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LATIN AMERICA, CALIFORNIA, DIASPORA...
LOS ANGELES LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED CELEBRATION OF LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO ART The most ambitious art event in Los Angeles history will kick off in September, as “Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA brings together more than 70 arts venues under one umbrella for an exploration of Latin American and Latino Art. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is wide-ranging. From mid-September through January, museums, art galleries, and educational institutions will present solo art shows, group exhibits, and installations, supplemented by performances, lectures, cinema, and more. Featured content will include contemporary and historic works from across Latin America and across the Los Angeles basin. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is being coordinated under the leadership of the Getty. Jim Cuno, President of the J. Paul Getty Trust, explains the mission of the undertaking, saying, “Our ambition is to reveal on an unprecedented scale the diversity and complexity of Latin American and Latino art by looking at key historical moments, movements, and figures, as well as at the variety of contemporary practices that are so abundant today.” Carlos Almaraz, Crash in Phthalo Green, 1984. Oil on canvas. Shaun Caley Regen, Founder Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz, LACMA. of Regen Projects gallery, adds that Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, “is a tremendous opportunity to learn more about Latin American and Latino art and design, and how they have impacted Los Angeles as a major art center.” Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is designed to serve both as a resource for local residents and as a boost to Judithe Hernández, The Purification , 2013. Pastel mixed-media on archival wood board. 30 x 40 in. © 2016 Judithe Hernández. Judithe Hernández & Patssi Valdez: ONE PATH Two Journeys, Millard Sheets Art Center.
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LIFE, ART, AND DAHLIAS by Margaret Rozga “They’re dahlias,” my friend Tim said. “Oh, of course. The dense clustering of petals. I should have known.” What I was thinking about, however, was neither my question nor Tim’s answer. I was struck by the similarity between these flowers from his garden and the one I painted during art time with my granddaughter Isabelle a few days earlier. At home with my watercolor dahlia next to a real one I saw not an exact match, but interesting points of resemblance. I must have tucked away an image of the dahlia that asserted itself when I had paint brush in hand and needed to put something on paper to answer Isabelle’s question: “Grandma, why aren’t you painting?” I snapped pictures of both the real and the imagined flower for my Facebook author page. What to say about them? I got the text down to two words, one for each photo: Life. Art. I left the two words separated by periods because I stumbled over how to connect them. Art imitates life? Life imitates art? Art leads the way? Simply “Life and Art.” In my daily practice, thinking about connections between life and art is the background music playing immediately beneath whatever else I’m doing. I am a poet and a social justice activist. My poetry reflects what I do when I’m not in the phase of writing where I type words that appear then on my computer screen and after much scrambling, cutting, pasting, moving, checking the built-in thesaurus, factchecking, giving up, and coming back eventually are printed on paper. Another phase of my writing process, the pre-writing, often takes place outside of home, at meetings, in my neighborhood, across town, on a jaunt to the Capitol and elsewhere; in places where people gather, hold up placards, wait in line, or pass each other by; where they converse, argue, study, or pray; where sights, smells, and noise soothe, stimulate, inspire, or annoy. It’s not an exact match, the experience on the street and in the poem. The process of moving from the out and about pre-writing phase to the follow-up word generating phase doesn’t always take place immediately in lock-step fashion. Sometimes it takes months, even years. It took a year from the time my son was injured in Iraq until I wrote a poem about his coming home to heal and another seven years until Though I Haven’t Been to Baghdad, Dahlia. Paining by Margaret Rozga. my book of poems responding to his deployments and the war was published. It took almost forty years to get from participating in the marches for open housing legislation in Milwaukee to writing 200 Nights and One Day, my book of poems about them. Sometimes it works the other way. I sit at my computer, drafting a poem from an inner dream world. It seems promising, but it stalls. I wonder why, what’s missing. Then, happy coincidence—some event, something I see or think I see at the grocery store or playground, someone’s chance use of a phrase—is like a dahlia in bloom, that flower with genetic pieces that move from place to place and thus manifests great diversity. Carry one or several home and, look, it fits and gets the stalled work moving again. In an essay I wrote several years ago for Verse Wisconsin, I imagined poetry to be an introverted child grown pale, anxious and dull from too much time indoors and isolated. “Poetry, Let’s Go Out and Play,” I urged. I went on: “Look, your friend History is out there chalking on the sidewalk, but she’s working all in white. Here. Take your box of colors with you. Share with her. And Justice is roller-blading across the street. That looks like fun. Want me to get your skates up from the basement?” This piece rolls right along to a happy conclusion. Poetry gets in the spirit and takes off in lively directions. The poet hurries to keep up. Whatever the connection between life and art, however expressed or juxtaposed, they are connected, and the connections are multi-dimensional. Let’s keep visiting each other’s gardens. Let’s explore the many connections between what we find there, what we’ve already drafted, and what awaits our bringing it into existence. Dahlia. Photograph by
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continued from page 1 cultural tourism in the region. In addition to offerings at established galleries and museums, two new venues will join the mix. Proyectos LA will feature artists from 20 premier galleries in Latin America in a 20,000 square-foot warehouse space Downtown. And Ruberta, a new collaborative exhibition space in Glendale, will be shared by Galería Agustina Ferreyra of Mexico City, Lodos of Mexico City, Proyectos Ultravioleta of Guatemala City, CARNE of Bogota, and BWSMX of Mexico City, followed by five successive two-month residencies, one for each gallery. For a more California-centric approach to Pacific Standard Time, a good jumping-off point is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa (born Guatemala, active Germany), Corazon del espantapájaros (Heart of the Scarecrow), 2016/17. (detail) A Universal History of Infamy, LACMA Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz is the first major retrospective of one of the most influential Los An-
