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11.14.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall @ 1pm
Christopher Michlig: Negations
Christopher Michlig is a Los Angeles-based artist working in a variety
of media ranging from collage to sculpture to film and video. The
focus of his practice is the manipulation of public formats of
communication to limit their communicative, commercial function,
thereby enhancing and privileging their materiality and formal
structures to expand notions of referentiality
UCLA_ 6:30 PM, PERLOFF HALL, DECAFE//FREE
11.17.08
Jan and Tim Edler, Principals, realities: united, Berlin
USC_ 6pm Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center
11/19/2008
History and Innovation: Contemporary Urban Re-development in Rome
Professor Michele Furnari, Ph.D. teaches progettazione architettonica
at the Università degli Studi ‘Roma Tre' School of Architecture.
SCI_ARC
11.19.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall
Jennifer Siegal: Generation Mobile : the Death of Distance
Jennifer Siegal is known for her work in creating the Prefab home of
the 21st century. She is founder and principal of the Los Angeles-
based firm Office of Mobile Design (OMD), which is dedicated to the
design and construction of responsible, sustainable, and precision
built structures.
11.21.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall @ 1pm
Stephanie Smith: Lighten Up!
Ecoshack founder Stephanie Smith is an architectural designer, an
entrepreneur and a champion of light and nomadic lifestyles. Her
designs are inspired by the ad hoc, indigenous and archetypal
typologies typically found at the fringes of society and culture. Her
designs have been covered in many publications, including Dwell and
The New York Times. And she's recently presented her work at Harvard
University and The Whitney Museum
UCLA
11.24.08 _ 6:30 PM, PERLOFF HALL, DECAFE//FREE
Jurgen Mayer H., Principal, J. H. Architecture, Berlin
SCI_ARC
11.25.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall @ 7pm
Sulan Kolatan: adapt-a-patch
Sulan Kolatan lives and works in New York. She is the Principal of KOL/
MAC LLC, an architecture and design firm she co-founded with William
J. Mac Donald. The firm has been internationally acknowledged as a
leader in digital architecture and technologically innovative design.
Other happenings:
[From http://losangeles.metromix.com]
November 6 :
Little Pharma Drug Run
7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Free
http://moca.org
Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA - Grand Avenue
Dress up as your favorite pharmaceutical and embark on a giant group
tour through the late-night drugstores of downtown Los Angeles. The
tour finishes up at Fringe Exhibitions and their interdisciplinary
exhibit "Little Pharma Physic Garden."
November 7
farmlab
Public Salon Amy Balkin
Friday @ Noon, Free Admission
How does does the history of land apportionment and toxic waste dump
siting in California relate to climate change and emissions trading?
Join Amy Balkin for a discussion about land, art, climate, and justice
as they relate to her projects Invisible-5, Public Smog, and This is
the Public Domain.
November 8
8:45am-3pm
Community Greening Workshop
Wilmington
This workshop provides five separate trainings. (1) Citizen Forester
Training provides the tools and support to green your community and
also teaches how to bring trees to your neighborhood street, school
campus or local park. (2) Planting Supervisor Training teaches how to
help other volunteers plant trees at events. (3) Tree Care Coordinator
Training teaches how to lead other volunteers in caring for trees at
TreePeople planting sites. (4) Tree Care Supervisor training teaches
how to supervise the caring of trees at community tree care events.
(5) Pláticas (for Spanish speakers). Come learn the tools to green
your local community! FREE, but registration required. Register at
trai...@treepeople.org or (818) 623-4878. Please include your name,
phone, home mailing address and email address. Directions sent upon
registration.
November 8
9am-12pm
Mountain Restoration
Calabasas
Help TreePeople and the Mountains Restoration Trust with native plant
restoration. This beautiful area has a remarkable diversity of native
plants and many areas need our help. We’ll remove invasive species and
replace with native plants to create wildlife habitat.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 8
9am-12pm
Million Trees LA Community Tree Planting
Los Feliz
Please join our dedicated Citizen Forester Michele Flynn as she adds
to her tree legacy. Michele and her neighbors have already planted 16
Western redbud trees in their lovely neighborhood. Now, she will lead
another community planting of 20 more trees. Come out and be a part of
the fun!
