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April 2008

Metromonthly

Poetry In Motion/LA™ Celebrates 10 Years

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Llene la cuadrícula hasta que cada fila, columna y caja de 3-por-3 contenga los números del 1 hasta el 9. La solución del rompecabezas estará en el siguiente Metro Monthly o encuéntrelo por Internet en la sección de Go Metro Destinations D-iscounts.

Solución del mes pasado

LA PISTA del mes:

Tome las líneas 117, 211 y 212/312 de Metro Local.

Para conexiones convenientes a los descuentos de Go Metro enlistados aquí, use el Trip Planner en metro.net.

CaptionA multi-use development is being built at Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Vine Station.

Videos interactivos ahora están disponibles en metro.net El sitio de Internet, metro.net, ha lanzado la primera etapa de la pagina de videos interactivos de Metro – una colección de destinos y nuevos videos diseñados para ayudar a los usuarios y visitantes a viajar fácilmente por todo Los Angeles. Algunos puntos importantes incluyen videos de la campaña Viaje en Metro, noticias y reportajes de eventos, proyectos que se están llevando a cabo y videos sobre seguridad. La pagina interactiva de Metro también incluye las conversaciones en vivo con la Presidenta de la Junta Directiva de Metro, Pam O’Connor, “Diez grandes razones para compartir su viaje” con la estrella de PBS Huell Howser e “Historias de Carreteras” con las entrevistas de Howser y los usuarios de Metro. El sitio de Internet también incluye fotografías y comentarios de los usuarios en un nuevo enlace “Transit Takes.” En el futuro, la página interactiva de Metro incluirá blogs, encuestas para juntar opiniones del público, transmisión de videos del programa de televisión de cable, Metro Motion y la auto-carga de fotos y videos de tráfico para los usuarios.

Celebración de 10 años de poesía en movimiento Poesía en movimiento de Los Angeles, conocido como Poetry in Motion/LA™, celebra su aniversario de 10 años el jueves 10 de abril en el East Portal de Union Station de 4 a 6 de la tarde con los poetas de Los Angeles Elena Karina Byrne, Suzanne Lummis y Marisela Norte leyendo poemas selectos de la serie de Poetry in Motion. Alice Quinn, directora de la Sociedad de Poesía de América, será la anfitriona del evento. Los poemas, relativamente cortos, animados y representativos de la diversidad demográfica de Los Angeles, son proporcionados por la Sociedad de Poesía de América. Varios de los poemas son en español. Para más información sobre la Sociedad de Poesía, visite su sitio de Internet en poetrysociety.org. Desde 1998, Poetry in Motion/LA™ coloca poesía directamente en el camino de más de un millón de usuarios de Metro diariamente. Además de colocar carteles con poemas en el interior de los autobuses, el programa también patrocina lecturas de poemas en vivo en las paradas de autobuses y estaciones de tren a través del Condado de Los Angeles durante el mes de abril (el mes nacional de la poesía).

Los poetas leyeron para los usuarios de Metro en el evento poesía en movimiento de Los Angeles en Union Station el año pasado.

El sitio de Internet de Metro, metro.net, ya contiene videos interactivos y más

Admisión gratis para niños al Aquarium of the Paci>c Ahorre en gasolina, ayude salvar el planeta y ahorre en la entrada al Aquarium of the Paci>c en Long Beach. Compre una entrada regular para adulto y reciba una entrada para niño GRATIS. Vea a más de 12,500 animales, vea cara a cara a los grandes depredadores en Shark Lagoon y alimente a los pericos de Australia.

El precio de la entrada regular para adultos es $20.95; el precio de la entrada regular para niños es $11.95 (3 a 11 años). Abierto diariamente de las 9 de la mañana a las 6 de la tarde. Para más información visite aquariumofpacific.org.

Muestre este cupón y reciba una entrada para niños (3 a 11 años) gratis con la compra de una entrada regular para adultos. Límite de cuatro (4) descuentos por cupón. No es válido con otra oferta. No es válido en otros lugares de venta. La distribución de este cupón en áreas del acuario está prohibida. No puede cambiarse por efectivo. Precios sujeto a cambios. El acuario estará cerrado del 18 al 20 de abril. Válido hasta el 23 de mayo de 2008.