3 geles artists of the 1970s and 1980s. Carlos Almaraz introduced Mesoamerican symbolism into the Southern California landscape. He painted a range of recognizable Los Angeles scenes, ranging from fiery car crashes to tranquil parks, as well as mystical imagery. Mr. Almaraz was an original member of the artists’ collective Los Four, whose 1974 exhibit at LACMA represented the first exhibition of Chicano artists at a major museum. He went on to influence and mentor the next generation of Chicano artists before his early death at the age of 48. Meanwhile, works of Gilbert “Magu” Luján will be the focus of a Magulandia exhibit at Craig Krull Gallery and a museum survey at UC Irvine. Another founding member of Los Four, Mr. Luján used color and movement to convey his world, Magulandia, where cars, the movies, pyramids, local architecture and dogs all influenced and expressed a Los Angeles that was at once myth and reality. “A fervent, dedicated theorist and organizer,” says the UC Irvine statement about the exhibit, “Magu was soon recognized as the fulcrum for burgeoning chicanismo tirelessly promoting an alternative view to the dominant Western aesthetic and reinvigorating it with both a renewed social conscience and Latin passion.” Like Mr. Almaraz, Mr. Luján, who passed away in 2011, was highly influential on the next generation of artists. He was a passionate believer in dialogue, especially through his famous Mental Menudos. The Millard Sheets Art Center in Pomona is presenting a pairing of two women that at one time may have felt unlikely. “One Path Two Journeys” features Judithe Hernández and Patssi Valdez. Both artists grew up in East L.A., and both became highly praised and influential artists, but via different paths. Ms. Hernández became the fifth member of Los Four and the collective’s only female. Ms. Valdez was the only female founding member of Asco, which employed performance art to respond to political and social issues. Whereas Los Four had made their way into LACMA, Asco, two years earlier, had claimed the building by spray painting their names on the outside in response to a curator’s statement that Chicanos made graffiti, not art. One Path Two Journeys includes current works as well as a new collaborative installation. The experience of diaspora increases the scope of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA many-fold, as exhibits examine
Los Four memorabilia at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. how cultures collide and mingle. Regina Projects will present “Primordial Saber Tararear Proverbiales Sílabas Tonificantes Para Sublevar Tecnocracias Pero Seguir Tenazmente Produciendo Sociedades Tántricas,” through which co-curators Abraham Cruzvillegas and Gabriel Kuri will examine the influence of the Latin American diaspora through works of artists living and working beyond the geographical borders of Latin America. The California African American Museum (CAAM) and The Chinese American Museum (CAM), meanwhile, are joining forces to present “Circles and Circuits,” exploring the art of the Chinese Caribbean diaspora from the early 20th century to the present day, at both venues. And the Japanese American National Museum’s ( JANM’s) “Transpacific Borderlands” will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. Additionally, there will be explorations of relationships to such subject matter as Queer history (“Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. at the ONE Gallery, West Hollywood and the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Pacific Design Center Location) and feminist radical art practices (“Radical Women” at The Hammer). One of the most interesting Pacific Standard Time experiences in terms of linkages through time and place may come with the unveiling of a large installation by Oaxacan continued on page 4
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artist collective Tlacolulokos in the Los Angeles Central Library rotunda on September 16. Tlacolulokos have been commissioned to create new work that will be displayed in juxtaposition to the library’s existing murals depicting the history of California from the 1930s. And there are and will be the exhibits that seem specifically designed to warn us off from stereotyping Latin American or Chicano imagery. “A Universal History of Infamy,” right across from the Carlos Almaraz exhibit at LACMA, features 16 U.S. and Latin American artists who challenge “any notion of absoluteness with regard to what constitutes Latin America and its diaspora in the United States, the art that can be associated with it, and how to approach this complex region.” “Mundos Alternos” at the UC Riverside ARTSblock takes the white-male dominated world of Science Fiction and turns it on its head, as Latin American and U.S. Latino artists speculate on the future through intersections of sci-fi, techno-culture and visual arts. An experience even of the size of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA cannot possibly answer all questions and issues. It can, however, lead to reevaluation of concepts of art, borders, heritage, relationships, and identity. The long list of participating arts venues, their offerings, and their schedules may be accessed via www. pacificstandardtime.org. Another opportunity to learn about PST: LA/ LA offerings will take place Thursday, September 14, when a day-long public party will be held from noon to 10 p.m. at Downtown’s Grand Park. The event will feature music, dance, food trucks, a themed bar, workshops, and itinerary planning. A pop-up installation and social space will offer a taste of PST, and the PST: LA/ LA Mobile will feature touch-screen technology for developing personalized PST plans. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is supported by Gilbert “Magu” Luján, El Fireboy y El Mingo , 1988. Lithograph more than $16 million in grants from the Getty with Prismacolor hand markings. 44 1/4 x 30 inches. © The Foundation. This is the Estate of Gilbert “Magu” Luján. Aztlán to Magulandia: The Getty’s third foray into PaJourney of Chicano Artist Gilbert “Magu” Luján cific Standard Time. From University Art Galleries, UC Irvine. October 2011 to March 2012, “Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 19451980” brought together 60 cultural institutions from across Southern California in celebration of the birth and formative years of the Los Angeles art scene. In 2013, a smaller scale program, “Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., explored the built heritage of the region. The presenting sponsor of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA is Bank of America.
Vincent Ramos (United States), Ruins Over Visions or Searchin’ for My Lost Shaker of Salt (Ante Drawing Room/ Ruinas Sobre Visions o Buscando Mi Salero Perdido (Antecámera del Salon), 2017. (detail) A Universal History of Infamy, LACMA.
Laura Molina, Amor Alien, 2004. Collection of the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago. CCBY-SA 3.0 (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas, UCR ARTSblock.
