2012 - Page 9 of 9 - The Sunset Strip

Street Beat: Friday Night Pizza Party!

Last Friday, The Strip’s one-stop music shop, SoundCheck Hollywood, hosted a free pizza party all in the name of music! The shop was packed to the walls all night long as members of the bands Vampires Everywhere!, Breathe Carolina, Winds of Plague, Of Mice & Men, Suicide Silence and even Limp Bizkit came to party and hang out with Asking Alexandria’s Danny Worsnop.

We Are The Apocalypse kicked out the jams and kept the party going strong for all the fans lined up around the corner waiting to get in and hang with their favorite bands. Watch out Sunset Strip, it’s the next generation of music and these kids are party animals (some dude even brought his bunny rabbit to join the fun)!

History Revisited: 1966’s “Artists Tower of Protest” To Be Recreated On The Strip

1966 was a turbulent year in American history and an active time on The Sunset Strip. The youth counterculture movement was protesting the war in Vietnam, fighting for civil rights and influencing U.S. politics, fashion and music. As a direct result of the opposition to the Vietnam war, a group of artists in Los Angeles worked with sculptor Mark di Suvero to create "The Artists’ Tower of Protest" as a symbol of their collective dissent.
Originally built on an empty lot at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and La Cienega (now where Pink Dot is located), the tower was surrounded by hunderds of panels designed by artists from around the world. Messages of love, peace and political dissent were created and placed on public display.

Calling All Volunteers! Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Of Service

Support your community during this year’s Martin Luther King Jr., Day of Service, which celebrates the life of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. through community projects throughout the country. The City of West Hollywood is participating by hosting a beautification and maintenance project for West Hollywood Elementary School on Saturday, Jan. 14. Participating volunteers will join hundreds of communities across the country in commemorating the 26th anniversary of the MLK federal holiday.

Volunteers are needed in West Hollywood to help with landscaping, walkway repairs and painting at West Hollywood Elementary (located at 970 N. Hammond Street). Volunteers will assist during a four hour shift from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.