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Monday, January 16th, 2012
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Mindshare LA ” The Cosmic Frontier” / Thursday, January 19th
The Mezz Bar, Alexandria Hotel – 2nd Floor, 501 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
RSVP: mindshare.eventbrite.com
7pm / Doors & Happy Hour
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes! Happy Hour is from 7-8pm.
8:30pm / Talks
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
- Carl Sagan
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MC, “The Cosmic Frontier”
Douglas Campbell / Co-Founder & Curator, Mindshare LA
Are we alone in this universe? The odds seem unlikely, so why does the universe seem so ‘quiet’? Kepler is finding potentially habitable planets. Will we be able to colonize another planet before it’s too late? Join us for a night of interstellar insights!
Doug is a community constructor, experience engineer and tuxedo traveler. He co-founded Mindshare LA in 2006 as well as the interactive collective Syyn Labs in 2009. He likes wearing tuxedos for charitable escapades.
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The Most Advanced Mars Rover Yet…
Adam Steltzner / Chief Engineer, EDL, Mars Exploration Rovers mission
It is built into all us human beings through our shared “curiosity gene” to stare into the sky and wonder – What’s out there? Adam Steltzner is working to give us some answers. The Mars Science Labratory rover is the most intricately designed, ambitious vehicle in the NASA Mars rover series yet, and Adam is working to get it on the ground. He unravels the tail of how the MSL is being developed – and where it is going.
Adam is the Chief Engineer for the Mars Science Labratory rover entry, descent, and landing phase. He has logged enough airline miles to go around the world more that a dozen times in ensuring that the heat shield, parachute, rockets, airbags and other devices, all worked individually and together to get the mission safely to the surface of Mars. He works at JPL and holds a PhD in Engineer Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a musician at heart and a Mechanical Systems Lead by trade.
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When you go to Space..
William Pomerantz / Vice President, Special Projects at Virgin Galactic
Some people whine, “where is my jetpack?” Mindsharians don’t whine, and we don’t restrict our pining to jetpacks. Many of us are planning now for the realization of another one of our childhood dreams: the days of regularly scheduled passenger flights to space. Space travel is no longer the exclusive domain of government astronaut corps. William Pomerantz will discuss how you, too, will be able to go space in the near future, whether for research, for education, or for fun.
Will is the Vice President for Special Projects at Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, the world’s first spaceline, and is a trustee of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), the world’s largest student space organization. He is a graduate of Harvard University, the NASA Academy, and the International Space University. This is his third time speaking at Mindshare—and his third different topic (previous topics: the Google Lunar X PRIZE and OpenGov @ NASA).
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Building the Future of Space Exploration
Dr. Dmitriy Tseliakhovich / Co-founder and CTO, Escape Dynamics LLC
Space is the new economic frontier and one of the greatest adventures that awaits humanity. What is holding us back? Why aren’t we building space colonies and travel to the moons of Jupiter in search for new life forms? Why aren’t we getting unlimited energy from Space Based Solar Power satellites predicted decades ago? The answers to these questions represent an unprecedented opportunity and present an extremely exciting challenge that will be addressed through the interplay of exponentially evolving technologies and new business models pioneered by young, innovative teams.
Dmitriy is a space scientist and entrepreneur devoted to the mission of opening space for large scale commercial, scientific and social exploration. He holds a M.Sc. degree in physics from Carleton University in Ottawa and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Caltech. Dmitriy is also a recent graduate of the Singularity University. In 2010 Dmitriy co-founded Escape Dynamics LLC with the goal of developing new space launch and space exploration systems based on exponentially growing technologies.
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9:30pm – Late / Interactions & Music
Stay for the interactive technology installations, stocked bar, music and entertainment!
Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display!
ART, GAMES & INSTALLATIONS FROM
 
DAN GOODS: While creating a pipe organ out of soda pop bottles, gardening at the Huntington Gardens and designing four-dimensional objects, I developed a passion. It is to give people experiences where they interact with something beautiful, meaningful, and/or possibly profound. I now get to do this as the Visual Strategist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where I create ways of communicating ideas, and through public and private art commissions. I am currently working on projects in Pairs, Sao Paulo, Atlanta, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Reno, and the AxS festival in Pasadena. I live in South Pasadena with my wife and 3 kids.
