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It's that time again! TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW for our annual Rock for HARK event, featuring the phenomenally dynamic Sugar Ray, and hosted by HARK fave, comedian Wendy Libman - at a new venue, the historic Avalon Hollywood!
DATE: Saturday, December 16 2023
TIME: 5:00-9:00pm
Read moreThe Garland is putting on a summer music series benefiting local charities, and on Thursday, June 29th, the door proceeds benefit HARK!
Enjoy a night of live music featuring the West Coast All-Star Band
Thursday, June 29th - 7-10pm cover only $10!
Tickets available through Eventbrite, or scan the QR code on the poster.
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Hi friends! HARK is once again at the Beverly Hills Art Show and they are celebrating their 50 year anniversary! Come out and join us there - we are at Booth no. 7, in front of the lily pond. There are food trucks and a wine and beer garden. And it's free!
Date: May 20 & 21 Time: 10am-6pm Location: 1300 Park Way, Beverly Hills CA 90210
Happy New Year !
Thank you for supporting HARK! Because of all of you, we have been able to grow and offer more art and music supplies to many more children.
Our workshops in the Oasis room are back every Tuesday for inpatients. Barbara, Sue and Linda have been rocking it with “party in a box” and painting. We are also repairing the piano/organ in the Oasis room so it will be ready again for busy little hands!
Our HBO workshops returned in 2022. They were outdoors and it was extremely hot but we did it!
This year we will be ready again for the workshops and fingers crossed we will be painting indoors! We have also invited the incredible Moxie, one of CHLA’s robots, to stop in and we will see what happens next!
March is time for HARK members to pay dues. This is a great opportunity for you to join HARK. You do not need to be an artist or musician to participate.
We are planning to be at Beverly Hills Art Show May 21 and 22 AND Oct 21 and 22. Mark your calendar!
We will have a Cinco de Mayo event so stay tuned for what’s up with that!
Rock for HARK, our annual fundraiser, will be announced once we have a date and confirm our entertainers. We always have fun and look forward to seeing you all there.
As we said - HARK would not be here without you and we are eternally grateful for your kindness and support. THANK YOU!
Best wishes for 2023
When a child is hospitalized. coping with anxiety, fear and unfamiliar experiences can be overwhelming. Art, in its many forms, becomes an outlet for self-expression unlike any other therapy in the hospital.
Read moreTickets are available NOW - join us on Sunday, November 13 for our year-end Rock for HARK - live from the Catalina Bar & Grill!
This year's guest band is the electrifying Lenny Goldsmith and the New Old, bringing the R&B/Rock heat and keeping you on your feet! Our host will be the witty and wondrous comedian Wendy Liebman, our very special FOH (Friend of HARK)!
Read moreTickets are available NOW - join us on Sunday, November 13 for our year-end Rock for HARK - live from the Catalina Bar & Grill!
This year's guest band is the electrifying Lenny Goldsmith and the New Old, bringing the R&B/Rock heat and keeping you on your feet! Our host will be the witty and wondrous comedian Wendy Liebman, our very special FOH (Friend of HARK)!
Tickets are available NOW!
Read moreTickets available NOW! Dec. 5 at 7:30pm - Rock For HARK with Danny McGaw and The 33 with special guest TD Lind and hosted by the fabulous comedian Wendy Liebman.
Tickets are on sale NOW for our December 5th Rock for HARK show at Catalina's Bar and Grill!
Join us in person at Catalina’s or watch the show on our YouTube channel
Please SAVE THE DATE and join us on Sunday, December 5 (in person or online) for Rock for Hark - live from Catalina Bar & Grill!
This year's guest artist is singer/songwriter Danny McGaw, who opens for Three Dog Night on tour! Our host will be our friend, comedian Wendy Liebman
More details and ticket availability soon!
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Our kids' artwork is available to put on any product you can think of - T-shirts, leggings, skirts, pillows, mugs, phone cases, comforters, shower curtains, coasters, puzzles, magnets - and prints (with frame or without)
The artwork is beautiful, vibrant and lively, and looks great on any product in the store.
You can choose a picture you like and have it applied to any of the Redbubble products. There is not room here to list all the many products they offer - literally hundreds! - so hop on over to our Redbubble store and take a look for yourself.
All the proceeds from our Redbubble sales go to purchase art supplies for the kids at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
For this years’ Cinco de Mayo fundraiser, we have a unique evening planned, and we hope you will join in with us at home!
We will be streaming our event on Wednesday, May 5 starting at 7pm, and we will send the Facebook and YouTube links out the day before, so watch for them!
Our featured entertainment is provided by our friend Manny Mendoza and the band ORALE, featuring some of Southern California’s finest musicians and bringing you music to feed your soul with a Latin flavor.
But - how about drinks and dinner while you enjoy the music?
HARK’s Cinco de Mayo party will be an evening out at the coolest bar and restaurant in town, with entertainment by the hottest band around - but in the comfort of your own home!
Here’s how we do it:
We will be joined by two fabulous, award-winning barwomen - Jordis Unga from NYC’s Katana Kitten and Christine Wiseman from LA’s Broken Shaker - who will walk us through making their signature cocktails.
After cocktails, it’s time for dinner with the world-famous Chef Gerard Craft, winner of both Food and Wine and James Beard awards. You bring the ingredients and Chef Gerard will cook alongside you!
Below is a list of the ingredients you will need to make your cocktails and dinner along with our professionals! (Shop soon so you’ll be ready by Wednesday)
Ingredients for all 4 Cinco de Mayo Cocktails: You may want to choose 1or 2 and if you have a small crowd all 4!
