Easter Sunday Brunch
Get Your Irish On: St. Patrick’s Day Guide!
You have your obligatory “Kiss Me I’m Irish” pin, assorted green clothing items and designated driver ready to go. Now you just need a plan. Lucky for you The Sunset Strip has multiple party options – all within walking distance – for you to enjoy. AND even better, the party kicks off Saturday! So go ahead, everyone gets to be Irish at least one (or two) days out of the year.
West Hollywood And The Sunset Strip Welcome LA Marathon March 17
The City of West Hollywood and The Sunset Strip will welcome runners competing in the Los Angeles Marathon’s “Stadium to the Sea” course this Sunday, March 17.
The marathon starts at Dodger Stadium and will finish at Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, looping through Hollywood, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills in between. An estimated 25,000 runners will experience iconic landmarks on The Sunset Strip on miles 13-14 of the 26.2-mile course, including the Sunset Tower hotel, Whisky A Go-Go and Viper Room. After running The Sunset Strip, runners will turn left onto San Vicente Boulevard and onto Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.
To accommodate the 2013 Honda Los Angeles Marathon, Sunset Boulevard will be closed to traffic between North Havenhurst Drive and Clark Street/North San Vicente Boulevard on Sunday, March 17, between the hours of 4 a.m. and 2 p.m. Additional street closures in West Hollywood include:
New Music Monday Spotlight: Delta Rose
The Sunset Strip has long history of inspiring new musicians and helping launch music careers. Each Monday TheSunsetStrip.com will focus on a new, local band to keep your eye on. See them perform live at the Roxy, Viper Room, Whisky or House of Blues!
THIS WEEK: Get ready to party with Southern California “rock and blues” band Delta Rose Tuesday, March 12 at Viper Room. Delta Rose puts on a rocking show with outrageously fun showmanship and a sound inspired by Van Halen and ZZ Top.
For tickets, visit www.viperroom.com.
http://deltaroseusa.com
Gibson GuitarTown Charity Auction Raises $52,280 For Art And Music Education In L.A. Public Schools
Local business owners, art aficionados and music fans raised $52,280 to support arts and music education initiatives in Los Angeles as part of the Gibson GuitarTown on The Sunset Strip charity auction held Feb. 22 at Bonhams. The proceeds will directly benefit the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education’s “Arts Matter” campaign, which supports art and music education in L.A. public schools.
The charity auction featured 18 10-foot tall art guitars created by artists including Shepard Fairey, RISK and John Kosh, with works celebrating a range of influential Sunset Strip musicians, including Stevie Nicks, The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Jane’s Addiction and Van Halen. The collection of guitars previously lined the famed 1.6-mile Sunset Strip for a year, providing a public art walking tour of the boulevard.
Behind The Lens: GuitarTown 2012 Charity Auction
When the two realms of art and music collide, they create the axis of awesome. Once again this year Gibson Guitar and The Sunset Strip stood in the middle of this axis when they teamed up to create Gibson GuitarTown, a public art project.
This collection featured sculptures created by notable artists such as the notorious 1980s graffiti artist RISK, John Kosh, who could arguably be the fifth member of the Fab Four, and the Obey Giant himself, Shepard Fairey. Some local and underground artists involved included “jock turned art kid” Ryan McCann, mosaic master Juliana Martinez and artist extraordinaire, Nic Adams. The auction took place Feb. 22 at Bonhams, a fine art auction house just a hop and a skip from The Strip.