Megan Geckler's Woven Colors

Megan Geckler installation from Wexner Center for the Arts on Vimeo.

Los Angeles artist Megan Wexler's vision is extraordinary. 

Geckler uses only strips of translucent plastic tape in her installations, positioning them and weaving them together to create surface patterns and curvilinear forms. In this case, she has lined several walls and wrapped several of the center's iconic columns in tape stripes and designed a loosely woven form that hovers like a canopy above the center's lower lobby and café area. Geckler is based in Los Angeles, and her work has been exhibited at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Torrance Art Museum, Women & Their Work in Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

http://www.wexarts.org/ex/index.php?eventid=5079

TODAY in LOS ANGELES: HVW8 Music Series with J*Davey

GALLERY MUSIC SERIES
an afternoon of live music collaboration

J*DAVEY
ROB ROY
NOIRFANCY
FRANK OCEAN
JUST MAX

HOSTED BY LE CONNECTEUR AND TY G
WITH GOMEZ WARREN IV

SUNDAY DEC. 19. 2- 5PM

HVW8 ART + DESIGN GALLERY
661 N. SPAULDNG AVE., LA, 90036

*bring out can goods to support the LA food bank for the holiday.

Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold Live at HVW8 Gallery from HVW8 on Vimeo.

Los Angeles: A Current Affair This Weekend!

Hey Los Angeles, A Current Affair (@acurrentaffair) is TONIGHT & THIS WEEKEND (Dec 10 & 11)! Find the BEST vintage gear with over 25 top vintage retailers, including the beloved LIZ BACA (MISS CREW & The Goods).

This pop up shop brings a unique opportunity to shop a select assortment of vintage apparel, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, and ephemera including the likes of Azzedine Alaïa, Balmain, Chanel, Chloe, Comme des Garcons, Givenchy, Issey Miyake, Halston, Lanvin, and Yves Saint Laurent.

To top things off, the amazing LIZ GOLDWYN will be hosting and signing copies of her book Pretty Things. 

The opening preview and party will take place on Friday from 6 to 10 p.m., with the show continuing Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10. Cooper Design Space, 860 S. Los Angeles St., 11th Floor, Los Angeles.

http://www.itsacurrentaffair.com

When 50 Foot Reels Attack: A Farewell to Kodachrome

Don't bother asking your momma not to take your Kodachrome away. The film geek's beloved Kodachrome Super 8 film has expired but there will be one last hurrah (okay, two) in Los Angeles this week. First, the 10th Annual Attack of the 50 Foot Reels where daredevil crews will shoot a film under almost dogmatic rules; one roll of film per crew; in-camera edits only and no viewing of the finished product until the night of the screening. Second, guests will gather for one last glorious night at RIP Kodachrome: A Wake Screening, complete with film and slide screenings, eulogies, music and a pot luck. I'd say Kodachrome is being sent off in a grand fashion.

Thursday, December 9, 2010
7:30 PM

Attack of the 50 Foot Reels
Special All Kodachrome Event
American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Ticket info: http://www.egyptiantheatre.com/

More about Flicker & the Attack of the 50 Foot Reels:
http://www.flickerla.com/


Saturday, December 11, 2010
6:00 PM

RIP Kodachrome: A Wake Screening
Echo Park Film Center Annex (in Atwater Village)
Call the EPFC for address, (213) 484-8846
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org

More about Kodachrome:
http://kodachromeproject.com/pages/contents.html


Photo Credit: Calvin Dexter

LA: Rock N Roll at The Echo on Thursday, Dec 9th

Thursday 12.09.10 at The Echo in Silverlake.

HANNI EL KHATIB (pictured above, mega hot) /
VANAPRASTA /
RUMSPRINGA / 
HOT PANDA /

More details here:

http://www.attheecho.com/2010/11/03/thursday-12-09-10-hanni-el-khatib-rumspringa-echo/

Dog Days: Are You 'Under Employed'? Volunteer Opportunities At Your Local Animal Shelter (Cats & Rabbits Included)

I spent a little time this morning chatting with a very qualified journalist friend who's business has slowed due to the economy. Having more time to do well, whatever she wants, we talked about the idea of volunteering, in particular for local animal shelters.

I did a little digging and found out there are several ways you can spend a little of that down time helping others in need. So if you're under employed as I like to call it, sign up with your local shelter asap!

Here are the various ways you can volunteer (there is something for EVERYONE):

• Canine Companion: pretty self-explanatory but you can work directly with animal shelter employees to keep dogs company - walking, feeding, straightening up cages.
  
