Hustler of Culture

Breakfast For Dinner Party

February 29, 2008 - 9:29 p.m. - Santa Monica,CA

My favorite meal of the day is breakfast. But because I often miss it, from time to time I'll have it for dinner. I've been doing this for some time, never thinking twice about it, but realizing that well, it was quirky (as confirmed by the film, 'Juno').

Since I don't generally go out on Friday nights, it was perfect for inviting some friends over for breakfast and a movie. Turned out to be one of the most hilarious nights we've had in awhile.

links for 2008-02-29

• Where to Eat During SXSW 2008
  A great list of where to eat at SXSW.
  (tags: Food Austin Lists SXSW Tips)
• Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
  "... a generation raised on the free Web is coming of age, and they will find entirely new ways to embrace waste, transforming the world in the process. Because free is what you want — and free, increasingly, is what you're going to get."
  (tags: Business Wired Technology Economy Finance Culture GenY Youth Trends Innovation)
• Planet Green
  "Planet Green is your user's guide to living mindfully on this big blue marble we all call home." Brought to you by the kind people from Treehugger!
  (tags: Green Environment Television Lifestyle Discovery Trends)
• The God Particle
  I feel blessed and extremely fortunate to have visited CERN a few weeks ago. It's something I'll remember forever.
  (tags: NationalGeographic Physics Research Science Technology)
• apophenia: LiveJournal Advisory Board
  LJ is so lucky to add danah boyd to its advisory board; few people are as vested in LJ than she. Congrats to both parties!
  (tags: apophenia danahboyd Blogs SocialNetworking Business)

Andrew Kuo on Charlie Rose

New York artist and long time downtown collaborator, Andrew Kuo shared some insight about his work on this recent interview for Charlie Rose. It was interesting to learn that he was raised by untraditional Asian parents who encouraged and supported his love for the arts early on in life. While discussing criticism, Andrew had to say, "I'm super sensitive and if someone doesn't like my work, I get legitimately sad so I try not to find out." Awww! Congrats Andrew, on peeps noticing all your hard work!

NYC - Steve Ellis Art Gallery Opening (03.03.08)

NYC - The Green Renter: There's Still Poop in the Water: Catching Up with the S.W.I.M. Coalition (03.03.08)

The Green Renter: There's Still Poop in the Water: Catching Up with the S.W.I.M. Coalition
Speaker: Kate Zidar, Stormwater Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.)

Monday, March 3 at 7pm

The warm weather is just around the corner, believe it or not, and summertime will find millions of New Yorkers at or on the water. Come hear Kate Zidar, representative of the Stormwater Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.) Coalition, talk about what's new this year on the water and what troubles still persist. Namely, Combined Sewer Overflow, the putrid problem that pipes sewage into our local waterways after every rain.

Come find out what is being done! Come find out what you can do to help keep NYC waterways clean!

Solar One | 24-20 FDR Drive, Service Road East | New York | NY | 10010

Rich and Flat Stanley

February 28, 2008 - 12:03 p.m. - Venice, CA

Kabuki Japanese Restaurant Lunch

February 27, 2008 - 3:29 p.m. - Burbank, CA

Spicy tuna rolls are the most haolie sushi I will order for myself. Forgive me, sushi nazi.

LA - Kara Walker Event (03.02.08)

Kara Walker & Gary Garrels

Join Kara Walker as she discusses her work and the exhibition with chief curator Gary Garrels.

Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 4pm

This ongoing series pairs creative thinkers from a range of disciplines for engaging, provocative discussions on culture, science, and the arts. Hammer Conversations are free of charge. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure entry or become a Hammer Member for priority seating.

Oakland - Dan Kennedy Event (03.02.08)

Dan Kennedy

Sunday, March 2, 2008 3:00 p.m.

DIESEL, A Bookstore OAKLAND

Dan Kennedy will be here to celebrate the publication of his new book Rock On: An Office Power Ballad.
When New York writer Dan Kennedy is hired by a major record label in 2002, he thinks he's chanced upon a dream job in the world of full-blown gonzo rock and roll excess that has pockmarked his dreams ever since he was a suburban Southern California teen. The sobering reality: he's basically walked into a nine-to-five world that's equal parts Spinal Tap and The Office—and he's just in time for massive layoffs, artists being cut from contracts, and sales hitting an all-time low.

But in these tame and dying days of the record business, Kennedy's twisted wit offers up the absurd, funny, and oddly heart-breaking story of a stranger in a strange land. In an irresistibly weird way, it seems he has shown up at exactly the right time.