Liquor Store:
Grocery:
Glasses:
Other tools (or equivalent):
Tommy’s Margarita:
Spicy Paloma from Dead Rabbit NYC:
Negroni the Long Way:
Oaxacan Old Fashion
First make the sauce and make sure you marinate the chicken at least an hour before we start cooking
Here we go…
Puree until smooth and marinate chicken thighs for 1 hour
Feel free to bring your own sides - cole slaw and corn are great choices, but you may have your own.
This year, we're still virtual, so you can join us on our YouTube page for a fun evening! We have the amazing band ORALE for our Rock for HARK concert, and also will feature craft cocktails and a Cinco de Mayo dinner, which you can make along with us!
Here's how:
Our mixology experts, Jordis Unga from Katana Kitten (NYC) and Cristine Wiseman of The Broken Shaker (LA) will be demonstrating how to create their signature cocktails.
Chef Gerard Craft of St. Louis, named by Food & Wine Magazine as a "Best New Chef", will be helping you prepare a delicious Cinco de Mayo dinner.
The ingredients will be posted ahead of time on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and our Mailchimp newsletter.
After dinner, enjoy the scintillating Cinco de Mayo sounds of ORALE the band!
Please join us for an unforgettable evening of food, drink, music and FUN from the comfort of your own home!
SAVE THE DATE! Join Jane Lynch, Three Dog Night and Sugar Ray - plus an array of other talented musicians, and the comedy stylings of host Wendy Liebman for a Live Music Streaming Concert on YouTube from 6-8pm on Saturday, Dec. 5.
Read moreThank you for joining us for the incredible HARKCHELLA concert! Read more about the artists who performed:
An amazing lineup of 18 musical artists are donating their time and talents to perform for HARK.
An hour and 40 minutes of music made with love.
Here are some of the acts who performed:
Rodney Sheppard (Sugar Ray) w/ Charlotte Sheppard
The Morgan Family
Our Cinco de Mayo Online Auction is HERE! You can go to the HARK Auction Site right now to check out some of the fabulous items we have available! You’ll be able to bid, buy or donate - or all three!
AND - as a special added surprise, we will have a live-streaming concert - HARKCHELLA - with a stellar lineup of amazing bands and musicians who are donating their time and talent to support HARK!
The auction starts at 12pm, and HARKCHELLA starts at 7pm - click here to go to the HARK Auction Site!
Also, look for us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! We’ll be streaming the concert on our social media.
Read moreHello, HARK friends!
Like all of you, like everyone else, we at HARK have been deeply affected by the tremendous changes that COVID-19 has brought into our lives. How we work has changed, how we play has changed, how we travel has changed, how we shop has changed, how we interact with the world and each other has changed.
Some things have not changed, though.
Children still get sick.
Children still go to the hospital.
And children’s spirits are still lifted by art and music.
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Hello Friends,
Though some of HARK’s usual programs are suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to help kids and families at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and we need your support!
At the special request of CHLA, HARK continues to deliver ART SUPPLIES, which include 24 locations across the hospital - from nursing stations to playrooms and waiting rooms throughout the hospital. HARK and CHILD LIFE are taking all the proper precautions to inspect and disinfect all supplies prior to distribution. There are still many children hospitalized right now with serious illnesses, including cancer, and many activities have been shut down.
Art and music supplies are a wonderful way for kids and families to get creative, have fun, and take their minds off the difficulties of being ill and in the hospital.
HARK cannot have its yearly Cinco de Mayo benefit and it looks like our Annual Beverly Hills Art Show is in jeopardy as well. HARK is rising to the occasion with a fun online SILENT AUCTION which will start on Cinco de Mayo.
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
STAY TUNED!
On Feb. 14, Children’s Hospital LA will be filled with children who won’t be able to trade valentines with their classmates or be home with their families. You can make a kid’s day brighter by sending a special Valentine's Day card to kids at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Visit CHLA.org/VALENTINESDAY to send a message today.
It means a lot to these kids who will be spending Valentine’s Day in the hospital instead of at home. Send as many as you like - either from the store or make them yourself! Get them laminated (if you can’t do it at home, you can go to a place like Staples or Kinko’s) and send them to:
Volunteer Services
4650 Sunset Blvd., #64
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Check out the guidelines and send some love to some great kids!
Dear Friends,
Open your hearts this Giving Tuesday (December 3) in support of Healing Arts Reaching Kids (HARK). We are asking each of our friends and supporters to do the most GOOD by making a donation to HARK, small or large, and continue to bring the arts and joy to every child receiving treatment at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).
You can be certain that HARK members are dedicated to our mission of bringing healing and coping techniques through creative experiences. Thanks to you, we are able to supply 24 departments at CHLA with endless art and music supplies. Crayons, coloring books, harmonicas and many other supplies are utilized every day by our wonderful medical staff to help brighten up a child’s inpatient experience.
HARK also helps fund the Expressive arts Therapies Program at CHLA every year, which consist of a multidisciplinary team of talented artists and musicians who provide creative and expressive experiences to patients and families at the hospital.
Our efforts reach thousands of children throughout the year and we could not do this without your support!
Also, please think of us during tax season and make us your charity of choice for your write offs. It’s just around the corner! Both of these opportunities to give are tax deductible and can make a great difference in a patient’s hospital stay.
Please visit the link below and donate!
Thank You for your help and hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season.