On the Santa Monica Pier

Date: 2 Nov 2023
Local Start Time: 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: Santa Monica Pier
Address: 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401

3:30 - 5:00 PM - Workshop with Students Rebuild

Make postcards with Students Rebuild welcoming new immigrant and refugee children to the Los Angeles community!

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Walk with Little Amal

CARS is partnering with Los Angeles based Kumu Hula Keali'i Ceballos, an internationally acclaimed teacher, dancer and choreographer of Hawaiian and Polynesian dance. He will be accompanied by his award winning dance company/hula school - Halau Hula Keali'i O Nalani and by musician, composer and Grammy Award-winner Daniel Ho on the ukelele. Together they will welcome little Amal with a celebration of voice and dance that embodies the creative life force in Hawaiian culture. As the sun sets on the bay the air will be filled with sacred chants and soul-lifting melodies reflecting both the ancient and the modern.

SUPPORTERS AND DONORS

On the Pier, at the Santa Monica Pier is produced by Community Arts Resources.

On the Pier is made possible by our generous supporters and donors: The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation, City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department - Art of Recovery Fund, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Skirball Cultural Center, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Felicia Rosenfeld and David Linde, Yuval Bar-Zemer, the Santa Monica Pier, and the Topa Institute.

Amal Walks Across America is produced by The Walk Productions in association with Handspring Puppet Company. 

Amal Walks Across America was made possible with an inaugural investment from the Doris Duke Foundation, as well as leadership support from the Bezos Family Foundation. Additional generous support was provided by the Backstage Trust, the Barr Foundation, Sunny Bates, Ben & Jerry's, Bloomberg Philanthropies, CARE, Choose Love, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, El-Hibri Foundation, Landry Family Foundation, Ruby Lerner, Lush Cosmetics, the McMillan Stewart Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, the Opportunity Fund, The Shapiro Foundation, Students Rebuild, T. Rowe Price, the Thorne Cox Family Foundation, Barbara Tober in honor of Diane Love, and The W Trust.