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SUMMARY:Citizen Change Theater presents "What the Frack Happened?"
DESCRIPTION:IT’S HARD TO KEEP YOUR HEART AFLOAT WHEN THE WORLD IS SINKING \nTimely\, Political\, Funny\, Physical Theatre accompanied by Live Music\, Bollywood Dancing\, Original Songs\, a Mega Tsunami and of course\, Love.  \nWritten & Directed by GINA ROSE POWELL & BRIAN POWELL \nMusical Director Jef Bek.  Starring Roger Carvalho\, Ella Rose Charles\, Rachel Murphy\, Bryan Porter\, Brian Powell\, Rahul Rai\, Issac Silva\, Libby Wahlmeier \nTickets $18      www.citizenchangetheatre.com       Tickets $18 \nLIVE MUSIC – UNCONVENTIONAL – HILARIOUS FOR GOD SAKES!
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/what-the-frack-happened-nov2016-3/
LOCATION:Pico Union Project\, 1153 Valencia Street\, LOS ANGELES\, CA\, 90015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Citizen Change Theater presents "What the Frack Happened?"
DESCRIPTION:IT’S HARD TO KEEP YOUR HEART AFLOAT WHEN THE WORLD IS SINKING \nTimely\, Political\, Funny\, Physical Theatre accompanied by Live Music\, Bollywood Dancing\, Original Songs\, a Mega Tsunami and of course\, Love.  \nWritten & Directed by GINA ROSE POWELL & BRIAN POWELL \nMusical Director Jef Bek.  Starring Roger Carvalho\, Ella Rose Charles\, Rachel Murphy\, Bryan Porter\, Brian Powell\, Rahul Rai\, Issac Silva\, Libby Wahlmeier \nTickets $18      www.citizenchangetheatre.com       Tickets $18 \nLIVE MUSIC – UNCONVENTIONAL – HILARIOUS FOR GOD SAKES!
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/what-the-frack-happened-nov2016-2/
LOCATION:Pico Union Project\, 1153 Valencia Street\, LOS ANGELES\, CA\, 90015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20161116T202225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161116T202225Z
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SUMMARY:Sample Event
DESCRIPTION:Just testing the calendar
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/sample-event/
LOCATION:Santa Monica Playhouse\, 1211 4th St\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20161114T032615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161114T033456Z
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SUMMARY:Citizen Change Theater presents "What the Frack Happened?"
DESCRIPTION:IT’S HARD TO KEEP YOUR HEART AFLOAT WHEN THE WORLD IS SINKING \nTimely\, Political\, Funny\, Physical Theatre accompanied by Live Music\, Bollywood Dancing\, Original Songs\, a Mega Tsunami and of course\, Love.  \nWritten & Directed by GINA ROSE POWELL & BRIAN POWELL \nMusical Director Jef Bek.  Starring Roger Carvalho\, Ella Rose Charles\, Rachel Murphy\, Bryan Porter\, Brian Powell\, Rahul Rai\, Issac Silva\, Libby Wahlmeier \nTickets $10      www.citizenchangetheatre.com       Tickets $10 \nLIVE MUSIC – UNCONVENTIONAL – HILARIOUS FOR GOD SAKES!
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/what-the-frack-happened-nov2016/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151129T012959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151129T013155Z
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SUMMARY:Building Blocks Against Climate Change - SoCal Shout-Out to Paris
DESCRIPTION:From November 28 to December 12\, 2015\, mass demonstrations are planned across the world\, demanding that international leaders — meeting in Paris for a global Climate Summit — implement policies to stop climate change now! In Southern California\, a broad array of organizations and groups\, friends and family\, coworkers and communities will join in on the  final day of global action\, Saturday\, December 12\,  gathering along Wilshire Boulevard in a chain of Building Blocks Against Climate Change! A diversity of groups and individuals are invited to each create their part of an interlinking network of protests — like overlapping neighborhood vigils or sidewalk picket lines — extending block after adjacent block between Vermont and Western. \nThink about it: what does climate change mean to you\, to the causes you work on\, the people you care about\, the future you fight for? How might you bring your message in your way to the people on the streets of Los Angeles? How might you start whole new conversations\, spread the word where the media does not\, reach communities where politicians fail\, help mobilize a mass movement of movements united against climate change? Join us\, and together\, on December 12\, we will let world leaders know that the people’s climate movement is marching forward\, from every community\, cause\, and country\, determined to Stop Climate Change Now! \nCheck out the website for more information or to sign up as an individual or a group\, and claim your space to stand against climate change! \nhttp://againstclimatechange.org/
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/building-blocks-against-climate-change-socal-shout-out-to-paris/
LOCATION:Wilshire Blvd btwn Vermont and Western\, 3191 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Outdoor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151129T013453Z
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SUMMARY:SprayTeam6 - Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Anonymous members of SprayTeam6 will expose cathartic truths about climate change into L.A. city sidewalks during the Dec 12 Building Blocks Climate Action\, using pressurized pounds of purifying liquid purges (water collected from rain barrels).  The clean will clearly call out climate causing crud-crap and challenge circumvention.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/sprayteam6-climate-change/
LOCATION:Wilshire Blvd btwn Vermont and Western\, 3191 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Graphic design,Public art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151211T192000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151211T192000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151209T013001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151210T175024Z
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SUMMARY:The Messenger Los Angeles Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Su Rynard’s wide-ranging and contemplative documentary THE MESSENGER explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the urban streets of New York\, THE MESSENGER brings us face-to-face with a remarkable variety of human-made perils that have devastated thrushes\, warblers\, orioles\, tanagers\, grosbeaks and many other airborne music-makers. These include hunting\, light pollution\, high-rise collisions\, pipelines\, pesticides and loss of migratory habitats. On one level\, THE MESSENGER is the artful story about the mass depletion of songbirds on multiple continents\, and about those who are working to turn the tide. According to international expert Dr. Bridget Stutchbury\, who is featured in the documentary\, we may have lost almost half the songbirds that filled the skies fifty years ago. On another level\, the messenger is an engaging\, visually stunning\, three-act emotional journey\, one that mixes its elegiac message with hopeful notes and unique glances into the influence of songbirds on our own expressions of the soul. \nJoin Los Angeles Audubon at the Los Angeles premiere of The Messenger for a Q&A discussion after the film. Panelists include Brad Rumble of the Los Angeles Audubon\, Dan Cooper\, author of Important Bird Areas of California and authority on California bird ecology\, and Scott Logan\, Co-owner of Wild Wings Backyard Nature Store in Sherman Oaks and avid bird watcher. \nTickets may be purchased at the Laemmle Royal Theater box office.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/the-messenger/
LOCATION:Laemmle Royal Theater\, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd\, West Los Angeles\, 90025
CATEGORIES:Featured,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151211T230000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151209T020430Z
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SUMMARY:Arts Earth Partnership presents ENVISION: Closing Celebration of VisionLA'15 Fest
DESCRIPTION:Envision is the closing celebration for VisionLAFest. It is a convergence of\nartists\, environmentalists and concerned citizens from all across Los\nAngeles who believe the creativity and ingenuity of the Arts &\nCultural sector can help manifest a truly sustainable future. Join us as\nwe celebrate our collective efforts\, recognize some of the artists and\nproducers who have presented work at VisionLA Fest and award local\nleaders for their passionate stewardship of our environment. Awardees\ninclude Nurit Katz\, Chief Sustainability Officer for UCLA and Romel\nPascual\, Executive Director of CicLAvia. \nThe event will feature music from DJ Jedi as well as a full installation\ndance / concert from Los Angeles based String Theory Productions.\nL.A.’s Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez will kick the evening off with an\noriginal piece. We will have Mama’s Tamales and open bars serving\nwine and beer\, all free with the price of admission. This will be a\nZERO WASTE event and is hosted by Arts Earth Partnership authors of\nthe first state recognized arts and cultural green business\ncertification program in the world. Come mingle\, network and help\ncelebrate the transformative power of the arts. \nTickets: $50 general admission \nClick here for tickets.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/arts-earth-partnership-presents-envision-closing-celebration-of-visionla15-fest/
LOCATION:Plaza de Culturas Y Artes\, 501 N Main St\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:DJ,Featured,Literary,Live music,Music,Performance,Poetry,Special Events,Spoken word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151211T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151211T180000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151128T012153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T012153Z
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SUMMARY:Watts Now\, VisionLA '15 at the WLCAC
DESCRIPTION:How does  a community that is criminalized\, isolated\, and poisoned by ghost and present industrial and toxic contaminants reflect on what is important to them? \nOur photo/narrative series of images produced by residents\, youth\, faculty and students interjects new voices and new demands about how people should be able to live. \nWatts Labor Community Action Committee\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\, LA Housing is a Human Right\, and Physicians for Social Responsibility created this exhibit. \nExhibit runs: Dec 1\, 2015 – Jan 31st\, 2016.   Mon-Fri\, 9AM to 6PM\, and by appointment \nOpen house: Dec 12th from 11AM-1PM. \nClosing reception: Friday\, January 29th. \nParking is free and the lot is right inside the WLCAC Center.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/watts-now-visionla-15-at-the-wlcac-2015-12-11/
LOCATION:Watts Labor Community Action Committee\, 10950 S Central Ave\,  Los Angeles\, CA\, 90059\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Community art event,Family friendly,Featured,Gallery show,Photography,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151205T175650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151208T165045Z
UID:2054-1449775800-1449775800@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:This Changes Everything
DESCRIPTION:Denmark 2015\, 89 mins.  Director Avi Lewis\, Featuring Naomi Klein \nWhat if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? \nFilmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years\, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. \nDirected by Avi Lewis\, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything\, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines\, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands\, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. \nInterwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration\, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film\, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. \nWill this film change everything? Absolutely not. But you could\, by answering its call to action. \nTickets are only $5.  Click here to buy tickets. \n 
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/this-changes-everything-2/
LOCATION:Crest Theater\, 1262 Westwood Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, 90024
CATEGORIES:Featured,Film,Special Events,VLAF Film Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151122T043519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151122T043850Z
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SUMMARY:True Cost
DESCRIPTION:92 min\, US\, Director Andrew Morgan. \nWho Pays the Price for our Clothing? Ever wonder what inequities lurk behind the glamour and artistry of the fashion industry\, how workers are faring in the global garment supply chain\, or why clothing prices have dropped in a new era of “fast fashion?” Conscientious Projector joins with VisionLA Fest ’15 to answer these questions and more as we present the newly-released documentary The True Cost. \nThe film takes us to countries around the world to show how the human and environmental costs of manufacturing our clothes have risen dramatically. This cinematic call to action vividly illustrates that this is an industry in need of a justice makeover. Director Andrew Morgan has said\, “Clothing is the most labor-dependent industry in the world\, employing millions of the world’s poorest workers\, many of whom are women. Many of these women are paid less than a living wage\, work in unsafe conditions\, and are deprived of basic human rights.” \nA community discussion will follow this free screening\, co-presented by Pasadena-based screening series Conscientious Projector.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/true-cost/
LOCATION:Armory Center for the Arts\, 145 N Raymond Ave\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151205T022525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151205T022525Z
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SUMMARY:This is Where I Belong: Local Perspectives on the Effects of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:This December\, the Art Walk Lounge is proud to present\, “This is Where I Belong: Local Perspectives on the Effects of Climate Change”\, a special photographic event documenting the transformation of the California landscape. Featuring works from LA Times photographers Mark Boster\, Don Bartletti\, Robert Gauthier\, Gina Ferazzi\, Irfan Khan\, Allen J. Schaben\, Al Seib.\, Luis Sinco\, Wally Skalij\, Mel Melcon\, Genaro Molina\, Michael Robinson Chavez\, Brian van der Brug\, and Marcus Yam\, this one-night exhibition will cover topics such as drought\, displacement\, and the growing social and economic disparities that result from California’s declining environmental health. By engaging the local dialogue on climate issues and imagining creative responses for change\, this special exhibition hopes to reveal the crucial role artists and writers have in this discussion\, and inspire others to get involved! Please join us and all participating galleries\, artists\, and businesses that represent us\, on Thursday\, December 10th as we shed light on California’s environmental state through a showcase of extraordinary photography\, artwork\, music\, food\, and crafts!
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/this-is-where-i-belong-local-perspectives-on-the-effects-of-climate-change/
LOCATION:Downtown LA Artwalk Lounge\, 634 S. Spring St.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Gallery show,Photography,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151205T015802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T210323Z
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SUMMARY:Art Makes Change Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Last chance to see the incredible Art Makes Change VisionLA ’15 Fine Arts Exhibit\, plus party with the artists and friends of the exhibition!  Enjoy wine\, beer and fantastic performances. \nFeaturing a performance art piece “Push and Pull” by Nicolette Spear\, founder of the Body Fine Art body painting organization. Based on the concept of climate change awareness as the first step to including nature in the future technologies of humankind\, the performance is Inspired by her painting “Paradox” and the song “Medicine for the People” by Nakho Bear. “Push and Pull” includes body painted acrobats playing off of each other in a powerful crescendo towards a state of equilibrium. \nAlso – Performance Art by Artist Beth Elliot and others TBD. \nImage: Edge by Catherine Ruane\, on view in the exhibition.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/art-makes-change-closing-reception/
LOCATION:VisionLA Home Gallery – Bergamot Station\, 2525 Michigan Ave\, Building G1\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,DJ,Featured,Gallery show,Graphic design,Home Gallery Events,Installation,Music,Performance,Photography,Recycled art,Special Events,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T220121Z
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SUMMARY:William Close and the Earth Harp Collective Holiday Spectacular
DESCRIPTION:William Close and the Earth Harp Collective are an internationally renowned performance group that combines the creative forces of artists\, musicians\, composers and choreographers. Through an exciting blend of sculpture\, music\, dance and the visual arts\, William delights audiences around the world with his unique large-scale instruments and kinetic visual\, musical performances. Rooted in tradition while pushing the experimental edge to new levels\, The Earth Harp Collective is truly a new design in music.The Earth Harp\, designed and created by Artistic Director William Close\, is “The World’s Largest Stringed Instrument” in which a resonating chamber is placed on the stage\, and the golden strings stretch out over the audience. Architectural-based installations often provide the backdrop for their performances\, and in these free performances in Downtown LA\, William Close and the Earth Harp Collective will be turning a 700ft skyscraper into a musical instrument. \nThe event is free to the public.  There will be two shows\, at 6pm and at 8pm.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/william-close-and-the-earth-harp-collective-holiday-spectacular/
LOCATION:City National Plaza\, 515 S Flower St\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90071\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family friendly,Kids,Live music,Music,Outdoor,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151210T180000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151128T012153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T012153Z
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SUMMARY:Watts Now\, VisionLA '15 at the WLCAC
DESCRIPTION:How does  a community that is criminalized\, isolated\, and poisoned by ghost and present industrial and toxic contaminants reflect on what is important to them? \nOur photo/narrative series of images produced by residents\, youth\, faculty and students interjects new voices and new demands about how people should be able to live. \nWatts Labor Community Action Committee\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\, LA Housing is a Human Right\, and Physicians for Social Responsibility created this exhibit. \nExhibit runs: Dec 1\, 2015 – Jan 31st\, 2016.   Mon-Fri\, 9AM to 6PM\, and by appointment \nOpen house: Dec 12th from 11AM-1PM. \nClosing reception: Friday\, January 29th. \nParking is free and the lot is right inside the WLCAC Center.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/watts-now-visionla-15-at-the-wlcac-2015-12-10/
LOCATION:Watts Labor Community Action Committee\, 10950 S Central Ave\,  Los Angeles\, CA\, 90059\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Community art event,Family friendly,Featured,Gallery show,Photography,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151209T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151209T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151116T024005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T200257Z
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SUMMARY:Disappearing Waters
DESCRIPTION:Disappearing Waters is part of the Concert for the Climate music event at the L.A. First Congregational Church. The piece is a collaborative piano and video exploration of Southern California’s evaporating lakes and rivers. Using aerial drone photography\, artist Lori Pond creates beautiful\, haunting\, revealing images of the devastation brought on by the current drought ravaging the waterways of our state. Vicki Ray’s piano underscoring uses famous “water” pieces form the repertoire and gradually “depletes” their supply of notes and richness over the course of the film. \nThe current state of drought is in direct relation to the climate crisis facing our state\, our nation\, our world. By viewing these evaporating waters from above\, one begins to sense their relation to the surrounding environment in broader terms. To see a shore recede while viewing it from ground level is one thing but to experience the shrinkage from above enters our psyche on deeper\, more visceral level. We hope help raise awareness about the loss of these beautiful waters through our work and to inspire people to action. \nTickets are free but space is limited.  Please make a reservation to secure a seat.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/disappearing-waters/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church\, 540 S Commonwealth Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live music,Music,Performance,Video
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151209T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151209T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151115T182417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T210243Z
UID:1567-1449689400-1449689400@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Concert for the Climate
DESCRIPTION:VisionLA ’15 is proud to present Concert for the Climate\, a classical and new music event at the beautiful and historic chapel space of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.  The concert will feature Vicki Ray (California E.A.R. unit\, L.A. Phil.) premiering Disappearing Waters\, a piano piece with video projection by Lori Pond; the Street Symphony featuring members of the L.A. Philharmonic; and Don Preston (of the Mothers of Invention) performing on organ. The evening will be framed by a panel discussion about the role of music and art in general in the climate movement and broad social change\, moderated by Rev. Colglazier of the First Congregational.  Please join us for this not-to-be-missed event! \nTickets are free but space is limited.  Please make a reservation to secure a seat.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/concert-for-the-climate/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church\, 540 S Commonwealth Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family friendly,Featured,Live music,Multimedia,Music,Panel discussion,Performance,Special Events,Video
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ORGANIZER;CN="VisionLA Fest":MAILTO:info@visionlafest.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151209T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151209T180000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151128T012153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T012153Z
UID:1918-1449651600-1449684000@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Watts Now\, VisionLA '15 at the WLCAC
DESCRIPTION:How does  a community that is criminalized\, isolated\, and poisoned by ghost and present industrial and toxic contaminants reflect on what is important to them? \nOur photo/narrative series of images produced by residents\, youth\, faculty and students interjects new voices and new demands about how people should be able to live. \nWatts Labor Community Action Committee\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\, LA Housing is a Human Right\, and Physicians for Social Responsibility created this exhibit. \nExhibit runs: Dec 1\, 2015 – Jan 31st\, 2016.   Mon-Fri\, 9AM to 6PM\, and by appointment \nOpen house: Dec 12th from 11AM-1PM. \nClosing reception: Friday\, January 29th. \nParking is free and the lot is right inside the WLCAC Center.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/watts-now-visionla-15-at-the-wlcac-2015-12-09/
LOCATION:Watts Labor Community Action Committee\, 10950 S Central Ave\,  Los Angeles\, CA\, 90059\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Community art event,Family friendly,Featured,Gallery show,Photography,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151208T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151208T194500
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151129T023014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151208T182203Z
UID:1943-1449603900-1449603900@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Bikes vs. Cars
DESCRIPTION:Sweden 2015  91 mins   Director: Fredrik Gertten \nThe bicycle\, an amazing tool for change. Activists and cities all over the world are moving towards a new system. But will the economic powers allow it? Bikes vs Cars\, a new film project from BANANAS!* and Big Boys Gone Bananas!* director Fredrik Gertten\, looks into and investigates the daily global drama in traffic around the world. \nClimate change and never-ending gridlocks frustrate people more than ever. Instead of whining\, people in cities around the world take on the bicycle as a Do It Yourself solution. Road rage and poor city planning creates daily death amongst the bicyclists. And now they demand safe lanes. \nIt’s an uneven fight. Activists and politicians that work for change are facing a multi-billion dollar car\, oil and construction industry that use all their means to keep society car dependent. We know that the world needs radical changes to save the climate and the environment\, but the car industry is selling more cars than ever. Today there are one billion cars in the world. By 2020\, that number will double. \nFrom bike activists in Sao Paulo and Los Angeles\, fighting for safe bike lanes\, to the City of Copenhagen\, where forty percent commute by bike daily\, Bikes vs Cars looks at both the struggle for bicyclists in a society dominated by cars\, and the revolutionary changes that could take place if more cities moved away from car-centric models. \nThis special screening\, co-sponsored by VisionLA ’15\, will be followed by a Q&A panel featuring Chris Paine – Bikes V. Cars producer\, Dan Koeppel – Bikes Vs. Cars subject\, Cynthia Rose – Director of Santa Monica Spoke & Board Member of the Los Angeles Bike Coalition\, and Francie Stefan and Kyle Kozar – City of Santa Monica Breeze Bike Share Program. Panel moderated by Alex Amorelli – Marketing Director of VisionLA Fest. \nPurchase tickets here.  $11 Gen. Admission/$8 seniors
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/bikes-vs-cars/
LOCATION:Laemmle NoHo Theater\, 5240 Lankershim Blvd\, North Hollywood\, CA\, 91601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Film,Panel discussion,Special Events,VLAF Film Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151208T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151128T012153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T012153Z
UID:1917-1449565200-1449597600@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Watts Now\, VisionLA '15 at the WLCAC
DESCRIPTION:How does  a community that is criminalized\, isolated\, and poisoned by ghost and present industrial and toxic contaminants reflect on what is important to them? \nOur photo/narrative series of images produced by residents\, youth\, faculty and students interjects new voices and new demands about how people should be able to live. \nWatts Labor Community Action Committee\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\, LA Housing is a Human Right\, and Physicians for Social Responsibility created this exhibit. \nExhibit runs: Dec 1\, 2015 – Jan 31st\, 2016.   Mon-Fri\, 9AM to 6PM\, and by appointment \nOpen house: Dec 12th from 11AM-1PM. \nClosing reception: Friday\, January 29th. \nParking is free and the lot is right inside the WLCAC Center.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/watts-now-visionla-15-at-the-wlcac-2015-12-08/
LOCATION:Watts Labor Community Action Committee\, 10950 S Central Ave\,  Los Angeles\, CA\, 90059\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Community art event,Family friendly,Featured,Gallery show,Photography,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151122T045751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T210416Z
UID:1803-1449516600-1449516600@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Faith Against Fracking
DESCRIPTION:US 2014 20 mins.  Director David Braun \nIn this short film\, several faith leaders discuss the importance of protecting creation\, stopping climate change\, and coming together in the interests of stewarding the planet for future generations. \nFaith Against Fracking is not only a film but a community of faith leaders and people of faith calling on world leaders to ban fracking and other extreme fossil fuel extraction techniques. A fundamental cornerstone of most\, if not all faiths\, is the imperative to protect creation. Pope Francis’ recent Encyclical on Climate Change called on all people living in our common home to be good stewards of the planet\, “to protect the world\, and not prey on it.” Since fracking and other extreme fossil fuel extraction methods destroy the environment and hurt our communities\, they must be stopped. \nSpecial Guests attending the screening: Director David Braun \nScreens with: Standing on Sacred Ground\, Fire & Ice \nTickets are free but space is limited.  Please make a reservation to secure a seat.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/faith-against-fracking/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family friendly,Featured,Film,Special Events,VLAF Film Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T205946Z
UID:1483-1449516600-1449516600@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Standing on Sacred Ground - Islands of Sanctuary
DESCRIPTION:US 2014 56 mins. Directed by Christopher McLeod \nNative Hawaiians and Aboriginal Australians resist threats to their sacred places in a growing international movement to defend human rights and protect the environment. In Australias Northern Territory\, Aboriginal clans maintain Indigenous Protected Areas and resist the destructive effects of a mining boom. In HawaIi\, indigenous ecological and spiritual practices are used to restore the sacred island of Kaho`olawe after 50 years of military use as a bombing range. Featuring Patrick Dodson (Yawuru)\, Emmett Aluli and Davianna McGregor (Hawaii) and Barry Lopez. \nSpecial Guests Attending: Kumu Hula instructor Mikilani Young. \nMikilani Young carries on the teachings of Hula and the Hawaiian culture. Mikilani will call in a chant/hula/prayer for Mauna Kea and present on the Experimental Seabed Mining in the Pacific as well as the actions currently going on at Mauna Kea. \nTickets are free but space is limited.  Please make a reservation to secure a seat.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/standing-on-sacred-ground-islands-of-sanctuary/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family friendly,Featured,Film,Special Events,VLAF Film Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151129T040152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161021T004646Z
UID:1964-1449514800-1449514800@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Energy
DESCRIPTION:The Future of Energy is a powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift. It’s a positive film about the renewable energy revolution\, and a love story about the countless individuals and communities that are re-imagining their relationship with the planet and with each other. The film will be presented by its director and editor\, Brett Mazurek.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/the-future-of-energy/
LOCATION:Amity Foundation\, 3745 S Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family friendly,Film,Panel discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151205T014920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151207T210405Z
UID:2044-1449511200-1449522000@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Uniting the Power of Change Through Art
DESCRIPTION:Come down to the beautiful VisionLA Gallery for an ART MAKES CHANGE Artist Panel featuring Jacki Apple\, Pamela Mower-Conner\, Karen Fiorito\, Stuart Kusher\, Jonna Lee\, and Catherine Ruane. Moderated By Dale Youngman. \nArtists featured in photo: LEFT ROW: Karen Sikie (top)\, Tami Woods (bottom).  MIDDLE ROW: Michael Hayden. RIGHT ROW: Avi Roth.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/uniting-the-power-of-change-through-art/
LOCATION:VisionLA Home Gallery – Bergamot Station\, 2525 Michigan Ave\, Building G1\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Featured,Gallery show,Graphic design,Home Gallery Events,Installation,Lecture,Panel discussion,Photography,Recycled art,Special Events,Visual art
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ORGANIZER;CN="VisionLA Fest":MAILTO:info@visionlafest.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151128T012153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T012153Z
UID:1916-1449478800-1449511200@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Watts Now\, VisionLA '15 at the WLCAC
DESCRIPTION:How does  a community that is criminalized\, isolated\, and poisoned by ghost and present industrial and toxic contaminants reflect on what is important to them? \nOur photo/narrative series of images produced by residents\, youth\, faculty and students interjects new voices and new demands about how people should be able to live. \nWatts Labor Community Action Committee\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\, LA Housing is a Human Right\, and Physicians for Social Responsibility created this exhibit. \nExhibit runs: Dec 1\, 2015 – Jan 31st\, 2016.   Mon-Fri\, 9AM to 6PM\, and by appointment \nOpen house: Dec 12th from 11AM-1PM. \nClosing reception: Friday\, January 29th. \nParking is free and the lot is right inside the WLCAC Center.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/watts-now-visionla-15-at-the-wlcac-2015-12-07/
LOCATION:Watts Labor Community Action Committee\, 10950 S Central Ave\,  Los Angeles\, CA\, 90059\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art exhibit,Community art event,Family friendly,Featured,Gallery show,Photography,Visual art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151203T072411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T072836Z
UID:2024-1449430200-1449430200@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:This Changes Everything
DESCRIPTION:Denmark 2015\, 89 mins.  Director Avi Lewis\, Featuring Naomi Klein \nWhat if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? \nFilmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years\, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. \nDirected by Avi Lewis\, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything\, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines\, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands\, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. \nInterwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration\, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film\, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. \nWill this film change everything? Absolutely not. But you could\, by answering its call to action. \nTickets are only $5.  Click here to buy tickets. \n 
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/this-changes-everything/
LOCATION:Crest Theater\, 1262 Westwood Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, 90024
CATEGORIES:Featured,Film,VLAF Film Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151205T190424Z
UID:1501-1449428400-1449428400@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Artist's Cut 2015)
