For four days, the best of the best spewed the most gut-wrenching and heart-clenching poetry LA has heard in a while.

“Everything in Los Angeles is too large, too loud and usually banal in concept…The plastic asshole of the world.” — William Faulkner

Fuck William Faulkner.

All Faulkner ever had to do was stroll the 2009 Brewery ArtWalk to understand that this town is more than just silicon breasts and sticky casting couches. The Brewery, a 22-building complex sitting on 23 acres, comprises a variety of structures, some dating back to 1888 and is acknowledged as the world’s largest live-work art colony, attracting nearly 15,000 art-loving Southern California residents, tourists, collectors, curators, dealers, educators, and students each year. The Brewery includes a combination of the former Eastside and Pabst Blue Ribbon Breweries, from which the community derives its name, and one of Los Angeles’ first power plants, Edison Power Station #3. Once a year, over 170 private studios in the 300-studio complex throw open their doors to the public, giving them a rarely-seen glimpse of the artists’ diverse creations and loft-dwelling lifestyle.

There are always clues. Sometimes it’s as simple as a new sound. It’s the clicking fingernails of a small dog scurrying against hardwood floors, when you have neither. It’s the way the air tastes. It could be that the pillows are too thin, or the texture of unfamiliar sheets against your skin. But it’s always something, and you know immediately. Without realizing how you got there, or even opening your eyes, you know that you are in a strange bed, and it is unsettling.

It’s FREE! Need I say more?!

Come by as a spectator or draw on the wall with other artists! Lots of FUN in store!

It may not look like much, but this is the store front for the groovy bar, MANDRAKE! Don’t be deceived by it. This is one of the most happening and cool bars in West L.A. Here is where we’ll have our first LIVE ART event.