Textile SLAM! An Evening of Short Talks, Conversation and Community
2021-02-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, February 10th from 7:00 to 8:30PM, please join our friends at Textile Arts LA for Textile Slam! This is an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking, featuring a rotating slate of presenters, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation.
Members, artists, designers, architects, educators, and all-around neat thinkers will talk about their work, ideas that interest them, or projects they are exploring. The Slam! is a casual, community, conversation-oriented event.
TICKETS
New ONLINE format: $20 non-members; $10 members. This event is hosted on Zoom. Info to join will be sent to all RSVPs.

Westside Urban Forum Hosts the Mayors Panel
2021-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, February 10 from 12:00 to 1:00PM, please join Westside Urban Forum (WUF) for the annual Mayors Forum!
This is a WUF signature event that brings together the Westside Mayors for a candid discussion of each Mayor’s priorities for 2021, the land use policy issues of importance to each city, and provides the opportunity to understand the different ways in which these unique cities are responding to current issues in what is already another extraordinary year.
In 2021 our Mayors will be faced with a myriad of issues, including the central conflict of land use and social and racial equity, police reform, and housing and homelessness – all within an environment of shrinking budgets resulting from the pandemic. To begin to address these complex matters, what are the cities’ near-term responses to retail spaces left vacant by the pandemic? How are cities going to change as a result of the pandemic and what temporary COVID policies would the Mayors like to see adopted permanently (such as encouraging telecommuting to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, greater diversity in housing typologies and private outdoor space, growing park space for all community members, or allowing outdoor dining to remain permanently)? How are the cities working to address structural racial and social injustices in land use and government agencies’ operations? What measures are cities considering to address police reform and community mental health? What is the outlook for public transit and the extension of the Purple Line Subway? And what does all of this mean for the cities’ plans to address climate change?
Panelists:
Mayor Lester Friedman, City of Beverly Hills
Mayor Alex Fisch, City of Culver City
Mayor Sue Himmelrich, City of Santa Monica
Mayor Lindsey Horvath, City of West Hollywood
Registration: Registration closes for this Zoom panel on February 9 at 9:00 pm.
WUF Members Free
Nonmembers $35.00
Student Nonmembers $10.00
REGISTER NOW to be a WUF Member for 2021 and attend all monthly panel events for FREE through December 2021.

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-07 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home. When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Nina Jun – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides.
For questions and inquiries about Ceramic Balloons, please contact the artist at ninajunart1@gmail.com.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
One day, Nina Jun saw a Mylar balloon fly into the sky after it was accidentally released from her hand. She felt sad, her eyes followed the balloon disappearing into infinite space, and began wondering: what if there was a balloon that could stay with us forever?
Five days after the party all the balloons had drifted down near to the floor with a deflated memory of past happiness. She thought what if they kept hovering forever there in limbo?
These questions of the levity and gravity of the balloon inspired Nina to create ceramic balloon sculptures. Korean born, Nina Jun received her MFA in sculpture at California State University, Long Beach. She has had 14 solo shows in the U.S and Korea and her works have been shown in numerous international art fairs. Her works are currently represented by Skidmore Contemporary Art in Santa Monica and BluePrint Art Gallery in Dallas.

Textile Arts LA Presents practiceLAB with Ferne Jacobs
2021-01-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
On Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 pm ONLINE, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles in a spirited, freeform conversation with Ferne Jacobs. Where does an Idea come from? What is an Idea? When does it emerge? How do you know it is an idea? How do you relate to the idea?
Textile Arts kicks off 2021 with an idiosyncratic, unconventional, open-ended dialogue about the provenance, shape, and meaning of an idea. They will open the floor right away for Q&A and commentary from the audience. Please come with your own research, quotes, and experience with ideas.
Tickets $FREE members; $20 non-members

Join Culver Arts for Holiday Fun in Support of Artist Resiliency
2020-12-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Online, CA
Art is at the heart of resiliency. And Culver City’s Honorary Poet Laureate Dr. Janet Cameron Hoult has a big place in her heart for artists. Here is a poem Janet wrote simply called Art and Community Resiliency, about how to keep going in times of crisis by using creativity to stay resilient.
Please join the Culver Arts Foundation on December 27th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm to honor Janet for her lifetime of dedication and support of the arts. Plus there’s origami fun for the whole family. Help lend your support to keep #CulverCityResilient!
PURCHASE TICKETS