KASEY MACMAHON is a creative director and multimedia artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her work is driven by interest in Space exploration and curiosity regarding our distinctly individual interactions with technology, the world and each other. Influenced as much by hardware stores and the monsters underneath her bed as by science, technology and fine art, Kasey believes imagination is a superpower we all possess and encourages the occasional sidestepping of grownup life to recall a child’s eager fascination with the mundane. Kasey loves exploring the connection between art and science, tinkering with technology, climbing mountains and trying to figure out how to get to outer space. Her work has been covered in a variety of print and online publications including Popular Science, Wired, CNET, AdBusters and Forbes and she was recently selected as one of LA Weekly’s Best People in LA.
ERIC GRADMAN is a founding member of Syyn Labs. As a roboticist and interactive artist, he has developed computer vision software for such disparate applications as military robots and sock-puppet karaoke machines. His computer-vision-based art has been seen in museums and at events far and wide.
JOHN PARK is gifted live painter who mixes layers of mixed media to create compelling narrative.
Coined “The League of Extraordinary Nerds” by Fast Company Magazine, Syyn Labs is a Los Angeles-based organization that fuses the worlds of technology and interactive sciences with artistic mediums to design and construct visually dynamic spectacles that inspire thought and provoke conversation. (Read more…)
Wise Guys will be in the house once again, conducting another social game!
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Tags: Events, Inspiration, Interactive Art, Los Angeles
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Wednesday, August 10th Schedule
Mindshare LA & Embody Tantra are Proud to Present:
Tantra: Beyond Sex… Liberation & Mindfulness in Every Day Life
at the Temple of Visions art gallery, a hidden gem in Downtown LA.
mindfocus.eventbrite.com
(Doors 7:30pm) 8pm – 10pm / Workshop Description
Join Charu, who enlightened the attendees at the June Mindshare LA, for an experiential evening event where you will learn:
What is Tantra?
Why Tantra is the perfect practice for modern minds.
How Tantra can transform your daily life and experiences.
And yes, you will also learn about how this rich practice can enhance your experience of lovemaking & relationship.
 
NOTE: You will also get to experience a Tantric practice with the group: NO PARTNER NECESSARY! Tantra isn’t what you think  there will be no nudity or sexual contact. This practice will begin to re-sensitize you to your world, making way for more delight, richness & pleasure in all that you do.
More from Charu
Many of us feel lonely, isolated from a genuine connection to ourselves, our families, our lovers and our world.
We often find ourselves thirsty on a deep level for something real, something that can remind us of the brilliance of being alive.
We search for it in books, modern gurus, various spiritual teachings… few of us experience what we know is possible.
We leave our Yoga classes with our bodies open and vibrant, but barely say a word to the person who was on the mat beside us.
We awaken in seminars or sermons where visions and possibilities are alighted before us with words, and still we are lost when it comes to fulfilling relationships.
We hear a call from within, a call that is buried, asking us to open our eyes and awaken to what it is to be alive in every moment. A longing to be looked in the eyes and be understood, not judged. A simple desire to reach out and truly ‘meet’ our neighbor… without any agenda, without any story, without holding back.
Who would you be if you surrendered to this voice within? Beyond what you have been taught, beyond society, beyond who you think you are?
For more info on Charu & Embody Tantra go to www.embodytantra.com
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Wednesday, June 22nd Schedule
7pm / Doors & Happy Hour Drink Specials
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes!Arriving early? Food Trucks will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward. (see below for details…)
8:30pm / Program
GUEST HOST: Jamye Waxman / M.Ed Human Sexuality Education & Author
Presenters Include:
Dr. Sean Carrol / Senior Research Associate in Physics, CalTech
From the Kitchen to the Multiverse
Jeff Potter / Author of Cooking for Geeks
Who Knew Science Could Be So Delicious?
Emily Levine / Comedienne Philosopher
Paradigm Paralysis: America’s Problem – and How to Fix It
Charu / Founder, Embody Tantra
Tantra: Beyond Sex… Liberation & Mindfulness in Every Day Life
9:30pm – Midnight / Interactions & After-Party
Stay for the interactive technology demo lounge, stocked bar, music and entertainment!
Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display!
ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC
Boom Boom Boom, the most energy pushed acoustically this side of the Mississippi. Lead man Joe Greene possesses a deep vocal that will woo the ladies at the same time demand you get up and dance. Dylan Cooper and his curvaceous stand up bass will hypnotize you with tones of eloquence and thump. Marlon Grace manages to make a box drum, yes a box, sound like a drum machine as well as a trap kit.