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STAFF Publisher/ Creative Director Cathi Milligan Managing Editor Margaret Arnold Intern Vince Caldera Contributors: Margaret Arnold, Cornelius Peter, Brian Mallman, Jeremy Kaplan, Amy Inouye, Stuart Rapeport, Cathi Milligan, Jennifer Hitchcock, Tomas Benitez, Harvey Slater, Kristine Schomaker, Larisa Code, Madame X, Margaret Rozga, Nicole Macias LA Art News is published monthly at the beginning of each month. LA Art News is available free of charge. No person may, without prior written permission from LA Art News, take more than one copy of each monthly issue. Additional copies of the current issue are available for $1, payable in advance, at LA Art News office. Only authorized LA Art News distributors may distribute the LA Art News. Copyright No news stories, illustrations, editorial matter or advertisements herein can be reproduced without written consent of copyright owner. How to reach us LA Art News 5668 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042 323-387-9705
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD SUMMER? Did you have a good summer? It was certainly eventful. Many traveled to see the totality of the eclipse. Did you? Maybe you just traveled...or maybe you had a staycation...I know I had a few of those, here and there. But now we’re wrapping it up, with most kids already in school since August. Doesn’t mean the weather will cool down yet, but one can hope. September is the month that represents to me new beginnings. School starts, summer ends, art season begins...and one of the biggest and best displays of art is Pacific Standard Time from the Getty. I have been looking forward to this since the end of the last initiative the Getty gave us. This time we’ll be looking at Latin American and Latino Art. PST: LALA. The city will be filled with openings and talks and activities. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited. Along with art season is show season...save the dates to think about, since the holiday season is right around the corner. There I said it. So let’s look at art and make art and love art. Thanks, Cathi Milligan Publisher, LA Art News
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3 a.m. Joyride by Nicole Macias
Before the waking dream, before the bolts, before the bone graft and the wheelchair, before the chaotic break of skin and bone it was just a 3 am joyride. City lights blurred past while the wind howled through his hair. What a liberty it was to push against pavement wheels roll on concrete as sneakers hit the asphalt just long enough to push, push, push through an empty sleeping city street in a metropolis populated by millions. An ordinary day preceded a life-altering nightmare. The shock sit in before the blanket of purple haze and confusion dissipated. “I’m hurt. I’m hurt. I don’t know where, but it hurts. I don’t wanna die, please don’t let me get hit again,” he pleaded. The callous driver sped off, his only concern was not to get caught, not to get a DUI not to get reprimanded for his irresponsibility. He probably thought “Shit, I can’t go to jail.” While Phil lay bleeding, crying, wondering
“Why did he hit me?” “Will I ever skate again?” “Am I going to die?” Fear clung to his skin as he lay in the street bleeding, his leg, snapped in two just below the knee. The doctors will later describe the injury as if his bones were punching through a paper bag. Like a soldier in the trenches he waited for his helicopter to return him to home-base. The ambulance, like a chariot of flashing lights careened down the street to lift him to safety a tidal wave of gratitude consumed his body as the paramedics reassured him and told him “Don’t worry, you’re okay now.” Before the fear, before the excruciating rehabilitation, before the surgeries, the trauma, the anger and frustration, before this fucking inconvenience, it was just a 3am joyride. Copyright Avenue 50 Studio. From “Trees of Life,” a publication and event in support of traffic safety and an end to pedestrian fatalities on North Figueroa Street and in Los Angeles.
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NEW NEH CHAIR The White House has appointed Jon Parrish Peede as the Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Mr. Peede joined NEH in April as the Senior Deputy Chairman of the agency. Previously, he had been appointed to senior leadership roles at the National Endowment for the Arts, including overseeing the NEA’s funding of literary organizations and fellowships to creative writers and translators. For seven years, he led writing workshops for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Bahrain, England, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, the Persian Gulf, and on domestic bases. NEH EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HARVEY The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will award up to $1 million in emergency grants to preserve humanities collections and help restore operations at libraries, museums, colleges, universities, and other cultural and historical institutions in the areas of Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Harvey, Acting Chairman Jon Parrish Peede announced at the end of August. “NEH has designated these funds to support the people in Texas and Louisiana in their efforts to protect the historic materials that document their invaluable contributions to American culture,” said Peede. “We are proud to partner with Humanities Texas and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and their dedicated staffs in a coordinated federal-state response.” ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PARKS AND RIVER The Los Angeles City Council’s “Arts, Parks and River Committee” has been reconstituted as the “Arts, Entertainment, Parks and River Committee” and will now incorporate serving as a liaison with the City’s large entertainment industry in its mission. The committee will continue to be chaired by Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell. The other committee members are Councilmembers David Ryu and Curren Price. CONDEMNED TO BE MODERN The City of Los Angeles has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to present “Condemned to Be Modern,” through which 21 artists respond critically to the history of modernist architecture in Latin America. The artists “explore the effects, contradictions, and contested legacies of modernism in Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico as expressed through ambitious construction of government buildings, public housing, universities, and even new cities during moments of radical political and social change.” “Condemned to Be Modern” is part of the Getty Initiative, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. It will be exhibited at the City’s Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park in Hollywood from September 10 to January 28. An opening reception will be held Sunday, September 10, from 2 to 5 p.m. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY REPLACES COLUMBUS DAY The Los Angeles City Council voted at its August 30 meeting to declare Indigenous Peoples Day a legal city holiday. The new holiday replaces Columbus Day on the city calendar. The decision was made before a packed council chamber as Indigenous people and a lesser number of Italian Americans sought to make their cases. It comes as the result of a 22-month long effort. Specifically, Indigenous Peoples Day will be observed on the second Monday of each October, by no later than 2019; October 12 of each year will be celebrated as Italian American Heritage Day in the City of Los Angeles, to recognize the contributions of Italian Americans to the history and culture of the City; All references to Columbus Day as an official city holiday will be removed from the city administrative code and replaced with Indigenous Peoples Day. The City Clerk will send a letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education urging the school district to take similar action. The City Administrative Officer will provide a report on the process of implementing an additional city holiday, which recognizes the contributions of all of the diverse cultures in the City of Los Angeles. The main City Council champion for the creation of Indigenous Peoples Day has
