Dec 15: Joyride – An Evening with Mia Burk
12/12/2011
An evening holiday bike ride and talk from one of the nation’s leading bike advocates, the critically acclaimed author of “Joyride,” Mia Birk, a pioneering bike advocate, visionary government leader, principal of Alta Planning + Design, and Adjunt Professor at Portland State University
5-6 pm: “Joyride” bike ride with Mia from Bikestation in downtown Long Beach just a short trip to {open} on 4th Street’s “Retro Row.”
6-6:30 pm Appetizers & Mingling
6:30-7:30 pm Mia’s talk followed by questions
7:30-8:00 pm – More mingling! Joyride will be available to purchase and Mia will sign your copy!
If it rains the event, the event will start at {open}.
This event is free for “basic” members of “Women On Bikes SoCal” or “basic” members of Bikeable Communities, and $10 for all others. To purchase ticket visit: www.womenonbikessocal.org/mia-birk-event-dec-2011
Bikestation is located at: 1st Street Transit Mall at Promenade Park 223 East 1st St Long Beach, CA 90802 Tel. (562) 436-2453 (there is a public parking lot immediately east of the building)
Bikestation is offering free bike valet at {open}!
Merrady recorded a 5-song EP with the very talented Brooklyn musician Gene Back at Doghouse Studio in NY. In her cross-country move to Long Beach, the EP fell by the wayside … until now! Join us for a lovely evening of music.
Bookish by 
Sat, Dec 11 // 7pm // FREE
Tequila Tales: An Anthology of Short Fiction
Dec 4, 2010 // 7pm // FREE
…”Pen Farthing”, a British Royal Marine, describes his struggles to save stray dogs languishing and dying in the streets of wartorn Afghanistan. Already burdened with the responsibility of overseeing and protecting his 20-man crew of Marines, Farthing becomes consumed with the suffering of the strays and risks his own life to rescue them–he fights with police and risks walking into a Taliban trap to save a dog with a wire noose around its neck, knowing that without his intervention, the dog will starve to death or strangle itself. Soon he finds himself developing plans to save strays from dogfighting, a centuries-old local tradition that usually requires the removal of ears and tails without anesthetic, and adopts a former fighting dog he names Nowzad. Today, Nowzad happily resides in the Farthing household as his owners continue their quest to save thousands of suffering strays. Farthing’s remarkable story will inspire, shock, and move readers, introducing them, perhaps for the first time, to war’s most voiceless and unintentional victims. (Publisher’s Weekly)
We are proud to present a unique pair of performances:
In the process of exploring the piano for new sound possibilities, Neumann has reduced the instrument to strings, resonance board and metal frame. With the help of electronics to manipulate and amplify the sounds (sometimes to make parts of the sound audible which are inaudible without amplification), she has developed numerous new playing techniques, sounds, and ways of preparing the dismantled instrument.
Mark works in a variety of media including live electronic music, installations, improvisation, and compositions for chamber ensembles. He performs internationally, including t-u-b-e (Munich), DEAF ’04 (Rotterdam), Resistance Fluctuations (LA), net_condition (ZKM Karlsruhe), Pro Musica Nova, Format5 (Berlin), and Inventionen 2004 (Berlin). “Few musicians go to Mark Trayle’s level of musical and technological extremes.” – Electronic Musicia
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