event calendar: april 4 – 10, 2010

happy monday
signs are up, one step closer to opening!

it’s another week of mad deadlines, here’s what’s up for this week…

here’s what i’ll be doing:

monday, april 4, 11am rsvp to creative mornings FREE!

friday, april 8, 8:30am LA creative mornings with michelle mcilroy, lomography usa FREE with rsvp.

saturday, april 9, 12-7pm colLAboration craft beer garden celebrating tony’s darts away’s first anniversary. $10 advanced ticket.

saturday, april 9, 12-5pm good LA launch pop-up community center

saturday, april 9, 3pm betalevel’s obscura day paranoia bike tour FREE!

saturday, april 9, 8pm betalevel’s obscura errata salon, FREE! talks on odd subjects celebrating obscura day, 2011.

sunday, april 10, 10am-3pm cicLAvia 2011 FREE & open to the public.

sunday, april 10, 1 – 8pm young love: a day of drawing beautiful curves and telling stories FREE with rsvp. workshops, reception and screening as a memorial to doyald young.

event calendar, march 28 – april 3, 2011

blood orange infusion
[blood orange infusion]

i’m foregoing the social calendar this week in favor of deadlines and taking advantage of downtime. if you’re looking for fun things to do this week, my wrap-up of LA design events for march is up on LAist.

event calendar, march 21 – 27, 2011

artist's palette, death valley
[artist’s palette, death valley]

i just got back from a weekend in the eastern sierras and death valley, with a matinee at the amargosa opera house. i’ve also been on a bit of a blogging hiatus, so it’s time to change that and jump back into the swing. good thing i’ve got just the thing for that.

what i’m doing:

wednesday, march 23, 6:30 – 8:30pm shine: the entrepreneur’s journey screening at blankspaces, FREE with rsvp! a short documentary produced by biznik, stories of solopreneurs and indie pros and how they got started, how they keep going & why they do what they do.

other design events for this week:

tuesday, march 22, 6:30 – 9pm, adobe illustrator users group LA, FREE with rsvp.

thursday, march 24, 7-9:30pm postmodern suicide FREE at art center.

event calendar march 7 – 13, 2011

foraged dandelions
[foraged dandelions]

i’m heading to santa fe this week for an identity development intensive with my dad for his new business. we’re starting from the ground up, sure to be exciting! in the meantime, here’s a great round-up of design events for this week & next and be sure to rsvp for Talk Story: Who You Looking At, riCardo?

happy valentine’s day 2011!

cat nap monday

happy valentine’s day today! i’m heading to machine’s we love dumpling’s party tonight and then off to tahoe tomorrow until next week for my annual aileen visit!

in the meantime, i’m full of congratulations for esperanza spalding who took the grammy for best new artist last night. it seems there are a lot of people who ran to the internet to say “who is she?” well, here’s a post on the very same internet for you.

she honored stevie wonder with a rendition of overjoyed for the obamas, live at the white house:

she promoted her grammy nomination on all the late night shows, like letterman:

and here she is in the studio with my sister playing jobim’s inutil passagem:

so. that’s a bit of it, now you know!

event calendar, february 7 – 13, 2011

parlato design studio valentines

getting down to the last chance to order valentines in time for me to ship them for valentines day. if you want ’em, get ’em today!

here’s what i’m up to:

tuesday, february 8, 5:30-8pm LA east side mixed up mixer FREE! this month we’re meeting at the den of hollywood with special co-host, dave waite! join biznik and join in on the fun!

sunday, february 13 27th annual wild mushroom fair FREE with admission to the LA arboretum.

other events for this week:

thursday, february 10, 7-10pm behance / aiga meetup FREE! A casual evening where members of the Behance community and AIGA LA can gather and mingle over cocktails. Not a Behance member? No problem! JoiningBehance is free.

event calendar: january 31 – february 6, 2011

kitty kazoo in her basket
[kitty kazoo, sun bathing in her super-sweet princess crown basket]

i’m really excited to be leaving shortly to go see my sister back up esperanza spalding at the jay leno show!

here’s what i’m up to:

monday, january 31, 4pm the tonight show with jay leno watching the live taping with esperanza spalding!

monday, january 31, 8pm machine project’s first film, screening at moca FREE with reservation.

event calendar: january 24 – 30, 2011

AIGA LA: Speakeasy
AIGA LA: Speakeasy [Photo © 2011 Nick F. Carranza, Planet Speck]

i actually did sing the happy mondays at karaoke this weekend, and it pretty much sounded just how i remember the 90s roadtrips with jenna to san francisco. i’m going to this awesome delab tour tonight, but otherwise working and meeing with various aiga committees tonight.

here’s what i’m up to

monday, january 24, 7:30pm delab falls fever: the falls downtown historic core

event calendar, january 17 – 23, 2011

mlk day
i hope you’re all finding your own way to appreciate martin luther king day today. i enjoyed al sharpton’s moth talk on conviction, myself.

here’s what i’m up to:

monday, january 17, 7:30pm los angeles mycological society general meeting FREE! yes, i’m getting into mushrooms & poking around their mushroomy meetings.

tuesday, january 18, 6-10pm tuesdays with tony: meet the geek night with sudwerk brewery FREE, but bring your beer money.

thursday, january 20, 6:30-9:30pm AIGA LA Fellows: Speakeasy! $10 AIGA members / $20 non-members if you register online by wednesday, prices go up on-site. Join us in this veritable who’s who of design event, celebrating AIGA LA fellows for 2010, john coy & jeri heiden, at the palihouse in west hollywood!

other events for this week

tuesday, january 18, 7-10pm digital media artists LA FREE with rsvp, $10 at the door.

friday, january 21, 6:30-8pm DOA: designers out + about 2nd fridays.