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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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May 14th, 2011
Register here…
Join ProjectFresh and friends for a day of shared knowledge, music & movement, fostering wellness. The event will be held in a beautiful wood-floored auditorium in the midst of a secluded Beverly Hills forest where we will transform the room into a healing, rejuvenating, and invigorating center to expand your mind, activate your body, and lift your soul. This is a monthly event in an oasis to take the human experience to the next level by providing life-altering tools and techniques for ascension of the mind, body & soul.
NOTE: Limited space: this will sell out | Singles & couples friendly | Bring your appetite to learn & to eat. Items to bring: Yoga Mat, Pillow, Yoga/comfortable clothes, walking shoes for outdoors forest exploration & water bottle.
(If you do not have your own yoga mat, no worries! We will have extras)
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11am- 11:15am: Registration Opens. Opening Circle
11:15am-11:30pm: Sound healing for body balancing with Tibetan singing bowls by Divinicus and didgeridoo by Evan Perman.
11:30pm-12:45pm: Recharge & reshape your body with an all level yoga session.
12:45pm-1:00pm: Led Deep Breathing Kundalini winddown.
1:00pm-2:00pm: Break for amazingly healthy, vibrant, and delicious LUNCH provided by Cafe Gratitude. Learn facts and simple recipes for eating healthy, vibrant foods.
2:00 pm-3:15pm: Learn to master your body through tantra practices for peak performance and healing. Unveiling of the secrets of the Taoist masters for longevity and thriving life on Earth through mastering the energy centers,particularlly the sexual energies! Part 1 of 3.
3:15pm-4:30pm: Lecture & snacks in the forest – making a quantum evolutionary leap on Earth with permaculture: A call to action to save our planet before it relinquishes the tranquil and fertile gifts she’s given. Part 1 of 3.
4:45pm-6:15pm: Back to the auditorium to get immersed in a soundscape of music while you are led on a shamanic journey by Anna Vitalia as she guides you to activate your energy as you dive deep through 5 Rhythms of being and cell invigoration and use your own rhythm.
6:15pm – 6:30pm: Closing & OUTRO
– Feel free to lead your own sunset hike on the 8 miles of park trails. –
Now get some rest before you launch into a fantastic and lucid week…
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VENUE: The auditorium at Franklin Canyon Park
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– Feel free to lead your own sunset hike on the 8 miles of park trails. –
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May 9th, 2011
In a time when everything just seems too damn serious, ProjectFresh is excited to take a break from all the social responsibility and team up with the the LA 3-D Club and The Downtown Independent for a teaser night before their upcoming movie festival (May 14th & 15th). We’ll be screening previous years winners as well as hearing a short talk on the history of 3-D cinema.
May 11th: ProjectFresh 3-D: A Night of 3-D Cinema & Award Winning Shorts
Wednesday, May 11th | 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 *
CO-HOST: Eric Kurland, President, Curator, LA 3-D Club
PREVIOUS YEARS AWARD WINNERS WILL BE SCREENED
3rd Place 2009 – Moving Still by Santiago Caicedo
3rd Place 2010 – Spinteck 3-D Shorts by Nat Bartholomew
2nd Place 2009 – Pump Action by Phil McNally
2nd Place 2010 – MicroWorlds by Greg Passmore
1st Place 2009 – Caretaker 3D by Jeff Amaral and Sean Isroelit
1st Place 2010 – Fractal Odyssey by John Hart and Jerry Oldaker
AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION FROM
Ray Zone, 3-D Film Historian and author of the book Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film
More information & RSVP here…
MORE ABOUT THE LA 3-D CLUB AND ITS UPCOMING FESTIVAL
Every year the LA 3-D Club (SCSC) presents a film festival to showcase independently produced stereoscopic 3-D films from around the world. This year marks the 8th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival, to be held on May 14-15 ( www.LA3DFest.com ).
As a prelude to this year’s fest, meet the organizers as they present award winning films from prior years, and join 3-D film historian Ray Zone for a presentation on the surprising history of stereoscopic 3-D photography and filmmaking.
