The historic, eclectic and diverse communities of Northeast Los Angeles grew from the gentle valley and hillsides along the Arroyo Seco, stretching in between Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena.
The neighborhoods are now cross-cultural and dynamic, but much of their character can traced to Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Arts and Crafts Movement celebrated individualism, creativity and pride of craftsmanship as a rebuttal to the Industrial Revolution , and as a counterpoint to Victorian formality.
The spirit of the Arts and Crafts Movement continues today as a vital and thriving Arts Community rooted in Northeast Los Angeles.
Featuring Open Houses in the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
Appearing on Stage Four, in the early afternoon, The Monolators.
From Monolators MySpace page: With their unique blend of 50's rock and 70's punk and their increasingly talked about live performances; where drumsets are used as jumping platforms, food fights ensue and an occasional head bleeds, The Monolators have come a long way since their beginning in 2002 as the husband and wife duo of Eli (vocals, guitar) and Mary (drums) Chartkoff.
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place at three locations: Lummis Home (poetry and music from 10:30am-noon), Sycamore Grove Park (music, dance, theater and food from12:30pm-7:30pm) and Casa de Adobe (art exhibits, from 1:00pm-6:00pm).
Set for Sunday, June 7, The 4th annual Lummis Day will feature a kaleidoscopic collection of performers, including Wil-Dog (a member of L.A.'s acclaimed Ozomatli), perennial "Best Los Angeles Country Band" winners I See Hawks in L.A., virtuoso blues guitarist legend Carlos Guitarlos, poets Ruben Martinez and Suzanne Lummis, members of the Chicano comedy group Culture Clash, plus Pilipino, Native American, Mexican and Pacific Islander folk artists, poets and visual artists of various stripes and traditions.
For the community, it's a party with a purpose, a "kumbaya" for the various ethnicities and cultures that share the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods. And last year's attendance--about 9,000 people showed up--has turned it into one of the area's biggest annual events, a signature community arts and music showcase for the Northeast Los Angeles area ( including the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Cypress Park, Mount Washington, Montecito Heights, Hermon, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights, and Glassell Park).
Sycamore Grove Park is located at 4702 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Eugene Edwards and his Band will appear on Stage One following BombaChante in the mid afternoon slot, Sunday, June 7 at the Lummis Day Festival.
Here's a quote from Edwards' website: "I'd like to be thought of as the guy who reintroduced whatever it was that Springsteen, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello - the post-Dylan songwriters - had. And, like The Clash has shown that if you have just one person standing in front of you, you owe it to them to sweat every bit that you have in your body - I want to be the guy who, if they want to hear one more song, I am ready to give it to them. If they're still standing at the end of a 45-minute set, I feel like I've done something wrong."
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place at three locations: Lummis Home (poetry and music from 10:30am-noon), Sycamore Grove Park (music, dance, theater and food from12:30pm-7:30pm) and Casa de Adobe (art exhibits, from 1:00pm-6:00pm).
The 4th Annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles will be presented on Sunday June 7 by the Autry National Center, the Annenberg Foundation and the neighborhood councils of Northeast Los Angeles (Arroyo Seco, Historic Highland Park, Greater Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, L.A. 32 and Glassell Park.) Media sponsors are KPFK Public Radio 90.7 and Univision KMEX Channel 35. Additional sponsorship is provided by the Highland Park Heritage Trust, Jose Huizar and Council District 14, Ed Reyes and Council District 1, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Arts Commisssion, and Poets Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
Franklin High School Presents - Coffee House Fest -Saturday May 30
On Saturday, May 30th from1:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Franklin's Baseball Field & grounds the Associated Student Body will produce the first community festival organized by students.
The event will feature student entertainment (four bands, Cheer, Dance Team, Drill) , educational exhibits, challenge games, carnival games, Karaoke entertainment, great food, and much much more!!!
Also presented at 2pm, in Room 281, is the Spring Drama Production of Second Class.Student admission is $3 General admission is $5.
We are working along with FHS leadership class, student body, community businesses and organizations, Teen-CPAB, Kiwanis Club, First District Councilmember Ed P. Reyes, and Principle Luis Lopez.
Festival entrance prices are $3.00 at the door, children under 4 free.
All funds raised go back to the ASB at Franklin High School.
