It’s the L.A. Marathon this weekend! It’s also the beginning of Daylight Savings Time on early Sunday morning so you will lose an hour and likely wake up cranky all so we can abide by some antiquated WWI-era fuel-saving program.

Heads up - I’m out of town next week so won’t be sending out Mentions. I put a few things I saw in Upcoming.

As always, please let me know if you know of any cool events coming up so I can include them in the Mentions.

- Michael MacDonald

FRIDAY 3/6:
🪈 First Friday Flute Club
Solarc Brewing, Glassell Park
6pm-8pm
You’ll pay for drinks
Noah Klein is the spirit and organizer behind Living Earth, the organizer of many of the music + nature events that I highlight on this newsletter each week. He is a flutist (flautist?) and is kicking off a new recurring flute-oriented gathering tonight at Solarc. Bring a flute, recorder, ocarina, or penny whistle if you have one!

🕺 Ben Harmon All Vinyl DJ Set
The Fable, Eagle Rock
9pm-1am
You’ll pay for drinks
My friend Ben Harmon of Curio Club LA is DJing an all-vinyl set of global grooves, disco & psych at The Fable tonight.

🛍️ Somos NELA Community Market w/ Clockshop
2806 Clearwater St, Elysian Valley (aka Frogtown)
6pm-9pm
Free!

SATURDAY 3/7:
🗳️ Birding Brunch with Sarah Rascón
Los Angeles River
10am-12:30pm
$50 suggested contribution (rsvp for location)
My friend Jenny Binstock is co-hosting a nature-oriented fundraiser for State Senate District 26 candidate Sarah Rascón. District 26 represents much of Central LA and the Eastside including Koreatown, DTLA, Silver Lake, Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Boyle Heights, and East LA.

🐉 Marina Del Rey Dragon Boat Festival
Burton Chace Park, Marina Del Rey
7am-3:30pm
Free!

🎸 Twisted Teens opening for Mike Krol
Sid The Cat Auditorium, South Pasadena
7pm
$29 (wait list)

SUNDAY 3/8:
🚲 Marathon Crash Ride
Fountain & Sunset, Silver Lake
3am meet, 4am roll out (feeder rides)
Free!
Don’t forget daylight savings! 2am is 3am, if that makes any sense. Bring lights, layers, water, and drink some caffeine to get you up.

🪁 Redondo Beach Kite Festival
Redondo Beach Pier
12pm-5pm
Free!

🗳️ Nithya Raman for Mayor Campaign Kickoff
Van Nuys / Sherman Oaks Rec Center (Tyrone & Huston entrance)
1pm
Free!
I am very excited about Nithya’s candidacy and have already appreciated that she is speaking clearly about our city’s need to build housing, to address our homelessness crisis seriously and urgently, and to fix our broken sidewalks. Family-friendly. There will be food and music.

🧘 Synthesizer Soundbath
Vintage Synthesizer Museum, Highland Park
12pm-1:30pm
$15 (wait list)

🧘 Resonance: A Yoga & Sound Journey
Arlington Garden, Pasadena
12pm-1:30pm
Free! (rsvp)

UPCOMING:
🎶 Afternoon at the Audubon Center with Holy Pepperoni
Audubon Center at Debs Park, El Sereno
Saturday 3/14, 12pm-2pm
Pay what you can (tickets)
(music sample)

🧘 Soundbath + Nature Reset
Shift Our Ways Community Garden, Reseda
Saturday 3/14, 4:15pm
$30 (tickets)

🎉 Pisces Plantasia: A Night of Plants & Feelings
Plant Material, Silver Lake
Sunday 3/15, 4pm-8pm
$12 (tickets)

🎤 Learning from Vienna: Lessons on Social Housing
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Mar Vista
Monday 3/16, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Free! (register)

💡 Curio Club LA: The Art of Noble Gases
7712 Gloria Ave, Van Nuys
Sunday 3/22, 11:30am-1:30pm
$41 (tickets)
Neon signs are so magical. I love walking by the new one at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Curio Club LA is back with a tour of neon artist Michael Flechtner’s studio. Michael will demonstrate how neon artwork is made, and give you an opportunity to create your own bent neon glass forms!

🎶 SUSS at On Joy
Private Residence, Highland Park
Friday 5/1, 6:30pm-10:30pm
$20 (tickets)
(music sample)
I’ve mentioned On Joy a couple times before but it is a DIY backyard music venue in Highland Park abutting the A Line tracks near Ave 50. Ambient lap steel band SUSS is going to play a very special show there, and I want to make sure you get a chance to snag tickets before they sell out.