April 2010 Fun Things on the Westside
April 2010 Fun Things to Do on the Westside
Happy Easter and Happy Passover from your neighborhood realtor Maralee Grantham
Hooray they coincide this year! EASTER -- Passion Sunday, 3/28, Good Friday 4/2 and Easter is Sun 4/4. Sunrise service Hollywood
Bowl (also, bowl tickets for this summer go on sale 5/2 ) PASSOVER begins Monday night March 29 and ends 7 days later on the 5th.
ENVIRONMENT: Just a heads up for those interested in sustainable gardens, yes we missed the potluck, which was 2/1 , but the planting
event is 4/17-18, join a crew, sponsor a crew or be crew guru-100's of gardens are planted that weekend, www.gardensofgratitude.com also
to learn more you can go to the internet site westsidepermies.ning.com; UCLA Institute of the Environment lectures , 4-5:30 each Wed. in
April, oceans, to climate to fuels to business. Mar Vista 4/26 Sun see 79 home gardens, free, self guided - marvistagreengardenshowcase
Theodore Payne's 7th Annual Garden Tours include many on the Westside, April 13/14. There are 50 Native Gardens on display, tickets for
self guided tour available at www.Theodorepayne.org.$20tickets. Santa Monica environmental workshops, 6 classes free to residents,
suggested donation for non-residents. Starting on 2409 Main St. 4/12 Mon. and 4/21, Wed. at the SM Library, both 7-8:30 pm, contact
NancyBarba@sustainableworks.org to sign up. Earn an eco product filled goody bag; classes include water, energy waste, chemicals,
transportation, shopping and food. Beach clean up: West LA Surfrider beach club-Sat 4/3 9-11 am at Tower 26, near the Ocean Park
parking lot, go to coffee after on Main St. or end of month mixer, contact them at Surfrider WLAM [info@surfriderwlam.org]
NEIGHBORHOODS: Join your neighborhood assoc., there are 5 in Santa Monica; between Montana and Wilshire is Wilmont, to join $10
annual dues. Learn what is going on, bus fares are going up, city parking fees also. Learn about why Sears auto repair closed and about the
July 4th Parade by the Ocean Park Assoc. I am also a member of the large LA assoc. called Historical West Adams
VOLUNTEER: Save the coast with surfriderf.org, the Surfrider Foundation; help the homeless into a new life with Chrysalis, go to
changelives.org, help in Santa Monica; Share your pet, help give pet therapy in schools and hospitals, loveon4paws.org, or
horsesinthehood.org; Mentor students with after school writing or other help 826la.org and help high school students into college and beyond
with fulfillmentfund.org; Friends of the LA river, help return the paved river to a more natural state, folar.org; Red Cross continues to
donate to Haiti, or join a Disaster Action Team like me, or become certified for CPR, call Jennifer 310 394 3773, or West LA call Jerry 800
548 8226.
FUN: Don't forget first Friday evenings on Abbot Kinney, (crowded) Venice, CA. and last Fri. evenings on Main St. in Sta. Monica. Join
Santa Monica Junior Chamber, become a member or just go to their annual Peter Rabbit Day, Sat 4/3, at Douglas Park at 25th and Wilshire
Blvd., Easter party for children .smjaycees.clubexpress.com; Blessing of the Animals 4/3 held downtown at Olvera St. 213 485 8238, see
calleolvera.org; Farmwalk visit the 225 acre working Pierce College Farm, Woodland Hills 818 710 4253, www.piercecollege.edu. Festival of
Books LA Times held at UCLA 4/24-25, 213 237 3144, latimes/fob.; Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, Santa Clarita, Ca, 4/22-25,1
admission ticket $20 for a 1 day pass or $30 for 2 days, to see all shows, cowboyfestival.org, 661 286 4021. This is your once a year chance
to enter the Melody Ranch where all famous westerns were filmed from "High Noon" to "Bonanza".Glow 2010, Santa Monica is up for a
$250,000 artist grant from Pepsi for 20 projects for the 9/26 Sat art and music project on the beach last done in 2008.
Sta. Monica FUN: Antique and Collectible sale in parking lot near Bundy, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.each 4th Sunday Farmer's Markets-2 in Sta.
Monica on Sat earliest 8 a.m. Pico and Cloverfield and 9:30 at 3rd near Arizona. Sun. on Main St. and in Hollywood 8a.m. on Sunday south of
Hollywood and Vine, at Ivar and Selma.
