Friday, July 10, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Free Screenings of Food, Inc
July 14, 2009 at 7:30pm
Laemmle Playhouse 7 Cinemas
673 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena
July 16, 2009 at 7:30pm
Laemmle Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood
The official website for Food, Inc. features a trailer, other reviews, and news, and is available at:
http://www.foodincmovie.com/index.php
Laemmle Playhouse 7 Cinemas
673 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena
July 16, 2009 at 7:30pm
Laemmle Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood
The official website for Food, Inc. features a trailer, other reviews, and news, and is available at:
http://www.foodincmovie.com/index.php
Thursday, July 2, 2009
July Events @ Milagro Community Garden
Saturday, July 11th
10-11am Gardening skills class taught by John Torres, permaculturist
11am-noon Organic approaches to pest control class taught by Wendy Talaro, sustainability integration specialist
Saturday, July 18th
10am- 11:30am Composting workshop (tentative)
Sunday, July 19th
7pm - 9pm Our first evening event!!! Please join us for a VERY special evening of guest speakers, live music by Motel and a film screening!!! Co-sponsored by RnR Community Garden. Invite your family and friends! Bring blankets, pillows, folding chairs, warm clothes - whatever makes you comfortable to sit outdoors and enjoy an evening in the garden. Don't forget to bring snacks to share.
10-11am Gardening skills class taught by John Torres, permaculturist
11am-noon Organic approaches to pest control class taught by Wendy Talaro, sustainability integration specialist
Saturday, July 18th
10am- 11:30am Composting workshop (tentative)
Sunday, July 19th
7pm - 9pm Our first evening event!!! Please join us for a VERY special evening of guest speakers, live music by Motel and a film screening!!! Co-sponsored by RnR Community Garden. Invite your family and friends! Bring blankets, pillows, folding chairs, warm clothes - whatever makes you comfortable to sit outdoors and enjoy an evening in the garden. Don't forget to bring snacks to share.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Novella Carpenter to talk about Farm City
The ALOUD lecture series at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library continues to provide free and timely lectures, and they have just announced a program that will be of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends.
Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, will speak with Evan Kleiman about life as an urban farmer in Oakland, California and the process of turning a vacant lot into a productive and thriving farm.
When: Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 7:00pm
Where: Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Fifth & Flower Streets in downtown Los Angeles
Cost: Free, but reservations are recommended.
Reservations are available via the ALOUD website (http://www.aloudla.org/) or by calling 1.213.228.7025.
Public transportation to the library is available. Those driving may wish to park at the 524 S. Flower St. Garage; the rate is $1 until 8:45pm with Los Angeles Public Library card validation.
Reviewed recently in the San Francisco Chronicle, Carpenter's book describes her experiences establishing the farm:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/12/RVNN17VF7A.DTL
You can also read more about Carpenter's adventures on the farm and in connection with her book on her blog, Ghost Town Farm, available at:
http://ghosttownfarm.wordpress.com/
Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, will speak with Evan Kleiman about life as an urban farmer in Oakland, California and the process of turning a vacant lot into a productive and thriving farm.
When: Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 7:00pm
Where: Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Fifth & Flower Streets in downtown Los Angeles
Cost: Free, but reservations are recommended.
Reservations are available via the ALOUD website (http://www.aloudla.org/) or by calling 1.213.228.7025.
Public transportation to the library is available. Those driving may wish to park at the 524 S. Flower St. Garage; the rate is $1 until 8:45pm with Los Angeles Public Library card validation.
Reviewed recently in the San Francisco Chronicle, Carpenter's book describes her experiences establishing the farm:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/12/RVNN17VF7A.DTL
You can also read more about Carpenter's adventures on the farm and in connection with her book on her blog, Ghost Town Farm, available at:
http://ghosttownfarm.wordpress.com/
July 12 - David Shane Smith - Kombucha Workshop
Please come and join us Sunday, July 12th @ 224 Glendale Blvd.
5-7pm
Live Music by David Shane Smith.
FoodnotBombs Talk.
Kombucha making Workshop by Brenda Verenice.
