Upcoming Los Angeles Visionary 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: July 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, JULY 23 *

Late Night At Musso & Frank:
Each Friday and Saturday night from 9:30pm until closing, Visionary Jordan Jones transforms his family's venerable Hollywood restaurant into a cool retreat echoing with the strains of classic jazz vocals with the spotlight on the mixological talents of legendary barkeep Rueben Rueda, who poured for Bukowski among other luminaries. Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, 9:30pm. See http://lavatransforms.org/musso50710

*SATURDAY, JULY 24 *

LAVA Visionary Paul Nugent invites you to participate in the second World Peace Interfaith Pilgrimage to Mount Baldy in the gorgeous San Gabriel Mountains, 50 miles east of L.A.
Mount Baldy has long been recognized as aHoly Mountain by the local Gabrielino/Tungva Native Americans. Since 1959, this mountain has also been considered holy by Members of the non-profit spiritual organization, The Aetherius Society, who recognize this sacred mountain as having been charged with Cosmic energies. Each summer since 1959, they have been visiting the mountain to send out powerful waves of spiritual energy to the world for World Peace and Global Healing through the action of selfless prayer. The first World Peace Pilgrimage in August 2009 marked the 50th anniversary of the charging of this Holy Mountain. Over 200 people from various religious traditions, and no religious traditions, gathered to send a wave of prayer energy to the world. You are invited to join in to make this second World Peace Pilgrimage an even greater success. Free, Mount Baldy, all day. Info http://lavatransforms.org/mountbaldy710

Esotouric's Haunts of a Dirty Old Man bus tour.
LAVA co-founder Richard Schave's literary bus tour focuses on writer Charles Bukowski’s great passions: writing, screwing and Los Angeles. It takes in the canonic allocations 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 more, while exploring the people and ideas that made up the warp and weft of Buk’s rich inner life. Host Richard Schave was part of the team that helped make Bukowski's former home a city landmark, and thewild tale of the City Hall landmark battle between preservationists and the former landlord who falsely accused the writer of being a Nazi sympathizer will be shared at the site. $58, departs from Philippe's in Downtown LA, 12pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/buk0710

LA Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting Event:
LAVA Visionary and food truck dining maven Shawna Dawson invites you to explore the world of mobile cuisine as her hugely successful LA Street Food Fest returns with an all-new Summer Tasting Event at The Rose Bowl. Sample unlimited signature bites from almost 60 vendors from hot gourmet food trucks, old school carts and stands to celeb chefs and street inspired dishes from LA's best restaurants, enjoy an open bar including Singha beer gardens, mixologist made cocktails, tequila tasting and juices. Musical entertainment provided by Warpaint and The Deadly Syndrome and DJ Bryan Davidson, and your ticket benefits St. Vincent Meals on Wheels & Woolly School Gardens. Free parking, pre-sale tickets only. $45+, The Rose Bowl, 5:30pm-9pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/summertasting

Late Night At Musso & Frank:
Each Friday and Saturday night from 9:30pm until closing, Visionary Jordan Jones transforms his family's venerable Hollywood restaurant into a cool retreat echoing with the strains of classic jazz vocals with the spotlight on the mixological talents of legendary barkeep Rueben Rueda, who poured for Bukowski among other luminaries. Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, 9:30pm. See http://lavatransforms.org/musso50710

* SUNDAY, JULY 25 *

LAVA's monthly 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 for a loosely structured conversational Salon featuring short presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. July's featured Visionary presentations include:

1) Miguel Angel Corzo on the subject of adaptive reuse of historic buildings, a topic of particular interest to him in his capacity as the President of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles’ newest addition to the region’s cultural landscape, soon to open in the restored 1888 Brunswig Building.

2) Joan Renner on the dark and nefarious history of L.A.'s old Chinatown (where Union Station stands today). From opium dens to fallen women, bartered babies to subterranean tunnels of vice, Chinatown embodied the weirdest fantasies of early 20th century Angelenoes. How much of it was true, how much a racist andpruprient fiction? Drop by Joan's table to find out.

