Last week­end ay Lot 613, Opu­lent Tem­ple in asso­ci­a­tion with Pan­theon & Cruz Coali­tion pre­sented ‘Sacred Dance.’ This was a fundraiser for Opu­lent Temple’s 10th Annual Camp at Burn­ing Man. Lot 613 was adorned in white visu­als, instal­la­tions and art and guests dressed wildly in white as the Opu­lent Tem­ple group does every Wednes­day night at Burn­ing Man since 2003.

This event included music by DJ Dan with sound by James Gar­cia and Audio Video Events, and live paint­ings on the patio by Mari­posa Curiosa, Satine Phoenix and Chris Mar­tin.  There were bel­ly­dancers, Sufi danc­ing and Cirque Style Ambi­ent Per­form­ers all dressed in out­ra­geous white attire. This was truly one excit­ing and unique event and Lot 613 looks for­ward to host­ing this yearly fundraiser.  More pho­tos avail­able on LAWeekly.com

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

On April 27^th, Lot 613 cel­e­brated MOPLA, the Month of Pho­tog­ra­phy Los Ange­les. KCRW, Stones Throw Records & The Lucie Foun­da­tion pre­sented An Evening of Pho­tog­ra­phy & Music, fea­tur­ing per­for­mances by: Madlib, Peanut But­ter Wolf, Jonti, Gary Wil­son and Jon­wayne. There was a silent auc­tion to ben­e­fit Lucie Foundation’s at-risk youth pho­tog­ra­phy pro­gram, Snap­shot! and a por­tion of the pro­ceeds raised will be donated to Pablove Shut­ter­bugs. Friday’s event was a preshow of Create:Fixate the fol­low­ing evening. Create:Fixate’s Snap Flash Exhi­bi­tion show­cased a plethora of beau­ti­ful pho­tographs.  This event fea­tured pho­tog­ra­phy from Andrew Matusik, Ave­sha Michael, Cer­raeh Laykin, DAK, Erik Borzi, Franklin Londin, Jamais Vu, Javiera Estrada, Jimi Dava, Kathy B. Shapiro, Kris­ten Per­man, Manoosh Nabavi, Michael Rababy, Nor­man Golightly, Patrick McPheron, Paynie, R. Dean Lar­son, Rex Bruce, Robin Warner, Stephan Can­thal, Stephen Hutchi­son, Sven Drees­bach, Wob­sarazzi, and Xochitl Castillo. Fash­ion and jew­elry ven­dors included Bel Kazan, Con­sti­tu­tion Cou­ture, Delevo Designs, Kucoon Designs, Sol Del Sur, (soy’-ka) designs, Vic­to­ria Reyna Designs and Viola Liv­ing Jew­els.  Cre­ate Fix­ate has quar­terly art events at Lot 613 so look out for the next one!

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

One of our favorite events at Lot 613, The Pan­cake & Booze Art Show took place last week­end. This party was def­i­nitely a fun time enjoyed by all.   The pan­cake team grilled up hun­dreds of straw­berry, blue­berry and even char­ac­ter shaped pan­cakes.  Lot 613 staff poured beers and mixed drinks all night for the fes­tive crowd. A live band rocked the audi­ence and provoca­tive art cov­ered every inch of the walls. Some of the artists included Lem­beck Stu­dios, Le Beauty Exor­cist, Matt Gar­ber, Andrew Cov­ell, Keenan Chap­man, Vir­ginia Viera, Jen­nifer Korsen, Leslie Louise Grand­claudon, Sean Mun­ley, Parker Detchon, Shan­non P. O’Brien and more!  Snap Your­self had a photo booth where guests were able to con­trol the cam­era with a click of the but­ton and take an unlim­ited amount of crazy pho­tos.  Stay tuned for infor­ma­tion about the next Pan­cakes & Booze at Lot 613.

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

The Aids Project Los Ange­les (APLA) hosted a pri­vate din­ner at Lot 613 on Fri­day night.  This “carbo-load” din­ner boosted run­ners par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Team to End Aids before they ran the 2012 Honda LA Marathon on Sun­day.   The Pasta Menu included: Penne Pasta with Grilled Shrimp and Vodka Sauce, Spaghetti with Mari­nara Sauce and Fresh Basil and Grilled Chicken Marsala with Wild Mush­rooms.  This was an event we were proud to be involved in.

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Man­ager

Last night, Pre­miere Events catered the Jame­son Bar­tenders Ball at Van­guard in Hol­ly­wood.  This event was open to the ser­vice indus­try only, to show appre­ci­a­tion for Los Ange­les’ bar­tenders.  Guests enjoyed an open bar with a selec­tion of Jame­son, Jame­son and more Jame­son.   Pre­miere Events served up South­ern Cui­sine to go with all of that whiskey.  Guests enjoyed Home-style Mac­a­roni and Cheese, Pulled Pork Slid­ers, Fried Chicken, Coconut Shrimp with Mango Chut­ney and Spring Rolls with Sweet Chili Dip­ping Sauce. The Young Dublin­ers pre­formed an excit­ing, Celtic, rock and roll show and bar­tenders danced the night away!