SM Conservancy $10 for a 2 hour walking tour 10 am Saturdays, meet at 1436 2nd .St, rain or shine 310 496 3146
FILM: all April LACMA offers the films of Jean Renoir, (son of the famous painter), he escaped Nazi Germany to come to Hollywood, go to
lacma.org, tickets $10 each weekend and Tues. matinees; also check out films at the UCLA film school
ART: Skateboarding history, art California Heritage Museum (on Main St. in Santa Monica) 310 392 8537, californiaheritagemuseum.org
through May 30; Venice, Home Tour Sun 4/11 $75 self guided.
Museums': LA County Museum of Art "LACMA" continues with Pierre Auguste Renoir in the 20th century and his son in the theatre with
the films of Jean Renoir, also art retrospective of American history with "American Stories", all month also;4/18 Getty lecture Leonardo Da
Vinci's Science, Technology and Art 3pm Sunday; Sat night Concert at the Getty, 4/17 at 7:30 with Micachu and the Shapes, (In May and
June they will be every Sat night). Getty Villa celebrates the empire of the Aztecs with the Grammy Award winning group Sones de Mexico,
Sat 4/10, 8 pm and Sun; Autry Museum of the American West in Griffith Park Sat and Sun 4/3 and 4/4 free day from Bk. of America; 4/10
Sat and 4/11 Sun. 1 pm hear a talk on Native American Basketry in the Wells Fargo Theatre; Thurs. 4/15 member preview 6 pm of Also at the
Autry :"Homelands How Women Made the West," opens to the public Friday 4/16 also at the Autry, Sun 4/18 talk by famous author Lisa
See, whose ancestor immigrated to Cal. To build the railroad, married an American girl (against the law) and had 5 children, divorced her on a
visit to Canton and currently both sides of the family have exquisite antique shops in Los Angeles area.
WESTERN Music Jam, at the Autry in Griffith Park noon, each 3rd Sunday 4/18 of the month.
Griffith OBSERVATORY: first Fri free show "All Space Considered", discussing latest events in astronomy 7:30 pm; also SM College
Drescher aud. Planetarium shows 7 pm and 8 pm, 2 shows for $9 or one for $5, park free, enter from Pico at front of school.
Westside Subway meeting- SM Public Libr. 4/20 Tues 6- 8 pm.;
LA Bicycle Race, ending in Santa Monica- help Dodger owner Frank McCourt plan the route , scheduled for Sept., 2010, see on Google.
Maralee Grantham and Associates In Pursuit of Your Dreams
Sotheby’s INTERNATIONAL REALTY maralee@maraleegrantham.com cell 310 570 6100
Happy Easter and Happy Passover from your neighborhood realtor Maralee Grantham
Hooray they coincide this year! EASTER -- Passion Sunday, 3/28, Good Friday 4/2 and Easter is Sun 4/4. Sunrise service Hollywood
Bowl (also, bowl tickets for this summer go on sale 5/2 ) PASSOVER begins Monday night March 29 and ends 7 days later on the 5th.
ENVIRONMENT: Just a heads up for those interested in sustainable gardens, yes we missed the potluck, which was 2/1 , but the planting
event is 4/17-18, join a crew, sponsor a crew or be crew guru-100's of gardens are planted that weekend, www.gardensofgratitude.com also
to learn more you can go to the internet site westsidepermies.ning.com; UCLA Institute of the Environment lectures , 4-5:30 each Wed. in
April, oceans, to climate to fuels to business. Mar Vista 4/26 Sun see 79 home gardens, free, self guided - marvistagreengardenshowcase
Theodore Payne's 7th Annual Garden Tours include many on the Westside, April 13/14. There are 50 Native Gardens on display, tickets for
self guided tour available at www.Theodorepayne.org.$20tickets. Santa Monica environmental workshops, 6 classes free to residents,
suggested donation for non-residents. Starting on 2409 Main St. 4/12 Mon. and 4/21, Wed. at the SM Library, both 7-8:30 pm, contact
NancyBarba@sustainableworks.org to sign up. Earn an eco product filled goody bag; classes include water, energy waste, chemicals,
transportation, shopping and food. Beach clean up: West LA Surfrider beach club-Sat 4/3 9-11 am at Tower 26, near the Ocean Park
parking lot, go to coffee after on Main St. or end of month mixer, contact them at Surfrider WLAM [info@surfriderwlam.org]
NEIGHBORHOODS: Join your neighborhood assoc., there are 5 in Santa Monica; between Montana and Wilshire is Wilmont, to join $10
annual dues. Learn what is going on, bus fares are going up, city parking fees also. Learn about why Sears auto repair closed and about the
July 4th Parade by the Ocean Park Assoc. I am also a member of the large LA assoc. called Historical West Adams
VOLUNTEER: Save the coast with surfriderf.org, the Surfrider Foundation; help the homeless into a new life with Chrysalis, go to
changelives.org, help in Santa Monica; Share your pet, help give pet therapy in schools and hospitals, loveon4paws.org, or
horsesinthehood.org; Mentor students with after school writing or other help 826la.org and help high school students into college and beyond
with fulfillmentfund.org; Friends of the LA river, help return the paved river to a more natural state, folar.org; Red Cross continues to
donate to Haiti, or join a Disaster Action Team like me, or become certified for CPR, call Jennifer 310 394 3773, or West LA call Jerry 800
548 8226.
