Arroyo Seco Recreation Culture & the Arts Newsletter 46 01.11.07

Arroyo Seco Recreation Culture & the Arts Newsletter
Issue 46 01.11.07

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Where Will the Chicana/o Artists Be???

The irony is that my Where are the Chicana/o artists newsletter originally started in response to the abrupt closing of Self Help Graphics & Art. Here we are a year and a half  later and again the Chicano Arte Mundo is facing challenges here in LA. The following is an email In part from Luis Rodriguez of Tia Chucha’s:

Tia Chucha's must move--but our Spirit, Creativity, & Unity are intact: Just after the holidays, Tia Chucha's Cafe & Cultural Center was served with a notice forcing us to move. We have to leave by February 28, 2007. A powerfully energized & thriving bookstore/cafe/performance space/ cultural center is to be replaced by high-tech laundry machines. The laundry company is apparently investing $8 million in the strip mall, something we can't compete with.

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Our strategy this year includes implementing a fundraising plan with a 5th Anniversary event at Tia Chucha's on February 17. We will also have another "Celebrating Words: Written, Performed & Sung" festival at Sylmar Park on May 19. & we have been approved to do a benefit event for Tia Chucha's at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood on July 29. Sign up for our e-mail newsletter here on our website up at the top, or call 818-362-7060 for more information.

--Luis J. Rodriguez Co-founder & Creative Director, Tia Chucha's Cafe & Centro Cultural

How You Can Help!!! *Come into the cafe & sign the petition!!! *Attend a community meeting held at Pacoima Beautiful located at 11243 Glenoaks Blvd, Suite 1, Pacoima, CA on Wednesday, January 17@ 12 noon. Voice your opinion & let the city of Pacoima know that you support Tia Chucha's & request that they consider us as a prospective bussiness for the new shopping center being built on Paxton St. on the old Price Pfister Factory site. *Volunteer!!! We will need assistance at our Anniversary Celebration & with the transition to our new temporary space. Interested volunteers can email Tia Chucha's at chuchamail@aol.com or call 818.362.7060 & ask how you can help!!! *Donate & re-invest in your community!!! Donations like yours will assist Tia Chucha's in it's struggle & continued survival. Silverio Pelayo, Tia Chucha's Cafe Cultural www.tiachucha.com

And what is even more ironic, is that in that “oh so looong ago” moment, the first public meeting that was held about the issues at Self Help Graphics & Art, was at Avenue 50 Studio, another Chicano icon. And now, they in my own backyard in NorthEastLA, along with the Acorn Gallery of the Arroyo Arts Collective (AAC), are possibly in jeopardy of losing their space. At a recent board meeting (January 9) of the Highland Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) the following was on the agenda:

4. Certificate of Appropriateness & Certificate of Compatibility:

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C. 131-5 N. Avenue 50 - (Not Listed) DIR-2007-XXXX-CCMP; Returning from 12/12/06; Demolition of ex. bldg., consult w/Fire Dept. on access,egress for fire trucks. Sam Suliman.

After they had presented their case for need for demolition of building to comply with the needs of the fire department for access & egress, the public had their chance to speak. The first to pop up was Robert (Bob) Squires of Charlotta’s Passion, another Chicano Arte gallery. He was very eloquent, however, the day (night) really went to Carmela Gomes, President, Highland Park Heritage Trust. She presented the Trust’s statement on the matter, speaking against the demolition as, though, the building is not listed explained at the meeting, that this building is of architectural importance to the community and should be considered a Contributing Structure.  She then handed the Board the written version of the statement. The Board agreed that it should be a Contributing Structure. Others spoke about Avenue 50 Studio, but the Board can only deal with structural issues and so those comments were tabled before Brian Mallman, of NELAarts.org, could speak. Then the Board called upon by Justine Leong, a historic preservation architect of the Architectural Resources Group (ARG), Pasadena. She agreed with Ms Gomes regarding the preservation of the building. The Registrar and Representative for Recreation, Culture & the Arts, Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, commented that the new owner, as a prudent buyer, should have been investigating these things during escrow & not confronting them now.

Luckily, for all concerned – the Board didn’t have to make a decision at the moment – the owner didn’t have to face not being able to demolish the building – the community will have a chance for input - hopefully, there can be a compromise as was suggested by both the Board & some of the commenters such as modifying the building plans to accommodate the structure – Gerald Gubatan, Chief Planning Deputy, First Council District (Ed Reyes), was asked to comment. His bottom line was that the decision should be tabled for 30 days while the parties have a chance to seek a compromise solution. Additional comments, from the Board & others, mentioned studies that were relevant to the issue, but not within the Board’s purview. One important study could be an environmental impact one, especially as to traffic issues.

Thanks also goes to Cheryl Johnson of Bob Taylor Properties, Inc, who first posted the notice of the hearing at the NortheastLA@yahoogroups.com as follows: “Avenue 50 Studio has been a leader in community outreach, and cross cultural understanding. The 1925 (2) masonry building leased by Avenue 50 Studio was recently acquired by a new owner, and plans have been filed to demolish the structure. Although the building is a recognized icon in the neighborhood, it does not have the protection of being listed as a "Contributing Structure" by the Cultural Heritage Commission. The next hearing before the Highland Park Historic Perservation Overlay Zone Board takes place Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 6:30 PM at Ramona Hall Recreation Center, 4580 Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90065 (Beside Sycamore Grove Park). Here is a copy of the Public Notice of Hearing: http://www.nelalive.net/nelalive/files/131ave50.pdf” Without this notice many of us would have not known about the meeting and would not have been able to show our support.