“Hollywood studios aren’t the only ones producing 3D movies. The LA 3-D Movie Festival
showcases independent 3-D movies made by filmmakers from all over the world. These
creative 3-D filmmakers have developed their own solutions to produce stereoscopic motion
pictures that frequently are more innovative than the work of the big studios.” – Ray Zone
The LA 3-D Club (Stereo Club of Southern California) was established in the Greater Los
Angeles area in 1955 by a dedicated group of 3-D stereo photographers to further
the art and science of stereoscopic photography. For more than five decades members
have been meeting monthly to share 3-D images created through classic slide photography,
computer generated stereo imaging, digital photography and stereoscopic 3-D video. For
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May 6th, 2011
FreshMakers, Mindsharians and Tuxedo Tyrants, we salute you!
May will knock you around the block with 3D cinema, science & porn, moral obligation, as well as a movie screening to end the month. And lets not forget the second in our retreat series, which had a successful launch in April
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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
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April 23rd, 2011
More info: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Register / Press Release
UPDATE 5/6: Over $1021.14 raised! (Plus addition matched: $2521.14!)
Andrew McGregor, of the Tiziano Project & LA Chessboxing, replied:
“Thank you, Tuxedo Tyrants! Besides your generous donation, I also received a matching donation of $1,000 from a donor and another person pledged $500 after seeing the event.
The Tuxedo Tyrants event and the subsequent ‘Fast Company‘ article helped validate chessboxing as a business venture so I turned it into an LLC after the event! Once implemented, 75% of our chessboxing revenue will go to Tiziano, especially when grants and philanthropists are hard to come by.
In conclusion, I see this event as being an awesome morale and community booster, and spurring the launch of a business that should provide hundreds of thousands of dollars to Tiziano over the next few years.
Bless you!”
UPDATE 4/23: Event is sold out. If you RSVP’d, an email will soon be going out with the fight location. If you didn’t RSVP, the post fight Bar Crawl is open to all: We’ll be at the first bar by around 11pm.
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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…)
On April 23rd, the Tyrants take to the streets once again, this time starting their escapades in a gritty Venice warehouse, where the night begins with a national Chessboxing fight followed by a barcrawl around the localy vicinity. All proceeds will go to The Tiziano Project, which teaches citizen journalism in war-torn regions of the world.
The Tuxedo Tyrants: Chessboxing for Charity
Saturday, April 23rd / 8pm – 2am
* Drinks and Hors d’Oeuvres Provided *
* BY RSVP ONLY | ADDRESS PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION *
* All Proceeds to go to The Tiziano Project *
WHAT IS CHESSBOXING?
Chessboxing is a new sport in which one round of chess is followed by one round of boxing in alternating rounds for 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing. A round of chess takes 4 minutes and boxing rounds are 3 minutes. Each competitor has 12 minutes on the chess timer. A checkmate or knockout wins.
More information here…
FIGHTERS
More myth than man, he traipses the world’s war-zones to teach, all the while singing a happy tune. A man so amazing a comic book company was founded just to tell his stories. Weighing in at 300 pounds and towering at almost 7 feet tall, with a body forged in Colorado and a heart rendered in Congo: Andrew ‘The Fightin’ Philanthropist’ McGregor.
A Hoya grid iron God who traveled West to box before discovering the awesome lethality of his legs and the grueling grip of his grappling and venturing into the cage to become its lord. Hovering above mere mortals at 6’4” and Weighing in at a razor cut 260 Jon ‘The Rook Crusher’ Rude.
RAISING FUNDS FOR TIZIANO
We’re aiming to Raise $1000 for The Tiziano Project!
VENUE & BAR CRAWL
A gritty warehouse space in Venice, CA with a makeshift ring. RSVP for the secret location….