• Feline Companion: same as above except with kitties, MEOW.
• Small Animal Companion: same as canines and felines except we're talking guinea pigs, rats, birds, hamsters, etc.
  
• Rabbit Socializer: YES! Rabbits. LLSF's Alma Pagliarulo mentioned she adopted two bunnies this year and because they are animals of prey, they have a longer adjustment period than others. She also said they are fluffy, cuddly and POTTY TRAINED.
• Adoption Counseling: you can show potential adopters around the shelter, introducing them to the animals and answering their questions. This is your chance to really "sell" the animals - get them good homes!
• Adoption Event Counseling: serve as the "brand ambassador", attend events and speak with potential adopters and show off animals! You know, shake hands kiss babies.
• Community Outreach: recruit new volunteers, educate the community, get donations!
• Greeter: "Hi, welcome to the animal shelter. May I take your order?" Something like that...
• Administrative Support: 'nough said
• Foster Care: "Foster care volunteers provide homes, care and a nurturing environment to potentially adoptable animals. Often times, these animals need time to grow, heal and learn to socialize in a safe and caring environment before becoming adoptable." *This is something I recently did and it was very much worth it. I highly recommend it if you can. It doesn't take too much time and effort believe it or not but those animals will thank you. A far better life than a sterile, cold cage.
  
• Transport Volunteer: Pet chauffeur
  
• Pet Photographer: Say cheese. You're taking head shots of animals so they can find awesome homes!
  
• Canine Groomer: This takes a steady hand and an eye for beauty. Trim, groom, style.
  
• Development and Special Events: Help with your brain power to create new ideas and events for FUND RAISING!
  
• Marketing / Public Relations: Write ups, coordination and development of marketing and publicity programs.
• Web Design/Development: Below is a list of local shelters you can connect with. As you can see, they really need help with their websites.
  

New York City: http://www.nycacc.org/howtovolunteer.html
Los Angeles: http://animalcare.lacounty.gov/VOLUNTEER%20OPPORTUNITIES.asp
San Francisco: http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=994
Chicago: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cacc/provdrs/care/svcs/volunteering_at_chicagoanimalcarecontrol.html
Miami: http://www.miamidade.gov/animals/about_volunteer.asp
Seattle: http://www.seattle.gov/animalshelter/fostervolunteers.htm

ASPCA: http://www.aspca.org/about-us/faq/volunteering-at-aspca.html

I Predict A Riot Grrrl

Photo via Frankenstein House

Writer Sara Marcus delves into the Riot Grrrl scene of the early 1990s with her new book, Girls to the Front. Marcus explores the world of new young feminists who demanded their rights loudly! The revolution will not be televised but you can catch the roving book tour as it makes its way across the United States -- hitting many Ladies Lotto chapter cities. So, head out to the nearest event, snag a book and listen to some tunes and readings that'd make Sandra Dee blush.

New York
TONIGHT, October 2
9 PM

Bruar Falls
245 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY

Book release party with performances by Mirah, Christy & Emily, and Tami Hart; Mirah music video premiere by Lauryn Siegel; remarks by Kathleen Hanna; DJ Emoticon, DJ Rebecca Ross, and DJ Lisa Garrett


Los Angeles
Tuesday, October 5
7:30 PM

Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA

Musical guests Dunes and Anna Oxygen, and pickles by Jen Smith


San Francisco
Wednesday, October 6
6PM

San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA

Michelle Tea’s RADAR series presented in conjunction with the Litquake festival with Tao Lin, Chinaka Hodge, and Elizabeth Pickens.

Click here for more information about the tour.

The Edition That Launched One Hundred Prints

Ladies Lotto member Sara Rosen cordially invites you to the launch party for Edition One Hundred. Edition One Hundred features limited edition prints (100 only!) by artists including Martha Cooper, Estevan Oriol, Retna, and many others. All prints are $100 and are available exclusively at http://www.editiononehundred.com. Spy Miss Rosen's blog for more information: http://missrosen.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/edition-one-hundred-la-launch-oct-2/. 10% of sales goes to a charity or cause of each artist's choosing.


Saturday, October 2nd
7-10pm

Exhibition continues through October 18th

A & I Lab
933 North Highland Avenue
Hollywood, California


Edition One Hundred was curated by Sara Rosen, Veronica Thomas and Cat Jimenez (Founder). DJ Valida provides the musical stimulation. There will be libations and palate pleasers too!

