Free Olay Quench Body Lotion

Purchase any Olay Quench Body Lotion, excluding trial size, and you'll get a rebate check for up to two bottles. Rebate form here.

Double free music post

Tis the season for free music downloads, apparently.

Coldplay has a free album available for download as a thank you to their fans. It's called "Left Right Left Right Left" and you can download it here, just input your email address. You don't even have to tell them if you're really a fan.

Nylon Magazine has a free winter playlist available for download, but you have to have iTunes. (Am I the only one who just got an iTunes account? Carry on.) Here is the album list and download button.

Happy Happy.

The Birds and The Beats

The Birds and The Beats is an awesome album from M.anifest, a friend from college. The full album is free for download. M.anifest is just asking that you make a donation to Young Entrepreneurs, Africa. Enjoy!

$1 Real Chicken Meal from Boston Market

With this coupon. Expires 11/1/09.

I won't even address my ridiculously long absence. Sorry!

Andrew Bush photography show opening

Saturday night, 9/12, from 7-9 is the opening reception for "Vector Portraits," a new photography show by Andrew Bush at M+B.

M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles, California 90069
T 310 550 0050

$1 Margaritas at Mission Cantina

On Sunday, 9/6, Mission Cantina will be soothing those of us stuck in town on the long weekend with $1 margaritas and beers from 6-10 pm. Ole!

Mission Cantina
5946 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood

BOA Cardholders free admission to LACMA

Yay! This program got extended until January 2010!

The first weekend of every month, BOA cardholders get free admission to LACMA. One admission per BOA card. Go be artsy and stuff.


More info at the BOA website

LACMA's website

Intro Improv Workshop at Second City

Second City is offering an introductory improv workshop with Artistic Director Joshua Funk. It costs $25, but if you register for classes after that, they apply the $25 to your tuition.

Saturday, August 29
2:30-4:30pm
Second City Training Center
6560 Hollywood Blvd., LA, 90028
To RSVP, call (323) 464-8542

More info at Second City's website

Free Tacos Today

Print this coupon and take it in to Jack In The Box for two free tacos today. No purchase necessary.

"Best in Show" Screening

Space 15 Twenty is having "Christopher Guest Month," which may be the most fantastic thing to happen in Hollywood all summer. Tuesday night, 8/11, they will be screening "Best in Show" at 8pm. Catherine O'Hara's wobbly knees get me every time.

Space 15 Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood
Free screening at 8 pm

Femme Fatale - photography opening tonight

Sorry for the last minute notice, but they'll make up for it with free booze and appetizers.

Femme Fatale - portraits by Chris Calloway
Em & Co
7940 W. Third St., 90048
(323) 782-8155
7-10 pm

RSVP: rsvp@emandco.com

Free Coffee Freddo from Peet's

Visit your local Peet’s on Friday, August 7 from 2 to 3 p.m and enjoy a FREE Coffee Freddo. Yee-haw!

Free First Fridays at the Norton Simon Musem

Apparently they have a lot of Degas at this museum in Pasadena. I plan to see for myself on the next First Friday, which happens to be on August 7.

Admission to the museum is free every first Friday of the month, from 6-9pm, with a special tour starting at 7pm. Student admission is always free, which is lucky if you still look the same as you did on your first day of college. (And if you do, bless your heart and tell me how you do it.)

Norton Simon Museum
411 W. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91105

Phone: (626) 449-6840
Nortonsimon.org

One Dollar Martinis

For One hour (10-11pm) on Thursdays, martinis at Wilshire Restaurant are One dollar. That's the One that I want. (Ooh, ooh, ooh....sorry. Up since 4.)

Wilshire Restaurant
2454 Wilshire Blvd. (Map)
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Tel: 310 586 1707

Jamba Two For One - It's Back!

Guess times are hard if you're a smoothie. Jamba Juice's "Summer Bliss" promo is back.

Take this coupon in to Jamba Juice and buy one smoothie, get one free. Valid until August 9.

Free Burrito Today!

Free Baja Fresh Burrito today with purchase of drink and this coupon. I was hoping I would figure out something for lunch!

Update: Coupon is good for the Baja, Mexicano, or Ultimo burritos with steak or chicken. The Westwood location is accepting the coupons. I got black beans substituted for the meat and there was no extra charge. Yay lunch for $1.75!

