Carolyn Kellogg moderates an LA Times Festival of Books panel discussion on books and the new media landscape with New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear, publishing producer Pablo Defendini and writer/blogger/actor Wil Wheaton.
Panels at the Festival of Books are free, although there is a processing fee for advance tickets from Ticketmaster.
Carolyn Kellogg moderates an LA Times Festival of Books panel discussion on LA history with Richard Rayner, author of A Bright and Guilty Place; Bill Boyarsky, author of Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times and John Buntin, author of LA Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City. Panels at the Festival of Books are free, although there is a processing fee for advance tickets from Ticketmaster.
Urban historian Richard Schave’s site-specific discussion series “The Flâneur & The City” is an ongoing attempt to explore some of the more important issues revealed by the constantly changing heart of the metropolis.The core notion of the series is of culture and history as commodities that are packaged and sold to a target demographic; meanwhile, it’s the ignored and seemingly worthless scraps of meaning found on the sidewalks and marketplaces where the true remnants of positive public space can be found. All interpretations and nuisances of the word flâneur are examined — from the modern-day aesthete dreaming of Baudelaire while carried along in the human tide past the stalls and shops of Broadway, to its more recent and perhaps relevant use, someone who is loitering. At its heart this series is a celebration of the simple act of getting out of your car and walking through a neighborhood and learning to see it with all your eyes.
In this installment, we will visit the famous Batchelder-tiled Dutch Chocolate Shoppe (aka Finney’s Cafeteria), strolling distance from our starting point, on West 6th Street near Broadway. Re-adapted numerous times since piping hot caldrons of cocoa kept Angelinos warm on those cool winter nights, we will try to trace the palimpsest of this city treasure. Topics include the proposed revisions to the city’s Cultural Heritage Ordinance, the impact these would have on a space such as the Chocolate Shoppe, and a history of the storefront from 1914 to the present. We will begin the tour from the bakery counter at Clifton’s Cafeteria, where you can obtain a hot beverage for the road, as there is no longer any cocoa to be found at our destination.
LAVA Visionary David Caldwell presents his War Child Show on the evening of LAVA’s monthly Sunday Salon. Enjoy yourself downtown until nightfall, then head over to Caldwell’s Arts District loft, where there will be wine and snacks and a most unusual multi-media art presentation. Doors open 7:00pm for this free event, and the show starts around 8pm. No one will be admitted after the show begins.
War Child is a Monumental Sculpture.
An Installation in the form of,
a Magically Elaborate Altar.
14 feet high, 40 feet wide, and 26 feet deep,
It gives Birth to a 40 minute Experience.
A Video, Sound, and Light Show Performance.
The Video Juxtaposes Manipulated Images,
Of Nature, Civilization, Creation, and Destruction.
War Childs 3 Dimensional and Technical Wizardry,
Entice the Audience on a Journey.
The Paradigm of Duality,
That Shapes Human Existence.
A Synthesis of Multiple Systems,
War Child becomes a Living,
Breathing, Speaking, Organic Entity.
All of the Technology is Embedded,
and Fully Integrated into the Performance.
The Living Installation Impacts,
Space, Sight, Sound, and Memory.
A Shifting, Constantly Changing Environment,
Envelops the Audience,
and Transports Them,
to Another Dimension.
Contact: David L Caldwell 213 999 7140.
I am offering an astonishing quantity of two and three-dimensional ephemera collected by Los Angeles sculptor Verna Lebow Norman (1919-2007) over her lifetime, throughout a two-weekend estate sale in the front two rooms of my house. Lots of mid-century magazines, greeting cards, maps, trinkets, souvenirs, calendars, photos, artist sketches and more. Everything is priced for recession times.
Dates:
Friday, April 16, 6PM to 9 PM
Saturday, April 17, 6 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, April 18, 10 AM to 3 PM
Friday, April 23, 6 PM to 9 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
Saturday, April 24, 6 AM to 4 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
Sunday, April 25, 10 AM to 3 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
For the sculptors in the community, know that there is also a large assortment of sculpture stands available, outdoor and indoor, some quite large. Also clay sculpting tools, rolling carts, sculpture work stations (3), and a tall shelf on wheels for taking ceramics to the kiln.
This event is hosted by artist/author/musician Alicia Bay Laurel, who will make her legendary boho survival book Living on the Earth and 4 music CDs available for purchase, WITH autograph upon request.
