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NELA Art Second Saturday Gallery Night February 12, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011 NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month 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 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

1215 Projects, 1215 Cypress Avenue

Antigua Coffee House, 3400 North Figueroa Street

Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven/Flying Pigeon, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 4534 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Curve Line Space, 1577 Colorado Boulevard

First Defense, 5577 North Figueroa Street

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Knowhow Shop, 6019 Echo Street

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

LALA (Live Arts L A), 4210 Panamint Street

Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

M2, 4501 Eagle Rock Boulevard

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

One Day, 2113 North San Fernando Road

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50

Space 2710, 2710 West Avenue 34

Studio Route 66, 5917 North Figueroa

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

THIS, 5906 North Figueroa Street

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

Verbre Studio and Gallery, 4540 Eagle Rock Boulevard

**The featured photo is a piece by assemblage artist Armando Arreola which will be presented at Avenue 50 Studio during its February exhibition, Circulo "Magico/Magical Circus" .

Opening Night Reception:  Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 7-11 pm

“I have always wanted to be a magician.  These small theaters allow me to play that role.”

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present its February exhibition, Circulo Magico/Magical Circus by assemblage artist Armando Arreola.  With material obsession, Armando Arreola creates small diorama theater scenes of magicians at work.  Among the 14 theaters, we see the sword swallower, the lady being sawed in half, and the woman levitated over fire– while the small audience delights in the magic of the magician.  We are drawn into the tiny magical world of Armando Arreola.  He obviously delights in assembling his dioramas (and probably smiles or laughs while creating them).  All would be upbeat, except for one factor:  smudged faces with matted hair adorns each participant. We’ve walked into Arreola’s slightly dark world – not bloody, not violent – a Ray Bradbury novel-like world. There is magic here, as we play voyeur peering through side windows, or from the top of the theater.  But isn’t that what originally a circus was supposed to be?  Strange, mysterious, other worldly.  Circulo Magico is actually very charming.  The children will love it, and so will adults.

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

Northeast Holiday Parade, Sunday December 5

Holidays on Route 66
66th Northeast Los Angeles Holiday Parade & Winterfest

Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 1 p.m.

The 66th Northeast Los Angeles Holiday Parade will officially bring in the holiday season on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 1 p.m. The city's second oldest annual holiday parade offers has become a great attraction for entertainers and audience alike!

The list of participants has multiplied in the past two years, offering more marching bands, drill teams, dancers, musicians, floats, equestrian units, celebrities and community representatives.

As in years past, Santa Claus has already confirmed his visit to Northeast L.A. and will be accepting letters from children as part of the Holiday celebration.

This annual volunteer-organized community parade is being presented by the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce with collaboration from Los Angeles City Councilmen Ed Reyes (CD 1) and Jose Huizar (CD 14) as well as the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and numerous local businesses and organizations.

View Northeast Holiday Parade, Sunday, December 5 in a larger map

The parade will proceed from North Figueroa Street and Avenue 60, southbound to Sycamore Grove Park where Winterfest activities continue, offering live music and the announcement of the award-winning Parade entries.

Remember North Figueroa will be closed to vehicle traffic along the parade route from approximately 10:00 AM on.

Accessible by the Metro Rail Gold Line, the parade also introduces visitors to the Northeast area's cultural and historic facilities and unique shopping experience.

18th Annual Arroyo Arts Discovery Tour Coming November 21

Would you like to preview the works of artists featured in this year's North by Northeast Arroyo Arts Discovery Tour?

Arroyo Arts Collective member and amazing multi-media artist Edith Abeyta complied a collection of images showcasing works by members of the Arroyo Arts Collective that will be participating in the upcoming 18th Annual Discovery Tour.

Click on the screen shot, to enjoy a slideshow of the images.

 

 

18th Annual Arroyo Arts Collective Slideshow

More info:

"North by Northeast": Cutting-edge art meets artistic heritage at the 18th annual Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour

• What: A self-guided auto tour featuring more than 100 artists in homes and studios in Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Montecito Heights and Mount Washington
• When: Sunday, Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Where: Tour begins at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Ave. 43, Highland Park, 90031
• How much: Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 on the day of the tour. Purchase advance tickets online at www.arroyoartscollective.org or at Galco's Old World Grocery, 5702 York Blvd., Highland Park.
• Information: Go to www.arroyoartscollective.org or call (323) 850-8566.

Dia de los Muertos at Self Help Graphics

Dia de los Muertos honors beloved ancestors, family and friends who have passed on. 

In the lands that are now known as Mexico and Central America, traditions of honoring the deceased with private altars laden with flowers, mememtos, food and drink date back many thousands of years.

When the Spanish Conquistadors came to this land, they attempted to eradicate the holiday celebration in their efforts to convert the indigenous people.

But The Day of the Dead would not die.  And in time, the old customs blended with the Catholic Holy Days of All Saints' Day (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2).  And by extension, in modern times,  All Hallows Eve (the eve of All Saints Day, "Halloween")

Self Help Graphics & Art in East Los Angeles has a 37 year tradition of hosting Dia de los Muetos celebrations.

 

 

November 2, at 4:00PM Day of the Dead Procession at Belvedere Park's Virgen de Guadalupe Mural located at the corner of Cesar Chavez Ave. & Mednik Avenue;

November 2, at 5:00 -11:00 PM Celebration at East Los Angeles Civic Center 4801 East 3rd Street, East L.A., CA 90022 featuring music, community altars, many food vendors and local arts & Craft vendors!

7th Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours & Scary Movie Night at Heritage Square

7th Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours & Scary Movie Night 

On Saturday and Sunday, October 23rd and 24th, experience Halloween in a whole new light at Heritage Square Museum's Seventh Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours. 

 

Discover the very different traditions surrounding death and mourning as they were practiced 100 years ago. Mourning Tours are made possible thanks to the support of sponsors like METRO, Los Angeles Family Magazine, 100.3 The Sound,  Pasadena Weekly and Citizen's Trust (a division of Citizens Bank). Additional support provided by Councilman Ed Reyes/CD1, Trader Joe's of South Pasadena, Superior Warehouse and Licha's Flowers. 
 
This living history program puts you in the middle of a superstitious Victorian-era society where death was never far behind. Witness a funeral procession as they bury a loved one, visit a fortune teller, learn about hair jewelry and mourning attire and even join two men in arguing the merits of spirit photography! Also on hand for this year's festivities will be author Mark Daniel Wood. Mark is the Author of several titles, most recently Halloween Crafts-Eerily Elegant Décor (2001) and Create a Bewitched Fall-o-ween: 45 Projects for Decorating and Entertaining (2006). Mark will transform the 1887 John J. Ford residence into an authentic Victorian-esque haunted house. In so doing, he will demonstrate to visitors how to make period decorations. Mark will be on-hand to sign books.

On Sunday, October 24, the event adds family activities. Children can come in costume, make period crafts, receive a free pumpkin, listen to spooky stories by the San Gabriel Valley Storytellers and much more.

Also Sunday, Paranormal Investigators will share the results of their study of Heritage Square Museum. After all, for more than 40 years, people have claimed to hear, see and feel all manner of mysterious happenings at Heritage Square Museum. Whether it is the nature of the Victorian architecture, the historic furnishings and paintings on display or something all-together different, "ghost sightings" have occurred at the museum since its inception. On October 24th, those "sightings" will be denied...or confirmed!
 
