Silver Lake daVine Calendar '09: July

July - If it's fireworks season it must be: Summer! Time to play... make the time... dip a toe or ten in some water, somewhere, try it, you'll like it...Good time to remember: politicians follow --we Have to lead --step by Green new step --shun plastic bags -bottles --protest to supermarkets --local-farmed produce without pesticide, growing some of your own -fewer car trips --or extinct creatures & plants, dead sea, drought, flood, fire, famine --heat in winter --hail in summer legacy will be On us... July Calendar: Green Fun Free beautiful tasty events, happenings in summer... make Silver Lake daVine...


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Stuff Happens: believe it, absolutely Verify --before plans - Check back for Additions

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Saturday 11
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Birthday
Happy 150th anniversary Big Ben, British clock across the Pond, London, England

SIPS - ALERT - Free
~Do You slurp? All day Free Today: 7-11 convenience corp. is celebrating its own birthday, 82nd, by giving away electric-colored soft cold free Slurpee --to You if you get yourself to one of the right locations

FOOD - Produce
am ~Farmer's Market, Silver Lake SIDEBAR

FESTIVAL - Flower
Saturday & Sunday ~Lotus Festival – Echo Park http://www.laparks.org/calendar/lotus/lotus.htm

MUSIC - Concert
8 pm ~ Downtown: multi-musical influences of Buika & Perla Batalla Free --up to two hours before concert bring comfy low chair, eats, sips and even alcohol, but not: furry friends or red wine - free Summer outdoor concert, Venue: details directions

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Sunday 12
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FESTIVAL - French
12 n - 10 pm ~No heads will roll: Bastille Day Los Angeles Festival, as I listed at the end of July 4th events below; 7th year for this popular festival by Los Angeles French Consulate; with French food, Market vendors, waiters race, raffle to win trips, prizes, at Elysian Park, Adults $5, Children Free, park & free shuttle from Dodger Stadium, Gate #13 - NOTE: NO ATM on-sight, Contact: (323) 656-6083 - Map, events, details It's in the neighborhood, inexpensive, Summer, take beret & children

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Tuesday 14
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ARTS - Museum
~LA County Museum of Art: Free all day, 2nd Tuesday each month - parking, details

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Wednesday 15
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SPORTS - Hike

6:45 - 9:00 pm ~Griffith Park up close and personal with Griffith Park-Angeles Chapter Sierra Club hike; event is free, but $25 membership gets you: a backpack, Sierra magazine, and more which helps the Chapter to preserve & sustain the Park --or did you want the wild things to come live next door? Meet: at the Merry-Go-Round details

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Thursday 16
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FOOD - Produce
11:30 - 1:30 pm ~Farmer's Market, Downtown - City Hall Lawn, 1st & Spring streets

SOCIAL - Drinks
7 - 9:30 pm ~LA Green Drinks - Silver Lake: environment-minded meets informally to connect, chat issues over sips & bites once a month in the neighborhood, bring your Green promo material or ideas and business card; this month: A Tasting -organic wines, artisan cheeses, chocolates, other foods and Talk by venue's owners. Street parking, RSVP: 323.466.7654 (Green Drinks says: $7 but venue website says: $10. so verify.)

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Friday 17
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FOOD - Produce
3 - 7 pm ~Farmer's Market, Echo Park SIDEBAR - Fresh this week: Walnuts, Avocado, Chinese Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Green beans, Spinach, Mushrooms, Grapes, Lime, Mandarin Orange, Honey

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Saturday 18
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FOOD - Produce
am ~Farmer's Market, Silver Lake SIDEBAR

ARTS - Reception
4 - 7 pm ~Art Gallery: special reception and fundraiser for PHARMAKA, art gallery dedicated to sustainable and creative community, downtown, donation + art for sale details

MOVIE - Outdoor
7:30 Gates, 9 pm ~Horror film --in a cemetery, where by-gone Hollywood royalty rest: must be cinespia showing "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935 classic with lovebirds Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester; bring dinner, blankets & pillows, someone to hold onto, alcohol too, but not: tall chairs, pets or bbq - Movie: $10 "donation" (--not legal to demand specific "donation" amount), Parking inside cemetery, $5 or street cinespia

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Sunday 19
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SPORTS - Bicycle
10:30 am start ~Sum Dim Sum Ride: meet at bicycle shop to ride with about 15 and wind up at a dim sum cafe. Bring hat, water, comfy shoes(!). No bicycle? Shop has loaners available, details Every Sunday

