Los Angeles Visionaries Association events

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. If you can make just one each month, make it our Sunday Salon from noon to 2pm (next Salon: August 29). 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.

*SATURDAY, AUGUST 21*

Fright Night In The Heights:
Join the Boyle Heights Paranormal Project and Visionary Sarah Troop for the very first Fright Night In The Heights! Come watch The Haunting (1963), inside reputedly haunted, abandoned Linda Vista Hospital in Boyle Heights. This fundraising event is a private, by invitation/RSVP only. There will be only 150 seats available, so be quick to RSVP at the Facebook event page and secure your seat. BHPP will go down the list of RSVP's and select the first 150. There is a $5 per person suggested donation and your name MUST be on the list to gain entry. This is only a movie showing and not an invitation to investigate. The movie will be shown inside Linda Vista Hospital. $5, Linda Vista Hospital, Boyle Heights, 8pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/frightnight

*SATURDAY, AUGUST 28*

Slum Circus Indy Comic and Art Show:
a day-long art and shopping experience featuring live painting and drawing, demon tattoos, breakdancing ninjas and live draping by Visionary A. Laura Brody. Contributing artists and vendors include Alex Chiu, Donna Letterese, Beee Bello, D Castr, DWAP Prod, Ezra, Dreams By Machine (A. Laura Brody's repurposed leather and hardware designs), Taco Comics, Hyperwerks, Brandon Bracamonte, Jimmy Bell, Karl Altstaetter, Crude Dude Comix, Rebornz Art, Splatter Beast, James Riot, Scott Aicher, SMIF, Alexandra Gonzales, Amer Shihab, Tony Acosta, Drippy Bones Books, John Tomason, Tom Neely, Nathanial Ossello, Yuki Miyazaki, Miki Harris, Boleep, Lefty Joe, Nature's Mistake, Muze Wear, Edukation Athletics, Breakstarz and People Mover.

Visionary A. Laura Brody says: I'll be vending all day at the show, and while I'm there I'll be doing more detailed style of draping than I demonstrated at the LAVA Sunday Salon. These drapes will become patterns, which I'll use to create finished pieces as part of my line. Some fun and fabulous models have graciously agreed to come and be draped, including Prince Poppycock of "America's Got Talent" fame and the lovely burlesque queen Jewel of Denial. $5-8, Chuco's Justice Center, Inglewood, 10am-6pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/slumcircus

The Visionaries of Esotouric present Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Lowdown on Downtown bus tour.
This is a tour about the populated, vibrant mid-20th Century Downtown Los Angeles you've only heard about, and about the21st Century Downtown which will rise again with a richness of heritage and quality of life that leaves natives and visitors gaping in disbelief. This is a tour about Downtown's invisible neighborhoods and great public spaces which managed to escape the wrecking ball. This is a tour about how gentrification sprung up on the city's meanest streets, with all the conflicts that go along with a major socio-economic shift in a small community. This is a tour about the real Los Angeles, the city even natives don't know. Get on the bus for the real Lowdown on Downtown, as no one but Esotouric's Richard Schave can reveal it. $58, departs from Philippe, Chinatown, 11am. Info http://www.lavatransforms.org/lowdownaugust10

*SUNDAY, AUGUST 29*

LAVA's Sunday Salon.
On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather on the third floor of the historic Clifton's Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles, for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring 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. We also recommend the shortbread.

Special program at the August 29 Salon: LAVA Visionaries will host curated conversations and presentations at tables around the room. Presentations include: Visionary David Kipen, proprietor of Boyle Heights' new bookshop and lending library Libros Schmibros, talking about his ambitious plans for the space, preservationist and publisher Hala Pickford on her silent film history book venture 1921 PVG Publishing. Eva Batonne (aka LAVA Visionary Eva Montealegre) on the creative process and L.A. research that fuels her debut Joan Lambert mystery novel, Resurrection Diva (2009), and Visionaries Holly Witham Nicholas Hosking talking about their Moveable Theatre Company, including forthcoming performances of Yasmina Reza’s Tony award winning play "Art" at LACE and recent site-specific work in Western author Zane Grey's home. Free, Clifton's Cafeteria, downtown, noon-2pm. Info http://www.lavatransforms.org/salon810

25th Anniversary of the Capture of Richard Ramirez “The Night Stalker” Guided Tour.
Join Visionaries Al Guerrero and Crimebo the Clown on the debut of a most unusual event. To commemorate the 1985 capture of the infamous Los Angeles serial killer Richard Ramirez, Eastside Desmadre Tours will conduct a guided walking/public bus tour to explore the downtown L.A. haunts and dwellings of the “The Night Stalker.” Included in the tour is a visit to the East L.A. street where he was captured, as well as interviews with local witnesses involved in his apprehension. $25, departure info received after reservation, 12-4pm. Info http://www.lavatransforms.org/nightstalker

War Child Show.
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. Free, David Caldwell's Loft, 7pm. Info http://www.lavatransforms.org/warchild810

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http://lavatransforms.org/lavacalendar

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Are you a prospective LAVA Visionary interested in joining our creative community and sharing your events on our calendar? Visit the link below for application materials.
http://lavatransforms.org/apply