Squirrel Nut Zippers!

This is not a secret: I am a swing dance geek. So I am very excited about this Thursday.

To celebrate the 85th anniversary of the La Monica Ballroom and as part of the Santa Monica Pier Centennial, the Squirrel Nut Zippers and Johnny Vana & the Big Band Alumni will be playing a free concert on the pier from 7-10 this Thursday, July 23. There is a free swing dance lesson at 6pm.

Visit the Santa Monica Pier website for more info.

Have printer, will decorate

Feed Your Soul - The Free Art Project has tons of awesome art that you can download and print for free. They add new works every week. Thanks for the tip, Nicholas!

Midsummer Night's Dream

As it is indeed Midsummer, and it's free, and one of the awesome actors I know is in it, I thought I would pass this along.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A co-production between the Veterans Center for the Performing Arts, the U.S. Veterans’ Artists Alliance and Shakespeare Santa Monica

July 11th - August 9th
Saturdays @ 6pm
Sundays @ 4:30pm

West L.A. Bandshell
11338 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica

But you don't have to take my word for it. Read the LAWeekly review here.

Damnwells album

The Damnwells - One Last Century. Entirely free for download. The whole thing. Thanks for the tip, Michelle!

Download the album at The Damnwells website.

Free Tea Freddo at Peet's

Visit your local Peet’s on Friday, July 10 from 2 to 3 p.m and enjoy a FREE 8 oz. Tea Freddo. Enjoy!

Free food and free food!

People must be hungry and broke. Those of us who are both are in luck.

Tomorrow, 6/24, Xooro will be offering free gourmet churros from 5:30-7:30pm in honor of opening a second location in West Hollywood.

Xooro
8360 Melrose Ave. #107
West Hollywood, CA


Then, on Sunday, 6/28, the new Ruby's Shake Shack on the Malibu Pier will have free burgers and shakes from 11-4.

Ruby's Shake Shack
23000 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265

Happy eating!

Free Jazz Concerts

If you can brave the tourists on Tuesday nights, you will be rewarded with free music.

Hollywood & Highland center offers free jazz concerts every Tuesday night through August. Wine and cheese are also available for a $10 donation to Project Angel Food.

This Tuesday's concert is Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue playing from 7-9pm.

View the rest of the schedule at the event website.

Free coffee!

Just found this, and it expires tomorrow, but hopefully some folks will still get a chance to use it.

Free 12-oz Seattle's Best Beverage at Border's printable coupon

Musical Improv at Trip Tease

My friends are on an awesome musical improv team called "Maestro, If You Please!" and they are having a free show tonight at TRiP. TRiP has Trip Tease Wednesdays and has a 5-star rating on Yelp. What more can you desire from improv sharing a stage with a pole? A drink, perhaps, and nothing else.

Details:
Trip Tease Wednesday at TRiP
9:30 pm
2101 Lincoln Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Have fun!

Pride Parade

Hey guys - sorry for being AWOL. I was moving.

This weekend is LA Pride. The festival isn't free, but the parade is.

LA PRIDE PARADE
Sunday June 14, steps off at 11:00 a.m.
& Silent Celebration Sunday June 14 at 12:00 noon
Santa Monica between Crescent Heights and San Vicente

LA Pride website

Spread the love! May peace and acceptance come very soon.

LACMA Muse Artwalk

I'm bummed to miss this, but Saturday is moving day for me...

ArtWalk 2009
Saturday, May 30 | 12-8 pm
Miracle Mile
Four free museums
Twenty participating galleries

Official Website

Looks pretty awesome. And if you're super broke, there is a 99 Cent Store just west of Wilshire & Fairfax - I scored PBR Light there once.

Hold the phone - you won't have to hit up 99 Cent, unless you want to. The following galleries have happy hour starting at 4pm: David DeSanctis Gallery, Steve Turner Contemporary, Perrell Fine Art, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Jack Rutberg Gallery, DNJ Gallery. Happy hour sponsored by Grolsch, Malibu Family Wines, and Pernod.

Hmm...maybe I'll take a break from moving...

Art Exhibit - free t-shirt screen!

If you bring a blank t-shirt to Fin this Saturday, graphic artists Hit+Run will screen a design onto it for free. While you're there, check out the other 15 artists at the exhibit and bounce to the DJ. Vitamin Water is a sponsor, so maybe you'll even score some nutrition.

