Tasty Jams: Live Music by Jimmy Pearson and Treats by Bakes by Dawn

Sunday, April 20, 2025

3pm-7pm/Music 4pm-6pm

Paws & Pours: A Dog-Friendly Wine Experience Presented by The Blending Lab & Saturday Dog Club

Sip, swirl, and wag your way through Paws & Pours, a wine-tasting event in partnership with Saturday Dog Club, crafted for both wine lovers and dog enthusiasts at LA's most dog-friendly winery, The Blending Lab! Enjoy a curated flight of four premium wine varieties while your pup delights in their very own treat flight—because a shared experience is the best experience.

All well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome, so bring your furry friend along for an afternoon of fun. Grab your tickets now as spots are limited and let’s raise a glass to LA—paws and all!

*A portion of the ticket sales from this event will be donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, which is tirelessly working to support animals impacted by the Los Angeles area wildfires. Additionally, we will be hosting a donation drive at the event to collect essential items for both humans and pets affected by these devastating fires.

About Saturday Dog Club

Powered by WUF (With U Forever), Saturday Dog Club is a FREE community group uniting pet lovers throughout Los Angeles. SDC is dedicated to fostering connections and creating unforgettable experiences for its animal-loving community. Alongside monthly in-person and virtual events, SDC's new free online platform offers a space for members to share stories, exchange advice, find meetups, and build lasting friendships with fellow pet enthusiasts.

BECOME A SATURDAY DOG CLUB MEMBER FOR FREE HERE (it takes less than 5 mins, we promise!)

This is a dog friendly event for well behaved dogs. Sorry - horses, donkeys and fish must stay at home.

TICKET SALES END ON MARCH. 30TH DUE TO THE CUSTOMIZATION NEEDS PER PET. PHOTOS DUE TO THE BLENDING LAB ON 3/30/25. PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO MAGDALENA AT MAGDALENA@THEWINEBLENDINGLAB.COM.

https://www.thewineblendinglab.com/happenings/event-two-69fp6-ktmgt

Held at Delicious Pizza’s Rockwell Lounge

5419 W Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016

March 3, 2025, 4pm-6pm

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

I. 4:00 PM- Call to Order and Introductions

II. 4:05 PM- Approval of December 9, 2024 Minutes

III. 4:15 PM- Public Comment

This opportunity is reserved for any public comments to the Board pursuant to the Brown Act with the understanding that no action may be taken, nor discussion conducted on topics not on the agenda. It is the Board’s policy that persons in the audience may address the Board in connection with any particular agenda item during the public comment period. As provided by the Brown Act, each individual’s speaking time shall be limited to three minutes. Anyone desiring to speak during the public comment period must use the “raise hand feature” in Zoom and identify themselves to the board.

IV. 4:30 PM- CD10 Updates

V. 4:45 PM- Old Business

A.    Renewal Update

B.    Parking Meter Study Update

C.    Selling E-Bike

VI. 5:00 PM- Creating the Lighting RFP: Targeting Blocks for Lighting

VII. 5:40 pm- New Business

A. Marketing Initiatives

          1) Campaign #1: Engage & Activate Existing BID Members

          2) Campaign #2: Expand the BID - Outreach to Adjacent Property Owners

B. Future BID Events

C. Increasing Size of Board

IIX. 6:00 pm- Adjournment. Next Meeting, May 5, 2025, 4pm-6pm.

Join us this evening for the opening reception of The Los Angeles Confidential by Devin Troy Strother at Good Mother Gallery’s Annex Space (5075 W. Adams Blvd) from 5–8 PM.

Across the street at our main gallery (5103 W. Adams Blvd), our current group exhibition, Manual Override, will also be on view - featuring the works of Jason Revok, Liz Lee, Chris Velez, Zoe Alameda & Noah Malone.

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Good Mother Gallery is pleased to present The Los Angeles Confidential, a site specific installation by Devin Troy Strother. The exhibition will be on view in Los Angeles from February 19th through March 14th with an opening reception on February 19th from 5 to 8pm.

