Wednesday, October 26th at 7pm

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/

The 4th Annual Mindshare LA Masquerade

Wednesday, October 19th Program

Bring your masks or all out costume!

If you don’t bring a mask, we will have some extra ones at the door.

RSVP HERE: mindshare.eventbrite.com

6:30pm / Doors & A Devilish Cocktail Hour

Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes! Arriving early? Happy Hour is from 6:30-7:30 and Food Trucks will be serving up delicious treats (OUT BACK) from 6:30pm onward. (see below for details…)

8:30pm / Program of Gruesome Proportions

HOST: Jayme Waxman / M.Ed Human Sexuality Education and Author

Ron Brinkmann / Technology Consultant

Vision + How cameras will shape the future

Larry Santoyo / Founder, EarthFlow Design Works

The Real Application of Permaculture

Dezso Molnar / Co-founder, CTO, Molnari, Inc.

How To Fly a Motorcycle

Marcus Lindsey, Clare Benavides, and Jason Gates / Paranormal EXP

Investigating the Paranormal

Claire Griffin Sterrett / Founder of The Pole Story, author and teacher

Empowering Women Through Erotic Dance

9:30pm – Midnight / Interactions & Horrifyingly Wicked 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.

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Also, we’ll once again welcome 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. “

Eban Schletter is a film/TV composer whose credits include SpongeBob SquarePants, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and the award winning indie remake of The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari. He is a producer of comedian Paul F. Tompkins’ top rated podcast The Pod F. Tompkast. In addition, Eban has developed an extensive discography of solo work including the critically acclaimed concept albums Eban Schletter’s Witching Hour and Cosmic Christmas, both of which feature his skills as a Theremin player.

And as a special treat, Wise Guys will be in the house, conducting another social game!

TECH DEMOS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT

FOOD TRUCKS & SNACKS (from 6:30 – 8:30pm)

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Sunday, October 16th Schedule

Mindshare LA & Peace Yoga are Proud to Present:

An Evening Yoga and Raw Food Workshop

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

(Doors 4pm) 4:30pm – 6pm / 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.

6pm – 7:30pm / 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/

Wednesday, October 12th Schedule

Mindshare LA & Reid Mihalko are Proud to Present:

Dating Your Species Applied: Discovering Your Relationship Self-expression, Who’s a terrible match, and Tools for Evolved Dating, Love, Lust and Intimacy in the 21st Century

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

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

Join Reid Mihalko, who enlightened the attendees at the July 2011 Mindshare LA, for the first installment of relationship workshops!

• Are you confused about dating, mating, and relating in the 21st Century?

• Unsure how to make a relationship last past a season of Project Runway or Monday Night Football?

• Can’t tell Mr/Ms. Right from Mr/Ms. Trainwreck?   

Dating, marriage and the reasons we stay in relationships have changed a lot since the days of our great grandparents, and sex and relationship expert Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com knows what you need to dp tp make the current dating and mating scene less screwed-up: Date your species!

Join us for this humorous, frank and informative, intensive workshop where sex and relationship expert Reid Mihalko boils down more than 150,000 conversations he’s had about sex and relationships and walks us through his best thinking and advice on making sex, dating, relationships and mating work!

Participants will leave this interactive workshop experience knowing:

• How to figure out what species YOU are!

• Tools to determine if someone is good or horrible fit for you…

• Communication Skills to ask for what they want and how to avoid past relationship mistakes…

• A few of Reid’s “black belt” relationship tips and tricks!

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

More about Reid

Reid is one of the only male sex and relationship experts touring the country today who appeals to audiences of all ages, orientations, and backgrounds.

Reid has appeared on the Emmy award-winning talk show Montel, Fox News, VH1’s Scott Baio is 45 and Single, Showtime’s Penn & Teller’s Bulls**t!, Canada’s The Sex Files and SexTV, and the short-lived Life & Style, on NPR, Sirius’ Maxim Radio and Cosmo Radio, and in Marie Claire, GQ, Details, People, Newsweek and The National Enquirer, as well as media across the globe in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.

A sought-after presenter and teacher at colleges, sex-positive stores and events across North America and Canada, Reid is known for his charisma, integrity and emphasis on using humor to make people comfortable talking about sex, intimacy and relationships. His ability to present information in a comedic and knowledgeable manner is unparalleled.

Reid has been a featured speaker, presenter and keynote at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality. The workshops he’s designed continue to be taught all over the world and have been attended by over 30,000 people. He has been a writer and producer on a number of films and television projects about sex and relationships, and appears regularly in the media as an expert on subjects ranging from consent to jealousy to sexual confidence and relationship self-esteem.

For more info on Reid and his workshops, go to reidaboutsex.com/

Thursday, September 29th at 7pm

Mindshare LA is Proud to Present:

A Special Pre-Screening of “Connected” The Film

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

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

THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT! RSVP here: mindscreen.eventbrite.com

CONNECTED will officially premiere in LA at the Arclight on September 30th – so catch this film a day before everyone else! This vibrant, delightful film explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time—the environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights, the global economy—during a transformative time in the life of the director, Tiffany Shlain. We call CONNECTED “A Declaration of Interdependence.”

