Today is the opening night of he 4th annual HollyShorts Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre. There will be an opening night celebration, short films, a Q&A with the filmmakers (one of them is Stephan Szpak-Fleet, who directed me in “My Silent Sadness”,) a red carpet and an exclusive after-party. Tickets are only $10 and […]

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The week is starting out with so many bike rides across LA, it’s hard to choose. Whether you live on the West Side, in the Valley or on the East Side, there is plenty going on.
The rides range from races to social gatherings. Make sure you take water with you and a patch kit, […]

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Erik Knutzen of Homegrown Evolution is the only person who we invited to write for us here at illuminateLA. We are honored to have had a couple posts written by him, before he got too busy with his own book.
Almost a year has gone by and Erik and his wife Kelly have been working […]

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A big city like Los Angeles offers many opportunities to do good and many opportunities to get involved with local, national as well as international organizations.
One of them is SkyPilot Theatre’s new “Children’s Theatre Outreach” program that has a one of it’s kind program, which offers FREE Theatre to children from shelters. They already […]

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You all know that I’m involved with the cycling issues here in LA. Cycling for me is not for sport but I believe in cycling as a transportation solution.
I ride everywhere; to auditions and jobs, to the movies and the theatre, I ride to fun events and I also ride to the grocery store […]

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Attending meetings at City Hall, the Bicycle Advisory Committee, the Transportation Committee and at the Metro can be quite boring but somehow the cycling community has managed to make these meetings relevant and fun and afterwards they always treat themselves with an adventure.
The first meeting of the Bicycle Master Plan meeting will be held tomorrow, […]

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On February 2, 2008 LA Cyclists will gather at the Eco-Village for a neighborhood bike ride, all in an effort to get out the vote for Obama.
There are many issues on the table in the upcoming election but when it comes to sustainable communities and intentional living, the campaign noise gets quieter.
In fact, when the […]

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Stephen wrote an Opinion piece for the LA Times on December 27th, which was edited and cut, so I’m posting the original piece, complete as it was originally submitted:
For almost two decades, Los Angeles has led the nation in traffic congestion, a dubious distinction that results from our collective commitment to getting “from here to […]

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The LATimes is running a series called “The Big Fix” in the editorial section where they ask “writers and wonks, artists and experts” to address LA’s future and the challenges we face in 2008.
Our good friend, Will Campbell, an intrepid cyclist and prolific wordsmith who represented the cycling community on the Editorial page this past […]

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