David Shane Smith writes songs that are dark and obtuse, yet catchy and personable. The treatments range from folk to electronic samples and rapping. Everything flows through a lens of urban decay and human indifference to create an almost cartoon vision of apocalyptic mythology. His latest work "Cloudpleaser" ia available on Stroboscopic Records.
RocknRoll Community Garden is working diligently towards getting our Communal Rooftop Farm off the ground.
Please note that Sunday Garden Party events are an attempt at fund raising for this purpose.
The suggested donation entrance fee for all events is $5.
Act-now-super-duper-special-awesome suggested donation of $10 will get you 3, yes, count them, 3, garden party mimosas!
We look forward to seeing you at the next Sunday event!
5-7pm
Live Music by David Shane Smith.
FoodnotBombs Talk.
Kombucha making Workshop by Brenda Verenice.
David Shane Smith writes songs that are dark and obtuse, yet catchy and personable. The treatments range from folk to electronic samples and rapping. Everything flows through a lens of urban decay and human indifference to create an almost cartoon vision of apocalyptic mythology. His latest work "Cloudpleaser" ia available on Stroboscopic Records.
RocknRoll Community Garden is working diligently towards getting our Communal Rooftop Farm off the ground.
Please note that Sunday Garden Party events are an attempt at fund raising for this purpose.
The suggested donation entrance fee for all events is $5.
Act-now-super-duper-special-awesome suggested donation of $10 will get you 3, yes, count them, 3, garden party mimosas!
We look forward to seeing you at the next Sunday event!
Upcoming Events Update
July 12 - Live Music by David Shane Smith - 224 Glendale Blvd, Echo Park - Food Not Bombs Representin' & Kombucha Workshop led by Brenda Verenice
July 19 - Live Music by Motel @ Milagro Highland Community Garden - Lectures by Mary Tokita (LA CGC) & Nichole Gatto - Film Screening - http://www.hpgarden.org/
July 26 - Live Music by The Straights- 224 Glendale Blvd, Echo Park - Lecture by Pedra Furmal
Aug 2 - Live Music by Odious Ari & The Syphilitic Syncopaths - Talk by Alex Alferov/ Maria Massa/ Joeseph Prichard @ Fountain Community Garden - Art & Gardening Demo 5620 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Aug 9 - Live Music by Sasha Gransjean @ Jardin del Rio - Elysian Park - Talk by Jack Neff of "South Central Farmers" and Chi Quong Breathing Technique Class "Relaxation & Mind Intent: The Primary Tool of All Life Forms" - Riverdale @ Crystal Street
Aug 16- Live Music by Morgan De Rouen - Italian Dinner Garden Potluck w/ Adam Schell - Author of Tomato Rhapsody (Limited #'s - Email to RSVP!!!)
Aug 23 - Live Music by Dorian Wood- Join Erik Knutzen & Kelly Coyne's (Urban Homestead) @ Eagle Rock Community Garden for - Workshop: Make a Self-Irrigating Planter - 1003 to 11000 Rockdale Ave, Eagle Rock, 90041
Aug 30 - Live Music by The Cigarette Bums @ Stanford/Avalon (Watts) Community Garden -Panel Discussion of South Central Farms, politics & Urban Agriculture followed by a tour of their extensive gardens!!!
Talk by film maker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN) http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/
July 19 - Live Music by Motel @ Milagro Highland Community Garden - Lectures by Mary Tokita (LA CGC) & Nichole Gatto - Film Screening - http://www.hpgarden.org/
July 26 - Live Music by The Straights- 224 Glendale Blvd, Echo Park - Lecture by Pedra Furmal
Aug 2 - Live Music by Odious Ari & The Syphilitic Syncopaths - Talk by Alex Alferov/ Maria Massa/ Joeseph Prichard @ Fountain Community Garden - Art & Gardening Demo 5620 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Aug 9 - Live Music by Sasha Gransjean @ Jardin del Rio - Elysian Park - Talk by Jack Neff of "South Central Farmers" and Chi Quong Breathing Technique Class "Relaxation & Mind Intent: The Primary Tool of All Life Forms" - Riverdale @ Crystal Street
Aug 16- Live Music by Morgan De Rouen - Italian Dinner Garden Potluck w/ Adam Schell - Author of Tomato Rhapsody (Limited #'s - Email to RSVP!!!)