(Watch the trailer here…)

SYNOPSIS

Have you ever faked a restroom trip to check your email? Slept with your laptop? Or become so overwhelmed that you just unplugged from it all? In this funny, eye-opening, and inspiring film, director Tiffany Shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century. From founding The Webby Awards to being a passionate advocate for The National Day of Unplugging, Shlain’s love/hate relationship with technology serves as the springboard for a thrilling exploration of modern life…and our interconnected future.

Equal parts documentary and memoir, the film unfolds during a year in which technology and science literally become a matter of life and death for the director. As Shlain’s father battles brain cancer and she confronts a high-risk pregnancy, her very understanding of connection is challenged. Using a brilliant mix of animation, archival footage, and home movies, Shlain reveals the surprising ties that link us not only to the people we love but also to the world at large. A personal film with universal relevance, Connected explores how, after centuries of declaring our independence, it may be time for us to declare our interdependence instead.

REVIEWS

“Tiffany Shlain demonstrates, with lyrical simplicity, our interdependence on one another and the interconnectedness of humanity with all life on earth. With a tightly synchronized dance between her powerful images and insightful words — with humor, and with a creativity all her own, Tiffany illuminates the issues that affect us all — including environmental degradation, dizzying technological innovation and population growth — and helps us to understand our inter-relationship with the world in a way that is both freeing and inspiring. Throughout, she also presents and honors the deep wisdom of her late father, Leonard Shlain, reminding us of the deepest connections that breathe meaning into life.”

– Al Gore

“The excerpts (from Connected) shown were not just beautiful but deeply resonant, and it was hard not to be swept along by the elegance and optimism on the screen.”

– Forbes Magazine

“Tiffany Shlain’s vibrant and insightful documentary explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time…With wonderful heart, humor and irony, and an impressive sense of scale, Connected creates both a personal portrait and a proposal for ways we can move forward as a civilization.”

– Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival

More details at connectedthefilm.com/

AND THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Wednesday, September 21st Schedule

6:30pm / 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? Happy Hour is from 6:30-7:30 and Food Trucks will be serving up delicious treats (OUT BACK) from 6:30pm onward. (see below for details…)

8:30pm / Program

HOST: Douglas Campbell / Curator, Mindshare LA & Founder, Syyn Labs

Guest speakers include:

Abigail Alling / President Biosphere Foundation & Mark Van Thillo / Chief Operations Officer

Biosphere 2, from Sea to Space

Lei Liew / Ph.D. candidate, USC, Brain and Creativity Institute

Who’s the Boss? Cross-Cultural Differences in the Workplace

Daniel Kish / President, World Access for the Blind

Echolocation & Giving Sight to the Blind

Sandra Daugherty / Sex Educator & Host of the Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast

Sex, Spaghetti and Human Variability

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

Love in the Circus features unique and seductive melodies that combine and blur the lines of electronica, rock, jazz and blues with sultry, edgy, museful hooks.

Also, we’ll once again welcome 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, conducting another social game!

ink+cotton provides creative branded promotions through live screen printing. Through science and alchemy we customize and create limited edition t-shirts, tote bags, posters… and almost anything else you can imagine. Party-goers get to choose their own one-of-a-kind combination of designs, creating their own wearable piece of art in seconds.

TECH DEMOS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT

FOOD TRUCKS & SNACKS (from 6:30 – 8:30pm)

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Saturday, September 10th Schedule

Mindshare LA & Embody Tantra are Proud to Present:

Tantra / Exploring the Relationship Between Orgasm & Enlightenment

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

Register here…

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

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

What is Tantra?

How is Tantric Orgasm Different? (And how to have one)

Is it possible to explore our spirituality through our physical body?

What was the original intention behind a Tantric practice?

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

Wednesday, August 24th Schedule

Mindshare LA & Project Butterfly are Proud to Present:

The State of Complementary Currency and Transaction

“The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit.” -Kinky Friedman

mindfocus.eventbrite.com

How we trade with one another is integral to getting work done and building communities. Throughout history, markets and technology have spurred the innovation of how money changes hands. As times are changing, new exchange systems are popping up, including digital currency such as Bitcoin and community bartering systems built on social capital. On August 24th, come join Mindshare LA and Project Butterfly to discuss the future of exchange with a panel of currency innovators.

7pm / Doors, Food & Happy Hour 1/2 Priced Drinks

Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA! The Little Cart will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm onward.

8:00pm / Program includes:

Hollis Doherty / Screenwriter and Currency Activist

Micki Krimmel / Founder & CEO, NeighborGoods

Heather Schlegel / Independent Financial Researcher & Futurist

Sanjay Sabnani / CEO, CrowdGather, Inc.

Objectives:

* To explore the past, present & future of alternative currencies based around social and digital exchange by way of a panel and audience discussion;

* To provide an opportunity for attendees to interact with each other;

* To debut a skill-sharing interface with which attendees can communicate their needs and offers to each other.

This will be both a panel discussion and experiential practice (discussing your needs and offers with others).

9:30pm – 11pm / Skill-sharing, Minglling & Rooftop Drinks

Join us on the splendid roof top of the downtown Independent for drinks, surrounded by the downtown LA sky line.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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