Category Archives: Metro Lifestyle

Random Acts of Music might happen to you this afternoon

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Imagine this greeting you after a long day at work! Photo from Pasadena Symphony and POPS Official Facebook

The Pasadena Symphony Association will be breaking down the barriers between musicians, concert halls, and the public with a new free performance series – Random Acts of Music.

The first events in this ongoing series of public performances take place this evening. Members of the Pasadena Symphony will be performing at both the Gold Line Memorial Park Station and Del Mar Station between 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the rush hour crowd. They will also be handing out coupons to Metro riders for their upcoming performance on Sunday, November 3.

Future performances will take place across Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley throughout the year in public locations to engage new audiences with classical music. The Pasadena Symphony is easily reached by the Gold Line Memorial Park Station.

It's story time for adults this weekend at USC

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USC Doheny Library. Photo by Kansas Sebastian via Flickr

Love a great story? L.A. is full of them and many will be revealed this Saturday at USC as “L.A. As Subject,” the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, offers unprecedented access to more than 80 collections of papers, books and other material.

Documentary filmmakers, students, journalists, researchers and casual history buffs interested in L.A.stories will discover them through these seldom seen resources Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in USC’s Doheny Library, a short walk from the Metro Expo Line Expo Park/USC Station.

In addition to archived material not usually available to the public, there will be panel discussions, including a look at “CSI Los Angeles: Archival Case Study Investigations” where forensics meet research; the history of Los Angeles in vintage postcards; Southern California ranchos and homesteads featuring speakers from Pio Pico State Historic Park, Rancho Los Cerritos and the Homestead Museum and Car Culture Los Angeles.

Large institutions such as the Getty Research Institute, Autry National Center of the American West, the California Historical Society, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and several UCLA libraries will show items from their libraries, archives and museums.

Other organizations, including Friends of Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, the Writers Guild Foundation Library & Archive, Southern California Genealogical Society, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives and, of course, the Metro Transportation Library & Archive, will offer access to documents telling stories of their respective topics.

Save time and money by taking the Expo Line to Expo Park/USC Station for “LA as Subject.” For more information on the event go to the Metro Library’s Primary Resources blog.

Go Metro to A Cooler Ride with Michael Lejeune this Thursday

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Buttons from one of Metro’s award winning marketing campaigns, designed by the in-house creative team.

Go visit the Hammer Museum on Thursday, Oct 25 at 7:30 p.m. to catch A Cooler Ride with Michael Lejeune, a free public lecture with Metro’s Creative Director. He’ll be talking about how he and his creative team apply bold design strategies to make public transportation cool. Go Metro and receive a 10% discount in the museum store. You’ll also have the opportunity to win a Graphic Design: Now in Production streetpole banner and catalog if you show your TAP card at the box office.

A Cooler Ride is presented in conjunction with the Hammer Museum exhibition Graphic Design: Now in Production, featuring some of the most vibrant graphic design work created since 2000.

The Hammer Museum can be reached on the Metro Rapid 761 to Westwood/Lindbrook or the Metro Rapid 720 to Wilshire/Westwood. Check Trip Planner for more routes and connections.

After record weekend ridership, Metrolink pushes for more, more, more!

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Hmmm, wonder what Metrolink is trying to promote with this rail car! Here’s the news release from the regional commuter rail agency partially funded by Metro:

Los Angeles – After experiencing record weekend ridership the weekend of Oct. 6, Metrolink is rolling out another eye-catching vinyl-wrapped train car – this one, promoting the popular $10 Weekend Pass. Beginning Monday, Southern Californians will see the 85 foot, royal purple train car traveling throughout the region.

Since the introduction of the weekend pass in July of 2011 weekend ridership has nearly doubled. The $10 Weekend Pass allows for unlimited travel anytime, anywhere system-wide from 7:00 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.

This is Metrolink’s fourth train wrap following two Bike Car wraps and a Breeder’s Cup train wrap.

