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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 29, 2009
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 28, 2009
Listing of Sunday's Open Houses from Combined L.A. Westside MLS
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 26, 2009
Bert Witt and the late Ellen Witt were avid collectors of Native American as well as Indigenous arts and crafts from countries they visited all over the world.
For the first time, more than 100 items from their extensive and distinguished collection will be offered for sale. Among the vintage baskets there are several Inuit, Navajo, Hopi and African baskets. Other collector's items such as clay pots, mortars, figurines and paintings on cloth will also be available.
Proceeds will benefit the Pho Lai kindergarten in Vietnam, a school dedicated to Ellen Witt, as well as help support operations of the Avenue 50 Studio.
Saturday, July 4, 2009 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm
RSVP: 323/258-1435 to Kathy Gallegos
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
http://www.avenue50studio.com
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 24, 2009
Sharing one of my Lummis Day Videos:
Almost five thousand people representing the rainbow of cultures in Northeast L.A gathered for Lummis Day 2009, the 4th celebration of the annual multi-cultural festival, presented by the Autry National Center, the Annenberg Foundation and the neighborhood councils of Northeast L.A.
The Lummis Day Festival was created to celebrate the patchwork of cultures that enriches the city. Artists represented Latino, Tagalog, Native American, Anglo and African-American traditions. Music included blues, rock, banda, salsa, jazz and country. Dance troupes represented Philippine, Mexican, Pacific Island and jazz dance traditions. Poets, painters and culinary artists, all with local connections, added to the Festival's collection of cultures.
Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, who joined the L.A. Times as the newspaper's first city editor in 1876. A prolific writer and photographer, Lummis was also one of the city's first librarians, founded the Southwest Museum and helped introduce the concept of multi-culturalism to Southern California.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 23, 2009
Mount Angelus is a small hillside neighborhood within Highland Park.
Mount Angelus is situated to the southwest of the intersection of York Boulevard and Figueroa Street, and bordered by Avenue 61 on the southwest and Mesa Avenue on the northwest,
The Mount Angelus neighborhood has one of the city's largest concentrations of public stairways, which link the narrow and winding hillside streets.
In the early years of the 20th century, entrepreneur Cora Scott Pond-Pope, purchased the land from the Garvanza Land Co., the holders of the original Spanish land grant. Pond-Pope subdivided the hill and sold lots to individuals. Pond-Pope had relocated to the Los Angeles area after successfully organizing eighty-seven different woman's suffage leagues in Massachusetts in the 1880s.
In years past, the Mount Angelus neighborhood was sometimes referred to as "Pope Hill"; taking the name from the neighborhood's original female developer; although newcomers to the neighborhood often mistakenly think the name "Pope Hill" is somehow releated to the presence of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church at the base of the hill on Avenue 61.
Although the Mount Angelus neighborhood has evolved over several decades, it was largely built up by the 1930s.
In 1997, the Los Angeles Times interviewed local historian Charles Fisher about Mount Angelus. Charlie mentioned the fascinating layered development of architectural styles as you move further and further up the hill.
"The houses at the base of the hill are turn-of-the-century cottages dating from 1890 to 1910," he said."The next layer are houses from the Mission Revival era up to the First World War. Higher up are Spanish Colonial Revival homes built in the 1920s and '30s. At the top of the hill are the most contemporary houses, which were built in the 1950s and '60s."
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 22, 2009
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 22, 2009
If you want to read tweets from the streets of Iran, the Stimulist says these are the hashtags you want:
#iranelection
#gr88
The article's author also suggests:
Help cover Iranian bloggers. Change your Twitter settings so that your location is TEHRAN and your time zone is GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location and timezone searches. If we all become ‘Iranians,' it becomes impossible to find them.
Here's a link to the full article: http://thestimulist.com/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-protest-twitterers/
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 21, 2009
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 20, 2009
The El Mio Neighborhood of Highland Park takes its name from the stately mansion, originally called "El Mio" perched high on a hillside.
Superior Court judge David P. Hatch commissioned the construction of this Victorian mansion. It was completed in 1896. The mansion was later acquired by the Smith Family, who lived there for several decades. The home today is often called "The Smith House". It was declared a City Historic Cultural Monument in 1975.
The open hillsides surrounding the mansion are now fully developed with homes, creating a neighborhood with a style and character reflecting the original mansion.
Avenue 59 and Avenue 57 create a western boundary to the El Mio Neighborhood; Avenue 61 to the east; Mesa Avenue to the north; Terrace Drive to the South.