Formed in 1999 by Rob Waller and brothers Paul and Anthony Lacques during a philosophical discussion and rock throwing session on an East Mojave desert trek, I See Hawks In L.A. first gathered on the front porch in Echo Park with beers, wrote their first batch of songs and then sought advice from local country rock guru David Jackson, bassist with John Denver, Dillard and Clark, and EmmyLou Harris.
Jackson set up a few mics and recorded Rob and Paul, adding his own melodic bass lines. This demo turned into featured songs on the Hawks eponymous debut, featuring legendary fiddler Brantley Kearns (Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Hazel Dickens). The CD established the Hawks signature sound: high lonesome three part harmonies, twang guitar and unadorned acoustic arrangements, with lyrics musing on mortality, whales, and the geography of pre-apocalyptic L.A.
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place at three locations: Lummis Home (poetry and music from 10:30am-noon), Sycamore Grove Park (music, dance, theater and food from12:30pm-7:30pm) and Casa de Adobe (art exhibits, from 1:00pm-6:00pm).
The 4th Annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles will be presented on Sunday June 7 by the Autry National Center, the Annenberg Foundation and the neighborhood councils of Northeast Los Angeles (Arroyo Seco, Historic Highland Park, Greater Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, L.A. 32 and Glassell Park.) Media sponsors are KPFK Public Radio 90.7 and Univision KMEX Channel 35. Additional sponsorship is provided by the Highland Park Heritage Trust, Jose Huizar and Council District 14, Ed Reyes and Council District 1, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Arts Commisssion, and Poets Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
Villa Sombrero, the Highland Park Mexican restaurant with the supersize margaritas on York shut its doors last summer.
The restaurant's original owner, Felipe Nunez - who sold the name and business, but not the property twenty years ago reclaimed the space and re-opened his own restaurant - Felipe's.
It has taken some time, but the liquor license was finally issued, and the supersize Margaritas are back. Outdoor dining tables have been added. And Felipe is gradually building up the menu items, and lowering some of the menu prices.
For anyone that dropped in earlier this year, before the liquor license was issued, please go back and give Felipe's another try.
The staff is friendly and attentive. The service is fantastic. The fajitas are excellent.
Jesse delivers a platter of sizzling fajitas.
Felipe's Restaurant is located at 6101 York Blvd., Highland Park, 90042. Telephone: 323.478.1652.
Salsa-jazz band BombaChante will be the first musical artists to be featured on the Sycamore Grove Park bandshell at Lummis Day, Sunday June 7, just after the festival activities get underway at the park at 12:30 pm.
BombaChante is a collaboration of top musicians from the Northeast L.A. and East L.A. areas. Veterans of the Chicano music scene, BombaChante was formed in 2003 and is led by Ernesto Molina, formerly of East LA Sabor Factory and fronted by lead vocalist Gabriel Gonzalez, formerly of Quetzal. BombaChante's concert is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place at three locations: Lummis Home (poetry and music from 10:30am-noon), Sycamore Grove Park (music, dance, theater and food from12:30pm-7:30pm) and Casa de Adobe (art exhibits, from 1:00pm-6:00pm).
The 4th Annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles will be presented on Sunday June 7 by the Autry National Center, the Annenberg Foundation and the neighborhood councils of Northeast Los Angeles (Arroyo Seco, Historic Highland Park, Greater Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, L.A. 32 and Glassell Park.) Media sponsors are KPFK Public Radio 90.7 and Univision KMEX Channel 35. Additional sponsorship is provided by the Highland Park Heritage Trust, Jose Huizar and Council District 14, Ed Reyes and Council District 1, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Arts Commisssion, and Poets Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
These zip codes include the Northeast Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
Historic Preservation in Highland Park, California
The Historic Preservation movement in Highland Park can be traced back to the early 1980s. During the real estate boom of the 1980s residents of Highland Park became concerned that older, historic homes were being torn down and replaced with apartment complexes at an alarming rate.
In 1982, a group of residents formed the Highland Park Heritage Trust. The first success came with nominating the original Northeast Police Station as a Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument and saving it from demolition.
This success was followed by four more Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument nominations: The Southwest Museum, the Ebell Clubhouse, the Masonic Temple and the Yoakum House. Since 1983, HPHT has successfully nominated over 50 Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.
On June 7, 1994, the City of Los Angeles of Los Angeles established the Highland Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, the seventh HPOZ to be established in the city, and one of the largest, covering over 2,500 structures. Highland Park was the first HPOZ in Los Angeles to include commercial buildings.
