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Get Out: Free Museums, Art LA Contemporary, Man V Bar

Or just go to Local and order chilaquiles and call it a day... (Photo by jpfmack via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
Free-For-All Culture: 17 of LA's top museum hangabouts are free for the perusing this weekend. Participating museums include: Autry National Center, California Science Center, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Hammer Museum, Getty Center, Getty Villa, Fire Department Museum, MOCA, The Paley Center for Media, Skirball, Watts Tower and more more more. Some are both days, some are single days. Check the full list here.
Mega Arty Party: Art Los Angeles Contemporary turns two with an art fair held at the Barker Hangar after last year's Pacific Design Center event. Relocation means more art galleries involved and larger scale projects from 70 international galleries. Expect showcases, programming series, artist talks, panel discussions led by museum curators, artist film screenings and a performance series. The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., $18
Westside Bar Crawl: MAN v BAR now in its 5th year is raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training for TNT IronTeam's Traci McMurray and Marvin Tabangay training for the Vineman 140.6 Triathlon in July. $20 donation gets you a wristband for exclusive happy hour specials at participating bars near 3rd St Promenade. Festivites begin at The Yard, 119 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 9040, 12:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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