries all day on Friday. They’re unveiling their new recipe for fries, so want you to swing by and taste them for yerself. There’s no purchase or coupon necessary, and each person can only [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: April 8-11

[ April 8, 2010; April 9, 2010; April 10, 2010; April 11, 2010; ] Thursday

Bike Night at the Hammer: The Hammer Museum is hosting its second annual bike night filled with free food, music, and a screening of the Tim Burton classic Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. So bike it, walk it or hike it to Westwood Village to enjoy free vegan BBQ prepared by the Hammer’s Wolfgang Puck cafe, musical [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: April 1 - 4

[ April 2, 2010; April 3, 2010; April 4, 2010; ] Friday

Free Screening of Amelie: 212 Cafe in Venice, which is one of my favorite bohemian java hangs on the Westside, is screening the beloved French romantic tale Amelie. It’s the story of a shy, lonely waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better. The film stars Audrey Tatou as [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: March 18-21

[ March 18, 2010; March 19, 2010; March 20, 2010; March 21, 2010; ] Thursday

Lecture and Demonstration on Piñata-Making: The Machine Project is hosting a free lecture on the history, process, and meanings of the illustrious piñata. The best part of the night will be a real-time demonstration one of these babies in action. There will be candy galore. Please join Sarah Bay Williams as she presents a talk [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: March 5th - 7th

[ March 5, 2010; March 6, 2010; March 7, 2010; ] Friday

Deer Tick and Everest at Natural History Museum

Performing in the diorama hall where all the stuffed mammals behind glass live is alt-country darlings Deer Tick and LA. – based Everest. Deer Tick won’t be back in Calif until Coachella, so catch them now! The bands go on at 8 p.m., and there is always [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: Feb. 19-21

[ February 19, 2010; February 20, 2010; February 21, 2010; ] Friday

Get Literary at UCB: Get some light reading done this weekend as your favorite authors are brought back from the dead to get their lit grit on at the famed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in Hollywood.  J.D. Salinger (Marc Evan Jackson) and Edgar Allan Poe (Craig Cackowski), with moderator H.G. Weeks (Paul F. Tompkins) [...]

A Cheapster's Weekend: Feb. 5 - 7

[ February 5, 2010; February 6, 2010; ]

Friday

Warpaint and Yeasayer at First Fridays: The Natural History Museum’s First Fridays is in full force! This isn’t a free event, but you get so much for the price of museum admission. In addition to amazing bands, DJs spinning music throughout the night, and being in an illuminated museum where you’re [...]

Cheapster's Weekend: Oct. 24-25

[ October 24, 2009; October 25, 2009; ] Saturday

Hello Kitty Fan Appreciation Day + Art Exhibit: Calling all Hello Kitty fanatics! To kick off Three Apples, the art exhibit celebrating 35 years of Hello Kitty, the beloved Sanrio character who started it all, Royal/T in Culver City is having an Hello Kitty fan appreciation party. It’s taking place all afternoon from 1 p.m. [...]

Cheapster’s Weekend: Oct. 2 – Oct. 4

[ October 2, 2009; October 3, 2009; October 4, 2009; ] Friday

Alternative Car Expo: This Friday and Saturday is the 4th Annual Alternative Car Expo and Conference at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Be sure to check out their exhibition hall that will be chock-full of presentations displaying the latest options in alternative fuel and transportation technologies. You’ll also get a chance to check out new [...]

Free Poetry Events: Robinson Jeffers and the Ecologies of Poetry

[ October 1, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. October 3, 2009; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. October 10, 2009; 2:00 pm; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. October 15, 2009; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. October 17, 2009; 9:30 am to 11:00 am. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. October 18, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. October 24, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. November 7, 2009; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Calling all poet heads! Do you freestyle in the shower? Make up lines of poetry while driving in your car in the mornings? Quote  T.S. Eliot and Plath at inappropriate points of a conversation? Then Jeffers and the Ecologies of Poetry, a month-long celebration of the renowned nature poet Robinson Jeffers, so just for you. [...]