Lake Mary at TreePeople (photo by Adam Corey Thomas)
When was the last time you ventured into the wilderness at night for a stroll among the owls, coyotes, and crickets?
At the end of every month we gather with the heroic environmental stewards of TreePeople to love on live music and tea along a ridge trail of the Santa Monica Mountains. Following a performance, a cup of tea, a sunset, and some good conversation, TreePeople’s eco educators offer us 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 sitting with with our nearest and dearest Jordan Lee of Mutual Benefit as he shares a selection of new music with us. We’re deep lovers of every tape and record that’s come from his universe of sound and are so grateful to inhabit this evening together. This is Jordan’s only performance in town, an intentionally intimate moment of sharing, and we look forward to seeing you atop Mulholland Drive.
Bring a blanket, pour some tea, and bliss in.
Check-in and music begins around 6:30pm, Mutual Benefit will begin 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, ABC, has received critical praise from Pitchfork, The New York Times, with featured live performances on KEXP and Vincent Moon’s Take Away Shows on La Blogothéque.
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.