MGN Five Star Cinema

Join us for this panel at Glendale Tech Week as we hear panelists discuss how design has the potential to shape community and inspire innovation. Three perspectives on design are offered by: Alan Loomis, Deputy Director of Urban Design and Mobility, as he discusses an ambitious freeway cap project, called Space 134,over the 134 Freeway. Andy Stevens, Community Sales Lead at WeWork, as he discusses the spirit of collaboration and community that has developed within the wall of WeWork through design, beer and coffee. Debra Gerod, Partner at Gruen Associates, as she discusses her latest undertaking in designing a Maker...

The bestselling book and blockbuster film The Martian takes the work NASA's Mars exploration and extends it into fiction set in the 2030s, when NASA astronauts are regularly traveling to Mars and living on the surface. NASA collaborated on this film with 20th Century Fox Entertainment, providing guidance on production design and supplying technical consultants. One of those consults includes Dr. Jim Green, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division. Please join us to hear Dr. Green describe his experience as an advisor to the film and how the science depicted relates to our understanding of conditions on Mars.

Join us for a panel discussion as part of Glendale Tech Week as we hear three perspectives on how the strategies of engaging three different audiences - customers, readers and residents - has evolved as technology and its platforms have changed. The speakers include: Edward Barrera, media relations and public relations consultant, is a former journalist and editor whose work was published in the Los Angeles Daily News, the New York Daily News and other newspapers and online sites. He later joined a California-based social media startup as founding content editor and social media strategist. He will guide us through...

Members: $10 Non-Members: $20 Parking is directly across the street at the Exchange parking garage, with 90 minutes free parking.

Guest Speaker: TBA Topic: TBA $20 for Members $30 for Non-Members

This is an exciting national and international film festival in the beautiful City of Glendale, California, all film makers are welcome. Our wonderful venue is the MGN FIVE STAR CINEMA, where you can have dinner and a movie, relax in comfortable reclining chairs, eat and drink and make merry! Special awards are given to film makers residing in the Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and Los Angeles areas. International, national and local films are invited as well as web series, short shorts, new media animation and student films. We are especially looking for films with a scientific bent, environmental and action films...

5-Star Cinema 128 N. Maryland Ave.