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 14
farmlab
Amy Pederson + Two Superheroes : The Between is Tainted with
Strangeness: Superheroes, Zombies and Masked Wrestlers
Friday @ Noon, Free Admission
This lecture will use Freud's concept of the uncanny to examine the
political and social implications of doubled forms within contemporary
popular culture… While often disregarded as empty
entertainment,superheroes, zombies, and luchas are more than the sum
of their parts. The uncanny double has maintained a consistent
presence in literature, philosophy, psychology and art from the
nineteenth century to the present day, but during certain moments of
historical crisis and social instability it has had a heightened
influence on culture.
November 15
9am-12pm
Mountain Planting
Malibu
Join TreePeople and the Mountains Restoration Trust for oak woodland
restoration in beautiful Malibu. We will help restore this lovely park
by planting and caring for native trees and plants that provide
habitat to our Southern California wildlife.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 15
9am-12pm
Million Trees LA Community Tree Planting
Studio City
Come be a part of this amazing event! Citizen Forester Davenie Faber
will lead her neighbors to plant 38 trees in the first of many
projects to restore the green canopy of this community. Come join us!
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 15
9am-12pm
Campus Planting
Glendale
Join us on the campus of this Glendale elementary school as Citizen
Forester Audrey Klein and her green team work to shade, protect and
beautify this school.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 16 :
L.A. Craft Mafia Swap-O-Rama-Rama
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://www.swaporamarama.org
The Los Angeles Craft Mafia descends upon the Shrine Auditorium for
the third Swap in L.A.! Here's how it works: Bring in at least one bag
of your unwanted clothing and a small donation, choose pieces from the
pile (as much as you want people, it's for the taking!), create
modifications or transform your pieces at DIY workshops and stations
and if you are feeling up to it, participate in showing off your
swapping skills on the runway! There will also be the Felt Club Craft
Show and silkscreening stations! This is one day to seriously get your
craft on!
Shrine Auditorium
665 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-748-5116
November 20:
Silver Lake Green Drinks (free; pay for own drinks)
7p – 10pm
@ The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles (map)
Grab a few drinks with fellow LA environmentalists! Green Drinks -- an
international initiative of sorts that gets green-minded people
together for drinks -- happens at a different bar in LA every Thursday
of the week.
November 22
9am-12pm
Million Trees LA Community Planting and Tree care
Tujunga
Please join Treepeople for the Mayor’s Day of Service as we plant and
care for trees on Foothill Blvd. in Tujunga. This event is being
sponsored by City Council District 2.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 22
10am-1pm
Mountain Planting
Angeles National Forest
Join TreePeople in the mountains as we continue to help restore the
beautiful national forest in our backyard! This part of the forest has
been devastated by bark beetle and we will plant native pine seedlings
to help restore native habitat. Take a break from the city and spend
the morning with us!
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
December 5
farmlab
David Riccitiello: New Street Standards and Urban Design Guidelines
for Downtown Los Angeles
Friday,2008 @ Noon , Free Admission
Mr. David Riccitiello of the Community Redevelopment Agency, City of
Los Angeles (CRA/LA) will discuss the Agency's efforts to create more
walkable, pedestrian-oriented streets in Downtown Los Angeles. The CRA/
LA, together with the Urban Design Studio of the City Planning
Department; the Los Angeles Department of Transportation; the Bureau
of Engineering; and other City agencies, are currently developing new
street standards and urban design guidelines.
A couple galleries and museum shows:
In Focus: The Landscape
Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays :
(ends January 11) Free
http://www.getty.edu
Plush
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts (2225 Colorado Blvd), FREE
Opens Saturday Nov 8 (7–10pm)
Nov 8 – Dec 22
Mondays–Fridays (10am–6pm)
Saturdays (10am–2pm)
Sumi Ink Club
Quiksilver SiteLA (2522 Sunset Blvd.), FREE
Opens Thursday Nov 6 (7–10pm)
Nov 6–29
Wednesdays–Saturdays (1–6pm)
Lost: Graffiti in the City of Angels
Mid-City Arts Gallery (5111 W Pico Blvd), FREE
Opens Saturday Nov 1 (7–10pm)
Nov 1 – Dec 1
And if you have not seen it…
Yoko Ono: Wish Tree
One Colorado (24 E Union St) FREE
Aug 2 – Nov 9
rides:
GoGA: All Girls Bike Ride
Tuesdays : 8 p.m., Free
http://gogabikeride.blogspot.com/
Wolfpack Hustle ride
Mondays : 10 p.m., Free
http://www.wolfpackhustle.com/ev...
Get Sum Dim Sum Ride
Sunday mornings, 10 am
Flying Pigeon LA
5711 N. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles,CA,90042
Price is the cost of food
Midnight Ridazz
Every other Friday : 9:30 p.m., Free
http://midnightridazz.com/about.php
RIDE-Arc Night Ride
Every 1st Friday of the month 9 p.m. - 11 p.m., Free
http://ridearc.org
ice skating:
Ice Skating at Pershing Square
Daily (November 20 through January 19)
One hour sessions: $6 Skate rental: $2
http://www.laparks.com
Ice Skating at Santa Monica
Daily 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. (November 7 through January 19)
$10 including skate rental
http://www.downtownsm.com
maybe on wheels?
Space is the Place
Every 4th Saturday of the month 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
$10, at the door
http://spacerollerdisco.com
thinking about job options? Times are tough but there are always
options…
www.peacecorps.gov.
hmmm…
http://islandsofla.com/
www.fallenfruit.org/
Christopher Michlig: Negations
Christopher Michlig is a Los Angeles-based artist working in a variety
of media ranging from collage to sculpture to film and video. The
focus of his practice is the manipulation of public formats of
communication to limit their communicative, commercial function,
thereby enhancing and privileging their materiality and formal
structures to expand notions of referentiality
UCLA_ 6:30 PM, PERLOFF HALL, DECAFE//FREE
11.17.08
Jan and Tim Edler, Principals, realities: united, Berlin
USC_ 6pm Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center
11/19/2008
History and Innovation: Contemporary Urban Re-development in Rome
Professor Michele Furnari, Ph.D. teaches progettazione architettonica
at the Università degli Studi ‘Roma Tre' School of Architecture.
SCI_ARC
11.19.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall
Jennifer Siegal: Generation Mobile : the Death of Distance
Jennifer Siegal is known for her work in creating the Prefab home of
the 21st century. She is founder and principal of the Los Angeles-
based firm Office of Mobile Design (OMD), which is dedicated to the
design and construction of responsible, sustainable, and precision
built structures.
11.21.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall @ 1pm
Stephanie Smith: Lighten Up!
Ecoshack founder Stephanie Smith is an architectural designer, an
entrepreneur and a champion of light and nomadic lifestyles. Her
designs are inspired by the ad hoc, indigenous and archetypal
typologies typically found at the fringes of society and culture. Her
designs have been covered in many publications, including Dwell and
The New York Times. And she's recently presented her work at Harvard
University and The Whitney Museum
UCLA
11.24.08 _ 6:30 PM, PERLOFF HALL, DECAFE//FREE
Jurgen Mayer H., Principal, J. H. Architecture, Berlin
SCI_ARC
11.25.08 | W. M. Keck Lecture Hall @ 7pm
Sulan Kolatan: adapt-a-patch
Sulan Kolatan lives and works in New York. She is the Principal of KOL/
MAC LLC, an architecture and design firm she co-founded with William
J. Mac Donald. The firm has been internationally acknowledged as a
leader in digital architecture and technologically innovative design.
