Kiernan at TreePeople (photo by Adam Corey Thomas)
Lace up your hiking shoes & we’ll see you atop David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive!
Once a month we gather with our heroic environmental stewards of TreePeople to love on live music and hot tea along a ridge trail of the Santa Monica Mountains. After we’ve held time together to share in meaningful art, warm tea, (sometimes) a sunset, and some good conversation, TreePeople’s eco educators split us into three different hiking groups for peoples of all ages and abilities to learn more about native ecology and the history of these mountains. Being October, this month’s hike will be for the Halloween-inclined, so expect a children’s costume parade along the trail and maybe even an unexpected creature or forest fae.
To honor the season of the synth, we’ve invited our friend and modular maestro Isaac Sherman to soundtrack this special nighttime gathering. Isaac recently released his debut album A Pasture, It’s Limits which draws on a hybrid palette of synthesizers, woodwind-like samples, electric guitar, watery field recordings, and processed vocals. We’ve loved listening deeply, seeing Isaac perform live, and can’t wait to share these buoyant collages of complimentary frequencies with you.
Bring a blanket, pour some tea, and bliss in.
Check-in starts at 6:30pm, music 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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Isaac Sherman is a musician, composer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. Engaging with an array of analog and digital synthesizers, samplers, guitars and vocals, his music blends elements of experimental pop, kosmische, minimalism, ambient music and experimental jazz. His live shows offer a range of musical presentations, from structured compositions to free-flowing improvisations. He has performed at venues around Los Angeles such as Zebulon, 2220 Arts + Archives, Gold Diggers, Permanent Records, Healing Force Records - joining bills with musicians such as Dustin Wong, Julius Smack, Nicole McCabe, Sharada Shashidhar, Gregory Uhlmann, and more.
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.