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FRIDAY (Sep 3): Why I Ride: Low and Slow @ de Young Museum SF

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

My dear friend, do-it-all renaissance woman and quester in arms, Debra Koffler along with her Conscious Youth Media Crew (CMYC), bring the bay area the world premiere of their recently completed film Why I Ride: Low and Slow. The documentary, which tells “the untold history of San Francisco’s unique lowrider culture in the city’s Mission District”, screens free(!) along with other films, live music and art making at the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

From CMYC:

“Mission Media Archives in association with Conscious Youth Media Crew and Burning Wagon productions, proudly presents “Why I Ride: Low and Slow,” our recently finished film documenting the untold history of San Francisco’s unique lowrider culture in the city’s Mission District.

Join us for a night of memories, reunions, and celebration featuring the voices of Mission District street historians: Roberto Hernandez, Valerie Tulier, Felipe Velez, Mitchell Salazar, and Sandy Cuadra.

Why I Ride: Low and Slow
Friday, September 3rd, 6:30–8:45pm
De Young Museum
Koret Auditorium
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr. (Golden Gate Park) San Francisco, CA 94118

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Arcade Fire & Chris Milk Take You to “The Wilderness Downtown”

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Always looking to push creative boundaries, my main man Milk (Chris that is) directs a truly unique and groundbreaking music video for Arcade Fire’s single “We Used to Wait” from their latest album The Suburbs, and turns it into the interactive interpretation titled “The Wilderness Downtown”. Part Google web browser Chrome Experiment part personalized nostalgia trip, the immersive, multi-window, next level clip literally takes you home before the music even starts as you’re prompted to “enter the address of the home were you grew up” (which eventually appears on screen at the appropriate part of the track with the help of Google Maps technology).

Driven by the haunting melodies of Arcade Fire, you follow the galloping footsteps of a hooded runner who’s seemingly travelling through your old neighborhood as he passes familiar spots popping up in small windows on your screen. Sweeping street level and aerial views of your old home conjure childhood memories as Milk perfectly choreographs the sentimental imagery which culminates in an outgrowth of birds, trees and wilderness.

Top it all off with another window for writing “a postcard of advice to the younger you that lived there then” and you have yourself a personalized and poignant journey (and maybe even a tear or two) that you’ve yet to experience in a music video.

Click here or the image below to visit “The Wilderness Downtown” (best viewed in Google Chrome or in Apple’s Safari 5)

Read details and more from Google’s blog here.

From Chrome Experiments:

Choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, real-time compositing, procedural drawing, 3D canvas rendering… this Chrome Experiment has them all. “The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire’s song “We Used To Wait” and was built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas.”

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FRIDAY (Aug 27): Costumed Superheroes Unite for the Guiness Book of World Records

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

To all the dork, geek and nerdy superhero themed cosplayers of Los Angeles: the attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most people dressed in superhero costumes in one place at the same time will be going down tomorrow at the costumed character mecca-the intersection of Hollywood and Highland.Trying to break the Australians current record of 1,245 superheroes, set almost exactly a year ago (August 29, 2009) shouldn’t be that hard considering the amount of freaks LA has to offer but could prove a challenge with the LAPD’s recent crackdown on Hollywood’s masked maniacs. (via Comics Alliance)

For detailed info check the Craig’s List notice here.

Costumed Superhero Guiness Book of World Records attempt
Friday, August 27th, arrive 12:30-12:45
Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028

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SAT & SUN (Aug 21 & 22): Sunset Junction

Friday, August 20th, 2010

The 30th anniversary of Silver Lake’s always festive street festival, Sunset Junction, goes down this weekend full of the usual too many bands to name, drinking, dancing, carnival rides and games, fried foods, street vendors, drinking and more drinking. Also drinking!

Click here or flyer below for all the info you’ll need to know.

