LAVA Sunday Salon April 24

Ukuleles invade LAVA's free Easter Sunday Salon, featuring Ian Whitcomb's California dream & The Ukulady's musical crafting session WHAT: On Easter Sunday, April 24, LAVA (The Los Angeles Visionaries Association) presents an afternoon of free cultural exploration in Downtown L.A. with the monthly Sunday Salon gathering upstairs at Clifton's Cafeteria at 648 South Broadway (noon-2pm) SALON INFO: http://lavatransforms.org/salon411 Launched last February by Richard Schave and Kim Cooper -- the proprietors of Esotouric bus adventures and founding Director and Curator of the Downtown Art Walk non-profit -- the creative consortium LAVA (The Los Angeles Visionaries Association) is fast establishing itself as one of the city's most intriguing arts collectives, with a calendar packed with compelling, offbeat urban events and a growing list of notable Visionary contributors. LAVA's Sunday Salon has become one of the hottest (free) tickets for urban explorers seeking intelligent conversation, connection and inspiration not to mention Clifton's famous home cooking. The Sunday Salon returns to Clifton's Cafeteria on Easter Sunday, April 24 from noon-2pm, and all are welcome to dine together and socialize, or attend compelling presentations by LAVA Visionaries. PRESENTERS AT THE APRIL 24 SALON (all appearing between 12-2pm, with exact times/schedules to be announced at the event) 1) In keeping with the Easter Sunday theme, LAVA Visionary THE UKULADY and her band the Evil Sandwiches will sing quirky songs on ukulele, banjo and omnichord "while Visionaries and honored guests craft Egg-centric & Bunnyriffic crafts, including magnets, pins, pipe-cleaner jewelry, eggdioramas and more!" The Ukulady is a Sunday Salon regular whose incredibly catchy tunes and big personality have made her much beloved by the LAVA community.For video from The Ukulady's February Salon appearance with the Evil Sandwiches and more information about the Ukulady's adventures, see the links below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQgM18WBKQ http://www.theukulady.com 2) In an autobiographical presentation mixed with song, newly inducted LAVA Visionary IAN WHITCOMB will lead us on a ramble through his checkered past: how, while still a student at Trinity College Dublin, he came to Los Angeles in 1965 -- as a Justin Beiber-style teen idol with his lubricious hit, "YouTurn Me On." How he fell in love with the glamour -- surf, girls, bodies in general, onion rings, and what not -- and how, over the years, although the glamour has faded, he is even more entranced with L.A as a city of hidden treasures and odd folk, who are now his friends. He made a BBC film about the GB colony, he has been a radio host since the early 1980s ( KROQ, KCRW, KPCC) and now talks about his life here on his XM (Channel 152, Extreme Radio) and Luxuriamusic.com radio shows and also in his monthly "Letters From Lotusland" posted online. While online travel to YouTube and see Ian in his rock star splendor and go through the years with him as he transformsfrom rocker to ragtimer and finally to ukester -- you can even watch the BBC documentary mentioned above -- it's heavy with sex and nudity) He will illustrate his ramble with extracts from his latest book, "Letters From Lotusland-- An Englishman In Exile" (especially from the episode where his dog Rollo is taken for a ride by a Hollywood scam audition outfit ), and, with his ukulele he will sing his song , "Come And Make Your Heaven In L.A." (as featured in the horrible slasher feature, "Bloody Movie" and on YouTube). Ian, by the way, was instrumental in the revival of the ukulele-- back in the 1960s and early 70s on Dick Clark's "Where The Action Is" and Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" and, of course, though his hit single "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" For more info on this remarkable performer and musical historian, visit Ian Whitcomb's YouTube channel and website at the links below: http://www.youtube.com/ianwhitcomb http://www.picklehead.com/ian.html Applications from prospective LAVA members are being taken at http://lavatransforms.org/apply To learn more about LAVA, please visit http://www.lavatransforms.org