Admission to the Halloween and Mourning tours are free for members, $10.00 for Adults, $8.00 for Seniors over 65, $5.00 for Children 6 to 12 years, and free for Children under 6. For more information about the program, call the museum offices from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at (323) 225-2700.
 
Due to periodic Caltrans Closures on the 110-Pasadena Frewway, we encourage everyone to take public transportation to the event. In fact, if you take the METRO GOLD LINE, we will even give you a free poster! If you are local, take your bicycle and we'll also give you a free poster.
 
Halloween and Mourning Movie Night to feature Body Snatcher (1945)
On the evening of Saturday, October 23, Heritage Square Museum will host its fourth annual Halloween and Mourning Movie Night. The evening is sponsored by Videotheque, the premier destination for classic and indie cinema.

Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blankets, chairs, and candy while enjoying classic scary movies at Heritage Square... if they dare. The scheduled feature is Body Snatcher, a 1945 horror classic starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. The plot involves a ruthless doctor and his young prize student finding themselves continually harassed by a murderous supplier of illegal cadavers. Considered one of Boris Karloff's best performances, the film is based on a classic 1884 short story by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Guests are encouraged to wear warm clothing. Beverages and popcorn will be available for purchase. Admission to the Halloween and Mourning Movie Night is free for Museum members and $10.00 for the general public. The gates will open at 7 p.m. for picnics with the show starting at dusk.
 
Bring the kids for Safe Haven Trick or Treating
Bring your kids for more treats on Halloween inside the safe confines of the museum grounds. Children 1 to 12 years of age, with parent accompaniment, may come in costume and receive sweet treats from our costumed interpreters stationed at each building. Halloween treats will be available from 4 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission price is $5 for Adults and $2 for children 6 to 12. Children under 6 are free. Free for members. 

12th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival Today, October 2

Today, Saturday, October 2, 2010 -- 4:00PM - 11:00PM -- THE 12TH ANNUAL EAGLE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Eagle Rock Music Festival welcomes the eclectic, local lineup for which it is known, highlighting the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Los Angeles music scene.

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock experiments with a multitude of genres to create the truly original experience that has paved the way for many other community music festivals.

This afternoon from 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM, Colorado Boulevard is closed to vehicle traffic and open to pedestrians between Eagle Rock Boulevard and Argus Street.

Musicians perform at eleven unique venues ranging from auto shops to formal stages to historical buildings, and even a motel balcony along the Boulevard.

Classic rock band ANN LIKES RED, a NELA favorite, will perform TWO sets at Columbo's Restaurant. The first set in the outside patio at 4:00 PM, and the second set, inside the restaurant at 7:00PM

Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010

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Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival October 2: Bonne Musique Zydeco

 Eagle Rock Music Festival, Saturday, October 2, 4:00PM to 11:00PM

"Musicians perform at eleven unique venues ranging from auto shops to formal stages to historical buildings, and even a motel balcony along Colorado Boulevard."

 Bonne Musique Zydeco stakes their claim each year on the balcony of the Eagle Rock Welcome Inn Motel.

"Bonne Musique Zydeco (BMZ), literally "good zydeco music," is a 6-member band specializing in the Creole music of Louisiana and east Texas. BMZ draws upon the style of traditional Cajun and Creole musicians, and the influences of the blues and New Orleans artists of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s to create a blend of music designed for dancing.  Zydeco is a mix of rock ’n roll, blues, Caribbean and R&B music. But it’s not rock ’n roll or blues music, it’s zydeco. "

 

 

Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010

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Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010: Eagle Rock High School Latin Jazz Band

Eagle Rock Music Festival, Saturday, October 2, 4:00PM to 11:00PM

"Musicians perform at eleven unique venues ranging from auto shops to formal stages to historical buildings, and even a motel balcony along Colorado Boulevard."

The Ranz Auto parking lot is one such unique venue. 

The Eagle Rock High School Latin Jazz Band will perform on the Rantz Stage at 7:00 PM.

Video of ERHS Latin Jazz Band at ERMF 2009: 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010

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Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival: Saturday, October 2

Eagle Rock Music Festival, Saturday, October 2, 4:00PM to 11:00PM

The Funky Slippers will perform at 4:00 PM on the Children's Stage located near Eagle Rock City Hall on the corner of Maywood Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.

Rock ... Soul ... Funk .... Simply divine ....

  

Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010

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Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival: October 2, 2010

Eagle Rock Music Festival, October 2, 2010 4:00 - 11:00PM

This year, Free the Robots will appear on Low End Theory Stage (located near The Coffee Table Bistro)

"Chris Alfaro is Free the Robots. The genre-defying artist pulls together heavy doses of traditional jazz, psych, electronic and hip-hop, with progressive melodies and devastating drums into a rich pot of sound. His techniques create harmony between genres with the blending of obscure samples with analog and digital compositions."

 

Free the Robots at the 2009 Eagle Rock Music Festival:

   

P.S. In this Eagle Rock Music Festival 2009 video, Free the Robots is performing in the parking lot of Panang Restaurant

Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010

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Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival October 2: Drunk on Crutches

Comming Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:00 - 11:00 PM

The Eagle Rock Music Festival happens on Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock; the street is closed to auto traffic between Eagle Rock Boulevard and La Roda Drive. 

Musicians perform at eleven unique venues along the route ranging from auto shop parking lots to formal stages to historical buildings, and even a motel balcony.

Drunk on Crutches serves up smoky, sultry, rockin' Americana at 6:00 PM on the KingSize Stage located near Panang Restaurant.

 

Drunk on Crutches website

Eagle Rock Music Festival 2010

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12th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival Coming October 2

The Eagle Rock Music Festival will welcome the eclectic, local lineup for which it is known,highlighting the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Los Angeles music scene. Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock experiments with a multitude of genres to create the truly original experience that has paved the way for many other community music festivals.  

Musicians perform at eleven unique venues ranging from auto shops to formal stages to historicalbuildings, and even a motel balcony along Colorado Blvd. that will be open to pedestrians between Eagle Rock Boulevard and Argus Street.

Here's a web site I made for Eagle Rock Music Festival 

And's here's a Google Map of the venue

NELAArt Second Saturday Art Walk Gallery Night, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Saturday, September 11, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month  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 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.’s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art.  

(Individual gallery hours may vary)

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Bike Oven, 3706 North Figueroa Street

Cactus, 5434 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Center for the Arts, 2225 Colorado Boulevard

1st Defense, 5577 North Figueroa Street

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

hi tree, 131 North Avenue 50 (behind Avenue 50 Studio)

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50

Studio Route 66, 5917 North Figueroa

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

Space 2710, 2710 West Avenue 34

The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

THIS, 5906 North Figueroa Street

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

York Studios, 5029 York Boulevard

Food trucks are rolling to Second Saturday Gallery Night:

EARLY BIRD:  12:00 – 4:00 FRYSMITH Truck  @ TOROS Pottery 3rd Annual End o’ Summer Party, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Canter’s Truck @ Cactus Gallery, 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.

Don Chow Tacos AND Lake Street Creamery @ Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, 5024 Eagle Rock Blvd.

