LAaLALand List::: Happy Leap Year!

Dear LAaLALanders,
This weekend you can experience the alternative to the common happy hour, a presidential discussion and participate in a fashion show amongst other things.
Have a wonderful Leap Year,
LAaLA


FRIDAY, February 29th – Leap Day!

HAPPY HOUR REMIXED
REMIXED takes place at the cozy Wilshire Royale Hotel and is aiming to be an alternative cure for the typical happy hour. Enjoy the chic 2-story cocktail lounge with discounted appetizers, drink specials, pool table, intimate conversation and outdoor patio lounges, along with fine dining options while jamming to a live DJ.
5:30pm to 8:30pm
FREE Entry
scetch@thespecialistsagency.com
http://www.royaleonwilshire.com
213.388.8488
The Wilshire Royale
2619 Wilshire Blvd. @ Rampart
Los Angeles, CA


SATURDAY, March 1st

DYNAMIC 90'S TOASTMASTER MEETINGS
This Premier Toastmaster Club in Los Angeles meets every Saturday for a light breakfast while learning the best way to improve communication and leadership skills.
FREE with a light breakfast included
8-10am
The Girls Club of Los Angeles
9004 S Normandie Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
http://www.d90s.org


WALK WITH INTENTION
Local hypnotherapist Rosalba Fontanez is hosting a “walk with intention” through Griffith Park. The walk will begin at the Merry Go-Round and continue through footpaths, for 45 minutes. Fontanez thinks that stagnation and a sedentary lifestyle will slowly degrade one‘s quality of life, but movement--such as walking--creates a shift in that energy. Come relieve stress, increase brain power, and improve overall health.
Every Saturday @ 10am
Meet @ the Griffith Park Merry Go-round
Rosalba Fontanez
818-823-8261
http://www.freewebs.com/walk-with-intention/.


WHAT L.A. HISTORY CAN TEACH US ABOUT OBAMA'S CANDIDACY
Author Scott Kurashige leads a discussion about the long historical struggles to transform Los Angeles from a “white city” into a multicultural “world city” open up a critical window for making sense of the Obama presidential campaign and the future landscape of American politics. He penned “The Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles”, which breaks down how Asian Americans, Blacks, Latinos/as, and whites from Crenshaw to Boyle Heights constructed new definitions of community in a city whose civic and political leaders proudly proclaimed themselves to be defenders of white supremacy less than a century ago. Kurashige will draw on the lessons of this history to show why no serious candidate for the presidency from here on out can ignore the mandate to build a multiracial coalition—one built not on carving people into “minority interest groups” but on a new collective majority.
FREE
2-4pm
Southern California Library
6120 S. Vermont Avenue between Slauson and Gage
Los Angeles 90044
www.socallib.org
323.759.6063


SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD DAY: HEALTHY CHOICES FOR OUR BODIES & THE OCEAN
Fish is a healthy food choice for most. But what are the best choices in seafood for us and the environment? If you eat fish and want to be a more informed consumer, you will not want to miss our Sustainable Seafood Day. Learn exactly what sustainable seafood means and gain an understanding of the challenges and successes in the industry’s quest to satisfy our taste for fish and other delicacies of the sea.
9am-5pm
Cost: Admission to the Aquarium
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA
INFO: 562-591-3100
www.aquariumofpacific.org


The Animation Guild, ASIFA Hollywood and Women In Animation present
AN AFTERNOON OF REMEMBRANCE
This non-denominational celebration honors departed friends from the animation community who have recently crossed over/passed away.
FREE
1-4pm
1pm – Food and refreshments, 2pm-Memoriams
Hollywood Heritage Museum (Lasky-DeMille Barn)
2100 N. Highland (across from Hollywood Bowl)
Hollywood, CA
http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/


Sunday, March 2, 2008

TARGET SUNDAYS @ CAAM PRESENTS:
High Tea and Hattitude
Sip amazing African teas while showing off your most fabulous hats with co-hosts Iona Morris and Jeffrey Anderson Gunter at the Fourth Annual Hat Showcase. Performances by c2KKids, Barbara Roberts performing an excerpt from her play on Zora Neale Hurston, K.B. Solomon who can sing everything from Verdi to Van Dross as Roxanne Reese and the Strachan Sisters’ bring elegant vibes while the noted Second Baptist Church of Monrovia Gospel Choir wrap up the program. Wear your most fantastic hat around 2:30pm to compete to win a grand prize in either the male and female categories!
FREE
Museum opens at 11am
Live program begins at 1pm
Parking is at 39th and Figueroa Streets and is $6 per vehicle.
Please be advised that March 2nd is the day of the Los Angeles Marathon, which runs through Exposition Park just south of our building and parking area. There will be road closures around the Park and you will need to enter at Hoover St north from W. Vernon Ave. to Martin Luther King Blvd to park south of the Coliseum and Sports Arena until 2:00pm on Sunday. After this time the regular parking lot entrance at 39th and Figueroa Streets will be open.

Closing Day:A Woman's Journey: The Life and Work of Artis Lane This first retrospective of painter/sculptor Artis Lane’s work explores her 60 years of creativity. View drawings and sculptures, ranging from studio nudes, to traditional portraits, to more abstract creations. There are also many self-portraits, as well as representations of family and friends, and busts and paintings of historical figures. Her personalized portraits of Oprah Winfrey, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Aretha Franklin, and others are also on display.
FREE
California African American Museum
www.caamuseum.org
Directions & special parking instructions are just above


23rd Annual Los Angeles Marathon
The course begins at Universal Studios and ends at the Central Library downtown. Both the start and finish line areas are served by the MTA Red Line, which will transport participants free of charge and offer spectators the opportunity to watch the progress of the race at various points on the course. Runners will race past the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Blvd., Sunset Blvd., and through the Crenshaw, Koreatown, Exposition Park, past the Coliseum, Convention Center and Staples Center before ending in the corridor of high rises in the downtown business district. Be one of the million spectators cheering as12,000 volunteers contribute to this largest marathon held in California, the 4th largest in the country and 7th largest in the world. Race day also includes the Acura L.A. Bike Tour and the Emerald Nuts 5K Run/Walk.
FREE or MTA entry fee to follow the route
Starting line at Universal Studios @ 8:15am
See full route @ www.lamarathon.com/maps.118.0.html

Santa Clarita Open Air Market (Saugus SwapMeet)
This marketplace features over 600 vendors with fresh produce, retail items, home furnishings, clothing, tools, toys, fresh plants and flowers, gift items, automotive gear – you name it! It’s a treasure hunter’s paradise! Saugus Swapmeet is also a popular shopping site for TV shows that educate the public on how to furnish and design on a limited budget! There’s also live music to make the shopping deals even more enticing while you try the food booths, bbq, snacks, beverages, ice cream, Italian ice, kettle corn, and beer.
7am-3pm
$1.50 for adults, children 11 and under are FREE.
Free parking
22500 Soledad Cyn Rd
Santa Clarita 91350
www.saugusspeedway.com

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