P.S. F**K I LOVE YOU LOS ANGELES

F**K I LOVE YOU LOS ANGELES
HVW8 Art + Design Gallery presents: Original Installation and Work by Raif Adelberg


Opening Reception Saturday, October 2nd
7:30-10pm

October 2, 2010- November 1, 2010
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 1– 6pm & by appointment

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Avenue
Los Angeles, California
323.655.4898

www.hvw8.com
www.raifadelger.com
www.funkiloveyoushop.com
with Support from American Rag Cie

Step inside the HVW8 Gallery and see artist / designer Raif Adelberg transform the space into a punk rock flophouse. Channeling CBGB, Barbara Kruger, and Vivienne Westwood, the space Raif creates is called Dead Boys Clubhouse. It’s an environmental space that pops up around the world and creates this incestuous gang.

Want to know more? Visit http://hvw8.com/2010/09/21/fk-i-love-you-los-angeles/

Under the Sign of Virgo: Ladies Lotto Los Angeles

Ladies Lotto gathered in one of downtown Los Angeles' hottest boutiques, Virgo. Drinks were flowing, women networking and discounts galore! See the beautiful and fashionably brilliant ladies in action!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22759170@N02/sets/72157624896730285/show/

Tonight! Ladies Lotto Virgo Style with Lovemade in LA!

Hosted by Virgo & Lovemade...

Ladies Lotto presents the Fashion Edition

TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 22nd.
6:30-9:30PM

Virgo
216 E. 9th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Meet. Connect. Collaborate. Manifest.

15% off of the entire store!

RSVP NOW: RSVPLA@LADIESLOTTO.COM

Los Angeles: Ladies Lotto Fashion Edition is Sept 22nd.

Hosted by Virgo & Lovemade...

Ladies Lotto presents the Fashion Edition

Wednesday, September 22nd.
6:30-9:30PM

Virgo
216 E. 9th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Meet. Connect. Collaborate. Manifest.

15% off of the entire store!

RSVP NOW: RSVPLA@LADIESLOTTO.COM

LA: LIFEbeat's Pre MTV VMA Fundraising Concert with Ke$ha and B.o.B

LIFEbeat has been at the forefront of providing HIV prevention messages and services to those affected by HIV/AIDS for years. You can join LIFEbeat in the fight against HIV/AIDS by attending their annual Pre-VMA fundraiser this Saturday.

The 2010 VMA Concert to Benefit

LIFEbeat - The Music Industry Fights AIDS

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Doors: 9:00 PM
Show: 9:45 PM

House of Blues
8430 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

PERFORMING LIVE

KE$HA & B.o.B

SPINNING

DJ JUS SKE

PRESENTED BY

ROCKBAND 3

Click the link below for more information and tickets!

http://www.lifebeat.org/news.cfm/news/143

Susan Ledgerwood Photography

Portrait photographer Susan Ledgerwood, new member of Ladies Lotto, is a visual story teller. Her dynamic individual and group portraits are a combination of classic and unconventional. Her specialty - encouraging the seer to become one with the scenery, uniting and transcending any separation between audience and subject.

Susan also shoots art, business and private lifestyle events with a photojournalistic eye. She recently shot the Ladies Lotto Women's Health and Fitness Discussion at Bar Marmont. Check out more of Susan's work on her website: http://www.susanledgerwood.com/

All work by Susan Ledgerwood

Love Laeken

I met Los Angeles clothing designer Mallyce Miller (& her assistant Hailey) of Laeken a year ago at a trunk show at Shotwell in San Francisco. Both stunning, tall beauties draped in sexy, cool & casual pieces that turned out to be Mallyce's creations.

Impressed, I immediately gave them the scoop on Ladies Lotto and invited them to the next event in LA. Mallyce, who went to USC during my own stint, has created a chic accessibly sophisticated line that blends fashion, beach and femininity into one perfect affair.

Proud to have Mallyce's presence in Ladies Lotto, it seems as if Laeken has only just begun.