Other happenings:
[From http://losangeles.metromix.com]
November 6 :
Little Pharma Drug Run
7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Free
http://moca.org
Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA - Grand Avenue
Dress up as your favorite pharmaceutical and embark on a giant group
tour through the late-night drugstores of downtown Los Angeles. The
tour finishes up at Fringe Exhibitions and their interdisciplinary
exhibit "Little Pharma Physic Garden."
November 7
farmlab
Public Salon Amy Balkin
Friday @ Noon, Free Admission
How does does the history of land apportionment and toxic waste dump
siting in California relate to climate change and emissions trading?
Join Amy Balkin for a discussion about land, art, climate, and justice
as they relate to her projects Invisible-5, Public Smog, and This is
the Public Domain.
November 8
8:45am-3pm
Community Greening Workshop
Wilmington
This workshop provides five separate trainings. (1) Citizen Forester
Training provides the tools and support to green your community and
also teaches how to bring trees to your neighborhood street, school
campus or local park. (2) Planting Supervisor Training teaches how to
help other volunteers plant trees at events. (3) Tree Care Coordinator
Training teaches how to lead other volunteers in caring for trees at
TreePeople planting sites. (4) Tree Care Supervisor training teaches
how to supervise the caring of trees at community tree care events.
(5) Pláticas (for Spanish speakers). Come learn the tools to green
your local community! FREE, but registration required. Register at
trai...@treepeople.org or (818) 623-4878. Please include your name,
phone, home mailing address and email address. Directions sent upon
registration.
November 8
9am-12pm
Mountain Restoration
Calabasas
Help TreePeople and the Mountains Restoration Trust with native plant
restoration. This beautiful area has a remarkable diversity of native
plants and many areas need our help. We’ll remove invasive species and
replace with native plants to create wildlife habitat.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 8
9am-12pm
Million Trees LA Community Tree Planting
Los Feliz
Please join our dedicated Citizen Forester Michele Flynn as she adds
to her tree legacy. Michele and her neighbors have already planted 16
Western redbud trees in their lovely neighborhood. Now, she will lead
another community planting of 20 more trees. Come out and be a part of
the fun!
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 14
farmlab
Amy Pederson + Two Superheroes : The Between is Tainted with
Strangeness: Superheroes, Zombies and Masked Wrestlers
Friday @ Noon, Free Admission
This lecture will use Freud's concept of the uncanny to examine the
political and social implications of doubled forms within contemporary
popular culture… While often disregarded as empty
entertainment,superheroes, zombies, and luchas are more than the sum
of their parts. The uncanny double has maintained a consistent
presence in literature, philosophy, psychology and art from the
nineteenth century to the present day, but during certain moments of
historical crisis and social instability it has had a heightened
influence on culture.
November 15
9am-12pm
Mountain Planting
Malibu
Join TreePeople and the Mountains Restoration Trust for oak woodland
restoration in beautiful Malibu. We will help restore this lovely park
by planting and caring for native trees and plants that provide
habitat to our Southern California wildlife.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 15
9am-12pm
Million Trees LA Community Tree Planting
Studio City
Come be a part of this amazing event! Citizen Forester Davenie Faber
will lead her neighbors to plant 38 trees in the first of many
projects to restore the green canopy of this community. Come join us!
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 15
9am-12pm
Campus Planting
Glendale
Join us on the campus of this Glendale elementary school as Citizen
Forester Audrey Klein and her green team work to shade, protect and
beautify this school.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 16 :
L.A. Craft Mafia Swap-O-Rama-Rama
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
http://www.swaporamarama.org
The Los Angeles Craft Mafia descends upon the Shrine Auditorium for
the third Swap in L.A.! Here's how it works: Bring in at least one bag
of your unwanted clothing and a small donation, choose pieces from the
pile (as much as you want people, it's for the taking!), create
modifications or transform your pieces at DIY workshops and stations
and if you are feeling up to it, participate in showing off your
swapping skills on the runway! There will also be the Felt Club Craft
Show and silkscreening stations! This is one day to seriously get your
craft on!
