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Code4Lib 2017 Social Activities

The Social Activities Group is working on several events and social opportunities for after conference hours. We will be adding more events as they come along. Watch this page!

Also, if you find a cool event to go to, and want to share the wealth with others, feel free to add the event to the page. :)

Planned Events

Newcomer Dinner, Monday, March 6th

First time at code4lib? Join fellow c4l newbies and veterans for an evening of food, socializing, and stimulating discussions about demonstrations of the many uses of bacon XML EZProxy LibGuides alternatives spreadsheets documentation.

Code4Lib veterans, you're invited too. Join us in welcoming the newcomers!

Plans

• When: Monday, March 6th
• Time: 6 PM (ish) or whenever you can get your group together
• Mastermind (if you have any questions): Becky Yoose

Guidelines:

• Max of 6 per group
  • Please, no waitlisting
  • Some restaurants can hold multiple groups of six. It is up to you to investigate the venue to see if this is possible.
• ID yourselves so we can get a good mix of new people and veterans in each group
  • New folks - n
  • c4l vets - v
• One leader needed for each location (declare yourself! - Vets are highly encouraged to lead the group)
  • Leader duties
    • Make reservations if required; otherwise make sure that the restaurant can handle a group of 6 rowdy library tech type folks
    • Herd folks from hotel to restaurant (know where you're going!)
• See a restaurant that's not listed? Feel free to add one, but please make sure that it is open that Monday evening.

The restaurant list and sign up will be available by mid-February 2017.

Social Map - Places of Interest

Ideas

• More formalized outing to The Getty Center on Sunday and/or Thursday afternoon?
• Jog4Lib

Local Food

Restaurants

Where To Eat at UCLA — a guide to food on campus.

Zomato —The 200 or so restaurants and coffee shops in and around Westwood, sorted by distance.

Donuts

Desserts

Coffee

Local Drinks

Bars

Breweries

Bottle Shops and Taprooms

LA Events

Saturday and Sunday, March 4 & 5

• Saturday only - International Printing Museum (You can also make an appointment during the week to see the museum!)
• Saturday only - José González & The Göteborg String Theory, Royce Hall, UCLA
• Sunday only - Smorgasburg, L.A.
• White Guy on The Bus, The Road on Magnolia

Monday, March 6

Tuesday, March 7

• Trisha Brown Dance Company - In Plain Site:LA, The Broad

Wednesday, March 8

• Incident at Oglala, Hammer Museum

Thursday, March 9

• The Politics and Problematics of Representation, Hammer Museum

All days

• Breaking News: Turning the Lends on Mass Media, Getty Center
• David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters, Forest Lawn Memorial Park
• Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
• Zoot Suit Mark Taper Forum

Getting Around

All info on getting to the hotel is on the conference website: http://2017.code4lib.org/venue/