Address: 842 So. Ogden Drive, Los Angeles CA 90036-4414. Ogden is 2 blocks east of Fairfax Ave. My block of Ogden is between Olympic and 8th St., and is only accessible from 8th St. During the hours listed above, a parking pass is not required.
Any questions? Email me at alicia@aliciabaylaurel.com
I am offering an astonishing quantity of two and three-dimensional ephemera collected by Los Angeles sculptor Verna Lebow Norman (1919-2007) over her lifetime, throughout a two-weekend estate sale in the front two rooms of my house. Lots of mid-century magazines, greeting cards, maps, trinkets, souvenirs, calendars, photos, artist sketches and more. Everything is priced for recession times.
Dates:
Friday, April 16, 6PM to 9 PM
Saturday, April 17, 6 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, April 18, 10 AM to 3 PM
Friday, April 23, 6 PM to 9 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
Saturday, April 24, 6 AM to 4 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
Sunday, April 25, 10 AM to 3 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
For the sculptors in the community, know that there is also a large assortment of sculpture stands available, outdoor and indoor, some quite large. Also clay sculpting tools, rolling carts, sculpture work stations (3), and a tall shelf on wheels for taking ceramics to the kiln.
This event is hosted by artist/author/musician Alicia Bay Laurel, who will make her legendary boho survival book Living on the Earth and 4 music CDs available for purchase, WITH autograph upon request.
Address: 842 So. Ogden Drive, Los Angeles CA 90036-4414. Ogden is 2 blocks east of Fairfax Ave. My block of Ogden is between Olympic and 8th St., and is only accessible from 8th St. During the hours listed above, a parking pass is not required.
Any questions? Email me at alicia@aliciabaylaurel.com
I am offering an astonishing quantity of two and three-dimensional ephemera collected by Los Angeles sculptor Verna Lebow Norman (1919-2007) over her lifetime, throughout a two-weekend estate sale in the front two rooms of my house. Lots of mid-century magazines, greeting cards, maps, trinkets, souvenirs, calendars, photos, artist sketches and more. Everything is priced for recession times.
Dates:
Friday, April 16, 6PM to 9 PM
Saturday, April 17, 6 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, April 18, 10 AM to 3 PM
Friday, April 23, 6 PM to 9 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
Saturday, April 24, 6 AM to 4 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
Sunday, April 25, 10 AM to 3 PM (sorry, canceled due too not enough left to sell)
For the sculptors in the community, know that there is also a large assortment of sculpture stands available, outdoor and indoor, some quite large. Also clay sculpting tools, rolling carts, sculpture work stations (3), and a tall shelf on wheels for taking ceramics to the kiln.
This event is hosted by artist/author/musician Alicia Bay Laurel, who will make her legendary boho survival book Living on the Earth and 4 music CDs available for purchase, WITH autograph upon request.
Address: 842 So. Ogden Drive, Los Angeles CA 90036-4414. Ogden is 2 blocks east of Fairfax Ave. My block of Ogden is between Olympic and 8th St., and is only accessible from 8th St. During the hours listed above, a parking pass is not required.
Any questions? Email me at alicia@aliciabaylaurel.com
I am offering an astonishing quantity of two and three-dimensional ephemera collected by Los Angeles sculptor Verna Lebow Norman (1919-2007) over her lifetime, throughout a two-weekend estate sale in the front two rooms of my house. Lots of mid-century magazines, greeting cards, maps, trinkets, souvenirs, calendars, photos, artist sketches and more. Everything is priced for recession times.
Dates:
Friday, April 16, 6PM to 9 PM
Saturday, April 17, 6 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, April 18, 10 AM to 3 PM
Friday, April 23, 6 PM to 9 PM
Saturday, April 24, 6 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, April 25, 10 AM to 3 PM
For the sculptors in the community, know that there is also a large assortment of sculpture stands available, outdoor and indoor, some quite large. Also clay sculpting tools, rolling carts, sculpture work stations (3), and a tall shelf on wheels for taking ceramics to the kiln.
This event is hosted by artist/author/musician Alicia Bay Laurel, who will make her legendary boho survival book Living on the Earth and 4 music CDs available for purchase, WITH autograph upon request.
Address: 842 So. Ogden Drive, Los Angeles CA 90036-4414. Ogden is 2 blocks east of Fairfax Ave. My block of Ogden is between Olympic and 8th St., and is only accessible from 8th St. During the hours listed above, a parking pass is not required.