For over a decade, Strother has built a practice that dissects the language of Black cultural production, pop iconography, and art history with a subversive humor that both seduces and indicts. His work embraces excess narratively, visually, and materially, collapsing references from sports, music, cinema, and the art world into hyper charged compositions that oscillate between celebration and critique.

In this new installation, Strother pushes his signature approach into immersive territory, constructing a layered environment that riffs on the aesthetics of commerce, media, and myth making. Using text, neon, painting, and sculptural interventions, The Los Angeles Confidential transforms the gallery space into a surreal tableau where spectacle and commentary collide. Familiar cultural symbols are distorted and recontextualized, reappearing in unexpected ways that destabilize their assumed meanings. Strother’s fluency in both fine art and street culture allows him to move fluidly between satire and sincerity, creating work that is at once self aware and deeply invested in the power of imagery.

Throughout the installation, moments of absurdity amplify the tensions at play between legibility and abstraction, irony and reverence, art and advertisement. A large-scale assemblage evokes the visual language of billboards and urban signage, while scattered interventions recall the guerrilla tactics of underground media. Elsewhere, a sequence of hand painted panels references art historical lineages and cartoonish exaggerations in equal measure, infusing traditional composition with an irreverent sensibility.

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with The Pit.

On View: February 19th, 2025 - March 14th, 2025

Gallery Hours: Wednesdays- Saturdays 11am-5pm

Location: Good Mother Annex - 5075 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016

Click the button below to request a preview catalog of available works from the exhibition.

Catalog Request

Celebrate love and creativity this Valentine’s season! Join us on February 16th, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at The Blending Lab in Los Angeles for a Valentine’s Day-Themed Candle-Making Workshop. Perfect for couples, friends, or anyone who wants to craft something special, this event offers a delightful way to share the love.

About the Location:
Nestled in the heart of Los Angeles, The Blending Lab is a boutique winery that specializes in custom wine blends and tasting experiences. Its warm and welcoming atmosphere makes it an ideal venue for a cozy and creative afternoon.

Event Details:

• Date: February 16th, 2025

• Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

• Location: The Blending Lab, Los Angeles

• Price: $39 plus Eventbrite fees, includes:

• All supplies to create two 8oz candles in jars (jar types may vary depending on the event)

• Candle Setting Time: 30–45 minutes needed for the candles to set, included in the workshop time

What to Expect:
Design and create two custom candles inspired by the spirit of Valentine’s Day. Choose from romantic scents and colors to craft candles that make the perfect gift for a loved one or a treat for yourself. Whether you’re celebrating with a partner, a friend, or solo, this workshop is a fun and meaningful way to mark the occasion.

While your candles are setting, explore The Blending Lab’s offerings. Sip on their unique custom wine blends (available for purchase) and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of this one-of-a-kind venue.

Reserve Your Spot:
Spaces are limited for this Valentine’s Day Candle-Making Workshop, so don’t wait to secure your ticket. Let’s craft, sip, and celebrate love together!

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Download Agenda

I. 2:00 PM- Call to Order and Introductions  

II. 2:05 PM- Approval of October 21, 2024, Minutes  

III. 2:15 PM- Public Comment  

This opportunity is reserved for any public comments to the Board pursuant to the Brown Act with the understanding that no action may be taken, nor discussion conducted on topics not on the agenda. It is the Board’s policy that persons in the audience may address the Board in connection with any particular agenda item during the public comment period. As provided by the Brown Act, each individual’s speaking time shall be limited to three minutes. Anyone desiring to speak during the public comment period must use the “raise hand feature” in Zoom and identify themselves to the board. 

