Every month, The Ahimsa Collective puts on the Community Pool, an art party at the Improv Space, an awesome performance space where dancers, improvisers, stand-up comedians, musicians, and more come together to perform, while visual artists create LIVE and auction their work.

The next Community Pool will be held Sunday, September 19th. We'll have a boatload of awesome artists and performers

The Community Pool is held at the The Improv Space at 954 Gayley Ave in Westwood, CA 90024. A map is provided below.

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Are you a Performer? A visual artist? Sign up to perform or create at the Community Pool!

Visual Artists: If you are interested in creating live art at the show, your work will be auctioned off at the end of the night,and you will keep 25% of the winning bid. if you bring in art previously made, you can keep 75% of winning bids. Cool deal? At our last fundraiser, all artists sold almost all of their work, many for the first time in their lives!

Other Artists: Though we cannot pay you at this time, you are allowed to sell any and all of your groups merchandise/cds/etc, and keep all of the profit. you can also advertise anyway you want: bring flyers, business cards, etc.

Your Name/Group Name:


Performance Genre (stand-up, dance, regurgitation, etc.):


Length of Performance (typically 10-30 minutes):


Your Email Address:


Technical Requirements:
(The Improv Space has a variety of lighting/sound options)

Previous Community Pool Lineups

August 15th
BJ Clark (music)
Madeline Harris (movement)
Kirsten Opstad (music)
Negin Singh/Wes Gabrillo (spoken word)
Laura Hartley (Movement)
Dakaboom (music/variety)
Allen Strickland Williams (stand up)
Vincent Munoz (music)
Chris Smith (juggling)
Anne Brashier (variety)
Improv
Colin O'Brien-Lux and friends! (music)

Visual Artists include David Branson, Yalda, and more to come! Also featuring Tarot Card readings by Mish Rogers.

July 25th, 2010
Robin Chopra (DJ/experimental)
Lindsay Katai (stand-up)
Kathryn Green (music)
Matthew Chester (stand up)
Jen Awad (music)
Shea Depmore (spoken word)
Meghan Brown (excerpt)
Palm of Granite (music)
CC Swiney (stand up)
Les Chattes (music)
Maynon (music)
The Improv Space Team

Plus, visual artists including Sebastian Kadlecik, Michael Rivera, Brianna Johnson, Lucie Lacombe, and Byung Kim!

June 20th, 2010
Trapbyall (music)
Le ti (Music)
BC Petrakos and Eric Lawson (Spoken Word)
BJ Allman (music)
Andrew Pearson (movement)
Micah Cover (Magic)
Oak Street Blues (music)
Emilio Aldrich (spoken word)
Token Boy (improv)
Broken Numbers Band (music)
Yvette Holzwarth
DJ set

Visual artists included Sebastian Kadlecik (featured artist) Thom Howarth, Jessie Castillo, Hollis Hart, Rochel Mohan, and Michael Jones.

April 18th, 2010
Suenoz (music)
Eric Lawson (poetry)
The Trees (music)
Allen Strickland Williams (poetry)
Brando (1st scene of Lysistrata)
Kat Greene (music)
Emilio Aldrich (poetry)
Everybody Nose (clown performance)
Negin SIgnh and Jack De Sena: What we learned in India (variety)
Infantree (music)
CC Swiney (stand up)
The Over-Rehearsed (music)
Suddenly Dapper (music/variety)
Improv Space (improv)

Visual artists included featured artist Nadine Marie (paintings), Brittany Green (collage), Peggy Chin (tapestry), and Sebastian Kadlecik (live visual art).

March 21st, 2010
Rustom Cyrus (music)
Les Chattes (music)
Brenda Petrakos (poetry)
Sean Pawling (music)
Everybody Nose (clown piece)
Erin Brown (standup)
Trapbyall (music)
Jack De Sena and Chris Smith (variety)
Big Foot/Little Brother
Mike Postalakis (standup)
Jessica Rose-Felix (poetry)
Flying Machine
Emma Harris (dance)
Jack De Sena (reading)
The Waitlist

Also, visual artists Vanessa Arnez (featured), Michael Jones, Mike Riviera, Michaela, Randall Bass, Shani Ben-David, and Lydia Parish.

February 21, 2010
Kit's Boyfriend's Band (music)
Here We Go (improv)
Danny Tieger (music)
Colin and Anne Rap (music)
Yasu's and Darcy's Magic
Negin Singh and Sebastian Kadelecik (spoken word)
Mrs. Hoop (music)
Bigfoot and Little Brother (music)
Allen Strickland Wiliams (stand up)
Everybody Nose (clown performance)
Signature Accapella (music)
Improv Space's Improv

Plus visual artist by Michael Jones (featured artist), Vanessa Arnez, Shani Ben-David, and Maria Perenteau.