TamTruck @ The Glass Studio, 5052 York Boulevard

Late Night/ After Party  @  The Verdugo Bar, 3408 Verdugo Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90065 with FreshFries Truck

Summer Concerts Return to Heritage Square!

RE-PUBLISHED FROM HERITAGE SQUARE: 

On August 15th and August 26th, step out of your car or get off the Metro Gold Line on your way home from work for one-of-a-kind free concerts at Heritage Square Museum. Join us as we present great musical acts, local food vendors and costumed docents in a venue that brings you out of the present and into Southern California’s past. No need to drive – take the Gold Line to the nearby Heritage Square station. Concerts are made possible thanks to the support of Supervisor Gloria Molina, the LA County Arts Commission, the Mt. Washington Homeowner's Alliance and El Classificado.

Dorrs open at 4:00 PM with opening acts beginning at 5:00 PM. Arrive at the museum early to see the historic architecture up close. Visitors will have a chance to try local food and drink and shop in the museum store. Costumed docents will be on hand to enliven the evening. Foodies take note – the world-famous Pink’s Hot Dogs will be here on August 15th.

On August 15, Mariachi Divas will be the headline act. Founded and directed by trumpet player Cindy Shea in 1999, the all-female Mariachi Divas are making big waves on the national music scene. In 2009, the group won the American Grammy award for Regional Mexican Album for their latest CD, Canciones De Amor. Mariachi Divas are a unique, multi-cultural ensemble imbued with the true flavor of Los Angeles and have been represented by women of Mexican, Cuban, Samoan, Argentinian, Colombian, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, Swiss, Japanese, Honduran, Peruvian, Tongan and Anglo descents. Cindy Shea states, "Music is a way of uniting our cultural backgrounds.” Mariachi Divas have appeared at Southern California venues such as the Arrowhead Pond, Universal Amphitheater, Staples Center, the Greek Theatre, the Santa Barbara Bowl, the House of Blues, the LA Forum for the 2005 Premio La Gente live TV awards show and the Shrine Auditorium for the 2006 Alma Awards. They have also accompanied Grammy- winning artists including Joan Sebastian, Jenny Rivera, Marco Antonio Solis, Pablo Montero, Graciela Beltran and Paulina Rubio and Mariachi Vargas. For more information on Mariachi Divas, please visit http://www.mariachidivas.com/.

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Their Rights and Nothing Less: Commenorating the 90th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

We are very proud to be a co-sponsor of this exhibit, "Their Rights and Nothing Less: Commenorating the 90th Anniversary of Women's Sufferage" at Heritage Square Museum:

Opening Reception is Saturday June 19, (Heritage Square members remember to RSVP for Saturday's opening reception (hosted by Panera Bread) by calling (323) 225-2700 ext. 223. The reception is from 4 to 6:30 PM.

As the only museum in Southern California commemorating this momentous anniversary, we hope everyone will visit the museum to learn about the early years of the suffrage movement, the philosophies and attitudes of the times and the individual stories that made the fight for women's equality so interesting.

A special section of the exhibit will be dedicated entirely to the efforts of women in Los Angeles, who led the fight for equality 9 years before its ratification at the National level. You can find a brief desciption of one of the women featured in the exhibit on the Heritage Square Museum blog.

The year 2010 marks the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote. More accurately, the language does not reference women in the affirmative; what it does is not deny the right to vote based upon gender.“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” The 19th Amendment was ratified August 18, 1920 by Tennessee, by a one-vote margin.

Of course, the fight for women’s rights began much, much earlier. In 1792, AVindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects was published by Mary Wollstonecraft, which responded to an issue even more basic and immediate than voting rights—the right—indeed the necessity for women to receive an education. Although almost inconceivable to think of now, this was considered a radical position which provoked a dramatic, although not necessarily negative, response. Starting with this simple idea, women have been fighting for equal rights ever since.

Curated by Mitzi March Mogul, Their Rights and Nothing Less will take a critical look at the incredible effort it took to gain that right and will include original artifacts from the early years of the struggle. Including ephemera and artifacts from a never-before-seen private collection, the exhibit is a must for every woman...and man.

Entrance is included with museum admission (free for members, $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for children 12 and under). Visit any Friday, Saturday orSunday between 12 pm and 4 pm. The exhibit is up through September 26th.


The exhibit runs through September 26th and is made possible thanks to sponsors Bob Taylor Properties, Planned Parenthood of Pasadena, 9 to 5 Working Women Los Angeles, the Glendale Printing Center. You can also become a Friend of Suffrage by making a donation in any amount through our new facebook cause page to support the exhibit Their Rights and Nothing Less: A Celebration of Women's Suffrage.

Free Shuttles on Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles Today June 6

A shuttle bus will provide Festival-goers with convenient access to Lummis Home and Heritage Square Museum this Sunday (June 6) with eight shuttle stops located in the surrounding streets.

The primary parking area for Lummis Day is the Heritage Square/Arroyo Metro Station, located at 3545 Pasadena Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031.

 

Lummis Day Shuttles will pick up At Heritage Square/Arroyo Metro Station beginning at 10:00AM, and run every 20 minutes (maybe 15), and they will run until 8pm.

Shuttles will also service street parking on Avenue 43 and Carlotta Boulevard.  Download a PDF showing all shuttle stops here. 

The fifth annual Lummis Day Festival moves its main stages to a new location, Heritage Square Museum (3801 Homer Street) this year, where the best of home-grown Northeast L.A. music, dance, food and community resources will be presented amid the historic buildings that are preserved on the Heritage Square site.

Before shifting to Heritage Square, the two-part Festival will stage its opening event at Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43), beginning at 10:30 am with readings by some of L.A.'s most critically acclaimed poets along with music, art exhibits and free refreshments.

Nearly 100 performers and artists from 17 bands and dance troupes, plus dozens of artists, craftspeople, and community groups are participating at this year's event. In the tradition of the Lummis Day Festival, performers on the three stages at Heritage Square Museum will represent an eclectic mix of cultural traditions and artistic styles.

 

Countdown to Lummis Day, The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles, June 6, Susie Hansen Latin Band

The fifth annual Lummis Day Festival will move its main stages to a new location, Heritage Square Museum (3801 Homer Street) this year, where the best of home-grown Northeast L.A. music, dance, food and community resources will be presented amid the historic buildings that are preserved on the Heritage Square site.

The Susie Hansen Latin Band will perform on Stage One at 4:45 PM. 

 

Before shifting to Heritage Square, the two-part Festival will stage its opening event at Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43), beginning at 10:30 am with readings by some of L.A.'s most critically acclaimed poets along with music, art exhibits and refreshments.

Nearly 100 performers and artists from 17 bands and dance troupes, plus dozens of artists, craftspeople, and community groups are participating at this year's event. In the tradition of the Lummis Day Festival, performers on the three stages at Heritage Square Museum will represent an eclectic mix of cultural traditions and artistic styles.

Paintings, sculpture and assemblage by a dozen artists will be hung at Lummis Home, which will remain from noon to 5:00pm.  Food and crafts will be sold at Heritage Square Museum.  Dozens of community groups will be represented at the Heritage Square location with booths and information tables.

Admission to all events is free.

For updates, including parking information and performance schedules, visit www.lummisday.org.

This year's Lummis Day Festival is sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, City Council Districts 1 and 14, Eagle Portables Inc. and Home Depot Cypress Park. The Festival's poetry events are sponsored by Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. Media sponsors include KPFK public radio 90.7, Univision KMEX-34 and the Arroyo Seco Journal.

