Create celebration and celebrate creation! LSPE's 30th

Tom · 02-24-2009, 09:48 PM

In celebration of Heidi's birthday...

Please join us for a festival picnic of creativity, and...

Inspired by artist friends, creative retreats, the Inspiration Thread, the need to make something beautiful, and the recent tendency towards empty wallets, we are hosting a day-long creative festival and picnic, and we hope you will come join us!

Heidi's only wishes for her birthday are to gather her friends together, and for everyone to be creative in whatever way they wish, to inspire each other, and to cheer each other on.

And what amazing scenery it is!

Our location is the site of the old Los Angeles Zoo, in Griffith Park. It was abandoned in 1965, when the current zoo opened, but the cages and animal enclosures are still there, largely undisturbed… echoes of a Los Angeles many decades gone.

Since chancing upon the site several months ago, we have wanted to do something there, and we hope that it will inspire all of your imaginations as it has ours. You can find out more about the Zoo here:
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/zoo.html

Don't worry if you don’t have any ideas. We'll have lots of inspiration topics and group activities you can participate in, including an artistic scavenger hunt, as well as some creative supplies on hand… paper, crayons, finger-paints… You don’t have to have any experience to be creative, but if your muse is not with you that day, that's OK too! Come and relax, and maybe even be our audience! Dusting off that old unused directing degree, Heidi is going to stage her first scene in eight years!

Please RSVP at http://heidis30th.pbwiki.com/. You can also leave information there about what creative project you might work on that day, or the kinds of supplies you'll be bringing. Perhaps you might even find partners for, say, your group choreography project. (Hint, hint.)

Beverages and birthday cake will be provided, but please pack any other refreshments you might want in your picnic basket. The site has some picnic tables and benches, but those who have chairs and/or blankets to bring could really help out if you bring them along.

We are very excited about this, and we hope that you will be able to join us in celebrating Heidi - but also, in celebrating the joy of creativity.

Directions to the old Los Angeles Zoo:
From the 5 freeway, north or south, exit at Los Feliz Blvd. If you were heading north on the 5, turn left off the exit, then turn right at the next stoplight (Riverside), into Griffith Park. If you were heading south on the 5, stay to the right after exiting, continue in the right lane, and turn right at the stoplight (Riverside), into Griffith Park. Continue along this road for approximately 1.4 miles, then turn left on Griffith Park Dr. Proceed past the charmingly named Wilson-Harding Turf Management Center, then as the road bears right, bear left into the parking area. Proceed forward – the parking area is like a driveway that ends in a cul-de-sac, and you want to park close to the cul-de-sac (or as close as possible). From there, look for the steps going upward. These will take you to the old Zoo area.

Inclement weather plans TBD.

lashbear · 02-24-2009, 10:24 PM

Please be creative on my behalf. I can't attend that day: I'll be packing my bags with 1276 Tim Tams and assorted Vegemites, then trying to fit my undies on top of them...

...I would like to see the old Zoo area once there, though...

Not Afraid · 02-24-2009, 10:35 PM

Ewwwwww, underwear-stunk-up-Tim-Tams.

Morrigoon · 02-24-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lashbear

Tim Tams and assorted Vegemites, then trying to fit my undies on top of them...

Ew.

Prudence · 02-24-2009, 10:46 PM

Oh gosh! That's right at the tail end of my travel (current version) but I will certainly try to make it! Willing to teach knitting and even lead some singing. Provided you like songs about cuckolds. And drinking.

Morrigoon · 02-24-2009, 11:22 PM

Technically my shift request is in late, but I'll try to be there!

BDBopper · 02-25-2009, 05:29 AM

Hmmm. What a neat idea. I'm going to have to rack my brain and figure a "Creative" way to be a part of this from afar!

but before I do......

(Laughs at the monkeys and runs away)

Strangler Lewis · 02-25-2009, 05:58 AM

Obviously, I can't be there, but I did want to say: great idea, great invite. Very well done.

Unlike the memorial.

