February 2, 2012
LAVA – The Los Angeles Visionaries Association
”[LAVA is] a network of creative types and thinkers working to grow Los Angeles up.” – The New York Post. “LAVA gathers creative people in search of a different experience of life in Los Angeles.” – Flavorpill. “LAVA always flows with red-hot nuggets of LA life.” -The Rundown
Gentle reader,
Welcome to the LAVA dispatch, an invitation to get out into the open air and explore. The real Los Angeles reveals itself slowly, and rewards the ernest seeker.
This week we’d like to pull your sleeve to the LA Weekly’s coverage of this Saturday’s Caco-palooza Cacophony Society happenings in Santa Ana, a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of artistic oddballs that is not to be missed.
http://www.laweekly.com/2012-02-02/art-books/Cacophony-Society-documenta...
And here’s Gary Singh’s account of the debut LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank:
http://www.metroactive.com/features/columns/silicon-alleys_20120201.html
Now read on for the LAVA news you can use.
EVENT CALENDAR
Here are some brief highlights from LAVA’s calendar – visit http:// lavatransforms.org for full details and new additions. We hope you can join us for some of these Visionary-hosted events.
Union Rescue Mission Walking Tour: 121 years on Skid Row
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
To sign up for this free event: First register as a user on this site, and then return to this page. Refresh the page and the signup tab will appear just to the left, above this paragraph. Click "...
Union Rescue Mission(213) 347-6300
Of Scrap & Steel: free rooftop screening of rare 1949 color film set on Main Street, Downtown L.A.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
To sign up for this free event: First register as a user on this site, and then return to this page. Refresh the page and the signup tab will appear just to the left, above this paragraph. Click "...
Union Rescue Mission(213) 347-6300
Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles tour
Sat, 05/19/2012 - 11:30am - 3:30pm
Bungalows. Crime. Hollywood. Blondes. Vets. Smog. Death. This was Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles, which resonated under deft and melancholy fits from his writer’s bow. Join us as we go down...
Los Angeles Athletic Club213-373-1947
Blood & Dumplings crime bus tour
Sun, 05/20/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
A criminal and gastronomical excursion into the San Gabriel Valley, Blood & Dumplings rolls through Alhambra, Temple City, Monterey Park, Rosemead and El Monte, revealing dozens of weird,...
Nick's Cafe213-373-1947
Harvey Sig Gig
Sun, 05/20/2012 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Harvey Sid Fisher says: I'll be joined by my back up singers and some musicians. I'll be doing some astrology songs and some duets from my "Battle of the Sexes" album of couples fighting. ...
Boulevard Music(310) 398-2583
All About Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Sat, 05/26/2012 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation and Hollywood Heritage present ALL ABOUT GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE A behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s most famous movie palace to celebrate its 85th...
Grauman's Chinese Theater213-999-5067
All About Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Sun, 05/27/2012 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation and Hollywood Heritage present ALL ABOUT GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE A behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s most famous movie palace to celebrate its 85th...
Grauman's Chinese Theater213-999-5067
The Flâneur & The City: Dutch Chocolate Shoppe Redux (sold out)
Sun, 05/27/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
To sign up for this free event: First register as a user on this site, and then return to this page. Refresh the page and the signup tab will appear just to the left, above this paragraph. Click "...
The Dutch Chocolate Shoppe213 915 8687
The Flâneur & The City: Hill Street (sold out)
Sun, 05/27/2012 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm
THIS EVENT IS FULL. For the latest installment of urban historian Richard Schave’s site-specific discussion series “The Flâneur & The City,” Richard (Esotouric bus adventures, In SRO Land)...
Los Angeles Athletic Club213 915 8687
Memorial Day: Tour of historic Savannah Cemetery in Rosemead
Mon, 05/28/2012 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
To sign up for this free event: First register as a user on this site, and then return to this page. Refresh the page and the signup tab will appear just to the left, above this paragraph. Click "...
Savannah Cemetery
Writers Homicide School
Sat, 06/02/2012 - 9:00am - 3:00pm
***Two Day Seminar*** Saturday and Sunday, June 2 &3 from 9am - 3pm both days. Parking in the building at $6/day. Street parking available. Your speaker is a 22 year veteran Southern California...
The Satellite760-887-3242
Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Lowdown on Downtown
Sat, 06/02/2012 - 11:00am - 3:00pm
Join your host Richard Schave, the founding director of the Downtown LA Art Walk non-profit, on a tour that reveals the secret history, and the fascinating future, of this most beguiling LA...
The Daily Dose213-373-1947
The Killer Behind The Camera
Sun, 06/03/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
To purchase a ticket for this special event, click here. If you'd like to be contacted when another crime lab tour and lecture are scheduled, subscribe to LAVA's occasional Crime Lab Newsletter...
The Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center (Cal State L.A.)213 915 8687
2012 El Segundo Author Fair
Sun, 06/03/2012 - 2:30pm - 4:30pm
2012 EL SEGUNDO AUTHOR FAIR LAVA member Manny Pacheco will moderate a Pop Culture '60s and '70s panel discussion. Featured on this distinguished dais: DYAN CANNON - An award-winning...
EL SEGUNDO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice
Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
From the founding of the city through the 1940s, downtown was the true center of Los Angeles, a lively, densely populated, exciting and sometimes dangerous place. After many quiet decades, downtown...
The Daily Dose