December #GiftableGiveaways @Helms
2020-12-01 - 2020-12-24 | Online, CA
Nothing pleases us more than sending you good cheer during the holidays. Let’s face it. 2020 has been heartbreaking at times, but we feel fortunate to have your continued support. To show our appreciation for all the #lovelocal and #shoplocal you have shown us, Helms Bakery District is giving away gifts during the month of December!
The Rules are simple. To be entered:
(1) you must be Following us on Instagram,
(2) tell us why you’re feeling grateful (and add your fave emoji),
(3) and tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too!
The IG Giveaway begins December 1st on #GivingTuesday at 4:00 pm PST with an ornament from Rejuvenation to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ends on December 31st at 4:00 pm PST. Other Bakery swag includes author-signed books from Arcana: Books on the Arts, a Market Bag with goodies from Pasta Sisters, a carpet from The Rug Warehouse, a vase from Room & Board, Gift Certificates and so much more! We have many items to give away so be sure to check back with us every day throughout the month.
May the Holidays bring you joy and delight. Plus a little dose of giveaway luck!
Rules & Regs
(1) No purchase is required to enter.
(2) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(3) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older.
(4) This is a “GIFTABLE GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(5) The Helms Bakery #GiftableGiveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
(6) One entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.

An Instagram Takeover: Art, Home, and the Art OF Home!
2020-11-11 12:00 - 12:30 | Online, CA
Free
Looking for ways to create feelings of calm and warmth in your home during these uncertain times? On Wednesday, November 11th at 12:00 pm PST, tune into a casual and meaningful conversation about Art, Home, and the “Art” OF Home.
Intuitive design consultant & feng shui practitioner Alyssa Mannis takes over the Helms Bakery District for an Instagram LIVE event with feng shui expert, residential and commercial architect, and founder of Mindful Design School, Anjie Cho. Alyssa & Anjie will talk about the art of home, feng shui, and a few great ways to create warmth and support within your home this fall/winter season, especially as we won’t be gathering with friends, family, and all of those who are important to us.

ABOUT ALYSSA
Alyssa is an intuitive design consultant obsessed with all things home, house plants, and California sunsets. She is a BTB feng shui practitioner and forever student. Alyssa helps people create living and working spaces that resonate, support, and inspire them. She also looks to guide people, helping them energetically embed their values, goals, and vision into their design projects. If you are looking to shift the energy of your living spaces, manage decision fatigue, get truly honest feedback, or cultivate your intuition within a home or business design project, Alyssa can start you on the right path.

ABOUT ANJIE
Anjie Cho is an architect, feng shui educator and author of Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home. Since 1999, she has been designing beautiful and nourishing spaces (inner and outer) with balance and harmony, informed by the ancient practice of feng shui. Her focus is to create nurturing and supportive environments, tailoring her practice to each individual’s specific needs. Anjie is a sought-after expert in the fields of feng shui and interior architecture. She is the owner of Anjie Cho Architect, co-founder of the Mindful Design Feng Shui School, and founder of Holistic Spaces which hosts a blog, podcast and online store.

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2020-11-02 - 2020-11-09 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home.
When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Gay Summer Rick– a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides.
For questions and inquiries, please contact the artist at gaysummerartist@gmail.com.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gay Summer Rick is a Los Angeles-based artist whose practice is focused on creating urban and coastal atmospheric landscapes rendered with a keen sense of place and a flair for abstraction. She applies layers of oil paint on canvas using palette knives to reveal scenes often bathed in the luminosity of clear blue white light, or set aflame inside the warmth of a blood orange glow.
Born and raised in New York, Gay Summer Rick began her arts education early, surrounded by artists, immersed in art. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in New York at the School of Art and Design, Alfred University and a Master’s degree from the University of Puget Sound. She has exhibited in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Her paintings have been featured in solo gallery exhibitions, and in national and international gallery and museum group exhibitions where she has received awards and honors. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, California Art Club, Malibu Art Association, and is listed by the Malibu Cultural Arts Commission. Her work has been featured in publications including Artillery Magazine, Huffington Post, ArtScene, Medium, Dive Madhouse Magazine, Santa Monica Mirror, Malibu Surfside News and others, and in several books and short documentary films. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections around the world. A resident of Southern California for over 25 years, the artist maintains studios in Inglewood and Malibu.
There’s a quiet vibration and unexpected beauty in commonplace elements found in the urban environment. My work describes this in an atmospheric and dreamlike yet familiar manner. – Gay Summer Rick