Super Tall Paul (of Helios Jive) will be bringing his headphone lounge! Local Hero Weekly says:”SuperTall Paul Newman is the man you call when you are looking for fun, silly, impressive, entertainment. “
And as a special treat, Wise Guys will be in the house, conduting another social game!
TECH DEMOS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT
Including Syyners: Dick Whitney, Eric Gradman Pehr Hovey and David Guttman
DRINK SPECIALS THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AT
FOOD TRUCKS & SNACKS (from 6:45 – 8:30pm)
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Tags: California, Community, Events, Inspiration, Interactive Art, Los Angeles, Syyn Labs
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
The Tuxedo Tyrants: Bar-Crawlin’ for Charity
(¯`·._.· Friday, June 17th / 9pm – 2am ·._.·´¯)
** RSVP FOR DOWNTOWN STARTING LOCATION **
** Drink Specials at Each Bar **
All Proceeds to go to LA’s School on Wheels! OVER $400 RAISED!
We were also celebrating the recent success of our company BioNav, a unique off shore medical research facility, which just one the contract to supply Berkley’s School of Medicine with their stem cell line. Besides the profitable domain of cell harvesting, BioNav provides a myriad of custom surgical procedures, from international waters. So hop on and enjoy a cruise – and why not get a cybernetic implant while-you-wait!
“Every week, School on Wheels’ volunteer tutors give hope, educational assistance and support to the thousands of homeless children living in Southern California”.
Since 2008, The Tuxedo Tyrants have dressed up in their fanciest garb and descended on numerous Los Angeles neighborhoods, with their saucy behavior and tall tales of their exploits.
In an effort to win back some community karma – while still infusing their legendary brand of fancy hedonism – the Tyrants now team up with local charitable organizations to throw fancy fundraisers. After our last adventure, we woke up with 100 aching heads, as well as almost $1000 raised for charity. (Full story here…)
More info on The Tuxedo Tyrants: Website | Facebook | Twitter
Tags: Events, Inspiration, Los Angeles, Tuxedo Tyrants
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Sunday, June 5th, 2011
FreshMakers, Mindsharians and Tuxedo Tyrants, we salute you!
Once a month ProjectFresh sends out a combined email to its different mailing lists to bring your attention to upcoming events. Feel free to update your list subscriptions using the link at the bottom of this email…
For June, we’ve decided to mix it up a little bit – launching the month with Booze Clues, a downtown LA treasure-hunt-meets-bar-crawl on June 11th. From there, the month marches on with a charitable Tuxedo Tyrants, our 3rd Mind, Body & Soul Retreat and another Mindshare at the spectacular LATC!
- The ProjectFresh Team
Booze Clues – Mindshare Edition
Saturday, June 11th, from 3:30pm – 7pm - Collaboration with Wise Guys
Join our thrilling adventure full of brews, booze, and clues! We’re hiding secrets, puzzles, and challenges in bars up and down downtown LA’s Barmuda Triangle. Your ticket gets you drink specials at each location you visit, plus a dazzling variety of fun and games that will tickle your mind while you pickle your liver. Afterward, continue the fun with new friends over dinner (or more bar-crawlin’!).
The Tuxedo Tyrants – Bar-Crawlin’ for Charity
Friday, June 17th, from 9pm – 2am
Since 2008, The Tuxedo Tyrants have dressed up in their fanciest garb and terrorized numerous neighborhoods of LA, with decadent behavior and tall tales of their exploits. In an effort to win back some community kharma – while still infusing their legendary brand of fancy hedonism – the Tyrants now team up with local charitable organizations to throw fancy fundraisers.
a clear mind and energized body. This is the third in a series of events that will explore the human experience, and techniques that nurture the mind, body & soul.
Mindshare LA
Wednesday, June 22nd, from 7pm – 1am
May’s Mindshare got some of the best attendee feedback we’ve ever had. The content was superb, and we had games, live music and the return of Tall Paul’s listening lounge. See the pics here… And June is going to be off the hook too! Astrophysics, Cooking for Geeks and Philosopher Comic Emily Levine – Join us June 22nd at the incomparable LATC for an unparalleled night of enlightened debauchery!