Muestre este cupón y reciba una entrada para niños (3 a 11 años) gratis con la compra de una entrada regular para adultos. Límite de cuatro (4) descuentos por cupón. No es válido con otra oferta. No es válido en otros lugares de venta. La distribución de este cupón en áreas del acuario está prohibida. No puede cambiarse por efectivo. Precios sujetos a cambios. El acuario estará cerrado del 18 al 20 de abril. Válido hasta el 23 de mayo del 2008. P-MET

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Concierto gratis por el Día de la Tierra el 22 de abril Cuide al medio ambiente. Deje en casa su vehículo contaminador y consumidor de combustible y Viaje en Metro a Union Station para asistir a un concierto de la banda de rock Canon. Canon presentará su gran canción ecológica, “The Hourglass,” así como otras canciones en la celebración del Día de la Tierra de Metro,

“Rock & Ride,” el martes 22 de abril al mediodía en el patio sur de Union Station.

Las primeras 50 personas que muestren su pase de Metro o boleto de Metro Rail válido en la mesa de información de Metro recibirán un cartel autografiado de Canon. Canon ha lanzado su primer álbum “Wide Awake” con sus miembros Jason Turbin, Tieg Johnson, Benji Pope y Cassidy Turbin. La música de Canon es vibrante y atmosférica, guarda semejanza con Radiohead y Muse y está influenciada por Pink Floyd. Para más información, visite myspace.com/canon.

El Festival de Curry de Los Angeles empieza el 13 de abril Thai Town de East Hollywood será el lugar del primer Festival de Curry de Los Angeles el domingo 13 de abril de las 10 de la mañana a las 7 de la tarde. Aparte que el curry tailandés será el centro de atracción, el evento coincide con el 5o Festival Songkran del Día de Año Nuevo tailandés. Ambos eventos se llevarán a cabo en las calles afuera de la Estación Hollywood/Western de Metro Rail en East Hollywood.

Muestre su pase de Metro o boleto de Metro Rail válido en la taquilla y reciba $2 de descuento en el boleto para la rifa del festival en la caseta de información.

Festival Cherry Blossom del 5 al 6 de abril Los primeros 500 visitantes que muestren su pase de Metro o boleto de Metro Rail válido recibirán un cartel gratis de Koi o The Blue Gate autografiado por la artista/actriz Kellye Nakahara Walletta en el 7o Festival Anual Cherry Blossom del 5 al 6 de abril en las calles de Little Tokio en el Centro de Los Angeles.

Los espectáculos en vivo incluyen la danza japonesa, Taiko, un desfile de modas de kimonos e innumerables presentaciones de artes marciales. No olvide visitar el pueblo Hawaiano y el centro de comidas de Cherry Blossom.

La entrada es gratis. El Festival estará abierto el sábado de 10:30 de la mañana a 6:30 de la tarde y el domingo de 10:30 de la mañana a 5:00 de la tarde por la Calle San Pedro entre First y Third.

Descuentos especiales para los usuarios de Metro > Muestre su pase de Metro o su boleto de Metro Rail válido en la taquilla de STAPLES Center y obtenga 20% de descuento en los asientos de $35 u $85 para algunos juegos en casa de LA Clippers esta temporada. Más información en laclippers.com. > Muestre su pase de Metro o su boleto de Metro Rail válido en la taquilla de STAPLES Center y obtenga $10 de descuento para cualquier asiento de los juegos en casa de los LA Kings. Para más información, llame al 888.KINGS.LA o visite www.lakings.com. > Usuarios de Metro obtienen 20% de descuento en los boletos para las presentaciones del éxito musical WICKED de los martes por la noche. Presente su pase de Metro o boleto de Metro Rail válido en la taquilla del Teatro Pantages, 6233 Hollywood Bl. También puede llamar al 213.365.3500 para ordenar sus boletos o visite ticketmaster.com y use el código promocional “METRO.” > Viaje en Metro a la 32a Exhibición Anual de Remodelación y Decoración del Hogar del 11 al 13 de abril en el Centro de Conferencias de Pasadena o del 25 al 27 de abril en el Centro de Convenciones de Los Angeles y obtenga 50% de descuento en el precio de admisión. Muestre su pase de Metro o su boleto de Metro Rail válido en la taquilla y reciba su descuento. > Los usuarios de Metro obtendrán $2 de descuento en la entrada para la exhibición Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966 desde ahora hasta el 8 de junio en el Skirball Cultural Center. La exhibición exige boletos con la hora de ingreso. Use el código promocional 9700 cuando reserve sus boletos. Este listo para mostrar su pase de Metro o boleto de Metro Rail válido cuando se lo pidan. Para más información, visite skirball.org o llame al 310.440.4500.

