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.

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.

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).

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.

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!

FOOD FROM

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Mindshare LA & Peace Yoga are Proud to Present:

Evening Yoga and Delicious Feast

…at Peace Yoga Gallery & Cafe, a hidden gem in Downtown LA!

Peace Yoga, 903 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90015

RSVP: mindbody.eventbrite.com

(Doors 5:30pm) 6pm-7:30 / Yoga Workshop

“Live yoga. Live food. Live art. Live people!” Join well-being guru, Cheri Rae for an evening workshop that will help you shake off the week that has passed, and to prepare for the week ahead. Cheri’s yoga class is not your mother’s class. She challenges, but doesn’t force; she supports but doesn’t allow you to be mediocre! Cheri’s teaching style will make you laugh with delight, feel the burn and leave you new insights into yourself and the world around you.

7:30pm – 8:30pm / Raw Food Feast & Preparation Tips

After you work up an appetite, a big feast awaits! Cheri and her crew will prepare a banquet of delicious raw cuisine to help you replenish your body and invigorate your mind. While you eat, Cheri will give you some tips for how you can prepare such healthy and delicious fare.

WHAT TO BRING: Yoga Mat, Water, Good Intention

More about Cheri Rae

Joseph Campbell once said, “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

One of the privileges of my lifetime is the friend and mentorship extraordinaire of yoga teacher Cheri Rae Russell. Cheri Rae knows exactly ‘who she is’, and her passion in life has been to share her joy of the healing powers of yoga. Whether on or off the mat, Cheri lives to support friends, family, loved ones … even strangers towards lives of better physical, emotional and spiritual health.

‘Peace’ could not be more appropriate as a name for Cheri’s studio … an oasis of LOVE in the midst of downtown Los Angeles. May the ripple of ‘Peace’ radiate outward in ever-widening circles, from Cheri’s passionate heart … until it covers the planet whole. The privilege is ours.

Charley Patton

Partner, The Yoga Barn, Ubud, Bali

For more info on Peace Yoga go to www.peaceyogagallery.com/

Mindshare LA & The George Greenstein Institute are Proud to Present:

No Resolutions! Workshop

at the Project Butterfly loft, a hidden gem in Downtown LA.

RSVP: mindfocus.eventbrite.com

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(Doors 7pm) 7:30pm – 10pm / Workshop Description

• Do you think making New Year’s resolutions is a yearly farce?

• Do you find you never keep your resolutions?

• And then find you get frustrated with yourself for not doing so?

Don’t make resolutions! Make change!

Participants will leave this interactive workshop with experience:

Distinguishing goals from strategies!

    Mapping of doable strategies as opposed to feeling overwhelmed by larger than life resolutions.

    Approaching the goal setting process with heart and mind in synch.

    Reframing reward thinking to move oneself further towards the goal as opposed to stumbling over endless data sorting and self indulgence along the way.

Join Mindshare LA and GGI for a “No Resolutions!” workshop and learn how all successful thinkers — from entrepreneurs to engineers, from monks to systems scientists — have used strategic goal setting techniques to “be here now” and stay on track. Neuroconsultant & design thinker Dr. G. will introduce you to the iterative art and systems science behind mapping your goals for 2012. The workshop covers the 3 effective brain smart / mind awake tips for inhibiting reward as well offer time-tested, change management methods for integrating both superficial and deep layers of narrative that accompany big and small goals.

The Tuxedo Tyrants: Bar-Crawlin’ for Charity in Downtown LA

(¯`·._.· Friday, December 16th / 9pm – 2am ·._.·´¯)

** DOWNTOWN LA STARTING LOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER YOU RSVP **

** We’ll try to Confirm Drink Specials at Each Bar **

RSVP: tuxedotyrants.eventbrite.com/

100% of Proceeds to go to the Real Medicine Foundation

OVER $200 RAISED!!

WHAT IS THE TUXEDO TYRANTS?

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 a recent adventure, we woke up with 100 aching heads, as well as almost $1000 raised for charity. (Full story here…)

THIS MONTH’S PUBLIC IMPROV STORY

Conway Industries is celebrating the launch of Dream Therepy service SomniActive which allows clients to record dream imagery and review them for their entertainment. SomniActive can also refer their clients to expert dream interpreters and psychologists for therapeutic exploration of their sub-conscious minds.

This research gives the story more credence…

You are all employees, so choose your own role: Marketing? Engineering? Legal? YOU DECIDE!