Chernabog · 02-25-2009, 07:58 AM

Mmmmmmm bacon sculpture......

wolfy999 · 02-25-2009, 08:10 AM

I know I'm too late to ask for a shift request also, but since I usually am scheduled at night, it's a possibility the Wolfpack may show up. Will have to wait and see.

02-24-2009, 09:48 PM	#1
Tom Valued member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 541	Create celebration and celebrate creation! LSPE's 30th In celebration of Heidi's birthday... Please join us for a festival picnic of creativity, and... Inspired by artist friends, creative retreats, the Inspiration Thread, the need to make something beautiful, and the recent tendency towards empty wallets, we are hosting a day-long creative festival and picnic, and we hope you will come join us! Heidi's only wishes for her birthday are to gather her friends together, and for everyone to be creative in whatever way they wish, to inspire each other, and to cheer each other on. And what amazing scenery it is! Our location is the site of the old Los Angeles Zoo, in Griffith Park. It was abandoned in 1965, when the current zoo opened, but the cages and animal enclosures are still there, largely undisturbed… echoes of a Los Angeles many decades gone. Since chancing upon the site several months ago, we have wanted to do something there, and we hope that it will inspire all of your imaginations as it has ours. You can find out more about the Zoo here: http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/zoo.html Don't worry if you don’t have any ideas. We'll have lots of inspiration topics and group activities you can participate in, including an artistic scavenger hunt, as well as some creative supplies on hand… paper, crayons, finger-paints… You don’t have to have any experience to be creative, but if your muse is not with you that day, that's OK too! Come and relax, and maybe even be our audience! Dusting off that old unused directing degree, Heidi is going to stage her first scene in eight years! Please RSVP at http://heidis30th.pbwiki.com/. You can also leave information there about what creative project you might work on that day, or the kinds of supplies you'll be bringing. Perhaps you might even find partners for, say, your group choreography project. (Hint, hint.) Beverages and birthday cake will be provided, but please pack any other refreshments you might want in your picnic basket. The site has some picnic tables and benches, but those who have chairs and/or blankets to bring could really help out if you bring them along. We are very excited about this, and we hope that you will be able to join us in celebrating Heidi - but also, in celebrating the joy of creativity. Directions to the old Los Angeles Zoo: From the 5 freeway, north or south, exit at Los Feliz Blvd. If you were heading north on the 5, turn left off the exit, then turn right at the next stoplight (Riverside), into Griffith Park. If you were heading south on the 5, stay to the right after exiting, continue in the right lane, and turn right at the stoplight (Riverside), into Griffith Park. Continue along this road for approximately 1.4 miles, then turn left on Griffith Park Dr. Proceed past the charmingly named Wilson-Harding Turf Management Center, then as the road bears right, bear left into the parking area. Proceed forward – the parking area is like a driveway that ends in a cul-de-sac, and you want to park close to the cul-de-sac (or as close as possible). From there, look for the steps going upward. These will take you to the old Zoo area. Inclement weather plans TBD.
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lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Please be creative on my behalf. I can't attend that day: I'll be packing my bags with 1276 Tim Tams and assorted Vegemites, then trying to fit my undies on top of them... ...I would like to see the old Zoo area once there, though... __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Ewwwwww, underwear-stunk-up-Tim-Tams.
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Oh gosh! That's right at the tail end of my travel (current version) but I will certainly try to make it! Willing to teach knitting and even lead some singing. Provided you like songs about cuckolds. And drinking. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Technically my shift request is in late, but I'll try to be there! __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	Hmmm. What a neat idea. I'm going to have to rack my brain and figure a "Creative" way to be a part of this from afar! but before I do...... (Laughs at the monkeys and runs away)
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Obviously, I can't be there, but I did want to say: great idea, great invite. Very well done. Unlike the memorial. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Mmmmmmm bacon sculpture...... __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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wolfy999 Eyes like Sapphires! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2.4 miles from Disneyland Posts: 1,523	I know I'm too late to ask for a shift request also, but since I usually am scheduled at night, it's a possibility the Wolfpack may show up. Will have to wait and see. __________________ Diane "Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin 1937-2008 DISNEY IS FINALLY PAYING ME BACK......STILL OWES ME ABOUT (oh, wait....way too much)!
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