The Urban Homestead: Book Signing and Slide Show
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen discuss their book.
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LA Streetsblog Chat with Author and Cyclist Erik Knutzen
By Damien Newton |
Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne write the blog Homegrown Evolution, chronicling their adventures as urban gardeners and farmers. Kelly and Erik recently released their first book The Urban Homestead from Process Media. Last Friday, Erik, who is also a board member of the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition, sat down with me in their garden […]
Car Free L.A. – Reading and Urban Adventure
By Damien Newton |
The Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St. (at 5th St.), Downtown LA, Sunday, May 6, 3:00 pm. I’ll be reading from the book, signing it, and leading an “urban adventure” transit tour, using multiple modes of transit, afterwards. http://lastbookstorela.com/ai1ec_event/go-on-an-urban-adventure-w-nathan-landau-car-free-los-angeles-socal/?instance_id=11004
World Cyclist Malusa on Book Tour
By Damien Newton |
With a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on six continents, a six-year series of anti-expeditions to the anti-summits. Malusa will read from his new book, Into Thick Air, and show slides of what he found while pedaling to the pits, from Death Valley to the Dead […]
Byrne-ing down the house: A Lively Discussion on Bikes and Livability
By Ted Rogers |
Byrne and bike in NYC. Photo: Coromandal In the end, it really wasn’t about David Byrne. Even though it was billed as An Evening With David Byrne, anyone who attended last Friday’s panel discussion at the Aratani/Japan American Theater in Little Tokyo expecting rock star insights from the former Talking Head and current Bicycle Diaries […]
Talking Headways Special Episode: Walt Disney, City Planner
By Tanya Snyder |
While most people know Walt Disney as the creator of lovable characters like Mickey Mouse and movies like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Fantasia,” Disney doesn’t get as much credit for his design of Disneyland. Turns out Disney made himself an expert on the subject. This podcast isn’t a typical Talking Headways conversation. It’s a 45-minute […]
Streetsblog Interview with Planetizen Editor and Children’s Book Author Tim Halbur
By Damien Newton |
Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Halbur, the managing editor of Planetizen and author of the new, hot-selling, children’s book Where Things Are, From Near To Far, which seeks to explain urban planning to children. There’s going to be a reading of the book this Sunday, January 25, at the […]