UFO Battle Lecture ~ Free

Saturday July 7, 2007 8pm
UFO Battle Over Los Angeles, and other things Jason Brown knows about: A Talk

Flying donuts kill dog with nuclear slag!
Millions witness UFO assult on Los Angeles — cows die in crossfire!
Venusians and contactees party together on the grave of a German miner!
Scientology spawned in a sordid bohemian love nest! Antichrist blown to bits!
Steampunk airships from the future confuse thousands in Texas and Missouri!

All this along with an impressive array of hand gestures and frenzied facial expressions, brought to you by Machine’s consigliere, Jason Brown.

at Machine Project
Thanks Michele!!

Computer Basics ~ Free

Friday March 23, 8pm

Demystification of the modern computer

Computers seem complicated, right? in a noble attempt to understand the guts of these magical machines, we’ll discuss the very basics: bits, binary to decimal conversion, basic logic gates, and assembling several logic gates for more sophisticated operations– interjected with historical references to morse, braille, and boole.

bring snacks to share.

at Machine Project

Night Journey Video Game ~ Free

Thursday, March 1- 11am
Tracy Fullerton on “The Night Journey” video game

Fullerton is an assistant professor in the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she explores narrative through game design. She has been working alongside Annenberg Center Fellow Bill Viola to communicate the unique content and mechanics of games. More info here.

At the Annenberg Center.

Martin Amis ~ Free

Tue, Jan 23, 7 PM

Martin Amis - House of Meetings

In conversation with Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW 89.9’s “Bookworm”

at ALOUD LA - Central Library Downtown

Reservations online only - this program is standby right now only.

Neuroergonomics

Tuesday December 5th 8PM

Michael Backes & Benjamin Smith and Vilhelm Christensen etc...

Neuroergonomics

speculations on implicit narrative and spatial relation.

Conceptual designer Michael Backes recently completed work on Spider Man 3 and founded the American Film Institute's Digital Media Studies program.

WAX ON/WAX OFF

morphologies in paraffin

Benjamin Smith and Vilhelm Christensen are students of architecture who have been working with some radical spatial experiments that break away from the current trend of computer generated effects but still derive alien and intriguing new forms.

Materials & Applications:

Urban Pedogogy ~ Free

Tuesday Dec 5, 8pm

The Center for Urban Pedagogy does research and design about places and how they change. CUP brings artists and designers together with community-based advocates and researchers to create public education projects ranging from high school curricula and public installations to websites and TV shows .

Recent projects include an exhibition on the urbanism of Knoxville, Tennessee, historical signage for Brooklyn hip-hop clothing mecca, and an investigative curriculum about the politics of wastewater in New York City. Hosted by the LA Forum.

Mountain Bar, 473 Gin Ling Way, Chinatown.

David Mamet ~ Free

Wednesday November 8th 2006 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

David Mamet, The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews
-- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, filmmaker, essayist, and novelist—does not mince words in this scathing look at one of the most destructive and tenacious forces in contemporary life.
ALOUD Events
Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium - 630 W. Fifth Street - Los Angeles, CA

New German Writers Panel ~ Free

Thursday, Oct. 26th 7pm
ALOUD LA
Wende Kids: A New Generation of German Writers
Reading and panel discussion with Jana Hensel, Julia Schoch, Antje Rávic Strubel

at Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Fifth & Flower Streets, Downtown Los Angeles

Blow Up Your Mind ~ Free

Tuesday October 24th 8PM
Materials & Applications Blow Up Your Mind
Electroland & Stefan Röschert

Electroland is working at the forefront of new technologies to create interactive experiences where visitors can interact with buildings, spaces and each other in new and exciting ways.

This event takes place within our newly opened environment Bubbles. If you have not seen it at night, it is awesome, bring a beach blanket, relax on the sand and participate in this evening discussion.
a $5 donation will be appreciated

1619 Silver Lake Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026

LAURIE ANDERSON ~ Free

Saturday, October 21st, 2006 7pm
AN EVENING WITH LAURIE ANDERSON

Laurie Anderson will present a special audio-visual lecture exploring the intersections of art, science, and creativity. One of the premier performance artists in the world, Ms. Anderson has consistently intrigued, entertained and challenged audiences with her multi-media presentations.

Ms. Anderson will be joined in conversation by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and a leading researcher of cognition, emotions, and neural systems.

By the USC School of Cinema-Television, the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, .
Eileen Norris Cinema Theater 3507 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089

Bill Owens Afternoon ~ Free

Saturday, Oct 7, 2006 3pm

Join artist Bill Owens as he discusses his photographic portfolio Suburbia and recent work. A booksigning and reception will immediately follow at ART CATALOGUES, MOCA Pacific Design Center.

Pacific Design Center, Conference Center
8687 Melrose Avenue West Hollywood, CA 90069

Digital TV Liberation Talk ~ Free

Tuesday, Oct 3, 2006 7:00PM
Fulbright Chair Speaker Series: Wendy Seltzer

Join Cory Doctorow, the U.S. - Canada Fulbright Chair in Public Diplomacy, in welcoming Wendy Seltzer, founder of the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse. Seltzer is a former Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney, and she is part of the elite cadre of tech lawyers who can actually write code. If you're looking to understand how free speech became suppressed speech, you need to come to this talk.

USC Annenberg School, Room 236
courtesy o' Boing Boing