Tags: Events, Inspiration, Los Angeles
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Register here…
Wednesday,18th Schedule
7pm / Doors & Happy Hour Drink Specials
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes! Arriving early? Food Trucks will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward. (see below for details…)
8:30pm / Program includes
GUEST HOST: Jamye Waxman / M.Ed Human Sexuality Education & Author
Oded Aharonson / Professor of Planetary Science, CalTech
Unveiling Titan: A World Strange and Familiar
Alan Horsager / Neuroscientist at USC Keck School of Medicine
Blindness & Sight
Dan O’Shannon / TV Producer, Cheers, Frasier, Modern Family
Just What the Hell Are You All Laughing At? The Science of Comedy
Marty Barrett (AKA Gram Ponante) / Veteran Porn Journalist
Oh The Things You Didn’t Know About Porn Valley!
9:30pm – Midnight / Interactions & After-Party
Stay for the interactive technology demo lounge, stocked bar, music and entertainment!
Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display:
SPECIAL! David Guttman (Syyn Labs) will be showing his newest installation “TwitterChimes” in the auditorium. See some of his other projects here.
FOOD TRUCKS & SNACKS (from 6:45 – 8:30pm)
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ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC
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The Shoestring Trio will be playing and are accused of being “guilty of creating a contagiously festive atmosphere wherever they play” by LA Weekly  ALSO: Super Tall Paul (of Helios Jive) will be bringing his headphone lounge! Local Hero Weekly says: “SuperTall Paul Newman is the man you call when you are looking for fun, silly, impressive, entertainment. “
And as a special treat, Wise Guys will be in the house, conduting a social game called “Prize Ribbons”
TECH DEMO LOUNGE
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Combiform is a game platform that involves four wedge-shaped controllers that can be played separately or “stuck” together for cooperative play. Inneract is for your practical needs and most obscure desires. Invite others to interact with you in any way you wish or explore the whims of others. ALSO, Dr. Nuclear will be setting up his interactive whiteboard. Dance Pad is a dance game for the iPad that turns your fingers into legs.
Tags: Events, Inspiration, Los Angeles
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Wednesday,18th Schedule
7pm / Doors & Happy Hour Drink Specials
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes! Arriving early? Food Trucks will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward. (see below for details…)
8:30pm / Program includes
GUEST HOST: Jamye Waxman / M.Ed Human Sexuality Education & Author
Oded Aharonson / Professor of Planetary Science, CalTech
Unveiling Titan: A World Strange and Familiar
Alan Horsager / Neuroscientist at USC Keck School of Medicine
Blindness & Sight
Dan O’Shannon / TV Producer, Cheers, Frasier, Modern Family
Just What the Hell Are You All Laughing At? The Science of Comedy
Marty Barrett (AKA Gram Ponante) / Veteran Porn Journalist
Oh The Things You Didn’t Know About Porn Valley!
9:30pm – Midnight / Interactions & After-Party
Stay for the interactive technology demo lounge, stocked bar, music and entertainment!
Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display:
SPECIAL! David Guttman (Syyn Labs) will be showing his newest installation “TwitterChimes” in the auditorium. See some of his other projects here.
FOOD TRUCKS & SNACKS (from 6:45 – 8:30pm)
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ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC
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The Shoestring Trio will be playing and are accused of being “guilty of creating a contagiously festive atmosphere wherever they play” by LA Weekly ALSO: Super Tall Paul (of Helios Jive) will be bringing his headphone lounge! Local Hero Weekly says: “SuperTall Paul Newman is the man you call when you are looking for fun, silly, impressive, entertainment. “
And as a special treat, Wise Guys will be in the house, conduting a social game called “Prize Ribbons”
TECH DEMO LOUNGE
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Combiform is a game platform that involves four wedge-shaped controllers that can be played separately or “stuck” together for cooperative play. Inneract is for your practical needs and most obscure desires. Invite others to interact with you in any way you wish or explore the whims of others. ALSO, Dr. Nuclear will be setting up his interactive whiteboard. Dance Pad is a dance game for the iPad that turns your fingers into legs.
Tags: Events, Inspiration, Interactive Art, Los Angeles
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
A ProjectFresh Screening: “Skid Row” & Follow Up Discussion
ProjectFresh is proud to invite you to a special screening of Skid Row, in which Pras from The Fugees documents his nine-day experience posing as a homeless person on Skid Row. Proceeds will go to supporting the cause and helping to spread the film’s eye-opening message.
