events

june 28   6-9pm  opening reception

please join us at the artists’ opening reception. photographs, film & sound installation, specialty drinks, a pancake booth (you pick the shape, we make it) plus a special extended performance from david scott stone.


july 9  8pm  tv dinner night & films

this evening will explore the ritual of eating as a solitary experience. participants will bring their own version of a microwavable tv dinner click.  we will provide a microwave & tv trays.  join us for an international smorgasboard of tasty shorts on the subject of food & community.  to aid in digestion, the program runs approximately 90 minutes. curated by omnivores at the fabulous echo park film center, lisa marr & paolo davanzo.



july 12  7pm sharp!  dinner theater night #1    $25-$40 a seat

reservations required, limited seating  click HERE to reserve your seat!

this evening will explore the tradition of dinner theater, ritual, and expectations around eating formalities.  it will also examine how performance and eating might act as a catalyst to bring people together in interesting ways. Los angeles’ infamous, d.i.t (do-it-together) cook and singer/artist, paloma parfrey, will serve a delicious, vegetarian, gourmet meal (see menu) and set designer/installation artist, katie byron, will create an authentic eating environment for participants. the courses will be scattered with performances and mystery activities.  there will be limited seats for this event so reserve your seat now!

performers for this evening: (in order of appearance)

our host, sarah paul ocampo

the all girl comb choir

tara tavi

cathy de la cruz

lindsay beamish

claire mckeown

david p earle

mecca vazie andrews

becky stark

steve gregoropoulos



july 13   7pm sharp! dinner theater  night #2  (free if you bring a dish) 

this evening will explore privilege, exclusivity and economy, by requiring attendants to bring a delicious dish (potluck style) as an entrance fee, which will then get “redistributed” by our food servers as a five-course meal.  much like the previous evening, (but with some twists and turns), we will similarly explore eating rituals, formalities and traditions.  the meal will be a surprise to everyone and performances will be scattered throughout the night.  this evening is FREE if you sign up in advance (click HERE to reserve your seat) & commit to bringing a dish to contribute towards the group meal.  there are limited seats for this event so sign up now!  donations will be requested for drinks.

performers for this evening: (in order of appearance)

our host, sarah paul ocampo

the all girl comb choir

cathy de la cruz

lindsay beamish

claire mckeown

david p earle

amanda lovejoy street

john hogan

mecca vazie andrews

katie shook w/ eric lindley

steve gregoropoulos



july 19   4-9pm  secret picnic cafe & closing performances

modeled after cafes in the pacific northwest d.i.y. communities and historically referencing prohibition speakeasies, the cafe will use word of mouth to draw participants to a donation based picnic café, set up in and outside of TELIC.  paloma parfrey will be recreating traditional picnic foods while katie byron reinvents what a picnic means through an installation. performances begin @ 6pm.

performers for this event:

christina billotte with laura lazarus

horse thieves (alex maslansky & brie turner o'banion)

big swell (a performance by sam cooper)

jackson baugh


july 19 12-5pm  also happening in chinatown!

@ bonelli contemporary  943 n. hill street

‘game day’ with liz hamilton & jon zerolnick

in conjunction with party favors

curated by holly myers