arianna huffington

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The Downtown LA Art Walk is a monthly showcase and celebration of the best galleries, artists, photography, restaurants, bars and shops, and businesses .. Website: http://downtownartwalk.org The free, self-guided, public art phenomenon known as The Downtown Art Walk brings together art lovers and community friends to the ever evolving downtown Los Angeles. With exciting and unique offerings around every corner, downtown celebrates the arts each and every month on the 2nd Thursday. Please refer to your calendar for specific dates. Hours vary by gallery, but can typically range from Noon -- 10PM. Many of The Downtown Art Walk activities take shape in and around the galleries predominantly on Spring and Main streets between 2nd and 9th streets. However, there is a plethora of art related events and openings, activities, and special programming that take place all over downtown. For the true art buyers and fans, arriving early offers a more relaxing stroll through the different galleries and art exhibits. As the evening progresses, more visitors descend on the area to meet up with friends and savor the local experience. Visitors and local downtowners can often be found patronizing the outcropping of local shopping, dining and entertainment establishments that have created the thriving, vibrant community. Video Produced & Directed by Zadi Diaz Website: http://www.zadidiaz.com About Zadi Diaz: Zadi Diaz is a two time Webby Award and two time Streamy Award winning new media producer, director, and web video pioneer as well as the co-founder of Smashface Productions, a new media production company focused on developing original programming for the web. She is best known as the co-creator, producer and host of Epic Fu, one of the most respected original web series about Internet culture which began in 2006, with over 85 million views worldwide. She currently works as Head of Content Development for Disney Interactive, creating shows for the web. Her online video career began in 2004 as an editor for a fictional web series called "Welcome to the Scene" about the Internet pirating scene, which was distributed and downloaded hundreds of thousands of times via BitTorrent. In 2005, she began producing short narrative videos for the web as a videoblogger. One mashup video garnered her a full-page in the New York Times for its social commentary on Hurricane Katrina by using copyrighted music and television news footage. That same year she became the west-coast correspondent for Rocketboom, a daily news show on the web. Her work in building online communities and deep understanding of social platforms and media has been recognized by the British Council and other organizations and has allowed her to travel to many parts of the world, including Ireland, Germany, France, and South Africa to explore how new media and entertainment can unite various cultures. As a producer, she has worked on various narrative non-fiction and documentary projects as well as branded entertainment series with high-profile brands. She has produced over 100 interviews for PBS and interviewed over 200 personalities, including Arianna Huffington, Sir Patrick Stewart, Patti Smith, Norman Lear, Mike Massimino (the first astronaut to tweet from space), and Grover. She has also produced videos for brands like Pepsi, Puma, Intel, HP, Netflix, GoDaddy, XBox, Paramount, and LionsGate and has produced and directed national TV commercials for J!NX, a clothing line for geeks. Prior to the web, Zadi worked for many years as a director/writer/producer in NYC theater by night, while working in publishing as an Art Director and Photo Editor by day. She was also the Director of Audience Development at the Spanish Repertory Theater, spearheading the International theater's move into the online world. In addition to the New York Times, Zadi's online video work has been highlighted in Forbes, CBS Evening News, MTV, The Associated Press, Ad Age, The Guardian, and many othe...