Social Experiment presents: Fin
Saturday, May 23
7-11
Studio 1636
1636 Wilcox Ave, Hollywood, 90028 (Just south of Hollywood Blvd.)

Event website

Downtown Art Walk

Three things I like: walking, downtown, and art.

The Downtown Art Walk is a self-guided tour that showcases the many art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles — commercial art galleries, museums, and non-profit arts venues.

Downtown Art Walk
The Second Thursday of Every Month in Downtown Los Angeles

Thursday, May 14, 2009

12pm - 9 pm • Free Admission

Free iphone app!

Ever feel the urge to squish people? I know I do. The iphone app Pophead lets you do just that.

Hot Frog Creative is offering their iPhone App 'Pophead' for free this week until Friday! (previously $0.99)

They are giving it away to help promote their new app, BNB (Be Nice to Bunnies). "BNB is a searchable application for your iphone or ipod touch that helps you make an informed decision about cruelty-free purchasing anywhere, any time, at home or in-store. The app is available for purchase from the iTunes store, priced at $1.99. A portion of the profits for the app will be donated to animal rights, non-profit organizations."

Good stuff. Happy squeezing, and please consider supporting an app with a cause!

Free KFC

Apparently this happened last week and I missed it, but if you go to this site before 9:59pm CDT tomorrow, you can print a coupon for two pieces of KFC chicken, two sides, and a biscuit for FREE. Shazam.

You do have to install something to print the coupon, apparently.

31 Cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins

Yesterday you got your free chicken, today you can have dessert.

Tonight from 5-10pm, select Baskin Robbins stores will have 31 cent scoops.

More info here.

Enjoy!

Taste the Fire...but only if you ask for it

Tomorrow El Pollo Loco will give you some free chicken. You just have to ask if you can "Taste the Fire." I'll let you weigh the embarassment vs. the benefit.

Official rules at the El Pollo Loco website.

POOLTRADESHOW Sample Sale

Saturday. Sample sale. Silver Lake.

POOLTRADESHOW is having a sample sale with discounts up to 90% off on 20 designers and labels of men's and women's clothing and shoes from spring '09, fall '08, and more.

Also, DJs, free food, and free beer. Sold.

Saturday, April 25
Noon-6pm, drinks and music 'til 8pm
2900 Rowena Ave, LA, 90020
Phone during sale: 310-592-6184

Make sure you take cash.

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Bibliophiles take heed! UCLA will be hosting the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. And it's free!

Check the website for the comprehensive list of authors and exhibitors. Lots of cool stuff, including Ray Bradbury (!), S.E. Hinton (!), Gore Vidal (!)...

Festival of Books at UCLA
Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 10-5
Festival of Books Website

LA Weekly LA Weekend

Not sure how it happened, but you used to have to buy tickets, and now you don't.

To celebrate 30 years of LA Weekly, LA Weekend "will showcase some of LA's most dynamic and colorful talent, programming a cutting edge film screening, speaker panels, art, food, music and book signings."

There is some pretty awesome stuff on their schedule - Wil Wheaton, Point Break Live, a screening of "The Heart is a Drum Machine," and something called Belvedere Lounge from noon-4 on Saturday...Belvedere is a sponsor, so perhaps that means free booze? Looks like there is a bunch of free meat as well. Everybody loves free meat.

Events 4/24 and 4/25
Nike Montalban Theatre
1615 N. Vine St.
Hollywood

LA Weekly LA Weekend website

I highly recommend taking the train to Hollywood/Vine, as parking around there is already a nightmare and the metro station is around the corner from the Montalban.

Have fun!

Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!

4/21 is my favorite ice cream day. Because it's free. And delicious. Plus last year on free cone day I saw Dustin Hoffman. The possibilites are endless.

Ben & Jerry's Store Locator

Freedom Snatch at iO - Week 34

They're unstoppably funny. Check it out.

Freedom Snatch in the Improv Cage Match
11 pm Thursday, 4/16
Free
iO West
6366 Hollywood Blvd.

Do it now!