Aug 23 - Live Music by Dorian Wood- Join Erik Knutzen & Kelly Coyne's (Urban Homestead) @ Eagle Rock Community Garden for - Workshop: Make a Self-Irrigating Planter - 1003 to 11000 Rockdale Ave, Eagle Rock, 90041
Aug 30 - Live Music by The Cigarette Bums @ Stanford/Avalon (Watts) Community Garden -Panel Discussion of South Central Farms, politics & Urban Agriculture followed by a tour of their extensive gardens!!!
Talk by film maker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN) http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/
Friday, June 19, 2009
Yardsharing
GARDENING
Modern-day share-cropping
Some have the land for gardening; others the time and inclination. Yard swapping is a win-win option.
Growfriend.org pioneers Veronica Michelle and Nancy Shannon of Eagle Rock, with Master Gardener Miilli Macen-Moore plant peppers, herbs and beans.
By Susan Carrier
June 20, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-share20-2009jun20,0,1628042.story
The LA Community Garden Council is offering its yardsharing program in collaboration with the LA Conservation Corps; windowbox.com; the LA Master County Gardener program of the University of California Cooperative Extension; and many other garden and community groups throughout LA.
Modern-day share-cropping
Some have the land for gardening; others the time and inclination. Yard swapping is a win-win option.
Growfriend.org pioneers Veronica Michelle and Nancy Shannon of Eagle Rock, with Master Gardener Miilli Macen-Moore plant peppers, herbs and beans.
By Susan Carrier
June 20, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-share20-2009jun20,0,1628042.story
The LA Community Garden Council is offering its yardsharing program in collaboration with the LA Conservation Corps; windowbox.com; the LA Master County Gardener program of the University of California Cooperative Extension; and many other garden and community groups throughout LA.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Upcoming RocknRoll Garden - Hawtness
All Events 5-7pm
June 14 - Raw Food/ Rooftop Yoga/ Live Drumming - @ Peace Yoga Gallery 5pm.
July 12 - Live Music by David Shane Smith - Echo Park - Speakers including Pedra Furmall & FNB
July 19 - Live Music by Motel (Blake Hammon) @ Milagro Highland Community Garden - Lectures by Mary Tokita (LA CGC) & Nichole Gatto
July 26 - Live Music by The Straights - Kombucha Workshop led by Brenda Verenice @ Echo Park Location
Aug 2 - Live Music by Odious Ari & The Syphilitic Syncopaths Overwrought - Talk by Alex Alferov @ Fountain Community Garden - Art & Gardening Demo
Aug 9 - Live Music by Sasha Gransjean @ Barnsdall Art Park - Talk by Jack Neff of "South Central Farmers" and Chi Quong Breathing Technique Class "Relaxation & Mind Intent: The Primary Tool of All Life Forms"
Aug 16- Live Music by Morgan De Rouen - Italian Dinner Garden Potluck w/ Adam Schell - Author of Tomato Rhapsody (Limited #'s - Email to RSVP!!!)
Aug 23 -Live Music by Dorian Wood - Join Erik Knutzen & Kelly Coyne's (Urban Homestead) @ Eagle Rock Community Garden for - Workshop: Make a Self-Irrigating Planter
Aug 30 - Live Music by The Cigarette Bums @ Watts Community Garden - Panel Discussion of South Central Farms, politics & Urban Agriculture followed by a tour of their extensive gardens.
June 14 - Raw Food/ Rooftop Yoga/ Live Drumming - @ Peace Yoga Gallery 5pm.
