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Inhabitat LA Exclusive Interview with Laura Avery, Manager for the Santa Monica Farmers’ Markets

Evelyn Lee — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:12:23 +0000

This Wednesday kicks off the City of Santa Monica Farmer’s Market 30 year Celebration, and Inhabitat got an exclusive interview with, Laura Avery, overseer of the Farmer’s Market for 29 of the 30 years it’s been running. We asked Laura to give us a history of the market, and tell us about its ultimate mission and future.

Can you tell us a little bit about the History of the Santa Monica Farmers Market?

I started in September of 1982, when the market was just on Wednesdays on Arizona Ave in a very depressed outdoor retail error. (There are currently four different markets held weekly in the city of Santa Monica.) Then current mayor Ruth Yannatta Goldway decided to start a farmers’ market because they had just started in California and she wanted to bring people downtown. She wanted to increase foot traffic. She wanted to bring healthful food into the city. She also had a very large senior citizen contingency and wanted them to have access to healthy foods.

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The Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center

Rocio Huesca — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:33:41 +0000

The Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center is located at the Southwest of Los Angeles, in the City of Downey. This interactive museum is dedicated to inspire and educate young generations in the exploration of the universe and the history of aerospace. The museum is named after the seven members of the Space Shuttle Columbia lost in 2003, during re-entering into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Post tags: Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center, Columbia Science Center, Design, Downey, Events, Former Industrial NASA Plant, Interactive Museum, Kids, Learning Center, museum, Museum for kids, Open Space, Outdoors, Robotic Lab, Shuttle Simulator, social design, Space, Space Center, Space Shuttle Columbia, Universe

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Recycled SUV Rims as Natural Art

Haily Zaki — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:00:45 +0000

No animals were poached, bred, killed or otherwise harmed in the making of Kromatorium, a blinding collection of bones and beasts. The new series of eco-friendly art was created by Swiss-born Los Angeles-based artist and designer Andrea Kitts. To create these striking sculptures, Kitts takes antlers and other osteological materials and by-products, all foraged or found, and casts them in metal made from recycled SUV rims to create one-of-a-kind art objets for the urban collector. If you are interested in seeing her pieces in person, make your way up to Torrance this weekend and check out the Flag Stop Art event. More info on the show and the series after the jump…

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Labor Day Weekend in LA

Haily Zaki — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:00:57 +0000

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It’s officially our favorite bittersweet holiday, Labor Day Weekend, the last weekend of summer. We recommend finding anyway you can to enjoy this blissfully pleasant weather we are having, while passing the time with family and friends. If however you are looking for a little more structure, there’s a blinding variety of events to partake in LA but here are our top picks for eco-friendly activities to partake in over the long weekend. More after the jump.

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Post tags: 230th City of Los Angeles Birthday Celebration, Big Parade LA, El Capitan Canyon, Events, Festivals, food trucks, Green Activities, Green Event, Inhabitat LA, Inhabitat Los Angeles, LA County Fair, LA street food, Labor Day, Labor Day 2011, Los Angeles, Los Pobladores, Olivera Street, Parades, Sustainable Event, Sustainable Food, The Taste

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