Shrine Auditorium
665 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-748-5116
November 20:
Silver Lake Green Drinks (free; pay for own drinks)
7p – 10pm
@ The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles (map)
Grab a few drinks with fellow LA environmentalists! Green Drinks -- an
international initiative of sorts that gets green-minded people
together for drinks -- happens at a different bar in LA every Thursday
of the week.
November 22
9am-12pm
Million Trees LA Community Planting and Tree care
Tujunga
Please join Treepeople for the Mayor’s Day of Service as we plant and
care for trees on Foothill Blvd. in Tujunga. This event is being
sponsored by City Council District 2.
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
November 22
10am-1pm
Mountain Planting
Angeles National Forest
Join TreePeople in the mountains as we continue to help restore the
beautiful national forest in our backyard! This part of the forest has
been devastated by bark beetle and we will plant native pine seedlings
to help restore native habitat. Take a break from the city and spend
the morning with us!
volu...@treepeople.org
818.623.4879
December 5
farmlab
David Riccitiello: New Street Standards and Urban Design Guidelines
for Downtown Los Angeles
Friday,2008 @ Noon , Free Admission
Mr. David Riccitiello of the Community Redevelopment Agency, City of
Los Angeles (CRA/LA) will discuss the Agency's efforts to create more
walkable, pedestrian-oriented streets in Downtown Los Angeles. The CRA/
LA, together with the Urban Design Studio of the City Planning
Department; the Los Angeles Department of Transportation; the Bureau
of Engineering; and other City agencies, are currently developing new
street standards and urban design guidelines.
A couple galleries and museum shows:
In Focus: The Landscape
Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays :
(ends January 11) Free
http://www.getty.edu
Plush
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts (2225 Colorado Blvd), FREE
Opens Saturday Nov 8 (7–10pm)
Nov 8 – Dec 22
Mondays–Fridays (10am–6pm)
Saturdays (10am–2pm)
Sumi Ink Club
Quiksilver SiteLA (2522 Sunset Blvd.), FREE
Opens Thursday Nov 6 (7–10pm)
Nov 6–29
Wednesdays–Saturdays (1–6pm)
Lost: Graffiti in the City of Angels
Mid-City Arts Gallery (5111 W Pico Blvd), FREE
Opens Saturday Nov 1 (7–10pm)
Nov 1 – Dec 1
And if you have not seen it…
Yoko Ono: Wish Tree
One Colorado (24 E Union St) FREE
Aug 2 – Nov 9
rides:
GoGA: All Girls Bike Ride
Tuesdays : 8 p.m., Free
http://gogabikeride.blogspot.com/
Wolfpack Hustle ride
Mondays : 10 p.m., Free
http://www.wolfpackhustle.com/ev...
Get Sum Dim Sum Ride
Sunday mornings, 10 am
Flying Pigeon LA
5711 N. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles,CA,90042
Price is the cost of food
Midnight Ridazz
Every other Friday : 9:30 p.m., Free
http://midnightridazz.com/about.php
RIDE-Arc Night Ride
Every 1st Friday of the month 9 p.m. - 11 p.m., Free
http://ridearc.org
ice skating:
Ice Skating at Pershing Square
Daily (November 20 through January 19)
One hour sessions: $6 Skate rental: $2
http://www.laparks.com
Ice Skating at Santa Monica
Daily 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. (November 7 through January 19)
$10 including skate rental
http://www.downtownsm.com
maybe on wheels?
Space is the Place
Every 4th Saturday of the month 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
$10, at the door
http://spacerollerdisco.com
thinking about job options? Times are tough but there are always
options…
www.peacecorps.gov.
hmmm…
http://islandsofla.com/
www.fallenfruit.org/
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