Don’t forget Kidical Mass(ive) Saturday! Global bike ride for the entire family, kids to seniors! Join us at Clover Park starting at 9am!
Sunday is COAST: Santa Monica Open Streets Celebration!!
Come visit our activation on Ocean Ave, just north of the Santa Monica Pier! We will have lots of FREE fun activities including: • Free Youth Small Wheels Skills Course! – bring your wheels or borrow one of our bikes • Bike Safety Checks – air pump, minor repairs! • Helmet Decorating – always fun! •. #BikeLocalSM #BuyLocalSM backpack coloring! • Suffragette Sash Decorating! – with League of Women Voters Santa Monica •. Sign up to win 1 of 2 FREE Huffy Cruisers!!
On September 15, everyone is invited to this free city celebration of a more people-powered and sustainable Santa Monica where they can showcase their favorite real or imaginary car-free way of getting around. In addition to the two miles of car-free streets filled with roaming musicians, hands-on activities and an assortment of participatory classes, the event will be a pageant of attendees’ creativity. See more on the event page HERE
WHERE: The event will be held on more than two miles of car-free streets in and around Downtown Santa Monica, including Ocean Ave. from Wilshire Blvd. to Colorado Ave., Colorado Esplanade from 5th St. to and including the Pier, and Main St. from Colorado Ave. to Pier Ave.
April 20th, starting at Memorial Park! KIDICAL MASS The Lorax Earth Day Bike Ride Tour to Park Drive Community Garden with FUN hands-on KIDS Workshops
DATE: SATURDAY APRIL 20th, 2019 TIME: 9:00 AM – NOON START: MEMORIAL PARK – By playground enter on 14th Street. PIT STOP Activities at Park Drive – Broadway between 24th & Park Dr
Our Earth Day theme is Dr Seuss’ The Lorax. We will spend more time at the Park Drive Park and Community Gardens with more fun activities!!
The Lorax was Dr. Seuss‘ personal favorite of his children’s book. It chronicles the plight of the environmentand the Lorax, who speaks for the trees against the Once-ler. As in most Dr. Seuss works, most of the creatures mentioned are original to the book. What costume will you dream up?
The book is commonly recognized as a fable and a story Dr Seuss was able to create addressing economic and environmental issues without it being dull. “The Lorax,†he once explained, “came out of me being angry. In The Lorax I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.â€
Join Santa Monica Spoke, the City of Santa Monica and Santa Monica Community Gardeners for Santa Monica’s Kidical Mass: The Lorax Family Ride and Garden Tour 2019. We will take a family friendly ride in Santa Monica to visit Park Drive Community Garden for a special kid friendly event. Prizes and giveaways!
Schedule 9::00am – 12:30pm
– Check-in, Morning Snacks (coffee and juice), Bike Safety Checks, Helmet Decorating. We ride to Park Drive Park and Community Gardens for extended pitstop activities! – Pitstop host Santa Monica Community Gardeners – Ride to Pit Stop visit at PARK DRIVE COMMUNITY GARDEN extended activities – Family Garden tours and Community Garden Workshop for the kids, seed planting, the life of soil! – Face Painting at Park Drive Park – Pancakes cooked right at the park, kids can create their own gummy worm dirt cups – Ride back to Memorial Park by noon,
* Children must be accompanied and are the responsibility of their parents. Bikes should be in good working condition. Free Safety Checks on site for minor adjustments/repairs. Please use good judgement – ride is on city streets – smaller children should be in a child seat, in a trailer or Tag-a-long……
Don’t have a bike –You can #RideBreeze!
Don’t have a Kid Carrying Bike? NOT  A PROBLEM ! Special 20% discount on Rentals at the Santa Monica Bike Center. You can find special Kid carrying cargo bikes, kid seats, trailers, tandems, tag-a-longs!! Anything you could need at a 20% discount for rentals) – Please reserve online and write “Kidical Mass†in the special requirements section of the reservation – 20% discount will be applied at check out! Reserve early and plan to pick up bikes Saturday morning in time to arrive at the event.
The weather is due to clear – we will still be at Ishihara Park!
DATE: SATURDAY February 9th TIME: 9:00 AM – NOON START: Ishihara Park (2909 Exposition Blvd) – meet Exposition Blvd between picnic area and playground.
Free: Gratis Please RSVP HERE so we have enough refreshments and activity supplies! Por favor RSVP AQUÃasà que tenemos suficientes refrigerios y materiales de actividad!
Click the image for all the Info! (bilingual)
Arrive early and don’t miss the FUN! We return to Ishihara Park for FUN and post-ride snacks. Pre-ride snacks, heart shaped pancakes, coffee, and beverages for the kids (Please help us reduce waste and be sustainable, bring your own cups/plates – we will have some too!), Check in, Helmet Decorating, Prizes, Free Bike Safety Checks provided by Performance Bicycles.
Don’t have a bike – You can #RideBreeze!
Don’t have a Kid Carrying Bike? NOT A PROBLEM ! Special 20% discount on Rentals at the Santa Monica Bike Center. Click image above for more info
* Children must be accompanied and are the responsibility of their parents. Bikes should be in good working condition. Free Safety Checks on site for minor adjustments/repairs. Please use good judgement – ride is on city streets – smaller children should be in a child seat, in a trailer or Tag-a-long……
Park(ing) Day is this Friday, September 21st 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Come visit us Downtown Santa Monica on Arizona, between Second and Fourth Streets for one of the largest Park(ing) Day activations in the region!  #Park(ing)Day!
Park(ing) Day is a worldwide annual event in which people are encouraged to reclaim and transform valuable urban real estate generally dedicated solely for the automobile into a multi-purpose gathering space for people to interact, relax and experiment. It’s a day to think about the future of our downtown and how we would like to see our urban environment evolve. What is the range of possibilities for creativity in a public space usually dedicated to the storage of a private vehicles?
To celebrate Park(ing) Day, Downtown Santa Monica Inc. has partnered with mobility companies Waze Carpool, Bird and Lyft, as well as the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division and Santa Monica Spoke for one of the largest Park(ing) Day activations in the region. We are so excited to participate as we all set up mini-parks along Arizona Avenue between Second and Forth Streets and feature different amenities and activities.
The parklets were created according to the theme “Street of the Future.â€
Please take a seat, enjoy the mini-parks and share your thoughts on the street of the future.View the event on Facebook here
Join us at 9am for breakfast snacks, coffee and juice, plus entertainment for the Kids before the ride!
Clover Park at 25th & Oak. See the event here for all the details!
Performance Bikes will be here doing bike safety checks. THE THEME WILL AGAIN BE SWASH BUCKLING PIRATES! – in Celebration of TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!
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For the fourth year we’ll be riding and celebrating on the largest “global family bike ride†ever and we’re looking for another great event in 2018! Join us as THOUSANDS of families around the globe go for a bike ride together. We’ll be showing that Kids are Traffic Too and that cities that plan for family biking are more livable, sustainable, profitable, and FUN!
Don’t have a bike –
You can #RideBreeze!
Don’t have a Kid Carrying Bike? NOT  A PROBLEM !
Special 20% discount on Rentals at the Santa Monica Bike Center. You can find special Kid carrying cargo bikes, kid seats, trailers, tandems, tag-a-longs!! Anything you could need at a 20% discount for rentals) – Please reserve online and write “Kidical Mass†in the special requirements section of the reservation – 20% discount will be applied at check out! Reserve early and plan to pick up bikes Saturday morning in time to arrive at the event.