July 12 - Live Music by David Shane Smith - Echo Park - Speakers including Pedra Furmall & FNB
July 19 - Live Music by Motel (Blake Hammon) @ Milagro Highland Community Garden - Lectures by Mary Tokita (LA CGC) & Nichole Gatto
July 26 - Live Music by The Straights - Kombucha Workshop led by Brenda Verenice @ Echo Park Location
Aug 2 - Live Music by Odious Ari & The Syphilitic Syncopaths Overwrought - Talk by Alex Alferov @ Fountain Community Garden - Art & Gardening Demo
Aug 9 - Live Music by Sasha Gransjean @ Barnsdall Art Park - Talk by Jack Neff of "South Central Farmers" and Chi Quong Breathing Technique Class "Relaxation & Mind Intent: The Primary Tool of All Life Forms"
Aug 16- Live Music by Morgan De Rouen - Italian Dinner Garden Potluck w/ Adam Schell - Author of Tomato Rhapsody (Limited #'s - Email to RSVP!!!)
Aug 23 -Live Music by Dorian Wood - Join Erik Knutzen & Kelly Coyne's (Urban Homestead) @ Eagle Rock Community Garden for - Workshop: Make a Self-Irrigating Planter
Aug 30 - Live Music by The Cigarette Bums @ Watts Community Garden - Panel Discussion of South Central Farms, politics & Urban Agriculture followed by a tour of their extensive gardens.
Food Forward LA
June 28th 1-4pm
100+ will glean 300+ orange trees for LA's hungry at CSUN-kids welcome.
To Join call - 818-530-4125
Food Forward LA
100+ will glean 300+ orange trees for LA's hungry at CSUN-kids welcome.
To Join call - 818-530-4125
Food Forward LA
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
June 14 - 5-7 - Rooftop Yoga - Raw Eats - Drum Circ!e
June 14th - Sunday - 5-7
Raw Foods/Yoga/Drums!!!
Peace Yoga Gallery
903 S.Main Street
Sustainable living friends - Join RocknRoll Community Garden this Sunday (June 14th) @ Peace Yoga Gallery Downtown.
The incredible Cheri, of Peace Yoga, will be speaking about the benefits of eating raw. We will all get to sample yummy raw foods and juices. Afterwards, take a short walk down the street with us, to Cheri's rooftop garden for a yoga session while the Peace Yoga Drum Circle plays along.
RocknRoll Community Garden is currently working on creating a Communal Urban Farm in the heart of Echo Park. We are dedicated to supporting sustainable, local organic living, providing knowledge and connecting the community. RnR CG also provides weekly seasonal series of live music and lectures, integrating education, activism and community with beauty and art.
$5 - Suggested Donation
Raw Foods/Yoga/Drums!!!
Peace Yoga Gallery
903 S.Main Street
Sustainable living friends - Join RocknRoll Community Garden this Sunday (June 14th) @ Peace Yoga Gallery Downtown.
The incredible Cheri, of Peace Yoga, will be speaking about the benefits of eating raw. We will all get to sample yummy raw foods and juices. Afterwards, take a short walk down the street with us, to Cheri's rooftop garden for a yoga session while the Peace Yoga Drum Circle plays along.
RocknRoll Community Garden is currently working on creating a Communal Urban Farm in the heart of Echo Park. We are dedicated to supporting sustainable, local organic living, providing knowledge and connecting the community. RnR CG also provides weekly seasonal series of live music and lectures, integrating education, activism and community with beauty and art.
$5 - Suggested Donation
Monday, June 8, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
June 7 - Lecture: Al Renner Music: Crater Farmer
Dear Friends!!!
Please come and join us this Sunday (June 7) @ Solano Community Garden (5-7pm) for a talk by the living legend, Mr. Al Renner, and live music by Crater Farmer (he's a hell of a man)!
Check it...
Sustainable living friends unite!
RocknRoll Community Garden is working diligently towards getting our Communal Rooftop Farm off the ground.
Please note that Sunday Garden Party events are an attempt at fund raising for this purpose.
The suggested donation entrance fee for all events is $5.
Act-now-super-duper-special-awesome suggested donation of $10 will get you 3, yes, count them, 3, garden party mimosas!
We look forward to seeing you at the next Sunday event!