Room & Board Features an Artist Each Month in Support of LA Family Housing
2020-10-27 - 2020-11-02 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
Please join Room & Board in support of LA Family Housing (LAFH) in an effort to help our homeless neighbors obtain permanent housing and a place to call home.
When you purchase an artwork by the featured artist – this month is Trine Churchill – a 50% donation will be made on your behalf to continue the critical and life-saving services LAFH provides.
Click here check out the work, or to learn more about the art.
For questions and inquiries, please contact the artist at tc@trinechurchill.com / 310-699-2560.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Trine Churchill is a Los Angeles-based, contemporary painter from Copenhagen, Denmark. She received her B.A. in Fine Art from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and studied at the école nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. Churchill works in what she describes as the “fictive landscape.” Charged yet effortless, her paintings offer the viewer a walk through scenery of symbolic meaning with a composition that combines abstract landscape with references from current life to ancient times. Her art has been exhibited in a number of galleries in Europe, California, and New York, including George Billis Gallery in LA, The Torrance Art Museum, Nancy Margolis Gallery NY, and Galerie Hübner + Hübner in Frankfurt.

Join Artists Aneesa Shami and Monica Lloyd For a Livestream Studio Tour + Discussion
2020-10-26 13:00 - 13:30 | Helms Design District, 8800 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90034, United States
Free
On Monday, October 26 from 1:00PM to 1:30PM, please join artists Aneesa Shami and Monica Lloyd for a livestream discussion about their current exhibition, The Sketchbooks, on view at Studio 203. This exhibition was inspired by Aneesa and Monica’s collaborative sketchbook project, which led to new ways of creating with recycled paper and textiles.
Register for the event here! Links for the Facebook and YouTube livestreams will be sent to ticketholders prior to the event.
Studio 203 is an artist-run space that collaborates with fellow artists to feature exhibitions, workshops and performances, founded by Aneesa Shami and Grant Zizzo.
Photo by Cecily Brown

Louis Poulsen Presents a Design Dialogue with Alfred Homann
2020-10-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom, CA
Free
On Wednesday, October 21st at 9:00 AM, please join Louis Poulsen for a lighting design conversation with distinguished lighting designer and architect, Alfred Homann, as they explore landmark projects, design processes, and lighting philosophies.
Alfred Homann grew up in South Zealand, Denmark. In 1976, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts in Copenhagen. During his years as a student, he worked at renowned architect Vilhelm Wohlert’s office. Homann has partnered with Louis Poulsen for many years, creating innovative lighting designs which have been specified on architectural projects throughout the world. Homann designs with Louis Poulsen include the Homann Park, Kipp Post, Nyhavn, Pulsar 172 and many others.
Register Here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/419249691252512016

Al Fresco Music @Helms Wraps Up The Series With L.A. Love Band
2020-09-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
This evening wraps up our Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. We hope you will stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
To close us out, The L.A. Love Band charms fans with a wide variety of Souldies, Classic Rock, Pop, Reggae, Blues, Latin, Mardi Gras, Country, and Childrens music. The L.A. Love Band’s mission is to raise the vibration of any gathering with a fun presentation featuring crowd pleasing vocalist Elizabeth Hangan, versatile keyboardist/vocalist Valerie Taylor, drum groove king Louis Gonzales and fearless leader/vocalist/guitarist/bassist Captain Dan Meyer. They never met a gig they couldn’t groove. So join us for a soul-stirring musical journey.
Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you enjoyed the series! Be well, be safe.

Join Us For A Screening of Public Trust on National Public Lands Day!
2020-09-26 07:00 - 23:30 | Online, CA
Free
On Saturday, September 26th beginning at 7:00 am and ending at 11:30 pm, please join us for a free screening of the film PUBLIC TRUST.
​​In a time of growing polarization, Americans still share something in common: 640 million acres of public land. Held in trust by the federal government for all citizens of the United States, these places are a stronghold against climate change, sacred to native people, home to wildlife and intrinsic to our national identity. But today, despite support from voters across the political spectrum, they face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians who support these endeavors. Part love letter, part political exposé, PUBLIC TRUST investigates how we arrived at this precarious moment through three heated conflicts—a national monument in the Utah desert, a proposed mine in the Boundary Waters and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—and makes a case for their continued protection.
Please register for your tickets to receive your log in information.
Wishing you all a Happy National Public Lands Day!
Image Description: Musk oxen have been around for almost two millions years. Along with caribou, they are the only hoofed animals that survived the end of the Pleistocene era. Today, they roam the tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, in search of grasses, mosses and herbs in the permafrost.
Image Credit: Florian Schulz

