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Dine & Drink Deals
Here are a few options from restaurants and bars as we work our way back toward normal.
Get those hats and fascinators ready. Women Who Whiskey Los Angeles holds a virtual Old Forester Mint Juleps & Kentucky Turtle Derby event on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Tune in to watch the “slowest two minutes in sports” as Louisville s Old Forester holds a turtle race before the running of the Derby. Purchase a mint julep kit for $35 (21+) and pick it up at Here & Now in downtown L.A.
Other bars and restaurants are also offering specials for the Kentucky Derby, which happens on Saturday at 3:50 p.m.
Vox Sambou. Courtesy photo
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation. Bloom
has republished it here with minor edits for style and clarity.
on the Lotus Facebook and YouTube pages. The concert will feature hip hop and reggae artist Vox Sambou and an archived performance from Trio Da Kali.
Vox, who writes and performs in Creole, French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese, is known for merging social activism and hip hop through the content of his music and his role as director of La Maison des Jeunes de Côte-des-Neiges, a Montreal-based cultural community center that provides young aspiring musicians with a place to develop their musical and creative talents.
GlobalFEST Goes TinyDesk Jan. 11-14
One of the last normal big
events in 2020 was globalFEST, a massive showcase for culturally
driven artists and media that takes place annually in January. The photo essay
shows everyone happy and maskless, but by the time our Afropop program
dropped a few weeks later, live music was no longer happening.
But
music persists, and globalFEST continues fighting the good fight. If
the thrill of the big packed room isn’t possible, how does
something more intimate sound? For 2021, globalFEST is teaming up
with NPR’s Tiny Desk concerts, and offering a huge lineup of the up-and-coming stars you already love, with plenty more to meet for the
Natu Camara. Courtesy photo
Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a press release from the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation. Bloom has republished it here in its entirety with minor edits for style and clarity.
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation invites the community to stay connected during the dark winter months via the Lotus Third Thursdays Winter Virtual Concert Series. These free concerts will feature new artists and archived artist concerts on the Lotus Facebook and YouTube pages. The concerts will take place on Thursday, December 17; Thursday, January 21; and Thursday, February 18. All concerts begin at 7 p.m.
The inaugural Winter Concert on December 17 features an hour-long set from the dance-inducing band Nation Beat.