As Bob Squires wrote in a recent email to nelalist@yahoogroups.com “Avenue 50 & the AAC may even benefit from a move to a different facility. What I perhaps find the most exciting is to realize that so many of the partipants in this discussion are willing to leave their computers & work & devote time & effort to help facilitate this difficult transition. That you are willing to do more than simply post your opinions, which is such an easy task, speaks volumes about your wonderful community spirit. …”

So what do you do?

For starters this weekend is Second Saturday Gallery Night in NorthEastLA (NELA) and Avenue 50 Studio has a wonderful new exhibit opening called Mitos y Leyendas/Myths & Legends, which would be worth your while to visit and demonstrate your support of the two arts institutions housed in this culturally significant building. IF you live in the area to Tia Chucha’s Cafe Cultural Bookstore do what you can of the options they’ve suggested and/or visit there on Saturday for An Evening of Spoken Word w/San Diego's Best. 

And, as long as your visiting Avenue 50 Studio, you can visit some of the other galleries on the tour, either by car or by bike as part of the Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride. The participating NorthEastLA galleries are Art Studio C, Avenue 50 Studio, Cactus Gallery, Carlotta's Passion, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, David Patton LA, Future Studio, MorYork Gallery, Rock Rose Gallery, Space Ark Gallery, Sugarbutterbex, Toros Pottery &Young Art. Note: Blue Chips has closed. Of special note are the Framed Fibers: A Study in Abstraction Exhibit at That Yarn Store, the Mind Made Housing:  Ed Coolidge Solo Exhibit at Sugarbutterbex, the Coffee Mail Art Show: Curated by Ted Meyer, assisted by Omar Mejia at Future Studio and the Irene Carranza: New Works Solo Exhibit at Carlotta's Passion Fine Art. For a real fun time try either the Chistian Vega Rojo Going Away Party & Exhibit at Cactus Gallery & Gifts or Avant Garde Art, Music & Fun at Space Ark Gallery. And you just might run into me as I’m tooling along on my newly repaired Schwinn classic, just don’t literally run into me, please.

Actually you can start on Friday with a preview of the NorthEastLA galleries at MorYork Gallery for Snapshot:NELA A Benefit Show & Party.

For a complete listing of this newsletter go to http://www.myspace.com/asncrecreationculturearts or http://www.nelalive.net/nelalive/ or http://artistasdelasamericas.blogspot.com/

IMPORTANT DATES:

Elected Board Representatives Take Office

Monday, January 22, 7p

Monterey Adult Day Health Care, 5926 Monterey Rd, Hermon, CA

Coming join us for the swearing in ceremony and fellowship, besides the usual meeting. The following newly elected representatives will take office: Margaret Barto, Josef Bray-Ali, David Brunk, Jack Fenn, Scott Folsom, Pablo Lopez, Sara Lopez,  Darlene Roker, Ernest E. Sanchez, Jerry Schneider, Zara Scoville, Paula Sirola, RuthAnne Tarletz.

All are welcome & invited to attend the following meetings:

The next Communications & Outreach Committee meeting for the ASNC is scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 7p, Hermon Community Church Fellowship Hall. Join us so that you can help me celebrate my 60th birthday, meet the action committee and become a part of the doers who positively touch this community Even if it’s for something else, we’ll listen & send you in the right direction as the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council has many different areas of community involvement. Call RuthAnne Tarletz, 626.683.8757 for more information. Anyone who is interested, please come to the meeting or contact me, RuthAnne Tarletz, if you want to participate, but can't make the meeting: sarte1mex@aol.com or 626.683.8757 or 626.831.7970 (cell)

The next Recreation, Culture & the Arts Committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 1, 7p at Rock Rose Gallery. If you are interested in being involved in spring events, please come to the meeting or contact me, RuthAnne Tarletz, if you want to participate, but can't make the meeting: sarte1mex@aol.com or 626.683.8757 or 626.831.7970 (cell)

RECREATION NEWS:

FoLAR River Tours

Central Los Angeles River Bus Tour; Guide: Joe Linton

Saturday, January 13, 10a - 4-4:30p

Central Los Angeles River Self-Driving Tour; Guide: Jenny Price

Saturday, February 17, 10a - 4-4:30p

Tour Departure: 10a

LA River Center & Gardens, 570 W Avenue 26, Cypress Park, CA

Planned Itinerary: Sepulveda Basin, Glendale Narrows, Downtown, Maywood
http://www.folar.org/rivertours_2006.html

FoLAR plans to offer guided tours of the Los Angeles River four to six times each year. All tours showcase natural & historic areas of the River, included areas slated for restoration. Space is limited! All tours available on a first-come first-served basis. Mail check to FoLAR or reserve on-line using PayPal.

Please plan to arrive no later than 9:45a. All tours include a color brochure-map of the River.

Bus Tours: Sit back & let us do the driving! Bus tour is a full-size air conditioned tour bus. The bus tour includes lunch, water, & running tour guide commentary throughout. Limited to 55 persons per bus, maximum 2 buses. Members $50, non-members $70.

Self Driving Tours: Participants caravan together from location to location on the River. Bring your own lunch & water. Meet at the River Center & form car pools. Members $25, non-members $35.

