List<Map<String, String>> eventList = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
try
{
    JSONObject jsonResponse = new JSONObject(jsonResult);
    JSONArray jsonMainNode = jsonResponse.optJSONArray("event_list");

    // get all of the records returned from the query
    for (int i = 0; i < jsonMainNode.length(); i++)
    {
        JSONObject jsonChildNode = jsonMainNode.getJSONObject(i);
            String title = jsonChildNode.optString("title");  //get the event title from the result set

        eventList.add(createEvent("Event", title));  //add a new event to the list with its title
    }
}