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Summer
Cake Walk with Chris Epting &
The Petrojvic Blasting Company
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Sunday,
July 26th,
2009
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Mt. Hollywood Underground
4607 Prospect Avenue, Los Feliz
Admission: $15.00
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Bookmark artist:
Allison
Moryl
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 Ah,
summer in the city…scalding sidewalks, crowded beaches,
and long evenings. Smart Gals Summer Speakeasy offers a
send-up to the summers of childhood: school carnivals, fresh-squeezed
lemonade and tawdry roadside attractions. Join us for an
ode to the days of ease, when author and pop-culture aficionado
Chris
Epting hosts
Smart Gals’ Summer Speakeasy, Sunday, July 26. Epting,
creator of such one-of-a kind guidebook gems as James
Dean Died Here, has an uncanny knack for gleaning the
most out of our environs, and will show you how to maximize
these halcyon days by visiting some of Southern California’s
lesser-known (and often free!) landmarks.
 The
evening will open with a good, old-fashioned Cake Walk set
to the quixotic sounds of The
Petrojvic Blasting Company, and featuring a mix of homemade
and local, bakery-perfected cakes from Big
Man Bakes, Inc., Cake
Divas, Lark
Silver Lake Cake Shop
and even a renegade pie from Frankie
& Tiny's for the lucky winners. Graphic designer Allison
Moryl has
created the evening’s commemorative Bookmark, part
of Smart Gals’ limited edition artist series.
While the law forbids that we serve you booze, feel free
to bring your own hooch, preferably in a discreet, brown
paper bag. An array of summer-inspired comestibles will
be served, along with fine coffee from Cafecito
Orgánico.
So step on out, mix it up and join us for a lark.
This bit of merry verse (AKA password) will get you in
the door and down the stairs:
We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails;
And Tom said, “Let us also take
An apple and a slice of cake;”—
(Robert Louis Stevenson)
Why socialize on a Sunday? Because mingling
is good for your mental health.™
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Who’s Who
 Chris
Epting
Chris
Epting is the writer/photographer of 16 books including James
Dean Died Here…The Locations of America’s Pop Culture
Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed Here, Even More Locations of America’s
Pop Culture Landmarks, Roadside Baseball, The Ruby Slippers, Madonna's
Bra, and Einstein's Brain: The Locations of America's Pop Culture
Artifacts and Led Zeppelin Crashed Here. In 2009,
The Early Polo Grounds and The Birthplace Book
were released. He also hosts the syndicated radio show The Pop
Culture Road Trip and writes for many publications including Preservation,
the Los Angeles Times and Travel + Leisure.
Chris is a frequent featured guest on numerous radio and television
programs such as National Public Radio’s “All Things
Considered” and he lives in Huntington Beach, CA, with his
wife and two children.
 Allison
Moryl
The commemorative bookmark for tonight’s event was designed
by new Smart Gal Allison
Moryl, a graphic designer and art director from New York currently
living in Los Feliz. After graduating from NYU and earning a Studio
Arts degree, Allison landed a job in the wonderful world of publishing.
Over the years she has worked on a variety of publications, starting
with New York underground favorite POPsmear, and moving
on to Raygun, Los Angeles, Out, The
Advocate, Art & Antiques, Vacation Homes,
and many more. Allison practices yoga, enjoys hiking in Griffith
Park and taking care of her cat Oya.
 The
Petrojvic Blasting Company
Hailed as a “band of musical storytellers with their horns,
accordion, and trombone” The
Petrojvic Blasting Company “blew the lid off”
the Hollywood Fringe Festival. An essential ingredient in the
“recipe for radness”, the LA Weekly has singled out
this enigmatic group as part of the “plethora of street
musicians kicking so much indie-rock ass.” Hear sounds,
see pictures and seek the truth that is Petrojvic via their web
site. Come Sunday, prepare to surrender to a heartening evening
at the hands of the Blasting Company.
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Smart Gals Productions is a
501-C3, non-profit, public benefit arts organization, dedicated
to creating original events in unlikely places, inspiring fruitful
interaction, and cultivating the greater cultural community of
Los Angeles.
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