Lots going on this Thursday!

Behance / AIGA LA March Meetup
If you don't know about the Behance Network, it's a site where you can showcase your work for free. You can also look at the works of other designers and read about their process, exchange tips, and check out the job board. AIGA LA has a group that anyone can join on the Behance website that has monthly meetups.
Time: Thursday, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Edendale Grill, 2838 Rowena Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90039
RSVP: http://behance-aigala-mar-meet.eventbrite.com/

COINTELPRO 101
Co-organized by the Calarts Aesthetics and Politics Program and the CalArts School of Art
Time: Thursday, 8:30 PM
Location: REDCAT, 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cost: General - $10, Students with ID - $5, CalArts Students, Faculty & Staff - Free
Tickets: online or box office (213-237-2800)

CalArts faculty member Sam Durant introduces a screening and discussion of COINTELPRO 101, a film that exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the U.S. government in the 1950s to the 1970s. COINTELPRO refers to the official FBI Counter Intelligence Program carried out to surveil, imprison and eliminate leaders of social justice movements, and to disrupt, divide and destroy the movements as well. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand and rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.

Following the screening, Martín Plot moderates a discussion with COINTELPRO 101 filmmaker Claude Marks of the Freedom Archives, SF8 defendant and organizer Hank Jones, and legendary author and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

Fly in the Buttermilk: Memoirs of an African-American in Advertising, Design, and Design Education
Date: Thursday, 7-9 PM
Location: Art Center - Hillside Campus at Los Angeles Times Auditorium, 1700 LIDA STREET PASADENA, CA 91103

Archie Boston will present a personal look at the world of advertising, design and design education from the perspective of a minority insider. He will discuss the obstacles and achievements in his life over the last half century. He will also show highlights from his award-winning creative work throughout his exceptional career. These designs, often dealing with racism and sexual mores, are filled with wit and satire. Archie will also discuss documentaries on 20 outstanding Los Angeles designers that he videotaped in 1986.

Admission is free. No reservations required.
AIGA LA Event Link: http://aigalosangeles.org/events/2011/03/fly-in-the-buttermilk-memoirs.php

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