Countdown to Lummis Day The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles: Ruben Martinez and the Border Balladeers

The 5th Annual Lummis Day Festival will be held on Sunday, June 6 at two locations: Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43) and nearby Heritage Square Museum (3801 Homer Street). The opening poetry gala begins at 10:30 am at Lummis Home. Art Exhibitions will open at Lummis Home at noon and continue through 5:00pm. Music, dance, food, comedy, and community activities take place at Heritage Square Museum, from 12:30pm-7:00pm.

Ruben Martinez and the Border Balladeers will appear at 3:30 PM on Stage 1.

From Martinez' MySpace Page:

Rubén Martínez is a fixture on L.A.'s cultural & political landscape. Writer, musician, spoken-word artist, intellectual, activist-he likes stirring the pot, mixing the genres, breaking down the borders.

Joe "City" Garcia is Rubén's longtime musical partner, conjuring vibes as varied as flamenco and r&b on acoustic & electric guitars. John Schayer and his blues-inflected bass have livened up acts like Bob Welch and Jay Gordon. Drummer Ruben Gonzalez is a native of East L.A. and of its music scene, including a stint with R&B legends The Blazers. Dennis Gurwell is a connoisseur of all things Americana, bringing his zydeco-flavored accordeón.

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. The Lummis Day Festival was created to celebrate the patchwork of cultures that enriches the city of Los Angeles.

This year's Lummis Day Festival is sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, City Council Districts 1 and 14, Eagle Portables Inc. and Home Depot Cypress Park. The Festival's poetry events are sponsored by Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. Media sponsors include KPFK public radio 90.7, Univision KMEX-34 and the Arroyo Seco Journal.

Countdown to Lummis Day June 6: The Dime Box Band

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. The Lummis Day Festival was created to celebrate the patchwork of cultures that enriches the city of Los Angeles.

Catch the Dime Box Band at 2:15 on Stage One at Heritage Square: Delightful, rockin' good country:

More about the Dime Box Band here: Dime Box Band Web Site

The 5th Annual Lummis Day Festival will be held on Sunday, June 6 at two locations: Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43) and nearby Heritage Square Museum (3801 Homer Street). The opening poetry gala begins at 10:30 am at Lummis Home. Art Exhibitions will open at Lummis Home at noon and continue through 5:00pm. Music, dance, food, comedy, and community activities take place at Heritage Square Museum, from 12:30pm-7:00pm.

This year's Lummis Day Festival is sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, City Council Districts 1 and 14, Eagle Portables Inc. and Home Depot Cypress Park. The Festival's poetry events are sponsored by Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. Media sponsors include KPFK public radio 90.7, Univision KMEX-34 and the Arroyo Seco Journal.

More about Lummis Day here: Lummis Day 2010 Web Site

Countdown to Lummis Day, The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles: Elliot Caine Jazz Quintet

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.  The Lummis Day Festival was created to celebrate the patchwork of cultures that enriches the city of Los Angeles. 

The 5th Annual Lummis Day Festival will be held on Sunday, June 6 at two locations: Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43) and nearby Heritage Square Museum (3801 Homer Street). The opening poetry gala begins at 10:30 am at Lummis Home. Art Exhibitions will open at Lummis Home at noon and continue through 5:00pm. Music, dance, food, comedy, and community activities take place at Heritage Square Museum, from 12:30pm-7:00pm.

This year's Lummis Day Festival is sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, City Council Districts 1 and 14, Eagle Portables Inc. and Home Depot Cypress Park. The Festival's poetry events are sponsored by Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. Media sponsors include KPFK public radio 90.7, Univision KMEX-34 and the Arroyo Seco Journal.

Opening at 1:00 PM, on Stage One at Heritage Square:  The Elliot Caine Jazz Quintet.  Trumpeter and band leader Elliot Caine has performed or recorded with a wide range of artists, including Bobby Matos, Beck, Teddy Edwards, Wyclef Jean and the Beastie Boys.  Inspired by 60's-style Blue Note Jazz, his group plays original compositions as well as the work of Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley and Donald Byrd.

 

More info: http://www.lummisday.org/

Save this date: Lummis Day 2010 is coming June 6

 

The fifth annual Lummis Day Festival will move its main stages to a new location, Heritage Square Museum (3800 Homer Street) this year, where the best of home-grown Northeast L.A. music, dance, food and community resources will be presented amid the historic and architecturally significant buildings that have been preserved on the Heritage Square site.

The two-part Festival's opening morning event will take place at Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43), where the day begins at 10:30 am with readings by L.A.'s most critically acclaimed poets along with music, art exhibits and refreshments. Art exhibits will continue there throughout the day while performances and all other activities shift to nearby Heritage Square Museum, beginning at noon.

As always, admission to all events is FREE !!!

For updates, including parking information and performance schedules, visit www.lummisday.org.

Now in its fifth year, Lummis Day celebrates the patchwork of cultures and ethnicities that enriches the Northeast Los Angeles community. The Festival is organized by the non-profit Lummis Day Community Foundation with support from Northeast L.A.'s neighborhood councils, elected officials and community groups and busineses.

http://www.lummisday.org/

Peace in the Northeast March & Resource Fair Saturday, May 15, 2010, 10am-4pm

Peace in the Northeast March & Resource Fair

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 10am-4pm

This BIG community event is almost upon us.

Please forward this message or make telephone calls or talk to people in person (!) or via twitter, facebook or however you like to GET THE WORD OUT!!! 

This march will to declare to all our neighbors, community members and ourselves that this is a place where we are actively seeking peace with one another and a good and healthy life for everyone!  So we need your help in getting the word out.  Please copy the attached flyer.

PARKING:  The march will begin at 10:00 AM at Luther Burbank Middle School (6460 N. Figueroa St) at the corner of Figueroa and Meridian Street in Highland Park.  There will be ample parking beneath the school.   If one prefers, there will be buses from Sycamore Grove Park, Franklin High School, Irving Middle School, and Victory Outreach Eagle Rock taking people TO the beginning of the march (Luther Burbank School) at 9:00 and 10:00 AM and returning them FROM the resource fair and end of the march (Sycamore Grove Park, 4702 N. Figueroa Street) at 3:00 and 4:00 PM.  So one has a choice of parking: either at the beginning or the end of the march route.  (More details about parking to follow.)

RESOURCES:  At the end of the march, 40 organizations will offer their time and resources to give community people information crucial to making life better for all of us.  There will be people present to discuss their purpose and to make appointments for future contact.  Something for everyone.

ENTERTAINMENT:  At Sycamore Grove Park entertainment will be provided from the end of the march to the end of the event at 4:00 PM.  Music, drama, speakers, bands, musical performers will keep us busy and delighted all afternoon long.

LUIS RODRIGUEZ:  Author of Always Running about life within a gang culture before and then after a life changing encounter with Jesus, will speak to us and sign books.

FREE FOOD:  Water and snacks will be provided all day.  Food for lunch and drinks will be plentiful at the park.  All this served free from generous donors.

CHILDREN:   There will be a 'Kids Zone' at the park alongside the Resource Fair with crafts and activities for children to share with their parents.  Caring adults will be present all day to give children a happy experience.

BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR T-SHIRTS are for sale NOW at Victory Outreach Eagle Rock and on the day of the march.  $12.00 for sizes XXX to small.  The proceeds from these sales make this march safe, fun, filling, and possible.

STREETS WILL BE CLOSED all along Figueroa, from Meridian to Sycamore Grove Park before (10:45am) and during the march, opening immediately after marchers pass by (11:45am).  There will be great numbers of kind folks providing security and safety for marchers and the community.

ALL OF THIS FOR FAMILIES, FOR YOUTH, FOR CHILDREN, FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES.

Thanks for your great help in spreading the word.
 

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Today May 8

On Saturday, May 8th, letter carriers in more than 10,000 communities will collect food items and deliver them to local food banks to help some of the millions of Americans, including an estimated 16.7 million children*, who face hunger every day. Since 1993, families have donated nearly 1 billion pounds of food to Stamp Out Hunger. You can help make this year our most successful ever.

Simply place bags filled with nonperishable food items like canned meats, fish, soup, juice and vegetables, and pasta, cereal and rice next to your mailbox on Saturday, May 8th.*     Your letter carrier will pick up the bags and deliver them to your local food bank.

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is always held the day before Mother's Day; I find it is an ideal time for a quick Spring Cleaning in the pantry.

Sunday, April 11 is Heritage Day at Heritage Square Museum

 

Heritage Square Museum invites you to join us on Sunday, April 11 from 11am to 4pm,  for LA Heritage Day.

This year, the event will feature a heritage showcase, games and crafts for kids and lots of opportunities to discover the history of the region from the over 70 groups in attendance. Pink's Hot Dogs, will also be here and will have a special display showing their history in Hollywood going back to 1939!
 
Special activities occurring throughout the day include:
Blacksmithing from Adam's Forge
A living history interpretation of William Mulholland by the museum of the San Fernando Valley
Period dancing and audience participation by the Yesteryears Dancers
Performance of songs from the Charles Lummis Book "Spanish Songs of Old California" by the Historical Society of Southern California
A costumed presentation recalling moments in the history of the Centinela Valley by the Historical Society of Centinela Valley
The opportunity to see a 1922 Moreland Bus courtesy of the Burbank Historical Society
Regional Music courtesy of the Arab American Historical Foundation
A discussion on the Los Angeles City Preservation Ordinanance
 
For a complete list of participating groups visit http://heritagesquare.blogspot.com .

Because you're "in the know," you can download a flyer for FREE admission here: http://heritagesquare.org/calendar_of_events.htm  (it's $5 without the flyer).
 
Admission is also free for those showing their Heritage Square membership card.

Those attending the event are encouraged to take the METRO Gold Line to the Heritage Square stop, where a shuttle will be running every 5 to 10 minutes.
 
We also want to thank Councilman Ed Reyes and Supervisor Gloria Molina for their support of the event.  LA Heritage Day is put on by the Los Angeles Heritage Alliance. Learn more at http://laheritage.blogspot.com

Heritage Square is a living history museum reflecting the settlement and development of Southern California from the Civil War to the early 20th Century, Heritage Square Museum offers visitors a look into the everyday lives of Southern Californians at the close of the 19th Century.

The eight historic structures located on the museum grounds, constructed during the Victorian Era, were saved from demolition and serve as a perfect background to educate the public about Southern California's early development. From the simplicity of the Octagon House to the opulence of the Perry Mansion, the Museum provides a unique look at the lifestyles of the people who contributed so much to the development of modern Los Angeles. 

 

Save This Date: Spring Equinox Sound Bath Friday March 19

You are invited to resonate in a Spring Quinox Sound Bath, Friday, March 19, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock

2225 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041

 

Join Jamie Bechtold and Mary Frances Spencer as they welcome the Vernal Equinox with an energizing Spring Concert of Planetary Gongs and Crystal Singing Bowls.  Sit back (or bring a blanket and lie down) in the Center's majestic main gallery and relax while being bathed the powerful vibrations of reverberating sound.

RSVP recommended 323-226-1617

$10.00 suggested donatation

For more informationL

www.centerartseaglerock.org

www.dancingspiral.com

www.hennatouch.net

NELAArt Second Saturday Gallery Night, February 13

Saturday, February 13, NELAart presents: SECOND SATURDAY GALLERY NIGHT

WHEN: The Second Saturday of Every Month  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 1900s.

The tradition continues with new spaces opening regularly. NELA is now one of L.A.'s most exciting destinations to view contemporary art. 

Individual gallery hours may vary:

Avenue 50 Studios, 121 North Avenue 50

Cactus, 5434 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Cafe de Leche, 5000 York Boulevard

Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street

hi tree, 131 North Avenue 50 (behind Avenue 50 Studio)

Jose Vera Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Boulevard

Judson Studios, 200 South Avenue 66

Kristi Engle Gallery, 5002 York Boulevard

Land of Odd Gallery, 4690 Eagle Rock Boulevard

La tierra de la Cuebra, 240 South Avenue 57

MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Boulevard

New Puppy, Unit 1, 2808 Elm Street 

New Stone Age Mosiacs, 4532 1/2 Eagle Rock Boulevard

Outpost for Contemporary Art, 1268 North Avenue 50

Sea and Space Explorations, 4755 York Boulevard

She Rides the Lion, 133 North Avenue 50

THIS, 5906 North Figueroa Street

Toros Pottery, 4962 Eagle Rock Boulevard

2 Tracks Art Studio, 135 North Avenue 50 (Next to Avenue 50 Studio)

WORKSPACE, 2601 Pasadena Avenue

York Studios, 5029 York Boulevard

NELAart is based in Highland Park and consists of galleries and art organizations located in Northeast Los Angeles who are dedicated to increase the visibility of the thriving arts community in the area. Northeast Los Angeles has a long tradition in the arts. Many working artists now continue this tradition by making their homes and having their studios here. The neighborhood is also home to many galleries, alternative arts spaces and arts organizations. NELAart provides a resource to share information and ideas, and assist in promoting galleries and organizations. Please join us in celebrating the arts in Northeast Los Angeles.

Operation Santa Paws Now Open for Donations

For the next several days, our office will serve as a donation center for Operation Santa Paws.

 

- OPERATION SANTA PAWS seeks donated pet toys for shelters and rescues to improve the health and demeanor of those pets while reducing their stress to increase the animals' chances of being adopted. The simplest toys can make the animals much more comfortable.

Durable puppy/dog toy, such as indestructible Ball, Nylabone, Kong, Booda, Gumabones, Velva  or Best Ball brand toys
Pup-Peroni, soft Milk Bones or other soft jerky type dog treats.
Dog and cat shampoo
Dry puppy food

Dry and canned kitten food
Large and medium food/water bowls
Durable kitten/cat toys
Cardboard serving trays for use as litter boxes

Heating pads for infant animals
Cleaning supplies and air freshener spray, kennel cleaning supplies
Scrub brushes, rubber curry brushes, mops, brooms heavy-duty water hoses
Laundry detergent, dishwashing gloves, baking soda, bleach, paper towels
Plastic aprons or smocks
blankets, bath towels (used or new)
6' nylon dog leashes
Flannel baby blankets for kittens
Paper towels & bathroom tissue
Top-loading cat carriers
Cardboard cat scratchers
Ziplock food storage bags, all sizes; 33 and 13 gallon trash bags
Liquid hand soap; Bleach; Dish/laundry detergent

NOTE Because of safety and/or housekeeping concerns, stuffed toys, tennis balls, rawhide items and pig ears cannot be accepted.

