Tomatomania!
Tomatomania!TM, the country’s largest tomato seedling sale, will be celebrating its 16th year this year with the following upcoming events in Southern California. Sunday, April 2, 2006 from 10:00am-5:00pm Thom Macias and James Pepper, the proprietors of Party On La Cienega and its sister stores, The Good Life, Wrap/Scissors/Paper, and Baby, Baby, are hosting an [...]
The Cheese Nun on KCET
The Cheese Nun is scheduled to air on KCET this Saturday, April 1st, at 11:00pm. We have received positive reviews of the film from members of other convivia who have already seen it, and encourage you to watch, tape, or set your TiVo. (Please check your particular television/cable/satellite listings to confirm.) The documentary tells the [...]
South Central Community Garden Tour
Planners Network Los Angeles has organized a tour of the South Central Farm this weekend. Slow Food LA members and friends are invited to attend and learn more about the community garden. When: Sunday, April 2, 2006 from 11:00am-noon Where: 41st & Alameda, Los Angeles. (Meet at the entrance on Long Beach Avenue at 11:00am [...]
Event Announcements from the San Fernando Valley Convivium
Our friends at the San Fernando Valley convivium have alerted us to several upcoming events. For additional information regarding these events or other SFV convivium activities, please contact them directly at slowfoodSFV@sbcglobal.net. Sunday, April 2, 2006, 6:00 PM: WINE AND CHEESE TASTING Artisan Cheese Gallery 12023 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA 91604 Admission: $40 for [...]
Westwood Farmers’ Market
After a twelve-year run the Thursday afternoon Westwood Village farmers market has been told to leave. Construction on the giant Palazzo Westwood development makes the area too unsafe for market stalls and strolling pedestrians, according to city officials cited in the UCLA Daily Bruin. The market could be closed within the next two weeks. Flyers [...]
Event Announcement: Farmer’s Kitchen Benefit
SEE-LA (Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles) is pleased to announce the details of the upcoming food and wine benefit for The Farmer’s Kitchen, a permanent addition to the Hollywood Farmers’ Market. When: Sunday, March 26, 2006 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm Where: The Kitchen Academy, 6370 West Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood (in the ArcLight Center at [...]
South Central Community Garden–in Photographs
Photographer Kathryn Hill has posted a series of photographs from her visit to the South Central Farm. View these, and read her impressions of the community garden, on her web site, the Kosmonaut Photo Blog. If you haven’t visited the South Central Farm, Kathryn’s text and photos convey a sense of the community this type [...]
South Central Community Garden Update
Our friends at the California Food and Justice Coalition have shared the following information with us regarding the efforts this week to save the South Central Community Garden. Below is a schedule of actions taking place this week to try to save the 14-acre farm in South Central Los Angeles. If you are in LA [...]
Event Announcement: Culinary Historians of Southern California
The Culinary Historians of Southern California have reminded us of the following events, all to be held at the Los Angeles Central Library: March 11: Charles Perry will speak on “200 Years of Santa Monica Food” with colorful anecdotes from Herminia Reyes (b. 1880), the granddaughter of Don Ysidro Reyes, the first Spanish settler in [...]
Collaboration Opportunity
Steven Kiralla is interested in locating Slow Food colleagues who wish to collaborate regarding Slow Food/gardening projects in schools. He is offering his expertise as a gardener, horticulturalist, agriculturalist, master gardener, and chef to others who want to enter a school and work on projects related to Slow Food in schools, school gardens, and school [...]
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