About me:
The Bicycle Kitchen is a non-profit learning space run by volunteers who believe that bicycles are an ideal (and fun!) mode of transportation. Our mission is to make bicycles accessible to all people, to provide a welcoming space in which cyclists of all sorts can learn about building, maintaining and riding bikes, and to create community among bike riders.
The Kitchen appreciates donations from the community through out the year.
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I know, I know, you are wondering, what to do on a bike in LA today? Tonite? RIGHT NOW!?!?!?
Check:
www.BikeBoom.com
www.BikeNow.org
www.cicle.org
www.illuminatela.com
www.LABike.org
www.midnightridazz.com
Who I'd like to meet:
Los Angeles Bicycle Kitchen's Friend Space (Top 36)
This is the real story of the Downtown Los Angeles area of the early 1900's, Prohibition, Speakeasys, Police & Government Corruption, the extensive underground network of tunnels, and one of the oldest and most historic bars in L.A. - the 115 year old King Eddy Saloon. See it all here and now.
Opening Reception May 16th, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm with Wine Bar and Music by DJ Stereotype.
Featuring Live printing by Two Rabbits and installations by Branded and Akayo. Also, Live music (after 9pm)
Bandit Gallery is pleased to introduce a group exhibition of new works created by Los Angeles’s very own Racing Toward Hell crew. The Gift (Of Fear) brings together esteemed underground artists SMEAR, AKAYO, EUTHANASIA and BRANDED who expand upon the iconic motif's they have established around their city and inherent danger surrounding urban life. As well as showcasing the exciting talent of the artists, The Gift (Of Fear) provides a glimpse of the throbbing heart which beats lively within Los Angeles Guerilla Art scene.
Exhibition runs until June 6th. Closing reception party on June 6th. More details TBA.
Bandit Gallery 1549 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 Ph: 213-250-9944 www.banditgallery.com
Artist Bios:
Smear: Living in the moment, Smear paints because he has no choice. After being an ink stained graffiti writer in Los Angeles for more years then I care to disclose, the choice of making marks on surfaces with some sort of tool is out of my hands. “I paint the world around me and what is inside of me. I have a obsessive addiction. I paint becaus
Support United States Political Prisoners and Prisoners-of-War at the 7th RUNNING DOWN THE WALLS!
On Saturday, August 23, 2008 join in the community effort to support and raise awareness of those who have been targeted and punished for their political actions and beliefs.
RUNNING DOWN THE WALLS is a 5k non-competitive run/walk/bike in the beautiful Whittier Narrows Regional Park. Registered participants will receive food and entertainment and there will be water available at rest stops along the route. Registration entry fees are: $12 for pre-registration, $15 for registration at the run site. Supporters who wish not to run, walk or bike may make a donation. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. Further games, entertainment, and speakers will continue after the run and will last until 2:00 p.m.
Proceeds from this 5K run will benefit the ABCF Warchest. Founded in 1994, the program has provided consistent and reliable financial aid to Political Prisoners held within the US prison system. Since its creation, it has raised over $50,000 for these prisoners and will continue in these efforts. A portion of the proceeds will also go to El Centro Cultural de Mexico, a community center in Santa Ana dedicated to developing a cultural and educational bridge that brings together a variety of cultural projects from Mexico, Central and South America. Proceeds will also go to the Committee to Free Chip Fitzgerald, a support group dedicated to the release of Romaine 'Chip' Fitzgerald. Chip is the longest held Black Panther political prisoner in the United States.
When: August 23, 2008 9:30am-2pm Where: Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, 750 Santa Anita Ave South El Monte, CA 91733-4300
For more information, please check out our website: www. abcf. net/la LA-ABCF PO Box 11223 Whittier, CA 90603 la@abcf.net (562) 214-1554
DESCRIPTION: WE WILL RIDE THROUGH HOLLY WOOD, LOS FELIZ, SILVERLAKE, ECHO PARK, DOWNTOWN, AND BACK UP TO HOLLYWOOD. LAPS AROND SILVERLAKE AND ECHO PARK. WELL MAKE LOTS OF STOPS FOR FOOD AND BEER.
YOU SHOULD BRING:WATER, EXTRA TUBES ALL THE USUAL.
LIGHTS, WHISLES AND ANY THING ELSE THAT MAKES ALOT OF NOISE!
WEVE RIDDEN THIS ROUTE A FEW TIMES AND IT KICKS ASS!!!
NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND!!!
THIS IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE RIDE!!! WE WILL BE GOING SLOW, SO BRING ANY BIKE YOU LIKE!!!
WE'LL HAVE WALKIE TALKIES TO HELP MAKE SURE WE ALL STICK TOGETHER
FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO FEEL THERE SHOULD BE MORE CENTRAL LA RIDES… WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AN EVERY SATURDAY THING AND IF WE GET A BIG ENOUGH TURN OUT WOULD LIKE TO EVENTUALLY MAKE TWO LAPS AROUND LA.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE BOOMBOX SO FAR.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!
FOR QUESTIONS AND INFO CALL: DROOBY- 213-948-6692
WILL HAVE GHETTO SPOKE CARDS
ALSO: NEED A MUSIC PERSON OR TWO TO ROLL WITH THE MOM RIDAZ
Gather from 6-9am at Hollywood/Western and ride at 9 am to City Hall
to deliver the Cyclists' Bill of Rights!!
There will be swag and Hollywood Pro Bike Shop will be offering bicycle tune-ups, all of which will serve to prep the crowd for a ride downtown to "Bang the Drum" at City Hall where we will deliver the Cyclists' Bill of Rights.
This year, after City Hall we head to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative at USC for free lunch (gotta register online) and a panel discussion on LA's bike plan featuring Erik Knutzen of the BWC (Bike Writers Collective,) Lynne Goldsmith of the Metro and...us, the cycling community!
It all starts at Hollywood & Western in the early hours, goes to City Hall and then to USC.
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