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been Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell, who is a member of the Wyandotte Nation. Councilmember O'Farrell stated that the historic record is unambiguous in terms of the atrocities that Christopher Columbus himself and his men enacted on the Taíno people in 1492, "setting in process a centuries long genocide unmatched in breadth and scope anywhere in world history." Hundreds of years later, according to Councilmember O'Farrell, Spaniards established the mission system, and Tongva and Chumash suffered incredible losses here. The main opposition to the council proposal has come from Councilmember Joe Buscaino, who said that he supports the establishment of an Indigenous Peoples Day, but added, "What I don't support is replacing the underlying meaning behind a holiday that's important--of social and cultural importance to the Italian Americans... We must embrace Los Angeles, not divide it. How can we on the one hand support the dignity and human rights of people, while on the other hand replace one group's social inclusiveness for the sake of another?" Councilmember Buscaino, joined by Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo, attempted to get the proposed date for Indigenous Peoples Day changed from what is currently Columbus Day to August 9, which is the date designated by the United Nations as the U.N. International Day of the World's Indigenous People, to promote and protect the world's indigenous peoples. The second Monday of October, according to Councilmembers Buscaino and Cedillo, should be a day to celebrate all of the diverse cultures of the City. Councilmembers Buscaino and Cedillo were joined in their effort by Coucilmembers Mitch Englander and David Ryu, with the majority of the Council sticking with the proposal that had been under discussion for 22 months. Councilmember Mike Bonin spoke of the struggles of his own Italian ancestors, then said, "To me, celebrating Columbus Day does not honor their story and their struggle and their history. It besmirches it. They came here to build something, not to destroy something. They came here to earn something and not to steal something. They came here to make life better for their children, and not to take away something from someone else's children...And I think the best way as an Italian American that I can honor their sacrifice and their heritage is to try to make the world better for my children and for our children." The final vote to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day was 14-1, with only Councilmember Buscaino voting no. At a press conference before the vote, Councilmember O'Farrell said, "We have the Spririts behind us. We have history behind us, and we will no longer stand for revisionist thinking, celebrating someone who was responsible for setting in motion the greatest genocide known to world history." VISION ZERO MURAL Artist Man One has created a new mural for Vision Zero, the city initiative to eliminate all traffic deaths by 2025. The mural, entitled "Cuidado Niños Jugando" (Caution Children Playing), is on Sam's Market at the corner of Sixth Street and Westlake, near MacArthur Park. "I figured that creating a large mural aimed at the kids in the neighborhood would be the best fit for this particular location," says Man One.
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BOBBY BROWN UPTOWN GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE SQUARE Los Angeles City Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo has introduced a motion to designate the intersection of North Figueroa Street and Avenue 41 in Highland Park as “The Bobby Brown Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance Square.” Bobby Brown was 24 when he was shot and killed at the intersection in 1983, as he was leaving a gay bar. Mr. Brown was actually attacked twice in the same evening, and witnesses reported afterward that the police had made no investigation, and went so far as to question whether Mr. Brown had come out of “that fag bar.” After the killing, local realtor Gus DiClairo called friends together to form a response to the inaction of the police. Out of that meeting, the Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance was born. According to Councilmember Cedillo’s motion, Bobby Brown’s murder was the second murder in the local gay community within two years. Richard Lee was assaulted and killed at the corner of North Figueroa and Avenue 43 in 1981. The night Mr. Brown was shot and killed, two witnesses were also shot at, and another bar patron who was going to give Mr. Brown a ride home was shot in the leg. The motion to name the Bobby Brown Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance Square was made by Councilmember Cedillo at the request of the Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance. It has been approved by the City Council’s Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee and is pending before the full City Council.
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Go Ave 26 is a project that supports pedestrians and public transit users near the Lincoln/Cypress Station on the Metro Gold Line. Currently, this car-centric area is extremely difficult to navigate and represents typical conditions throughout Los Angeles. This year-long project will feature physical design interventions that make getting to and from public transit hubs along Avenue 26 easier, safer, and more welcoming. Go Ave 26 is sponsored by TransitCenter and led by LA-Más in partnership with many government agencies, transportation advocates, and community partners. In August, Go Ave 26 held a block party to unveil temporary streetscapes and signage.
FIGHTING FOR THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS Two months ago, LA Art News detailed a Department of the Interior review of 27 designated National Monuments across the United States, including the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, which was declared by President Barack Obama after a long and vigorous local effort. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's report was released in late August, but it was ambiguous. The Secretary recommended that the President change the borders of "a handful" of monuments, but the report was lacking in specificity. Congresswoman Judy Chu, a champion for the local mountains, said in a statement, “We invited Secretary Zinke to visit the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument to actually hear from the communities that support it. But instead, Zinke and Trump are choosing to listen to corporations and Washington lobbyists. Because of the utter lack of transparency, we do not know if the San Gabriels – which are supported by 80% of Angelenos – are among those to be altered.” Two days before the report was released, four members of Congress--Judy Chu, Adam Schiff, Jimmy Gomez, and Brad Sherman--participated in a press conference to renounce any attempt to alter or revoke the status of the San Gabriels. Members of the local congressional delegation have sought to expand protected areas accessible to residents of Los Angeles, and they and the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra are prepared to fight in the courts if necessary. Congressmembers Judy Chu, Jimmy Gomez, Adam Schiff, and Brad Sherman renounce any White House efforts to alter or eliminate the status of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
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BRIAN MALLMAN AT OPEN MIND ART SPACE
Large scale drawings by Brian Mallman are on view this month at Open Mind Art Space. “Still Connected” features new pieces from Mr. Mallman’s latest series, “Damaged... but still connected.” The series revisits, in concept, Mr. Mallman’s previous series, “String Games,” which examined relationships as the world becomes more connected and intertwined, something Mr. Mallman now believes was an idealistic look at humanity. “Damaged… but still connected” was created shortly after the presidential election earlier this year, which had left Mr. Mallman feeling pessimistic about the future of the country. It was during a trip to Death Valley with his family and friends that he started to see a glimpse of hope, through the connections he made with other people visiting the park from all over the world, and their shared experience of appreciating the natural beauty of one America’s most unique national parks. Mr. Mallman reflects, “It was a reminder that this country is bigger than one leader. We may be damaged from this experience, but we are still connected. We still have the potential to use that connection to create a better world.” The “Damaged… but still connected” series still holds onto the artist’s optimism for humanity. However, the drawings depict hands that are now bent and twisted, symbolizing that we are still connected, but there is no doubt that damage has been done. Brian Mallman is based in Highland Park, where he called into being the NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night, 50NYork Gallery, and Play Music on the Porch Day. He and his wife, ceramicist Mary Jean Mallman, have two young, artistic sons. Open Mind Art Space Through September 29 11631 Santa Monica Boulevard www.openmindartspace.com
