Urban Birds: Voices from the Hill
Arlington Garden
275 Arlington Dr, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
California
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Description
This final event of Urban Birds 2024 takes place at Arlington Garden and celebrates the role of collective action in transforming neglected urban spaces like Elephant Hill. Once a desolate lot and former staging ground for the 710 freeway, Pasadena community members worked to transform the future site of Arlington Garden into the community gathering space and host for native flora and fauna that it is today.
Visitors on May 18 will have an opportunity to hear and see variations on the music, artwork, and ideas represented on Elephant Hill, view a film of the May 11 event, as well as to participate in related activities for all ages.
Guillermo Brown will be performing an improvisational soundtrack of live loop-based music inspired by his Voices from the Hill composition, incorporating percussion from the instruments he created sourced from found objects, and recordings from the site over time.
Families will be invited to make their own musical instruments from found objects and natural materials, incorporating seeds and other items gathered from Elephant Hill. Other workshops include palm frond weaving with Maria Maea, planting milkweed with the California Native Plant Society, Indigenous based arts and culture with Meztli Projects, and more.
Visitors interested in how they can make positive contributions to their urban environments through guerilla gardening can join a tour of the garden with members of TestPlot - Elephant Hill who are working to re-establish native plants on the hillside.
Hawk on Hand will be bringing their raptors, a great opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the wonderful birds living on Elephant Hill.
Stay tuned for more activities as they develop!
This project is made possible by The Eric Stokes Fund, Earth's Best in Tune, a grant from the City of Pasadena Department of Cultural Affairs, a grant from the California Arts Council, and a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation.
Times
Start:
2024-05-18T12:00:00-07:00
End:
2024-05-18T16:00:00-07:00
Category
Music
Tickets
Free Reservations
0.0
USD