PRE-RG EVENT: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Friday, 1pm
There will be a guided behind-the-scenes group tour of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium on Friday, February 14. We are scheduled for the “Aquatic Nursery Tour” plus a brief overview of the Aquarium exhibit halls.
The tour is scheduled to start at 1:15 PM and will be 60 to 90 minutes.
Meet in the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel lobby before 1:00 PM so we can carpool there. It is less than a mile. Tour is free (donations are always appreciated). RSVP is required, so I will know who to expect.
Limit is 15 people. RSVP to Robert Savenye at RSavenye@AOL.com.
Pub Crawl
Friday, 7:30pm – 11pm, $5/person
This year the Friday Night Pub Crawl will be a hosted party at Brouwerij West in San Pedro. (Pronounced Brewery West)
Location: 110 E 22nd St Los Angeles, California (.8 miles from the hotel)
RSVP and/or questions can be sent to Nikki Smith at (310) 561 -7771 (text message preferred or leave a voice mail
please)
Join us for craft beer tasting, pub snacks, sodas and board games at this unique establishment. Outside food ok if you
want to bring your own.
Brouwerij West is a craft beer Brewery that only sells their own craft beer. No outside alcohol allowed. Family friendly: kids
and pets ok!
Meet in Hospitality at 7:15 for 7:30 departure or Uber/Lyft there. Check with hotel desk for shuttle service if arriving later.
For more information visit www.brouwerijwest.com
Leo Rossi
Saturday, 10:30AM, in Galletti Gallery
On my journeys I discovered that when I chased my dream, I learned a lot about myself, my capabilities, my limitations and the value of hard work, persistence, dedication, passion, family and love. “A Knights Tale” takes you on a life’s Journey of a young boy raised in a traditional Italian Catholic family tripping into the wild world of classic rock ‘n’ roll with bands such as Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Billy Idol and many more.
“A Knights Tale” takes you on a once in a lifetime extraordinary journey giving the ultimate backstage pass of life on the road with these mega stars.
It’s about a very young boy growing up and reconciling life with legendary artists of the day and sustaining a career for over 4 decades. The entertaining “A Knights Tale” empowers people of all ages with its core message of turning negatives into positives through determination, sacrifice, fate and destiny along with the value of dedication, love and passion.
Saturday, 9:15 PM, in the Portofino Room
Erik Passoja is an explosive, off-the-wall comic whose smart material, insane characters, and boundless energy have captivated audiences all over the country.
Recent comedy credits include “Gotham Comedy Live”, Byron Allen’s “Comics Unleashed”, Comedy Central, and a standup comedy concert film entitled, “Spiritually Incorrect Comedy”. A lifetime member of the world famous Actors Studio, recent TV acting credits include NCIS, Criminal Minds, a recurring role on “True Blood” on HBO, “Hawaii Five-0” on CBS, “Reconstruction” on NBC, and CSI. He has also performed overseas for our troops in Japan and Korea.
Amy Ashton, Stand Up Comedienne/ Empowerment Speaker, Published Author and Red Carpet Reporter. Comic/Relationship Expert” On FOX’s Bethenny, NBC News & The Morning Show, Writer for JOAN RIVERS, Reporter on MTV Celeb Interviews, Host/Attitude Instructor on Style Network’s Anything But Plastic. She continues to sell out audiences in major clubs & theaters and consistently stuns at Fortune 500 companies with her high energy, disarmingly lethal jokes-per-second, CLEAN stand up act and inspiring advice!
Brunch
Sunday, 10am-12pm
The speaker: Darrell Kunitomi on the History of the L.A. Times
Come look at historical photos from 1881 through to the present with projections of what may happen in the future. We will touch on how the movie Chinatown isn’t real history and how the public transit system, the Red Cars, weren’t really taken out by conspiracy.
Darrell Kunitomi is a 42-veteran of The Times, working in Archives, Circulation and now Communications. He is The Times historian, and well remembers Jack Smith, Jim Murray, Art Seidenbaum and Charles Champlin. He is also one of the few employees to have met Dorothy and Otis Chandler.
The menu:
Seasonal Fruit Juices
Seasonal Sliced Fresh Fruit
Assorted Breakfast Pastries
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes and Herbs
Smoked Bacon & Sausage Links
Roasted Red Potatoes with Onions and Peppers
Cinnamon Swirl French Toast with Warm Maple Syrup
Selection of Bagels with Whipped Cream Cheese
Roasted Greek Chicken stuffed with Spinach and Feta Cheese
Assorted Individual Desserts
Freshly Brewed Gourmet Coffee & Teas
Note: Other than snacks, breakfast and lunch foods will not be available in Hospitality on Sunday. The hotel restaurant will be open, and the hotel shuttle can take you to restaurants within a five mile radius.
Sarah Kramer
Sunday, 8pm, Portofino Room
“Well, you dangerous already!”
–Bo Diddley once said of Sarah Kramer’s trumpet playing after performing together at the House of Blues.
Raised in West Orange, New Jersey, Sarah Kramer began playing trumpet at the tender age of nine. At sixteen Kramer picked up the guitar and started writing her own songs. Soon she was taking the train to New York City to busk in Washington Square Park. While an undergrad at Bard on a Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz scholarship awarded by trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith, she frequently crossed the mighty Hudson River to play Woodstock’s renowned Tinker St. Cafe.
After college Kramer headed south to New Orleans, where she spent eight years exploring and honing her craft within a wide variety of musical styles: Blues, Jazz, Latin, Brass Band, Reggae, Klezmer, Alternative Rock, etc. While sitting in with legends like Levon Helm, Eddie Bo, Cyril Neville, Snooks Eaglin, Walter “Wolfman” Washington (and many more) she also developed her own sound while performing original songs with her band, The Sarah Kramer Project. She played trumpet on the title track of Leonard Cohen’s Dear Heather.
Sarah Kramer continues to perform her own material and to work as a studio musician. She can also be heard regularly sitting in with Jacksh*t at McCabe’s Guitar Shop and The Baked Potato. She currently resides in Hollywood, CA.