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Sopa de letras de destinos de Metro Cambie la orden de las letras debajo para descubrir el nombre de un destino popular de Los Angeles cerca a una de las paradas del sistema de Metro.

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Metro Earth Day Free Concert April 22

abril de 2008

Metromonthly

Los mejores de América

Poesía en movimiento de Los Angeles celebra 10 años

metro.net

CaptionA multi-use development is being built at Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Vine Station.

Metro Launches Interactive Video Wall At metro.net Metro’s web site, metro.net, has launched the first phase of Metro Interactive video wall – a collection of destination and news videos designed to help customers and visitors more easily navigate LA.

Highlights include videos from the Go Metro campaign, as well as news and features reporting on events, ongoing projects and safety videos.

Metro Interactive is also home to Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor’s live chats, PBS star Huell Howser’s

“Ten Great Reasons to Share the Ride” and Howser’s “Tales from the Fast Lane” interviews with Metro riders. Also at the site are photographs and comments from riders in a new Transit Takes feature.

In the future, Metro Interactive will include blogs, polls to collect customer opinion, streaming video of the Metro Motion cable television show and tools to allow users to upload tra;c photos and videos.

Go Metro to...

Celebrating 10 Years of Poetry In Motion Poetry in Motion/LA™ will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on Thursday, April 10 in the East Portal of Union Station from 4-6pm when LA-based poets Elena Karina Byrne, Suzanne Lummis and Marisela Norte read selected poems from the Poetry in Motion Series. Alice Quinn, director of Poetry Society of America, will host the event.

The poems, which are relatively short, upbeat and representative of the demographic diversity of LA, are provided by the Poetry Society of America. Several of the poems are in Spanish. For more information about the Poetry Society, visit their web site at poetrysociety.org.

Since 1998, Poetry in Motion/LA™ places poetry directly in the path of more than one million Metro riders daily. In addition to placing poetry placards on the interiors of buses, the program also sponsors live poetry readings at bus stops and rail stations throughout LA County during the month of April (National Poetry Month).

Metro Challenge

Free Child’s Admission To Aquarium of the Paci>c Save on gas, save the planet, and save on admission to the Aquarium of the Paci>c in Long Beach. Purchase a regular adult admission and receive a FREE child’s admission. Meet more than 12,500 animals, come face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate predators in Shark Lagoon, and hand feed a lorikeet bird. Regular adult admission $20.95; regular child admission (ages 3-11) $11.95. Open daily from 9am-6pm. For information, go to aquariumofpacific.org.

Present this coupon and receive a free child’s admission (ages 3-11) with the purchase of a regular adult admission. Limit four (4) discounts per coupon. Not valid with any other o=er. Not valid at o=-site sales locations. Distribution of this coupon on Aquarium grounds is prohibited. No cash value. Prices subject to change. Aquarium closed April 18-20, 2008. Valid through May 23, 2008.

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Fill out the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9. The solution to this puzzle will be in next month’s Metro Monthly or find it online at the Go Metro Destinations Discounts link.

This month’s

Take Lines 117, 211 and 212/312.

Metro Destination Scramble Re-arrange the letters below to name a popular LA destination on the Metro system.

816597432

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932481756

124938567

389756124

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Last month’s solution

D O W L O Y H O L K A R P

For convenient connections to the Go Metro Destination Discounts listed here, check the Trip Planner at metro.net.

Poets read to Metro riders during last year’s Poetry in Motion/LA™ event at Union Station.

