Presented by the City of Santa Monica and Sustainable Works. Watch the film preview HERE
FREE Bike Valet
About the Film The Engine Inside follows six everyday people from vastly different worlds who dedicate their lives to a simple, 200-year-old machine. Their trials and tribulations reveal the bicycle’s unique power to change lives and help build a better world.
Covering many different global issues—from climate change and indigenous trauma to socio-economic inequality and more livable cities —The Engine Inside sparks hope and agency in everyone it touches.
Live Panel Discussion A panel discussion with Jason Kligier, Mobility Manager at City of Santa Monica and Cynthia Rose, Director Santa Monica Spoke, Co-founder of the Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance and Board Chair, California Bicycle Coalition & Bike LA will follow the film. More Panelists to be added.
The panel will be moderated by Ferris Kawar, Sustainability Manager, Santa Monica College.
The event is FREE to ALL but you must register to attend
The Details
Event starts: Wednesday, September 6 at 7pm PDT
Location: Aero Theater at 1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Free Bike Valet will be provided.
Walk or Ride, don’t drive if you can. The Aero Theater is served by Big Blue Bus lines 18, 41, and 42.
Bring your reusable water bottle! Water is provided by the City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment
This is a zero waste event! Enjoy the concessions, but when finished, please discard sustainably at the Zero Waste stations
Specials continue all through May for Bike Month with Free Market Bucks at the Sunday Farmer’s Marketon Main Street, $1 off all food items at Gilberts El Indio and more!
Click here to sign up and add your Bike Month Pitstop, Event, Business Specials, Promotions or Bike Anywhere Day encouragement or HandleBar Happy Hour Specials #HBHH!
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May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try.
It’s a celebration of bikes; a reminder to get rolling again; a gateway to riding more often; a time to evangelize the beauty of bikes; and much, much more.
Whether you bike to work or school; ride to save money or time; pump those pedals to preserve your health or the environment; or simply to explore your community, National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and the many reasons we ride. The momentum is building: With growing cultural awareness around health and wellness, sustainability and economic savings, bicycling is being seen by new and broader audiences as a simple solution to many complex problems, from reducing obesity rates to increasing mobility options. This year, we want to hear from you. What’s your “why?†With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours? Use the hashtags #WhyIRide and #BikeLocalSM #BikeMonthSM on social media and also tag @SMSpoke @BikeLeague!
Each year the number and diversity of Bike Month celebrations continues to grow, accelerating the momentum around bicycling nationwide.
We will gather for great fun, beverages and AWESOME company!
Come join us!
The theme all of June and this months HandleBar Happy Hour is #SaMoPride! SaMo PRIDE: an entire month of festivities to raise awareness and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, individuality, inclusiveness and acceptance.
Dagwoods Pizza, Family-Friendly Restaurant, Comfort Food, Great Happy Hour and home of the famous Magical AF Pizza! Voted a 2019 Finalist #MostLovedSM
Every month we get together for fun, to socializing and to support our local community businesses. We celebrate all things bike, as well as safe, healthy, equitable mobility! #NERDS
Always fun, always family friendly!
Socialize, talk bikes, mobility, give your thoughts and input ….
If it’s on your way don’t forget to pass the Bike Counter!
Celebrate #BikeLocalSM, our Buy Local SM businesses, happy hour + new friends at our monthly events!  Learn about upcoming local bike events + find out about and connect with us at SM Spoke… as we visit and introduce you to some of our Buy Local SM businesses. Eat Local, Drink Local, Buy Local AND Bike Local SM!