Arts & Culture in Los Angeles

Give the rep of shallow egocentric film folk and surfers, Los Angeles support several wonderful art museums and galleries. In order to promote ttendance and give the area’s thousands of struggling actors, artists, writers, musicians, and students a break, many offer free admission all the time or on certain days of the week or month.

The superb Los Angeles Philharmonic plays in the stunning new Frank-Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Los Angeles Opera performs inventive takes on the classics at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

As the mecca for actors, Los Angeles theater schedule of top-quality performances run throughout the city’s theaters, including both up-and-coming actors and very well-known film stars. Theaters run the gamut from old and established from downtown and throughout the valley.

Fantastic Museums

Admission to the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (1200 Getty Center Dr) is always free.There is a  $7 parking fee  to see the Getty collection and the stunning center.

100,000 plus works, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (5905 Wilshire Blvd) is the largest encyclopedic museum west of Chicago. The museum’s exhibits run the gamut from European masterpieces to a major Islamic art collection to cutting-edge contemporary art from around the world. Admission is always free after 5 pm. The museum is open until 8 pm every day except Friday, when they’re open until 9 pm, and Wednesday, when the museum is closed. The museum is open all day on the second Tuesday of each month.

The Museum of Contemporary Art always has something interesting for modern art fans at one of its three locations (250 South Grand Ave and 152 North Central Ave downtown, and the Pacific Design Center at 8687 Melrose Ave in West Hollywood). Admission is free from 5 to 8pm Thursdays.