CHARITABLE ACTION

100% of proceeds go to the Real Medicine Foundation:

“Deception, secrets, and lies often prevent people from obtaining the necessary health care they need. These lies range from linking autism to vaccines to thinking that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS. The Real Medicine Foundation is dedicated to improving health care to under privileged communities throughout the world from Indonesia to Sub-Saharan Africa to Boyle Heights. “

More info on The Tuxedo Tyrants: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Mindshare LA / Thursday, December 15th 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 7-8:30pm. 8:30pm / Talks Secrets and Lies “The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived” - Oscar Wilde MC, “Secrets & Lies“ Douglas Campbell / Co-Founder & Curator, Mindshare LA Secrecy, deception & trickery, we humans are a devious bunch. From playful myths as children to dark schemes as adults, we constantly mask the truth. We must question everything on our quest to find it. 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.

The Largest Scientific Instrument Ever Built Tristan Ursell / Biophysicist, Stanford University What is the biggest scientific device ever built? What was it for? Did it prevent the end of the world? How did it spur one of the greatest conspiracy theories of all time? The answers are revealed during this interwoven, true tale of rocks, gigawatts, water, waves, salt and steel. Tristan Ursell is a passionate teacher and communicator of science, exploring the interface of science, policy and daily life. He works as a biophysicist at Stanford University, as Managing Editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy, and is a resident of the infamous Langton Labs intentional community in San Francisco.

How to Become a Human Lie Detector Vanessa van Petten / Curator and Speaker, ScienceOfPeople.org We are told hundreds of lies each and every day–from advertisements, our colleagues and, of course, from our friends and family. Is there a way to know when people are lying to you? Can you become a human lie detector? New research shows that yes, we can detect lies from facial expressions, body language and voice tone. In this presentation Vanessa Van Petten will share the latest research and tips on lie detection. Vanessa Van Petten is an author and expert on human relationships. She runs ScienceOfPeople.org, a website where readers can find the most interesting research on human behavior in easy to understand and sometimes humorous terms. She has been featured on CNN, in the Wall Street Journal and on the Real Housewives of Orange County for her work with parent and teen relationships.

College of Lockpicking: Pick it like it’s 1899 Jamie Schwettmann / Founder and Teacher, College of Lockpicking You can pick your friends. You can pick your beer. But can you pick… a lock? Discover the inner workings of locks from the 20th century BC and which ideas from the original designs are still found in locks today. Learn the parts of a modern pin-tumbler lock, and what makes picking them possible. Then join us at the College of Lockpicking table to try your hand at this mysterious art! College of Lockpicking holds the philosophy that removing the veil of secrecy from the traditionally-guilded study of locks fundamentally alters the way we approach security, technology, personal property, and our communities, thereby enabling a more holistic consciousness of the interplay between our delicate social contracts and the illusion of security.

9:30pm – Late / Interactions & After-Party

Stay for the interactive technology demo lounge, stocked bar, music and entertainment!

Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display!

ART, GAMES & INSTALLATIONS FROM

We Are Matik takes existing platforms to the next level by creating a richer user experience. They will bring back the latest version of “Anomaly”, an interactive piece that works like a game of “video telephone”.

Wise Guys will be in the house once again, conducting another social game!

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…)

Mindshare LA / Wednesday, November 16th

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 7-8:30pm.

8:30pm / Talks

The Crowd Effect

Understanding crowds for business, for community, and for survival.

9:30pm – Late / Interactions & After-Party

Stay for the interactive technology demo lounge, stocked bar, music and entertainment!

Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display!

See hte full program ^ RSVP here: mindshare.eventbrite.com

Mindshare LA is Proud to Present a Special Screening of:

“Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists”

Drinks Specials 7pm-8pm | Screening & Q&A 8pm-10pm | Drinks Next Door at Jalisco

The Little Cart will be serving up gourmet food from 6:30pm onward.

mindscreen.eventbrite.com

BONUS Q&A with Entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell

Nolan is a seasoned entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc and the Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza-Time Theaters chain. Bushnell has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame, received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Nations Restaurant News “Innovator of the Year” award, and was named one of Newsweek’s “50 Men Who Changed America.” Bushnell has started more than twenty companies and is one of the founding fathers of the video game industry. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Game Designer of Anti-Aging Games, a website of games designed to stimulate the brain and created by Bushnell and two doctorate scientists.

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SOMETHING VENTURED tells the story of the creation of an industry that went on to become the single greatest engine of innovation and economic growth in the 20th century. It is told by the visionary risk-takers who dared to make it happen…Tom Perkins, Don Valentine, Arthur Rock, Dick Kramlich and others. The film also includes some of our finest entrepreneurs sharing how they worked with these venture capitalists to grow world-class companies like Intel, Apple, Cisco, Atari, Genentech, Tandem and others.

Beginning in the late 1950?s, this small group of high rollers fostered a one-of-a-kind business culture that encouraged extraordinary risk and made possible unprecedented rewards. They laid the groundwork for America’s start-up economy, providing not just the working capital but the guidance to allow seedling companies to reach their full potential. Our lives would be dramatically different without the contributions that these venture capitalists made to the creation of PCs, the Internet and life-saving drugs.