Today until 6pm PT, Allegiant Air has tickets from LAX to the following cities for $15 one-way:

* Bellingham, Washington ... service starts May 2
* Billings, Montana ... service starts May 22
* Des Moines, Iowa ... service starts May 24
* Fargo, North Dakota ... service starts May 23
* Grand Junction, Colorado ... service starts May 1
* McAllen, Texas ... service starts May 24
* Medford, Oregon ... service starts May 1
* Missoula, Montana ... service starts May 2
* Monterey, California ... service starts May 3
* Northwest Arkansas (XNA) ... service starts May 22
* Sioux Falls, South Dakota ... service starts May 23
* Springfield, Missouri ... service starts May 3
* Wichita, Kansas ... service starts May 23

Go! Buy! Vacate!

Allegiantair.com

April 15th - Look on the bright side

Tax day isn't fun for anybody. Even if you do get money back, by the time it arrives you've spent so long stressing about it and the refund is so small that it's hardly even worth it anymore. Or maybe that's just me.

If you work in Hollywood or are unemployed, Wednesday may just be your lucky day. At least as far as lunch is concerned.

Ivan Kane's Cafe Wa s is serving select menu items for absolutely free on Wednesday from 11am until 2pm. I might just have to take the day off.

Ivan Kane's Cafe Wa s
1521 N. Vine St. (Right behind Borders)
Hollywood, CA 90028

Make sure you stimulate...er...tip your waiters.

Ye Coach and Horses Ladies Night

Ladies Night has always struck me as a little odd and gotten an undesirable song stuck in my head, but hey, times are hard, and if I have to wade through a few glassy-eyed old guys to get some extra cheap liquor, so be it.

Tuesday is Ladies Night at Ye Coach and Horses, from 8pm until close. $3 wine and $5 you-call-its, except for top shelf. And only for the ladies. Thank you, reverse discrimination!

Ye Coach and Horses
7617 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: (323) 876-6900

Consolation prize for the fellas - they always have $4 PBR tallboys.

Car Insurance for $400 or less annually

I know some genius sleuth-ers. Not sure how she found out about it, but my friend Michelle sent me this tip:

California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program (CLCA)

The primary goal of the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program (CLCA) is to provide an affordable auto insurance option to low-income good drivers.

LA County is $350 a year for liability only.

This is for real. Eligibility requirements and more info here.

Thanks, Michelle!

Art opening: "Charlie Foxtrot" by Daniel Newman

Eight Veil is a new gallery and publishing house on Sunset. Tonight is the opening reception of their first show, "Charlie Foxtrot" by Daniel Newman. Newman's works are "montages and drawings that illustrate the cultural amnesia of a society obsessed with the figure and representation."

"CHARLIE FOXTROT marks the inauguration of Eighth Veil, a new contemporary art exhibition and publishing house in Hollywood, California. Eighth Veil will provide artists with residencies to develop and oversee the creation of printed matter, as well as host a rotation of exhibitions and events."

Opening reception tonight, April 10, from 6-9pm
Eighth Veil
7174 Sunset Boulevard

Xicano Moratorium to the Ballad of El-Lay

I love tongue-in-cheek self reverence. Hope that's what they were going for.

Exhibit of new and less-new works by Willie Herrón. I can't make the opening, but hope to check it out before it closes. Have a free drink for me.

Beauty Bar 9th Anniversary

Beauty Bar on Cahuenga in Hollywood is turning 9. Three Olives is "hosting" the bar from 9:30-10:30. I assume that means you drink for free. DJs won't be the only ones spinning.

Beauty Bar turns 9
Sunday, April 5
1638 N. Cahuenga
Three Olives Hosted bar 9:30-10:30

Pillow Fight!

Someone Awesome has organized a city-wide pillow fight for Saturday, April 4, which is World Pillow Fight Day. Bring your own pillow. Steer clear of the ones with zippers.

3 pm on Saturday, April 4
Pershing Square
535 S Hill St
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Los Angeles Pillow Fight website
World Pillow Fight website

Freedom Snatch at iO - Week 32

Funny. Free. iO. 11pm.

"Splendor in the Grass" Screening at the Hammer

"Splendor in the Grass is the tragically romantic tale of sexually repressed and neurotic teenagers Deanie (Natalie Wood) and Bud (Warren Beatty), set in rural Kansas in 1928. The film is noted for its controversial first depiction of a French kiss in a film. (1961, 124 min., Dir. Elia Kazan)"

Screening at 7pm
Billy Wilder Theatre at the Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood

All Hammer public programs are free. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Sara Lov "Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming" Release Party

Tip from a friend who heard Sara Lov on KCRW today. Release party for her new album, "Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming" tonight upstairs at Malo, 8pm.