You can bring items and donations to our office at

5526 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90042

Ask for Pat Barr or Dan Jordinelli

 

“Testimonies Two - Contemporary Ex-Votos” -- Artists’ reception -- Saturday evening, December 12, at Avenue 50 Studio

The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present Testimonies Two – Contemporary Ex Votos.  Curator Raoul De la Sota has assembled a group of artists for a special exhibit focusing on the Mexican-rooted art form of the ex-voto.

Lesser Saint No. 5 – Richard Turner 

Curated by Raoul De la Sota 
 

Ex-votos historically were devotional visual offerings to the Church for a miraculous cure or for some intervention by a specific religious figure that prevented harm or death.  In 16th century Spain they were painted directly onto the interior church walls as murals depicting the miracle.  The paintings themselves were called Milagros or miracles.  In 18th and 19th century Mexico they became the source of income for itinerant artists who depicted in their paintings some sort of miracle.  These artists, often academically untrained, created their works at the request of families, painting with inexpensive oils on whatever small scraps of material was convenient and cheap, most often tin or wood.  The works ranged from the charmingly rustic to the aesthetically profound. The works were then in turn donated by the family to a nearby church as gratitude for its intervention.  In the 20th century the craft continued but with less religiosity and more pleas for financial help or for material goods.  In all cases there was always a narrative text painted onto the surface that described the event and the stated gratitude of the donor.  Frida Kahlo was a modern artist who admired and patterned some of her work after these forms.
 
The present-day work by these diverse artists involves personal stories, narratives of gratitude and portrayals of visual histories. Some are graphic representations of difficult times while others are simple tokens of thanks for life’s pleasures.  In form they are sculptures, assemblages, collages, photographs and paintings.  They are no longer directed to a religious institution but rather are personal messages directed to a contemporary audience.
 
The exhibit opens with an artists’ reception on Saturday evening, December 12,, 2009 from 7 to 10 p.m. and closes with an artists’ panel discussion on Sunday, January 24, 2010.

Yrneh Brown, Martin Charlot, Mita Cuaron, Ruth De Nicola, Diane Gamboa, Pat Gomez, Yolanda Gonzalez, Mark Steven Greenfield, Lucy Hagopian, Cidne Hart, Wayne Healy, Heriberto Luna,
Dorothy Magallon, Rafael Matias, Susanna Meiers/Peter Liashkov, Andrés E. Montoya, Toti O’Brien, Suzanne Siegel, Richard Turner
 
For further information please contact:
Kathy Gallegos, Director, Avenue 50 Studio, ave50studio@sbcglobal.net
Raoul De la Sota, Curator, raouldelasota@sbcglobal.net

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

Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22: Edem Elesh

What is the Recovery Discovery Tour?:  "The Recovery Discovery Tour," is a self-guided auto tour of artists' homes and studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, organized by the Arroyo Arts Collective.
Where: Starts at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park, CA 90031
When: November 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

As part of the Recovery Discovery Tour,  artist Edem Elesh will open his home studio in Mount Angelus, a hilltop neighborhood in Highland Park.

From an absolutearts.com review:

The work of Los Angeles based painter, Edem Elesh, finds itself in the murky waters of the viewer's unconscious.Fantastical, dream-like and dystopian, Elesh's imagery is set in our postmodern time, at an intersection where the subject matter of various sorts has been cut loose from it's origins and dropped onto the foreign occupied space of the canvas.With an irreverence and narrative approach to working, each subject has been abandoned and ultimately left to stake its claim in a new and unfamiliar territory.When asked about the conception and drive of an individual painting, Elesh straightforwardly replies that, "Everyday situations of existence" are always where his subject matter remains fertile. 

Edem Elesh website
 

ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY NOVEMBER 22: STEVEN ANDERSON IS BACK!

Steven Anderson last opened his home studio on the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery tour in 2003.  After a five year hiatus, Steven's home studio high in the hills of Eagle Rock will again be a featured destination on the tour.

From the artist's web site

Steven L. Anderson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971, and raised by a family of creative environmentalists. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 1988 and the following year attended the University of Michigan with the plans of being a "renaissance man." It was here that he began to make small collages using an approach of appropriation and re-contextualization that would serve as a basis for his creative process.

A post-graduate slacker/LSD experience in the newly split Czech Republic convinced Steven to follow a path through the arts, leading him to the Art Institute of Chicago to train as a painter, printmaker and graphic designer. It was here that he met and fell in love with his wife Liz (Department of Graphic Sciences), his life-long love and inspiration. Agnes Anderson joined the family in 2007.

Steven's career as an artist has been a cycle of collaborative and individual production, focusing on the nature of power and the power of nature. In 1998 he joined Cakewalk Magazine as co-publisher; designing, editing and raising money for issues 2-6. Steven has also been a driving force in 2004's October Surprise curatorial project in Northeast Los Angeles. Other fruitful collaborations have included Fat Farmer Bob and His Colourful Crazy Beard (2008-), Fuz Fon (1999-2001) and Chicago's Free the Real World Coalition (2001). Steven has art-directed and designed for In These Times (1998-2001) and WhiteWalls (1999-2003) magazines in Chicago, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (2003-04) and 1105 Media inc. (2003-current) in Los Angeles, among others.

The Andersons currently reside in Northeast Los Angeles with cats Big D. and Kittenhead Jenkins.

Steven L. Anderson's web site

What is the Recovery Discovery Tour?:  "The Recovery Discovery Tour," is a self-guided auto tour of artists' homes and studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, organized by the Arroyo Arts Collective.
Where: Starts at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park, CA 90031
When: November 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Recovery Discovery Tour Its Not Too Late

 

ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY TOUR ADVANCE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 
 
Recovery Discovery Tour tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on the day of the Tour. Advance tickets are still available at Galco's Soda Pop Stop, 5702 York Boulevard in Highland Park or on-line at www.arroyoartscollective.org. Hurry!
 
You may think, "Wow, 17 years! Hmmm, 17 years? There's always next year." Well, maybe not. You never know when there will be another chance to visit any of this years' 100 artists' homes and studios. What wonderful treasures might you miss? For example, new to the Tour this year are Margaret Alarcon, Kraig Blue, Molly Cleator, Carol Es, Matthew Freeth, Betty Phoenix Wan Hamada, David Reed James, Stephen James, Rebecca Janes, Susan Loraine Kromka, Irma LaPointe, Antionette Miller, Earl Parson, Michelle Perone, Rebecca Quesada, Darren Ragle, Gigi Scully, Richard Scully, Warner Traynham and Mark Verrillo. 2003 was the last time Steven Anderson was on the Tour. Now he's back. What's he been up to? Or you might want to see what Linda Lyke, Raoul De la Sota, Margaret Garcia, Michael Arata and J. Michael Walker, to name a few, have been up to this year.
 
You can walk, bike, take your car or leave the driving to us. Let the Arroyo Arts Collective plan your itinerary with one of our shuttle routes.
 
