chrisaldrich
I'm one of the few people in the entertainment business who can take a television apart and turn it into a defibrillator.

I'm a true cyberneticist at heart.

WHEN: November 19th, 4:00pm (Happy Hour til 7)
WHERE: The Hudson, West Hollywood (http://thehudsonla.com/)
WHAT: JHU Entertainment/Media Alumni meet up
WHO: All of us.

Do you work in film, television, music, internet, video games, publishing or any of the ancillary media businesses? Come out, meet some people, have a great time, eat and drink,...

BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the world's first, largest and only industry-wide social media event, is making its Los Angeles debut November 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition to expanding to two shows this year, and moving its Western U.S. event from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, BlogWorld has unveiled several new event...

The LA tech scene is like an iceberg, still barely visible over the horizon on the Silicon Beach. What appears to be insignificant at first glance, is in fact powerful and intimidating just below the surface … and let’s not forget, Hollywood is its backyard. In a city of blondes, botox, and plenty of “talk,” Los Angeles may not be perceived...

Get ready for the fifth annual DrupalCamp LA this August 6-7th. Mark your calendars... this year is a milestone for us and we’re going all out!

Drupal has changed, so we updated the camp accordingly. Join us for this jam-packed weekend of free Drupal community training - now with even more awesome sauce!

Event Highlights:

Job Fair
Drupal 7...

Hey yall it's been awhile since we all got together.
Let's celebrate 7/11/11 and catch up.
Feel free to invite your friends!

Happy Hour starts 3-7pm
apps $6
1/2 price drinks

The Octopodes will be competing in a brand new TV show on gmc called America Sings! The show is a singing competition with a grand prize of $10,000, and the winner is decided by audience online voting! (we'll provide a link)

The show premieres on JUNE 22nd on gmc, so be sure to tune in!
Our performance will be aired on July 6th.

gmc is on...

As the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, this event has attracted more than 130,000 book lovers each year to UCLA. At USC, it will feature 400 authors and some 300 exhibitor booths, a nonstop schedule of readings, book signings, Q&As, literary discussions and panels, writing workshops, storytelling, comedy and more....

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

Earle Havens may be Johns Hopkins University’s best kept secret. Havens, the curator of rare books at the Sheridan Libraries, will guide you on a fascinating journey through the history of science, with narration and illustration from the newly acquired Hinkes Collection of 250 rare books. Havens will enlighten the audience on the collection’s...

Our first meeting last night to discuss Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" was a lovely success! (We even had people join us outside of LA via Skype video.) We hope you'll join us next month for a discussion of Matt Ridley's book "The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature."

You can find the book as well as...

Celebrate the season in style with a rooftop holiday party in downtown Los Angeles. Mingle with alumni and take in the amazing 270° nighttime views of the city as you partake in hors d’oeuvres and wine from Corkbar Restaurant.

Please be sure to RSVP directly to
Office of Alumni Relations at
800-JHU-JHU1 (548-5481) or
alumevents@jhu.edu
to...

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First book: Jonathan Franzen's Freedom
We'll have pizza and wine amongst other goodies, but feel free to bring any other snacks or beverages.
Please RSVP to ChrisAldrich@jhu.edu or 310-751-0548 for the exact address in the Westwood area.

We’d like to invite you to join your fellow LA-based JHU Alumni in a new local book...

The Road Ahead: Challenges and Opportunities for Johns Hopkins University
Since the end of World War II, the modern research university has helped direct and shape the progress and preeminence of the United States. Throughout the years, Johns Hopkins has been at the helm of these efforts. However, we, like other research-intensive universities,...

Meet your friends in the JHU social media community. #JHSM10

The next Einstein Public Lecture will be given by Terrence Tao, University of California Los Angeles. The title of his talk is The Cosmic Distance Ladder. The lecture will be given at Saturday, October 9, at 6:15 p.m., Schoenberg Hall on the UCLA campus. A poster of this lecture can be found at...

Do you LOVE Hopkins? Interested in hosting PRE-FROSH?
Want to be involved in admissions without a large time commitment?

Hopkins Hosting Society is having an info session:
Monday, October 4th and Tuesday, October 5th at 6:00 pm in Remsen 101.
There will be FREE PIZZA!!!

Or drop by our booth at Nolan's,
Monday and Tuesday, Oct 4th and 5th,...

Roll up your sleeves and dig in while you feast on genuine Chesapeake Bay steamed crabs, direct from Maryland's Eastern Shore. The menu will also include BBQ chicken and the traditional sides of corn-on-the-cob and potato salad. Don't miss out on the fun at our most popular event of the year!

$40 dues payers & guests
$50 non-dues...

The New Agency is proud to host Social Media Week Los Angeles, September 21-24, 2010. We'll be updating this site regularly as the week takes shape. Feel free to be in touch if you want to participate. We'll be tweeting @SMWLA

For more info: http://socialmediaweek.org/losangeles

http://drupalcampla.com

The school will offer graduate students and postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to learn from leading experts in information theory through short courses and talks as well as the chance to present their own work.

This year's lecturers are Emmanuel Candes, Andrea Goldsmith, Alon Orlitsky, Rüdiger Urbanke, Sergio Verdú, and Jack Wolf. We...