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Apr
12
Fri
2019
Magic: Vitaly, An Evening of Wonders @ Pepperdine U. Smothers Theater
Apr 12 @ 7:30 pm

Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders

Friday, April 12, 2019 • 7:30PM

Smothers Theatre

Vitaly has mystified fans all over the world with his signature illusions, including Las Vegas superstars Penn & Teller, whom he successfully fooled in their hit TV show, Fool Us. Hailed as “one of the most captivating and enjoyable illusionists performing in the world today” (Chilliwack Progress), Vitaly’s illusions breathe innovation and artistry into the field of magic and leave even the most jaded audience awestruck. eveningofwonders.com

Recommended for children ages 8 and up.

Box Office

You can buy tickets online, at by Clicking Here,  or at

The Pepperdine Center for the Arts Box Office, open Monday through Friday, noon to 5 PM, and two hours prior to most performances.  Tel: 310 506 4522.

Apr
13
Sat
2019
Chumash Day Powwow & Intertribal Celebration @ Malibu Bluffs Park
Apr 13 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Chumash Day Powwow & Intertribal Celebration @ Malibu Bluffs Park

The 21st Annual Chumash Day Powwow will celebrate Native Americans from all over the country, representing hundreds of tribes.

WHERE:  Malibu Bluffs Park, 24250 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265 – where Malibu Canyon Road meets PCH.

WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, April 13-14, 10 am – 6:00 pm.

Native American food, craft vendors, tribal ceremonies, and dances will be a part of the event on both days. This is a non-competitive Powwow.

 ADMISSION

Chumash Day will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.  The Powwow is open to all ages. Admission is free.  Dogs are allowed, but must remain on a leash and picked-up after.

PARKING
There is no public parking onsite at Malibu Bluffs Park. Parking and shuttle service to and from the event will be available at the corner of Webb Way and Civic Center Way.

Handicap parking spaces are very limited onsite. A handicap-accessible shuttle that can accommodate wheelchairs will be available at the offsite parking lot at Webb Way and Civic Center Way. For assistance or additional information prior to the event, call 310-456-2489 ext. 239.

WEATHER
The Powwow will occur rain or shine. In the event of a serious downpour or other hazardous weather condition, such as lightning and thunder, the event may be stopped for a period of time or cancelled. Cancellations will be reported at 310-317-1364.

Apr
14
Sun
2019
“A Better LA” Brunch with David Levitus of LA Forward @ Private Residence in Hancock Park
Apr 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

A BETTER LOS ANGELES
Brunch + Conversation with 
David Levitus, Founder of LA Forward
(and some other awesome people from Crooked Media)

Sunday, April 14
10am – noon
Paulette + Jeff’s Home
HANCOCK PARK
Address provided when you RSVP at: www.LosAngelesForward.org/april14
This event is FREE (though if you like what you
hear, you should totally consider donating to LAForward!)
Family Friendly!
Food & OnSite Childcare provided.

 LA is home to 10 million people — we’re larger than all but 8 states. LA faces huge challenges. Several City Council offices are under investigation for corruption. Students and teachers suffer from massive underfunding of our education system. More than 52,765 human beings are homeless. The good news? You have immense power to make a difference in your own backyard.

LA Forward is here to help. We organize people to stand with marginalized communities so that we can hold local elected officials accountable and pass policies that create a better Los Angeles for everyone.

LA Forward is an incredible organization devoted to mobilizing and organizing on a local level.  Founder, David Levitus has been giving a tutorial on Local Politics to all the local activist groups and they have raved, and claim they wish it had gone on longer!  Now it’s our turn to learn how our crazy-crazy-awesome city works and how we can help make it better. Join us to learn more and get involved..

At the end, we’ll ask for donations to support LA Forward. We invite you to give at whatever level matches your excitement!