In 1920 the Smiths subdived Tract 4044, transforming a narrow dirt road into El Mio Drive which encircles the mansion grounds, and then branches out into a one block long cul-de-sac, creating an almost private street in the shadow of the mansion.
The homes on that one block section form an eclectic collection of craftsman bungalows, spanish style and mid-century homes, enjoying a private, small town community atmosphere.
Along with the Hale House at Heritage Square, El Mio is one of the most recognized buildings in Highland Park.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 15, 2009
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 14, 2009
Listing of Sunday's Open Houses from Combined L.A. Westside MLS
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
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 13, 2009
Tonight, June 13, NELAart presents:
SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT
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.
Posted by BarujBraja
June 13, 2009
The Churches of NorthEast LA present:
PEACE in the NorthEast Community March and Resource Fair
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 10:00a-5:00p
Gather: Sycamore Grove Park, 4702 N Figueroa St
March: 10:30a
To: El Rio de Los Angeles State Park, 1900 San Fernando Rd
Resource Fair: 1:00-5:00p
Supported by: The Churches of NorthEast Los Angeles in cooperation with Mayor Villaraigosa, Northeast LAPD, Councilmember José Huizar, Councilmember Ed Reyes, Council President Eric Garcetti, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, Highland Park Ministerial Association, RemixOurWorld.
Greater Highland Park Kiwanis, Peace over Violence, Anahuak Youth Soccer Association, Southwest Museum Coalition, District 17 American Legion, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and many more.
Lead by the Churches of NorthEast LA, the NorthEast LA community will meet to march against violence in the streets. The march is down Figueroa Blvd to San Fernando Rd and then down Future St to the Resource Fair. Snacks will be served at the Resource Fair. Bottled water will also be available for marchers. Along with the Resource Fair there will be live and DJ music.
Community groups, families and local organizations and businesses and others are encouraged to join the march and bring organizational / identificational banners or signs. March signs will also be provided. This march and resource fair is being held in response to the violence in the streets of NorthEast LA, the crimes against the person, such as shootings / drive-bys / robberies / assaults / rapes / batteries. Summer is the time when these crimes escalate and so we are taking to the streets to march and declare:Peace in the NorthEast: Stop the Violence.
"Though we are many we are One." 1Cor 12:12
At a recent Churches of NorthEast LA Monthly Breakfast Gathering Chief Murphy challenged the churches to become involved in helping to reduce crime in the streets of the NorthEast LA area. In immediate response the churches and other religiously-
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 13, 2009
Avenue 50 Studio presents:
Colaborativo Uno (1) Nueve (9) Siete (7)
Vero Glezqui
Alejandra Phelts
Jacobo Ramirez
Fernanda Uski
Marco Velazco
Oslyn Whizar
Opening night reception: Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 7-10 pm
The 3rd Zone is a space and place corralled by the Tijuana-San Diego border - the busiest and most utilized land crossing in the world. In 2005 over 18 million vehicles and 50 million people entered the 3rd Zone. The occupants of the Zone are a mix of people living in Tijuana, San Diego County and Los Angeles County.
The 3rd Zone masses are bombarded by huge glaring digital billboards inviting a captive audience to buy homes, cars, clothes, medical and plastic surgery services. Merchants and panhandlers compete for the attention of drivers, motorcyclists and walkers in limbo who have no where to go except straight ahead. Time moves in slow motion holding everyone hostage in a human conveyor belt that is laced with surprises, some pleasant, some not. Staying alert whether by foot or car is the mainstay of taking up residency in the 3rd Zone -- albeit anywhere from 20 minutes to three hours. Every day is a new day enveloped in the consistent inconsistency.
Special Thanks to: Chris & James Cook; Luis Ituarte, artist; Carolyn Williams; Alex & Jaylene Moseley; Rebecca S. Rojas, Ph.D; and COFAC
And at the Annex:
100 Faces
Ceramics by Joseph Botello
Opening night reception: Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 7-10 pm
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
323-258-1435
June 13 through July 5, 2009
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 13, 2009
This Saturday, as part of the regular Second Saturday Gallery Night, Artichoke is officially releasing their kids record and songbook "26 Animals" at theFuture Studio in Highland Park. It's an alphabet of animal songs inside an accompanying illustrated book with complete lyrics and chords.
The free, all-ages event runs from 7 to 10. Artichoke performs for kids (and big kids) at 8:00. The original watercolor paintings that form the book's illustrations will be on view, and the gallery walls will be covered with paper so that young and old alike can contribute animals of their own!