Tours are subject to rescheduling in case of raining.

Tour Guides: Joe Linton is FoLAR's Director of Outreach & the author/illustrator of Down By The Los Angeles River: Friends of the Los Angeles River's Official Guide (Wilderness Press, 2005). Jenny Price is an environmental writer, who recently wrote the article "Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in L.A." (The Believer, April/May 2006.) She authored the LA Weekly's 2001 "Field Guide to the Los Angeles River" & Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America (Basic Books, 1999).

The Bike Oven & Locos Armadillos 42 Bike Club present:

Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride

Saturday, January 13, 6 - 11p

Meet at: Flagpole, Figueroa/York, 6p

Leave at: Flagpole, Figueroa/York, 6:30p

Sponsored by:  The Outreach & Recreation, Culture & the Arts Committees of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council

626.831.7970 sarte1mex@aol.com 310.902.5439 ubrayj02@yahoo.com www.bike-oven.5u.com

Come to the Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride. It meets at the corner of Figueroa & York (at the flag pole). North East Los Angeles has two dozen galleries & art houses in a two-mile radius & we’ll travel to a selected group of them so that we can spend quality time at each stop. This ride is an entire evening worth of bikes, art & fun.

The ride will wind its way around the Eagle Rock, Highland Park & Sycamore Grove areas, stopping at selected galleries open that night as part of NELAart's ongoing 2nd Saturday Gallery Night.  The galleries will generally be open from 7 - 10p & run a wide spectrum of different genres & styles. If you get lost, or want to meet up with the ride, call (310) 902-5439 or 626.831.7970 for directions.

Rock Rose Gallery, 4108 N Figueroa, will be the last gallery on the ride. After that you can head over to the Bike Oven, 130 W Avenue 42, for the after-party. Both are close to Gold Line train stations (SouthWest Museum & Heritage Square) & several all-night bus lines that run on Figueroa.

Gallery itinerary available the week of the ride on-line & at the flagpole.  Maps will be provided at the flagpole & can also be picked up along the route.

Save the Altadena Trails (STAT) Supporters present:
MLK Day Memorial Hike
Sunday, January 14, 1p

ayerspaul@sbcglobal.net

Gathering Place: Trail Head on El Prieto Road

As they did last year to celebrate our victories & to honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. & Owen Brown, they will lead a hike to Little Round Top, the burial site of Owen Brown. Paul Ayers, Michele Zack & others will give brief talks about the history & significance of this site.

Cars may park at the trail head on El Prieto Road & on the paved portion on Risinghill Road. Please do not drive beyond the cul de sac of Risinghill, as parking is not available at the top, which is private property.

East LA Bike Oven XX

Second & Fourth Saturdays, 1 - 4p

130 W Ave 42, LA, CA
310.902.5439 Ubrayj02(@yahoo.com http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content

A bicycle workshop for women. You already know about ELBO on Wednesday Nights. Well now meet it's fledgeling sister, ELBO XX. Bike Wrenching, Tea, Snacks & Conversation for women.

East LA Bike Oven 
Wednesdays, 6 - 10p
130 W Ave 42, LA, CA
310.902.5439 Ubrayj02@yahoo.com http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/

East LA Bike Oven is a community bicycle workspace where anyone can walk in and work on their bike. Available are 2 bike workstands, a wheel-building stand, and various hand tools for common repairs. Tools and some parts have been donated by the ELBO founder and some of the regulars. Feel free to come in with your own donations.

Elyria Canyon – Preservation/Enhancement/Celebration of Nature

Third Saturdays

Saturday, January 20, 9a – 12noon

From Lynnette Kampe, Mt. Washington Assoc. Newsletter

The Natural Calendar: On December 22, the winter solstice, I considered it a special treat to watch the sun set over the ocean. Since I work in El Segundo, right next to the beach, this wasn't too hard to arrange & for some reason it was important to me to take a moment to celebrate the shortest day of the year. More sunshine to come! Just standing still for a moment to watch the sun disappear gave me a recharge. For some reason the clockwork of the universe seems that much more evident at such times & there's a reassurance in feeling a part of it.

For 2007 I invite you to pencil in the third Saturday of each month, from 9 AM to noon, to enjoy the company of good people & work off some holidays cookies as we embark in a New Year of preserving & enhancing the natural treasures of Mount Washington. Back in 1996 a UCLA Extension Advanced Environmental Analysis & Planning class proposed a calendar of workdays & celebrations for Elyria Canyon based on the natural seasons & community customs. This calendar was presented in a report titled "Shaping the Future of Elyria Canyon"that presents a compelling call for action. Each month Mount Washington Association & Mount Washington Homeowners Alliance members will be encouraged to join a modified plan alternating between Elyria & Rainbow Canyons. January will be Elyria, & February Rainbow, & so forth.

Feeling a part of nature is reassuring & we're so lucking to have so much natural beauty at hand. This feeling on connection can happen at any time, but is more likely if we slow down a bit & spend some time taking in the natural beauty that surrounds us. Call or email me (lynnette@pacbell.net) if you would like to get email reminders, help plan beautification projects or to request a copy of the report.

NELA Bikes! presents:
3rd Fridays NELA Critical Mass
Friday, January 20, Gather 6:30p, Ride leaves 7p
Avenue 57 Gold Line Station (151 N Ave 57), Highland Park, CA

Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling. It started in San Francisco in 1992 and quickly spread to cities all over the world. And now it's in NELA! They meet at Avenue 57 Gold Line Station.