Any questions? Email me at alicia@aliciabaylaurel.com
I am offering an astonishing quantity of two and three-dimensional ephemera collected by Los Angeles sculptor Verna Lebow Norman (1919-2007) over her lifetime, throughout a two-weekend estate sale in the front two rooms of my house. Lots of mid-century magazines, greeting cards, maps, trinkets, souvenirs, calendars, photos, artist sketches and more. Everything is priced for recession times.
Dates:
Friday, April 16, 6PM to 9 PM
Saturday, April 17, 6 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, April 18, 10 AM to 3 PM
Friday, April 23, 6 PM to 9 PM (sorry, cancelled due too not enough left to sell)
Saturday, April 24, 6 AM to 4 PM (sorry, cancelled due too not enough left to sell)
Sunday, April 25, 10 AM to 3 PM (sorry, cancelled due too not enough left to sell)
For the sculptors in the community, know that there is also a large assortment of sculpture stands available, outdoor and indoor, some quite large. Also clay sculpting tools, rolling carts, sculpture work stations (3), and a tall shelf on wheels for taking ceramics to the kiln.
This event is hosted by artist/author/musician Alicia Bay Laurel, who will make her legendary boho survival book Living on the Earth and 4 music CDs available for purchase, WITH autograph upon request.
Address: 842 So. Ogden Drive, Los Angeles CA 90036-4414. Ogden is 2 blocks east of Fairfax Ave. My block of Ogden is between Olympic and 8th St., and is only accessible from 8th St. During the hours listed above, a parking pass is not required.
Any questions? Email me at alicia@aliciabaylaurel.com
A free, comprehensive history presentation and insider’s tour of three beloved landmark historic theatres – A chance to see and appreciate these theatres as never before…
Saturday, April 17, 9:15am; doors open at 9:00am
Event begins at the Regency Village Theatre, 961 Broxton, L.A., 90024 and
Ends at the Majestic Crest Theatre, 1262 Westwood, L.A., 90024
www.regencymovies.com & www.westwoodcrest.com
Plentiful parking in Westwood
Free Admission. The Public is Invited.
Celebrate Regency Theatres’ recent salvation of the Village and Bruin and learn about their rich histories – including several “face-lifts”. Take an insider’s tour to generally forbidden off-limits areas. Then, walk over to the Majestic Crest – slightly detouring en route to say hello to Marilyn Monroe and friends – and discover how this former legit house reinvented itself via Disney, Pacific Theatres, and Robert Bucksbaum.
Three amazing single screen historic theatres, a cemetery chockfull of the famous and dead, and a chance to rediscover Westwood – all in one Saturday morning!
POWERPOINT HISTORIES – researched and presented by theatre historian Ed Kelsey. See how the Village, Bruin and Majestic Crest have changed over the years. What’s original? What’s Skouras? What’s Disney? Hear the stories of these great theatres from their beginnings through today.
TOUR BEHIND-THE-SCENES – get a real insider’s look.
DISCOVER – how you can support the continuing successful operation of these historic gems.
EDUCATE & ADVOCATE – find out how you can become actively involved in LAHTF’s ongoing theatre preservation work around SoCal. Brief updates on the Friends of the Fairfax, Inglewood Fox Theatre Alliance, Grauman’s Chinese, Golden Gate, Atlantic, and LA’s Broadway Theatres.
Regency Village Theatre (1931 – Percy Parke Lewis) formerly Village, Fox Westwood Village, Mann Village
https://cinematreasures.org/theater/246/
Regency Bruin Theatre (1937 – S. Charles Lee)
https://cinematreasures.org/theater/6/
Majestic Crest (1940 – Arthur W. Hawes) Westwood, UCLAN, Metro, Pacific Crest, Crest, Westwood Crest
https://cinematreasures.org/theater/34/
Join the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation on FaceBook – https://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=125430125723
Many people are fascinated by the architecture of fantasy so beautifully on display in Southern California’s great historic theatres. People are also curious about how the theatres work. What does it look like backstage? What do the performers see when they look out across the footlights? Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation’s “All About” series gives the public an insider’s look at these wonderful theatres and share parts of their histories – good and bad – as a way to encourage people to become actively involved in protecting and ensuring their futures.
The LAHTF is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, restoring and supporting the operation of Southern California’s historic theatres. For more information visit www.lahtf.or