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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!!

RSVP: sirfrancisdrake@bagavagabonds.com“

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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!”

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In their on-going efforts to help keep our Southern California coasts clean, Heal the Bay enlists master thespian Jeremy Irons to narrate the “miraculous migration” of The Majestic Plastic Bag to it’s natural home the-the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The clever awareness raising short mockumentary was made in support of California bill AB 1998 which helps put an end to plastic pollution.

From Heal the Bay:

“Help stop our 19 billion bag-a–year habit in California and put an end to plastic pollution. Tell your Senator to support the AB 1998 at http://www.HealtheBay.org/BagBill

You can make the difference.”

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Help save our beautiful sea creatures by viewing the beautiful art of some of the world’s most creative artists at the one night only gala art show Sea No Evil which benefits the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Among the heavy hitters of art whose work will be for sale include Audrey Kawasaki, Camille Rose Garcia, Clayton Brothers, FriendsWithYou, Gary Baseman, Glen E. Friedman, Jeff Soto, Korin Faught, Kozyndan, Maya Hayuk, Retna, Richard Colman, Shepard Fairey, Skullphone and Tim Biskup and many, many others. Also joining in on this special one off event will be the musical stylings of Matt Costa, The Crystal Method and DJ Diabetic (Shepard Fairey) at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium.

Special thanks to the good lookin’ out Kim Huynh at Pitchblend Media!

From the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society:

“Sea No Evil, an art show benefit to raise awareness of the oceanic conservation needed through out the world. For the sole benefit of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to continue their aggressive campaigns to end the illegal whaling in Antarctica, the bloody seal hunt in Canada, dolphin slaughter in Japan and illegal shark finning in the Galapagos. What started as a misguided whale watching excursion, has become a powerful vein of support to create change and awareness touching the entire world. By bringing together like minded artists and art enthusiasts, we hope to give each observer the opportunity to be apart of a something bigger then one.

The action of many magnifies the voice of one.

Building upon the success of first two art show which raised over $85,000 combined, this year we have confirmed over 50 artists donating more then 70 pieces of art to be auctioned the night of Saturday, August 29th.”

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Our close collaborator, inspiring curator and dear friend Aaron Rose relaunches his dream art and design school in New York City this July and August with the return of the Make Something!! workshops. Originally spawned from a joint venture between our film Beautiful Losers and the generous contributions of Nike Sportswear, this latest incarnation of the D.I.Y. workshops aimed at teens features world renowned artists (Os Gemeos, Todd James, Ari Marcopoulos and Jeff Canham amongst others) as well as creatives from Converse, Nike and Brand Jordan working with students to create in a variety of mediums in Lower Manhattan.

The workshops culminate with a celebration of the students’ artwork created during the classes with a parade at the world famous Rucker Park in conjunction with the World Basketball Festival Celebration Event in August.

Register and sign up for the month long workshop events here or here. Class schedule, teachers, details and more can be found at Makesomethingschool.com as well as from head teacher Aaron Rose below.

Also…click here to see the film series of the inaugural Make Something!! workshops featuring KAWS, Ed Templeton, Money Mark, Mike Mills and more (including me!)

From A. Rose:

“Not sure if everyone knows, but for the last three years we’ve been doing D.I.Y. creativity workshops for teens under the banner of Make Something!! This summer we’re partnering with Nike, Jordan and Converse to open a five-week long “pop-up” school house in NYC filled with amazing classes taught by fantastic artists, designers, musicians and all around champs in their fields. I thought I’d put the word out as I’m pretty excited about it.

Just as a teaser we’re offering classes like this: Documentary photo with Ari Marcopoulos, puppet-making with Todd James, sign-painting with Jeff Canham, Costume design with Cassette Playa, a mural workshop with Os Gemeos…plus shoe and garment design with Nike/Converse/Jordan designers and many, many more!

Check out our website for info and dates as they develop.

http://www.makesomethingschool.com

Classes are filling up quick, but if anyone is New York-based and has kids who want to attend (ages 13-18), email us at <info@makesomethingschool.com> and we’ll try to fit them in.

All the best for an inspiring Summer!!”

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Partying hard and rocking and rolling through the entire month of July, Los Angeles’ ubiquitous music mag L.A. Record celebrates it’s 100th issue by giving back to the Angelinos who make it worth their while with the L.A. RECORD 100 FESTIVAL.

Click here for the full lineup of over 120 bands, acts and events going down all over Los Angeles.

From L.A. Record:

“L.A. RECORD is celebrating the release of its 100th issue with the L.A. RECORD 100 FESTIVAL—a month-long city-wide event connecting local music to local people with 100% of proceeds going to the CalArts Community Arts Partnership program. Get more details here.

The L.A. RECORD 100 card will get you free or discounted admission to all of the events listed below. The L.A. RECORD 100 card is available for $24.99, online here, or in person at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park, {open} in Long Beach or at Burger Records in Fullerton.”