Malo [upstairs]
4326 West Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029
8pm til close
hors d'oeuvres & snacks
Cash Bar

DJ's will be playing music all night and also songs from the new album.

Monday night is also Taco Night at Malo, so if the upstairs free food doesn't suit, you can get $1 tacos downstairs in the restaurant all night.

Warehouse Sale at the Convention Center

So if you buy jeans, they obviously aren't free, but at least the admission is with an RSVP. Sunday will be my first time going, so I can't speak to the level of awesome.

The Warehouse Sale
LA Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Sunday 10-4

RSVP here for free admission

$5 dollar tickets to "Jumping the Median"

Last minute cheapness: special $5 discount price for Jumping the Median: an evening of four unexpected acts by playwright and spoken word artist Steve Connell produced by Push to Talk Theatre. Show is tonight, Friday, March 27 at 8pm at The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse.

RSVP to 310-394-9779 x651 or e-mail SZeitzew@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com

More info here at Push to Talk Theatre's website

Freedom Snatch at iO - Week 31

Tonight marks the 31st week of Freedom Snatch's reign at the iO West Cage Match - can they defend their title?

Free show at 11pm on the iO West Mainstage, 6366 Hollywood Blvd. They put on a great show. Help them win! Or go vote for the other guy, to be contrary. My guess is that you will find yourself unable to after you see Freedom Snatch perform.

Free Tango Lessons

Tango Mar Vista is offering a week of free beginner tango lessons Friday, March 20th - Thursday, March 26th as part of Tango KaBLOOM! Classes each night at 8pm at:

Tango Mar Vista
12958 Washington Blvd.
Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA, 90066

More information at Tango Mar Vista's website. Get your tango on!

What's better than free improv? Free musical improv!

One of my favorite people is in the musical improv group "Maestro, If You Please!" and they have a free show tomorrow night at Improv Olympic. I'm excited to see them perform.

"'Maestro, If You Please!' is a completely IMPROVISED MUSICAL based on a title suggested by the audience. Every show is complete with improvised themed music and dance numbers. Cast includes: Laura Barbera, Brandon Barrick, Jason Beeber, George Caleodis, Abhaya Hess, Julie Inmon, and Faith Willman. With Musical Direction by Alex Burke and Andrew Melton. Coached by Nyima Funk."

Saturday March 21st at 8pm
Andy Dick Theatre at Improv Olympic (entrance is halfway down the block on Cosmo, behind Improv Olympic mainstage, which is at 6366 Hollywood Blvd.)

See you there!

$1 Sushi $1 Drinks tomorrow at Luckyfish

Luckyfish in Beverly Hills is celebrating their one-year anniversary by offering drinks and sushi off the belt for $1 per. Tomorrow 11:30am-11pm. I'll see you there for lunch.

Luckyfish
338 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, 90210

Richard III Redux at VCPA

A friend of mine is in a production of Richard III Redux at the Veteran's Center for the Performing Arts that sounds really cool. "Richard III Redux is an exciting Physical Theatre mash-up of Shakespeare's Richard III and Henry VI starring military veterans from LA." Directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca. I can't wait to check it out.

Sundays @ 8:00pm and Mondays @ 8:00pm March 22 through April 27 at VCPA, 446 S. La Brea, 90036. Admission is pay what you can.

BrokeLA St. Patrick's Day Roundup

Hey folks - sorry for the hiatus. I'm back and finding you free things again.

I know there are tons of bars doing awesome things for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, but I'm only going to mention the ones that are, in true BrokeLA fashion, offering something free. Cause we all deserve it.

So, in no particular order besides the one I found out about them in:

Backstage - This awesome karaoke dive in Culver City is serving free corned beef with all the trimmings all day and night. If you go, please let me know what those trimmings are.

South - Free green jello shots to go with their not free green beer. Also live music - Sally's Gap will be playing.

St. Patrick's Day Parade and Young Dubliners Concert - For those of you who won't be in a cubicle tomorrow, the parade is at 11:30am in downtown LA. Irish band Young Dubliners will play at 12:30. The poster also says that they will be selling O'Douls for $1, which is not only non-free but also non-alcoholic.

More to come...