Kids Fitness Challenge

Saturday, January 27, 7a – 12noon

Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA

www.kidsfitnesschallenge.com

This event is the first of its kind to combine education, physical activity & follow up programs for local communities across the County to take the fitness challenge to lead a healthier lifestyle & fight the rising tide of child obesity. The Fitness Challenge Foundation offers this great event in an era marked by inactivity, obesity, & chronic disease. LACBC will be hosting a kids' bike education booth.

During Take the Field there’s a special surprise for all participants on the Rose Bowl Field. The Stretching on the Rose Bowl Field is w/Colleen Williams and Special Guests. The 5K starts & finishes on the Rose Bowl Field. Experience the feeling of coming out of the Rose Bowl Tunnel, through the end zone where some of the most famous plays in football history. (Please note that due to the nature of this event, bikes and skates are strongly discouraged.)

7:00a Registration Opens Live TV

7:30a Get Healthy California Expo Opens
8:30a Take the Field 

8:45a 5K Stretching
9:15a 5K Start

CULTURAL NEWS:

Flea Market
Saturday, January 13, 7:30 - 11:30a
Super A Foods, 5250 York Ave, Highland Park, CA
stephaniekemp@mac.com

Furniture, Clothes, Toys, Books, Housewares, etc.

All proceeds to go to Highland Park's La Casita Verde Infant/Toddler Center.

Native American Genealogy Lecture & Workshop

Saturday, January 13, 1 - 4p

Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 234 Museum Dr, LA, CA
323.221.2164 www.autrynationalcenter.org

Trace your Native American heritage during this lecture & workshop. Learn about several Los Angeles tribes with David Bartosz from the West LA Family History Center.

Dig-It! Family-Style

Sunday, January 14, 1 - 2:30p
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 234 Museum Dr, LA, CA
323.221.2164 www.autrynationalcenter.org

Families with children ages 5 to 12 join museum educators for StoryTime on the first Sunday of the month & Dig-It! Family Style every second Sunday of the month. The museum store offers one-of-a-kind jewelry made by contemporary Native American artists.

Who lived here before us? What did they leave behind? Discover the answers to these question & more while on an "archaeology" dig excavating for artifacts.

Holiday Heritage: A Southern California Christmas Exhibit

Saturdays/Sundays, 12noon - 4p

Heritage Square Museum, 3800 Homer St, LA, CA

Thru January 14

323.225.2700ext 222 www.heritagesquare.org

Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration

Monday, January 15, 10a - 3p

Kidspace Children's Museum, 480 N Arroyo Blvd, Pasadena, CA

626.449.9144 x 5210 mhosseinzadeh@kidspacemuseum.org www.kidspacemuseum.org

Tickets:  $8, children & adults (infants under 1 & Members are free)

Families Invited to Learn About the Greatest Icon of the American Civil Rights Movement through Storytelling, Performances, Art Projects & Cultural Cooking Demonstrations. Entertainment & informative activities abound as children can learn about the life of Dr. King with events & activities led by Kidspace Educators & Glendale AmeriCorps volunteers. 

An array of visiting artists will entertain all, including Marcus Miller’s African Drum Circle, African Storytelling with Nailah Malik & a children’s Latin dance performance with an African twist by Sabor a Mexica.  Imani Asi will introduce families to the African cultural art form of jewelry making following a Wolfgang Puck interactive cooking demonstration of the art of cooking traditional soul food.

In honor of Louisiana & the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the celebration will culminate with a Mardi Gras style parade in which children dress up in costumes & march in their own pint-size parade.  Throughout the day, educators will lead children in Mardi Gras mask making & face painting in preparation for the grand finale.

The Old LA Certified Farmers Market, Highland Park

Tuesday, January 16, 3 – 7p

Parking Lot adjacent to Metro Gold Line Highland Park Station (Ave 57 & Marmion Wy)

Operated by: North Figueroa Assn (Highland Park BID), 115 N Ave 53, LA

Tuesdays

323.255.5030 www.oldla.org http://www.its.caltech.edu/~sbudick

In season at the market right now are:  Strawberries, avocados, a variety of citrus including grapefruits, blood oranges and navel oranges, salad greens and fresh herbs, carrots, broccoli, spinach and other greens, potatoes, fresh cut flowers, tomatoes, corn and asparagus, as well as staples like onions, garlic and apples.  In addition to the farm produce, a number of local food vendors will be selling freshly baked breads, rotisserie chicken, roast corn and baked yams, tamales, Thai-Mexican food and kettle corn, among other items.  Finally, a number of local crafters will also be selling their wares.  Please stop by and pick up fresh, field-ripened, high quality produce from local farmers and meet your friends, neighbors and other community members.

The market specializes in CA certified fresh produce.  People who join the "Frequent Shoppers Club" program will be eligible to receive free gifts. The market will also be accepting WIC & Food stamp EBT cards.

This Week @ Mr Ts
Open Mic: Tuesdays

Sign Up: 8:30pm
Mr T's Bowl, 5621 1/2 N Figueroa St (Ave 57), Highland Park, CA
323.256.7561 mrtsbowl@gmail.com http://mrtsbowl.tripod.com/ www.myspace.com/mrtsbowl

NELA Natural Foods Co-op: Interested in purchasing healthy, affordable organic foods? NELA has a natural foods co-op. They've been operating for more than 2 years. Their primary source is the large health food distributor Azure Standard, based in Oregon. They also get fresh organic produce from Better Life & raw milk products from Organic Pastures. The co-op doesn't have a physical site (yet). It is organized like a buying club. Local families order direct from the sources on a monthly or weekly schedule. The Co-op organizes pickup/distribution sites and sharing via phone and email.