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“TRIBUTE TO WOMEN’S POWER, DIVERSITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE” Fifteen year-old Isabel Peinado took on an ambitious project this summer. She painted her first mural. Ms. Peinado’s 66-foot long work was a major undertaking. The mural depicts 16 women trailblazers. It covers the side of Ray and Roy’s Market on East Fourth Street in Boyle Heights. At the mural dedication, Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar pointed out that Boyle Heights was where the mural movement began in L.A. The Movement spread from there, and Los Angeles became the mural capital of the world. “I grew up learning from these walls,” said Councilmember Huizar. The councilmember stated that he learned about his history via murals, finding images there that weren’t in his history books. “Women have done significant things that aren’t in our history books,” said Councilmember Huizar, adding that, “Isabel’s mural will continue to empower.” While Isabel Peinado spearheaded the effort, putting in 603 hours of work in the hot sun and earning the Girl Scouts’ highest honor in the process, the realization of the mural was also a community effort. After seeing mural painters at work, Isabel told her friend Emelia that she truly wanted to paint a mural. Emelia told her parents, Councilmember Huizar and his wife Richelle Huizar, that Isabel wanted a wall. It was Richelle Huizar and Isabel’s mother, Judith Peinado, who got to work on finding a location. Meanwhile, Yolanda Diaz had recently purchased Ray and Roy’s Market, a longestablished business started by a Japanese family after their release from internment camps. Ms. Diaz was looking to have a mural painted on the side of the building. Isabel’s friends helped from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts helped select the women to be depicted in the mural, and then helped paint the images. Her parents, Judith and Ricardo Peinado, headed up fundraising support. $2,500 in expenses came in through such events as a fundraising dinner. Richelle Huizar said at the unveiling that she sees the project as a tribute to women’s power, diversity, and social justice at a tumultuous time when much in this country is under attack. She called the mural, “a beacon not only for this city, but for this country.” Ms. Diaz said that she expects that the mural will still be there in 100 years. At the unveiling, Isabel proved that she is not only artistically talented, she is articulate beyond her years and has a social conscience as well. Isabel said that she had three goals with her project: to support arts in schools, to remind everyone that we are a country of immigrants, and to inspire little girls to pursue any professions of their choosing.
Figures depicted on “Empowerment” include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; Mae Jamison, the first African-American woman astronaut to travel into space; United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta; Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace-prize winning activist for female education who survived being shot in head by Taliban; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, author of “Farewell to Manzanar,” a novel depicting her experiences as a Japanese American in World War II internment camps; and Princess Diana.
Richelle Huizar, Emilia Huizar, Isabel Peinado, Judith Peinado
Malala Yousafzai and Dolores Huerta Virgin of Guadalupe and Selena
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Helen Keller and Princess Diana
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Leanna Lin’s Wonderland presents California Love 2: A Love Letter to Southern California. Curated by Supahcute, this group exhibition is a follow-up to last year’s California Love Art Show. They’ve invited their favorite artists to share what they love about the southern region of the Golden State. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, September 16 from 6-9 p.m., and the exhibition runs through October 29. Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5024 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Eagle Rock www.LeannaLinsWonderland.com
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September 9, 2017 - 7pm - 10pm
(Individual Gallery Hours May Vary. CHECK Gallery web sites for individual information. Just because a gallery is listed does not mean it’s open this month) 1. Avenue 50 Studio 131 No. Avenue 50 323. 258.1435 avenue50studio.org
20. Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd 323.344.8330 torospottery.com
2. Bike Oven 3706 No Figueroa
21. The Market 1203 Avenue 50 www.themarkethp.com
3. Namaste Highland Park 5118 York Blvd. www.namastehighlandpark.com 4. Offbeat 6316 York Blvd www.offbeatbar.com 5. Council District Office #1 Gil Cedillo 5577 N. Figueroa St. 6. Future Studio 5558 N Figueroa St. 323 254-4565 futurestudiogallery.com
22. Bob Taylor Properties 5526 N. Figueroa St. 323-257-1080 23. Cactus Gallery @ Treeline Woodworks 3001 N. Coolidge Ave 24. The York Check out their dog friendly patio. 5018 York Blvd. 25. Ball Clay Studio 4851 York Blvd. ballclaystudio.com
7. Collective Arts Incubator 1200 N. Ave 54 collectiveartsincubator.com
26. MAN Insurance Ave 50 Satellite 1270 N. Ave 50 323.256.3151
8. The Art Form Studio 719 Figueroa St, #2. www.theartformstudio.com
27. TAJ • ART 1492 Colorado Blvd. www.tajartinc.com
9. Vapegoat 5054 York Blvd. 323.963.VAPE
28. The Greyhound 570 N. Figueroa St.
10. ETA 5630 N. Figueroa St. 11. Adjunct Positions 5041 Coringa Dr. 12. Matters of Space 5005 York Blvd www.mattersifspace.com 323.743.3267 13. Mi Vida 5159 York Blvd. 14. Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor 5115 York Blvd. 15. Antigua Coffee House 3400 N. Figueroa St. www.antiguacoffeehouse.com 16. Align Gallery 5045 York Blvd. www.aligngallery.com 17. Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5204 Eagle Rock Blvd. www.leannalinswonderland.com 18. The Rental Girl 4760 York Blvd. http://therentalgirl.com 19. Mindfulnest 5050 York Blvd. 323.999-7969
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29. Urchin 5006 1/2 York Blvd. 30. Arroyo Arts Collective @ Ave 50 Studio 131 North Avenue 50 arroyoartscollective.org 31. Living Room 5807 York Blvd. livingroomhome.com 32. Vapeology 3714 N. Figueroa St. 323.222.0744 33. Pop-Hop 5002 York Blvd. www.thepophop.com 34. Social Studies 5028.5 York Blvd. 35. Occidental College 6100 Campus oxy.edu 36. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. www.theglassstudio.net 37. Earth Altar Studio 1615 Colorado Blvd earthaltarstudio.com
38. Highland Cafe 5010 York Blvd. 323.259.1000 39. Kindness and Mischief 5537 N. Figueroa St. www.kandmcoffee.com 40. Civil Coffee 5639 N. Figueroa St. 41. Possession Vintage 5119 York Blvd. www.possessionvintage.com 42. The Situation Room 2313 Norwalk Ave. 43. Bookshow 5503 Figueroa St. www.bookshow.com 44. Vroom Vroom Bitsy Boo 5031 B York Blvd. 45. The Quiet Life 5627 N. Figueroa St. thequietlife.com 46. The “O” Mind Gallery 200 N. Ave 55 theomind.com 47. Apiary Gallery at The Hive Highland Park 5670 York Blvd. www.thehive.la 48. Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa St. 323.635.9125 49. Imperial Art Studios 2316 N. San Fernando Rd. 50. Pop Secret 5119 Eagle Rock Blvd. 51. Showboat 6152 York Blvd. showboatgallery.com 52. Leader of the Pack 5110 York Blvd. www.leaderofthepackvintage.com 53. Short Hand 5028 York Blvd. shopshorthand.com 54. Kinship Yoga/Wonder Inc. 5612 Figueroa St.
