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Today is January 25th. On this day 56 years ago, the Beatles signed their first record contract with a North American record label, Vee Jay Records, acquired by a licensing deal with EMI. The result was the LP, "Introducing the Beatles," followed by the very rare "The Beatles vs. The Four Seasons," and more that were essentially rearranged re-cuts of the first two.
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Single-item edition: pulled from the previous comprehensive edition, so you won't miss-out...
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WAIT: "So, just what do you did with the music?" you ask? Hold on, okay? You're covered!
NUMEROUS concerts, club gigs, film events, and even festivals are indeed happening this weekend.
NUMEROUS concerts, club gigs, film events, and even festivals are indeed happening this weekend.
Some of those things even run multiple days, through Saturday & Sunday, and began as early as Wednesday.
We've got 'em. But we do NOT re-list them here, so click our previous edition which is chockful of 'em! Take a spin through things there and check out the scope and specificities -- or you WILL miss things. (And none of us wants that to happen, now do we?)
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Now let's get to why you're reading this (drum roll, maestro)...
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FREE TODAY: a kaleidoscopic potpourri, a cornucopia of culture.
Museums, both the indoor and outdoor varieties.
Esteemed institutions.
Botanical gardens.
Iconic objects.
Art museums.
Technology museums.
Historical museums.
The places all the visitors from overseas go to see when they're here.
Sophisticated opportunities.
Kids opportunities.
See how great-great grandma and grandpa found entertainment when they weren't working 72-hour, six-day work weeks.
Behold spaceships that have been there, done that.
Experience the 19th century frontier (and earlier).
See how America's original inhabitants lived before the Europeans got here and brought messy industrialization to our continent.
See the now-obsolete machines of early industrialization -- machines that now seem utterly charming compared with our Cyberian obsessions.
See what was once fashion, that might just seem barbarously tortuous to think of wearing now.
See places that teach reverence for Mother Earth.
It's astonishing what's out there... FREE, today... where ABUNDANT possibilities await you!
So, GO already! Here's the realm of where...
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Saturday's
Annual
Mega-museum
Freebie
Day
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Saturday's central event...
Saturday's central event...
Sat, Jan 25; MEGA-FREEBIE:
All day - SOUTHERN CAL MUSEUMS' ANNUAL "FREE-FOR-ALL DAY" at 40+ institutions throughout Southern California, ranging from downtown Los Angeles to Palm Springs, open their doors to the public free of charge.
* The 40+ museum represent those specializing in everything from art to cultural heritage, natural history to specific sciences.
* WHAT YOU GET: The participating institutions' offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially-ticketed exhibitions... EXCEPT ONE -- see notes at bottom of list.
* PARKING: Regular parking fees apply at each museum that usually charges to park. You should expect all the parking lots will fill-up early today, given that admissions are free. So you may want to go Metro.
* VITAL STATISTICS: Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information. Note the symbols corresponding notes below.
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* PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS:
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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
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American Museum of Ceramic Art
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| Autry Museum of the American West (CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT) |
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Automobile Driving Museum
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Autry Museum of the American West
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Bowers Museum
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The Broad - ♧
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California African American Museum
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California Science Center
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| California Science Center (from "My Day in Los Angeles ") |
Cayton Children’s Museum
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Columbia Memorial Space Center
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Craft Contemporary
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Descanso Gardens
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Forest Lawn Museum
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Fowler Museum at UCLA
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Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
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Getty Center Museum
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Getty Villa Museum
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| Los Angeles County Fire Museum (above & below) |
Glendora Historical Society
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Hammer Museum
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Heroes Hall Veterans Museum
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ICA LA
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Japanese American National Museum
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Kidspace Children’s Museum
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La Brea Tar Pits
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LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
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LACMA
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Los Angeles County Fire Museum
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Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
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Museum of Tolerance - ♡
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MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles)
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Muckenthaler Cultural Center
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| Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art)
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Pomona College Museum of Art
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
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Santa Barbara Historical Museum
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - ♤
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| Descanso Gardens |
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Skirball Cultural Center
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Sunnylands Center & Gardens
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The International Printing Museum
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The Wende Museum
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Torrance Art Museum
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USC Fisher Museum of Art
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USC Pacific Asia Museum
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Valley Relics Museum
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* Notes:
♧ - At The Broad, special exhibition "Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again," will be free along with general admission only on Sat, Jan 25.
♡ - The Museum of Tolerance will participate only on Sun, Jan 26.
♤ - free admission to the museum only, not the Sea Center.
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LINKS to recent editions,
including NAMM news (so far)
☆ Jan 21: January won't end when the calendar page turns.
THE ABOVE LINK IS THE ONE FOR THE REMAINING DAYS OF JANUARY.
☆ Jan 19: "Top honor for Joni Mitchell amidst 35th annual NAMM Tech Awards' comprehensive recognitions"
☆ Jan 17: "News from NAMM, day one"
☆ Jan 12: "A week of concerts and events, before the news from NAMM" (A very photo-heavy edition)
☆ Jan 8: "Special edition: We're Already Against the Next War."
☆ Jan 8: "2020: Ch-ch-ch-changes, and what's happening out there in the land of Musica Acoustica"
...a here are a few from our fully-archived December editions...
☆ Dec 25: "Merry Christmas. A few words. A few pictures."
☆ Dec 11: "Greta Thunberg named 'Person of the Year.' Special edition"
☆ " Impeachment: What it is, what it means, where we go from here. Dec 10 2019 special edition"
☆ THE ENTIRE CATALOGUE of all past editions of The Guide is available (and searchable!) FREE, in our archive. If you don't see the navigation pane on the left side of your screen, just click "view web version" and it'll magically appear (along with the correct photo, art, and page formats that you've been missing if you don't see that left-sidebar.)
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We have lots of MUSIC NEWS
features in the works, and they'll
be along as we get them dressed,
shoes tied, cowlicks combed down,
bowties cranked straight,
and strings tuned.
Find a comfortable spot by the
wood stove, play a round or two
of checkers, and we'll be along...
directly.
features in the works, and they'll
be along as we get them dressed,
shoes tied, cowlicks combed down,
bowties cranked straight,
and strings tuned.
Find a comfortable spot by the
wood stove, play a round or two
of checkers, and we'll be along...
directly.
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On to the necessary boilerplate...
Boilerplate? What "boilerplate"? Where's the main pressure gauge? And the firebox?
Who came up with that goofy term for the basic essential informational stuff...
Alright already, it's right down there...
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♪ The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.
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Til we catch ya again on the flip side
in this new decade...
in this new decade...
as Buford the Wonder Dog looks on
and in our best Kathy Baker
"Hee Haw" voice: "THAT's all!"
"Hee Haw" voice: "THAT's all!"
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