Co-op members often share things like lemons from a backyard tree, favorite recipes, sourdough cultures, homemade soap, or information about food issues. They arrange to split large orders (10 gallons of honey, a case of peanut butter etc.). It is a growing community and is open to new ideas about accessing healthy affordable food for everyone. They have a Yahoo group for notices, questions and sharing.

If you would like to join the NELA Food Co-op, please contact Patti Wagonhurst at pwagonhurst@hotmail.com

William Lees Judson: Craftsman at Heart, Painter By Trade ~ David Judson

Discussion: Thursday, January 25, 7:30p

Judson Studios Tour: Saturday, January 27

Neighborhood Church, 2 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena.

626.793.3334, ext. 52 www.gamblehouse.org

Sponsored by The Friends of the Gamble House Annual Sidney D. Gamble Lecture Series

Tickets: $25 general public, $20 Friends of the Gamble House members, $15 students

Tour Tickets: $25 general public, $20 for FOGH members & students.

David Judson leads an exploration into the life, work & legacy of the art glass pioneer & impressionist painter. The discussion is followed by a light reception at the Gamble House. Established in 1897, Judson Studios was – & still is – considered one of the top art glass studios in the world, having created countless pieces for churches, homes & other structures worldwide. Founding patriarch William Lees Judson’s vision was to combine tradition & modern innovation which set the standard for art glass in the decades to follow.

Judson’s Studios current managing director – & Williams’ great-great-grandson – David Judson will present an evening delving into the artistry, craftsmanship & legacy of Judson who, in addition to his art glass studio work, depicted exquisite grace & beauty in his nature-inspired paintings of California scenery.

Remaining series lectures include: Kimberli Meyer on Rudolph Schindler, February 20; Daniel Gregory on Cliff May, March 23; Heather Lenkin on landscape architecture, April 28.

Living Room Cafe

Friday, January 26, 7 - 11:30p

Hermon Community Church, 5800 Monterey Rd, Hermon, CA

323.256-2654  aj.mora@sbcglobal.net www.hermonchurch.org

Fundraiser: Ethopia Eden www.EthopiaEden.org

Donation: $5.00

Antipasto bar, delicious Mocha/coffee blends & fine new friends.

Knitting Under the Influence! By Claire LaZebnik

Book Signing & Drinks: Saturday, February 10, 5p
That Yarn Store, 1578 W Colorado Blvd, LA, CA
323.256.9276 that.yarnstore@gmail.com www.thatyarnstore.com www.myspace.com/thatyarnstore www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com

Chat with Claire, author of 'Knitting Under the Influence!" a novel of life, knitting & martinis in LA, & have a drink (or two) of a martini from the book.

Gamble House Tour Debut
Tuesday, March 6, 10a

The Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Pl, Pasadena, CA

626.793.3334www.gamblehouse.org

General Admission: $75 per person; private group rate: 8 people, $560

The Gamble House at 98 years old is proudly launching a new in-depth, craftsman-led tour. Master wood craftsman, Jim Ipekjian, has created and will lead a 2-1/2 hour tour that will reveal to the visitors how architects Charles and Henry Greene, contractors Peter and John Hall and their craftsmen, created The Gamble House, the furniture, and the decorative arts.

THE ARTS NEWS:

Where are the NorthEastLA artists this weekend/next week? 

This Chicana artist will busy peddling her a** around NortheastLA for the Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride. Shalom, RuthAnne Tarletz de Molina

Where will you be???

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

For a complete listing of this newsletter go to www.LatinoLA.com or www.myspace.com/sarte_mex_jewelry or www.consafos.com/laevents.

THIS WEEKEND/NEXT WEEK:

Snapshot:NELA A Benefit Show & Party
Friday, January 12, 7 - 10p
MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Blvd, Highland Park, CA
www.nelaart.org/snapshot

Media Sponsor: The Arroyo Seco Journal

All proceeds from the event support NELAart's marketing/outreach efforts.

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This is the first anniversary celebration and inaugural fundraising event for NELAart. The evening will feature original work from the galleries and art spaces in Northeast Los Angeles, great raffle prizes from local galleries, food and drinks from Camillo’s, Auntie Em’s and Highland Perk and music by DJ My Little Pony. If you enjoy the arts in Northeast LA, come celebrate the community and meet local artists and gallery owners.

Carlotta’s Passion Fine Art is contributing a spectacular range of free raffle prizes throughout the evening, ranging from limited edition, signed Robbie Conal silkscreens; a late 19th Century Tibetan pigment and watercolor thangka of Mahakala; a California Plein Air oil painting; a Kosta Boda artglass vase; a hand-knotted Persian Balouch pillow; and a humorous, contemporary retablo, among others.