Sunset Junction
Saturday & Sunday, August 21st & 22nd, starting at 12pm
4019 West Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90029

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SATURDAY (Aug 21): Cinespia Presents Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory @ The Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Enter a world of pure imagination surrounded by a world of pure dead people as Cinespia presents everyone’s favorite candy man (sorry Johnny Depp but it’s still Gene Wilder) along with everyone’s favorite orange midgets (sorry Tattoo) in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sweetens up the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

AlsoDaedelus spins before and after the screening!

From Cinespia:

“Classic children’s fantasy starring comic genius Gene Wilder. A visual treat, this movie is filled with wild and imaginative sets, colorful characters and of course, mountains of candy. Charlie is a poor boy who becomes one of five winners of the golden ticket, a special pass which brings him inside the wondrous and mysterious factory of Willy Wonka. Only one of the winners will win a lifetime supply of chocolate, and as they tour the factory, they are eliminated one by one. Come take a tour of the chocolate factory with us!”

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Saturday, Aug 14th, gates at 7:00pm, film at 8:30 pm NEW TIME!!
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
no reservation necessary
$10 donation tickets available at gate
$5 parking available inside
as a courtesy to other moviegoers: NO TALL CHAIRS!!

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SATURDAY (Aug 21): Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion @ The Brick Building

Friday, August 20th, 2010

The group of artistic individuals who make up the Bagavagabonds join forces with a mighty group of creative cohorts, including marketing master friend Jessica Chong and K-Swiss, for a night good causes full of art, music, film and partying as Filter Magazine presents the Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion!

Proceeds from art sales benefit Aaron Rose’s youth-oriented Make Something!! workshops across the country.

From JC:

“DREAM a little dream or a lot?  You’re invited! It’s a $10 donation at the door, but drinks are free all night and you will be able to purchase original artwork for $50 or less.  The proceeds from the artwork will benefit Make Something!!

FILTER Magazine Presents…Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion
8/21, 7pm – 1am @ The Brick Building
8870 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA

Live performances by:
Voxhaul Broadcast, We Barbarians, Lord Huron, aka Freak Hawk, New Kingdom, Risers, The Drakes & more
DJ sets by Just MATTER and Hatbox

Lots of original art for sale for $50 bucks or less with proceeds benefiting Make Something!! (http://www.makesomethingschool.com/news/)

-Ping Pong Lounge and Art Installation from K-Swiss
-Knockaround Sunglasses presents the dream photo booth shot by Colin Young-Wolff
-Insight Garage Artists Spotlight
-Live and Free screen-printing from the BV crew
-Original Films in the “5 for 50” screening room
-Dream Confessional – you’re secret is safe with us
-“Night Terror” - you’ll see
-The Zzzz Room with never-before-songs by Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Cold War Kids, Here We Go Magic, We Barbarians and plenty more

$10 (donation). All ages. Free Drinks. Bring Cash for Art!!!
Endless thanks to our friends and partners at FILTER, Insight, K-Swiss, Jarritos, PBR, Knockaround, Scion

RSVP: sirfrancisdrake@bagavagabonds.com

Bagavagabonds DREAM Art Explosion
Saturday, August 21st, 7pm–1am
The Brick Building
8870 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232

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SATURDAY (Aug 21): Labor of Love-Puppet Making @ Hollywood Lutheran Church

Friday, August 20th, 2010

The spirit of Sister Corita keeps on kicking as master puppet maker Beth Peterson leads a Labor of Love a workshop in creating puppets and story-telling at the Courtyard Galleries at the Hollywood Lutheran Church.

From the Corita Art Center:

“Puppetmaking workshop with Beth Peterson, puppet maker extraordinaire. Inspired by Corita and Jan Steward’s Learning by Heart, Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit, Beth has been creating puppets, masks, pageants and parades all over Los Angeles for over 16 years with schools, community and professional theatres. Join us for puppet-making and story telling from 11am until 2pm at the Courtyard Galleries. Next stop, Sunset Junction!”

