#126: It's summer! Time for all night, experimental ambient music gatherings....right??? 

Ambient music gatherings as a thing have been gaining popularity here in the LA area in the past few years. These immersive events combine elements of music, theater, dance, live visual art and poetry to create a really impactful experience meant to take you on a journey of sorts.  And the roots of these events come from what’s known as “happenings” that trace back to 1960s loft parties in New York, and even further to traditional, meditative trance music from places like India and Morocco. 

Today, HTLA producer Megan Botel takes you to a recent ambient music event called Tonalism at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge to tell you what this scene is all about. 

Guests: Mark "Frosty" McNeil, co-founder of Dublab and Creative Producer of LA Phil; Hatt Merlino, producer at Dublab, Rachel Day, program director at Dublab

#126: It's summer! Time for all night, experimental ambient music gatherings....right??? 
Ambient music gatherings as a thing have been gaining popularity here in the LA area in the past few years. These immersive events combine elements of music, theater, dance, live visual art and poetry to create a really impactful experience meant to take you on a journey of sorts.  And the roots of these events come from what’s known as “happenings” that trace back to 1960s loft parties in New York, and even further to traditional, meditative trance music from places like India and Morocco. 
Today, HTLA producer Megan Botel takes you to a recent ambient music event called Tonalism at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge to tell you what this scene is all about. 
Guests: Mark "Frosty" McNeil, co-founder of Dublab and Creative Producer of LA Phil; Hatt Merlino, producer at Dublab, Rachel Day, program director at Dublab

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Inside LA's All-Night Ambient Music Scene

#278: Today we have an update to a story we brought you back in November of last year (#191: 'It's Really Hot Out Here.' What LAUSD Is Doing To Cool Down Schools). LAist Associate Editor Aaricka Washington brings us up to speed on efforts to increase the amount of green space on school campuses in Los Angeles.

#278: Today we have an update to a story we brought you back in November of last year (#191: 'It's Really Hot Out Here.' What LAUSD Is Doing To Cool Down Schools). LAist Associate Editor Aaricka Washington brings us up to speed on efforts to increase the amount of green space on school campuses in Los Angeles.

LAUSD's Plan To Cool Down Schools Is Finally Here

Lowriders are getting the spotlight this spring in Los Angeles. A new exhibition called "Best in Low" opened on May 12 at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

And if fine art is more your thing, you can check out the work of artist and lowrider owner Jacqueline Valenzuela at “Arts at Blue Roof” in South L.A. (it's open through June 1).

Valenzuela's art often focuses on women in the lowrider community.

"For so long, women in the space were just looked at as eye candy," Valenzuela told the LAist Studios podcast How To LA. "And yeah, some women do own cars and model with their cars. That's amazing. There's also women that don't model with their cars and sometimes they're not given that platform. So I strive to do that in my art practice."

You can hear more from artist Jacqueline Valenzuela on the How To LA podcast.

Lowriders are getting the spotlight this spring in Los Angeles. A new exhibition called <a href="https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/lowrider-masterpieces-inspired-by-an-la-tradition">"Best in Low" </a>opened on May 12 at the Petersen Automotive Museum.
And if fine art is more your thing, you can check out the work of artist and lowrider owner <a href="https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/meet-the-artist-shaking-up-male-dominated-lowrider-culture-with-a-hot-pink-cadillac">Jacqueline Valenzuela</a> at “Arts at Blue Roof” in South L.A. (it's open through June 1).
Valenzuela's art often focuses on women in the lowrider community.
"For so long, women in the space were just looked at as eye candy," Valenzuela told the LAist Studios podcast How To LA. "And yeah, some women do own cars and model with their cars. That's amazing. There's also women that don't model with their cars and sometimes they're not given that platform. So I strive to do that in my art practice."
You can hear more from artist Jacqueline Valenzuela <a href="https://laist.com/how-to-la">on the How To LA podcast</a>.

L.A. Museums Put A Spotlight On Lowriders

#277: Jacqueline Valenzuela is a 26-year-old interdisciplinary artist and lowrider car club co-founder who often features women in the lowrider community in her art. We met up with her at the Kolor Studio, the studio/auto body shop where she works with her fiancé in the City of Industry.

#277: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pieldemazapan/?hl=en">Jacqueline Valenzuela </a>is a 26-year-old interdisciplinary artist and lowrider car club co-founder who often features women in the lowrider community in her art. We met up with her at the Kolor Studio, the studio/auto body shop where she works with her fiancé in the City of Industry.

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