Monday, July 6, 2009

Guided tour offered during Downtown L.A. Art Walk Thursday

Guided walking tours of the Downtown Art Walk with L.A.'s favorite tour guides

WHAT: Downtown LA Art Walk, the hottest grassroots cultural event in Southern California has become a Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation

WHEN: Art Walk is every second Thursday from 12pm-9pm with free walking tours starting at 6:30pm; private tours from Director Richard Schave are available on request throughout the month

WHO: Free public tours from Art Walk Director Richard Schave (Esotouric bus adventures), Anne Block (Take My Mother Please) and Mike the PoeT (Museum of Neon Art)

WHERE: Tours depart from Lost Souls Cafe, 124 W. 4th Street, LA, CA 90013

WHEN: July 9 - Richard's tour (6:30-7:30pm), Mike's tour (7:30-8:30pm), Anne's tour (8:00-9:00pm)

COST: The Art Walk is always free, so are the walking tours

INFO: http://www.downtownartwalk.com/artwalks-7-7-09 or (213) 784-2598.

The Downtown L.A. Art Walk, held on the second Thursday of the month year round, is the great success stories of the neighborhood's revival. Launched in 2004 by a small group of true believers in what was then the western edge of Skid Row, the event now draws upwards of 6000 people, and includes live music, a thriving bar and restaurant scene, book signings, and of course art on view in dozens of galleries.

Five years on, the Art Walk has just become a non-profit organization dedicated to building on the community's good work and making downtown Los Angeles even more of a cultural destination for great art, good company and exciting urban experiences.

To celebrate Art Walk's fresh direction, the July 9 Art Walk features the debut of a series of free guided walking tours hosted by some of L.A.'s favorite tour guides: Richard Schave (incoming Director of the Art Walk, and co-owner of Esotouric bus adventures), Mike the PoeT (the rhyming author of "I Am Alive in Los Angeles" and host of the Museum of Neon Art bus tour) and Anne Block (owner of the Take My Mother Please custom tour service). Each tour guide brings their unique spin to the neighborhood, and will show Art Walk regulars or first-timers a side of the Art Walk sure to fascinate and inspire.

For more about the tour guides or to reserve, visit the Walking Tour page
http://www.downtownartwalk.com/artwalks-7-7-09

Also see Richard Schave's Esotouric, http://www.esotouric.com

Anne Block's Take My Mother Please, http://www.takemymotherplease.com/

And Mike the PoeT's myspace, http://www.myspace.com/mikethepoet

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