FUN: Don't forget first Friday evenings on Abbot Kinney, (crowded) Venice, CA. and last Fri. evenings on Main St. in Sta. Monica. Join
Santa Monica Junior Chamber, become a member or just go to their annual Peter Rabbit Day, Sat 4/3, at Douglas Park at 25th and Wilshire
Blvd., Easter party for children .smjaycees.clubexpress.com; Blessing of the Animals 4/3 held downtown at Olvera St. 213 485 8238, see
calleolvera.org; Farmwalk visit the 225 acre working Pierce College Farm, Woodland Hills 818 710 4253, www.piercecollege.edu. Festival of
Books LA Times held at UCLA 4/24-25, 213 237 3144, latimes/fob.; Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, Santa Clarita, Ca, 4/22-25,1
admission ticket $20 for a 1 day pass or $30 for 2 days, to see all shows, cowboyfestival.org, 661 286 4021. This is your once a year chance
to enter the Melody Ranch where all famous westerns were filmed from "High Noon" to "Bonanza".Glow 2010, Santa Monica is up for a
$250,000 artist grant from Pepsi for 20 projects for the 9/26 Sat art and music project on the beach last done in 2008.
Sta. Monica FUN: Antique and Collectible sale in parking lot near Bundy, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.each 4th Sunday Farmer's Markets-2 in Sta.
Monica on Sat earliest 8 a.m. Pico and Cloverfield and 9:30 at 3rd near Arizona. Sun. on Main St. and in Hollywood 8a.m. on Sunday south of
Hollywood and Vine, at Ivar and Selma.
SM Conservancy $10 for a 2 hour walking tour 10 am Saturdays, meet at 1436 2nd .St, rain or shine 310 496 3146
FILM: all April LACMA offers the films of Jean Renoir, (son of the famous painter), he escaped Nazi Germany to come to Hollywood, go to
lacma.org, tickets $10 each weekend and Tues. matinees; also check out films at the UCLA film school
ART: Skateboarding history, art California Heritage Museum (on Main St. in Santa Monica) 310 392 8537, californiaheritagemuseum.org
through May 30; Venice, Home Tour Sun 4/11 $75 self guided.
Museums': LA County Museum of Art "LACMA" continues with Pierre Auguste Renoir in the 20th century and his son in the theatre with
the films of Jean Renoir, also art retrospective of American history with "American Stories", all month also;4/18 Getty lecture Leonardo Da
Vinci's Science, Technology and Art 3pm Sunday; Sat night Concert at the Getty, 4/17 at 7:30 with Micachu and the Shapes, (In May and
June they will be every Sat night). Getty Villa celebrates the empire of the Aztecs with the Grammy Award winning group Sones de Mexico,
Sat 4/10, 8 pm and Sun; Autry Museum of the American West in Griffith Park Sat and Sun 4/3 and 4/4 free day from Bk. of America; 4/10
Sat and 4/11 Sun. 1 pm hear a talk on Native American Basketry in the Wells Fargo Theatre; Thurs. 4/15 member preview 6 pm of Also at the
Autry :"Homelands How Women Made the West," opens to the public Friday 4/16 also at the Autry, Sun 4/18 talk by famous author Lisa
See, whose ancestor immigrated to Cal. To build the railroad, married an American girl (against the law) and had 5 children, divorced her on a
visit to Canton and currently both sides of the family have exquisite antique shops in Los Angeles area.
WESTERN Music Jam, at the Autry in Griffith Park noon, each 3rd Sunday 4/18 of the month.
Griffith OBSERVATORY: first Fri free show "All Space Considered", discussing latest events in astronomy 7:30 pm; also SM College
Drescher aud. Planetarium shows 7 pm and 8 pm, 2 shows for $9 or one for $5, park free, enter from Pico at front of school.
Westside Subway meeting- SM Public Libr. 4/20 Tues 6- 8 pm.;
LA Bicycle Race, ending in Santa Monica- help Dodger owner Frank McCourt plan the route , scheduled for Sept., 2010, see on Google.
Maralee Grantham and Associates In Pursuit of Your Dreams
Sotheby’s INTERNATIONAL REALTY maralee@maraleegrantham.com cell 310 570 6100
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