The Skirball Cultural Center hosts a wide variety of events, readings, and lectures, and art exhibitions. I've been seeing some posters around town, particularly on Wilshire Boulevard, on the new 'Noah's Ark' exhibition cum playground-esque sort of thing, where families and kids can play in and around, participate in activities, and look at the many different representations of animals, all made from recycled materials and everyday objects, I might add.
The other talk on October 9th @ 7:30pm, which sounded interesting, is titled 'Hungry Planet: What the world eats with Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio'.
Photographers Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio visited 30 families in 24
countries on a quest to explore the personal and political nature of food and
nutrition. In this slide-illustrated talk, view their spectacular photographs of
each family with a week's worth of food purchases. These portraits offer telling
commentary on the concept of nourishment and the effects of conflict, poverty
and globalization.
It would be interesting to find out what people in other countries eat...I'm expecting to find alot of home prepared foods and not alot of processed stuff, unlike, uh, us Americanos. But maybe our influence and habits have proliferated in far countries we'd least likely expect...hm..
Admission to 'Noah's Ark' is $10 for general admission, and seniors & full time students get a discount. It's only $5 for kids. The Hungry Planet show is $10 general admission. Buy tickets online.
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 North Sepulveda Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 440-4500
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