Al Fresco Music @Helms Wraps Up The Final Weekend With Del Rey Community Jazz Band
2020-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
This weekend wraps up our Friday and Saturday evening Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. We hope you will stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
To close out the month, The Del Rey Community Jazz Band performs this evening with classic American jazz, Brazilian bossa nova, and swinging blues. Run by bandleader Captain Dan Meyer with a mix of professional, weekend warrior, and student jazz musicians, they have brought the joy of live music to over 300 community functions in the last 8 years.
SCHEDULE
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Al Fresco Music @Helms Continues with The Culver Collective
2020-09-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
We continue the series with The Culver Collective. From the sounds of smoky jazz clubs and late night blues bars, pop/rock arenas and R’n’B/soul theaters, The Culver Collective takes the listener on a journey through the finest of American music.
MUSICIANS
Woody Mankowski – Vocals and Saxophone
Ethan Emerson – Guitar
Eric Sittner – Bass
Adam Gust – Drums
Schedule
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Al Fresco Music @Helms Welcomes Tom's Rag Tag Band
2020-09-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
Tom’s Rag Tag Band came out of a bunch of professional musician friends who just wanted to do some playing during the Pandemic of 2020. So they got together in a backyard, put on their masks, took out their instruments and started playing some classic and original tunes. Pretty soon neighbors starting coming to listen with chairs, masks, dogs and drinks. Now it’s a regular thing!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Tom Nolan is a musician, bandleader, teacher, and actor. He has been leading the Tom Nolan Band for over thirty years. The band has played up and down California, and has produced 8 CDs. Tom is honored to be in the Rag Tag Band, and loves playing music in his driveway.
Dan Radlauer has composed for TV and Film for decades. His music has been on every major network and inhabited continent. Dan plays many instruments, including the accordion. (unfortunately)
Caitlin Tortorici is a singer, songwriter, music producer, educator, and one woman show putter-onner.
Guitarist Jory Schulman earned a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College in Boston, and a Master’s degree in guitar from the University of Southern California. He is an associate professor at Santa Monica College.
David Brown, bass guitarist, has played locally & globally since the 20th Century. Artists include Peaches & Herb, Heatwave and the Manhattans.
Schedule
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Remote Portfolio Photography Mini Sessions with Cecily Brown
2020-09-17 - 2020-09-18 | Zoom, CA
Remote Portfolio Photography Mini Sessions with photographer Cecily Brown are the perfect opportunity to professionally document your recent artworks at a discounted rate! Packages options range from One to Three Artworks documented and include a custom background and lighting setup, a Virtual Session Design and “Last-Looks” Check-In, and a Professionally Edited Online Gallery to choose your favorite images for high-res download. All sessions will take place remotely in order to maintain a safe social distance. Local artwork pickup and drop off services are available for an additional fee.
Book your Mini Session Here: https://cecilyabrownshop.squarespace.com/remote-portfolio-mini-sessions
Packages range from $150-$300 | Limited Spots Available

About Cecily
Cecily Brown is a Los Angeles based Photographer and Artist specializing in portfolio, lifestyle, and product photography. Working with fellow artists to document their processes and bring their photographic visions to life is her passion, leading her to offer workshops and events geared toward empowering and supporting local artists. Follow Cecily on Instagram @cecilybrown!