Tickets to “Snapshot NELA” are available for $25 from NELAart members. Tickets may be available at the door, however, capacity at the Gallery is limited, and those purchasing tickets in advance will have priority for admittance. For more information contact: Brian Mallman, bmallman@nelaart.org moryork@hotmail.com

NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night

The Bike Oven & Locos Armadillos 42 Bike Club present:

Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride

Saturday, January 13, 6 - 11p

Meet at: Flagpole, Figueroa/York, 6p

Leave at: Flagpole, Figueroa/York, 6:30p

Sponsored by:  The Outreach & Recreation, Culture & the Arts Committees of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council

626.831.7970 sarte1mex@aol.com 310.902.5439 ubrayj02@yahoo.com

Come to the Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride. It meets at the corner of Figueroa & York (at the flag pole). North East Los Angeles has two dozen galleries & art houses in a two-mile radius & they’ll travel to a selected group of them so that one can spend quality time at each stop. This ride is an entire evening worth of bikes, art & fun.

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The ride will wind its way around the Eagle Rock, Highland Park & Sycamore Grove areas, stopping at selected galleries open that night as part of NELAart's ongoing 2nd Saturday Gallery Night.  The galleries will generally be open from 7 - 10p & run a wide spectrum of different genres & styles. If you get lost, or want to meet up with the ride, call (310) 902-5439 or 626.831.7970 for directions.

Rock Rose Gallery, 4108 N Figueroa, will be the last gallery on the ride. After that you can head over to the Bike Oven, 130 W Avenue 42, for the after-party. Both are close to Gold Line train stations (SouthWest Museum & Heritage Square) & several all-night bus lines that run on Figueroa.

Gallery itinerary available the week of the ride on-line & at the flagpole.  Maps will be provided at the flagpole & can also be picked up along the route.

Gallery itinerary is as follows: Flagpole: gather 6p - leave 6:30p --> That Yarn Store --> Cactus Gallery  --> Art Studio C --> MorYork Gallery --> David Patton LA --> Sugarbutterbex --> Space Ark Gallery --> Future Studio --> Avenue 50 Studio --> Rock Rose Gallery --> Bike Oven

NELAart presents:
Second Saturdays Gallery Night
Saturday, January 13, 5 - 10p

Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Sycamore Grove
Maps/Information: www.NELAart.org

Second Saturday Gallery Night with local galleries & arts organizations open until 10p.  Join them in celebrating the arts in Northeast LA! Complete gallery information & printable maps can be found on the website.

A bicycle tour is also available, see above.

Participating Galleries: Art Studio C, Avenue 50 Studio, Blue Chips, Cactus Gallery, Carlotta's Passion, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, David Patton LA, Future Studio, MorYork Gallery, Rock Rose Gallery, Space Ark Gallery, Sugarbutterbex, Toros Pottery, Young Art.

Art Studio C -->

Live Exhibit

art studio c, 4121 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
323.256.6052 info@artstudioc.com www.artstudioc.com

Guests can view asc’s artists work in progress & purchase finished pieces.

Avenue 50 Studio -->

Mitos y Leyendas/Myths & Legends
Artists’ Reception:  Saturday, January 13, 7 - 11p

Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N Avenue 50, LA, CA
January 13 - February 4

323.258.1435 ave50studio@sbcglobal.net www.avenue50studio.com 

This exhibit features sculptures by Tomás Owen & Drawings by J. Michael Walker. If myths & legends are the stories that have been passed down for generations, Owen & Walker have created new – & reconfigured other – legends & myths.  A mixing of real & imaginary characters, places & events populate the gallery & draw us into an atmospheric world of fantasy & supernatural beings.

Tomás Owen sculpts moody yet playful characters in ceramic stoneware.  In one piece, the mythological satyr, Tomás recreates this icon, energizing its classical form with movement & almost perceptible sound.

J. Michael Walker’s drawings assemble mythic imagery & tradition to offer atmospheric, imaginary worlds. In “The Old Moon Remembers” he builds a magical castle in a mysterious landscape; careful reflection informs that this is Cholula, where the Spaniards built a great cathedral atop a pre-Colombian temple.  The full moon as indigenous visage gazes over lands once possessed, still affected. 

La Palabra – Open Mic Reading
Sunday, January 14, 2 - 4p
Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N Avenue 50, LA, CA
Thru November 6

323.258.1435 ave50studio@sbcglobal.net www.avenue50studio.com 
Co-hosts: Laura Longoria & Don Newton

Welcome in the New Year at this monthly poetry event. Everyone is invited. An afternoon of poetry, art, & friends resumes today. Calling all community poets, from nine to 90! You are invited to bring your work for open mike readings before & after the featured poets.

Cactus Gallery  -->

Chistian Vega Rojo Going Away Party & Exhibit

Saturday, January 13, 5 - 9p

Cactus Gallery & Gifts, 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA

323.256.6117 semastroianni70@yahoo.com www.eclecticcactus.com

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Help them give our friend Cristian Vega Rojo a fond farewell. He is leaving the US for good, not to return for many years. Cristian has been an integral part of the Cactus family; he is irreplaceable as a friend and his positivity and light will be missed by many. Spread the word and bring something to share. 

Irene Carranza: New Works Solo Exhibit

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p

Carlotta's Passion Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Blvd, LA, CA
January 13 - February 18

323.259.1563 rs@carlottaspassion.com www.carlottaspassion.com

Perhaps no other Latina artist in Los Angeles is so visible & invisible at the same time. Perhaps no other is so commercially viable & not commercial. And perhaps no other artist is as important to the expression of being Latina in a multicultural world without treating the paintbrush as a political hammer. On the contrary, whatever "it" is, she nails it. Although the color and strokes convey a world somewhere between Diego Rivera and Edvard Munch, a world between Marc Chagall's and Georgia O'Keefes', that world is distinctly Carranza's. She creates her works using oil, acrylic, charcoal & pastel on canvas, paper & wood. Since 1997, she has developed a body of work that is connected by the notion of feminine mystique & the interpretation of what makes a human "feminine". They are tales with allegorical references to death, beauty, innocence, wisdom & strength.

