We're Buying A Building!

What? Yes! It's true, we - the volunteers of the Bicycle Kitchen - are thisclose to buying a building of our very own. We promise to share more details about space itself VERY soon but rest assured, it'll nearby, bigger, badder, and more OWNED than ever before!

We need your donations to help make this happen. Follow this link to donate, learn more, and watch a rad little video about the project.

Do It Yourself, Do It Together, Do it FOREVER!!!

CICLAVIA ReCap from Two Cooks

Andrew West provides the words and Jonah Schwartz the images. It was a truly great day!

"Well, we made $750 that day. I was impressed. And then between the cycling insanity and the gangster ganja, I couldn't figure out where the door lock was, had Jenny call Jonny Green to find where it had gone, and later realized I had put it where we found it, earlier in the day."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarlo/sets/72157625012256945/show/

Bare Knuckle Update and other Silent Auction Opportunities

The bidding on the Bare Knuckle bicycle is now at $500! And to tempt you with some other silent auction items that will be available to bid on the night of our EPIC BENEFICT CONCERT we're thrilled that the people in our neighborhood are kicking in. And it's not just bikey stuff!

Glamour Hair Studio, Vlad the Retailer, Jenette Bras, Orange 20, Tracko, Little Red Riding Hood, Cafecito Organico, Cateye, Matrushka just for starters.

HIP, HIP HOOOO RAAAAAY!!!

Hope to see you there!

Your friendly neighborhood cooks.

FINAL FUNDRAISING PARTY::BOOKED!

Well, folks, it's been a hefty, hearty 3 month First Ever Fundraising Campaign here on Hel-Mel for us Cocineros.

What better way to end than to shake our booties to VERY BE CAREFUL!!!

Saturday, June 12th, 9 pm at The Strange.

Full Details to follow.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Cooks.

BICYCLE VENDING MACHINE!!!

What you have to look forward to at the Tubesteaks Under the Stars.

This Sunday, May 23rd starting at 4pm at the Bicycle Kitchen.

BRING QUARTERS TO THE FUNDRAISER for you are gazing at none other than the patented, high-end, bastion of technology-oriented BICYCLE VENDING MACHINE. NO ONE gets ripped off! Our technicians spent hours packing every single little bubble with scads of obscure and fantastic trinkets and prizes. We're not guaranteeing that you will receive something you need, but we can guarantee that is is probably something you want,or that someone else will covet what you get.

Will you get a pin? A plastic bug? A compass for your bicycle? Only your purchase will tell you...

BBQ at the Pantry THIS Sunday!

Sunday, April 4th | 2pm-8pm | $5 suggested donation

@ The Pantry
(the orange shack across from the Kitchen)

Come celebrate the first month of our Fundraising Campaign with:

1. BBQ and Beverages and Sorbet from Scoops!!

2. Raffle! Schwag and Workshops

3. Music and Bikes AND Fun!!!

Mobile Bici on Wednesdays!

mobile bici and city of lights at IDEPSCA

parts sorter all the way from humboldt!

Every Wednesday from 9am to noon, finds cooks Arlen and Ramon downtown on Main at 18th Street at IDEPSCA's day laborer center. There, in a workroom with guitars along one wall, you can find folks busy at work fixin' bikes, natch! As mentioned before, in partnership with LACBC's City of Lights program, the Bicycle Kitchen is helping to teach bicycle mechanics. Another awesome CoL volunteer, Woody, brought this amazing old metal sorter down from Humboldt and then he and Ramon BIKED it downtown from his place in Hi-Fi! Couldn't resist the photo. It wouldn't really fit at the current Kitchen space, but it's pretty much a perfect thing for bike parts, no?

In other news, we're still fundraising! Reaching the end of the first month and the response so far has been super. We want to give you a heads up that the planned block party with Orange 20 has been cancelled, BUT we are going to throw a BBQ in honor of and right next to the Pantry! It's scheduled for Sunday, April 4th. Keep your eyes peeled here for details. And, hey, come get your bike washed by the kids of Earn-A-Bike this Sunday!!!

Ride ON!

Habeas Lounge

The Bicycle Kitchen will be participating in a discussion about bicycles and public transportation and LACBC will be there with some bike valet! Come on Down!

http://www.habeaslounge.org/