IV. 2:30 PM- CD10 Updates 

V. 2:45 PM- Reliable Housekeepers Update 

VI. 3:00 PM- Budget Update 

VIII. 3:15 PM- Old Business 

A. Renewal Update 

B. Parking Meter Study 

C. Lighting Options 

D. Selling E-Bike 

IX. 3:40 pm- New Business  

A. WABID Emails and Board Member Profiles 

B. Future BID Events 

C. Bob Marley Mural 

X. 8:00 pm- Adjournment. Next Meeting, Proposed Date, April 7, 2025, 2pm-4pm. 

Join Alta for Super Bowl Sunday for a live viewing party in their Bar area & Adams Wine Shop next door!

They’ll have a special all day brunch menu & offer a curated wine flight in the wine shop!

NO COVER! FREE VIBES ALL DAY! PULL UP!

Book on Resy to get a table.

HELD AT DELICIOUS PIZZA

5419 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024, 6pm-8pm

MEETING AGENDA

I.6:00 pm- Call to Order and Introductions

II. 6:05 pm- Approval of August 5, 2024, Minutes

III. 6:10 pm- Public Comment

This opportunity is reserved for any public comments to the Board pursuant to the Brown Act with the understanding that no action may be taken, nor discussion conducted on topics not on the agenda. It is the Board’s policy that persons in the audience may address the Board in connection with any particular agenda item during the public comment period. As provided by the Brown Act, each individual’s speaking time shall be limited to three minutes. Anyone desiring to speak during the public comment period must use the “raise hand feature” in Zoom and identify themselves to the board.

IV. 6:20 pm- CD10 Update

V. 6:40 pm- LAPD Update

VI. 6: 55 pm- Old Business

a. BID Renewal- Analyzing Proposals and Choosing a Consultant

b. Reliable Housekeeper Update- Nany Ochoa

c. Small Business Mixer Review

VII. 7:15 pm- New Business

a. Annual Planning Report

b. Street Lighting

c. Pedestrian Safety

d. Abandoned Vehicles: Exploring Parking Meters

e. Emergency Preparedness for Businesses- Chinn Thammasaengsri

f. Future of BID Management and Location of BID Manager

VIII. 8:00 pm- Adjournment. Next Meeting, Proposed Date, January 20, 2024, 6pm-8pm

WEST ADAMS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING

HELD AT ALTA ADAMS

5359 WEST ADAMS BLVD.

LOS ANGELES, CA 90016

MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2024

6pm-8pm

Get ready, LA! Boomyard is back in the yard at Delicious Pizza 🎉on Sunday, July 7, 2024! Join us from 3-9 PM for a day of live performances and DJ sets hosted by @MystaCrooks. Don’t miss out on the fun at 5419 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles. See you there!

SAVE THE DATE

LOS ANGELES: FRI, 7/5 from 6-9PM

We are so excited to have a full line up of food partners in July, starting with our friend Brady at HiFiPizzaPi on Friday, July 5th from 6-9PM. Come try one of his famous Sourdough creations with your favorite wine!

Anna Lukashevsky: The New Immigrants

Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present Anna Lukashevsky: The New Immigrants. This is the Haifa-based artist's first exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will be on view June 29th through August 17th, 2024, with an opening reception on Saturday, June 29th from 4-6pm.

Anna Lukashevsky is interested in the psychological and sociological aspects of the traumatic events, especially in portraits. Over the past two years, she has painted portraits of new immigrants from Russia and Ukraine. Lukashevsky’s subjects abandoned comfortable lives in Russia because their beliefs were no longer tolerated in the place they called home. The cast of artists, writers, journalists, and filmmakers seen in Lukashevsky’s paintings make up a fraction of the 70,000+ Russian and Ukrainian immigrants to Israel, and each portrait relays the subject’s story. As Lukashevsky speaks with her subjects during lengthy portraiture sessions, their experiences transform her images from an archetype to an individual.