Metro’s web site, metro.net, now features the new Metro Interactive video wall.

Metro Earth Day “Rock & Ride” Free Concert April 22 Take care of Mother Earth by leaving your gas-guzzling, air-polluting car behind and Go Metro to Union Station for a free one-hour noon concert of the rock band Canon. Canon will perform its hit eco song “The Hourglass,” as well as other great music at Metro’s Earth Day celebration

“Rock & Ride” event at noon Tuesday, April 22, on the south patio of Union Station.

The first 50 people who show their valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Metro information table at the concert will receive a signed poster from Canon.LA-based Canon has released its first album “Wide Awake” with members Jason Turbin, Tieg Johnson, Benji Pope, and Cassidy Turbin. Reminiscent of Radiohead and Muse and influenced by Pink Floyd, Canon’s music is vibrant and atmospheric. For more information visit myspace.com/canon.

LA Curry Festival Debuts April 13 Thai Town East Hollywood is the site of the >rst LA Curry Festival on Sunday, April 13 from 10am through 7pm. Not only will Thai curry be on center stage, but the event coincides with the 5th Annual Thai New Year’s Day Songkran Festival. Both events will be held on the streets outside Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Western Station in East Hollywood.

Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box o;ce to receive a $2 discount on the purchase of a Curry Festival ra=le ticket at the information booth.

Cherry Blossom Festival April 5-6 The first 500 visitors who show their valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket will receive a free signed poster of either Koi or The Blue Gate by artist/ actress Kellye Nakahara Walletta at the 7th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival April 5-6 on the streets of Little Tokyo in downtown LA.

Live entertainment includes Japanese dancing, Taiko, a kimono fashion show and non-stop martial arts performances. Don’t forget to visit the Hawaiian Village and Cherry Blossom food court.

Admission to the event is free. It will run Saturday for 10:30am to 6:30pm and Sunday from 10:30am to 5pm on San Pedro Street between First and Third.

Special Discounts For Metro Riders > Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the STAPLES Center box o;ce and get 20% off $35 or $85 seats to selected LA Clippers home games this season. Find out more at laclippers.com.

> Get $10 o= any seat to LA Kings home games by showing your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the STAPLES Center box o;ce. For more information call 888.KINGS.LA or online at lakings.com.

> Metro riders get 20% o= ticket prices on Tuesday evening performances to see the smash hit musical WICKED. Present your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Pantages Theatre box o;ce, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard. Or call 213.365.3500 to order tickets or go online to ticketmasters.com and use the promotional code “METRO.”

> Go Metro to the 32nd Annual Home Remodeling & Decorating Show April 11-13 at the Pasadena Conference Center or April 25-27 at the LA Convention Center and get 50% o= the admission price. Just show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box o;ce.

> Metro riders get $2 o= admission to Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966 exhibit now through June 8 at the Skirball Cultural Center. Exhibit requires timed-entry tickets. Use promotional code 97000 when reserving your tickets. Be prepared to show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at will-call. Find out more at skirball.org or call 310.440.4500.

Present this coupon and receive a FREE child’s admission (ages 3-11) with the purchase of a regular adult admission. Limit four (4) discounts per coupon. Not valid with any other o=er. Not valid at o=-site sales locations. Distribution of this coupon on Aquarium grounds is prohibited. No cash value. Prices subject to change. Aquarium closed April 18-20, 2008. Valid through May 23, 2008. P-MET

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abril de 2008

Metromonthly

Los mejores de América

Poesía en movimiento de Los Angeles celebra 10 años

metro.net

CaptionA multi-use development is being built at Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Vine Station.

Metro Launches Interactive Video Wall At metro.net Metro’s web site, metro.net, has launched the first phase of Metro Interactive video wall – a collection of destination and news videos designed to help customers and visitors more easily navigate LA.

Highlights include videos from the Go Metro campaign, as well as news and features reporting on events, ongoing projects and safety videos.

Metro Interactive is also home to Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor’s live chats, PBS star Huell Howser’s

“Ten Great Reasons to Share the Ride” and Howser’s “Tales from the Fast Lane” interviews with Metro riders. Also at the site are photographs and comments from riders in a new Transit Takes feature.

