On May 16th, 2010, AN ALL DAY PICNIC IN CENTRAL PARK…
…”until the rats come out” is the long-standing annual birthday ritual of native-NYC friend, and I’m always happy when I am in town for it like I am…
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On May 15th, 2010, PRESIDIO HABITATS FEATURING THE ANIMAL ESTATES SNAG TOWER…
…(which is a surrogate for a vertical dead tree, or snag, serves as a collective model home to accommodate six native species that would otherwise take up residence…
On May 14th, 2010, SIMON FUJIWARA…
…Berlin-based British friend, super intriguing young artist, in the band Asia Today (with b-friend Ingar Dragset), who recently finished writing a novel while in residence at L.A.’s MAK…
On May 13th, 2010, DO YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR RIDGEFIELD, CT…
…or do you plan on visiting this summer, and would you like to lead a Sundown Schoolhouse workshop in the cozy headquarters of a geodesic tent pitched in…
On May 12th, 2010, MELISSA THORNE…
…is a friend from college days – whose studio I visited, to check out the installation she just opened at Optical Project in Houston called Rockslide Rocksolid, featuring…
On May 11th, 2010, ALL-VALLEY LOS ANGELES RIVER TOUR…
…scheduled for this Sunday with Friends of the LA River was just announced by an email from Jenny Price, copied below…. The first-ever ALL-VALLEY LA River tour! —…
On May 10th, 2010, SILVERSHED…
…the Manhattan roof-top artist-run space opens Parallel Play this Sunday featuring Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Lee Maida, Jen Smith, presented by the previously-mentioned, L.A.-based Artist Curated Projects here are…
On May 9th, 2010, NATIVE SEEDS / SEARCH (SOUTHWESTERN ENDANGERED ARIDLANDS RESOURCE CLEARING HOUSE)…
…is an organization that I became aware of yesterday on my visit to Phoenix, they are doing great work to keep alive the heritage of the native seeds…
On May 8th, 2010, THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDENS IN PHOENIX…
…is where I am today – giving a talk, and taking a tour of the amazing landscapes of colorful, geometric, and monumental, succulent and cactus gardens (which is…
On May 7th, 2010, JOSHUA G. STEIN OF RADICAL CRAFT…
…came over for lunch today, we met ages ago when he first moved to L.A. in 2003, and I’ll be seeing lots more of him while we are…
On May 6th, 2010, GABRIELA JAUREGUI…
…my Mexico City/Los Angeles writer friend (who co-organized Sundown Salon # 21: LA Literary in 2005, and wrote a fun piece about the experience in the Sundown Salon…
On May 5th, 2010, THE EDIBLE ESTATES BOOK ABROAD AND ONLINE…
…(new expanded 2nd edition just out from Metropolis Books) is distributed in Europe through Idea Books in Amsterdam, copies in Australia and New Zealand are available through people…
On May 4th, 2010, THE WHITNEY MUSEUM 2010 ART PARTY BENEFIT…
…is coming up on June 9th, and here is a preview of my contribution to the auction – something new using my recently acquired sewing skills entitled “Geodesic…
On May 3rd, 2010, THE LOS ANGELES URBAN RANGERS…
…(the fantastic L.A. hybrid project/collective of artists, architects, dancers, geographers, historians, writers and even a real ranger, that epitomizes why LA is so fertile & interesting these days…
On May 2nd, 2010, ANNIE NOVAK’S EAGLE STREET ROOFTOP FARM & A NEW PROJECT BY WORK AC…
…both lovely NYC friends – are featured in today’s New York Times Summer 2010 T Magazine Design Issue. (Eagle Street Rooftop Farm / Work AC / NYT webpage)
On May 1st, 2010, HUMAN RESOURCES MAY DAY OPENING…
…was tonight with lots of inaugural performances, a cedar smudging ceremony by My Barbarian, and lots of excitement & love for the new L.A. collective performance social space…
On April 30th, 2010, “HERB & DOROTHY” – THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE VOGELS, THE UNLIKELY CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS…
…is such a great story – just watched it last night – about the librarian and postal worker who gradually and obsessively amassed one of the great collections…
On April 29th, 2010, JULIETTE BINOCHE…
…in The Unbearable Lightness of Being reminded me of how awesome she is – and now I’m having a Juliette Binoche moment – watching Damage (1992), Le Voyage…
On April 28th, 2010, AN EXCITING NEW PERFORMANCE SPACE IN LA’S CHINATOWN CALLED “HUMAN RESOURCES”…
…will be having a May Day grand opening event this Saturday inaugurating it’s space at 510 Bernard Street with projects and performances including Mad Gregs and Wounded Lion;…
On April 27th, 2010, MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS WITH ANNA HALPRIN…
…on the famous redwood deck (designed by her recently deceased husband, renowned landscape architect, Lawrence Halprin) at her mountain home studio in Kentfield, CA were just announced in…