Tile Cat Tea House's classic offering: Enjoy a casual Chinese-style tea ceremony & tasting featuring teas sourced directly from farmers in Yunnan, China. Learn about tea, try a couple different types, and chat with new and old friends. Small snacks provided.

5 spaces per session; open to tea lovers, haters, and total newbies. Come alone or bring a friend (separate registration required for additional guests).

Tea session prices are sliding-scale. Please choose the rate that feels right for you at this time!

• $15 Community Rate: For those experiencing short-term or ongoing financial challenges
• $20 Standard Rate: Paying this rate helps sustain the tea house :)
• $30 Supporter Rate: For those who are financially comfortable, this rate contributes to the growth and success of our tea community!

You will be able to select your desired rate (or write in an amount between/above the suggested rates) upon registration.

Want to get into tea but don't know where to start? Always drink the same type of teas and want to expand your palate? Curious about Chinese tea? This class is for anyone looking to deepen their tea knowledge.

Tea 101 provides a solid foundation for further tea learning and exploration. I will share about my own journey with tea in China's Yunnan province and beyond, then cover the six different types of tea, interesting bits of tea history, the basics of tea processing (in Yunnan), and gongfu-style brewing. There will be plenty of time for questions and, of course, tea-drinking! Small snacks provided.

Tea class prices are sliding-scale. Please choose the rate that feels right for you at this time!

• $25 Community Rate: For those experiencing short-term or ongoing financial challenges
• $35 Standard Rate: Paying this rate helps sustain the tea house :)
• $50 Supporter Rate: For those who are financially comfortable, this rate contributes to the growth and success of our tea community!

You will be able to select your desired rate (or write in an amount between/above the suggested rates) upon registration.

Tea has a powerful capacity to calm the mind and bring us into the present moment. From the teacup in our hands to the warmth in our bodies, drinking tea provides us with endless sensations to be aware of and present to. In tea meditation, we drink one type of tea for multiple brews, paying attention to the subtle shifts in both the tea and our own bodies and mental states.

This meditation will focus specifically on the poem "Seven Bowls of Tea" by the ancient Chinese poet Lu Tong. Listening to his words, we will explore the connection between tea and meditation while sipping on seven (small) cups of pu'er tea. After a short introduction, the meditation will take place in silence, followed by opportunities to stretch, snack, and share.

5 spaces per session. Open to all; no background in tea or meditation required!

Tea session prices are sliding-scale. Please choose the rate that feels right for you at this time!

• $20 Community Rate: For those experiencing short-term or ongoing financial challenges
• $25 Standard Rate: Paying this rate helps sustain the tea house :)
• $35 Supporter Rate: For those who are financially comfortable, this rate contributes to the growth and success of our tea community!

You will be able to select your desired rate (or write in an amount between/above the suggested rates) upon registration.

Tile Cat Tea House will be offering tea by donation at Clockshop's Songs of Emerging Endangerment Listening by Moonrise Event. The program will feature performances by artist Ivana Dama and sound-based collective Ears to the Ground, reflecting on the possibilities and implications of scientific instrumentation and field recording.

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Listening by Moonrise; Ivana Dama and Ears to the Ground
Sunday, February 1, 2026
3:00–5:00 PM
Los Angeles State Historic Park

Pre-order your pinic from Gu Grocery here.

Songs of Emerging Endangerment, a sound installation by TJ Shin, uses mimicry to map systems of global migration from the Asia-Pacific. The project features a 30-foot-tall sculptural air raid siren that projects a composition of imitated bird calls scheduled throughout the day. In an open call process, over 50 participants connected to regions along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway were asked to imitate the calls of endangered bird species that travel the world’s largest bird migratory path. Set to sound hourly from dawn to dusk, the work examines how mimicry—and the differences it produces in process and perception—both extend and transform instruments of the Cold War and their fields of power. At once a sonic rehearsal and social strategy, the installation invites reflection on the ways our urban spaces are shaped, and how our relationships to them might be reimagined.

Reading & Listening by Moonrise is a seasonal series held on the eve of the full moon (or as close to it as possible), featuring performances and immersive sound experiences with multidisciplinary sound and performance artists, writers, and poets. This program offers listeners moments of reflection, connection, and joy within a community-centered green space.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Founded by Krishna Jhaveri and Sanaya Ardeshir, Ears to the Ground is a transmedia project that explores the practice of patient listening through soundscapes, installations, performances and community gatherings. Their work invites an awareness of the sonic language of the Earth, with an intention to transform the listener.

Ivana Dama is a sound artist and researcher whose work explores the nonverbal expression of experiences shaped by social and political conflict, through sound studies and sonic memory. She earned her MFA in Sculpture from Yale University after graduating from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture. Her work—including audio-video installations, robotics, web projects, and music performances—explores the themes of sound and space at various scales, including the microscopic, architectural, and satellite. Ivana has participated in over 30 group exhibitions and has held solo shows in Portland and Los Angeles.

REFRESHMENTS BY
Gu Grocery is a Chinese Taiwanese pop-up concept rooted in family recipes and traditional flavors, known for their savory picnic sets and large selection of baked goods featuring fun, seasonal, and local Californian ingredients.

Tile Cat Tea House is an intimate Chinese-style tea house based in Los Angeles’s Westlake neighborhood, with a pop-up presence across LA. It is a space for tea drinking, learning, conversation, and time spent well together. Our teas are sourced directly from female tea farmer friends in China’s Yunnan Province.

ARRIVAL
Los Angeles State Historic Park is located at 1501 N Spring Street, directly adjacent to Chinatown and the Metro A Line. Follow the dirt path around the perimeter of the main lawn of the park to the northwest.

Parking
There is paid parking at 1501 N Spring Street, the main parking lot of the park, at $2/hour, up to $8 daily. The park will open the dirt overflow parking lot directly in front of the main parking lot which is free and first come, first served. There is also free street parking around the park. Please avoid parking near residential homes on the east side of Main Street and give yourself plenty of time to park and walk over!

Restrooms
There are several all-gender public restrooms and portapotties on site.

CREDITS AND SUPPORT
Songs of Emerging Endangerment by TJ Shin was commissioned by Clockshop and organized by Cat Yang, Director of Artist Projects, with Isabel Yi Jimenez, Artist Projects Manager. Clockshop’s projects at Los Angeles State Historic Park are supported through our long-standing partnership with California State Parks. 

The production of this work was generously supported by Accelerated Resilience Los Angeles (ARLA), the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture, Deborah and Colin Dayton, and Clockshop’s generous community of supporters.

Listening by Moonrise is generously supported by Accelerate Resilience Los Angeles (ARLA).

Want to get into tea but don’t know where to start? Always drink the same types of tea and want to expand your palate? Curious about Chinese tea? This class is for anyone looking to deepen their tea knowledge!

Tea 101 provides a solid foundation for further tea learning and exploration. Madeleine from Tile Cat Tea House will share about her own journey with tea in China’s Yunnan province and beyond, then cover the six different types of tea, interesting bits of tea history, the basics of tea processing (in Yunnan), and gongfu-style brewing. There will be plenty of time for questions and, of course, tea tasting!

🗓️ Saturday, February 28 from 11 AM - 1 PM

📍 Studious Coworking Space in Chinatown (418 Bamboo Ln. A)

$35 admission - please RSVP in advance :)

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