West Hollywood Art Walk Saturday

WHAT:
11th Annual Art & Design Walk on West Hollywood’s Avenues of Art & Design. A mile long open house of over 300 fashion boutiques, interior design/furniture showrooms, fine art/ antique galleries and restaurants. Over 90 events, including exclusive receptions, personal appearances, food and entertainment hosted by individual showrooms, shopping discounts and other special surprises will be staged throughout the Avenues.

WHEN:
Saturday, May 31, 2008
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Along Melrose Avenue, and Robertson and Beverly Boulevards—the favorite shopping destinations for LA’s design elite and celebrity contingent.

WHO:
10,000 Angelenos expected to park their cars and take to the streets

HOW:
Admission is free. Meters on the Avenues will not be enforced during the event.
www.avenuesartdesign.com or call 310.226.7182

WHY:
The 11th Anniversary of the formation of the Avenues of Art & Design, the West Coast’s premier high-end destination for interior design, art galleries, fashion boutiques, specialty shops and restaurants. Event proceeds benefit Inner- City Arts, a downtown Los Angeles non-profit arts education center founded to enrich the lives of inner-city children through a total arts program. www.inner-cityarts.org

HIGHLIGHTS:
Urth Café will provide free coffee drinks and tea, and Fiji Water offers free bottled water to guests at six hospitality stations throughout the Avenues.

Avenues, the new official magazine of the Avenues of Art & Design debuts at an official launch party at 5:30 p.m. outside Dr. Tea’s Tea Garden & Herbal Emporium at 8612 Melrose. Free magazines and complimentary tea will be served.

VISIONARY by Wildchild Wear will host an organic wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and eco-friendly gift bags will be given to the first 25 attendees. 8568½ Melrose Ave.

“Contemporary Contemporaries,” showcasing some of the twentieth century’s most iconic pop, minimalist and color abstract art from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney and others, debuts at Hamilton-Selway Fine Art, 8678 Melrose Ave.