Speaker 1: You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2: Joining us in studio as friend of the show and
Speaker 2: my brother from another mother. Say, say, Nick Poliochini, what
Speaker 2: is up?
Speaker 1: Nick?
Speaker 3: It is so good to be back with you. And
Speaker 3: I can't even believe, and I'm going to do the
Speaker 3: cliched thing. I can't believe we're already into February because
Speaker 3: it already feels like we have lived through a year
Speaker 3: to the.
Speaker 2: Point I can believe and appreciative that we are in
Speaker 2: February because January could not end soon enough.
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. So I'm glad that we're finally here. But
Speaker 3: it's good to be here and thank you for having me.
Speaker 3: But I just want to do you want to just
Speaker 3: jump into it?
Speaker 2: Okay?
Speaker 3: So I want to talk about something I actually did
Speaker 3: last week and it's something that's really cool that I
Speaker 3: think we'll be exciting because it comes up here in
Speaker 3: the next couple of months. So I was at the
Speaker 3: Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, and this was something
Speaker 3: that has the sixtieth anniversary this year, and this is
Speaker 3: something that's very unique and different because it is a
Speaker 3: fundraiser for diverse arts programs within the schools in the
Speaker 3: Altadena and the Pasadena and everything else. So it's very
Speaker 3: interesting because it was supposed to happen. We did an
Speaker 3: empty house party, so it's this big, beautiful home in
Speaker 3: Pasadena and all these incredible designers come together and decorate it,
Speaker 3: and then you get to go through it and you
Speaker 3: get to meet the designers and you figure out their process,
Speaker 3: which in the world that we're living in right now,
Speaker 3: it kind of helps. It was really interesting to talk
Speaker 3: to me because a lot of them are very local,
Speaker 3: live in the SGV, the San Gabriel Valley area, and
Speaker 3: so they're very affected by the ETN fire and everything
Speaker 3: else that happened. So but also the amount of money,
Speaker 3: I mean the millions of dollars that have been raised
Speaker 3: by the Showcase House of Design. So this will be
Speaker 3: the sixtieth anniversary and so far it's twenty six million
Speaker 3: dollars contributed to the arts within the San Gabriel Valley area.
Speaker 3: So this year is going to be very very different
Speaker 3: because they're also working with cal Fire, and they're also
Speaker 3: working with the Eaton Fire and trying to help people
Speaker 3: that are trying to figure out and navigate people getting
Speaker 3: back into their homes and however that all plays out.
Speaker 3: But being able to go and tear through this big,
Speaker 3: beautifle home that was torn down to pretty much the
Speaker 3: studs and getting ready for it to come in is
Speaker 3: so different and unique because for me, I'm not that guy.
Speaker 3: I'm not that designer guy. So to be able to
Speaker 3: experience it in person and being able to talk to
Speaker 3: people and kind of get their process for it, but
Speaker 3: also to have this unusual weight that kind of was
Speaker 3: overshadowing the whole event because it was supposed to happen
Speaker 3: literally the week that the fires broke out, and so
Speaker 3: then for it to transition into this is so unique.
Speaker 3: But to see and be able to talk to these designers,
Speaker 3: some of them very very young, and that are up
Speaker 3: and coming, working with different architecture firms and everything here
Speaker 3: in the Southland and really being able to do it.
Speaker 3: So this is just one of the many things that
Speaker 3: you can check out. You can always follow me on
Speaker 3: social media. Nick pouliyo'keanney this weekend and Nick. Details for
Speaker 3: it are at the Lincoln Bio. But that one was
Speaker 3: so different because, as we talked about, and we've talked
Speaker 3: about a few times, having been over the Palisades with
Speaker 3: fires and volunteering, and then now being back into the
Speaker 3: San Marino Altadena Pasadena area. The whole thing. It's so
Speaker 3: interesting to be in the environment, even if you're not
Speaker 3: directly in the area where the fire was affected, It's
Speaker 3: affected everybody, and it doesn't matter if we're talking about
Speaker 3: the bougie world of San Marino and South Past and
Speaker 3: everything else. It has genuinely affected everybody. And so to
Speaker 3: be an event where it was really kind of a celebration,
Speaker 3: I mean, it's their sixtieth anniversary anyway of raising so
Speaker 3: much money for the kids, but it was specific to
Speaker 3: being able to talk to a lot of people who
Speaker 3: lost a lot or knew people who lost a lot,
Speaker 3: So it was very, very different. But anyway, that was
Speaker 3: the empty house party, and I've got some pictures on
Speaker 3: social media that you can check out. It's pretty wild.