LA - FIRST SUNDAYS ARE FOR FAMILIES WORKSHOP (03.02.08)

FIRST SUNDAYS ARE FOR FAMILIES WORKSHOP

MOCA GRAND AVENUE
SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1–3:30pm

In MOCA’s exhibition Collecting Collections, families will have the opportunity to explore Franz Kline’s frenetic use of line and the way he dramatically divides positive and negative space with nothing more than a palette of black and white. Workshop led by artist/educator Luke Chueh.

INFO 213/621-1765 or fflores@moca.org
FREE; no reservations required

Yorba Linda - Yevgeniy Milyavskiy Performance (03.02.08)

The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
Family Concert Series
Grand Prize Winner
2006 Los Angeles International Franz Liszt Competition
Pianist YEVGENIY MILYAVSKIY

Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 2:00PM
The Richard Nixon Library
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda CA

For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/exr7l

LA - "Standard Stations" (03.01.08 - 03.29.08)

SM - "WeAreTheSuperlativeConspiracy" (03.01.08 - 03.15.08)

LA - "Outside/Inside" (03.01.08 - 03.16.08)

LA - "Your Alimony Check Won't Buy a Bigger Room" (03.01.08 - 03.31.08)

Matt Maust + Matt Wignall [Cold War Kids] present
Your Alimony Check Won't Buy a Bigger Room
Opening Reception Saturday, March 1 6-9pm
Special performance by Sparrow Love Crew 7:30pm Open through March 31

Hello?!

I personally subscribe to the mobile phone culture of Japan over China, but you know, we've all been guilty of this at least once.

NYC - "Staring at the Sun" (03.01.08 - 04.05.08)

Ajit Chauhan
Staring at the Sun
March 1 – April 5, 2008
Opening reception: Saturday, March 1st, 6-9 pm

The Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, is pleased to present a solo show of the work of Ajit Chauhan, titled STARING AT THE SUN. The exhibition will include video, installations and drawings.

SF - Curators in Conversation (03.01.08)

Curators in Conversation / Mingle / Mimosas

Saturday, March 1st, 3 to 5pm

New Langton Arts
1246 Folsom Street (between 8th and 9th streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103
415 626 5416

Mingle, enjoy a mimosa, and get a panoramic view of the Bay Area's current feminist art exhibitions when four curators meet for an informal talk and conversation at New Langton Arts.

Each of the four curators recently organized a show exploring contemporary feminist art practice. Marica Tanner is the curator of We Interrupt Your Program for the Mills College Art Museum, a group show of video and new media works by fourteen emerging and mid-career female artists. Berin Golonu is the curator of The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics, an upcoming exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts that will showcase the politically charged work of a new generation of women who use creativity as a form of empowerment. Maria del Carmen Carrion co-curated the exhibition Small Things End, Great Things Endure, now on view at New Langton Arts, an exhibition that proposes ways in which multiple and even contradictory models of feminism coexist. And Patricia Maloney curated Make You Notice, upcoming, at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, an exhibition of women artists utilizing performance to examine issues of power and identity. These quite different shows present a unique opportunity, a chance to compare and contrast artistic and curatorial approaches to feminism across a range of disciplines and Bay Area institutions. Please join us!

NYC - "Polymorphous Pervers" (02.29.08 - 03.29.08)

LA - Julius Shulman Book Event (02.29.08)

DWR is pleased to welcome photographer Julius Shulman. The legendary architecture photographer will join us in the Studio for a book signing and retrospective of his prolific work behind the lens. Shulman is responsible for some of the most sought-after architectural photography to date, with an emphasis on images of Southern California modernism. The photographer will be joined by author Michael Stern who will discuss his recently penned "Julius Shulman: Palm Springs." Inside you will find striking images of many celebrated Palm Springs addresses from Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House to the Raymond Loewy House and John Lautner's design for Bob Hope.

Book Soup will be selling copies of this freshly published photo essay in the Studio, and Shulman and Stern will be signing copies. We hope you’ll join us for this rare and special treat. Refreshments will be served.

RSVP to beverlyblvd@dwr.com by February 27.

Julius Shulman book signing
Friday, February 29, 6–8pm
DWR Beverly Blvd. Studio
8070 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 323.653.3923
Directions: http://news.dwr.com/rd/9z1zi7mfn9qlbhqdptgigoddssbk67j20n5mc5jf9io