ABOUT METROLINK (www.metrolinktrains.com)

Metrolink is Southern California’s regional commuter rail service in its 19th year of operation. The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), a joint powers authority made up of an 11-member board representing the transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, governs the service. Metrolink operates over seven routes through a six-county, 512 route-mile network. Metrolink is the third largest commuter rail agency in the United States based on directional route miles and the seventh largest based on annual ridership.

Go Metro to Taste of Soul on Saturday

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Taste of Soul, oone of L.A.'s largest street festivals, takes place this Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Running down Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker and Rodeo Road, visitors can sample great food from local restaurants, enjoy live entertainment and check out displays by local artists.

Metro will be there to show videos about the Crenshaw/LAX Line project, which you will – fingers crossed! – be able to take to Taste of Soul 2018.

Also, and this is important, Metro and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy will be at the festival doing community outreach on Metro's new construction careers policy that aims to help those needing work find jobs in the building industry. There will be information available at the festival about how to enroll in union apprenticeship programs on projects such as the Crenshaw/LAX Line

Hop on the Expo Line to Expo/Crenshaw Station, then start walking south on Crenshaw until you come across a huge crowd of people. It should take you less than five minutes.

Bus lines 40, 102, 105, 210, 710 and 740 will detour from 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19 to 6 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 for the festival. Signs will be posted at bus stops regarding the temporary routes, or check Metro's service advisories.

 

Visit cowboy Chatsworth via the Orange Line or a horse

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In the latest edition of Metro Motion, the Metro Orange Line extension is off to a great start, improving mobility through the San Fernando Valley and bringing faster travel times, improved bus and rail connections and a chance to discover the rich history and beautiful scenery of Chatsworth. Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy all filmed there. But it’s not all Hollywood pretend. If we take a trip to Chatsworth via the Metro Orange Line we can find out what real live horses have to do with it.

In another segment, Metro Motion takes a ride up the Gold Line to Pasadena to experience some of the area’s finest eats, coolest beats and tastiest treats. And now we can stay for overtime with Metro’s extended late-night weekend service.

In another story we’re reminded that school’s back in session. (As if increased traffic didn’t tell us.) Maybe it’s time to go back to school for a brush up on our driving skills. Who better to teach us than Metro’s Div. 15 bus operators who collectively log thousands of miles on L.A.’s streets each year. We caught up with several operators who shared tips for safer trips … whether by car or by bus.

Metro Motion runs quarterly on cable stations throughout Los Angeles County.

Go Metro to live music: Crystal Castles

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Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith) – “I’m Not In Love”

Noticing a trend yet? Thanks to two conveniently located subway stations and a handful of Rapid and local bus lines running on main thoroughfares like Hollywood, Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards, it’s easy to take Metro to the vast array of music venues in Hollywood. Case in point: Go Metro this Saturday night to see Crystal Castles performing live at The Hollywood Palladium! The venue is located on Sunset Boulevard, an easy two block walk from the Red Line Hollywood / Vine Station and is served directly by Metro Local 2.

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Art of Transit, Mission 26 edition

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The Endeavour crossing a Carmageddon-like empty 405 freeway late Friday night. Photo by Steve Hymon.

Go Metro to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour being moved to the California Science Center today! Please see this earlier post and remember the Expo Line delivers you next door to the California Science Center, the Endeavour’s new home.

And remember that many bus detours remain in effect for much of the day. The full list is after the jump.

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Destination Discounts for this weekend

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Recent Spanish Cinema XVIII Oct. 11-14, 2012

Show your valid TAP card at the Egyptian Theatre box office and receive $1 off admission.

For details on the Destination Discount, click here. 

ArtNight in Pasadena, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012

Show your valid TAP card to receive special discounts on store merchandise and memberships at the Pasadena Museum of History, the Pacific Asia Museum and many other venues.

For details on the Destination Discount, click here. 

San Fernando Valley Tennis Day, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012

Show your valid TAP card at the registration table to receive a Metro Welcome Package that includes an insulated tote, sunglasses, a children’s book, and a promotional tennis ball. You must pre-register to receive package, while supplies last.

For details on the Destination Discount, click here.