Speaker 3: It's a beautiful home. But I'll be also passing along
Speaker 3: details as time progresses about how you can check it
Speaker 3: out when it's all decked out and has all those
Speaker 3: designers and all the fun and excitement for it. It's different,
Speaker 3: it's unique, it's something special. It is not free ninety
Speaker 3: nine but all the money I know. But I'll get
Speaker 3: to the free ninety nine stuff there in a bit.
Speaker 3: But it's something where the money is going to a
Speaker 3: cause and you get to see it, because that's I
Speaker 3: think the thing that we don't experience a lot is
Speaker 3: we make a donation. I don't want to call anybody out,
Speaker 3: but there's a couple of places that even this week,
Speaker 3: have said, oh, we're putting out you know, this box
Speaker 3: of candy and a dollar from it is going to
Speaker 3: support Yeah, which I hugely appreciate because I don't know
Speaker 3: every facet of it. But when you actually get to
Speaker 3: tangibly experience where the money is going, that's so different
Speaker 3: than just to be like, oh, I feel good about myself.
Speaker 3: I donated money. I was able to support a cause
Speaker 3: and help people out. It's less abstract it is, and
Speaker 3: it's very like when we're talking design, it's literally you know,
Speaker 3: you're able to be in there and really touch everything
Speaker 3: and feel every you know, piece of material from wallpaper
Speaker 3: to paint, the way that the sculptures are done, to
Speaker 3: hearing the stories of why they picked what went into
Speaker 3: what room to honor that home that's in Pasadena and
Speaker 3: has this here history from the nineteen twenties when it
Speaker 3: was built. So it's really cool, really different. But something
Speaker 3: else to get into that's a little bit more exciting
Speaker 3: is that's happening right now is the Pan African Film
Speaker 3: and Arts Festival kicked off tonight, So I was actually
Speaker 3: this is my I came over here because I want
Speaker 3: to hang out here, but tonight was a really cool
Speaker 3: opening party for it. But this is something that kind
Speaker 3: of goes back to what you've talked about earlier, that
Speaker 3: in real life IRL theater crimunal experience, because this is
Speaker 3: different for me, and this for me is one of
Speaker 3: the first major film festivals that's happening here in southern California.
Speaker 3: They happen every weekend. They happen every week. This one
Speaker 3: runs through the middle of the month. But you get
Speaker 3: to sit down and meet those people. So beyond talking
Speaker 3: about Fantastic four and all the really cool trailers and
Speaker 3: everything with Marvel Do we love from the big, huge powerhouses,
Speaker 3: to be able to meet people kind of like you
Speaker 3: even talked about the documentaries and being able to meet
Speaker 3: these people and talk to them and really get that feel.
Speaker 3: For me, this is what makes that in person experience
Speaker 3: more viable. And so even if you don't go to
Speaker 3: this specific film festival, I encourage you to find what's
Speaker 3: going on in your backyard, because literally, there's stuff that
Speaker 3: goes on in Newport Beach, There's stuff that goes on
Speaker 3: out in Riverside, there's stuff that happens up in ventur
Speaker 3: there's things that happen in San Diego. So much is
Speaker 3: happening throughout the Southland that happens not just on the
Speaker 3: weekends but during the week And I think that's the
Speaker 3: biggest thing, because sometimes you just need a reset, and
Speaker 3: we've really hit that point now where the in person
Speaker 3: experience for movies may not connect with everybody.
Speaker 2: And I think after a certain point, we get in
Speaker 2: such a routine of it's either the movies or this
Speaker 2: or that, we lose sight of the other options which
Speaker 2: are available, or we don't think to explore these other options.
