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Get out so you can hang out with zinesters, check out some movies or explore Scottish culture.

Get out so you can learn about "The Hollywood Canteen," watch a sock puppet recreate the pilot of AbFab and see one of Vermeer's most renowned works.

We have plenty of stuff to do for Super Bowl non-fans and a couple notes for those who will be enjoying the Big Game today.

Get out so you can "tour" Los Angeles, check out some art books or zines or celebrate the lunar new year.

The Hollywood Museum debuted the exhibition "Loretta Young: Hollywood Legend" yesterday to mark the 100th anniversary of the first actress to win both an Academy Award and Emmy Award.

This Saturday, over 20 artists will transform a 15,000 square foot space in downtown LA into the ultimate cosmic playground for GALAXY: Science. Art. Party. The party kicks off at 4 p.m. at the LA Mart (11th floor), with “The Planetary Hour” at 6 p.m. featuring a live chat and Q&A with former TV host Bill Nye the Science Guy.

You've done your civic duty; now the excitement (and nail-biting) begins. We compiled a list of post-poll hot spots where Angelenos can kick back and watch the votes roll in.

Here's what's happening: The Last Bookstore gets into the Halloween spirit, The Getty Villa explores Pompeii, Needtheater entertains with a one-man stage adaptation of a short story, NerdMelt promises to make us laugh, Cinefamily welcomes actor Elijah Wood in the flesh and A Noise Within reads George Bernard Shaw.

This summer the Natural History Museum will be opening an ambitious permanent exhibit that takes us back—waaaaay back. "Becoming Los Angeles" seeks to do nothing less than trace our city's ecological and cultural evolution over the past 500 years.

Get out so you can check out work by Robert Mapplethorpe or Skid Row artists, talk about books with Libros Schmibros or check out the 626 Night Market.

Get out because there is so much to do today whether you like arts, crafts, food, beer or zombies.

Get out if you want to sample mole, ride around the city's temporarily car-free streets or hang out at festivals in the seaside hoods of Venice and Marina Del Rey.