In the future, Metro Interactive will include blogs, polls to collect customer opinion, streaming video of the Metro Motion cable television show and tools to allow users to upload tra;c photos and videos.

Go Metro to...

Celebrating 10 Years of Poetry In Motion Poetry in Motion/LA™ will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on Thursday, April 10 in the East Portal of Union Station from 4-6pm when LA-based poets Elena Karina Byrne, Suzanne Lummis and Marisela Norte read selected poems from the Poetry in Motion Series. Alice Quinn, director of Poetry Society of America, will host the event.

The poems, which are relatively short, upbeat and representative of the demographic diversity of LA, are provided by the Poetry Society of America. Several of the poems are in Spanish. For more information about the Poetry Society, visit their web site at poetrysociety.org.

Since 1998, Poetry in Motion/LA™ places poetry directly in the path of more than one million Metro riders daily. In addition to placing poetry placards on the interiors of buses, the program also sponsors live poetry readings at bus stops and rail stations throughout LA County during the month of April (National Poetry Month).

Metro Challenge

Free Child’s Admission To Aquarium of the Paci>c Save on gas, save the planet, and save on admission to the Aquarium of the Paci>c in Long Beach. Purchase a regular adult admission and receive a FREE child’s admission. Meet more than 12,500 animals, come face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate predators in Shark Lagoon, and hand feed a lorikeet bird. Regular adult admission $20.95; regular child admission (ages 3-11) $11.95. Open daily from 9am-6pm. For information, go to aquariumofpacific.org.

Present this coupon and receive a free child’s admission (ages 3-11) with the purchase of a regular adult admission. Limit four (4) discounts per coupon. Not valid with any other o=er. Not valid at o=-site sales locations. Distribution of this coupon on Aquarium grounds is prohibited. No cash value. Prices subject to change. Aquarium closed April 18-20, 2008. Valid through May 23, 2008.

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Fill out the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9. The solution to this puzzle will be in next month’s Metro Monthly or find it online at the Go Metro Destinations Discounts link.

This month’s

Take Lines 117, 211 and 212/312.

Metro Destination Scramble Re-arrange the letters below to name a popular LA destination on the Metro system.

816597432

745623918

932481756

124938567

389756124

567214389

673845291

258179643

491362875

Last month’s solution

D O W L O Y H O L K A R P

For convenient connections to the Go Metro Destination Discounts listed here, check the Trip Planner at metro.net.

Poets read to Metro riders during last year’s Poetry in Motion/LA™ event at Union Station.

Metro’s web site, metro.net, now features the new Metro Interactive video wall.

Metro Earth Day “Rock & Ride” Free Concert April 22 Take care of Mother Earth by leaving your gas-guzzling, air-polluting car behind and Go Metro to Union Station for a free one-hour noon concert of the rock band Canon. Canon will perform its hit eco song “The Hourglass,” as well as other great music at Metro’s Earth Day celebration

“Rock & Ride” event at noon Tuesday, April 22, on the south patio of Union Station.

The first 50 people who show their valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Metro information table at the concert will receive a signed poster from Canon.LA-based Canon has released its first album “Wide Awake” with members Jason Turbin, Tieg Johnson, Benji Pope, and Cassidy Turbin. Reminiscent of Radiohead and Muse and influenced by Pink Floyd, Canon’s music is vibrant and atmospheric. For more information visit myspace.com/canon.

LA Curry Festival Debuts April 13 Thai Town East Hollywood is the site of the >rst LA Curry Festival on Sunday, April 13 from 10am through 7pm. Not only will Thai curry be on center stage, but the event coincides with the 5th Annual Thai New Year’s Day Songkran Festival. Both events will be held on the streets outside Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Western Station in East Hollywood.

Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box o;ce to receive a $2 discount on the purchase of a Curry Festival ra=le ticket at the information booth.

Cherry Blossom Festival April 5-6 The first 500 visitors who show their valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket will receive a free signed poster of either Koi or The Blue Gate by artist/ actress Kellye Nakahara Walletta at the 7th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival April 5-6 on the streets of Little Tokyo in downtown LA.

