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Aaron Rose Interview on Abla

I first got wind the Swerve, a three-day festival of film screenings, music, art and related activities, about a month ago when I noticed the postcards in the neighborhood shops. The point of view and style of the collateral had sense of familiarity. Then I noticed the extremely impressive visual art lineup and the fact that there was finally an event on the eastside that reflected the creative spirit of the community and I got excited. Add to that the fact someone is finally using the entire Barnsdall facility to its potential and, well, it would be a stretch to say I went into convulsions but a friend did ask about the foam coming out of the corners of my mouth.

How did this event suddenly...

Swerve Festival Needs VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Swerve Festival seeks willing and able bodied people this weekend for the first annual festival of film, music
and art. Do you like parties and outdoor activities? Do you have good organizational and people skills? If you do, then Swerve Festival is looking for you!

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas: film screenings, live music events, gala events and production set up and break down.

Volunteers must be able to work a minimum 4-hour shift on any of the 3 festival days, and a maximum 8-hour shift. Volunteers must be able to come in for volunteer orientation prior to the festival dates and have their own insurance and transportation.

Volunteers will get a limited edition Swerve Festival T-shirt and tickets to festival events.

If you would like to volunteer, send an email to:

volunteer@swervefestival.com

Conversations with Gronk and Ricardo Garcia

Conversations with Gronk and Ricardo Garcia this Thursday

Metro Gallery / Thursday Sept. 20, 2007 / 7:30 pm / RSVP

"Please join us for a conversation with artists, Gronk and Ricardo Garcia as they discuss their paintings, their inspiration, and the details behind their interesting collaboration, "Momento." The exhibition will run through September 29 at Metro Gallery. Please RSVP as this promises to be a great
night of conversation and art."

If you know even a little about the Los Angeles art scene you know what a long shadow Gronk's cast. This sounds like an absolutely fabulous opportunity don't pass it up!

www.metrogallery.org

Try out a DASH of Silver Lake

On Saturday, September 29th, Silver Lake will host the first trial run of the proposed DASH (bus shuttle) line running through the neighborhood. Coordinated with the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council elections and the breaking of ground for the Silver Lake Library (a LEED Gold structure), the trial run of the DASH route will give Silver Lake residents a glimpse of what a neighborhood connector could do.

Survey input and on-the-ground interviews helped to shape the proposed route, which runs north from near the 101 along Silver Lake Blvd., around the reservoir and back down Hyperion connecting shopping areas, residential areas, and parks in the community. Can a DASH line connect our neighborhoods to major transportation corridors and get Silver Lake out of its cars? We'll start to find out later this month. Save the date to jump on board!

Hipsters may have to pay a quarter... or more

according to the an LA Times article the yesterday metered parking is coming to the Sunset Junction, pitting those dirty loitering hipsters against the kindly shop owners and residence or at least the LA Time would have you believe... Aaanyway

"The city is moving forward with a plan to quadruple the number of parking meters in all of Silver Lake, mostly along the burgeoning business districts of Sunset, Glendale and Silver Lake boulevards."

Kime Buzzelli top 5

Kime Buzzelli (pronounced "Kimmy") is a one woman creative tour de force, painter-clothing maker, owner of Show Pony on Echo Park Blvd. and all around good egg. Her art has been published in books such as Fashion Illustration Next by Laird Borrelli- Vintage L.A. due out this spring. and magazines such as Lula (UK), Bust, PAPER, W, Front Desk, Juxtapoz, and BPM. Her clothing has also been featured in Elle, Venus, Jalouse, W, Apparel News, WWD and PAPER among others.

Her work is filtered through an obsession with fashion but that interest quickly dissolves into something too pathological and diverse to be considered fashion illustrations. Rather she reassembles that familiar iconography into a more personal vocabulary to illustrate her interests which she describes as “Female desire. Girls trying to solve the puzzle of love. Floating ghosts in search of happiness. Obsession and disaster, Magic moments fueled by fantasy, stains and the evidence of mischief. I love collecting things that tell a story- objects with evidence of a life well lived.”

Fresh off a recent solo show at New Image art I met her at a party last week where we found out we had much in common when it comes to art. I of course immediately took advantage of this new found friendship to hit her up for the blog and she graciously agreed to give us her top 5 on the east side. So without furher ado...

Subliminal Projects in Echo Park

This just in the east side art scene is about to get a little more crowded and a much cooler according to their website Subliminal Projects is moving to Echo Park in November. It will be a great addition to the area. We're looking forward to being able to just drive down the street to see their shows. Stay tuned.

Mark Greenfield @ 18th Street Arts Center

Mark Steven Greenfield Director of the L.A. Municipal Gallery is also an accomplished artist who has solo show September 29 et the 8th Street Arts Center . Perhaps Mark will give us a little insider info about is work in this exhibition? I'll bug him.

18th Street Arts Center presents “Incognegro,” a solo exhibition of visual works by Mark Steven Greenfield and curated by Julie Joyce, September 29-November 30, 2007. The Art Night reception event will be held September 29, 2007, 5:00-8:30 pm, including two free concerts, additional and open studios by international and local artists. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 11am-5:30pm. 18th Street Arts Center is located at 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica.