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Friday, July 10, 2009 @ Noon
Deborah Kane | Facebook for Food as Local Goes Online:
Getting Regional Food to Market with FoodHub
Join Farmlab for a discussion about the demands for local food and how larger-volume and institutional purchasers such as public schools, colleges, hospitals, retail grocery stores are increasingly assigning geographic preference to …. full text
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Friday, July 17, 2009 @ Noon
Douglas McCulloh and D.J. Waldie | Dream Street
The chaos in the global economy began at the end of Dream Street, a modest tract in Ontario that was transformed from a strawberry patch into suburban homes. Our presenters will explore how and why Dream Street came to be …. full text
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Complete Salon Schedule & Archive
Features Upcoming and Updated Programming
Click here for a look at past, present, and future Farmlab Public Salons. Examples of upcoming Public Salons include: Charles Phoenix’s Retro Slide Show Tour of Southern California and LAPD Detective Don Hrycyk.
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DANCEbank with Ralf Jaroschinski
Saturday & Sunday, July 11 & 12th, 2009 @11am – 2pm , $17 for 1 Day, $30 for Both Days
Ralf Jaroschinski, guest artist, teaches contact improvisation classes seeking a true internal source and authentic external expression of dance. Investigation of the texture of our connection with partner(s) … full text |
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State Park To Close?
The Los Angeles State Historic Park is Under Threat of Being Shut Down
LASHP, site of the Anabolic Monument, past site of Not A Cornfield, is not alone. 220 of California’s 279 state parks, beaches, and preserves are on a budget-cutting hit list …. full text |
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Medals of Dishonour Exhibition Opens @ British Museum
Exhibition Scheduled From June 25 – September 27, 2009
Chora’s Felicity Powell – part of the family behind Crystal Ship – is the co-curator of the exhibit, as well as a participating artist in, Medals of Dishonour ….full text |
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What is the Anabolic Monument?
Visit it Today
Located at the north side of the Los Angeles State Historic Park, this compost monument holds mystery and hosts numerous butterflies, hummingbirds and bees in their odyssey toward nectar …. full text |
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Directions | Contact Info
Farmlab and Under Spring
1745 N. Spring Street #4, LA, CA 90012
Phone: 323.226.1158
All Programs Are Free to the Public
Handicapped Accessible
Free Parking Directions: Map
Both Farmlab and Under Spring are located across the street from the site of the Not A Cornfield project. From the intersection of North Spring and College (Gold Line – Chinatown stop) take North Spring north two blocks. The Farmlab warehouse is located directly across the street from the North Gate of the Los Angeles State Historic Park. The Under Spring venue is outside Farmlab. Plenty of street parking available.
What is Farmlab?
The team behind the Not A Cornfield project in Downtown Los Angeles has become Farmlab, a short-term multi-disciplinary investigation of land use issues that are related to sustainability, livability, and health. Among much more, Farmlab is exploring what role, if any, the team can and should play in matters related to lessons raised and learned from the Not A Cornfield project. Continuing to serve as a catalyst for community involvement and change through the development of art actions, projects, and otherwise, Farmlab is dedicated to the preservation and perpetuity of all living things. ….. full text
More information:
www.farmlab.org
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