- Love & Sustainable Living,
resistanceisfertileLA
resistanceisfertilela@gmail.com
http://www.solanogarden.org
http://www.myspace.com/craterfarmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zONaMWwrYUg
(Online directions for this can be CONFUSING)
The best way to get there from Silverlake, for instance is:
Sunset to Cesar Chavez
R on Broadway (past Chinatown)
L on Solano Ave
It's right next to the entrance of the freeway
street parking
This Sunday, June 7th, 2009, Al Renner, Executive Director of Los Angeles Community Garden Council and Garden Master, will be the guest lecturer at his lovely Solano Community Garden.
Please join us to hear this living gardening legend speak about starting community gardens and other informative topics.
Crater Farmer: not a smart man, but he knows what love is....
"Charles De Castro is a hell of a man
ladies love him from New York to Japan"
Our Summer Series Calendar will soon be available. Upcoming Music including: The Cigarette Bums, David Shane Smith, Motel, Morgan Derouen, Sasha Gransjean & others!!!! Speakers including: South Central Farmers, Silver Lake Farms, Brenda Verenice, Peace Yoga Gallery, Food not Bombs...and many more!!!! Stay in tune ! We love you !
www.rocknrollcommunitygarden.blogspot.com
RocknRoll Community Garden is currently creating a Communal Urban Rooftop Farm in the heart of Echo Park. We are committed to supporting sustainable, local living and connecting community. RnR CG also provides weekly seasonal series of live music and lectures, integrating education, activism and community with beauty and art.
Please come and join us this Sunday (June 7) @ Solano Community Garden (5-7pm) for a talk by the living legend, Mr. Al Renner, and live music by Crater Farmer (he's a hell of a man)!
Check it...
Sustainable living friends unite!
RocknRoll Community Garden is working diligently towards getting our Communal Rooftop Farm off the ground.
Please note that Sunday Garden Party events are an attempt at fund raising for this purpose.
The suggested donation entrance fee for all events is $5.
Act-now-super-duper-special-awesome suggested donation of $10 will get you 3, yes, count them, 3, garden party mimosas!
We look forward to seeing you at the next Sunday event!
- Love & Sustainable Living,
resistanceisfertileLA
resistanceisfertilela@gmail.com
http://www.solanogarden.org
http://www.myspace.com/craterfarmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zONaMWwrYUg
(Online directions for this can be CONFUSING)
The best way to get there from Silverlake, for instance is:
Sunset to Cesar Chavez
R on Broadway (past Chinatown)
L on Solano Ave
It's right next to the entrance of the freeway
street parking
This Sunday, June 7th, 2009, Al Renner, Executive Director of Los Angeles Community Garden Council and Garden Master, will be the guest lecturer at his lovely Solano Community Garden.
Please join us to hear this living gardening legend speak about starting community gardens and other informative topics.
Crater Farmer: not a smart man, but he knows what love is....
"Charles De Castro is a hell of a man
ladies love him from New York to Japan"
Our Summer Series Calendar will soon be available. Upcoming Music including: The Cigarette Bums, David Shane Smith, Motel, Morgan Derouen, Sasha Gransjean & others!!!! Speakers including: South Central Farmers, Silver Lake Farms, Brenda Verenice, Peace Yoga Gallery, Food not Bombs...and many more!!!! Stay in tune ! We love you !
www.rocknrollcommunitygarden.blogspot.com
RocknRoll Community Garden is currently creating a Communal Urban Rooftop Farm in the heart of Echo Park. We are committed to supporting sustainable, local living and connecting community. RnR CG also provides weekly seasonal series of live music and lectures, integrating education, activism and community with beauty and art.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Sunday - June 7th
Join us this Sunday at Solano Community Garden in downtown Los Angeles. Speaker is everyone's favorite Jewish Santa, the living legend, Mr. Al Renner. Music by Crater Farmer.
Starts at 5 (Seriously, we actually start on time - Don't miss out!)
Starts at 5 (Seriously, we actually start on time - Don't miss out!)
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
garden humor...
Baby Tomato and Mom Tomato are walking down the street together when Baby starts to lag behind. Mom Tomato walks back a few steps, onto Baby, and says "Catch-Up!"
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