Here are some brief highlights from LAVA's calendar – visit http://lavatransforms.org for full details and new additions. We hope you can joinus for some of these Visionary-hosted events.
If you can make just one each month, make it our Sunday Salon from noon to 2pm (next one is 4/25). This is a regularly scheduled lunchtime gathering held on the last Sunday of each month at Clifton's Cafeteria, and it's where the LAVA will really start flowing, as we get to know each other better over confetti-flecked jello and other delights.
* FRIDAY, APRIL 16 *
826LA,
home of Visionary Christina Galante, hosts Dead Author Readings at Upright Citizen's Brigade.
Thanks to the miracle of science, very famous, extremely dead authors time travel to the present and are brought together to discuss their lives and works! And the audience gets to ask questions! That's you! YOU are the audience! YOU get to ask questions! INTERACTIVE!!! Moderated monthly by H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins). April: Chapter 2, with Friedrich Nietzsche (James Adomian) and H. P. Lovecraft (Paul Scheer). $5 entry supports 826LA, Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, Los Feliz, 7pm. Info at http://lavatransforms.org/deadauthor416
* SATURDAY, APRIL 17 *
Epherema
hosted by Visionary Alicia Bay Laurel, who says, "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, through out 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.
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." Alicia's legendary boho survival book Living on the Earth and 4 music CDs will be available for purchase, WITH autograph upon request. Free entry, a privateh ome in mid-Wilshire, 6am-4pm today and various hours on 4/17-18, 4/23-25. Info at http://lavatransforms.org/ephemerama417
All About the Regency Village, Regency Bruin & Majestic Crest Theatres.
Many people are fascinated by the architecture of fantasy so beautifully on display in Southern California’s great historic theatres. People are alsocurious 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. In today's special "All About"program, come explore three historic Westwood theaters, with a side trip to Marilyn Monroe's burial site. Free, Westwood, 9am-11am. Info at http://lavatransforms.org/allaboutwestwood
John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill bus and walking tour:
an Esotouric bus adventure exploring the lost downtown celebrated by the novelist John Fante,and the issues of preservation and public space that surround any look at old Bunker Hill, subject of the largest eminent domain land seizure in United States history. This is a special edition of this once-a-year tour, coming one week after the dedication of John Fante Square alongside the Central Library, and with Angels Flight Railway running again and now a part of the tour experience. $58, departs from Clifton's Cafeteria, Downtown, 12pm. Info at http://lavatransforms.org/fanteapril10
Visionary Christina Galante invites you to attend a Wine Tasting honoring Philip Lumbang III and Room 13.
Drink fine wine to raise funds for art supplies for Room 13 Foshay, L.A.; and celebrate one of Room 13’s favorite artists, Phil Lumbang III, and his good natured protest against hypocrisy, the limited edition print “The Mural” (profits from which also go to Room 13). $25-30, Silverlake Wine, Silverlake, 6pm. Info at http://lavatransforms.org/room13wine
* SUNDAY, APRIL 18 *
Ephemera continues (see Saturday 4/17)
* FRIDAY, APRIL 23 *
Ephemera continues (see Saturday 4/17)
* SATURDAY, APRIL 24 *
Ephemera continues (see Saturday 4/17)
Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's L.A. bus tour
focuses on Bukowski’s great passions: writing, screwing and Los Angeles. Come take inthe canonical locations of his life and myth: the Postal Annex Terminal where he gathered the material for “Post Office,” the De Longpre apartment where he briefly experimented with marriage and fatherhood, one of his favorite bars and liquor stores, and many other spots. Along the way, we’ll explore the people and ideas that made up the warp and weft of Buk’s rich inner life. This Esotouric bus adventure is hosted by LAVA founder Richard Schave. $58, departs from Philippe's, Chinatown, 12pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/buk0410
* SUNDAY, APRIL 25 *
Ephemera continues (see Saturday 4/17)
Sunday Salon:
LAVA's monthly brunch gathering on the third floor of historic Clifton's Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles is a loosely structured gatheringf eaturing conversational salons, short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you're interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend Salon attendance as an introduction to this growing community. Curated conversational salons start at 1pm hosted by Visionaries Anthea Raymond (Oral History in Media) and Allon Schoener (What is LA?). Free! Clifton's Cafeteria, Downtown, noon-2pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/salon410
War Child Show:
LAVA Visionary David Caldwell presents his spectacular signature art work 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 complementary wine and snacks and a most unusual multi-media presentation.