And have you heard about the Arroyo Bucks? What's up with that? Because this is the Recovery Discovery Tour we're offering a little financial stimulus package of our own. When you spend $100 or more on the work of any one artist your Arroyo Buck will give you a $10 discount.That's the Tour for free. What a deal!
 
WHO: The Arroyo Arts Collective
WHAT:    17th Annual Recovery Discovery Tour
WHEN:    Sunday, November 22, 2009, 9:30am to 5pm
WHERE:  Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Los Angeles  90031 

Countdown to Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22: Meet Artist Carol Es

On Sunday, November 22, artists' homes and studios throughout the Northeast Los Angeles Communities of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington will open their doors during "The Recovery Discovery Tour," the Arroyo Arts Collective's 17th annual self-guided auto tour.

The Moppet Studio of Carol Es will be one of the featured destinations on the Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour.

Carol Es is a visionary mixed-media fine artist and writer with curatorial experience, as well as a musician and recording artist, and a web designer skilled in PHP and MySQL databases, DHTML and Java scripting. 

Carol's Blog

Es Art Website

Carol Es on LinkedIn

Highland Park Heritage Trust Meeting Monday November 9

Highland Park Heritage Trust
Agenda for Monday, November 9, 2009, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Ramona Hall, 4850 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065

6:30PM Refreshments and gathering
6:45PM Announcements
7:00PM Program

How to Avoid Having to Trash Your Stuck, Leaky Windows
Presentation by Ed and Batya Sanchez of Window Restoration and Repair, Inc.
The Highland Park Heritage Trust is sponsoring a talk by Ed Sanchez of Window Restoration and Repair.  This event is a must for anyone considering the replacement of windows, especially on older homes with original wood or steel windows.  Mr. Sanchez will talk about how to successfully preserve and repair wood and steel windows.  The approach is proven to help retain the value of a house, maintain its architectural features, and save money. 

7:30PM Annual Election Meeting
Election committee will present a suggested list of Board of Directors for the 2010 Fiscal Year.  Nominations are welcome from the floor.  All members in good standing are eligible to run for the Board of Directors and to vote.

8:30PM Adjournment

About the speaker:   Ed Sanchez originally began working in the window replacement business in 1983, and opened his own window replacement company in 1986.  He lost faith in replacement windows because they didn’t last as long as the originals and he decided to follow his inclination toward historic preservation.  Ed and his long time friend, Scott Goldfarb, started the new company Window Restoration and Repair in 2000.   The unusual offering of this company has led to articles in many local papers such as the Glendale News Press, Pasadena Star News, Larchmont Chronicle, and Press Telegram and recommendations in the Daily Variety and Cottages and Bungalows.   Many of the articles can be read in their entirety in the press section of the company website:  www.window-restoration-repair.com  Window Restoration and Repair has done restoration work for the Bembridge House, the Hotel Laguna, the historic building that houses the Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena on Fair Oaks and Colorado, the original country club for the Country Club Park district in Los Angeles and many other designated historic buildings.

Arroyo Arts Collective Recovery Discovery Tour November 22

ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY DISCOVERY TOUR

SAVE THE DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2009!!

On Sunday, November 22, artists’ homes and studios will open to share the wealth during “The Recovery Discovery Tour,” the Arroyo Arts Collective’s 17th annual self-guided auto tour in Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington.

Who: The Arroyo Arts Collective
What: “The Recovery Discovery Tour,” a self-guided auto tour of artists’ homes and studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington
Where: Starts at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park, CA 90031
When: November 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Special Preview Party: Saturday, November 14, 7 to 9 pm Future Studio, 5558 North Figueroa Street, Highland Park. Samples of tour artists’ work will be on display

This year Tourgoers will also receive a $10 Arroyo Bucks coupon good toward a single purchase of art worth $100 (or more) on the day of the Tour. To plan your trip to the Tour via public transportation please visit the Metro trip planner at www.metro.net or call 1-(800) COMMUTE. Tour-goers who arrive by Metro will receive 2 coupons (worth $20) by showing their Metro ticket, day pass, or monthly pass.

Tickets: $10 (plus $1 handling) advance on-line purchase. Tickets will be held at will call at the Lummis Home on the day of the tour. Deadline for advance purchase is 10pm Friday, November 20, 2009. Tickets can also be purchased for $15 at the Lummis Home on the day of the Tour.

Watch a Video About The Tour  IF YOU LOVE THE ARTS, WATCH THIS VIDEO!  DON'T MISS IT!!

Link to Press Release

Index of Member Sites

Buy Tickets

Halloween Mourning Tours Today at Heritage Square Museum

FROM HERITAGE SQUARE MUSEUM:

Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25
12 to 4 pm.

Enjoy creepy happenings at Heritage Square Museum at its Sixth Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours©. Learn all about death and mourning etiquette during the Victorian era and participate in a funeral inside one of our historic homes. Find out about Victorian Spiritualism - what it was, who followed it and why, and perhaps have your future foretold by a medium. See how other cultures celebrate and remember their loved ones as we look at the Mexican traditions and customs of El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.  Finally, discover how even the intricate details of clothing played a role how Victorians showed their loss of a loved one.  

On Sunday, (Oct 25), the Halloween and Mourning Tours program is more family friendly. Children ages 2 to 12 may come play period games, make 19^th century harvest crafts, choose a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch (while supplies last), and listen to spooky stories in the Ford House by the San Gabriel Valley Storytellers.

Admission prices are $10.00 for Adults, $8.00 for Seniors over 65, 
$5.00 for Children 6 to 12 years, and Free for Children under 6 and Museum members

Halloween and Mourning Movie Night 
Saturday, October 24, gates open at 7 pm.  

Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blankets, chairs, and candy while enjoying classic scary movies at Heritage Square... if they dare. The scheduled features include "The Unknown", a silent horror movie made in 1927 starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, and "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" a comedy directed by Charles Barton, starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange. Guests are encouraged to wear warm clothing. Beverages and popcorn will be available for purchase. 

Admission to the Third Annual Halloween and Mourning Movie Night © is 
Free for Museum members and $10.00 for the general public. 
The gates will open at 7 p.m. for picnics with the show starting at dusk.

These events were made possible through the kind support of:

Lichas Flowers II

San Gabriel Valley Storytellers

Josephu Dupree

Las Cazuelas Restaurant

Videotheque

Haunted Harvest Festival- Old LA Farmers Market

Haunted Harvest Storytelling Festival at the Old LA Farmers Market 
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 
3-8 pm. 
North Figueroa & Ave & Ave. 58 

Free Event! Everyone Welcome!
Entertainment- Grammy Winner Mariachi Divas, We Tell Stories, Taiko Drumming and Ballet Folklorico 
Trick or Treating 
Face painting 
Pumpkin Carving Contest- Enter and Pick up your free pumpkin at Figueroa Produce. 
Costume Contest 
Fresh Produce, Gourmet foods and Handcrafted Arts & Crafts. Plus lots more 
Free Parking- Enter at Ave. 57

Harvest Festival- Good Shepherd Lutheran School

Harvest Festival at Good Shepherd Lutheran School
Saturday, October 24, 2009
11 am- 5 pm.
6338 North Figueroa St.
Free Entry
Games, Bake Sale, Pumpkin Painting, food, prizes and more.
See the incredibly scary Haunted house. Not for the faint of heart. 