After the screening there will be a Q+A with special guests:
Pras Michel / The Fugees (via Skype)
Pamela Samuelson will be showcasing EDAR (Everyone Deserves a Roof)
Bill Farrar / Business Leaders Task Force on Homelessness, Home For Good — aiming to end chronic and veteran homelessness in Los Angeles County by 2016
Wednesday, April 27th | Doors 7pm | Screening 8pm
The Downtown Independent Theater: 251 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA
$12 Online Pre-Sale / $15 at the Door (if available)
A food truck will be on the premises from 6:45pm | Rooftop Drinks & Discussion Afterward.
* This is an all ages event *
More information & RSVP here…
Synopsis
In LA Country, there are approximately 80,000 homeless and transient people. Skid Row is a 50-square-block area in downtown Los Angeles that is home to many of them. More than just a place, it’s a way of life, a mind set–the last resort of those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves.
In the feature documentary, “Skid Row,” Pras Michel–one third of the successful hip-hop band The Fuguees–lives on the streets of Skid Row for nine straight days and nights as a homeless person. The entire time, he and his crew are undercover, using surveillance cameras. His journey is a difficult one, riddled with hunger, exposure to the elements, criminals, drugs and danger. It is also life-changing: Pras learns not only how to fend for himself, but discovers the dark, very human and, at times, humorous underbelly of Los Angeles.
Watch the Trailer…
Special Thanks to Rob Wisdom and Mara Abrams for making this happen
Tags: Events, Inspiration, Los Angeles, Screening
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
Wednesday, April 20th Schedule – ALL NEW VENUE!
7pm / Doors & Happy Hour Drink Specials
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy live music, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes! Arriving early? MeSoHungry Food Truck will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward.
MUSIC: The all acoustic Gonzalo Bergara Quartet plays a modern variant of 1930′s Django Reinhardt-inspired Gypsy Jazz. Composer and lead guitarist Bergara mixes cascades of arpeggios with the sounds of Paris and his native Argentina and is supported by a honed rhythm section.
ART: Explore the work of kinetic sculptor Karl Lautman, including his acclaimed circle of falling dominos: Ouroborus.
8:30pm / Program includes
An introduction by Douglas Campbell / Curator, Mindshare LA & ProjectFresh
Kurt Othmer / President, EEG Info
Train Your Brain: From Electrodes to Insights
When you watch your brain activity you can change the way it functions. “What appears miraculous is really nothing more than the incredible capacity of the brain to recover function using its own resources.”
Julia Bossmann / Research Assistant and Masters Student (Cand. Psych.), Institut für Experimentelle Psychologie, Dept. of Biological Psychology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
The Smell of Fear. How our Emotions Affect our Body Odor
“A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.. There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology.” (WP) How good do you smell?
Kurt Daradics / Co-Founder, CitySourced
The Wild West of Civic Engagement
“What the future of civic engagement might look like. CitySourced is working with folks like Eric Garcetti, LA Unified School District, Glendale, and many others to transform civic engagement. Using real case studies, and a touch of irreverence, be prepared to be inspired about what you can do with free off the shelf technology to wake up your neighborhood.”
Kestrin Pantera, Scott Watson & Jonathan Grubb / Mobile Karaoke Superstars!
4 Wheels, 1 Mic and You: RVIP Lounge
The RVIP Lounge is a mobile karaoke bar housed in a renovated Winnebago that provides free transportation and all night rockage at conferences and festivals
Paige Nesbitt / Blogger, Martini Rescue Squad
The Dos and Don’ts Of Dating Profiles
Paige is the chief blogger at Martini Rescue Squad which she summarizes as ‘A Peer Expert’s Blog About Being a Single Woman in Her Twenties or Thirties and Loving It’. She’s here to show us what works, and perhaps what to avoid, when crafting an online dating profile.
9:30pm – Midnight / Interactions & After-Party
Stay for the interactive technology project showcase, stocked bar & live music…
MUSIC: In a world filled with costume jewelry… Holland Greco is a priceless diamond. A cool mixture of crafted melodies and sexy rhythms… They will make you dance!
ENTERTAINMENT: Super Tall Paul (of Helios Jive) will be bringing his headphone lounge! Local Hero Weekly says: “SuperTall Paul Newman is the man you call when you are looking for fun, silly, impressive, entertainment. “
More information & RSVP here…
Tags: Events, Inspiration, Los Angeles
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