Speaker 3: No, And I think that's it. You hit the nail
Speaker 3: on the head specifically, because we get into our bubble,
Speaker 3: we get into our blinders on situation. I got to
Speaker 3: get up at X number hours, I got work, I
Speaker 3: got this. I can maybe fit in, you know, a
Speaker 3: drink with a friends during the week These are really
Speaker 3: cool opportunities for you to get out there and to
Speaker 3: be a part of the community and also get that
Speaker 3: drink with your friends. And it doesn't take much and
Speaker 3: for the most part, like including the Filmfest, the Pan
Speaker 3: African Film and Arts Festival, they have an install at
Speaker 3: Westfield Cuver City, so it's happening at the Colus Theater.
Speaker 2: Excuse me, Yes, the fox Fields Mall.
Speaker 3: You're correct, it is the fox Hills Mall.
Speaker 1: No, if you ever call it, well, you're right.
Speaker 2: Look his mama name him Clay. I'm gonna call him Clay.
Speaker 2: It's the fox Fields Mall.
Speaker 3: Which is funny because no one when going back to
Speaker 3: my time as the traffic reporter here for KFI, I
Speaker 3: would always talks about Fox Hills and people literally like
Speaker 3: where's that? And I was like, what the monument? But
Speaker 3: that's so saying you cannot miss it. If you're going
Speaker 3: up the four h five, you cannot miss the Fox
Speaker 3: Hills Mall. Now granted it out now has Westfield Culver
Speaker 3: City branding and everything else. Okay what they call it,
Speaker 3: but that's it. And that whole area right there just
Speaker 3: before the ninety is going to be the Fox Hills
Speaker 3: area like right there on the East Edge city right exactly.
Speaker 3: But it's so in go to that and being able
Speaker 3: to even go to which you used to be the
Speaker 3: Magic Johnson Theater in Crenshaw is now a cinema, so yes,
Speaker 3: the theater and so they're one of the venues that
Speaker 3: will be be showcasing the films from the Pan African
Speaker 3: Film Festival. So it's something that's different. But again going
Speaker 3: back over to Fox Hills Mall, Westfield, Culver City, that
Speaker 3: they do have over one hundred and fifty international artists
Speaker 3: that have an art installation there which is kind of cool.
Speaker 3: So that plays into the Free ninety nine. You may
Speaker 3: get a little bit of you may get a little
Speaker 3: bit of commerce in there.
Speaker 2: How much is that again?
Speaker 3: Free ninety nine?
Speaker 2: Okay, thank you very much. We got to go to
Speaker 2: a quick break. We'll have more with Nick Paulliochin and
Speaker 2: just a moment with Kim six forty Live everywhere the
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Speaker 2: going on? Where are we going? Where are you going?
Speaker 3: I'm going to be headed off to Disney this weekend,
Speaker 3: which is not surprising. We talked about many of my
Speaker 3: eighteen times. But the thing that I like, and I
Speaker 3: actually was there today before coming in because right now
Speaker 3: is to celebrate Soulfully Festival. Well festival, I guess it's
Speaker 3: not the right name for it, but to celebrate Soulfully
Speaker 3: is happening at the Disneyland Resort, so it affects Downtown Disney,
Speaker 3: Disneyland Park, and Disney California Venture Park. The next two
Speaker 3: weekends are two of my favorite weekends at the resort
Speaker 3: because of the Fantasy Land Theater inside of Disneyland. So yes,
Speaker 3: it does require park admission, but if you are one
Speaker 3: of our Magic key holders, if you're an annual pass
Speaker 3: holder like me, this is well worth your time. So
Speaker 3: go ahead and get in there and make that day
Speaker 3: reservation for Saturday or Sunday this weekend or next because
Speaker 3: they have the Celebrate Gospel, which is an absolutely incredible thing.
Speaker 3: Different choirs from around the south Land and around the country.
Speaker 3: So there's a couple that are coming in from Africa
Speaker 3: this year and a couple from Europe. So it's really
Speaker 3: really impressive for you to come in. And this is
Speaker 3: something while it is not free ninety nine to get
Speaker 3: into Disneyland, it is included with the price of admission.