Al Fresco Music @Helms Continues with The Culver Collective
2020-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
We continue the series with The Culver Collective. From the sounds of smoky jazz clubs and late night blues bars, pop/rock arenas and R’n’B/soul theaters, The Culver Collective takes the listener on a journey through the finest of American music.
MUSICIANS
Woody Mankowski – Vocals and Saxophone
Ethan Emerson – Guitar
Eric Sittner – Bass
Adam Gust – Drums
Schedule
Saturday, September 12th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Al Fresco Music @Helms Welcomes Tom's Rag Tag Band
2020-09-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
Tom’s Rag Tag Band came out of a bunch of professional musician friends who just wanted to do some playing during the Pandemic of 2020. So they got together in a backyard, put on their masks, took out their instruments and started playing some classic and original tunes. Pretty soon neighbors starting coming to listen with chairs, masks, dogs and drinks. Now it’s a regular thing!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Tom Nolan is a musician, bandleader, teacher, and actor. He has been leading the Tom Nolan Band for over thirty years. The band has played up and down California, and has produced 8 CDs. Tom is honored to be in the Rag Tag Band, and loves playing music in his driveway.
Dan Radlauer has composed for TV and Film for decades. His music has been on every major network and inhabited continent. Dan plays many instruments, including the accordion. (unfortunately)
Caitlin Tortorici is a singer, songwriter, music producer, educator, and one woman show putter-onner.
Guitarist Jory Schulman earned a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College in Boston, and a Master’s degree in guitar from the University of Southern California. He is an associate professor at Santa Monica College.
David Brown, bass guitarist, has played locally & globally since the 20th Century. Artists include Peaches & Herb, Heatwave and the Manhattans.
Schedule
Friday, September 11th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 12th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Show Your Work: Tips for Portfolio Photography, A Virtual Workshop with Cecily Brown
2020-09-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, CA
Whether you’re trying to sell work online, participate in virtual exhibitions, or update your website, capturing an accurate and well-lit photo of your work is essential! Spend a morning learning about the best practices and quick tips for documenting your artwork with Cecily Brown, a Los Angeles based photographer and artist. Cecily will be leading a Zoom workshop on Portfolio Photography, giving helpful tips and answering questions related to the challenges of documenting works of all shapes, sizes, and mediums.
$75 | Thursday, September 10th, 10 am – 1 pm PST | Limited Spots Available
Register for the workshop here: https://cecilyabrownshop.squarespace.com/events/p/showyourworkshop

About Cecily
Cecily Brown is a Los Angeles based Photographer and Artist specializing in portfolio, lifestyle, and product photography. Working with fellow artists to document their processes and bring their photographic visions to life is her passion, leading her to offer workshops and events geared toward empowering and supporting local artists. Follow Cecily on Instagram @cecilybrown!

September Opens with Singer/Songwriter Analiz Castillo and Al Fresco Music
2020-09-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2020-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Friday and Saturday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 PM during the month of September, please join us for a little Al Fresco Music on Helms Avenue. While we are not encouraging large gatherings, we hope you stop by, grab a table at one of our restaurants, and enjoy some socially-distanced dinner music with a selection of talented, local musicians.
First up this weekend is Analiz Castillo. Analiz is a local artist from the South Bay. She is first generation Mexican American and her music reflects her grandmother’s love for romantic 70s and 80s ballads. Analiz has been writing and creating music since she was a teen, but really honed into her skills while majoring in music/vocal performance in college. She is a singer-songwriter and you may find her music on all streaming sites.
Complete Schedule
Friday, September 4th and Saturday, September 5th: Analiz Castillo
Friday, September 11th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 12th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 18th: Tom’s Rag Tag Band
Saturday, September 19th: The Culver Collective
Friday, September 25th: Del Rey Community Jazz Band
Saturday, September 26th: L.A. Love Band

Textile Arts: Community. Short Talks. BYODinner.
2020-08-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, August 12th from 7 to 8:30 PM, join in the fun with the next installment of Textile Slam!
Please Zoom-in with Textile Arts LA for a series of six-minute presentations from artists, curators, and friends. Until we are able to meet again in person, enjoy a bit of “facetime” with old and new friends while hearing (and seeing!) from LA’s textile-artist-creative community.
Applications to speak in August are open.
Tickets are $10 for members; $20 non-members. Thank you for supporting this amazing program and the Textile Arts community. Zoom information will be sent to all RSVPs.

From Copenhagen & New York: In Conversation with Øivind Slaatto
2020-07-22 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom, CA
On Wednesday, July 22nd from 9 to 10:00 am, please join Danish Designer, Øivind Slaatto, creator of the Patera lamp and Be Original Americas Ambassador, John Edelman, Design Consultant, as they engage in a virtual exploration of design processes and lighting philosophies.
A Q&A will follow the conversation. This event is presented by Be Original Americas & Louis Poulsen.
Register to Attend

