The Kickstarter Film Festival is Coming to Los Feliz

The Kickstarter Film Fest is coming to Los Feliz! Join us September 12 in Griffith Park---

September 12th 6-11pm.

The Autry at Griffith Park.

Free and open to the public!

Join us for an evening of film, food, art, music, tech, and other surprises — all made with Kickstarter. Before the screening, LA-based creators will show off everything from gourmet reuben sandwiches to a mobile astronomical observatory to the “world’s fastest hot tub.”

For more information and to see who will be there, visit the Kickstarter event page.

Local Artist Tom Lamb Draws Los Feliz and Surrounding Neighborhoods

Tom Lamb was born to be an artist.

His father Derek Lamb is an award-winning artist and animator who inspired and encouraged him to become an artist as well.

As a self-taught artist, Tom has had his works exhibited in many galleries in the Los Angeles area. His artwork is far from ordinary. Tom is a cartographic artist and specializes in customizable hand drawn maps and custom home illustrations. Most of his maps are of the Los Angeles area where he has lived for many years, however, he is able to draw a map of anywhere based on Internet resources.

The maps Tom draws range from being very detailed to being very simplified, however each map is expertly hand drawn in ink and then colored using Adobe Photoshop. Each map is designed to be printed in a 12 by 18 inch or larger format for display.

At Tom Lamb Maps you can purchase his beautiful hand draw maps. One of his most recent works is Los Feliz, CA. This map features Griffith Park, the Observatory, illustrations of homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Ennis House, Hollyhock house, Lovell House, and the popular Shakespeare Bridge. This beautiful map is available as a 5 by 7 inch greeting card or as a 12 by 18 inch or a 20 by 30 inch print. The large format prints of the map can be customized for a small additional fee to add a specific home to the map based on photos of the home and a variety of texts can be added to the map including identify locations that are special to the map’s owner. This map printed as a greeting card is fun to send out as a thank you card and the larger prints are excellent to display in a home or give as a gift. With a map this unique and beautiful you will have a piece that in the words of Tom, “Creates art and a sense of place.”

P22 - LA's Most Famous Mountain Lion

In the northern end of Los Feliz lies Griffith Park, the second largest urban park in California with over 4,000 acres of land. The park is home to only one mountain lion known as P-22 and it was originally spotted in the surrounding park area around February 2012. The lion is suspected to have arrived from nearby Santa Monica Mountains, which meant it would have had to travel over 20 miles with some of that distance across highways 101 and 405.

Within the last four months the lion has been struggling against mange, a parasitic skin disease that causes hair loss and infections. Scientists used trail cameras located in areas across the park to investigate how P-22 contracted the illness, and it turns out the mountain lion was living with an infestation of mites. Scientists treated the lion for mange as well as rodenticide poisoning, as rodenticide can travel within a food chain and build up within top predators.

P-22 is still able to successfully hunt and gather food on its own, but it will require attention to make sure a relapse of the illnesses do not occur. Scientists and park rangers are keeping tabs on his location with a GPS tracker as well as using park cameras to observe the lion’s fur growth and movement. Due to the potential dangers to wildlife, consumers will no longer be able to purchase higher doses of rodenticide starting in July. Scientists have even suspected that the chemicals found in rodenticide can increase the vulnerability of animals to mange or other illnesses.

 The mountain lion, P-22, is providing scientists with data on how a lion species survives within Griffith park, but at the same time, P-22 is reminding the community of Los Feliz the delicate balance of wildlife living within the middle of Los Angeles. Los Feliz and nearby cities, such as Glendale, understand the importance of protecting wildlife environments. With P-22 recovering from its illnesses, the community can set this event as a precedent for future improvements upon ensuring the safety of natural habitats for both humans and animals.

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