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.T he Living Installation Impacts, Space, Sight, Sound, and Memory. A Shifting, Constantly Changing Environment, Envelops the Audience,and Transports Them, to Another Dimension. Free! David Caldwell's loft, Downtown, doors 7:30pm, show 8pm, no late entry.I nfo at http://lavatransforms.org/warchild
* MONDAY, APRIL 26 *
McSweeney's Issue #34 Launch Party:
Pre-reserve your copy of the venerable quarterly, then pick it up at a party with food and drink at Stories, featuring discussion with contributors Nick McDonell and Teddy Wayne, and musical guest The Blasting Company Issue 34 features new stories of shipwrecks, kidnappings and bad vacations, by Anthony Doerr, Daniel Handler, and T. C. Boyle, letters about wine and Hawaii from John Hodgman and Sarah Vowell, self-portraits drawn by the likes of Michael Martone, Michel Gondry, and Sarah Silverman, and, in a standalone volume, Nick McDonell's stunning exploration from within the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq. Free! 826 LA/EchoPark Time Mart/Stories, Echo Park, 7:30pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/mcsweeneys34
* SATURDAY, MAY 1 *
Visionaries collide as Crimebo the Clown makes an incredibly strange, yet somehow endearing, guest turn on Esotouric's Pasadena Confidential crime bus tour,
hosted by Visionaries Kim Cooper, Joan Renner and Richard Schave. The Crown City masquerades as a calm and refined retreat, where well-bred ladies glide around their perfect bungalows and everyone knows what fork to use first. But don't be fooled by appearances. Dip into the confidential files of old Pasadena and meet assassins and oddballs, kidnappers and slashers, Satanists and all manner of maniac in a delightful little tour you WON'T find recommended by the better class of people! $58, departs from South Pasadena, 12pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/pasadena0510
* SATURDAY, MAY 8 *
The Visionaries of Esotouric return to host the Blood and Dumplings crime bus tour.
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, forgotten crimes and oddities from the valley's past. Highlights include the mysterious Man from Mars Bandit, the lesbian couple whose bickering over spending cash resulted in one pumping the other full of downers until she died, the young bride who spent her wedding day buried under her parents' house, the battling neo-Nazis of El Monte, Phil Spector's spooky castle and the little bar where James Ellroy's murdered mother Jean had her last drink. The tour includes a selection of dumplings from one of the San Gabriel Valley's best Chinese restaurants. $58, departs from Lincoln Heights, 12pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/bnd0510
Opening night for The Air That I Breathe (Take a Stroll through the UnseenForest),
new works with paper, paint, and wood by artist Michael Gullberg, at Visionary Amy Inouye's Future Studio. Organic forms are painted on reclaimed wood, then combined with carved elements to create sculptural paintings. Drawings and studies will also be included.
“In his paintings, Michael’s imagery rides the line between surrealism and abstraction. His beings, birds,animals, plants and landscapes remind us of this world but lead us into the spiritual world of our dreams and imaginations – the place where our true selves and our own "salvation" lies. His paintings take time to digest and require the viewer to meditate with eyes open. Images make themselves more apparent over time and with repeated viewing. Like music floating in our minds, his paintings allow our imaginations to drift in thought and memories. And just as we do with music, we take away our own individual meanings and interpretations of each of his paintings" Free, Future Studio, Highland Park, 7-10pm. Info at http://lavatransforms.org/theair
* SUNDAY, MAY 9 *
Maja's Magic School: third lecture in the new Second Sundays @ 6 For Sorcery series from Visionary, White Witch and esoteric scholar Maja D'Aoust is on the theme of "The Magic of God: Kabbalah & Changing Matter With a Word." $5, Besant Lodge, Hollywood, 6pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/mms510
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Visit the LAVA Calendar for full details on all of these and other provocative events added regularly - http://lavatransforms.org/lavacalendar
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