SPORTS - Baseball
1:00 pm ~ Dodgers Vs Houston Astros - Seats: Top deck $9 to Loge box $75, unless you have money to burn: Dugout $650 (???), plus parking & hot dogs, Dodger Stadium - Tickets

MUSIC - Classical
6:00 pm --SHARP ~Sundays Live: Members of the Capitol Ensemble, Phillip Levy (violin), Andrew Shulman (cello), Rina Dockshitsky (piano) perform Haydn: Trio in A major, Hob. XV:9, and Beethoven: Trio in E-flat major, Opus 70, No. 2., LA County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, Wilshire Blvd, Free - but late arrivals not seated, remember: shut off electronic devices

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Monday 20
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CHILD - Camp July 20 - 24
to 12 n: Age 5 - 7 / 9 - 4 pm: Age 8 - 12 ~ Autry Summer Day Camp: this week "Animals of the West" -draw, sculpt, track mysterious creatures that roam our land! and end fun-filled week with trip to LA Zoo - some camps include lunch, others require camper to bring - other 5-day themes up-comming, Griffith Park, Programs -Registration

SOCIAL - Green
7:00 pm ~ Event: live music, vegan food & drink, raffle prizes and screening of new commercial, all to raise funds for farmed animal advocacy efforts, COK, Compassion Over Killing, Glendale Blvd, LA, RSVP details

SPORTS - Baseball
1:00 pm ~ Dodgers Vs - Cincinnati Reds, Seats: Top deck $9 to Loge box $75, plus parking & hot dogs, Tickets - Dodger Stadium

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Tuesday 21
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TEEN - Art
4:00 pm ~ Art Workshop: Join a professional artist from LACMA for a hands-on art project. Can't draw? Says who, So what, show up anyway, it's free, fun, better than sitting around or doing chores - Weekly, Edendale library, Sunset x Alvarado, Echo Park transport

SPORTS / GREEN - Baseball
7 pm ~ Green LA Coalition: Environmental groups having Dodger-fan night, meet, network, cheer on the Dodgers Vs Cincinnati Reds, Dodger Stadium, $20 -infield reserve details (--maybe, it's in pdf, I'm not opening it) - bargain price but if don't wanna join them tickets

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Wednesday 22
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ARTS - Walk

5:30 - 7:15 pm ~"Downtown at Sunset:" heel-toe view of Downtown Los Angeles --oh, you thought City Council "reps" took all the good stuff? Nope (not yet, anyway), you can still see: "City Hall" (lol) or "Art Deco" ornamentation treasures of 1920s -1930s or "Little Tokyo" in popular summer walk (moderate) tours, with superb LA Conservancy: only $5 for Conservancy members or you may join immediately if you believe "Los Angeles has a past worth saving for the future" - Reservation required --tours fill fast.

ARTS - Gallery July 22 - Aug 15
11 am - 5 pm ~Remember the River through LA to the ocean? River people working to clean up, dig up, speak up, re-serve up healthy flowing waterway through LA, artist Carol Garland helping, so can you: "Postcards from the LA River" opening today, she's giving 10% of proceeds to Friends of LA River efforts - beautiful art, make a good gift --for the holidays? Or for you, if practice classic art of writing (!) or display, in addition to joining them; Art Reception: August 1, 5 - 8 pm, Tag gallery

SPORTS - Hike

6:45 - 9:00 pm ~Griffith Park up close and personal evening hike with Griffith Park-Angeles Chapter Sierra Club; free, arrive early to get required pass - Meet: at the Merry-Go-Round details

SOCIAL - Green
7 - 10 pm ~LA Green Drinks - Downtown: meet environment-minded community over drinks in unstructured atmosphere, bring any promotion materials or ideas and business card, downtown, Pharmaka Gallery, details

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Thursday 23
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FOOD - Produce
10:00 - 1:30 pm ~Farmer's Market, Downtown - excellent to-order food stalls, good for al fresco lunch, City Hall Lawn, 1st & Spring streets

MOVIE - Shorts July 23 - 31
1:00 to 5:30 + pm ~LA Shorts Fest '09 Festival of unique -quirkish -independent type movies of brief duration, whole bunch --popular, of which some get Academy Award nomination; I tried, for hour+ to get list, description, it's a secret? (Why isn't on their website or promo site???) so call, maybe they'll share: Laemmle's 5 Sunset Theater, West Hollywood 90046 - Should purchase tickets now; pre- 6:00 pm: discount