Highland Park is now an area that takes great pride in its heritage, and supports the historic preservation of its remarkable and eclectic architecture encompassing nearly every style popular from the 1880s through the 1960s.
Featuring
Open Houses in the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland
Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza,
Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey
Hills, and Hermon.
These zip codes include the Northeast Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
Featuring Open Houses in the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
These zip codes include the Northeast Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
WHEN: Every Second Saturday 7:00-10:00p.m. WHERE: Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods.
NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is a free self-guided tour of the galleries, non-profits and artist run project spaces located in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA). NELA has a tradition in the arts that dates back to the early 1900’s when the USC College of Fine Arts was located in Highland Park and characters like Charles Lummis and Antonio Corsi were living in the area. The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.’s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.
Lummis Day - The Fesitival of Northeast Los Angeles - Upcoming June 7
Leading up to Lummis Day: The Lummis Day Library program, a.k.a. the "Viva Poetry" series, continues this Saturday, May 9 at 2pm with a reading by poet liz gonzález at the Los Angeles Public Library's Arroyo Seco Branch.
Joining liz at her reading will be two guest poets, Rachelle Cruz and Cece Peri.
liz’s poetry, fiction and memoirs has been widely published. She is a member of the Macondo Writing Workshop, a master-level workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros, and the assistant editor of the online magazine, Speechless the Magazine.
She teaches writing at Long Beach City College and creative writing at community centers, in private workshops, and through the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. She was a featured reader at last year's Lummis Day Festival.
The library is located at 6145 N. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90042 (323) 255-0537
It's fun, it's festive and it's only one day a year!
Join us for the 20th anniversary of Museums of the Arroyo Day, where the six museums located along the Arroyo Seco in Los Angeles and Pasadena open their doors free of charge from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 17, 2009.
Each year, thousands of Angelinos have experienced the diverse mix of art, architecture and history of the Arroyo Seco area found in the six unique history-based museums that preserve and perpetuate early Los Angeles life.
The public can visit the MOTA museums during the day at no charge.
Which happens only six times per one hundred years.
This is the third odd day of the 21st century, one in six. The reason it's called an Odd Day is because it features three consecutive odd numbers: 05/07/09.
Bodies Mapping Time: New Portraits of Women by J. Michael Walker” at Avenue 50 Studio, May 9
Opening Night Reception: Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 7-10 pm
Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present "Bodies Mapping Time: New Portraits of Women" by artist J. Michael Walker.
Known for mapping the soul of L.A. in his well-received project "All the Saints of the City of the Angels" the artist now explores another chart of navigation - the female body and the spirit that animates it.
"A woman's body is a map of her life's journey, a reflection of her experiences, and an expression of her spirit" - J. Michael Walker
Focusing on ten women ranging in age from thirty-two to seventy-eight, J. Michael worked collaboratively with his subjects to create empathic images wherein each woman's revealed body reveals her inner essence.
Like many figurative artists, J. Michael has long used photographs as reference for his paintings and drawings of women. However, he recently began looking at photography on its own terms, both as an artistic medium and, more importantly, as a tool to give his subjects a more direct say in their representation. What the artist and his models have produced for our exhibition are sensitively poetic portraits of women as beautiful, strong, and wise: survivors of life's struggles and co-creators of their path.
Please join us as we celebrate the graceful beauty of J. Michael Walker's new photographic works.
May 9 to June 7, 2009
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. 131 North Avenue 50 Highland Park, CA 90042 323-258-1435
Friends of the Los Angeles River Partners with Frogtown Artwalk and the Blake Lofts for New Clean-up Site on May 9th
Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is pleased to announce that they are partnering with the Blake Lofts and the Frogtown Artwalk for a new clean up site along the Los Angeles River behind the lofts, 1839 Blake Avenue, in the burgeoning Elysian Valley neighborhood, often referred to as Frogtown, after the frog population that once thrived in the adjacent LA River.
Frogtown became a clean-up site after Blake Lofts resident and noted local photographer Paul Redmond ran into FoLAR founder Lewis McAdams walking along the river. They determined that the Frogtown area was a perfect clean-up site as the area is bordered by the river and many of the area’s artists, business owners and residents are concerned environmentalists. Redmond is now the site captain for the Frogtown river clean-up taking place from 9am – 12 noon on May 9th.
The Frogtown clean-up will take place in the Blake Lofts parking lot adjacent to a portion of the river's natural bottom in the heart of Elysian Valley. All neighbors, the Frogtown Arts Collective and green minded businesses are invited to make the cleanup, both rewarding and informative.
