http://la.com.socialdomain.com/index.php Events in Los Angeles Area today. en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:00:03 -0700 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://la.com.socialdomain.com/info.php?id=34535 Wally's Wine :: 2107 Westwood Blvd :: Los Angeles, CA || Leflaive’s 2008 vintage with winemaker Eric Remy! Domaine Leflaive is widely considered the single greatest white Burgundy producer. This event offers you the rare opportunity to taste this lauded vintage with 'the man' himself. Here is your chance to experience and savor $2,000 worth of wine for a mere twenty-five bucks. http://la.com.socialdomain.com/info.php?id=34535 http://la.com.socialdomain.com/info.php?id=34540 Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel :: 7000 Hollywood Blvd. :: Los Angeles || On Tuesday March 16th, from 7:00-10:00pm, Gen Art will be kicking off Fashion Week Los Angeles 2010 by celebrating its LA based designer alumni talent poolside at the Tropicana at Roosevelt Hotel! Hosted by Amber Rose The Gen Art L.A. Fashion Alumni Celebration is designed to commend Gen Art’s fashion alumni who have shaped and influenced the design community. We will be acknowledging the contributions of a group of our fashion alumni who will be accompanied by a model featuring a a signature look. Gen Art will also be announcing specifics about the CLEAN & CLEAR® Skincare Makes You Prom Beautiful from Start to Finish – Designer Prom Dress Competition . * Complimentary Kim Crawford wine will be served. * VIP gift bags will be handed out. * Sounds by POSSO the DJ. Featuring Alumi Designers: Brigid Catis Eduardo Lucero Elmer Ave Endovanera Erik Hart Freddi Rojas Geren Ford Grey Ant Jared Gold Jeffrey Sebelia Jovovich-Hawk Katy Rodriguez Kit Scarbo Louis Verdad Orthodox Rami Kashou Society For Rational Dress Wren * Each participating designer will unveil a critical new look from their upcoming Fall Collection on a live model or muse at the event. http://la.com.socialdomain.com/info.php?id=34540 http://la.com.socialdomain.com/info.php?id=34528 Machine Project :: 1200 D North Alvarado :: Los Angeles, CA || Travis Nichols will be reading poems from Iowa. Monica Fambrough will be reading poems from Black Beauty. Paul Killebrew will be reading poems from Flowers. BIOS: Born in Iowa in 1979, Travis Nichols now lives in Chicago. An editor at the Poetry Foundation, his writing has appeared in The Village Voice, The Believer, Paste, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Stranger, and the Huffington Post. Iowa, his first book of poems, is just out from Letter Machine Press, and will be shortly followed by his first novel, Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder, due out in April from Coffee House Press. Paul Killebrew was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. His first book, Flowers, was just published by Canarium Books. He resides in Louisiana where he works as a lawyer at Innocence Project New Orleans. Monica Fambrough is the author of the chapbooks Black Beauty (Katalanche Press) and the self-published Meta Parka. Her work has appeared in jubilat, Glitterpony, and the collections Poets on Painters and Poems About Horses. She grew up in Mableton, Georgia and has lived in Seattle and western Massachusetts. Monica currently lives in Chicago, where she teaches at Columbia College. http://la.com.socialdomain.com/info.php?id=34528