3) Writer/poet/performer (and invited guest of LAVA Visionary Alicia Bay Laurel)Lin Van Hek, sharing her experiences with the Difficult Women of the modernist era of English literature. Van Hek explores their influences on thewriters and poets that came after them, and while paying particular attention to the facts that other researchers neglect, she unravels the comic, tragic and criminal aspects of this fascinating group, including Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, The Bloomsbury Group, the T.S. Eliots, and James Joyce.

Free, Clifton's Cafeteria, Downtown, 12-2pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/salon710

Artist's Tea for An Exhibition of Quilts by Ruby Nishio:
LAVA Visionary Amy Inouye invites you to take tea with award winning quilt artist, Ruby Nishioat Inouye's gallery. Ruby Nishio approaches her quilt making with intensity and seemingly boundless energy in her first one-person exhibition. Vibrant colors, striking contrasts, impeccable craftsmanship and exquisite handquilting distinguish her work. Free, Future Studio Gallery, Highland Park,12-4pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/teawithruby

The Flâneur & The City: Olvera Street walking tour and preview of LA Plazade Cultura y Artes:
Following the Salon, a VERY LIMITED number of attendees are invited to join LAVA founder Richard Schave on a free walking tour of historic Olvera Street and a preview of downtown's newest cultural institution, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Here President and CEO Miguel Angel Corzo will give a walkthrough of the newly-refurbished historic Brunswig Building and touch on the objectives for the institution, which opens in the fall. Urban historian Richard Schave's site-specific discussion series "The Flâneur & The City" is an ongoing attempt to explore some of the more important issues revealed by the constantly changing heart of the Metropolis. This installment features Olvera Street, the seed of Los Angeles and the first place where issues of urban preservation entered the city's consciousness. Come explore the site's history, from the founding of the city (1781) to the present, with a focus on the "classic" era: Christine Sterling's nearly thirty years of preservation and reinterpretation. On this informative stroll through a provocative and multi-layered space, we'll explore the suprising connections between Olvera Street and downtown's recently redeveloped Old Bank District, how kitschy tourist attractions impact the pleasures of public space, and more. Reservations required. Free (reservations required), Olvera Street, Downtown, 2:45-4pm, Downtown. Info http://lavatransforms.org/olveraflaneur

*MONDAY, JULY 26*

McSweeney's Issue #35 Launch Party at 826LA & Stories:
Visionary Christina Galante invites you to pick up your pre-purchased copy of McSweeney's Quarterly #35 ($20+tax), enjoy food and drink, and stay for a discussion and signing with McSweeney's contributor, Ellie Kemper (The Office) and others (TBA). Plus a musical guest! Free, 826LA / The Echo Park Time Travel Mart & Stories, 8pm, info http://lavatransforms.org/mcsweeneys35

*FRIDAY, JULY 30 *

Late Night At Musso & Frank:
Each Friday and Saturday night from 9:30pm until closing, Visionary Jordan Jones transforms his family's venerable Hollywood restaurant into a cool retreat echoing with the strains of classic jazz vocals with the spotlight on the mixological talents of legendary barkeep Rueben Rueda, who poured for Bukowski among other luminaries. Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, 9:30pm. See http://lavatransforms.org/musso50710

*SATURDAY, JULY 31*

Late Night At Musso & Frank:
Each Friday and Saturday night from 9:30pm until closing, Visionary Jordan Jones transforms his family's venerable Hollywood restaurant into a cool retreat echoing with the strains of classic jazz vocals with the spotlight on the mixological talents of legendary barkeep Rueben Rueda, who poured for Bukowski among other luminaries. Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, 9:30pm. See http://lavatransforms.org/musso50710