End of the Year Giving

Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd, LA, CA 90041
323.226.1617 erccc@hotmail.com www.centerartseaglerock.org

David Patton LA -->

A Good Chance at Some Point Exhibit: Paintings by Jonathan Kroll
Artist’ Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p

David Patton LA, 5006 1/2 York Blvd, LA, CA
January 13 - February 10

323.478.1966 info@davidpattonlosangeles.com www.davidpattonlosangeles.com

This is an exhibit by the Berlin based artist Jonathan Kroll. His work was last seen in these parts in 2005 in "Everything in Particular" at ACME. As part of this exhibit, Kroll has produced a limited run silkscreen poster - a commemorative of sorts.

Future Studio -->

Coffee Mail Art Show: Curated by Ted Meyer, assisted by Omar Mejia

Reception: Saturday, January 13, 6 - 10p

Future Studio Gallery, 5558 N Figueroa St, LA, CA
323.254.4565 futurestudio@sbcglobal.net www.chickenboy.com homepage.mac.com/futurestudio

Art on the theme of coffee has been mailed in from all around the world. They have nearly 100 entries from all over the world. All entries are displayed. Snack items being served include coffee, coffee milk (the official drink of Rhode Island), coffee jello, coffee cake & if you time it right, homemade coffee ice cream.

MorYork Gallery -->

Snapshot:NELA A Benefit Show & Party
Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p
MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Blvd, Highland Park, CA
www.nelaart.org/snapshot

This is the exhibit from first anniversary celebration and inaugural fundraising event for NELAart that features original work from the galleries and art spaces in Northeast Los Angeles.

Rock Rose Gallery -->

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p

Rock Rose Gallery, 4108 N Figueroa St, Sycamore Grove, CA

323.222.4740 rockroseart@yahoo.com www.rockroseartgallery.com

Selected pieces from various artists who have exhibited their works in this wonderful gallery space over the last few years. For the electic collector.

Space Ark Gallery -->

Avant Garde Art, Music & Fun

Artists’ Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 11p

Space Ark Gallery, 106 S Avenue 58, Highland Park CA
323-256-2777 olivaresmandato@yahoo.com

The Space Ark Gallery invites you to welcome in the New Year with Avant Garde Art, Music and Fun. You’re invited to take part in this creative happening. Art by Miguel Olivares, Ulises Ramirez, Julio Morales & Chris Wallace. Performances by T'sha, Universe, The Number 9 Noise Ensemble and More. Snacks, Art & Games are available for everyone.

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Mind Made Housing:  Ed Coolidge Solo Exhibit

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p

Sugarbutterbex, 5110 York Blvd, Highland Park, CA
January13 - 26

323.255.0021 information@sugarbutterbex.com www.sugarbutterbex.com

This is an exhibit of drawings and prints by Edward Coolidge.

That Yarn Store -->

Framed Fibers: A Study in Abstraction

Artists’ Reception: Saturday, January 13, 7 - 10p

That Yarn Store, 1578 W Colorado Blvd, LA, CA
January 13 - 21

323.256.9276 that@thatyarnstore.com www.thatyarnstore.com www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com

Framed Fibers features works by local artists that incorporate the fiber arts -- knitting, crochet, felting, weaving, etc, -- with an emphasis on color and texture. Featured artists include Regina Vorgang, Cameron Taylor-Brown, Sadonya Antebi, Drewcilla Annese, Babajan, Amy Bouse, Karen Lockert.

Pottery Plus Gallery

Toros Gallery, 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA

323.344.8330 info@torospottery.com www.torospottery.com

Paul Forney Exhibit

Young Art, 747 N Avenue 50, LA, CA

Thru January 13

323.344.1322 info@youngartgallery.com www.youngartgallery.com

This exhibit is of new paintings by Paul Forney.

EastSideProjects Gallery at Galerías Otra Vez presents:

Posters on the Myths & Realities of the Immigrant Experience

Artists’ Reception: January 13, 6 - 9p

Atelier 47:  Love in the Time of Terror

Self Help Graphics & Art, 3802 Cesar Chavez Ave, East LA, CA
January 13 - February 18

323.269.8442 info@selfhelpgraphics.com www.selfhelpgraphics.com www.politicalgraphics.org

Funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of LA

An exhibition from The Center for the Study of Political Graphics shown alongside ten new serigraphs by Shizu Saldamando, Rafael Navarro, Sherm, Asyl’m, Lalo Alcaraz, Lora Norton, Carlos Saldaña, Erika Cho, Javier Hernanadez & Douglas Miles; Jose Alpuche, Master Printer

Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . . .The enormous disparity between the eloquent promise of the Statue of Liberty & the recent attacks against immigrants is enormous. Immigration to the United States varies broadly—who comes, why, from where & when is emphasized in posters that speak to ongoing efforts to make immigrants’ reality closer to Emma Lazarus's aspiration. Yet from the Irish & Chinese in the nineteenth century to the Mexicans & Middle Easterners of the twenty-first centuries, discrimination based on race, class, language & culture has unfortunately been consistent. Whether the reason for migration is to escape war, seek asylum from persecution, or pursue better economic opportunities, leaving one’s family, friends & home is never easy & the posters in this exhibition present the human side of this wrenching experience.

