More Summertime Shakespeare: LA Bicycle Ride to Othello

Thanks to support from REI, CICLE LA Urban Expeditions offers regular family friendly rides in LA to events.

Next up is a Shakespeare Ride Sunday, July 18th, 2010 meeting at 4:00 pm at the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round parking lot just inside the Los Feliz/Riverside entrance to Griffith Park. And it’s all free, free, free, free!

The ride begins at 4:30pm and meanders through Los Feliz to the Shakespeare Bridge to arrive just before 7:00 pm at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park in time to watch the acclaimed Independent Shakespeare Co.’s production of Othello at their new summer stage. Free

What to Bring: A bicycle, in good running order. (Please have bike inspected and tuned at least once a year at a bike shop.) All participants under 18 must wear a helmet and be escorted by a parent or guardian. Children under age 8 should be on a tag-a-long, bike trailer, tandem, or other safe child-carrying device to participate in the ride. It will get cool so bring some warm cover and please make sure any period costumes will not get caught in bikes!

As mentioned above, C.I.C.L.E.’s Urban Expeditions program is made possible with support from REI. Visit www.CICLE.org or call 323.478.0060 for more information.

Of course you don’t have to ride your bike there and Othello plays on other days throughout the month of July: Thursday – Sunday, July 8 – August 1 at 7:00 p.m. Independent Shakespeare Co. Festival Stage
Griffith Park Old Zoo near 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, 90027 (next to the Merry-Go-Round and the Wilson Harding Golf Course) Much Ado About Nothing opens August 5. While events are free, donations are gratefully accepted.

A great LA day to me this summer sounds like a day at the nearby Autry Museum with a play in the evening!