Host Committee:

Paulette Light • Becky Hartman Edwards • Scott Einbinder • Sean Hecht • Jen O’Connor • Ev Boyle • Jessica Craven • Marc Bauer • Dan Curry • Shauna Nep • Jennifer Levin • Melissa Valencia • and more

Chumash Day Powwow & Intertribal Celebration @ Malibu Bluffs Park
Apr 14 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Chumash Day Powwow & Intertribal Celebration @ Malibu Bluffs Park

The 21st Annual Chumash Day Powwow will celebrate Native Americans from all over the country, representing hundreds of tribes.

WHERE:  Malibu Bluffs Park, 24250 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265 – where Malibu Canyon Road meets PCH.

WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, April 13-14, 10 am – 6:00 pm.

Native American food, craft vendors, tribal ceremonies, and dances will be a part of the event on both days. This is a non-competitive Powwow.

 ADMISSION

Chumash Day will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.  The Powwow is open to all ages. Admission is free.  Dogs are allowed, but must remain on a leash and picked-up after.

PARKING
There is no public parking onsite at Malibu Bluffs Park. Parking and shuttle service to and from the event will be available at the corner of Webb Way and Civic Center Way.

Handicap parking spaces are very limited onsite. A handicap-accessible shuttle that can accommodate wheelchairs will be available at the offsite parking lot at Webb Way and Civic Center Way. For assistance or additional information prior to the event, call 310-456-2489 ext. 239.

WEATHER
The Powwow will occur rain or shine. In the event of a serious downpour or other hazardous weather condition, such as lightning and thunder, the event may be stopped for a period of time or cancelled. Cancellations will be reported at 310-317-1364.

Apr
16
Tue
2019
Robert Caro Interviewed by Conan O’Brien! @ Temple Emanuel
Apr 16 @ 7:30 pm
Robert Caro Interviewed by Conan O'Brien! @ Temple Emanuel

Robert Caro in Conversation with Conan O’Brien

When:  April 16, 2019, 7:30pm.

Where:  Temple Emanuel, 8844 Burton Way Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Ticket:   $20 (General Admission),   $ 38 with signed copy of Caro’s new book, Working.  Buy Tickets Here.    

Parking:  Available on local streets and in the Temple’s reserved parking garage located at the corner of Burton Way and Herzl Way.

Robert Caro is recognized as one of the great modern historians of our time. His books on Robert Moses, and more recently on Lyndon Johnson,have earned him two Pulitzers, two National Book Awards, three National Book Circle Awards, and so many more. His books on LBJ are legendary, and they are astounding in their scope, their detail, and their accessibility to the general public. His books are utterly thrilling in revealing how Lyndon Johnson not only got his power, but how he wielded it. Unforgettable.

In his new book, Working, Caro gives us the stories behind the books, stories from and about his interviews with witnesses, including with Lady Bird Johnson about her assessment of one of her husband’s beautiful mistresses. Not all people can be engaged in the same way: of particular note is how he chose to conduct his interviews, whether with lawmakers, or the family of LBJ, or with the independent-minded people in the Texas Hill Country where LBJ had his ranch.

Conan O’Brien is the host of the late-night show, Conan, which airs on TBS. He is also the host of his podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend. Besides all that, Conan is a noted presidential scholar.

 

Apr
18
Thu
2019
Meet 3 Super-Star New Members of Congress, Q&A with Billy Ray @ Paramount Studios
Apr 18 @ 3:00 pm
Meet 3 Super-Star New Members of Congress, Q&A with Billy Ray @ Paramount Studios
Three Super-Star  “Phenomenal Freshman” Members of Congress,
 Q&A with Screenwriter, Director & Democratic Activist Billy Ray.*
  These 3 Member of Congress have extraordinary credentials (see below), and in 2018, toppled long-standing Republican incumbents in Republican districts.
 
Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan – former CIA*
Colin Allred, D-Texas, former NFL Player*
Kim Schrier – D-Washington, former Pediatrician*
Thursday, April 18, 2018, 3:00 PM
Paramount Studios,
Hollywood, CA 
Free.  
RSVP/REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
By Sending Your Name and Email to Billy Ray at  WilliamRay5229@gmail.com.
See you on the Paramount lot.
In 2018, we not only took back the House.  We sent a phenomenally talented freshman class to Congress – people from all parts of the country with extraordinary talent, credentials, experience, clear vision, integrity, brains, and the ability to communicate and connect with their constituents.
In March, Billy Ray arranged for those of us in Los Angeles to meet some of these extraordinary new Representatives that sent Republicans packing in formerly solid Republican territory:
Haley Steven, D-Michigan
Kendra Horn, D-Oklahoma
Antonio Delgado, D-New York
Xochitl Torres-Small, D-New Mexico
Katie Porter, D-California (Irvine, Orange County)
For those of us who were lucky enough to attend the panel in March, it  was exceptional to hear their views as Democrats in states where people view the country’s challenges differently than we do in LA, how they were able to connect with their constituents, and why their constituents chose the vision and values shared by Democrats over the ones that the Republicans in power have been offering.  What we learned is that a lot people share our core Democratic values and vision of a better America, and that what people tend to agree on is concrete solutions to concrete problems.  We also witnessed the extraordinary abilities of these news members of Congress.
This month, on April 18, Billy Ray has arranged for us to meet 3 more of this Phenomenal Class of Freshman Representatives.
If you can manage the free time, it’s well worth the time and braving LA traffic.
*Billy Ray is a screenwriter, director, and Democratic Activist, perhaps best known for co-writing the screenplay to the 2012 blockbuster The Hunger Games, and his Academy Award nominated screenplay for Captain Phillips.
* Kim Schrier was born and raised in LA, and earned a bachelor’s degree from UC – Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in astrophysics. She then attended  UC – Davis School Medical School, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine. She completed her residency at the Stanford University, and worked as a pediatrician in Ashland, Oregon, for one year before joining Virginia Mason Medical Center in Issaquah, Washington, in 2001.

* Colin Zachary Allred (born April 15, 1983)  is currently serving as the U.S. Rep. for Texas’ 32nd Congressional District, which covers the northeastern corner of Dallas, as well as many of its northeastern suburbs such as Garland, Richardson, the Park Cities and Rowlett.  Allred is a civil rights attorney and former American football linebacker who played for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). Allred left football to pursue a degree in law, receiving his J.D. from the UC – Berkely,  followed by positions in both the Obama administration and the U.S. Attorney’s office.

* Elissa Blair Slotkin (born July 10, 1976) is the US Rep for Michigan’s 8th District, which covers the capital of Lansing and the northern suburbs of Detroit.  She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (2015 – 2017) and Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2013-2014).  Prior to that, she worked for the Director of National Intelligence, and held positions at the CIA and the National Security Council.    Slotkin was born in New York City in 1976.   She spent her early life on a farm in Holly, roughly halfway between Flint and Detroit. She received a B.A. from Cornell University (1998) and an M.I.A. from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs(2003).  In 2001, she completed a course in the Arabic language at The American University in Cairo.  After leaving the Defense Department in January 2017, Slotkin moved back to her family’s farm in Holly, where she owned and operated Pinpoint Consulting.

Apr
20
Sat
2019
The Great LA River Clean Up 2019 @ Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park
Apr 20 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Great LA River Clean Up 2019 @ Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park

Imagine … The LA River a Beautiful Space for All to Enjoy

Join Team “Hang Out Do Good” (HODG) at 
THE GREAT LA RIVER CLEAN-UP
Saturday, April 20
9AM – noon

Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park 
2944 Gleneden St, Los Angeles, CA 90039
To Sign Up:
1. Go to https://folar.org/cleanup-2019/
2. Click “Register Now”
3. Click “Register for a Site”
4. Click “Register for Lewis MacAdams, April 20”
5. Do “step one”: Fill out personal info
6. Do “Step two”: click on “teams”, Pick “HODG”
7. Buy a T-shirt! donate if you want!
8. Meet me on the river on April 20 at 9am!