BOOK - Cake
6 - 8 pm ~Let Them Eat --Organic: cook book Signing and Tasting of organic cake, and local seasonal fruit desserts--organic and local best part of going Green--of author Sarah Magid, New York jewelry designer and custom-cake business owner. Free if you RSVP: 323-965-0800 - West Hollywood

SOCIAL - Lecture
6:30 - 8:00 pm ~Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce: "Connecting with Your Customers" by Peter Kraus, UCLA Program Instructor, part of business series, cost: door, non-member $35 or Registration - discount

FOOD - Ancient
7 pm sharp ~ What did gladiators, gastronomes, gluttons eat 3,000 years ago? The Pleasures of Empire: Food and Cooking in Ancient Rome Talk & Taste presented by an art historian and a culinary historian chef on rare writings of ancient Roman 'cook' book Apicius -- Getty Villa, Malibu, parking reservation and prior ticket: $35 per person, details: event & ticket info

~Can't go on a 'school' night? Event duplicate: Saturday July 25 - at 5:00 pm event & ticket

~Can't Wait / Go / Hate mysteries? Event chef Sally Grainger has written recipe translations - click link for your own copy > Ancient Roman Recipes

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Friday 24
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FOOD - Produce
3 - 7 pm ~Farmer's Market, Echo Park --plenty of time to pick up produce after work, for the week-end, and not hard to park, if stuck: use drug store lot north side of Sunset, See SIDEBAR

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Saturday 25
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FOOD - Produce
am ~Farmer's Market, Silver Lake - small but close, convenient, good flowers - use it or we'll loose it, Park on Sunset not to disturb, annoy anyone and bring: your own bag, Details: SIDEBAR

ARTS - Walk 10 am ~Echo Park Tour: Lake Tour history - landmarks such as Jensen’s Recreation Center, Angelus Temple and the lake, includes several stairways, interiors not included - limited to 20 - Reservation Required: include name, # of walkers, your contact info, Tour name & date for Conformation - Cost: if you give $10+ Echo Park Historical Society can continue preservation of history and opposition to destruction, developers and LAUSD
take-overs, and eminent domain - under 12, Historical Society members free - Map & Directions

SPORTS - Baseball
7:00 pm ~ Dodgers Vs Florida Marlins, Dodger Stadium seats - tickets

MOVIE - Outdoor
7:00 pm open - 8:00 pm start ~ "Salute To Edendale" - silent films with live musical accompaniment, screening will be outdoors (yippee!), it's BYOS --bring chair or blanket, at: north end of Echo Park, beside the lake, near the little bridge; co-presented by Echo Park Historical Society and Echo Park Film Center, and yup, it's a FREEEBIE! (Link: broken, so in three e-mails I finally confirmed all details Thanks to Lisa, Film Center.)

MOVIE - Outdoor
7:00 pm open - 8:30 pm ~Tot-friendly this time: "The Muppet Movie" 1979, outdoor classic: 95 minutes, feel free to bring dinner, blankets & pillows, at least some alcohol (!), but not: tall chairs, pets or bbq - Movie: $10 "donation" (--it's not legal to demand specific "donation" amount, if They insist: insist on recipt & charity license # & Permit #), Park: inside cemetery $5, or street cinespia

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Sunday 26
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SPORTS - Bicycle
10:30 am start ~Sum Dim Sum Ride: meet to ride with about 15 and wind up at a dim sum cafe. Bring hat, water, comfy shoes(!) Bicycle: need wire grocery basket, good grip, seductive seat, wafer-thin water bottle, much more: Bicycle supplies No bike? Lucky you: Bicycle - Ride details

GREEN - House Tour
4:30 – 6:30 pm ~Water-sucking front lawn turned into money-saver Tour: ways to conserve water inside & outside before DWP bites, reduce energy costs, see organic food garden and orchard, solar electric and hot water systems, Los Feliz - only by Reservation: before July 24 - 323) 662-5207 by Eco-Home Network, producer of "Going Green" on PBS

MUSIC - Classical
6:00 pm SHARP ~Sundays Live: Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Opus 10, and Haydn: Quartet in D major, Opus 76, No. 5., Bing Theater, LA County Museum of Art, Wilshire Blvd, LA, FREE but: after 6:00 pm not seated, do turn off ALL electronic devices

