Feel like the only person at so-called green parties with helmet hair? You’re going to the wrong parties. Hit these fun summer events to hang out with Angelenos who literally walk the walk, ride the bike, and root for high speed rail:

Pro high speed rail group railLA invites all to the Opening Night Party for LA Beyond Cars, a curated exhibit featuring drawings, models, videos, animations, installations and interactive station design workshops. In addition to meeting some big local names in out-of-the-car thinking, you’ll get to enjoy live music, food from Drago Centro, and drinks from a cash bar.

The fast-paced fun happens Thurs., July 29, from 6 pm to 10 pm in the Jewel Box at the base of the City National Bank Plaza towers, 525 S. Flower St., downtown Los Angeles. The LA Beyond Cars exhibit will run through Aug. 28.

If you support Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition’s City of Lights program, which works to empower Latino immigrant cyclists by providing bike safety education, bike lights, and other resources, block out Aug. 12 for the City of Lights Annual Awards Dinner. There’ll be food, music, a silent auction, and an awards presentation.

The dinner happens Aug. 12 from 5:30 pm to 10 pm at the MALDEF Building, 634 S. Spring St., downtown Los Angeles. Cost: $35 online tickets before Aug. 1, $45 after.

Get to know L.A. on the streetlevel by taking the Trekking Los Angeles Urban Alfresco walking tour of MacArthur Park and Koreatown. The curated walk will introduce you to local street art and culture — and let you enjoy alfresco dining in Francis Avenue Garden.

Put together by LA Commons, Trekking LA events seek to introduce you to the diverse and colorful neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The MacArthur Park / Koreatown walk happens Sat., Aug. 15 from 3 pm to 6 pm. Buy the $25 ticket online now, because only 18 spots remain! If you miss the August walk, a tour of Leimert Park happens Sept. 5.

Santa Monica Museum of Art invites you to its second annual Cause for Creativity: Tour da Arts — where SaMoans and Angelono cyclists will unite to pedal away from oil dependency. Ride to the all-day event, which kicks off with a a spoke card art workshop at 2 pm (cost: $5), followed by a FREE C.I.C.L.E.-led cultural bike ride from 4 pm to 7 pm that stops at various locations around Santa Monica.

Cap the night with a closing party featuring music by Dublab, live t-shirt screen printing, food trucks, bike-themed vendors, whatever a “fixie zone” is, and something called “Acro Yoga.” All that happens Sun., Aug. 22. Online RSVP’s required — Sign up now, because space is limited!

Last but not least, car-free Angelenos’ beloved blog Streetsblog Los Angeles will not close down as previously feared. Instead, the blog’s throwing a Streetsblog Los Angeles Re-Launch Fundraiser and Party. There’ll be munchies, drinks, a silent auction, and general good times in a fun atmosphere.

I am helping to plan this one — so I expect all of you to be in attendance! (and also to email me at greenlagirl@gmail.com if you have any bike-themed, transit-friendly, or otherwise enviable item you’d like to donate for the silent auction). The party happens Wed., Aug. 25 from 7 pm to 11:30 pm at 11555 National Blvd., Los Angeles. Cost: $20 donation online or at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, but if you don’t lack funds, don’t be stingy.

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