BrokeLA Hiatus

Sorry folks - I'm headed to Huntsville, AL to bury my grandmother. Be back with the broke-ness next week. Be sure to check the calendar for events this weekend and St. Patrick's Day.

Take care and be well.

$5 Tickets to Chris Sullivan's "A Bit of Irish"

Top o'the mornin' to ya!

Santa Monica Playhouse is offering $5 tickets for BrokeLAers to Chris Sullivan's 10th Annual Irish Extravaganza "A Bit of Irish."

The show is appropriately taking place on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17 at 8pm at Santa Monica Playhouse.

From their website: "Irish actor-singer-raconteur Chris Sullivan, in what has become a much anticipated tradition, returns to Santa Monica Playhouse for the tenth year running with his St. Patrick’s Day inspired celebration of all things Irish. Created and performed by Sullivan, the 2009 edition of the show brings together some old familiar pieces and some new material culled from the rich tradition of Irish literature and song."

RSVP to 310-394-9779 x1 or e-mail EZeitzew@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com and be sure to mention BrokeLA for the discount.

Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
www.SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com

Freedom Snatch at Improv Olympic

Thursday night's improv Mainstage Cage Match is at 11pm, and it's free.

Freedom Snatch will be defending their title for the 28th week in a row. They're awesome. Check them out.

iO is at 6366 Hollywood Blvd, between Ivar and Cahuenga. Valet is $4 with validation, or you can find street parking on Vine or Sunset moderately easily.

iO West Homepage
Freedom Snatch on Facebook

Raccoons take heed

If you like sparkly things like me, (mean if you like them too, because I like them. I don't mean that I'm sparkly) you may be interested in the International Gem and Jewelry Show in Santa Monica. Goldstar has free tickets available, so you just pay the $3 service fee. Not a member of Goldstar? Join here for free.

Tickets available for April 3, 4, and 5.

International Gem & Jewelry Show, Inc. Website

Auntie Annie's Pretzel BOGOF

I just made up that acronym. (Buy One Get One Free. I'm a genius.)

So...buy a pretzel from Auntie Annie's, get one free with this coupon. (Have to sign up and they email it to you.)

Free resume printing at FedEx/Kinkos

NPR told me this morning that if you're job hunting, you're in luck. Sort of. FedEx/Kinkos (now FedEx Office?) is letting customers print 25 resumes free today. On quality paper! Woohoo 8.1%!

Restaurant.com Gift Certificates 80% off

Restaurant.com is offering 80% off of their already low gift certificate prices with the code "MENU." Enter the code during checkout and get a $25 certificate for $2, or a $10 certificate for 60 cents.

I've used these before, and they're great, but make sure you read the restrictions, as they vary by establishment and sometimes require a large purchase.

To anyone who eats at Anarkali on Melrose, the guy has let me use mine three times. He always hands it back to me with the receipt. Just sayin.'

Free Jack In The Box Fries and Drink Today Only

10 hours left to get your free fries and drink! Sorry I didn't find this sooner. Or before lunch. Quasi-fail.

Coupon here. (Thanks, Michelle!)

SXSW Sampler of Songs

The current economy, among other things, prevents me from going to SXSW this year...or any year thus far. NPR has a free "NPR Music at SXSW Sampler" available for download from iTunes.

Enjoy.

Dollar Dog Days

Been to The Stand? They have a killer veggie burger. Now you can get your afternoon hot dog on for cheap.

Every day is a Dollar Dog Day from 3PM until 5PM
$1 Dogs $2.50 Loaded Stand Dogs

Locations in Encino, Century City, Westwood Village, and Woodland Hills

The Stand website

Amoeba's Monday Movies @ Space15Twenty

Free movies, with free soda and free popcorn. Sweet! New movie showing every Monday in March. Easily Metro-able - Hollywood/Vine Red Line Station and walk a few blocks.

"Amoeba's Monday Movies @ Space15Twenty is a free weekly film series featuring music related movies curated by the Amoeba Music staff. On March 9th at 8pm join us for a screening of This Is The Life, Ava Du Vernay’s documentary exploring the racial, social and musical implications of South Central LA’s famed '90s Hip Hop venue, The Good Life. The film features interviews with various members of Freestyle Fellowship, Project Blowed, Busdriver, Cut Chemist, Chali 2na, 2Mex, Pigeon John and others. Du Vernay will be on hand for a Q&A and to sign copies of the DVD. Click here for the full schedule of March Monday Movies!"

