What we’re about
Unplug and unwind. Bond over shared experiences. Make authentic friendships.
So Cal Explorers Meetup is the antidote to a hyper-mediated, disconnected world. We go on outings to learn, explore, and celebrate Southern California's most historic, iconic, interesting, cool and lesser-known spots, together. It’s through shared experiences that bonds are formed. We are not a dating group. We are not a networking group. We want everyone to have a place where they can connect and form friendships with other adults without any pressure or ulterior motives.
We'll enjoy walking tours, presentations, hiking, kayaking, museums, live music, movies, dining, exploring, and meetin' up. While everyone 18 and older is welcome, we tend to be a group of progressive, slightly irreverent, 40-60 year olds with counter culture sensibilities.
Come explore with other like-minded folks for relaxed, casual, and fun socializing, learning and dining. So Cal Explorers is where awkward encounters turn into epic friendships!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- GETTY CENTER: LUMEN, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIGHTGetty Center, Los Angeles , CA
Cross-posted with LA & OC Weirdo Music & Art Forum
Date: Sunday, December 8, 2023
Enter at 12:00 pm
Exhibition tour: 1:30 to 2:15 pm
Give yourself at least 30 minutes to park and take the tram up to the museumVenue: GETTY CENTER
1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049Tickets: Free but you must reserve: https://tickets.getty.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp
Select December 8 at 12:00 PMParking is $25.00 per car. Carpooling is recommended.
Itinerary:
11:45 am meet and greet at the entrance
12:00 pm enter the museum
12:00 - 1:00 pm Join us for lunch at the cafeteria or explore exhibits on your own
1:15 pm line up for guided tour
1:30 - 2:15 pm Guided tour of Lumens: The Art and Science of Light
2:15 pm - ? explore exhibits
5:30 pm Museum closesLumens: The Art and Science of Light
Web page: https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/lumen/index.html
To be human is to crave light. We rise and sleep according to the rhythms of the sun, and have long associated light with divinity. Focusing on the arts of western Europe, Lumen explores the ways in which the science of light was studied by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers, theologians, and artists during the “long Middle Ages” (800-1600 CE). During this period science (or the study of the physical universe) served as the connective thread for diverse cultures across Europe and the Mediterranean, uniting scholars who inherited, translated, and improved upon a common foundation of ancient Greek scholarship. Several contemporary artworks, including special installations by Helen Pashgian and Charles Ross will extend the exhibition’s reach throughout the Museum.This exhibition is presented in English and Spanish. Esta exhibición se presenta en inglés y en español.
Related event: Prismatic Effect: A Conversation with Charles Ross
Hybrid event on October 27 at 1:00 pm PST
https://4142298.xyz/la-oc-weirdo-music-and-art-group/events/304064563Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting over 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
- NOIR MOVIE: STANLEY KUBRICK'S "THE KILLING"The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, CA
This is Stanley Kubrick's second feature film, and a great one at that!
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 96% favorable rating!
Date: Thursday, December 12, 8:00 PM
Venue: The Frida Cinema
305 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701Optional dinner 6:30 at Taqueria Guadalajara
305 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
(a few doors down from the theater)Tickets: $13.00
https://thefridacinema.org/movies/the-killing/
(Select Dec. 12)About the film:
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/c0Odg-GY40w?si=802Wzukl2JZBEXtgDirector: Stanley Kubrick
Run Time: 85 min.
Rating: PG
Release Year: 1956
Starring: Coleen Gray, Jay C. Flippen, Sterling Hayden, Ted de Corsia, Vince EdwardsRevisit one of Stanley Kubrick’s first features with 1956’s The Killing, the next entry in our Kubrick Christmas series.
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White, The Killing is a thrilling noir and early testament to Kubrick’s cinematic talent.
After just being released from a five-year stint in prison, Johnny Clay has assembled a five-man team, including two insiders, to carry out what he estimates will be a $2 million heist at Lansdowne Racetrack, the take to be split five ways, minus expenses. Besides Johnny, none of the men truly are criminals in the typical sense. In addition to the other four team members, Johnny has hired two men outside of the team to carry out specific functions for a flat fee; the other four will not meet the two men for hire or know who they are, while the two men for hire will not be told of the bigger picture of the heist. None involved are to tell anyone, even their loved ones, about the job. Each of the five have a specific reason for wanting his share of the money: Johnny, in wanting to get married to his longtime girlfriend Fay, the two who have known each other since they were kids, realizes that to live comfortably, he has to shoot for the moon instead of carrying out the penny-ante stuff that put him behind bars; Marvin Unger, a bookkeeper who is bankrolling the plan, is doing it out of his friendship and loyalty to Johnny; Randy Kennan, a crooked police officer, is already late with his repayment to a loan shark; Mike O'Reilly, one of the track's bartenders, wants to be able to provide better overall care, most importantly medical, to his bedridden wife, Ruthie O'Reilly; and milquetoast George Peatty, one of the track's ticket clerks, is trying to buy back the love of his shrew of a wife of five years, Sherry Peatty, if he ever had her love at all. The elaborate plan requires meticulous timing by all seven men.
- IMDB