LA Women: A Record of Experience

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 13, 4 - 9p

The Studio for Southern California History, 525 Alpine Street, Suite 103, LA, CA

January 13 - May 31

Inspired by the countless women who have shaped & continue to make local history, this exhibit celebrates women who have made a difference in the history of So Cal through struggle, innovation & compassion for her fellow human beings. Sister Karen Boccalero will be remembered & honored in this exhibition of women who made a difference in the history of So Cal.

LA Women profiles activists & pioneers who challenged the status quo in order to bring social justice or appreciation of the world around her. This exhibit borrows photographs & video from local & national archives as well as oral histories from the Studio's collection to illustrate the powerful & often under-acknowledged sphere of women's history.

It features a 30' Community Quilt composed of blocks created by local residents. Each block represents a significant contribution to local women's history. In addition to traditional blocks, the Community Quilt includes multimedia blocks that integrate the Studio's oral history collection. The Studio for So Cal History is intended to be a participatory space & there are ways for visitors to write their own personal history or other items into their Timeline that includes global, national, state & local women's history.

LA Women celebrates the 35th anniversary of the 1972 art installation Womanhouse; through an Interactive Doll House that asks viewers the same sorts of questions artists grappled with in the piece's original incarnation. Have issues changed for girls & women today? What would 2007's Womanhouse express?

Women Profiled: Ethel Percy Andrus (1884 -1967) educator, Modesta Avila (1867 - 1891) farmer, Charlotta Amanda Bass (1874 - 1969) newspaper publisher, Karen Boccalero (1933 - 1997) artist, Lucia Capacchione (1935 -) art therapist, Aurora Castillo (c.1901 - 1998) environmentalist, Mayme A Clayton (1923 - 2006) preservationist, Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900 - 1980) actor & politician, Jackie Goldberg (1937 -) educator & politician, Frances Kazuko Hashimoto (1945 -) entrepreneur, Dorothy Ray Healey (1914 - 2006) labor organizer, Minerva Hoyt (1866 - 1945) preservationist, Mary Corita Kent (1918 - 1986) artist, Louise Leung Larson (1905 - 1988) journalist, Aimee Semple McPherson (1890 - 1944) evangelist, Bridget "Biddy" Mason (1818 - 1891) midwife, Olive Percival (1868 - 1945) writer & book collector, Carolyn Severance (1820 - 1914) suffragist, Iva Ikuko Toguri (1916 - 2006) patriot, Toypurina (1761 - 1799) Tongva shaman & many others.

Art Through Sports...Marc Smith & Travis Craven

Artist’s Reception: Saturday, January 13. 6 - 10p

jFerrari Gallery, 3015 Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village, CA

January 13 - February 3

323.877.5542 jazmin@jferrarigallery.com www.jferrarigallery.com

Americans grow up knowing they have choices & many of them choose to follow their passions. However, there are those who have many passions & the choice is not an easy one to make. Luckily for artists Travis Craven & Marc Smith synergism was their first choice. Marc & Travis have known & encouraged each other for 15 years. Both coming from childhoods strongly influenced by team sports, they immediately connected with one another's desire to express the feeling of sports & athletics in their art. It is important to these two artists that there is not a literal reproduction of athletics painted on a canvas or sculpted. They enjoy a beautiful synchronization of their passions for art & the human form in athletics & are excited to share their newest expressions of art form at their two-man show. Marc Smith will debut his "Colortree of Poetree" series of paintings & Travis Craven will exhibit new stone carvings.

Jim Thomson, Founder & Executive Director of PCA, will be speaking at the opening. A portion of the proceeds from art sales on the evening of the reception will be donated to Positive Coaching Alliance. PCA is a non-profit organization based at Stanford University with the mission to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth.

EVERY WEEKEND:

                

Community Drum Circles
Sundays, 12:30p families, 1:30p adults only
Rock Rose Gallery/Productions & Arroyo Books, 4108 N Figueroa St, Sycamore Grove
323.222.4740 rockroseart@yahoo.com www.rockrosegallery.com

Drum Circle - Bring your own drum or percussion instrument or use one of those provided by the gallery.  Taught by Mr Blue, a versatile artist from New York.

Jazz Composers Workshop
Sundays, 3 - 5:30p
Rock Rose Gallery/Productions & Arroyo Books, 4108 N Figueroa St, Sycamore Grove
323.222.4740 rockroseart@yahoo.com www.rockrosegallery.com

Men's Night
Second Wednesdays, 5:30p

That Yarn Store, 1578 W Colorado Blvd, LA, CA
323.256.9276 http://www.thatyarnstore.com www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com

Come and hang out and work on your projects, or buy our beginner's package & David will teach you how to knit or crochet.

Spin a Good Yarn Night
Third Wednesdays, 7p

That Yarn Store, 1578 W Colorado Blvd, LA, CA
323.258.2647 that.yarnstore@gmail www.thatyarnstore.com www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com

Enjoy an evening of spoken word stories, poetry, editorials, original fiction, passages from novels, jokes, improvisational storytelling, tales and the soothing click, click of knitting needles. Everyone is invited to share or to simply listen and relax. All are welcome. Feel free to bring a snack. Knitting not required.