Live entertainment includes Japanese dancing, Taiko, a kimono fashion show and non-stop martial arts performances. Don’t forget to visit the Hawaiian Village and Cherry Blossom food court.

Admission to the event is free. It will run Saturday for 10:30am to 6:30pm and Sunday from 10:30am to 5pm on San Pedro Street between First and Third.

Special Discounts For Metro Riders > Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the STAPLES Center box o;ce and get 20% off $35 or $85 seats to selected LA Clippers home games this season. Find out more at laclippers.com.

> Get $10 o= any seat to LA Kings home games by showing your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the STAPLES Center box o;ce. For more information call 888.KINGS.LA or online at lakings.com.

> Metro riders get 20% o= ticket prices on Tuesday evening performances to see the smash hit musical WICKED. Present your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Pantages Theatre box o;ce, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard. Or call 213.365.3500 to order tickets or go online to ticketmasters.com and use the promotional code “METRO.”

> Go Metro to the 32nd Annual Home Remodeling & Decorating Show April 11-13 at the Pasadena Conference Center or April 25-27 at the LA Convention Center and get 50% o= the admission price. Just show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box o;ce.

> Metro riders get $2 o= admission to Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966 exhibit now through June 8 at the Skirball Cultural Center. Exhibit requires timed-entry tickets. Use promotional code 97000 when reserving your tickets. Be prepared to show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at will-call. Find out more at skirball.org or call 310.440.4500.

Present this coupon and receive a FREE child’s admission (ages 3-11) with the purchase of a regular adult admission. Limit four (4) discounts per coupon. Not valid with any other o=er. Not valid at o=-site sales locations. Distribution of this coupon on Aquarium grounds is prohibited. No cash value. Prices subject to change. Aquarium closed April 18-20, 2008. Valid through May 23, 2008. P-MET

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CaptionA multi-use development is being built at Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Vine Station.

Metro Launches Interactive Video Wall At metro.net Metro’s web site, metro.net, has launched the first phase of Metro Interactive video wall – a collection of destination and news videos designed to help customers and visitors more easily navigate LA.

Highlights include videos from the Go Metro campaign, as well as news and features reporting on events, ongoing projects and safety videos.

Metro Interactive is also home to Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor’s live chats, PBS star Huell Howser’s

“Ten Great Reasons to Share the Ride” and Howser’s “Tales from the Fast Lane” interviews with Metro riders. Also at the site are photographs and comments from riders in a new Transit Takes feature.

In the future, Metro Interactive will include blogs, polls to collect customer opinion, streaming video of the Metro Motion cable television show and tools to allow users to upload tra;c photos and videos.

Go Metro to...

Celebrating 10 Years of Poetry In Motion Poetry in Motion/LA™ will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on Thursday, April 10 in the East Portal of Union Station from 4-6pm when LA-based poets Elena Karina Byrne, Suzanne Lummis and Marisela Norte read selected poems from the Poetry in Motion Series. Alice Quinn, director of Poetry Society of America, will host the event.

The poems, which are relatively short, upbeat and representative of the demographic diversity of LA, are provided by the Poetry Society of America. Several of the poems are in Spanish. For more information about the Poetry Society, visit their web site at poetrysociety.org.

Since 1998, Poetry in Motion/LA™ places poetry directly in the path of more than one million Metro riders daily. In addition to placing poetry placards on the interiors of buses, the program also sponsors live poetry readings at bus stops and rail stations throughout LA County during the month of April (National Poetry Month).

Metro Challenge

Free Child’s Admission To Aquarium of the Paci>c Save on gas, save the planet, and save on admission to the Aquarium of the Paci>c in Long Beach. Purchase a regular adult admission and receive a FREE child’s admission. Meet more than 12,500 animals, come face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate predators in Shark Lagoon, and hand feed a lorikeet bird. Regular adult admission $20.95; regular child admission (ages 3-11) $11.95. Open daily from 9am-6pm. For information, go to aquariumofpacific.org.

