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Pasadena ArtNight Ride

Urban Expeditions: ArtNight Pasadena Friday, October 9th, 2009 @ 6:00pm One Colorado, Old Pasadena

By Aaron Naparstek

10:39 AM PDT on October 1, 2009

Urban Expeditions:
ArtNight Pasadena
Friday, October 9th, 2009 @ 6:00pm
One Colorado, Old Pasadena

Art + Bikes = FUN!!!

Urban Expeditions presents the ArtNight Ride on Friday, October 9th at 6:00 pm.

Riders should meet starting at 6:00pm at One Colorado where they can enjoy the shops and two ArtNight exhibits, check out the C.I.C.L.E. events calendar, and socialize with other cyclists.

The ride begins promptly at 7:00pm with 20 minute stops at the following venues: Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Side Street Projects, and Pasadena Museum of California Art (“PMCA”) and Pacific Asia Museum. Party on the roof of the PMCA at the end of the ride!

C.I.C.L.E.’s Urban Expeditions program is made possible with support from REI. Visit www.CICLE.org or call 323.478.0060 for more information.

Date: Friday, October 9th
Time: 6:00 pm (ride leaves promptly at 7pm)

Location: Meet at One Colorado on the Smith Alley side (east side alley). One Colorado is bound by Colorado Blvd. on the South, Fair Oaks Ave. on the East, Union St. on the North, and DeLacey Ave. on the West.
Price: Free
What to Bring: Your bicycle, in good running order, with plenty of night lights. (Please have bike(s) inspected and tuned at least once a year at a bike shop.)

All participants under 18 must wear a helmet and be escorted by a parent or guardian. Children under age 8 should be on a tag-a-long, bike trailer, tandem, or other safe child-carrying device to participate in the ride.

Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange (C.I.C.L.E.) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that works with individuals and communities to promote the bicycle as a viable, healthy, and sustainable transportation choice. C.I.C.L.E. projects include Bike Week Pasadena, lifestyle focused and skill-building safety workshops, and Urban Expeditions, a monthly community-focused bicycle ride aimed at getting more people out of their cars and onto bikes. www.CICLE.org :: 323.478.0060

Aaron Naparstek

AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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