Do you like the idea of writing in the middle of a park?

Did you make a commitment to writing more often this year, yet haven’t made the time to do it?

Would you like to write among a community of other writers and have facilitation with a handful of simple prompts to get you started?

Then write where you are.

Grand Park’s Teaching Writer-in-Residence traci kato-kiriyama curates a variety of themes throughout the season, and facilitate short form writing exercises throughout the hour.  Themes this year will include love, healing, power, quirks, city and maps, home, dreams, vision, food and nourishment; and many more.

Meetups will have special guests, including leaders in journalism and script-writing to support cultivating new writings or to nurture existing works.

LOCATION: Meet at the Fountain overlook, right off Grand Ave. below the white tents. Writing materials (pens and notepads) will be provided.

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ABOUT GRAND PARK’S OUR L.A. VOICES: LUNCHTIME! Writers’ Meetup is a part of Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices, a season-wide celebration of Angeleno expression.

Other OUR L.A. VOICES events:

Grand Park’s LUNCHTIME! Concerts // EVERY THURS MAR 2 thru MAY 25 // 12:15PM – 1:15PM

Grand Park’s DOWNTOWN BOOKFEST // SAT MAR 11 // Noon – 5PM

Grand Park’s PROUD Story Slam // SAT MAR 25 // Noon – 4PM

PORTALS PROJECT at Grand Park // MON APR 10 thru SUN APR 23 // check webpage for daily hours

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METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.

Part of a three-location festival, Grand Park + I3 Arts Fest’s Interaction Park will host large-scale interactive art installations, transforming Grand Park’s Event Lawn into an urban art gallery.  For more info about I3 Arts Fest, visit i3artsfest.com.

INTERACTION PARK Musical artists:

The Gaslamp Killer, Mike G (of Odd Future), Oscure, Bartek, Earthquake State, Captin’ Jay

INTERACTION PARK Artworks:

 

Through the Cattails by Aphidoidea

40 coroplast hexagon abstract cattails that provide shade during the day and emit animated light by night.

 

Anthropocene by 5Gyers

A response to plastic pollution and inspired by Da Vinci’s Vituvian Man – the piece sends microbeads and light throughout the piece via attached stationary bicycles.

 

Melting Rainbows by Aaron Axelrod

The artist uses his face and various body parts to press up against a transparent plexiglass surface to create psychedelic drips and effects that are then live projected onto a theater screen.

 

Jabba Barge by Adam Mostow

A large metal mutant vehicle fabricated and sculpted by David Haskell

 

 

Infinity Boxes by Matt Elson

An interactive social piece where participants’ faces are turned into contemporary portraiture.

 

 

Mechan9 by Tyler Fuqua

A giant fallen robot that is 35-feet in diameter.

 

 

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My oh my. Five years together – how awesome is that? Let’s continue to kick it in the park for everyone. VIEW SUMMER SEASON>

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Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.

 

Part of a three-location festival, Grand Park + I3 Arts Fest’s Interaction Park will host large-scale interactive art installations, transforming Grand Park’s Event Lawn into an urban art gallery.  For more info about I3 Arts Fest, visit i3artsfest.com.

FRI JUN 2 LINE UP:

7PM – 7:45PM // Aaron Axelrod’s Melting Rainbows

8PM – 9PM // Earthquake State

9PM – 10PM // Mike G of Odd Future

10PM – 11PM // The Gaslamp Killer

 

SAT JUN 3 LINE UP:

3PM – 4PM // Cptn’ Jack

4PM – 5PM // DJ Bartek

6PM – 7PM // Oscure

7PM – 7:45PM //  Aaron Axelrod’s Melting Rainbows

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INTERACTION PARK Artworks:

 

Through the Cattails by Aphidoidea

40 coroplast hexagon abstract cattails that provide shade during the day and emit animated light by night.

 

Anthropocene by 5Gyers

A response to plastic pollution and inspired by Da Vinci’s Vituvian Man – the piece sends microbeads and light throughout the piece via attached stationary bicycles.

 

Melting Rainbows by Aaron Axelrod

The artist uses his face and various body parts to press up against a transparent plexiglass surface to create psychedelic drips and effects that are then live projected onto a theater screen.

 

Jabba Barge by Adam Mostow

A large metal mutant vehicle fabricated and sculpted by David Haskell

 

 

Infinity Boxes by Matt Elson

An interactive social piece where participants’ faces are turned into contemporary portraiture.

 

 

Mechan9 by Tyler Fuqua

A giant fallen robot that is 35-feet in diameter.

 

 

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My oh my. Five years together – how awesome is that? Let’s continue to kick it in the park for everyone. VIEW SUMMER SEASON>

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Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.

 

All summer long, Grand Park visitors can explore the entire park and get a free workout at the same time at Grand Park’s Bootcamp. Open to everyone and all fitness levels, this free series is a fun way to connect with others and make an end-of-day workout accessible and fun.

Boot camp sessions are held on Grand Park’s Event Lawn (between Spring St. and N Broadway) every TUES beginning JUNE 6 through SEPT 26.

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My oh my. Five years together – how awesome is that? Let’s continue to kick it in the park for everyone. VIEW SUMMER SEASON>

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Information subject to change

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

Grand Park is an LA County park powered by The Music Center.