Present this coupon and receive a free child’s admission (ages 3-11) with the purchase of a regular adult admission. Limit four (4) discounts per coupon. Not valid with any other o=er. Not valid at o=-site sales locations. Distribution of this coupon on Aquarium grounds is prohibited. No cash value. Prices subject to change. Aquarium closed April 18-20, 2008. Valid through May 23, 2008.

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Sudoku

Fill out the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9. The solution to this puzzle will be in next month’s Metro Monthly or find it online at the Go Metro Destinations Discounts link.

This month’s

Take Lines 117, 211 and 212/312.

Metro Destination Scramble Re-arrange the letters below to name a popular LA destination on the Metro system.

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Last month’s solution

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For convenient connections to the Go Metro Destination Discounts listed here, check the Trip Planner at metro.net.

Poets read to Metro riders during last year’s Poetry in Motion/LA™ event at Union Station.

Metro’s web site, metro.net, now features the new Metro Interactive video wall.

Metro Earth Day “Rock & Ride” Free Concert April 22 Take care of Mother Earth by leaving your gas-guzzling, air-polluting car behind and Go Metro to Union Station for a free one-hour noon concert of the rock band Canon. Canon will perform its hit eco song “The Hourglass,” as well as other great music at Metro’s Earth Day celebration

“Rock & Ride” event at noon Tuesday, April 22, on the south patio of Union Station.

The first 50 people who show their valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Metro information table at the concert will receive a signed poster from Canon.LA-based Canon has released its first album “Wide Awake” with members Jason Turbin, Tieg Johnson, Benji Pope, and Cassidy Turbin. Reminiscent of Radiohead and Muse and influenced by Pink Floyd, Canon’s music is vibrant and atmospheric. For more information visit myspace.com/canon.

LA Curry Festival Debuts April 13 Thai Town East Hollywood is the site of the >rst LA Curry Festival on Sunday, April 13 from 10am through 7pm. Not only will Thai curry be on center stage, but the event coincides with the 5th Annual Thai New Year’s Day Songkran Festival. Both events will be held on the streets outside Metro Rail’s Hollywood/Western Station in East Hollywood.

Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box o;ce to receive a $2 discount on the purchase of a Curry Festival ra=le ticket at the information booth.

Cherry Blossom Festival April 5-6 The first 500 visitors who show their valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket will receive a free signed poster of either Koi or The Blue Gate by artist/ actress Kellye Nakahara Walletta at the 7th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival April 5-6 on the streets of Little Tokyo in downtown LA.

Live entertainment includes Japanese dancing, Taiko, a kimono fashion show and non-stop martial arts performances. Don’t forget to visit the Hawaiian Village and Cherry Blossom food court.

Admission to the event is free. It will run Saturday for 10:30am to 6:30pm and Sunday from 10:30am to 5pm on San Pedro Street between First and Third.

Special Discounts For Metro Riders > Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the STAPLES Center box o;ce and get 20% off $35 or $85 seats to selected LA Clippers home games this season. Find out more at laclippers.com.

> Get $10 o= any seat to LA Kings home games by showing your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the STAPLES Center box o;ce. For more information call 888.KINGS.LA or online at lakings.com.

> Metro riders get 20% o= ticket prices on Tuesday evening performances to see the smash hit musical WICKED. Present your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Pantages Theatre box o;ce, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard. Or call 213.365.3500 to order tickets or go online to ticketmasters.com and use the promotional code “METRO.”

> Go Metro to the 32nd Annual Home Remodeling & Decorating Show April 11-13 at the Pasadena Conference Center or April 25-27 at the LA Convention Center and get 50% o= the admission price. Just show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box o;ce.

> Metro riders get $2 o= admission to Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966 exhibit now through June 8 at the Skirball Cultural Center. Exhibit requires timed-entry tickets. Use promotional code 97000 when reserving your tickets. Be prepared to show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at will-call. Find out more at skirball.org or call 310.440.4500.

Present this coupon and receive a FREE child’s admission (ages 3-11) with the purchase of a regular adult admission. Limit four (4) discounts per coupon. Not valid with any other o=er. Not valid at o=-site sales locations. Distribution of this coupon on Aquarium grounds is prohibited. No cash value. Prices subject to change. Aquarium closed April 18-20, 2008. Valid through May 23, 2008. P-MET

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