For next Thursday we’re assembling a sensual – and at times shocking – program that will take you from the twisted relationships of micro-organisms, to sensual gastronomy and through to the quirky history of everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure. (OK, except you, of course!).

TICKETS FOR FEBRUARY 17th NOW ON SALE!

Join us for your monthly dose of inspiration and connectivity with some of the most progressive people in LA.

There are limited student tickets available. Email student@mindshare.la for more information.

NEW VENUE! The LA Center Studios

Click the button above or go to our ticket page to register. Tickets have sold out for the last 4 months in a row!

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> And thanks to Hector Alvarez for the flier design!

7pm / Doors & Cocktail Hour

Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy special drink(s) thanks to Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Wild HIbiscus!

Live jazz from OmKneeBus, hors d’oeurvres, games & prizes!

Arriving early? Green Truck will be serving a special menu for us from 6:45pm onward.

8:30pm / Program includes

An introduction by Douglas Campbell / Mindshare LA, Curator

Tamara Knutsen / PhD Candidate, Computation and Neural Systems Department, Caltech.
How Sex, the Red Queen and Parasites Control the World
“If you think your relationship is rough, just be glad that you’re not a cockroach.  Join us as we explore the oddest, most dramatic and sometimes comically unlikely relationships in the world and why we have parasites to thank for sex.”

Emilie Baltz / Creative Consultant and Founder, Fork and Design
Sensual Foods: Aphrodesia and the 6th Sense
“Food is energy. And if we do not feed ourselves delicious, joyful, fantastic things, we cannot move forward positively. My work explores the role of delight in consumption experiences and offers ways to not only rethink, but enjoy this thing called life.”

Jamye Waxman / M.Ed Human Sexuality Education & Author, “Getting Off: A Woman’s Guide to Masturbation.”
A Brief History of Masturbation
“Did you know that cornflakes and graham crackers were originally created to curb people’s desire to masturbate? This talk will explore our love / hate affair with mastabatory practices, taking us from the proposed cures for hysteria to the role of masturbation in pop culture.”
 

9:30pm – Midnight / Interactions

DISCUSSIONS: Opportunity to interact with the presenters after the program…

More live music and multiple bars, surrounded by views of downtown!

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DIRECTIONS & PARKING

The LA Center Studios: 1034 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Street parking as well as ~$6 lot at the above address…

TELL YOUR FRIENDS

Mindshare LA is a unique monthly event which draws a brilliant crowd seeking connections, experiences and exposure to new ideas. Over the past three years a zealous following has developed around what can only be described as Enlightened Debauchery…

IN THE PRESS

Mindshare’s ballooning popularity is emblematic of generation steeped in chaos and an unabashed need for personal fulfillment. If you ever come to LA, come to Mindshare.
–Fast Company

If you haven’t been to a Mindshare LA event, you haven’t seen Angelenos at their eclectic best.
–FlavorPill

LINKS

Tickets, Directions and Parking : https://mindshare.eventbrite.com
More info : https://www.mindshare.la