http://thisweekinwestwood.com Bringing Westwood Together Online Fri, 18 May 2012 06:47:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/2nd-annual-walk-for-warriors/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/2nd-annual-walk-for-warriors/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 03:15:39 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/16/2nd-annual-walk-for-warriors/ Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 8 am
West LA Veterans Affairs Campus
Walk for Warriors is a fun, community-oriented 5K run/walk to take place on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012 at the West LA Veterans Affairs Campus. Proceeds from Walk for Warriors will help New Directions provide transitional services for returning veterans. By participating in Walk for Warriors, you will help support our nation’s veterans and the thousands of men and women who are currently serving our country.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/2nd-annual-walk-for-warriors/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/24th-annual-virginia-robinson-gardens-tour/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/24th-annual-virginia-robinson-gardens-tour/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 00:58:06 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/16/24th-annual-virginia-robinson-gardens-tour/ Friday, May 18, 10 am - 4 pm
Virgina Robinson Garden, 1008 Elden Way, Beverly Hills - Tickets: $200
The Friends of Robinson Gardens will welcome the public to their twenty-fourth annual “…into the garden” Tour. This year’s theme is “California Dreamin’.” As usual, there will be five extraordinary private gardens on view, all of them exemplifying excellence in landscape architecture and varying horticultural styles. In addition to viewing these private gardens, guests are welcomed at the historic Virginia Robinson Estate and Gardens in Beverly Hills, to revel in what many consider the garden party of the year. There is truly nothing else like this event in Los Angeles.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/24th-annual-virginia-robinson-gardens-tour/feed/ 0 http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/summer-mango-caprese-salad-with-truffle-salt/ http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/summer-mango-caprese-salad-with-truffle-salt/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 00:49:28 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/16/mango-caprese-salad/ Visit ShockinglyDelicious.com and sign up to get recipes by e-mail, so you never miss out on new postings!Mangos are starting to roll into the markets, cheap and delicious! Modernize a classic Caprese salad by adding ripe mango chunks to your fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil. You can dust with a touch of truffle salt, or a splash of your insanely expensive balsamic, or eat it naked. It’s all good.]]> http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/summer-mango-caprese-salad-with-truffle-salt/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/amgen-tour-of-california/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/amgen-tour-of-california/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 00:39:33 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/16/amgen-tour-of-california/ Sunday, May 20, 8:30 am
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
The Amgen Tour of California, one of the world's most prestigious cycling road races, takes 16 elite U.S. and international cycling teams on a scenic, albeit rigorous 800-mile course through much of California from May 13 - 20. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills serves as the starting point for the all-important last leg of the race on May 20.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/amgen-tour-of-california/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/dog-days/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/dog-days/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 00:25:47 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/16/dog-days/ Wednesday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills
Featuring author Susan Orlean, animal trainers Sarah Clifford and Omar von Muller and a screening of "Clash of the Wolves" (1925) starring Rin Tin Tin, with live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla. Tickets: $5]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/dog-days/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/shes-making-media-lily-tomlin/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/shes-making-media-lily-tomlin/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:45:07 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/16/shes-making-media-lily-tomlin/ Monday, June 4, 7 pm
Paley Center for Media, 465 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills
A true original, Lily Tomlin has commented on life’s absurdities with both edge and humanity, a mix of the darkly humorous and the poignantly insightful. Starting with her breakthrough appearances on one of the seminal programs of its era, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Tomlin unleashed her witty and outrageous gallery of idiosyncratic characters on the world and soon became one of the cherished names in comedy. ]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/16/shes-making-media-lily-tomlin/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/14/hollywood-cinema-and-the-real-los-angeles/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/14/hollywood-cinema-and-the-real-los-angeles/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 01:28:05 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/14/hollywood-cinema-and-the-real-los-angeles/ Wednesday, May 30, 7 pm
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood
First and foremost a city of cinema, L.A. exists both in the movies that are made here and in the image of the place on film. Mark Shiel explores this alluring locale in his new book, Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles, depicting the ever-changing cinematic image of the city and revealing how its celluloid identity has been reflected and manipulated by its physical geography. Shiel traces the history of L.A. from the invention of motion pictures in the 1890s to the decline of the studio system in the 1950s. Shiel teaches in the Department of Film Studies at King’s College London. He is the author of Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City and the editor of Cinema and the City and Screening the City.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/14/hollywood-cinema-and-the-real-los-angeles/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/14/some-favorite-writers-an-evening-with-sherlock-holmes-and-friends/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/14/some-favorite-writers-an-evening-with-sherlock-holmes-and-friends/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 01:19:48 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/14/some-favorite-writers-an-evening-with-sherlock-holmes-and-friends/ Tuesday, May 22, 7 pm
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood
Join a group of Baker Street Irregulars for an irreverent discussion on the contribution of Sherlock Holmes to contemporary culture, from criminology to fiction to film. Holmes scholar Leslie Klinger, writer/director Nicholas Meyer (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), crime novelist Denise Hamilton, and real-life private detective Sarah Alcorn contribute their expertise to deducing why Conan Doyle’s character has inspired such enduring intrigue and devotion. Costumes welcome. Budding mystery writers especially encouraged. Complimentary coffee and tea served.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/14/some-favorite-writers-an-evening-with-sherlock-holmes-and-friends/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/07/bug-fair/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/07/bug-fair/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:08:57 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/07/bug-fair/ Saturday and Sunday, May 19 & 20, 9:30 am - 5 pm
Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles
Exposition Park will soon be overrun with winged creatures and creepy-crawlies who are convening at the Museum, along with our scientists, for North America’s biggest bug festival.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/07/bug-fair/feed/ 0 http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/07/santa-monica-festival/ http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/07/santa-monica-festival/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:29:29 +0000 admin http://thisweekin.net/westwood/2012/05/07/santa-monica-festival/ Saturday, May 19, 11 am - 6 pm
Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica
Free admission, free bike valet and free parking.
The Santa Monica Festival offers an eclectic mix of live music and dance, DIY art workshops with recycled and repurposed materials, guilt-free shopping featuring earth friendly artistic wares and local services offered by a variety of City, environmental and local non-profit organizations.]]> http://thisweekinwestwood.com/2012/05/07/santa-monica-festival/feed/ 0