Tea, tokes, and #trashart

Join aprildoodles at Bu Tea Den for a chill hang where we sip tea, snack, and make playful collage art from the materials that collect around our homes. Junk mail, shipping materials, packaging, and more. Tear through trash, play with color, pattern, and texture, then glue down what you like.

This edition falls on the spring equinox, a moment of balance, renewal, and bloom. We’re marking the season (and Women’s History Month) with a soundtrack by Tocaya: a DJ and cultural anthropologist whose earth-based electronic sets weave together nature sounds, Latin American rhythms, and the textures of languages from Spanish to Quechua.

Sunday afternoons in Los Angeles. Low light, shared tables, good music in the background, and a relaxed pace. Come to make something simple, surprising, and personal.

Tickets $25

Sunday, March 22 | 3PM–6PM

✨ For the Afternoon:

• Guided #trashart collage session with aprildoodles

• Live DJ set by Tocaya Lounge seating and shared work tables

• Curated teas and light bites

🔮 The Installation: Bu Tea Den is the permanent home of Paisley ID. During the event, you are invited to consult one of the AFTM (Automated Fortune Telling Machine) 🏧. This repurposed ATM uses numerology and chakra theory to generate an energy portrait and a personalized fortune ticket to take home.

Your ticket includes:

• Entry into this limited-capacity gathering
• A personalized fortune printed from the AFTM
• Unlimited House Tea: A bottomless flow of our signature Den Blend.
• Light Bites: Complimentary snacks to graze on.
• Den Membership: Early access to future secret performances.

Also Available (Menu):

• Full menu of Curated Teas and Kin Euphorics mocktails available for purchase at the bar.

Good to Know:

• Strictly Limited Seating: This is an intimate venue. Tickets will go fast.
• 420 friendly: personal cannabis is welcome, but no smoking indoors.

The Bar:

• We are a 100% Alcohol-Free space. We serve sophisticated teas and N/A beverages that buzz with flavor, not booze.

What to bring:

• Your own clean trash (junk mail, envelopes with patterns, shipping materials, packaging) or use some of ours.
• An open mind.
• Water bottle.
• Cannabis if you’d like.

Helpful tips:

• Look inside your envelopes, many have cool patterns or colors.
• Make sure your trash is clean.
• Remove identifying information like address labels.
• Need inspiration? Check out @trash.art.official

About the artist: aprildoodles

I created #trashart out of a desire to consume less and do more with the waste that I create in my daily life. I use a mix of shipping materials, packaging and other pieces of ephemera that I have been collecting over time. #trashart is a way to look at impact, showcase the afterlife of discarded things, and find meaning in what so many would consider waste.

About the DJ: Tocaya is a cultural anthropologist and DJ whose earth-based electronic sets draw from Latin American rhythms, the sounds of nature, and languages from Spanish and Portuguese to Quechua, the language of the Incas.