NELA Live

Avenue 50 Studio: Reception July 5

Closing reception for the 3rd Zone Exhibit at Avenue 50 Studio and 100 Faces at the Annex:  Sunday, July 5, 2009 from 2-4 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.

Please join us, along with the artists of the 3rd Zone for a closing discussion, with poetry from Beverly LaFontaine and Actress Beebe Smith

Refreshments will be served

Special Thanks to:  Chris & James Cook; Luis Ituarte, artist; Carolyn Williams; Alex & Jaylene Moseley; Rebecca S. Rojas, Ph.D; and COFAC

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

Friends of Southwest Museum: A Victory June 30

As he walked across the country from Cincinnati to Los Angeles in 1884 and 1885, Charles Lummis, learned of the plight of Native Americans, and he became determined to raise the public's awareness of Native American life and culture.

In 1907 he began planning the Southwest Museum, which opened seven years later, in 1914.

In recent years, however, the museum struggled financially. Its directors agreed in 2003 to merge with the Autry Museum in Griffith Park,  an agreement that was to include the Autry making needed repairs to the Southwest Museum structures and  the Autry underwriting the smaller museum's operating costs of more than $100,000 a month.

But as local activists watched, concern grew that the Autry's long term plan was to remove the priceless collection of artifacts out of the Southwest Museum, and into a newly expanded Griffith Park location, reducing the Southwest to nothing more than meeting rooms.

On June 30, both sides:  Local activists, and Autry supporters met at Los Angeles City Hall for a showdown.

In a surprising development, City Councilman Jose Huizar said it was time for the Autry to reaffirm its commitment to the Southwest by agreeing to attach a legally binding document to a lease agreement the Autry is seeking in order to expand its Griffith Park Autry Museum. 

Thus making the preservation of the Southwest collection at the Southwest Museum a condition of the city's approval of the Autry's expansion plans in Griffith Park.

Good move, Mr. Huizar, thank you.

Follow the links below to read more:

http://www.scottrubel.com/foswm_win_090630.html#

http://egpnews.com/?p=10844

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-autry-southwest2-2009jul02,0,2958556.story  

http://egpnews.com/?p=11061

http://www.friendsofthesouthwestmuseum.com/

The petition:  http://www.petitiononline.com/SWM/petition.html

Buy a Dinner, Get a Dollar

Felipe's Restaurant at 6101 York Blvd. is offering a limited time special.  Starting today each dinner guest at Felipe's will receive a genuine United States Presidential $1 Coin as a token of appreciation.

Please stop in and give Felipe's a try.  The mega-Margaritas are back.  Menu prices have been reduced.  The staff is very attentive, accommodating, and conversational.

 

Felipe's Restaurant, 6101 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90042 -- 323-478-1652

NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE MARKET STATS 06/21 - 06/28

New listings entered

Price reductions

Reported pending

Reported sold and closed 

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. 

OPEN HOUSES FOR SUNDAY JUNE 28

Listing of Sunday's Open Houses from I-Tech MLS

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.

Vintage Basket Sale and Auction at Avenue 50 Studio July 4

 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

Sharing a Lummis Day Video

Sharing one of my Lummis Day Videos:

Carlos Guitarlos

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.

NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE MARKET STATS 06/14 - 06/21

New listings entered

Price reductions

Reported pending

Reported sold and closed 

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. 

Twitter/Revolution in Iran

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/ 

OPEN HOUSES FOR SUNDAY JUNE 21

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.

NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE MARKET STATS 06/07 - 06/14

New listings entered

Price reductions

Reported pending

Reported sold and closed 

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.

OPEN HOUSES FOR SUNDAY JUNE 14

Listing of Sunday's Open Houses from I-Tech MLS

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

Second Saturday is Art Gallery Night in Northeast Los Angeles

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. 

2nd Annual PEACE in the NorthEast March and Resource Fair

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.org , Historic Highland Park NC, Arroyo Seco NC, Glassell Park NC, Lincoln Heights NC, LA32 NC, Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, Glassell Park Chamber of Commerce,
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-based community organizations represented at the meeting said let's do a peace march and so was born the Peace in the NorthEast Community March, which has become an annual march.

Second Saturday: Avenue 50 Studio Studio: Two Art Openings

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

http://www.avenue50studio.com

June 13 through July 5, 2009

Second Saturday Gallery Night: Artichoke at Future Studio Gallery

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

The 3rd Zone: Consistent Inconsistency: Opens June 13 at Avenue 50 Studio

 

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

Lummis Day 2009 Photos

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.

NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE MARKET STATS 05/31 -06/07

New listings entered

Price reductions

Reported pending

Reported sold and closed 

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.

OPEN HOUSES FOR SUNDAY JUNE 7

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.

Do You Know The Way To Lummis Day?

Event parking on: • Marmion Way between Shanley and Museum Drive • Griffin Ave between Ave 43 & Ave 52 • West side of Figueroa Street 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: • Southwest Museum Gold Line – Marmion Way/Museum Dr. ..... (9:30 am-8:30 pm) • Lummis Home ......(9:30 am-12 pm) • Sycamore Grove Park ......(12 pm-8:30 pm)

Countdown to Lummis Day June 7: Carlos Guitarlos

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.

Countdown to Lummis Day June 7: The Evangenitals

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.

NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES REAL ESTATE MARKET STATS 05/24 -05/31

New listings entered

Price reductions

Reported pending

Reported sold and closed 

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.   

New listings entered

Price reductions

Reported pending

Reported sold and closed 

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.   

Countdown to Lummis Day June 7, Poetry and a Parade

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.