l.a. Lights What to do in Los angeles ALC’s 70th Biennial Convention, favorites! Don’t forget to get a view of at the Los Angeles Convention the TCL Chinese Theatre on the way, Center, is less than five months where the handprints and footprints naway. Delegates to the conven- of some 200 Hollywood stars adorn the tion will come together in a city filled courtyard. For more information, go to with attractions, some familiar and walkoffame.com. others surprising. Here we present some highlights of things to see and do Hollywood Forever Cemetery in the City of Angels when the conven- This historic resting place of many tion isn’t in session. notable entertainment figures opened in 1899, but was crumbling by 1998 when new owners transformed it into a more fitting tribute to the deceased of Hollywood. At the graves of some of the stars buried there, short docu- mentary films about their lives play in perpetuity. The new owners built the largest mausoleum in the world, and they celebrate life with concerts and film screenings there. Notable cem- etery occupants include director Cecil B. DeMille, George Harrison of The Hollywood Beatles, movie trailer voice-over art- ist Don LaFontaine (“In a world...”), It’s the first place most people think movie star Jayne Mansfield, Dee Dee of in Los Angeles—the neighborhood Ramone of The Ramones, gangster symbolic of fame and wealth. “Tinsel- Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, actor Ru- town” is home to several major film studios, but it is also an ethnically and dolph Valentino and King Kong lead- economically diverse neighborhood ing lady Fay Wray. For more informa- in its own right. It’s also a good place tion, go to hollywoodforever.com. The to find a star tour that will take you to cemetery, which offers guided tours, some of the homes and hangouts of is located at 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. the most glamorous, and scandalous, in Hollywood. Gates are open from people in the entertainment industry. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; mausoleum And, of course, you can look for the hours vary. iconic Hollywood sign to remind you Universal Studios that you’re really there. Speaking of fame, the Hollywood Just north of Hollywood is a place to Top: The famous Hollywood sign Walk of Fame along 15 blocks of Hol- enjoy the complete movie experience— Above: Universal Studios theme park lywood Boulevard and three blocks the Universal Studios Hollywood of Vine Street has more than 2,500 theme park. Some other major film brass stars embedded in the sidewalk studios offer tours, but Universal has containing the names of famous en- transformed the experience into a full- tertainment figures, including actors, blown theme park, complete with rides directors, producers, musicians and and shows that bring the big screen to even fictional characters. Find your life. The highlight is the Studio Tour

10 The Postal Record May 2016 ride, which combines special-effect pits are still bubbling with black tar, thrills straight from the movies with a and at the adjacent La Brea Tar Pits set tour of movies familiar and current- Museum, you can see the fossilized ly shooting. Survive an earthquake! bones they left behind. The museum Escape King Kong! Navigate a maze is located at 5801 Wilshire Blvd. and full of zombies! Many of your favorite is open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 5 movies and TV shows become reality p.m. Basic admission is $12 for adults, here. See universalstudioshollywood. $9 for seniors and students, and $5 for com for more information, including children ages 3 to 12. ticket information. Los angeles County museum of art Santa Monica State Beach and Pier Next door to the tar pits, at 5905 From the convention center, head Wilshire Blvd., is the acclaimed Los west on I-10 to the Pacific Ocean and Angeles County Museum of Art, the Top: The Santa Monica Pier hang out at the quintessential beach largest in the West, which boasts Above: A fossil from the La Brea Tar Pits scene. Soak up the scenery and enjoy more than 150,000 works spanning the soft sand, or walk the boardwalk the history of art from ancient times and enjoy the many seaside shops and to the present. Speaking of large restaurants. Try not to hum the theme art, take a look at Levitated Mass, a to “Baywatch”—the show’s opening 340-ton boulder suspended above a credits were shot there. Or grab a long- concrete pedestrian trench outside the The Grammy Museum board and switch to your favorite Beach museum, which is open Monday, Tues- Boys song. The California weather is day and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; likely to be just fine. At the center of the Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and action is the Santa Monica Pier with Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and closed rides, eateries, street performers and Wednesday. Basic tickets are $15 for fishing. See santamonicapier.org for adults; $10 for seniors; children 17 and more information. The pier is open day under are admitted free. and night, though individual business- es have their own hours. The Grammy museum La Brea Tar Pits Located at the L.A. Live entertain- ment complex adjacent to the con- Over many millennia, pre-historic vention center, the Grammy Museum mammoths, dire wolves, short-faced celebrates the history of the Grammy bears, ground sloths, saber-toothed Awards and the creative process, art cats and other species wandered and technology that make the annual to their doom into natural pools of music awards ceremony possible. asphalt that seeped to the surface of Whatever your musical tastes—wheth- prehistoric Los Angeles, trapping them er you’re all shook up or all about that in a sticky goo. Predators looking for bass—you’ll experience the best in an easy meal courtesy of the trapped recorded music and the stories behind animals suffered the same fate. The the talent here. The address is 800

