Never was the land together,
cohesive, an uninterrupted mass
of soil, rock, sand, grass
all bound in a harmonious package, leather
spread-eagled in one faultless piece.
Always were places disparate.
Sky unbroken, but land split
and ponded, rivered. Water reached
out from every fissure, issuing
lacklessly. The ground’s appendages
multiplied, fresh edges
made into shores and ocean chewing
into them eagerly. In the beginning,
this wasn’t a big problem for
people. They swam well, explored
by boat. At length, the constant crossing
of distances somehow seeped
into their bodies, their cores. They’d say,
“It can’t have always been this way,”
and dream of land gathered up in a heap.

Los Angeles was chockablock with art openings all over town Saturday night and I had my mind set on attending at least two of them before the night was through. Thankfully I made it across town to both, dodging traffic on the 10 with the help of my human navigator and date, Tim as well as my electronic navigator Garmin, or “Lady Gar Gar” as Tim likes to call it.

In honor of the upcoming E3 Expo, on June 15th, The Hive hosted B3, a video game-themed show that featured their 26 resident artists, 70 group show artists, and 10 performances. Being a slight video game nerd myself, I was particularly intrigued with the prospect of an entire exhibition dedicated to gaming’s pop cultural influence. I wasn’t disappointed; The Hive turned into a happening, game-friendly place, where underground art lovers and gaming nerds could mingle, drink, and play Mortal Kombat.

In honor of ForYourArt’s Public Art Party in Beverly Hills, Sprinkles was giving out free red velvet cupcakes to those in the know. And you were going to need that sugar rush if you wanted to explore this expansive art-fest to enjoy the public art of Beverly Hills, like Roxy Paine’s Erratic (also known as that giant steel boulder on Santa Monica), up close.

I admit that I was very excited for this event. With three stages featuring musical and theatrical performances, an eco-friendly vibe, arts and literature “villages”, and more food trucks than the food truck festival (which I can’t believe I missed), how could a girl go wrong?