Textile Slam! Has Shifted Gears With a Fun Online Experience
2020-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
On Tuesday, June 23rd at 7:00 PM, please join Textile Arts LA for Textile Slam!
Community. Short Talks. BYODinner. Textile Arts has transitioned their popular Textile Slam! into an online experience. Please join them for a series of six-minute presentations from artists, curators, and friends. Until we are able to host them again in the Helms Design Center, enjoy “facetime” with old and new friends while hearing (and seeing!) from LA’s textile-artist-creative community.
ONLINE
7:00 pm opening remarks
7:15 pm presentations begin
8:30 wrap-up remarks
FOR TICKETS AND TO RSVP
Their special guest, calling in from Australia is Joanna Barrkman, Senior Curator of Southeast Asian & Pacific Arts Department at the UCLA Fowler Museum, discussing her postponed exhibit, Aboriginal Screen-Printed Textiles from Australia’s Top End.
Textile Arts is delighted to welcome members and friends to the line-up: artist and entrepreneur Cherise Rollins of iSpaci, punch needle artist Micah Clasper-Torch, modern quilt artist Liberty Worth, and Leigh Wishner of the FIDM gallery and author of a forthcoming book.
Access is free for members; $10 for non-members. Donations welcome.
Event details will be emailed once you have registered.

Westside Urban Forum Hosts Virtual Panel Discussion - Accounting for COVID: Rescuing Our Municipal Budgets
2020-06-23 13:00 - 14:15 | Zoom, CA
On Tuesday, June 23 at 1:00 PM, please join Westside Urban Forum for a virtual panel discussion: Accounting for COVID: Rescuing Our Municipal Budgets.
Cities are facing an historic financial crisis alongside the COVID-19 health crisis, with the bread-and-butter sources of local revenue such as sales and hotel taxes having dried up virtually overnight, and only recently showing signs of a (partial) rebound. Wealthier municipalities modestly impacted by previous downturns, such as Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, are already cutting personnel and programs at an unprecedented scale.
The cumulative budget deficit from municipal and State tax revenues lost to COVID-19 is estimated to be as much as $950 billion across the country. Replicating the Great Recession playbook of budget-cutting and temporary revenue enhancements may not be enough to dig out this time around, and risks prolonging the length of a full economic recovery by several years.
This panel focuses on three urgent topics: (1) How much worse will it get, and what can we expect any recovery to look like (V, W, L, or checkmark-shaped)? (2) What strategies can local governments/public agencies use to address their widening budget holes and mitigate the fallout? and (3) can we count on the federal government to backfill City and State lost revenues through a CARES Act Phase 4 rescue package?
WUF is pleased to welcome LA City Controller Ron Galperin, Shavi Sarna, a financial advisor specializing in public-sector restructurings, and Jeff Kiernan, who manages regional support for legislation, regulations and ballot measures for the League of California Cities.
Panelists​
Ron Galperin, City Controller, City of Los Angeles,
Jeff Kiernan, Regional Public Affairs Manager, League of California Cities
Shavi Sarna, Senior Vice President, Ernst & Young, Restructuring Advisory Services
Moderator​
Teifion Rice-Evans, Managing Principal, Economic and Planning Systems
Suggested Contribution
$10 Members
$15 Nonmembers
Click HERE to make a contribution. Thank you!
Click HERE to register.
Zoom information will be sent to all participants on the morning of June 23rd.