DESCRIPTION:US 2015 60 min. Director Bruce Dickson; Artist Lauren Bon \n100 Mules is pure poetry in motion and not to be missed. On the centenary of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct\, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio performed One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct\, a commemorative artist action to connect Los Angeles to its water source. This performative parade of 100 mules traversed the 240 miles of pipelines and canals that bring water from the Eastern Sierras through a gravity-fed system to Los Angeles; passing through three counties and nearly 50 communities along the way took over a month to complete. Mule power shaped the modern West and was a primary force in constructing the aqueduct\, an engineering feat that took only seven years to complete despite the rough terrain. One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct documents this action with a resolution to move forward into the next hundred years with renewed appreciation for this vital resource. Let it be resolved that the citizens of Los Angeles will do better at utilizing this life-giving resource in the next one hundred years! \nScreening with: Soil Carbon Cowboys \nTickets are free but space is limited.  Please make a reservation to secure a seat.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/100-mules-walking-the-los-angeles-aqueduct-2015-12-06/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151128T201336Z
UID:1500-1449428400-1449428400@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Soil Carbon Cowboys
DESCRIPTION:US 2014 12 min\, Director Peter Byck \nMeet Allen Williams\, Gabe Brown and Neil Dennis – heroes and innovators! These ranchers now know how to regenerate their soils while making their animals healthier and their operations more profitable. They are turning ON their soils\, enabling rainwater to sink into the earth rather than run off. And these turned ON soils retain that water\, so the ranches are much more resilient in drought. It’s an amazing story that has just begun. \nGuests Attending this Screening: Director Peter Byck \nScreening with: One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct \nTickets are free but space is limited.  Please make a reservation to secure a seat.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/soil-carbon-cowboys-2015-12-06/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Blvd\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151130T043159Z
UID:1502-1449428400-1449428400@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Groundwork
DESCRIPTION:Groundwork\, a one-man play co-written by Mike Ostroski and Derek Davidson\, traces the personal awakening of Paul\, an incredibly busy actor whose frantic personal and professional lifestyle has brought him to the brink of near-mental breakdown.  But Paul has had an epiphany.  In his moment of crisis\, a voice suggests: Grow a garden.  This\, he thinks\, will surely calm his mind\, and may\, in fact\, go far toward solving every problem on the planet!  Performed by Ostroski and directed by Davidson\, Groundwork follows Paul as he shares his journey of how he heeded the voice and\, indeed\, grew his first garden.  He introduces us to the rollercoaster joys and sorrows of planning a plot\, picking seeds\, growing first shoots\, dealing with pests…and\, yes\, manure.  As he bestows his newfound wisdom\, however\, it becomes painfully clear that what he thought was the absolute solution for healing and restoring order to both the planet and himself\, may not at all be as simple as he had previously thought.  Mike has performed Groundwork throughout the country\, most recently at NYC United Solo Theatre Festival. \nDuration: 65 minutes. \nTickets: groundworkvisionla.brownpapertickets.com
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/groundwork-2015-12-06/
LOCATION:Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre\, 5636 Melrose Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90038\, United States
CATEGORIES:Literary,Performance,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151206T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T061224
CREATED:20151113T225252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T220110Z
UID:1436-1449414000-1449414000@visionlafest.org
SUMMARY:Beauty Parlour
DESCRIPTION:An outdoor performance piece by Claudia Borgna following the theme of domestic labor she also explores in Domestic Apocalypse. In this piece\, the performer wears a domestic uniform and dusts and cleans trees and plants in a public outdoor area. She engages passersby in cleaning as appropriate. \nArtist’s statement: Domestic economies are determined by global capitalist economy. Could the domestic economy affect our social public economy instead? The economy of cleaning might be the solution to clean up an economy of greed that is responsible for the destruction of the planet. \nDomestic work is an indispensable part of life. \nLooking after our surroundings\, caring\, cleaning\, cooking\, gardening\, are domestic duties and part of maintenance work. Renewable repetitions subtly change within the gestures of care\, transforming and maintaining the sustainability of love. The pedagogy of maintenance is my daily practice: my resistance to capitalism. \nNo tickets or reservations are required for this event.
URL:http://visionlafest.org/event/beauty-parlour/
LOCATION:Helms Walk\, 8800 Venice Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90034\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family friendly,Featured,Outdoor,Performance
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