To purchase Laeken, visit: laekencollection.com Become a fan of a fellow LLADY on Facebook, visit: http://www.facebook.com/LAEKENcollection

Il Cielo: Sky Ferreira

Sky Ferriera is a singer-songwriter in the vein of Marina & the Diamonds and La Roux and Ladie's Lotto has the scoop on this young artist for you. Her style might make you think that she is far beyond her 17 years when she wears vintage dresses from all over the world (check out her fashion feature in Elle Magazine). However, her electro fused pop songs are pure youth that would have the teenagers heading for the dance floor. Her single 17, available now on Itunes from E.M.I., could easily fit in with the current pop music world (although I don't think her sound is quite as developed as that of the on-the-rise Marina & the Diamonds). If you listen to the lyrics of this tune, she definitely does not let you forget her age. Besides the title, the lyrics discuss her age as a "dirty little secret" when she's drinking with her friends "at the nightclub." Sky's lyrical focus on her age could make people focus on this subject more than her music. What are your thoughts: does it pigeon-hole the burgeoning pop star as a teen singer or can she grow into a successful 20 something pop act?

Her voice and electro style also bring a new sound to a very edgy cover of "Happiness is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles. You can check out this cover on her Myspace- it is listed under the name "Happy Dre" and is produced by Daniel Luttrell. I really like what she did with this song; her young feminine voice brings a new sound to this classic song. The beats on the song make me sad that I can't dance even a little in my non-air conditioned apartment without breaking a serious sweat.

For now, I will keep her single 17 in my pregame playlist; at least while I can still understand the fear of getting caught with a fake id. I can definitely dance to this beat but, as her song says, "I wonder how long she can last before she falls." I look forward to seeing her mature and see what comes from Sky Ferreira. I for one will be happy to buy her debut record if she develops into Marina's style of respectable, confident, and sexy womanhood as opposed to Ke$ha's party animal, drink till you drop, hot mess style pop act.

LACOSTE X NYLON Magazine Party - June 21st - LA

Complimentary champagne cocktails available from Dirty Blonde!

BoConcept Re-launch Party in Santa Monica with It's Bodega

Join BoConcept Santa Monica for their Re-Launch party on Thursday, June 3, 2010 from 6-10pm. BoConcept Santa Monica has collaborated with Bodega Vinyl Editions to present a curated collection of large scale art editions, featuring artists such as Barry McGee, Rostarr, Michael Leon, Cody Hudson, and many others. Enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres while checking out the newest collection and completely remodeled BoConcept Santa Monica location.

BoConcept Design Consultants will be on hand to offer our Design Consultant Services and to help you schedule an In Home Consultation.

LLLA's Amy Grabisch and partner started this project 1 year ago as a simple idea. Please join us next Thursday as we celebrate this journey and our company, Bodega™ in conjunction with the re-launch party of the Santa Monica BoConcept store.

For more information contact the showroom directly:

BoConcept Showroom 328 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90401

rsvp@itsbodega.com

www.BoConcept.com

TONIGHT: Events in NYC & LA

No plans for tonight? We've got two great events happening in NYC and LA!

NEW YORK CITY

The Coalition For the Homeless's First Step Job Training Program helps homeless and low-income women get off the streets by providing them with hands on job training as well as a professional wardrobe to get them started on the road to a brighter future.

As it is Ladies Lotto's goal to empower ladies via a strong base, we're hosting a networking and benefit event to support these women. Come for the open bar but stay for the discussion with the women of World Financial Group. They'll be dishing on wealth management; how to get it and how to keep it.

Thursday, May 20th
6:30-9PM

Polar
@ The Marcel
201 East 24th Street
NYC
FREE

Open bar & light h'ors d'oeuvres!

RSVP to www@ladieslotto.com


LOS ANGELES

Network amongst the most talented & creative women in Los Angeles and get a complimentary spring touch up at Chop Chop Salon & Gallery.

Touch ups include: *blowouts * flat ironing * bangs * up-dos * braids *

Thursday, May 20th
7-10PM

Chop Chop Salon and Gallery
830 North La Brea
Los Angeles

Music by Sara T
Food + Wine will be served


RSVP to touchups@ladieslotto.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114076351963418&ref=ts

LA: Chop Shop 5/20

Image via Jessica Hische

We promise you won't get screwed while you get chopped at what is sure to be a fun and glam networking event at LA's Chop Chop Salon & Gallery. Live the good life with drinks and delicious bites while a stylist from the salon touches up your do. You'll get the royal treatment and a little something from hair care line UNITE; to help you continue living that good hair dream. All UNITE daily shampoos are paraben and sulfate free.

Thursday, May 20th
7-10PM

Chop Chop Salon & Gallery
830 North La Brea Avenue
LA

Cost: Ladies Lotto members enter free of charge. $10 for non-Ladies Lotto members.

Get your tickets here: http://touchupslllamay2010.eventbrite.com