GLOW Santa Monica info and tips for Saturday

GLOW, a FREE dusk and beyond biannual art event, returns to Santa Monica on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 7pm to 3am. Take a stroll along Santa Monica Beach, the Santa Monica Pier and Palisades Park and discover over 20 original light installations, art displays and exhibits created by an array of local and international artists for one night only!

For more information on GLOW, please visit http://www.glowsantamonica.org.

To see restaurants offering specials for Glow click the link below:
http://www.santamonica.com/visitors/what-to-do/glow/

Food trucks that are confirmed for this Saturday:

In the 1550 Lot:
Border Grill
Yalla
India Jones
Ahn Joo
Greasy Wiener

Lot 4S:
Kabob n Roll
Flying Pig
Surfer Taco
Ta Bom
Frysmith
Vesuvio
Slammin Sliders


The Opening Ceremony for Glow 2010 begins at 7:00 pm on Saturday, but Coyotes will start howling earlier, at 6:15 pm. That's when the 18th Street Arts Center & L.A. Commons' Howling at the Sun, an epic procession and battle of drummers representing a Tongva/Gabrielino myth, will begin their walk to the Opening Ceremony. The procession moves down the Third St. Promenade to the Opening Ceremony itself, in front of the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier(intersection of Ocean and Colorado Boulevards). Plan to join the procession!

After a brief welcome from the Mayor of the City of Santa Monica and other dignitaries, Glow officially begins, and all sites go "live." Lighting up the western wall of the Holiday Inn with five-story video projections is Intersection by artist-collaborators Freewaves & Super Expo.A quartet of drummers, presented by Machine Project and playing a new work by L.A. composer Casey Anderson, head off north, south, east and west, and the Coyote/Sun procession descends to the beach to stage a battle to bring the Earth into balance with the Sun.

Top 10 Inside Tips for Maximizing Your GLOW

Ride your bike - it's the best way to get to and around the Glow Zone... now with more free bike valets

Make dinner reservations in advance. Specials are listed online at www.santamonica.org/glow

Driving? Carpool and park in the easy-to-get-to, low-cost beach lots south of Ocean Park Blvd

Download KCRW's amazing GLOW companion soundscape atwww.kcrw.org/glow before you head to Glow. Don't forget to bring your headphones.

Know where to GLOW - pick up a program & map from the Palisades Park info booth, or download the app for iPhone & Android from www.glowsantamonica.org

Take advantage of mobile GLOW. Sign up for timely tweets atwww.glowsantamonica.org or text 55678 for live updates

Be comfortable - wear layers and walking shoes

Participate! Volunteer to work GLOW. IT IS FUN

Shape the GLOW collective memory by emailing your favorite photos to photos@glow2010.org

Have fun, be safe, GLOW at your own pace.