L.A. RECORD 100 FESTIVAL

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Our dearest design-centric-gelato-loving-Gelatobaby-writer-friend Alissa Walker shares stories of the city with other notable designers and writers for Design East of La Brea’s fundraising event City Listening II-Stories About LA.

From Alis:

“Join design east of La Brea for an evening of free expression and generous libation in celebration of LA’s design culture at large.

Featuring stories about LA read by some of the city’s leading design writers and most notable characters: Nick Adams, Frances Anderton, Ken Bernstein, John Chase, Zach Frechette, Christopher Hawthorne, Brooke Hodge, Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam, Marissa Gluck, Joe Linton, Sam Lubell, Tom Marble, Chris Nichols, Tibby Rothman and Alissa Walker

Plus food and drink, interactive design installations, a silent auction featuring art and design by members of the de LaB community, and a VIP after party hosted at the Crocker Club by Los Angeles magazine’s LA Circles Club.

Go to http://event.designeastoflabrea.org for more information and to buy tickets.”

(More details below)

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“[Other details]

-Our Twitter is @de_LaB and we’ve been tagging everything #CityListening.

-We’re also listed as the official Saturday evening event for Dwell on Design, so it’s the perfect way to cross promote!
http://www.dwellondesign.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1162&Itemid=805

-For the basic ticket ($25) you get awesome food and drinks, and admission to the show, which is at the beautiful Spring Arts Tower in downtown LA, plus you get to see all the cool interactive design installations and silent auction items featuring art and design by members of the de LaB community.

-If you want to be extra-supportive you can buy the de LaB groupie ticket ($50), which gets you a guerrilla gardening seed bomb kit (with slingshot!) among other goodies and giveaways, as well as access to the after party with all the speakers at the swank Crocker Club (conveniently located below the venue).”

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And in other product news…the talented couple of Chris and Kathleen Sleboda, who push the positivity with Part of it as well as forming the design duo Gluekit, have come up with a set of nifty sturdy bricky looking bookends to wrangle your collections of covered pages.

Previously seen on this here site toting out Geoff McFetridge shirts and totes to support the Library Foundation, the ultra colorful pop-centric art of Gluekit comes to life in their own practical (and affordable!) piece for you to enjoy.

Click here or image below for purchasing info on Gluekit’s Stacked Brick Bookends.

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Highland Park’s high concept collective THIS brings together Dallas Clayton, Travis Millard, J. Otto, Souther Salazar and more all in the name of kids, the books they read and the artists who make them for the group show Kids of All Ages. Also special musical performances, readings and shirt giveaways through the weekend with a portion of the proceeds going to 826 LA!

Click here for a preview of the kids show that’s not just for kids.

From This:

“A celebration of children’s books and the artists behind them. Also, a weekend full of awesome events for the kids!

We are all super excited for our 4th show at THIS, a huge celebration of children’s books with the books and original artwork from the artists available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds going to 826 LA.”

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Get your philanthropy on Saturday night with two fun filled charity events with worthy causes as High Rollers for Hope and Big Night Out entertain and raise awareness in Los Angeles.

• Comfort the Children International’s (CTC International) 3rd annual casino themed night High Rollers For Hope, held at Silver Lake’s uniquely fantastic furniture store The Living Room, raises funds for their ongoing efforts to help “Kenyans build and manage the sustainable infrastructure necessary to meet the challenges of their everyday lives.”

More from CTC International:

“Comfort The Children is proud to announce it’s 3rd annual High Rollers for Hope casino night.  We invite you to join us for an evening of gambling, music, delicious food and spirits by Simple Events, an on-going raffle, silent auction and a trailer previewing an upcoming documentary featuring one of CTC’s community programs in Maai Mahiu .

Taking place at The Living Room on Sunset Blvd., Silverlake’s most unique and beautiful furniture store, this event should not be missed.

In addition to regular casino play including craps, blackjack and roulette, there is also a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament.  The winner of the tournament will receive a 50″ flat screen television!  There is limited seating for this tournament and your seat must be purchased by May 14. Seats will not be sold at the door.”

• The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts (LFCSA) hosts The Factory, a Warhol-inspired evening and Big Night Out at their new Media Center to benefit their public education efforts through the arts witha night filled with: “food, libations (Candy Darling Cocktail, anyone?), raffles, silent and live auctions, class projects, “The Store” where you can buy items off the rack with no bidding, great music from DJ Kiino, and photobooth pictures by politeinpublic.com. This year, we are very proud to welcome The Garbage Girls as our musical guest!”

More from the LFCSA:

“LFCSA is a parent-initiated, innovative, non-profit, public elementary school serving a socio-economically, ethnically and linguistically diverse student population. Our mission is to provide a high-quality public education that embraces learning in and through the arts as an integral part of a balanced learning environment.

Recognizing the need for quality elementary education extends well beyond the student population we can serve, LFCSA endeavors to become a model school and training facility for best practices in arts-integrated education and professional development.”

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