The New Immigrants project began in 2022 with paintings of Russian and Ukrainian immigrants, but after October 7th Lukashevsky was instilled with a desire to capture the emotional impact of Israel’s war against Hamas. These new portraits depict the trauma, depression, and sadness that Israelis have felt since the war with Hamas began. Lukashevsky imbues her paintings with a sense of empathy and fear, portraying an uncertain future and viewing the work as warning signals to the cultural world.

As an immigrant from the USSR herself, Lukashevsky has felt an intrinsic connection to her subjects, and viewed herself as an outsider in the Israeli cultural world. Lukashevsky is a part of the New Barbizon Group, a collective of five Israeli painters born in the USSR who offer a contemporary version of the tradition of painting en plein air. Following in the footsteps of the 19th century Barbizon School, the artists attempt to hold a mirror to contemporary life and highlight the lived experiences of those around them. In The New Immigrants, Lukashevsky utilizes this philosophy to represent the beauty and trauma of the present through those living in it. By deeply engaging with and sharing the stories of her subjects, the artist humanizes the refugee crisis and the effects of war.

Anna Lukashevsky was born in Vilnius, Lithuania and studied at HaMidrasha Art School, Israel. She has had solo exhibitions at the Haifa Museum of Art, and Bat Yam Museum of Art. Lukashevsky’s work can be found in the collections of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv Museum; Haifa Museum, Israel; and numerous private collections.

PET PARENTS -THIS ONE IS FOR YOU AND IT’S OUR BEST PET EVENT YET!

We are super excited to partner with Art Social 805 from Paso Robles for a Sip-n-Paint Your Pet. The Paso team will be traveling to Los Angeles to do a in-person painting class, with each canvas personalized to YOUR FUR BABY! Yes, you heard it right!

… This is why we are promoting this event now, although it won’t take place until May 19th, because we will need everyone’s pet photos about 3 weeks in advance by April 28th. You will not be able to change your photo selection after submission.

This event will have limited space and we will not be able to add extra spots once sold out, so BOOK TODAY! All tickets are a final sale since the Art Social 805 is traveling to join us due to customization needs. Thank you for understanding!

Price for ticket: $85

CLUB MEMBER PRICE: $75

Price includes:

• All the painting materials and custom canvas of your dog, step-by-step painting instructions,

• 375ml bottle of The Blending Lab Wine (there will be a few to chose from Red, White, Rose, and Orange wine)

• Reusable branded picnic glass with a top

• Cheese/meats snack pack for munching while you sip and paint

• PET TREAT FLIGHT if you’re planning to bring your pet * NOTE that all pets need to be well-behaved and get along with other pets since there will be up to 40 pets in the space. Be a responsible parent and make the right call for your furry child :) *

CLUB MEMBERS, Please email us for a special ticket link at info@thewineblendinglab.com

More info at https://www.thewineblendinglab.com/happeningsatthewinery/sip-n-petpaint

Registration and More Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lafd-cert-west-adams-tickets-796136263997?aff=oddtdtcreator

INSTRUCTOR: FIREFIGHTER MIKE PEREZ (213) 202-3136

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

• Class 1 – MAR 7 (Introduction, Disaster Awareness)

• Class 2 – MAR 14 (ICS and Disaster Psychology)

• Class 3 – MAR 21 (Disaster Medical Operations 1)

• Class 4 – MAR 28 (Disaster Medical Operations 2)

• Class 5 – APR 4 (Fire Suppression and Hazardous Materials)

• Class 6 – APR 11 (Light Search and Rescue)

• Class 7 – APR 18 (Terrorism & CERT)

YOU MUST ATTEND ALL CLASSES TO RECEIVE A "CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION".

What is the CERT Program?

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is an all-risk, all-hazard training. This valuable course is designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation.

CERT members receive 17 1/2 hours (one day a week for seven weeks) of initial training.

CERT is provided free of charge within the city of Los Angeles to anyone 18 or over.

Classes are taught year-round, Monday-Friday, morning, afternoon, or evening. We will come to your location. Classes can be held anywhere in the City of Los Angeles. Classes outside of LA City require special preapproval.