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nd Saturday of every month galleries, businesses, and artists in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Cypress Park, , and Lincoln Heights open their doors a little later in the evening and welcome visitors. Use this map for locations of ies, grab someone you love, get some dinner, and enjoy some art. Friend NELA Art Gallery Night on Facebook for last minute list.
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Joe Alvarez, “The Richest of them Begged for a Living,” “Consequences of the Deal,” “Señor Piñon,” Pinocchio’s Follies at Cactus Gallery
Digital Designs by Martin Bustamante at Avenue 50 Studio
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Benefit for Inner-City Arts at Cypress Village Tunnel Art Walk
Olivia Oh, “Mickey You’re So Fine,” benefit for Inner-City Arts at Cypress Village Tunnel Art Walk
Connie Rohman, Stuart Rapeport, Faces in the Crowd at Avenue 50 Studio
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Louie Metz at Vapegoat
Jeanie Frias, “Don’t,” David Glynn, “Mirror twins,” Faces in the Crowd at Avenue 50 Studio
Denise Bledsoe, “Fib,” Pinocchio’s Follies at Cactus Gallery
Joe Bravo at Align Gallery
Rch Westkoast, “Homegirl Rose,” Heatwave at Mi Vida
Study with artist Narcissus Quagliata!
Maria Di Stefano at Avenue 50 Studio Satellite Gallery
New Frontiers in Fluidity October 27–30 You’ll learn how to combine traditional glass painting methods and enamels with kiln-glass processes to make images with a powerful sense of fluidity.
Bullseye Glass Resource Center Los Angeles 143 Pasadena Ave, Suite B, South Pasadena 323.679.4263 bullseyeglass.com/losangeles
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RADISH TOPS & BEET GREENS ARE FULL OF SURPRISES Don’t throw away your radish tops! Sometimes I get a bunch of radishes or beets with a really healthy, abundant supply of greens attached to the top. For some asinine reason, we have been hard-wired in our culture to throw those greens out. But they are full of both macro and micro nutrients and phyto-chemicals; and if done right, can be made into the star ingredient of a variety of dishes. In this particular case, I made my radish tops and beet greens into nutrient-dense, vegan tacos. You don’t need to wait to get a healthy head of radish tops to try this though. Just about any kind of root vegetable greens or other leafy greens will work just as well as the radish tops. Enjoy! radish tops & beet greens tacos 1 hearty bunch of radish tops 1 hearty buch of beet greens NOTE: Look for healthy, fresh, organic tops from the Farmers Market 1 small onion, julienned 1/2 lemon, juiced 1 tbsp. coconut oil 1 avocado, pitted and diced or sliced 1 large tomato, diced Sea salt and pepper to taste 6 Popata sweet potato tortillas Radishes, micro greens, fresh cilantro, shredded cabbage, or other ideal taco toppings Your favorite salsa (a fresh mango salsa would be a great counter-flavor for these tacos) Wash the radish tops and beet greens thoroughly and pat dry. Heat the coconut oil in a medium skillet. Add the onions and sauté until the begin to caramelize. Add the greens and stir until wilted. Add the lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste, and stir until flavors are incorporated. Turn off heat and cover. Heat tortillas on a griddle or grill. Fill each tortilla with the sautéed greens, then top with avocado, tomato, and other desired toppings. Serve immediately while the tortillas are still warm! Harvey Slater is a holistic nutritionist and chef residing in Highland Park. You can find more healthy recipes like this one on his blog: thewholedishblog. com
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WINE OF THE MONTH Larisa Code
Note: Create joy, one sip at a time. Featured Wine: Banyan Color: Golden (white) Varieties: Gewurztraminer Aging: 100% Stainless Steel Vintage: 2016 Winemaker: Somchai and Kenny Likitprakong Price: $11 (wow!!) Country: Domestic Region: Monterey County Hello to my fellow lovers of tipsy. I have a perfect wine for entertaining; it is bright, light and easy on the sip. This month, I was inspired by our dreadful heatwave; here is how you should enjoy this wine in Los Angeles: once the sun goes down, the heat will waiver, then commit to staying, you sit outside, hot but relieved to be out of the air conditioning, crickets begin chirping, and then the sound of Banyan being pulled out of an already almost melted bucket of ice. It really is a perfect moment. Your body temperature will regulate as the bottle drips water on your toes. The pour, the sip, the awe of the weather, the awe of life’s simple pleasures, you did it just right. The grapes are grown in the Arroyo Seco of Monterey. Here, cooler temperatures are the norm (rarely does it exceed 80 degrees) and with their longer growing season, they are able to create this intensely aromatic wine. When the grapes get to the winery, they are pressed, and then cold settled for 72 hours before the fermentation is allowed to begin. Finally, the wine is fermented at 54° F for 31 days. Banyan is an ‘off dry’ gewurztraminer. It is fruity and floral but not super sweet. I paired it with snacks, as it was too hot to cook or even order food. It went well with Spanish cheeses, bread, cucumbers and hummus, because that is what I had. However, this wine was specifically created to pair with Asian food, but I think that is too general. Based on my experience with Banyan, I feel that Thai, Indian or Korean food would be a really nice match. The sweet, sour and spicy of these foods will have a great friend in Banyan gewurztraminer. Again, I feel that this is an after the sun goes down, hot night wine. I imagine multiple buckets of ice around a patio (at an arm’s length from the seats), each with an already opened bottle of Banyan. There will be snacks on the table, maybe hummus, maybe a papaya salad with lime, peanuts and chili, maybe samosas. The soundtrack should be the crickets, the noise of your neighborhood, slushing ice and water in the buckets, laughter and sip sip sipping. But, if your neighborhood noises only consist of air conditioning units running, you could try some Macy Gray, Al Green, George Jones, or The Judds. The price is right, makes it easy to have enough wine for a long evening of sipping, laughing and maybe even two-stepping. Cheers!