ASSSSCAT at UCB

Sorry for the shouting, but that's how they refer to themselves.

ASSSSCAT is an improv show that moved from New York Upright Citizens Brigade to LA and headlines at UCB on Saturday nights. Luckily for us, they do a free show every Sunday at 7:30 pm. Looking forward to checking this one out, as it was recommended by someone I dig. (Please make sure to check the UCB calendar, as it looks like there are some Sundays they aren't booked.)

Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre is located at 5919 Franklin Ave, Hollywood, 90028.

ASSSSCAT's page at UCB website

Amoeba Art Show Factory Party

Amoeba, The East Bay Express, and OFFSpace to turn an Emeryville warehouse into a teeming hotspot of live art, film, musical performances, and theatrical art forms. This event will feature a recreation of Andy Warhol's Factory, including live production of art in the style and process practiced by Warhol and not one but TWO Velvet Underground cover bands will provide the evening's soundtrack. Rooms will be packed with artwork from Amoeba employees, as well as works from very special celebrity guests (Mark Mothersbaugh, Gary Panter, David Lynch, etc)! Bring a can of Campbell's soup for the Alameda County Food Bank and you’ll be entered to win a host of prizes! Admission is free!

They're also having a 60s costume contest. Sounds like fun. More info here at the Amoeba website.

Neko Case free show at Amoeba

This is late notice, but Neko Case is doing a free show at Amoeba tonight at 7pm. She's awesome. I would go, but I have class.

Info here at the Amoeba website.

Check her out and then walk up Cahuenga to iO for Freedom Snatch at 11. There. I just planned your Free Thursday.

"eLove, a Musical.com/edy" at Victory Theatre Center - $20 off for BrokeLAers

We've got a deal!

The World Premiere of award-winning Wayland Pickard’s eLove, a Musical.com/edy, directed and choreographed by Cate Caplin, stars seasoned veterans Lloyd Pedersen and Bobbi Stamm in a cyber love story where a man and a woman, searching for that “special online someone”, discover that love on the internet reveals a little more than either one had expected.

March 7th through March 29th, Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 4 pm.

General Admission $25.00.

A limited number of $5.00 tickets are available for BrokeLA patrons.

Reservations Line (818) 841-5422. Please mention BrokeLA for the $5 ticket. Cash at the Box Office please.

Box Office opens one hour before curtain.

Victory Theatre Center is located 3326 W. Victory Blvd. Street parking is readily available on the south and north side of Victory Blvd.

Visit www.elove-themusical.com for info about the show.

Free Improv that is actually Awesome

Improv Olympic (aka iO West because the International Olympic Committee threatened to sue) hosts an Improv Cage Match every Thursday night at 11pm, and it's free.

The team Freedom Snatch has won 27 weeks in a row. I was lucky enough to see them perform in February, and it was honestly one of the best improv shows I've ever seen. They are fast, witty, and ridiculously funny. I highly recommend them. This Thursday they are being challenged by Stolemite.

iO is at 6366 Hollywood Blvd, between Ivar and Cahuenga. Valet is $4 with validation, or you can find street parking on Vine or Sunset moderately easily.

iO West Homepage
Freedom Snatch on Facebook

$1 Oatmeal

I know it's not quite free, but it's still just a dollar. I will strive to find better.

$1 Jamba Juice Oatmeal

Free Arby's Roast Burger

With purchase of drink. For those of you who eat roast beast.

Coupon here, valid through 3/9/09.

Art opening - Gavin Bunner – “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World”

Gavin Bunner – “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” - main space
with Alison Byrnes, “Mors Voluntaria and Other Misfortunes”
February 28 – March 28, 2009
Reception: Saturday, February 28, 6pm – 9pm
Tinlark Gallery
Crossroads of the World - 6671 Sunset Blvd., #1512, Hollywood, CA 90028
www.tinlark.com

"Stitching" at the Lillian Theatre

Stubdog.com has free tickets to the previews of "Stitching" by Anthony Neilson at the Lillian Theatre. All you have to pay is the $4 ticket surcharge. Previews 2/26-3/5.
Get tickets at the "Stitching" page on Stubdog.com.
"Stitching" production homepage.