Reduce your dependency on oil and pedal on over to SMMoA for our second annual Cause for Creativity: Tour da Arts event offering a spoke card art workshop, cultural bike tour, and an exhibition closing party.

Depart from SMMoA and make a first stop at The Broad Stage to hear live music with cellist and cycling enthusiast Ben Sollee. The next stop at Virginia Avenue Park will feature Katie the Cursed, scenes from an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, presented by The Actors' Gang and directed by Lisa Wolpe. Return to SMMoA for an exhibition closing party and bike-themed festivities.

Certified cyclists from C.I.C.L.E. (Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange) lead the bike tour, which proceeds at a moderate and social pace and obeys all traffic laws.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

2 - 4 pm: Spoke Card Art Workshop

Free for SMMoA members, $5 for non-members

4 - 7 pm: Urban Expedition Cultural Bike Tour

Free (space is limited)

C.I.C.L.E will lead a guided bike tour, featuring live music with Ben Sollee at The Broad Stage and Shakespeare at Virginia Avenue Park with The Actors' Gang.

Bike Rentals: Free bike rental opportunity! (limited supply)

Click here to complete our online registration to reserve a bike

7 - 9 pm: Tour da Arts, vol. 2 festivities and exhibition closing party!

Highlights include: Music by Dublab, Acro Yoga with Lululemon, live t-shirt screen printing with Hit + Run, extended museum hours, food trucks, bike-themed vendors, fixie zone, and more!

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The Lobster
Where the sunset graces your dining!
1602 Ocean Avenue • Santa Monica, California 90401 • 310.458.9294

The Ambrose, an Eco-Smart Boutique Hotel
Monday, 12 July 2010
08:42 by GreenGirls

So you're in LA, looking for a cool Eco hotel to hang your hat in between play time on the beach & hitting up Hollywood? You've got to check out The Ambrose, a cool little spot in Santa Monica!

We've been to The Ambrose a few time for Green business mixers, and wondered what exactly makes it an Eco hotel...

To continue reading and to find out more about the Green Girls and their inspired mission please click here.

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

June 27, 2010–September 12, 2010
John Baldessari is one of the most influential American artists working today. This long overdue retrospective will feature more than 150 works spanning the artist's career from 1962 to the present day, and include works on canvas, photography, videos and artist's books. Baldessari's text and image paintings from the mid-1960s are widely recognized as among the earliest examples of Conceptual Art, while his 1980s photo compositions derived from film stills rank as pivotal to the development of appropriation art and other practices that address the social and cultural impact of mass culture. Throughout and continuing today, Baldessari's interest in language, both written and visual, raises questions about the nature of communication. The exhibition is curated by LACMA's Leslie Jones, Prints and Drawings, with Jessica Morgan, Contemporary Art, at Tate Modern. It will also feature a special installation conceived just for this retrospective.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art • 12-8 M/T/Th • Closed Wednesday • 12-9 F • 11-8 S/S
5905 Wilshire Blvd • Los Angeles California 90036 • 323-857-6000

Santa Monica Connects with Residents on the Go with New App for the iPhone


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2010
Contact: Jory Wolf, Chief Information Officer
(310) 458-8381
jory.wolf@smgov.net
Potholes that need filling, trees that need maintenance, and graffiti that needs removing are now an iPhone tap away in Santa Monica with the launch of the City’s new GORequest mobile applet.

iPhone users simply open the applet, select an issue, take a picture, and tap submit – the applet knows the exact location and sends the issue directly to the staff member who can fix it.

“Santa Monica is known to be a leader in the use of technology for providing information and services to the public. The new mobile applet is the latest example of the City using technology for connecting government with the community and for improved customer service”, noted Jory Wolf, Chief Information Officer.

The GPS and camera features built into the iPhone make it simple for residents to alert City officials about a variety of issues around the clock while they're mobile. Residents will know that their issue went to the right person without ever going to an office, making a phone call or sitting down at a computer, and they receive status updates on their requests.

The City is receiving tremendous benefits from this new technology. A picture is worth a thousand words – when a resident taps the send button, their iPhone sends a photo and the precise location directly to the right person who can fix the issue. This efficiency saves the City time and money while improving service.

The iPhone applet is downloaded from the iPhone App Store by searching for GORequest.

July 4th Fireworks in Marina del Rey!!!

"The traditional fireworks extravaganza over Marina del Rey takes place annually on July 4th at 9 p.m., and lasts approximately 20 minutes. Music coordinated with the fireworks display can be heard on KXLU FM radio, 88.9. The music is also relayed over loudspeakers in Burton Chace Park.

Presented by the famed Zambelli Pyrotechnics, which originated more than 100 years ago in Italy, the display will follow the Italian tradition of huge finales. The event is sponsored by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbors."

Where to Watch the Fireworks
Fireworks are launched from a floating barge located in the waters of the main channel between Fisherman’s Village and the Breakwater (the ocean entrance to the harbor).
Depending upon weather and cloud cover on the night of the show, the fireworks can usually be seen throughout the marina, and from the waterfront side of most hotels, restaurants, beaches, apartments and anchorages. You may be able to glimpse the fireworks from afar from Playa del Rey and Venice Beach Pier. Popular locations include:

• Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way (2 blocks west of Lincoln Blvd.)
• Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way (1 block west of Admiralty Way)
• Marina Beach (Mother’s Beach), 4101 Admiralty Way (1 block south of Washington Blvd.)

Parking
Come early! Parking lots fill up early on July 4th. There is no on-street parking inside Marina del Rey. Parking is available in 14 self-pay public lots. Most parking lots are full by 6 p.m.

Fisherman’s Village Area Parking• Lot #1 - 13737 Fiji Way (423 spaces)
• Dock 52, 13501 Fiji Way (232 spaces)
• Lot #2 – 13465 Fiji Way (225 spaces)

Burton Chace Park Area Parking• Lot #2 – 13465 Fiji Way (225 spaces)
• Lot #4 – 13500 Mindanao Way (145 spaces)
• Lot #5 – 4545 Admiralty Way (at Bali Way) (219 spaces)
• Lot EE – 13650 Mindanao Way (60 spaces)

Marina Beach Area Parking• Lot #8 – 4220 Admiralty Way (next to Marina International Hotel) (177 spaces)
• Lot #9 - 14110 Palawan Way (181 spaces)
• Lot #10 – 4101 Admiralty Way (across from Marina del Rey Marriott Hotel) (206 spaces)
• Lot #11 – 14101 Panay Way (at Via Marina near Cheesecake Factory) (255 spaces)
• Lot #12 – 14151 Marquesas Way (at Via Marina) (199 spaces)

For more information please click HERE.