Speaker 3: So whether you're a magic keyholder and you are going
Speaker 3: and just have like myself, gospel, it is the Gospel Fest.
Speaker 3: So it's the next two weekends. But it's so different
Speaker 3: and unique because a lot of people may have heard
Speaker 3: this music but have an experienced date. And if you've
Speaker 3: never been to church, like we've talked about church, right,
Speaker 3: this is that opportunity for you because it's not just
Speaker 3: you know, going to someone's home or going to somebody's
Speaker 3: home church. You've got different parishes from around the country,
Speaker 3: around the world that'll be there, but specifically you'll have
Speaker 3: just choirs that come out and for me, that style
Speaker 3: of music, I mean as not to be cliched again
Speaker 3: with Disney with the celebrate soulfully, but there's a different
Speaker 3: soul behind it. There's a different feeling behind that style
Speaker 3: of music, and so that is something worth checking out. Also,
Speaker 3: we're exactly a month away from Marty Grau, which I'm
Speaker 3: excited because that means I'll be here to celebrate Fat
Speaker 3: Tuesday with you guys, because Tuesdays with Nick and what's
Speaker 3: up with Nick? Hey, we're gonna be So a month
Speaker 3: from today is gonna be Marty Grau. But that doesn't
Speaker 3: mean it's not already everywhere around the Southland, including SeaWorld
Speaker 3: down in San Diego. I was there this past weekend,
Speaker 3: checked it out. They've got a brand new parade, so
Speaker 3: that is a great opportunity for you. Took my nieces
Speaker 3: down there because they have their birthdays at the end
Speaker 3: of January. And the thing that's special about SeaWorld, and
Speaker 3: it's very controversial still to this day, after Blackfish and
Speaker 3: everything else, SeaWorld is so educational, and that is where
Speaker 3: so many people are like, oh, I never go because
Speaker 3: of you know, the controversy behind how the animals retreat
Speaker 3: and everything else like that. And I can understand if
Speaker 3: that's where you say, okay, But when I lived in
Speaker 3: San Diego as a kid, that was my first theme
Speaker 3: park before Disneyland or anything else, and I was so
Speaker 3: excited to be able to go in there and experience
Speaker 3: what it would be to be like a marine biologist.
Speaker 3: So that's the opportunity that's still there. So it's a
Speaker 3: very different world. Now, I don't think that's contradictory. Two
Speaker 3: things could have been true, which is true.
Speaker 2: The treatment of the animals and marine life could have
Speaker 2: been problematic, and it was still education.
Speaker 3: Right, which is the thing. And I understand and relate
Speaker 3: to where people come from of what you just said
Speaker 3: if it's something that is very deep to your heart.
Speaker 3: But the thing is, it is so incredible to have
Speaker 3: taken my nieces who are now six and nine and
Speaker 3: see the wonder in their eyes that you don't experience.
Speaker 3: You see them go have a good time at another
Speaker 3: theme park, or you take them to the church carnival
Speaker 3: and they get to go on rides, and that's a
Speaker 3: whole fun experience. But being able to be up close
Speaker 3: and personal, especially with marine animals, is so unique and
Speaker 3: special and sea world. While you can experience that at
Speaker 3: zoos or maybe if you're lucky enough to be able
Speaker 3: to go some ways that has, you know, a wildlife
Speaker 3: preserve that you can experience. This is so different. But
Speaker 3: on top of that, completely separate you've got Marty Gross
Speaker 3: celebrations underway down there. They also just had a Lunar
Speaker 3: New Year celebration. If you're still looking to do Lunar's
Speaker 3: New Year, check out this weekend with Nick and Nick
Speaker 3: Poliochini on Instagram. The Lincoln Bio has all the final
Speaker 3: celebrations that are happening for Lunar New Year, which just
Speaker 3: happened last week. So it's a really great opportunity. You granted,
Speaker 3: we're getting back into the swing of things after everything
Speaker 3: that hit us here in southern California, but there's so
Speaker 3: much for you to enjoy. In fact, you can even
Speaker 3: head over to Buyne Park because this weekend kicks off
Speaker 3: Peanuts celebration, so that's Peanuts Charles Schultz with Snoopy and
Speaker 3: Charlie Brown and Lucy. That celebration happens every year, and
Speaker 3: going to Wayne Park and going to Knotsberry Farm if
Speaker 3: you're looking for something a little bit more on the
Speaker 3: reasonably priced side. That theme park and resort is great
Speaker 3: and they have a fantastic hotel there. You can make
Speaker 3: an entire experience out of it. But that's just a
Speaker 3: bunch of stuff going on, Like it's we've gotten through January,
Speaker 3: which took three years to get through or so it.
