Small Town Talk is the Los Angeles based DJ collective of Chad Brown, Jed Maheu, and Zach Cowie.

MUSIC: House DJs Jason Eldredge of KCRW and Scott Silva spin
Jason Eldredge is the host of KCRW’s Accidental Rhythm program and Scott Silva is the former host of KCRW’s Connections program.
FOOD AND DRINK: Light fare at Patinette Café and outdoor cash bar
SCREENING: Music videos from Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival

ARTMAKING: Workshop with artist Jamie Sweetman
SCREENING: Richard Tuttle: Never Not an Artist
Filmed at Tuttle’s home in New Mexico, his studio in Manhattan, and the galleries at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the film offers an intense, intimate portrait of the artist’s working process.
TOUR: Exhibition walkthrough with a MOCA educator. Space is limited to 20. Sign up at the information desk inside the galleries beginning at 6pm.

MUSIC: Featured performance by Small Town Talk
SCREENING: Music videos from Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival


SPOKEN WORD: Karla Kelsey
Born and raised in Southern California, Karla Kelsey holds degrees from UCLA, the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop (MFA), and the University of Denver (PhD). Her book Knowledge, Forms, the Aviary (2005) was selected by Carolyn Forché to win the 2005 Sawtooth Poetry Prize and was published in 2006 by Ahsahta Press. She currently lives in Pennsylvania on the banks of the Susquehanna River.

SPOKEN WORD: Gloria Alvarez
Gloria Enedina Alvarez is a Chicana poet, community-based artist, literary translator and curator, mentor to generations of Latina artists, and creative writing teacher in Los Angeles. Her published works include books of poetry Emerging En Un Mar De Olanes and La Excusa/The Excuse. Her work is included in various anthologies. She has published, performed, and received awards in United States, Latin America, and Europe. Her collaborations with Peter Sellars, Esa Pekka Salonen, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and John Adams include plays and librettos produced in Los Angeles, New York, and Europe including Los biombos, Cuento De Un Soldado, and El Nino.

TOUR: Exhibition walkthrough with a MOCA educator. Space is limited to 20. Sign up at the information desk inside the galleries beginning at 6pm.

TOUR: Exhibition walkthrough with a MOCA educator. Space is limited to 20. Sign up at the information desk inside the galleries beginning at 6pm.
SCREENING: Underplayed: A Mix-Tape of Music-Based Videos
This video project co-curated by Julio Morales and Berin Golonu features artists who incorporate music with their imagery or who use the music video itself, as a form for creative expression.