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Monday 27
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BOOK - Job
Want a job --better one --a Great resume? Experts have How To Answers: Helpful, cool Library links / tools --Free http://www.lapl.org/resources/guides/job_hunting/index.html

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Tuesday 28

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MUSIC - Jazz
7 - 9 pm ~Concert - Jazz, Wine & Moonlight, jazz performers, open to public, Free, donation to Project Angel Food of at least $10: gets you two glasses of wine and a box of cheese & crackers, at: Central Courtyard, Hollywood & Highland Center event

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Thursday 30
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TEEN - Book
4:00 pm ~Teens Choose: book from the collection, read, then meet to discuss it, with snacks- Free; show up today to decide next good read, maybe win a raffle prize, Hey, it's why Summer was invented, when else will you have time for all those great books - Teen Book
Club, at Edendale library, Sunset x Alvarado, Echo Park

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Friday 31

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ARTS / Crafts
3 - 4 pm ~Family Fun Friday: Arts & Crafts, Free, Frances Howard Goldwyn Library, details (in pdf)

ARTS / Wine - Tour
~Event: Wine & Frank Llyod Wright, bit complicated, so:
5pm Wine Tasting
5:45pm, 6:15pm, 7:00pm Hollyhock House interior Tour --if available; Tickets:
-EARLY - Tasting only: purchase until 12 midnight Thursday (discount)
-ADVANCE - Tasting & Tour --IF available: till 2:59pm Friday (full price)
-DOOR: None --ticket sales close two hours before doors open; may bring picnic dinner, not alcohol; food Carts: hot dogs, ice cream, Parking: free - Benefits restoration, Foundation programs - Barnsdall Art Park
- MAP, Ticket, Details

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~Picnic - SIDEBAR-top - Everyone eats outdoors, eventually, so individual parts to sophisticated set: Picnic 'basket'/ package, all kinds, wide range --good, inexpensive gift for getting-marrieds (one of my favorites --usually no one else thinks of & neither does the couple, till they need it) and yourself --it's Summer and looking is free, so browse away
~Containers - SIDEBAR-center - To save food, store dry goods --and save money: storage containers --I gathered every kind going, 5,700+ (!), have a look, it's fun, amzing to see what's new since ol' plastic tubs of your Grandmother's kitchen
~Earth - PAGE-bottom - Night and day 3D spinning planet, images taken by NASA (--finally a use!), and interactive: if you mouse over icon > bottom-left: visitor(s) on-line by country; hover > top, bottom -right: change the planet's direction (lol, so cool); Stunning: click > center --new page opens, all (eventually) visitors' countries to this site. --I've looked at hundreds (thousands?) of widgets, if there is a more sophisticated, cooler, better widget anywhere: send me the address
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I am always frustrated: post an event IN appropriate month, but surmise it will be too late -booked -closed by then? So now: New Feature
~Upcoming Month (Calendar - PAGE-bottom): reserve - RSVP - ticket --Order Ticket Today for toodling tomorow (sorry, just cracking myself up, lol): e.g.,

AUGUST 0001 Saturday - Book Sale: 10 am Silver Lake Library fund-raiser, yes, donation now tax-deductible sale

999999900994 ~ "Why Design Matters" - social responsibility, growing density, Steven Ehrlich, Leo Marmol - ALOUD series, LA Main Library, Free - reservation then: Must Confirm

000000000005 ~ "Unscientific American: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future" - ALOUD series, LA Main Library Free - reservation

00000000000 6 ~"When Worlds Collide" physics, science & stunts: scenes -well-known films, Beverly Hills, $5 --yes, far off and far away/not in the 'hood, but bargain, sounded cool, unique for boys and all the others already sold out, so sue me. Purchase tickets Now (don't say you weren't warned): details

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Wi-fi provider I have to use: Has to be dumbest cluck on the block; signal: only few minutes at a time; stupid thing shuts down altogether at 3 am, one day no signal for 27+ hours, sheesh. Well, Silver Lake daVine July Calendar is up now, mostly. Check back for additions, to get Up-dates: click SIDEBAR "Silver Lake Update" link. As I said in post for July 4th: sorry for any mess, errors, can't stay on long enough to correct. Go have some above fun. Bon Appetite.