Ever been to the Great LA River Clean Up? It’s an amazing way to spend a couple hours, hang out and do good!  It’s put on by FOLAR (Friends of the LA River).  They give everyone a trash bag, gloves, a shovel if you need it and then set you free to roam The River and pick up trash.  You get to be outside with friends.  You get a good workout — Last year, Julie H used real muscle to dig out a couple of  shopping carts — what more could you want?  I signed HODG up to be a team.  So far it’s just me, Jennifer.

More Info:  JenniferTwelve@gmail.com

 

Apr
28
Sun
2019
Malibu Heroes Lunch & Afternoon at the Malibu Farmer’s Market @ Malibu Farmer's Market
Apr 28 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Malibu Heroes Lunch & Afternoon

Music, Food available, Tables set up.

Where: Malibu Farmer’s Market

When:  Sunday, April 28, 10 am – 3 pm

Operation Recovery will have a booth at the Market.

Check in at the Booth.

Parking will be made available at the nearby Chili Cook Off site.

Free on-street parking is available as well.

More details to follow.

Save the Date!

Richard Bloom Brunch – Co-Sponsored by Malibu Democratic Club @ Residence in Brentwood
Apr 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Richard Bloom Brunch & Fundraiser

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co-sponsored by the Malibu Democratic Club, the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club, and host Tom Safran

Sunday, April 28, 11 am- 12:30 pm

at the Brentwood home of Tom Safran

PLEASE JOIN US FOR BRUNCH IN SUPPORT OF
Assemblymember Richard Bloom
(Candidate for Re-Election)
Celebrating 20 Years of Public Service

$4700 Event Chair • $2500 Co-Host
$1000 Sponsor • $500 Patron
$100 Guest

RSVP to Farrell Bender, 323.465.9655 or nancydolanassociates@gmail.com
to get on the list and be given Tom’s address

Contributions can be made at https://richardbloom.nationbuilder.com/credit_card ,  or by filling out the form below and returning it to nancydolanassociates@gmail.com.

Contributions to Bloom for Assembly 2020 are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. Each individual over the age of 18, labor unions, corporations, other business entities and general PACs may contribute a maximum of $9400; $4,700 for the 2020 Primary Election and $4,700 for the 2020 General Election to support Richard. Qualified small contributor committees may contribute a maximum of $18,600; $9,300 for the 2020 Primary Election and $9,300 for the 2020 General Election. Contributions by cashier’s check, money order or in cash of $100 or more, in the name of another or from foreign nationals not admitted to permanent resident status are prohibited.

Paid for by Richard Bloom for Assembly 2020, FPPC ID# 1414644

2801 Ocean Park Blvd., Box 295 · Santa Monica, CA 90405

For more info, please contact the campaign at (310) 968-1108

Apr
30
Tue
2019
Screening of “Straws” @ Pacific Palisades Public Library
Apr 30 @ 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

(This event is expected to sell out, so RSVP as soon as possible.)

You are cordially invited to a Special Screening of

“Straws”, 

a 30-minute, award-winning documentary (narrated by Oscar-winner Tim Robbins) about eliminating plastic pollution.

hosted by the Pacific Palisdes Democratic Club

Q&A afterwards with:

Andrea Arria-Devoe, Executive Producer

Diana Cohen, Plastic Pollution Coalition

Craig Cadwallader, Surfrider Foundation

Amanda Brossman, Sustainability Analyst,  City of Santa Monica

6:00 PM — doors open

• 6:15 PM — film screening

• 6:45 PM — panel discussion

• 7:30 PM — event ends

More Info/Questions: Palidems.org, or 310-230-2084

To RSVP: Click Here, or call 310-230-2084.

Suggested donation $10 

(Online donations only.  Not at door.)

Free Stainless Straws for every donation!

Pacific Palisades Library,

861 Alma Real Drive,

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Proceeds support the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club and Straws Film