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

Yes­ter­day the Pre­miere Events Man­age­ment Team had an ice cream tast­ing with our friends at MILK Ice Cream.  We tried the Cook­ies and Cream, Cof­fee Tof­fee, Choco­late,  Salty Caramel and Rasp­berry Sor­bet.  We also enjoyed the Grasshop­per and But­ter Pecan and Red Vel­vet Ice Cream Sand­wiches which were all deli­cious.  Pre­miere Events Cater­ing now offers MILK Ice Cream and Sand­wiches for our clients.  we can cus­tom design fla­vors with you favorite liquors, can­dies or fruit.  Please let us know if you’re plan­ing an event where you would like to sur­prise your guests with ice cream!

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

On Tues­day, Lot 613 hosted a pop-up din­ner for Valentine’s Day.  Create:Fixate gen­er­ously left their art up for the event so guests could dine in the beau­ti­ful gallery.  The guests enjoyed a four course meal pre­pared by Pre­miere Events Cater­ing, includ­ing Stout Braised Sir­loin Tips and Agave Glazed Salmon. Bar­tenders mixed spe­cialty cock­tails includ­ing a Straw­berry Coconut Mar­tini, Tiramisu Mar­tini, Mex­ipoli­tan Mar­garita and Jalapeno Collins. The band, The High­top­pers, played an amaz­ing per­for­mance of Instru­men­tal Jazz, Blues and Rock, enter­tain­ing the guests as they ate.  Pre­miere Events hopes to host another pop-up din­ner soon, so be on the look­out for more information!

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

Sat­ur­day was Create:Fixate’s 10 Year Anniver­sary Exhibit, I Art You at Lot 613. This show was ded­i­cated to Charles Berc aka Papa Create:Fixate and sup­ported by many patrons of the arts. Stu­dent art work from Create:Fixate’s com­mu­nity part­ner, A Place Called Home, was show­cased in the main gallery and there was were two Valentine’s card mak­ing sta­tions for chil­dren and adults to express their cre­ativ­ity. There was  live paint­ing face off on a Nis­san Sen­tra by John Park, Christina Angelina, Max Neu­tra, and Michael Pukac.

Art, pho­togr­pahy, sculp­tures and music by Create:Fixate Artists: Annie Ter­razzo, Art Weeks, Brian Robert­son,  Cur­tis Brooks, Donna Trous­dale, Emily White, Erik Abel, Gus Harper, Isabelle Alford-Lago, Jeff Klari, Jeremy Crab­tree, JK Was­son, John, Park, Jon Mea­sure, Kat Shoa, L. Croskey, Luis Sanchez, Michelle Nielsen, Mike Russek, Neil Rus­sell, Saul Esco­bar, Sebas­t­ian Hal­magean, Sean Chango Chaf­fey, Stephanie Han, Zig Gron, Tari Karkanen

Fash­ion, jew­lery and crafts were sold by, Delevo Designs,  Irene LAVA Jewels,Jenneration Fix, Luv War­rior, Pink Pianos, (soy’-ka) designs, and iola Liv­ing Jewels.

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager

On Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 14th, Lot 613 will be offer­ing a spe­cial Valentine’s Day Prix Fixe Menu catered by Pre­miere Events’ Chef Jae and Chef Ian. This event is open to the pub­lic and reser­va­tions are required. For this event Lot 613 will have a full bar, live music, and will be in its gallery form fea­tur­ing art from Create:Fixate’s 10 Year Anniver­sary Exhibit I Art You.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion and for reser­va­tions please con­tact:
Natalie Reynoso,  Mar­ket­ing Man­ager Natalie@PremiereLA.com
323.934.7777
Lot 613, 613 Impe­r­ial St. Los Ange­les, CA 90021

Last week Pre­miere Events catered a huge pri­vate event for 600 peo­ple at Madame Tus­sauds.  Guests enjoyed Chef Cordelia’s tray-passed appe­tiz­ers includ­ing Petite Crab Cakes with Lemon Dill Remoulade, Ahi Tuna Tar­tar on a Won­ton Crisp with Sesame Soy Vinai­grette, Hearts of Palm Frit­ters with Aioli Verde and Bacon-Wrapped Apri­cots with Rose­mary Bal­samic Honey.  Themed food sta­tions were set up all over the attrac­tion.  Some of the foods served were Grilled Chicken Bro­chettes and Lamb Kofta Kebabs at the Mediter­ranean Sta­tion, Roast Salmon with Coun­try Bacon-Mustard Glaze and Smoked Tri-Tip with BBQ Sauce at the All Amer­i­can Sta­tion, Creamy Penne Alfredo and Lemon Chicken Picatta at the Ital­ian Sta­tion,  and Red Hot Chicken Wings and Angus Slid­ers at the Sports Sta­tion.  There was also a mini cup­cake sta­tion, Rus­sell Stover choco­late sta­tion and many themed bar stations.

–Natalie Reynoso Mar­ket­ing Manager