*SUNDAY, AUGUST 1*

Esotouric's Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: South LA bus tour:
a provocative bus adventure that works its way south through Vernon, Bell Gardens, Santa Fe Springs and Downey, and through the past two centuries, exploring seldom-seen gems. Turning the West Side-centric notion of an L.A. architecture tour on its head, the bus goes into areas not traditionally associated with the important, beautiful or significant, raising issues of preservation, adaptive reuse and the evolution of the city. The locations all speak to the power, mutability and reach of the Southern California Dream. Featured stops include the county's oldest adobe structure The Gage Mansion which is set in the midst of an historic trailer park, tilt-slab concrete architect Irving Gill's exquisite lost masterpiece The Clarke Estate (1919), the abandoned East Los Angeles Train Station (1932), the stunning and recently-restored Johnie's Broiler drive-in (1958/2008), Downey's exquisite Colonial Revival Rives Mansion, and a restorative snack stop at Downey's beloved Cuban bakery Tropicana. $58 (or see special offer above), departs from Philippe's in Downtown, 12pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/banhamaug10

*FRIDAY, AUGUST 6*

Late Night At Musso & Frank:
Each Friday and Saturday night from 9:30pm until closing, Visionary Jordan Jones transforms his family's venerable Hollywood restaurant into a cool retreat echoing with the strains of classic jazz vocals with the spotlight on the mixological talents of legendary barkeep Rueben Rueda, who poured for Bukowski among other luminaries. Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, 9:30pm. See http://lavatransforms.org/musso50710

*SATURDAY, AUGUST 7*

Late Night At Musso & Frank:
Each Friday and Saturday night from 9:30pm until closing, Visionary Jordan Jones transforms his family's venerable Hollywood restaurant into a cool retreat echoing with the strains of classic jazz vocals with the spotlight on the mixological talents of legendary barkeep Rueben Rueda, who poured for Bukowski among other luminaries. Musso and Frank Grill, Hollywood, 9:30pm. See http://lavatransforms.org/musso50710

Esotouric's Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The New Chinatowns bus tour:
An illuminating historical and cultural tour celebrating significant people, remarkable places and delicious delicacies. Come discover the San Gabriel Valley's fascinating history, from the land and oil booms of the 1920s, halcyon postwar days as a suburban outpost for lower middle class Angelenos and birthplace of the Hula Hoop, to the "white flight" of the 1970s which created the vacuum that facilitated fresh waves of migration from China and a new type of suburban American "Chinatown." Significant sites include: Divine's Furniture, decorating Monterey Park homes with fine antiques since the 1920s; The Venice Room (Monterey Park), a groovy grill-your-own-steak bar, still family-run after fifty years; Browning Realty (Monterey Park), site of the 1920s oil mania; El Encanto (Monterey Park), exquisite showplace of the failed 1920s luxury housing development intended as the Beverly Hills of the East; Mission Superhardware (San Gabriel), still run by the Fabriano family after seven decades, where Howard Roach built some of the Southland's first television sets; site of the original Laura Scudder potato chip factory(Monterey Park); and pioneering purveyors of high quality Asian herbs, teas and notions Wing Hop Fung, where we will enjoy a tea tasting. $58 (or see special offer above), departs from Philippe's in Downtown, 12pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/newchinatownsaug2010

*SUNDAY, AUGUST 8*

Maja's Magic School: Flying & Levitation: Bedknobs & Broomsticks:
MajaD'Aoust, the White Witch of Los Angeles, hosts a new metaphysical lecture series held on the second Sunday of each month in the historic Annie Besant Lodge in Beachwood Canyon. Maja is the librarian at Manly P. Hall's Philosophical Research Society, where she lectured for four years, the co-author of "The Secret Source: The Law of Attraction is One Of Seven Hermetic Laws, Here are the Other Six" and hostess of the Maja's Mysteries series of Esotouric bus adventures. The theme of tonight's lecture is: Flying & Levitation: Bedknobs & Broomsticks. $5, Besant Lodge, Hollywood, 6pm. Info http://lavatransforms.org/maja0810

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