Saturday, June 13 @ 8:00
Future Studio Gallery
5558 N. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles CA 90042
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 10, 2009
Curated by Gerda Govine-Ituarte
Colaborativo Uno (1) Nueve (9) Siete (7)
Vero Glezqui
Alejandra Phelts
Jacobo Ramirez
Fernanda Uski
Marco Velazco
Oslyn Whizar
Opening night reception: Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 7-10 pm
The 3rd Zone is a space and place corralled by the Tijuana-San Diego border - the busiest and most utilized land crossing in the world. In 2005 over 18 million vehicles and 50 million people entered the 3rd Zone. The occupants of the Zone are a mix of people living in Tijuana, San Diego County and Los Angeles County.
The 3rd Zone masses are bombarded by huge glaring digital billboards inviting a captive audience to buy homes, cars, clothes, medical and plastic surgery services. Merchants and panhandlers compete for the attention of drivers, motorcyclists and walkers in limbo who have no where to go except straight ahead. Time moves in slow motion holding everyone hostage in a human conveyor belt that is laced with surprises, some pleasant, some not. Staying alert whether by foot or car is the mainstay of taking up residency in the 3rd Zone -- albeit anywhere from 20 minutes to three hours. Every day is a new day enveloped in the consistent inconsistency.
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
323-258-1435
http://www.avenue50studio.com
Special Thanks to: Chris & James Cook; Luis Ituarte, artist; Carolyn Williams; Alex & Jaylene Moseley; Rebecca S. Rojas, Ph.D; and COFAC
June 13 through July 5, 2009
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 9, 2009
Congratulations to Lummis Day organizers Eliot and Jain Sekuler, Ann Walnum, Carmela Gomes, Eddie Rivera, Maggie Barto, Michele Clark, Rosamaria Marquez, Britta Couris, Francisco Gomez, Randy Carrillo, Pam Hannah, Suzanne Lummis and many, many other dedicated volunteers for a fantasic, incredible Lummis Day 2009.
I created a flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lummisday2009/
Anyone with Lummis Day photos, please feel free to join and add your images.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 9, 2009
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 7, 2009
Listing of Sunday's Open Houses from I-Tech MLS
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 7, 2009
Event parking on:
Note: No Parking along the park side of Figueroa Street Shuttle Buses will run from 9:30 am to 8:30 pm and will make the following stops:
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Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 4, 2009
The Carlos Guitarlos band will perform on Stage One sometime around 4:00 in the afternoon.
From the Carlos Guitarlos website: Following a successful run through the L.A. music scene in the 80's, which was highlighted by recording gigs with Tom Waits and The Breeders, an invite to appear on The David Letterman Show, and a stint as lead guitarist/songwriter for the notoriously raucous Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs (immortalized in the Van Halen song of the same name), Carlos endured a lengthy absence from the music scene. Throughout the 90's and into the new millennium, Carlos could be found paying his dues on the streets of San Francisco, where he has become a street-corner legend, playing guitar to earn his keep. As a result of his hard living, Carlos landed in a San Francisco hospital fighting for his life with congestive heart failure, hence, Straight from the Heart (the title track was written from his hospital bed). That experience, combined with the alcohol-related death of his friend and former band-mate, Top Jimmy, proved to be the catalyst of his recent personal turnaround and career resurgence.
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place Sunday June 7, 2009 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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 2, 2009
The Evangenitals call it freak folk, alternative country, love drunk, hillybilly rock; call it what you like, they got it:
The Evangenitals will be performing on Stage Three, sometime around Fourish, on June 7 at the Lummis Day Festival.
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place Sunday June 7, 2009 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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 1, 2009
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.
Posted by Cheryl Johnson
June 1, 2009
Lummis Day begins with the 4th Annual Poetry Gala, featuring local poets Glen Ahhaitty, Suzanne Lummis, Ruben Martinez and Gail Wronsky. The Poetry Gala takes place at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Los Angeles 90042.
At the conclusion of the poetry event, The Arroyo Arts Collective's Tongva Puppets lead a parade from Lummis Home to Sycamore Grove Park, in a traditional opening ceremony for the performances at Lummis Day. Sycamore Grove Park is located at 4701 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90042.
The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place Sunday June 7, 2009 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.
NELA Live covers art openings, lifestyle and community events in the historic and eclectic communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove, Garvanza, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, all served with a side of real estate commentary.
