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EVENTS Tuesday, sepT. 22 Homeless Registry Union Rescue Mission, 545 S. San Pedro St., tinyurl. com/nvd6pd. 4 a.m.: In December 2007, the nonprofit Common Ground worked with 24 agencies to create a list of the people sleeping on the streets of Skid Row who were at the greatest risk of dying. The group will update the registry of street and sheltered homeless individuals within the three census tracts that make up Skid Row. Volunteers are needed to assist in the count. Training takes place Sept. 21, from 5:30-7 p.m. The count takes place Sept. 22-24, starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday, sepT. 23 Swine Flu Focus National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Ave., (213) 628-8141 or townhall-la.org. 8 a.m.: Town Hall Los Angeles presents a panel discussion on how best to avoid contracting H1N1, or swine flu. Experts agree that the best way to abate a pandemic is good hygiene and thoughtful planning. Learn how L.A.’s schools, businesses and emergency services are preparing for an outbreak. Panelists include Robert Kim-Farley, director of communicable disease control and prevention for the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. The event includes breakfast. Aloud at Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7509 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: Environment journalist Judith Lewis speaks with Colin Beavan about his family’s one-year experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle — no toilet paper, no plastic containers, no new clothes, no eating out, etc. — in New York City. Beavan will screen clips from the documentary that followed his family’s experiment. Lectures at SCI-Arc 960 E. Third St., W.M. Keck Lecture Hall, (213) 6132200 or sciarc.edu. 7 p.m.: The school hosts Eugene Thacker, associate professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Thacker will talk architecture as it applies to his research in continental and post-continental philosophy, science fiction and horror and media and science studies. Thursday, sepT. 24 All About Business Loans Historic Downtown Retail Project, 315 W. Ninth St., #501, (213) 488-3599 or info@downtownlaretail.com. 4-5 p.m.: Learn about the various types of business loans available to expand or start a business. Also covered in this free workshop are the components of a business loan package. Prepare to talk with a loan officer and receive free one-to-one technical and lending assistance. Friday, sepT. 25 Stair Climb to the Top US Bank Tower, 633 W. Fifth St., (213) 639-7451 or ymcastairclimb.org. 2:30 p.m.: The iconic Los Angeles fundraising event in which participants race up 1,500 steps of the tallest building west of the Mississippi to benefit the community programs of the Stuart M. Ketchum Downtown YMCA returns for its 16th year. Farmlab Public Salons 1745 N. Spring St. #4, (323) 226-1158 or farmlab.org. Noon: High in the Arctic, deep inside a frozen mountain, a concrete bunker provides protection to one of the most important resources for human life on Earth — seeds. Julian Laird, of the Rome-based Global Crop Diversity Trust, will describe not only how the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was built and how it works, but why its treasure is so valuable and yet so threatened. saTurday, sepT. 26 All About Historic Theatres Million Dollar Theatre, Third Street and Broadway, lahtf.org. 11 a.m.: The Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation celebrates the one year anniversary of its popular “All About” series, which leads tours of Downtown’s historic theaters with historian Ed Kelsey. Comprehensive booth-to-backstage-tobasement walking tours of the Globe/Morosco and Million Dollar will round out the event. Red Bull Soapbox Race Fifth Street and Grand Avenue, redbullsoapboxusa.com. 1 p.m.: Grand Avenue and Fifth Street in Downtown will be reconfigured into wide-open raceways as the Red Bull Soapbox Race screeches
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September 21, 2009