December 23rd, 2009
Flying Machine (music)
Josh Duvendeck (stand up)
Ketchup Soup (music)
Jessica Rose Felix (poetry)
Negin Singh and Laura Hartley
Matt Chester (stand up)
Black Crystal Wolf Deer (music)
Kit Steinkellner (reading)
Kit's Boyfriend's Band (music)
Red Snapper (burlesque)
The Improv Space Mainstage Team!

Featuring visual art by Rob Tokarz (featured), Mike Rivera, Michaela McKetrick , Anahit Vart, Michael Jones, and Sebastian Kadlecik, and Vikki Sanchez's jewelry.

November 28th, 2009
Here We Go (improv)
Jack Nicolaus and Negin Singh (performance piece)
Jessica Reiner-Harris (stand-up)
Allen Strickland Williams (stand-up)
Polyhymnia (music)
Baul Point Pen (music)
Underwater (music)
Sara Silkin (movement piece)
Patrick Burns and Julia Goretsky (cabaret)

Plus live visual art created by David Kantrowitz (featured artist), Rosalie Miller, Brianna Johnson, and Sebastian Kadlecik.

October 25th, 2009
Tim Hayne
Welcome to Everyone
Leena Culhan (music)
Shea Depmore (spoken word)
Ladies and Gentlemen (improv)
Amin El Gamal (spoken word)
Port (music)
Laura Hartley movemnt piece
Everybody Nose (clown piece)
Time Police (music)
Allen Strickland Williams (stand-up comedy)
Darcy Prevost - The Diablo!
Mrs. Hobbes (music)
Everybody Nose (clown piece)
Adam Mackintosh and the Last Dancers (music)

Plus live visual art by Ryan Mickelson (Featured Artist), Sarah Cho, Maggie Peters, Jennifer Zeller, Michaela Mcketrick, Leonardo Alannis.

September 25th, 2009
The Covergirls (music)
Token boy (improv)
Kai (dance)
The Open House Collective (music)
Madeline Harris (spoken word)
Everybody Nose (clown piece)
Fantastadon (improv)
LA Font (music)
Kit Steinkellner (poetry reading)
B.A.R.E. (music/theater)
Everybody Nose (clown piece)
Fight Friendly (music)

Plus live visual art created by Michael Rivera (Featured Artist), Brianna Johnson, Sebastian Kadlecik, Claudia Monroy, Alisha Choi, Sarah Cho, Ryan Mickelson,and Leonardo Alannis.

July 25th, 2009
The Time Police (band)
Fiasco! (improv)
Allen Strickland Williams (stand-up)
Dante Cimadamore (music)
Sebastian Kadlecik (spoken word)
Colin O'Brien-Lux (music)
Everybody Nose (clowning)
Maggie Boles (music)
Tremendosaur (short film)
Benefit Friends (DJ)
Kai Hazelwood (dance)
Under Water (music)
Madeline Harris (spoken word)
Slumber Party (DJ)
Downtown Train (music)
Chris Smith (Juggling)
Amin El Gamal (spoken word),
King Famous (hip-hop)
And more (if you can believe it)!

Plus, live visual art created by:
Michaela McEttrick (featured artist), Sarah Pavsner, Justin Namon, Sebastian Kadlecik, Byron K. Everitt, Jodi Scofield, Jenn Bakalar, Tatiana Bracinac, Carly Weckstein, and Troy Alexander.

June 28th, 2009
Pre-show: DRUM CIRCLE
Infantree (music)
Everybody Nose (clown performance)
Token Boy (improv comedy)
Maxwell Schneller- reading
Nathan Gaunt - music
Bethany and Emma (poetry/dance)
Brian Aspell (music)
Kit Steinkellner (reading)
Time Police (music)
Carly Nykanen (stand-up comedy)
Sara Silkin (dance)
Sebastian Kadlecik (spoken word)
Everybody Nose (clown performance)
Vince McKelvie (DJ/VJ set/art installation set)

Sunday, April 26th
Sassy Angel Kisses (music)
Kai (movement art)
Token Boy (improvisational comedy)
Everybody Nose (preview for Everybody Nose Coffee)
Lady Danville (music)
Chris Smith (insane.freaking.juggling)
Fiasco! (improvisational comedy)
Erin Daley and Cara Brody (performance art/devised theatre)
Links (music)
Younger Statesmen (sketch comedy)
Maggie Boles (music)
Everybody Nose (clown performance, preview for Everybody Nose Coffee)

Featured Visual Artist: Sebastian Kadlecik.
Also featuring: Jaime Richter, Shea Depmore.