May 2016 The Postal Record 11 W. Olympic Blvd., just a few blocks’ tion and a list of stores, restaurants walk from the convention center. See and other attractions. grammymuseum.org for more infor- mation. The museum is open Monday California Science Center through Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., This hands-on museum of science and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to and technology will take you deep 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.95 for adults, under the ocean or up into space. Learn $11.95 for seniors and $10.95 for chil- about ecosystems by traveling through dren aged 6 to 17. them in a two-story exhibit that in- Rodeo Drive cludes aquariums and live animals. See Top right: The California Science Center is Space Shuttle Endeavour up close and the home of the space shuttle Endeavor Shopping is the No. 1 industry on discover some of the science behind Above: Rodeo Drive this tony street in Beverly Hills. It is this amazing space vehicle. Walk inside fun to browse or watch other people a simulated moving Spacelab to experi- shop, even if the price tags give you a ence the strange feeling of life without shock. Prada, Gucci, Versace, Tiffany, gravity. The center’s IMAX theatre will Valentino, Armani, Dior, Cartier—all blow you away with several giant- the designer brands you’ve heard of, screen 3D films. The center is at 700 if not actually owned, are here. The Exposition Park Drive, two miles south quaint cobblestone walkways at the of the convention center and next to the heart of the district, at Two Rodeo Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, home Drive, are worth the trip just to soak of the University of Southern California up the atmosphere. The big luxury Trojans. The center is open daily, 10 stores, including Neiman-Marcus, Saks a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is free, Fifth Avenue and Barneys New York, but some special exhibits, including are represented, too, as well as small Endeavour and IMAX movies, require boutiques with unique finds. Go to tickets. Got to californiasciencecenter. rodeodrive-bh.com for more informa- org for more information. PR oxygen, wheelchair and scooter rental; Convention deadlines f you require oxygen refills while vations or for more information, call Constitution to be submitted for consider- in Los Angeles, you may contact 888-441-7575 or visit http://locations. ation at the convention must be received iOxygen Concentrator Inc., which scootaround.com/NALC. by Rhine’s office by June 15. That date is can help you choose the portable con- 60 days in advance of the convention, as centrator that will meet your needs. Key convention deadlines prescribed by the Constitution. Available portable concentrators Delegate eligibility lists for the Proposed amendments will appear include the Inogen One G2, Respiron- national convention have been mailed in this July’s Postal Record for the ics SimplyGo, Respironics EverGo, to all branches. The lists must be membership to review. SeQual Eclipse, Inogen One G3, DeV- completed and returned to Secretary- Resolutions to be considered by del- ilbiss iGO and Oxlife Independence. Treasurer Nicole Rhine’s office at egates also must be received by the June Weekly rental packages start at $245. NALC Headquarters no later than June 15 deadline in order to be printed in Call 877-303-7062. 15 in order for branch representatives the Resolutions and Amendments book Electric mobility scooters and to be registered as delegates to the provided to delegates. wheelchairs are available for rent convention. Resolutions received after June 15 still from Scootaround. For advance reser- All proposed amendments to the NALC may be considered at the convention. PR

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