Labor of Love-Puppet Making with Beth Peterson
Saturday, August 21st, 11am-2pm
Courtyard Galleries
Hollywood Lutheran Church

1733 N. New Hampshire Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90027
FREE!

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WEDNESDAY (Aug 18): Moving Beyond Cars-LA’s Alternative Transportation Celebration

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

The gelato-crazed, design-fazed Gelatobaby lends a hand (or her feet?) to GOOD magazine’s car-free, alternative transportation celebration Moving Beyond Cars. Taking place at downtown’s Jewel Box where the exhibition LA Beyond Cars: A Global Perspective on Rail and Space is currently held, the event is aimed at helping Angelinos become less auto-dependent while taking steps toward using the city’s ever expanding public modes of transportation.

From the delicious Gelatobaby:

“I’m really excited about an event I’m helping to plan for GOOD, in partnership with railLA, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the Coalition for Clean Air, and de LaB. railLA contacted us to throw a party as part of the downtown LA exhibition LA Beyond Cars: A Global Perspective on Rail and Space which envisions a future of high-speed rail in LA. So we thought it would be really cool to look towards that future and make this event completely car-free—and we’re hoping everyone is up to the challenge!

So! Borrow a bike! Try taking the bus for the first time! Race a friend on horseback from across town! Just get to the event in a way that shows LA is moving beyond cars. Besides the fun of everyone reporting how they got there, we’ll also have a few special activities. We’ll have James Rojas leading his interactive city planning workshops (which I’ve written about for GOOD before), and the folks from CicLAvia will be on-hand to tell us about their plan to create car-free streets one day this fall (10/10/10!). Plus! Prizes will be awarded to whoever arrives in the most unique, “beyond car” way.

All information here, and you can RSVP and share the information over at Facebook. Hope to see you there!”

Moving Beyond Cars
L.A.’s Alternative Transportation Celebration
Wednesday, August 18th, 7 -10pm
The Jewel Box / City National Plaza
525 S. Flower St. Los Angeles, CA 90071

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SAT & SUN (Aug 14 & 15): Unique LA Goes OC

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Our lovely go-getter friend and lover of Los Angeles independent designers, artists and businesses, Sonja Rasula, brings her fashionably fun Unique LA marketplace to Orange County for a weekend of Unique OC at The Lab in Costa Mesa.

Click here for full list of vendors and more. Food offerings include the up and coming mobile Manila Machine (Filipino food!!!) and Sweet Lucie’s (organic ice creams) among others.

And as per the usual, our good buddy Bryan Davidson will be providing the entertainment for your ears.

Unique OC
Saturday & Sunday, August 14th & 15th, 11am-6pm
The Lab
2930 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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SAT & SUN (Aug 14 & 15): Rilakkuma Weekend in Los Angeles

Friday, August 13th, 2010

The Japanese invasion of cuteness continues in Los Angeles as San-X’s ever popular Rilakkuma characters open a two-day pop-up shop full of Japanese goodness, parties and foods through the Rilakkuma Weekend.

Full details and schedule of events from Japan LA here including Umami Burger deliciousness.

From the always charming Charm School:

“This August, Los Angeles will experience a taste of Japan. Highly-popular San-X characters Rilakkuma and Mamegoma will be presenting Rilakkuma Weekend, an amazing weekend of food, fun and shopping, in association with Umami Burger. For the occasion, Jamie Rivadeneira of JapanLA will curate a custom San-X pop-up shop filled with San-X characters and rare merchandise from Japan. The weekend will also include a party and Japanese-inspired events produced by Bubble Punch.”

Rilakkuma Weekend
Saturday & Sunday, August 14th & 15th
7326 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046
Rilakkuma Weekend Schedule & Locations:
Party
Rilakkuma Weekend Pop-Up Party
Saturday, August 14th, 7-11pm
Shopping & Special Events
Rilakkuma Weekend Pop-Up Shop
August 14th-15th, Saturday: 11am-11pm, Sunday: 11am-7pm
Food
Rilakkuma Weekend x Umami Burger Promotion
Two-Weeks: August 7 to August 22, 2010
All four Umami Burger Locations:
850 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA (323) 931-3000
4655 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA (323) 669-3922
1520 North Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA (323) 469-3100
500 Broadway Santa Monica, CA (310) 451-1300

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