Tags: Community, Events, Hedonism, Tuxedo Tyrants
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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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April 15th, 2011
First of all a big thank you to all of the panelists and Melissa Rowley for moderating! And a big thank you goes to YOU ALL for coming. ProjectFresh is an early experiment in community gathering and action, so if you have feedback – please feel free to email us. We’ll send out a dedicated YWSE email as their followup event gets closer. Also, please continue the Twitter conversation with the hashtag #PPwomen (see full archive here…)
SOME FOLLOWUP LINKS PROVIDED POST EVENT
April ProjectFresh Events
Donna Antebi
Betty Lamarr
- Visit the EmpowHer Institute
- Read an article women leadership and emotional intelligence and a press release on my upcoming book here…
Joey Tamer
Charissa Shaw
Questions for other panelists? Contact them via their websites or twitters…
Best regards for a happy weekend,
Doug & The ProjectFresh Team
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April 15th, 2011
More details & RSVP…
Join ProjectFresh and friends for a day of shared knowledge & movement, fostering wellness from a rejuvenating oasis in a secluded Beverly Hills forest. The main part of the event will be in a beautiful wood-floored auditorium where we will transform the room into a healing, rejuvinating, and invigorating center to open your mind, activate your body, and ease your soul to having a more centered, productive week. This is the first in a series of events that will explore the human experience, and techniques that nurture the mind, body & soul.
A portion of proceeds will be going to a portion of the proceeeds will go to Golden Pyramid of Peace. Join us in our efforts to provide relief for those in Japan
NOTE: Limited space: this will sell out | Singles & couples friendly | Bring your appetite to learn & to eat Items to bring: Yoga Mat, Pillow, Yoga/loose fitting clothes, Hiking shoes for outddors & water bottle.
(If you do not have your own yoga mat, no worries! We will have extras)
VENUE: The Scenic Franklin Canyon Park, Doheny Amphitheater & Heavenly Pond
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10am Registration Opens. Superfood smoothies.
10:30am Welcome & Introduction by Fatima Rivas.Sip on Crown Chakra Opening Tea formulated by Shaman Shack as we prepare to awaken your chakras. In the opening sound ceremony, Divinicus will turn the room into a reverberating musical instrument, vibrating to the Hz frequency of nature, the animals, and all the natural world with the use of gongs and tibetan singing bows.
11am-12:15pm Recharge & reshape your body with an all level yoga session by Cheri Rae. Ashtanga Yoga with Iyengar Flow
12:15pm – 12:30pm Led Deep Breathing Kundalini winddown.
12:30pm-1:15pm Top your yoga session off with more crown chakra opening tea from LA’s tea master Rhemmania, of Shaman Shack. — BREAK FOR LUNCH & NATURE EXPLORATION –
Food provided by LifeForce Food & Peace Yoga.
1:15pm-3pm: The Awakening: To the Possibility of Perfect health. Would you like to have more energy? Author and founder of Total Health Mastery, Arnoux (are-know) Goran was affiliated with several “incurable” diseases and at the age of 22 was told he would die. After discovering some amazing new scientific breakthroughs he regained perfect health in less than 6 months! Join us as he shares:
Ø How he recovered from a long list of illnesses.
Ø The fundamental laws of the human body that if followed produce health and if ignored produce disease.
Ø Exciting breakthrough facts that can help you to have more energy, feel better, lose weight and more!
Ø Essential information that you need to have right now to achieve the health you deserve.
3pm-3:15pm LED Meditation through the 7 energy points in your body.
3:15pm-4:30pm Take part in a conversation of how to tap into your explosive energy potential and harness that which is waiting to be unleashed. From creativity to sex, Tantra practices will help you take your personal energy to the next level & understand the potent function of your 7 energy centers.
4:30-6pm Get immersed in a soundscape of music while you are led on a journey by Anna Vitalia as she guides you to dance to your own beating pulse as you dive deep through 5 qualities of being and cell invigoration while you use your own body and rhythm to activate your energy.
6pm THANKS & MUSICAL OUTRO
– Break for sunset hike on the 8 miles of park trails. –
Now get some rest before you launch into a fantastic and lucid week…
Thanks to One Drinks for bringing refreshments!
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