‘apuuchen ‘a’aan / Gathering of Seed

‘apuuchen  ‘a’aan

A Gabrielino/Tongva phrase meaning

“the gathering of seed”

 

Saturday, October 17, 2009

11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (approx.)

Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area

15501 E. Arrow Hwy., Irwindale, CA 91706

East of 605 Fwy. between the 10 & 210 Fwy.

 

Two-fold purpose:

 

To recognize and honor the Gabrielino/Tongva as the host people of this area at a corporate gathering of the Church.

 

To celebrate an ongoing and enlarging partnership of Native American and non-Native American Christians in ministry.

                                                                          

The Church and the public are invited. 

Call RuthAnne Tarletz 626.831.7970 for further information.

 

I 605 north to Live Oak exit, go east continuing onto Arrow Hwy, left at Azusa Canyon Rd, Space #4, Last Parking Lot

I 210 east to Irwindale Blvd, go south to Arrow Hwy, right at Arrow Hwy, right at Azusa Canyon Rd, Space #4, Last Parking Lot

 

11th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival, tomorrow October 3

Highland Park Gateway Park, Meeting 10/4 at Avenue 50 Studio

The Avenue 50 Studio Beautification Committee welcomes you to join a community input meeting Sunday, October 4, 2009. We will use the community's feedback to develop a design for a Highland Park Gateway Park outside of Ave. 50 Studio, for which we will then apply for a City of LA Community Beautification Grant. Come be heard and participate in this exciting project!

RSVP at our evite -
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/XGCTGXBYPFNBDPJHWLUP/highlandparkgatewaypark

Feel free to forward invite.
Kathy Gallegos
Avenue 50 Studio
131 No. Avenue 50 Highland Park, CA 90042
(323) 258-1435

Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3: The Tracs

The Tracs will appear at the Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3,  at 7:15, on the City Hall Stage.

The Tracs play classic and alternative rock .... plus they are youthful, energetic and cute!!

(Image from the Tracs' MySpace Page)

The Tracs on MySpace

Check out their videos on the FaceBook FanPage. 

Franklin High School Community Festival September 26

Don't miss this FREE Festival on Saturday, September 26th  3:00 - 9:00 PM (in the football field) at Franklin High School 820 N. Avenue 54. Over 40 community resource booths; career, game and business information, food and fun.

Hamburgers, hot links, tacos, burritos, pizza, snow cones, funnel cakes and beverages will be sold to benefit the FHS Associated Student Body. 

Confirmed on the entertainment lineup is Voz de America Mariachis, Bad Axis, Remo Drum Circle, Power of Soul, Dodger Legends and more.

Stay tuned for more suprises.

Free parking and Free admission.

Franklin High School is located at 820 N. Avenue 54 Los Angeles 90042.

Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3: Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band will perform at the Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3.

The band is out of Orange County; The Dusty Rhodes sound is a mix of rock, country and folk. The "Influences" listed on the Dusty Rhodes MySpace page reads like a canonical Who's Who's of classic rock.

Complete Festival lineup here.

Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3: Random Patterns

Local NELA band Random Patterns will perform at the Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3. Look for Random Patterns on the Legion Hall Stage at 4:00 PM.

The Random Patterns sound has been called "soulful psychedelia" and "post jazz". The band is a member of the Heard of Elephants Collective, a collection of professional artists and musicians based in Los Angeles focused on providing a means to experience, view, create and explore art.

Random Patterns from the Head of the Elephants event from mediasetfree.com on Vimeo.

Countdown to Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3

Local NELA Band Artichoke will perform at the Eagle Rock Music Festival on October 3.  Look for Artichoke on the kid's stage at 7:45PM.

Artichoke's MySpace page tells us Artichoke is best known for 2 concept records about scientists, one for every letter of the alphabet, called "26 Scientists, Volume One: Anning - Malthus" and "26 Scientists, Volume Two: Newton - Zeno." The New York Times science section focused attention on Volume One when it was released in 2005

Click the image to listen to Artichoke's song "Highland Park" and watch a slideshow of Highland Park images photographed and created by artist Stuart Rapeport

Artichoke; "Highland Park"

Eagle Rock Music Festival October 3 2009

Save this date!

What:  Eagle Rock Music Festival

When:  October 3, 2009 from 4PM to 11PM.

Where:  Colorado Blvd.  between Argus Drive and Eagle Rock Blvd.  (Remember Colorado Blvd. will be closed to traffic!)

LA Record announced the line up here:  http://larecord.com/news/2009/09/10/eagle-rock-music-festival-announces-complete-line-up/

Community Network and Resource Fair

Community Network and Resource Fair

Saturday, August 29, 2009, 10am – 4pm PDT

Court of Champions
The Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, CA 91103

10a-2p Community Network and Resource Fair with information about Employment Health Financial Housing Education Youth Parenting Spiritual and More

Over 50 Resource Vendors

10a-4p Celebration Join us for Music Art Dance Drama Food

*All Ages

FREE

The Church of the City, Greater Pasadena

in conjunction with

The Employment Development Department of California and

The Foothill Workforce Investment Board

 

Susie Hansen Hot Latin Jazz in Concert July 30 at Heritage Square

Thursday, July 30th, Free
Doors Open at: 5:00 PM
Community Heroes presentation: 6:15 PM

Main act begins: 6:30 PM

Food provided by: Figueroa Produce

The ever-popular Susie-Hansen Latin Band returns to us for what promises to be an unforgettable performance. Electric violinist Susie Hansen plays fiery Latin Jazz and Salsa, creating music that brings audiences to their feet, dancing in the aisles.

Heritage Square Museum is located at

3800 Homer Street
Los Angeles, California 90031
Tel. 323-225-2700

Parking is available along Homer Street.

Concert tonight 7/23 at Heritage Square: PCC Swing Band and Rock, Inc.

The LA Weekly and METRO have joined others in supporting the Concerts at the Square free music series, which continues Thursday with the Pasadena City College Swing Band. This Thursday evening enjoy great music and free food from the Barn Burner Texas Barbeque. Don't want to drive? Take the METRO Gold Line and hop on a shuttle courtesy of our partner, the Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club. Costumed docents will be on-hand to enliven the evening. For more information about planning your trip to the Heritage Square Museum please visit the Metro trip planner at http://www.metro.net/.

Opening the festivities at 5:00 PM will be Rock, Inc. who will play all your favorite classic rock sounds. After 6:00 PM, Dennis Kay will lead the Pasadena City College Swing Band, who will play big-band standards, swing favorites, and ballroom classics from the likes of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and many more. Don't let the name fool you-the PCC Swing Band consists of extraordinary students, faculty and professionals who come together to present a rockin' good time! All you "swingers" out there, don't forget to bring your dancing shoes...

Concert at Heritage Square Tonight 7/16/2009

Concerts at the Square

Thursdays, July 16, 23, 30, and August 9 , beginning at 5:00 p.m. and August 16 beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Step out of your car or get off the Metro Gold Line on your way home from work for one-of-a-kind free concerts and food from local vendors at Heritage Square Museum! 

  On July 16, Mariachi Divas, a unique, multi-cultural ensemble imbued with the true flavor of Los Angeles, will be the headline act. This all-female band is making big waves on the national music scene, winning the American Grammy award for Regional Mexican Album for their latest CD, Canciones De Amor earlier this year.