Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 117
PROGRAMMING CATEGORIES (CONTINUED)
Markets and Festivals
• Plan focused community-wide events meant to
be longer in duration and more substantial in
terms of production, scheduled on weekends
and in limited occurrences so as not to
prevent regular usage of parks. This includes
existing festivals such as Fiesta La Ballona
and aspirational programming that will be
achievable in different spaces at different scales.
• Focus on easier to implement programs, but
continue with already-successful events.
Figure 105. Community members enjoy Fiesta La Ballona. Source:
OLIN, 2024.
Live Entertainment
• Arrange small-scale concerts coordinated with
time of day and year, and in coordination with
the Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission and
the Culver City Arts Foundation.
• Schedule more traditional soloists on weekdays
and weekends, with local bands when
appropriate in the evening.
• Incorporate participatory dancing into
live entertainment whenever it is possible
and appropriate (focus on live music and
performance partners that lend themselves
to dancing)
• Schedule DJs and more traditional soloists at
times and locations where people are more
likely to be (because of established usage
patterns or other programs and events taking
place) on weekdays and weekends, with local
bands when appropriate in the evening
Figure 106. The Culver Steps hosts a musical performance. Source:
OLIN, 2024.
Education
• Implement a mix of instructional classes, and
install educational signage in parks.
• Learning opportunities should focus on early
childhood (up to four years old) and seniors,
generally scheduled for weekday mornings.
• Pursue partnerships with mission-driven
nonprofit education organizations to leverage
expertise and subsidize expenses
• In some cases, other activation categories
can be augmented to provide for education
opportunities, e.g. arts education utilizing the
art cart, or health and wellness during fitness
classes
• Include environmental education by utilizing
proximity to Ballona Creek, topography,
adjacent uses, and viewsheds throughout the
system.
Figure 107. A group of children sit together outside. Source: Monkey
Business Images/Shutterstock.com. Accessed June 6, 2024.
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