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CLASSES IN NELA
Besides being a haven for artists and creative types, Northeast Los Angeles is the home of a fine array of arts classes, especially the industrial arts, but not limited to them. Below is a list of some of the businesses in the area that have classes. Do check with the facility to verify times and prices of their classes. As we find more places we will bring that information to all of you. Adam’s Forge 2640 N. San Fernando Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90065 Adamsforge.org You may email Nancy with questions at blacksmithclasses@gmail.com Please check their web site for a listing of all of their classes and special events. Check out a Discovery class. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042 323.387.9705 info@theglassstudio.net Check www.theglassstudio.com for a list of glasses ranging from glass blowing and torchwork to fusing and slumping and jewelry making. O&M Leather www.ommleather.com For information about scheduling call their store at (323)274-4640 or email them at ommeather@gmail. com Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323.344.8330 Mon. 11:30am-2:30pm Class Mon. 6:30pm-9:30pm Class Tues. 6:30pm-9:30pm Tues. 4:30pm-6:00pm Thurs. 6:30pm-9:30pm time Fri. 11:30am-9:30pm Sat. 11:30am-1:30pm
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Molten Metal Works 3617 San Fernando Rd Glendale, CA 91204 moltenmetalworks.net Please check their web site for a listing of all of their classes and special events. They’re in a new location next to Community Woodshop. Cool new space! Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa Street Highland Park, CA 90065 (323) 635-9125 www.rockrosegallery.com Visit: Rock Rose Gallery News, Instagram & Twitter Ball Clay 4851 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042 310.954.1454 ballclaystudio.com Intermediate Ceramics Pottery Class 6 class sessions Check web site for start date $240 A Place to Bead 2566 Mission St San Marino, CA 91108 626.219.6633 aplace2bead.com Find a variety of jewelry making classes, including stringing and wirework.
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Bullseye Glass 143 Pasadena Ave. South Pasadena, CA bullseyeglass.com
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They offer a full range of kiln forming glass classes as well as regular free artist talks.
Blue Rooster Art Supply Company blueroosterartsupplies.com blue@blueroosterartsupplies.com 4661 Hollywood Blvd LA, CA 90027 (323) 302-5613 They offer a variety of art classes. Check their web site for more information about their classes and events.
Community Woodshop 3617 San Fernando Rd Glendale, CA 91204 626.808.3725 www.community woodshopla.com These guys offer a wonderful selection of classes from beginner to advanced, membership, and private lessons. Please check their web site for more information and a list of classes. Stained Glass Supplies 19 Backus Street Pasadena, CA 91107 626-219-6055 Classes are ongoing Barndall Art Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 323.644.6295 http://www.barnsdall.org Check they’re web site for upcoming classes. Los Angeles County Store 4333 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039 / 323-928-2781 Please check their web site for a listing of all of their classes and special events. Sugar Mynt Gallery 810 Meridian Ave. South Pasadena, CA 626.222.7257 sugarmynt.com Paint and Pinot Twice a month. Check their web site for more detail.
Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5024 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323.550.1332 Check Leanna’s web site for a current list of workshops and events.
ED RUSCHA MURAL Ed Ruscha looks out over the Arts District from the side of the American Hotel. Artist Kent Twitchell’s “Ed Ruscha Monument” was on Hill Street from 1987 until 2006, when it was removed without informing Mr. Twitchell. This was followed by a long court fight and a longer search for a new spot. The new monument depicts a more mature Ed Ruscha, taking in the Arts District below.
