Hana Stretton at TreePeople (photo by Noah Klein)
Every month we gather with our local heroic environmental stewards of TreePeople to love on live music and hot tea along a ridge trail of the Santa Monica Mountains. Once we’ve held time together to share in meaningful art, warm tea, a sunset, and good conversation, TreePeople’s eco educators then split us into three different hiking groups for peoples of all ages and abilities to learn more about the native ecology and history of these mountains.
For our first Moonlight Hike of the summer season we’re so very grateful to sit with with our nearest and dearest Jordan Lee of Mutual Benefit as he shares a selection of very new music with us. We’re deep lovers of every tape and record that’s come from Mutual Benefit and are always so excited to hear what Jordan has been working on. This is his only performance in town, and if you’re not able to share the evening with us, we really hope that he comes back to visit us soon.
As always… bring a blanket, pour some tea, and bliss in.
Check-in and music begins around 6:30pm, Mutual Benefit begins shortly after 7pm, and we split into our hiking groups promptly at 8pm. Parking is limited so we ask that you please rsvp with us in advance.
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Mutual Benefit is a near two decade NYC-based collective project with Jordan Lee and many wonderful transient collaborators.
The newest album, Growing at the Edges, focuses on regrowth after disasters both in internal and external worlds.
Mutual Benefit has graced the sculpture garden at MoMA, DIY basements in the Midwest, festival stages across Europe, and community gardens in LA. Their music has been used in shows on HBO, Showtime, and ABC.
Born in 1973 from the hopes and dreams of a teenager, TreePeople is now one of the largest environmental organizations headquartered in Southern California.
They have inspired, engaged, and supported more than 3 million people to take action for our environment by planting and caring for more than 3 million trees in our local forests, mountains, parks, and our neighborhoods. Through on-the-ground research and educational programs, TreePeople shares knowledge with policymakers, students, educators, and communities around the world.
After fires burn, TreePeople reforests. When schools are covered in concrete, TreePeople creates green schoolyards. When communities experience food insecurity, TreePeople distributes fruit trees. When California is drought-stricken, TreePeople designs solutions to capture rainwater. As the world faces increasing threats from a more hostile climate, TreePeople helps create actionable solutions.