ECI CALENDAR & *WEBCASTS
from 1998

• LAVUG Monthly Meeting.
  JAVA 3D presentation by
  Henry Sowizral (Java 3D chief architect) & Kevin Rushforth (Java 3D lead engineer) of
  SUN Microsystems. Check out the LAVUG website for more info and a discount coupon.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1998
Time: 11AM - 5PM
Admission: FREE
FREE PARKING and SHUTTLE SERVICE will be available.

• ARTS FEST 98 This FREE event, full of fun for the family, is part of the 1998 Los Angeles County-Wide Arts Open House. It will include Live Music, Performances, Art, Workshops and more.

  ELECTRONIC CAFE INTERNATIONAL will present a VIDEO SCREENING at 2:00pm: "Six fACTS" curated by Jane Jo, features the film and video works of Southern California artists: Jane Jo, PJ Raval, Melinda Mrachek, Justin Ko, Nico Maestu, and Mikki Tam. "Six fACTS" examines the acts of remembering, documenting, and factualizing found in the histories of authoritarian media, popular anecdotes, and personal stories.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1998
Doors open at 7 PM
Admission: Free for anyone
*Webcast from 7:30pm - finish:

• IICS chapter meeting. Tonight's Topic will be, "Digital Coast/Tech Coast - What's Up With Them?" Confirmed speakers are: David Hankin - Mayor's rep. to the Tech Coast Initiative
  Rohit Shukla of LARTA and
  Tim Cooley of the Orange County Business Consul
  Please go to their website at www.la.iics.org for more information.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1998
*Performance starts promptly at 5:00pm PST
*Admission: $6 for adults, $4 for students (with ID). Senior citizens and children under 12 are free.
*Webcast from 5:00pm - finish.

• ALL OVER THE MAP
  L.A. Freewaves: The 6th Celebration of Independent Video and New Media Festival presents MILKSTAINED, A Live Event by M.A.M.A.
  combined with pre-recorded video. Milkstained addresses the contradictory cultural meanings that surround breast milk and breast feeding. M.A.M.A. is a newly-formed collaborative group of women artists (Athena Kanaris, Lisa Mann, Deborah Oliver, Lisa Schoyer, and Karen Schwenkmeyer) who have recently become mothers. Milkstained is part of a larger project that deconstructs what it means to be a mother and active artist.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
*Social at 7 PM
*Meeting at 7:30pm PST
*Admission: $5.00 LAVUG, IICS, AIP members/$10.00 non-members
*Webcast from 7:45pm - finish:

• LAVUG Monthly Meeting.
  A presentation by Brandon J. Rickman, who was a finalist in SIGGRAPH's 3D Web Roundup.

• LAVUG Monthly Meeting.
  This will be a night of HOT DEMOS! Celia Pierce will talk about the recent 3D Web Roundup at SIGGRAPH. Mitch Williams will be showing a JAVA 3D demo and a demo from Steve DiPaola of his Intelligent Wizard for the HP Palmtop. Dave Blackburn will also be showing a demo from SIGGRAPH's 3D Web Roundup, and we'll have a special presentation from Jorma Palo of Cybelius in Finland who will be demoing their new drag and drop tool used in creating VRML.
  For more infomation check out the LAVUG website at www.lavug.org.
  

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1998
Social at 7 PM
Meeting at 7:30pm PST
Admission: $5.00 LAVUG, IICS members/$10.00 non-members
*Webcast from 7:45pm - finish:

• LAVUG will be hosting a representative from METACREATIONS . They will be presenting their new 3D software as well as the rest of their funtastic software.
  www.metacreations.com.
  More details soon......

• IICS presents Celia Pierce, author of "The Interactive Book" and Panels Chairperson for this year's SIGGRAPH in Orlando, Florida.
  Please go to their website at www.la.iics.org for more information.

• IICS Chapter meeting - "The Look, Feel and Sound of Java" with guest speaker Bill Day, software engineer with SGI
  Please go to their website at www.la.iics.org for more information.

SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1998
Event starts at 7 PM
Admission: $FREE
*Webcast from 7:00pm - finish:

• TRAFFIC REPORT - The publication party for the 18th Street Arts Complex "TRAFFIC REPORT". Fiction plus poetry plus performance.
  

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1998
Social at 7 PM
Meeting at 7:30pm PST
Admission: $5.00 members/$10.00 non-members
*Webcast from 7:45pm - finish:

• LAVUG meeting with free Pizza and Suds!
  from Trapezium Development. Joh Johannesen will be presenting their new software. www.trapezium.com.

• IICS Chapter meeting - This meeting's topic will be on E-Commerce.
  Please go to their website at www.la.iics.org for more information.

THURSDAY, APRIL 09, 1998
Social at 7 PM
Meeting at 7:30pm PST
Admission: $5.00 members/$10.00 non-members
*Webcast from 7:45pm - finish:

• LAVUG meeting - "What is the Next Level of a VRML Community?;
  by Pascal Baudar, Creative Director of CYBERTOWN, a large VRML community located at www.cybertown.com.

• IICS Chapter meeting - "Webheads, Screenagers and the Virtual University"
  by Bernard J. Luskin, Chairman and CEO of CBCom, Inc., a media and telecommunications company with offices in Los Angeles and Beijing.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1998
7 PM (10pm EST) to 11PM
Admission: $5.00 LAVUG members/$10.00 non-members
*Webcast from 7:45pm - finish:

• LAVUG monthly meeting
  Ed LaHood, VP of PLATINUM Technology Inc., makers of VRCreator, will speak bout VRML Marketing.

  THEN VERY KEWL MUSIC:
  Starting at 9.00pm PST, by:

• Dr. Fiorella Terenzi Astrophysicis, Composer/Musician and Author, AND Jeannie Novak, Composer/Pianist, Founder of KALEIDOSPACE, and Author.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1998
6 PM (9pm EST) to 11PM
$8.00 admission
*Webcast from 6:00-8:00pm:

• "Two Places at One Time"
  Amy Knoles in Santa Monica with Neil B. Rolnick in NYC Via teleconferencing with ECI@ The Kitchen in New York City, Neil B. Rolnick and band FISH LOVE THAT with percussionist Amy Knoles of the Techno-Lust fame will premiere Rolnick's new work for transcontinental music and video.

  Two Places at One Time is part of Connections: Tones and Textures--a collaboration among Composers' Forum, Inc, The Kitchen, The iEAR Studios of RPI and Harvestworks/Studio Pass.