SoCalNOMA and KCRW DnA - Building Equity: Space, Place, and Race, Panel Talk and Live Q+A
2020-06-11 16:00 - 17:30
A Panel Talk and live Q+A discussion with Angela Brooks, Lance Collins, Alvin Huang, Roger Sherman, and Lance Simon
Moderated by Frances Anderton and Eletrice Harris
Building Equity: Space, Place, and Race
Organized in collaboration with the Southern California National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA), KCRW Design and Architecture, the Cal Poly Los Angeles Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design, and the Helms Design Center
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
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Angela Brooks, FAIA, LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C, ENV SP and Principal, Brooks +Scarpa is a recognized leader in the field of environmental and social-equity design and is responsible for firm development in the area of housing and policy, leading the firm’s sustainable initiatives and overall design staff management. Angela received the USA Network “Character Approved” Award for her innovative work in the field of architecture in 2010. Ms. Brook’s firm has received over fifty major design awards, including the National and State Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2010 and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture in 2014.
Lance Collins is a Director at Partner Energy with over twenty years of experience in architecture, urban design, and sustainable design consulting including LEED, GreenPoint Rated, ENERGY STAR, Green Globes, and NGBS. In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Collins is the President of the Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, a member of the AIA-LA committee on Affordable Housing, and a guest lecturer at USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USC School of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Cal Baptist University, Santa Monica College, California State University at Long Beach, and Mt. San Antonio College. He has taught as an adjunct professor at Long Beach City College and holds an MArch Degree from UCLA, and a BArch from Cornell.
Alvin Huang, AIA, NOMA is a Los Angeles based architect with a global profile. He is an award-winning architect, designer, and educator specializing in the integrated application of material performance, emergent design technologies and digital fabrication in contemporary architectural practice. He is the founder and principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture and an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California, where he is also the Director of Graduate and Post-professional Architecture. Huang’s design work has been published and exhibited widely and has gained international recognition with over 40 distinctions at local, national, and international levels including being selected as one of 50 global innovators under the age of 50 by Images Publishing in 2015, being featured as a “Next Progressive” by Architect Magazine in 2014, and being named one of Time Magazine’s 25 Best Inventors of 2013.
Roger Sherman FAIA, leads the permanent supportive and affordable housing initiative at Gensler. He brings over 30 years of residential experience, beginning with the exhibition and book he authored, “Re American Dream: Six New Housing Prototypes for Los Angeles” in 1995. Also Founder and Co-Director of acclaimed UCLA urban thinktank cityLAB, Roger’s group at Gensler is currently at work on over 800 units of housing ranging from workforce to moderate income, transitional to family, permanent supportive to emergency shelters. Clients include private developers (Gilmore Associates); non-profits (Skid Row Housing Trust, Downtown Womens Center, American Family Housing, FlyAway Homes); and government agencies (City of L.A., County of L.A., City of Santa Monica). Sherman has also led Gensler’s housing group into creative collaborations with a wider range of partners such as the National Carpenters’ Union (Foundation); L.A. County Fairplex; Woodbury University School of Architecture; and service providers The People Concern and ImagineLA.
Lance Simon is a Principal of Egan/Simon architecture and is a leader in transforming neighborhood design. After receiving his degree from the University of Southern California, Lance moved to Kentucky and joined Richardson Associates Architects (RAA), a regional leader in improving quality of rural life. Lance later moved to the urban scene of Miami, Florida. Working for world-renowned firms, including Arquitectonica, he focused on transforming neighborhoods into new urban landscapes with iconic architectural design. His award-winning design and project management vision continues to contribute to this internationally recognized architectural mecca. In 2013 Lance was invited by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) to present at Dwell on Design. The presentation PRO Bono: How Design is Reinventing Los Angeles encouraged designers to “do something bigger” than their own interests in order to improve their communities. He is a member of the Shelter Partnership Board of Directors, Southern California Association on Non-Profit Housing; the U.S. Green Building Council; and the Herman Miller Advisory Council.
Moderated by:
Frances Anderton is host of DnA: Design and Architecture, a weekly radio show broadcast on KCRW NPR station in Los Angeles. Anderton also curates events and exhibitions. She has served as correspondent for the New York Times and Dwell magazine. Her books include Grand Illusion: A Story of Ambition, and its Limits, on LA’s Bunker Hill (UCS School of Architecture, 2011), and her honors include the Esther McCoy 2010 Award for educating the public about architecture and urbanism.
Eletrice Harris is a proud native Chicagoan. With high energy, enthusiasm, and passion she practices, mentors, and teaches Architecture. Eletrice has over 20 years of experience as a Project Manager, administrator, and architect and has a true passion for the development of young minority students interested in architecture and architectural studies. Eletrice is the Director of the Southern California NOMA Chapter Summer Camp and the SoCal Student Chapter Liaison. She dedicates her time and talent to making sure that every student from middle school all the way through grad school not only knows about architecture, and that they can become an architect, but that they can excel at it. Eletrice Harris holds a Masters in Architecture degree from the Pratt Institute in New York and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
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Photos (Left to Right): Image of Angela Brooks, Lance Collins, Eletrice Harris, Alvin Huang, Roger Sherman and Lance Simon