Speaker 2: Fell thereabouts maybe two and a half years.
Speaker 3: But now that we're moving into February, it's nice to
Speaker 3: be able to get out. And that's my biggest encouragement.
Speaker 3: As the air quality is improving around southern California the fires,
Speaker 3: it's time to get out because this is that time
Speaker 3: of the year where things are a little chill and
Speaker 3: a little mellow before we get into the thick of
Speaker 3: it once again, because spring break will be here right
Speaker 3: around the corner and then summer.
Speaker 2: And it seems like we're getting rained this week, but
Speaker 2: not this weekend.
Speaker 3: Correct, And even if it is, and if it's going
Speaker 3: to be what we've seen, we haven't had rain extensively.
Speaker 3: So that's one of those kind of the inside scoop
Speaker 3: if you will, of going to a theme park or
Speaker 3: going to any of these venues, even if it is
Speaker 3: an outdoor experience, if the experience isn't canceled or if
Speaker 3: the park isn't closed for the day, it's a great
Speaker 3: time to go. If you want short lines, if you
Speaker 3: want to be able to get on everything. Obviously, check
Speaker 3: in and then the one thing that I'm gonna it'll
Speaker 3: be a tease for Rue and Back next week. But
Speaker 3: fan Fest is coming to Universal Studios, which is a
Speaker 3: brand a new experience that will be coming up. I'll
Speaker 3: be there for the opening weekend of it. But FanFest
Speaker 3: will be the maybe the sister event to Halloween Horn Nights,
Speaker 3: and it is going to be featuring Star Trek and
Speaker 3: Back to the Future and all the different Universal properties,
Speaker 3: plus anime and all many, many, many different things. So
Speaker 3: I don't know, like it's now's the time we're getting
Speaker 3: back into the swing of things. There's so much happening
Speaker 3: around southern California. And if you're doing Universal CityWalk, that's
Speaker 3: free ninety nine. If you're using Downtown Disney oh wait,
Speaker 3: wait wait.
Speaker 2: City Walk is free parking pardons.
Speaker 4: Not free, okay, but woo.
Speaker 3: But with validation, depending on where you're going, you'll be
Speaker 3: able to get that.
Speaker 2: Look, when I lived in Studio City, I spent a
Speaker 2: lot of time back in the day at CityWalk. The
Speaker 2: parking was cost prohibitive.
Speaker 3: I can understand that. And here's my recommendation, and I
Speaker 3: say this with all the love in the world for
Speaker 3: the Disneyland Resort. You can get a pass to Universal
Speaker 3: Studios that includes parking for a very reasonable price of
Speaker 3: only a couple hundred bucks. Reasonable reasonable for a year's
Speaker 3: worth of exp oh years year's worth.
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, we're not talking for one night. No no, no, okay,
Speaker 2: no no, because I know it was getting very expensive
Speaker 2: for one night. I mean it's like one night going
Speaker 2: to see a sporting of it fifty dollars.
Speaker 3: No, you're absolutely right, so I think that's it. And
Speaker 3: especially down your way. I mean you're in the thick
Speaker 3: of it into a dome and the forum like ninety
Speaker 3: no exactly. That's why I get lucky because I get
Speaker 3: to go, hey, Mo, you can stop my mind stop
Speaker 3: by your house, do you mind? And I'm just lift
Speaker 3: for uber over It would be funny because now I'm
Speaker 3: spending the money to get over there. But still yeah,
Speaker 3: So anyway, thanks for having me on dude. Always good
Speaker 3: to see you, brother, pleasure as always.
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