We are Your Pit Crew for Bike to Work Day 2011


Mark your calendar - Bike to Work Day 2011 is Friday, May 20! What better way to give Mother Earth a break than to swear off the automobile for a day? And what better place to live than sunny SoCal when it comes to biking to work?  This is a great way to get some exercise into your otherwise busy schedule; and who knows - maybe you'll discover a new scenic route to work. Maybe this will inspire a complete paradigm shift in your transportation habits, or maybe you'll just enjoy something different.

The Center will be there to cheer your on as an official pit stop. Pull into the Arrival Court from 6-9 am and we will greet you with water, OJ, snacks and encouragement.

What? Your bike has been gathering dust in the garage for a few years? That's no excuse. Bike to Work 2011 is hosting Tune-Up Time on May 15 in Balboa Park. This event offers free bike maintenance checks, bike education and safety demonstrations, a kid's bike rodeo, and registration for great prizes.

In the words of the late, great Freddy Mercury, "Get on your bikes and ride!"

Date: Friday, May 20, 2011
Time: 6 am - 9 am
Place: Arrival Court (on N. Escondido Blvd. facing Regal Cinema)

 Check out the most bizarre bicycle safety film imaginable below. I can't believe children had to watch this:

Guerrilla Gardening: Dig It!



Image: http://ecosalon.com/broke-20-fun-things-to-do-without-spending-a-dime/



The term "guerrilla"  conjures images of revolution and anti-establishment movements .....or all the alternative guys in middle school wearing Che Guevara t-shirts. Well, maybe that last one is just me. The guerrilla spirit of revolutionary change is what's driving our Art-In-Action: Guerrilla Gardening event on Saturday, April 16.

According to my very scholarly research (Wikipedia) guerrilla gardening refers to a range of green-thumbery from the overzealous planter who leaks into his neighbor's yard to the politically-motivated activist who utilizes a plot of land the owner of which has abandoned or neglected. The latter touches on issues of land rights and ownership. "Guerrilla gardening" is believed to have been first applied by Liz Christy and her Green Guerrilla group in New York City in 1973. Christy and company transformed a dilapidated neighborhood lot into a beautiful garden still thriving today.

Our Art-in-Action: Guerrilla Gardening experience is a great chance to be involved in this act of beautification. In true clandestine fashion, our location in-need-of-TLC will be revealed at the event; and we will commence creating a lush landscape of native plants, succulents and other water-wise varieties. We are still seeking out gardening implements such as shovels, pitch forks, hand tools, gloves, etc. So, we invite you to bring your own to use or to share. The details are below; we hope to see you there!!!

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Time: Choose a shift : 9 am - 12 pm or 12 pm - 3pm
Place: Meet at the Center Museum at 9 am, and we will then walk to location
Tickets:  Free to Center Members; Non-members $8/person or $15/family; call the ticket office at 760-839-4100 to reserve your place
Extras: Water and snacks provided, but please bring your own sack lunch; dress in comfortable clothing you don't mind getting dirty and bring any gardening implements you like

Need more info? Contact Arts Education Manager Brian Gibson with any questions.


Later,
Beth

California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Art Classes

Here is some info on two classes we have coming up that I am really excited about.  Write in if you have any questions.

Tara

California Center for the Arts, Museum Store

Our Museum Store merchandise gets changed and added to ever time a new exhibition comes around.  Sometimes it has to do with the exhibition’s content and sometimes not.  This round Beth (our Store Manager among many other things) is doing a great job at bringing you – and me – lots of fun things to buy!  I already have a little Tara stack of things that I have purchased, sorry I know you had no chance because we are closed but hey that’s a perk I will take.  Above you can check out some Tara treasures and other things that will be available in the store as soon as we open on the night of February 12^th !

An interesting note about shopping, specifically impulse buying [thanks to 94.1 FM this morning] is that people with last names near the end of the alphabet are more likely to be impulse buyers.  “They” did a study and found that end of the alphabet last namers make up the dominant amount of impulse buyers.  You can thank your elementary and middle school teachers for this as you were the last one called when waiting to: pick partners for a project, leave for a field trip, get up to get supplies etc… Supposedly this gave all of us with last names starting with Q – Z a compulsion to buy things right away so we don’t have to wait.