SOMETHING VENTURED was conceived by Paul Holland, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Paul, a general partner with Foundation Capital, is co-executive producer of the film along with Molly Davis of Rainmaker Communications. The film was directed by Emmy-Award-winning filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine.

(Watch the trailer here…)

“‘Without venture capitalists,’ Atari founder Nolan Bushnell says, ‘the future wouldn’t happen nearly so quickly.’ ‘Something Ventured’ provides ample evidence to support Bushnell’s claim.”

–Variety

“A completely unashamed love-letter to capitalism and its virtues. Something to be celebrated with a bit of caution.”

–We Got This Covered

Mindshare LA & Embody Tantra are Proud to Present:

Tantra / Communicating from Within

…at Peace Yoga Gallery & Cafe, another hidden gem in Downtown LA!

RSVP here: mindbody.eventbrite.com

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(Doors 7:30pm) 8pm – 10pm / Workshop Description

Join Charu, who enlightened the attendees at the June Mindshare LA, for the third installment of experiential evenings, where you will learn:

What is Tantra?

How does accessing our body and moving beyond shame transform the way we communicate?

How to become more aware of patterns in our bodies and allow that to transform our relationships.

Simple techniques for becoming more sensitive to those you are communicating with so you can truly hear & be heard.

What is at the heart of clear communication?

Make Sure to Bring a Pillow / Blanket & a Notebook!

NOTE: You will also get to experience a Tantric practice with the group: NO PARTNER NECESSARY! Tantra isn’t what many people 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

Mindshare LA & The UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center are Proud to Present:

Relational Mindfulness Games and Workshop

at the Temple of Visions art gallery, a hidden gem in Downtown LA.

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(Doors 7pm) 7:30pm – 10pm / Workshop Description

• How awake can be we be in interactions with other people?

• Does meditation have anything to do with relating to others?

• How much more honest might I be with others? Would that be a good thing?

Yes it would be a good thing!

Participants will leave this interactive workshop experience knowing:

How we can be more aware with others!

How we can meditate with others in mind to cultivate positive emotions in oneself.

Join Dr. Marvin Belzer, who led attendees through the first steps toward mindfulness at a Mindshare Presents.. workshop in July, for the next installment of mindfulness workshops!

We can deliberately cultivate mindful awareness of our thinking, habits, impulses, reactions, repetitive voices, and emotions. This awareness helps us break unconscious mental habits that create unnecessary suffering.

Mindfulness meditation is a good way to cultivate this type of awareness.– And so also are interactive (“relational”) mindfulness awareness practices!

Marvin Belzer will describe some relational mindfulness practices (“MAPs”) and guide participants in relational exercises them during this experiential session.

Relational MAPs encourage mental activities that are similar to those in solitary meditation practice, including the use of a neutral home base for the attention. The interactive mindfulness games offer an integration of the customary qualities of mindfulness meditation into structured social settings that make the beneficial effects of mindfulness more accessible to some individuals. And – these exercises are fun!

Effects similar to meditation would be expected if, as neuroscientist Dan Siegel conjectures, heightened self awareness in solitary meditation practice is associated with the brain activity underlying social attunement.

We also will do some brief mindfulness meditations as a foundation for the exercises.. Come see for yourself what can happen!

NOTE: Make sure to bring a pillow / blanket and a notebook!

More about Marvin Belzer and MARC

Marvin Belzer, PhD, has taught mindfulness meditation for over fifteen years and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). For many years he taught a semester-long meditation course in the Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green St. University, where he was a Professor of philosophy. He and Diana Winston were instrumental in developing week-long mindfulness retreats for teens in the mid-1990s.

MARC was created to bring to a renowned mental health research institution the ancient art of mindful awareness in a scientifically supported and rigorous form.The Jane and Terry Semel Institute at UCLA is dedicated to research and education of neuroscience and human behavior. MARC is a new center in the Semel Institute. Our mission is to foster mindful awareness across the lifespan through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society.

For more info on Marvin Belzer, his workshops, and the research at MARC, go to marc.ucla.edu/

Mindshare LA is Proud to Present:

A Screening of Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place

** Drinks Specials 7-8pm | Screening 8-9:30pm | Drinks 9:30-11pm **

The Little Cart will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward.

Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood’s MAGIC TRIP is a freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. The real life footage of what inspired the novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, and Gus van Sant’s film by the same title, has laid dormant – until now.

In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.

(Watch the trailer here…)

Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With MAGIC TRIP, Gibney and Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, HISTORY and the UCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.

Alex Gibney won an Academy Award for  Taxi to the Dark Side, his 2007 documentary about American uses of torture during interrogation. Allison Ellwood is a film editor who has worked with him on several projects, including Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

“Like a hipster’s King Tut’s tomb. Fans will find this reconstruction indispensable.”

–Variety

More details at www.magictripmovie.com/