The Green Committee from the Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce will be on site informing the public on green issues, along with their giant plastic bag ball. Local environmental arts collective Grenememe along with photographer Paul Redmond will collaborate on “Trashy Art” a map and storytelling project around the clean-up, on a 12 foot graphic of the river from Fletcher to Riverside. Along with clean-up volunteers, they will document weird and not so wonderful trash through physical collection, photography and narrative. Redmond will set up the Frogtown Fotobooth on site, documenting the event through portraits of volunteers and their "river finds". At the end of the day Greenmeme will take the mural and translate it into a graphic illustration. The “Trashy Art” project will be shown at the next Frogrown Artwalk, other local events and online.
Participants are encouraged to wear clothes they can get dirty and sturdy shoes. Work gloves, sunscreen, and refillable water bottles are also recommended. The Frogtown Clean-up will supply water for your bottles from a cooler, snacks, music and more. This event will be a great learning experience and fun for kids of all ages. There will be a limited number of free FoLAR 20thAnniversary River Clean-up tee shirts for volunteers and every volunteer will receive a free tote bag. There will also be a fundraising raffle for FoLAR.
FoLAR was founded on the belief that effective advocacy, education, collaboration and imagination can accomplish great things. We know firsthand that urban waterways restoration requires creativity, technical knowledge and tenacity - but also that our goals, while vast and visionary, are also undeniably attainable.
Lewis Mauk uses found items and collected ephemera—both personal and tertiary— to explore compulsion, addiction, self-doubt, and the search for inspiration. Lewis works primarily in photography, printmaking, and digital media.
ARTIST’S OPENING: SATURDAY, MAY 9 • 7-10 PM part of NELAart.com’s Second Saturday Gallery Night Open through June 6 by appointment
Future Studio Gallery 5558 N. Figueroa St. • Los Angeles 90042 (aka Home of Chicken Boy on Historic Route 66) (323) 254-4565 • futurestudio@sbcglobal.net
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GRAFFITI: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Understanding the Phenomenon of Modern Graffiti: a presentation by Steve Grody, followed by Q&A
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 • 7:30 PM Ebell Club • 131 S. Ave. 57 • Los Angeles 90042
Free for members of Arroyo Arts Collective and Ebell Club, or $5 at the door (public parking lots available nearby; please note that meters run until 9 pm)
Sponsored by Arroyo Arts Collective and Future Studio Gallery • Thank you Ebell Club
Since 1990, Steve Grody has been searching the alleys, washes, and abandoned lots of Los Angeles in search of this vernacular art. Over the years, he has cultivated the trust of L.A.’s most prolific, skilled, and infamous graffiti writers, allowing him access to obscure locations. His obsessive drive to document this distinctive youth underground has resulted in an archive of over 15,000 images. From this he has chosen the best work to illustrate the range of styles and approaches of this urban phenomenon in his book, Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art. He has interviewed top artists to clarify their motivations and thoughts on creativity, as well as the troublesome aspects of its illegality. Limited copies of Steve’s amazing book will be available after the talk, which he will be happy to sign ($35, checks or cash).
These zip codes include the Northeast Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
Highland Park, California, has always been a town of contrasts.
In recent years, journalists from publications such as The New York Times and London's Financial News have visited the area, and published articles praising Highland Park's "cool restaurants and boutiques that draw young trendsetters in skinny jeans, flannel shirts and Converse high tops", or admiring Highland Park's "walkable streets and its glut of handsome old homes".
And all of that is true. And, yes, of course, as a local real estate broker, I enjoy reading it. But wait, there is another dimension to the community of Highland Park.
Highland Park is a community of immigrants from all corners of the world, aging hippies, and working class folk most of whom will never buy a $15.00 burger at a "gastropub" and prefer shopping at a "thrift store" to shopping at a "vintage boutique". These are the same local residents who find it more convenient to walk to the local 99-Cent store than to make a gasoline-burning trip across down to a "big box" store. Even if NYT calls the 99-Cent store "garish".
These locals provide the foundation and backbone of the community. And as a testament to Highland Park's spirit of individualism, creativity, and pride, they cheerfully coexist with the colorful, young trendsetters.
Highland Park is truly one of the most diverse and cross-cultural communities in Los Angeles. And its strength grows as each diverse group learns to respect and honor other groups within the community.
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Montecito Heights, Cypress Park,
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Monterey Hills, and Hermon.
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