Westside Urban Forum Virtual Discussion: After the Pandemic, How L.A.'s Restaurants and Retail Will Heal
2020-06-10 14:00 - 15:15 | Zoom, CA
Free
On Wednesday, June 10th from 2:00 to 3:10 pm. please join Westside Urban Forum in a special, socially distanced series of online discussions: After the Pandemic, How L.A.’s Restaurants and Retail Will Heal.
Though the Los Angeles region is justly famous for its dining and shopping options, many stores and restaurants have been operating on thin margins in recent years. Stores have competed with online retailers, and restaurants have faced rising rents and increased costs. And then the Coronavirus pandemic.
The economic devastation to local businesses, many of which are cornerstones of L.A. civic life and local character, is evident already. How can these businesses recover? What combination of rent relief, government assistance, creativity, and civic spirit will ensure that they thrive? Will local planners have to rethink their approaches to “activating” ground floors, and will local cities need to rezone retail units to allow for more uses if incumbent businesses fail and are not replaced? How else might changes to commerce reshape our neighborhoods in the short and long term?
Panelists
Michael J. Berne, President, MJB Consulting
Deborah Kahen, Senior City Planner, City of Los Angeles
Josh Loeb, Owner, Rustic Canyon Group
Wally Marks, President, WNM Realty
Moderator
Zachary Tindall, Managing Director, Streetsense
WUF is pleased to present this event at no charge, but it requires registration to participate via Zoom. Donations are gratefully accepted. Please click here to make a donation.
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EVENT CANCELLED: A lecture and live Q+A discussion with John May and Zeina Koreitem of MILLIØNS
2020-06-04 16:00 - 17:30
We’re sorry to report that this event has been cancelled:
Join us on Thursday, June 4th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with John May and Zeina Koreitem of MILLIØNS | A Loose Collection of Objects, Images and Texts
In collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
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MILLIØNS is a Los Angeles-based experimental design practice, founded by John May and Zeina Koreitem. MILLIØNS conceives of architecture as a speculative medium for exploring the central categories of contemporary life: technology, politics, energy, media, and information. Their approach insists on an expansive parallel project of technical, historical and cultural analysis, which surrounds and informs their work.
MILLIØNS’ work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including a commissioned furniture set by Friedman Benda Gallery NYC and Chamber, shows at La Triennale Di Milano, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, The Architecture + Design Museum of Los Angeles, the MIT Keller Architecture Gallery, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, among others. Recent work includes completed and ongoing projects in California, New York, Boston, Germany and Beirut. Recently selected as the winner of an international competition to reimagine the west wing of I.M. Pei’s Everson Museum, in Syracuse, NY. Their work has appeared in Harvard Design Magazine, Flaunt magazine, Dezeen, Architect’s Newspaper, Eflux, I.D., a+t, Sightunseen, Azure, and in a catalog of their work on experimental collective living, New Massings for New Masses: Collectivity After Orthography (MIT SA+P Press 2015).
Zeina Koreitem is a registered architect in Beirut, Lebanon, Design Faculty at SCI-Arc and a Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. John May is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master in Design Studies Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of John May and Zeina Koreitem; Image of model made by MILLIØNS for “Bust” at Jai and Jai Gallery; Image of the Rosenfield Collection cafe and ceramics gallery at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY.

A lecture and live Q+A discussion with Dana Cuff from cityLAB
2020-05-28 16:00 - 17:30
Join us on Thursday, May 28th, for a lecture and live Q+A discussion with Dana Cuff | Architecture as Demonstration: Design for the Long Game
In collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
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Dana Cuff
Dana Cuff is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA where she is also Director of cityLAB, an award-winning think tank that advances experimental urbanism and architecture. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Architecture from Berkeley, Cuff has published and lectured widely about spatial justice, the architectural profession, and affordable housing. She is author of several books, including The Provisional City about postwar housing in Los Angeles, and a co-authored book (in bookstores next year) documenting her innovative cross-disciplinary project at UCLA called the Urban Humanities Initiative, funded by the Mellon Foundation. Based on cityLAB’s design research, she co-authored a landmark bill that permits “backyard homes” on virtually all 8 million single-family properties in California (AB 2299, Bloom-2016), doubling the density of suburbs across the state. She and her team are currently working on a wide range of new forms of affordable housing to be co-located with schools. cityLAB recently initiated a satellite center in one underserved neighborhood of Los Angeles, where a deep, multi-year exchange with community organizations will demonstrate ways that humanistic design of the public realm can create more compassionate cities. Cuff was the recent recipient of two prestigious awards that describe her career: Women in Architecture Activist of the Year (2019, Architectural Record) and the international prize for Researcher of the Year (2019, Architectural Research Centers Consortium).

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Photos (Left to Right): Image of Dana Cuff, Image of Backyard BIHOME, Image of Deep Think.