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SOME THOUGHTS ON GENTRIFICATION, PART II by Tomas Benitez
“… You may conquer the air, but the birds will lose their wonder, and the clouds will smell of gasoline.” Lawrence and Lee, from the play, Inherit the Wind. Thus progress can be defined; get something, but give something up. Go on forward, but you will leave something behind. I’m not sure modernity was ever intended for all of us, but it has nevertheless been a factor in all our lives. “Gentrification” is the hot button in a number of communities of late; the machinery of change; a soulless process of enforced transformation. Greed is at the heart of gentrification, without regard for human, cultural, or social factors. I identify gentrification as “cultural displacement.” But, not all change is bad, nor is the progress it can bring to a floundering local community, particularly toward reviving the local economic environment. However, gentrification rarely works in a vacuum; and cultural displacement by nature, is bad. Moving people out of their homes and communities even though they do not want to move, is bad. Forcing them to leave, by any means, is bad. East and Northeast Los Angeles became haven to people who were not at all welcome elsewhere in the city, including immigrants, ethnic groups, artists and other rejects of the elitist population that controlled the city. The Italians built the houses, the Jews built the neighborhoods, Mexicans and Japanese bought their homes, and Blacks, Chinese, Molokans, Armenians, and Russians found a place to live on the east side of the river. Artists built up their enclaves, in NELA in particular. Time and change has modified the landscape but over the years certain communities have taken deeper roots. Their claims of entitlement come from owning homes, building communities, working the land. Boyle Heights is the heart of the single largest homogeneous population in the United States. Community displacement is not taken lightly nor should it be. But how do we allow for natural change without becoming insular and/or clandestine? Northeast Los Angeles has established a de facto disbursement of the denizens in the area, a separation between the hillsides and the streets below, a tenuous but traditional co-existence. How do we absorb what is now changing the face of Figueroa Street? Not without struggle to be sure, but is there a way to somehow to create a place for everyone to live and prosper? I suppose one answer, and I do not have all the answers, is in the intent and methodology of the new people to build into a community rather than tear it down and rebuild it in their own image, or, to displace an existing community for another. One process that has been a successful scheme of gentrification for initiating changes, is using the arts to beachhead into a neighborhood. But the result will often amplify the conflict. With the galleries come the cafes, restaurants and bars, and lofts and cool little stores. Makes the area ‘groovy,’ except to those who can no longer afford their rent or mortgages. Then once this phase has taken hold, the corporate developers come in and take over, displace the very artists who displaced the people before them and bam, no more fun bookstores on Colorado Blvd, now we have high end boutiques and fancy eateries. The arts district in downtown Los Angeles has become too expensive for many artists to live, imagine that. So when a new gallery in Boyle Heights tries to tether into a temporary rent break and opens a space without regard for the neighborhood surrounding that space, they are as complicit in abuse as their landlords and the developers who are using them for greed. The arts are not the enemy. Some foolish local activists have claimed Self Help Graphics & Art in Boyle Heights is a gentrifier. They may as well claim the murals in East LA are property damage. The Latino community loves its art and culture. The good folks in NELA love its local community arts and artists. But it is wise to monitor how the arts are being used for what purpose and by whom. Complex problems require complex solutions, and gentrification is not simple. But one thing for sure, start by following the money. Tomas Benitez was born and raised in front of a TV set in East L.A. His film SALSA: The Movie was produced in 1988. He has also written for Fred Roos, Starz Encore Films, CBS, and several other producers. In recent years he has written extensively about East Los Angeles including an ongoing, online saga about his home life, titled “The Gully”. Several of his stories about East L.A. and The Gully have been published by Blue Heron in an anthology of new American fiction, and he is editing two addition collections to be published in 2018. Tomas is the former Executive Director of Self Help Graphics & Art.
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By Jen Hitchcock
I just read an article announcing that another barbershop combo business is going to be opening up on Figueroa, a few blocks from my bookshop. This time it is a restaurant. My first thought is, why would anyone want to eat where hair is being cut? My second thought was how many quirky barbershop combo spaces can a span of two commercial blocks sustain, alone with all the other longstanding salons on the street? And my third thought was business is slow and perhaps I am missing something. How can I jump on the Primp and Partake train, combine books with grooming and/or eating and win this? I have a few ideas. First, Books and Brows, Highland Park’s premier reading apothecary and organic eyebrow salon. Come in, kick back, read some Bukowski and get those brows beautiful! My second idea taps into the trend of making everything from donut shops to street food “artisanal,” and also mobile. How about the Book Show Bacon Wrapped Books Cart? Afterhours look for me rolling around slinging Dostoevsky and Vonnegut paperbacks wrapped in locally butchered hardwood smoked slab bacon. This of course will also make books more photogenic! Perfect for Instagram and other social media posting. Those were a few ideas for myself. I am not selfish. I want everyone to open a successful business! So if you want to start up something but are at a loss for what to do, here are some of my ideas for other combination establishments. Have at it entrepreneurs! DOGS & DOGS: An upscale hot dog stand and dog-grooming parlor. Wrap your mouth around a locally linked, Gorgonzola infused, organic cased hot dog that is placed sans micro-aggressions in a locally baked top-loading sprouted grain hot dog bun. Meanwhile Fido is just inches away having his tail trimmed and anal glands expressed by of one of the establishment’s Breed Specific Specialty Shave Stylists. TOES & TOAST: A specialty salon for feet and artisanal toast! Enjoy a full pedicure as one of our Charred Bread Experts pairs your pallet with the perfect gourmet toast option off of a diverse menu of a food item that really should be super simple. Enjoy Farm to Table Avocado Toast with rosemary infused artisanal hand-churned butter, while having your toenails clipped. Get your corns filed down while munching our freshly made toasted corn bread! LEGUMES & VACUUMS A curated legume buffet rounds out the ambiance of a vintage vacuum cleaner repair shop. We know one of the current trends is to emulate, glamorize and make more expensive certain blue-collar staples like bowling alleys, donut shops and butter. Why not vacuums too? Add to this a stack of artist-designed hand-fired ceramic plates and peas and beans in a self-serve setting, and you are golden. Help Book Show save up for their bacon wrapped eyebrow book cart! Visit and support by purchasing a good old-fashioned book thing (and a variety of other weird stuff as well as events of all sorts). Located at 5503 N. Figueroa St, Highland Park 90042. www.bookshowla.com
BOOK SHOW EVENTS Tues Sept 12th & Tues Sept 19th Comedy Open Mic • Hosted by Sumukh Torgalkar 7pm sign up 7:30 start Free Wednesday September 13th 8pm Angry Nasty Women Feminist writing group Woman-centered writing prompts $5 donation Thursday September 14th 7:30pm Laughterhouse 5 Stand Up Comedy night Hosted by Sumukh Torgalkar Free Wednesday September 20th 7pm-9pm Historia • “First Times” An evening of storytelling Free
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Thursday September 21st 8pm Dinner Poems Poetry Workshop Led by Sam Bellemy $5 donation Saturday September 23rd 4pm-6pm Hitched Reading series Free Tuesday September 26th 7pm-9pm Zine & Meet #1 A get together for LA zinesters. Trade fanzines! Share ideas! Make new friends! Free Friday September 29th Matthew Sherling Reading Feature readers & time TBA Saturday September 30th 2pm-4pm CLS Ferguson Reading “Soup Stories” Free ONGOING EVENTS and WORKSHOPS Collage & Cry Monthly, every 1st Tuesday 7pm-9:30pm Collage art night All materials provided Five dollar donation EAT ART OPEN MIC Monthly, every 1st Friday Poetry and Prose open mic 8pm sign ups
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ART HAPPENINGS AROUND LOS ANGELES PRESENTED BY SHOEBOX PR UPCOMING OPENINGS Opening Art Show Reception - Shula Singer Arbel Monica Film Center 1332 2nd St, Santa Monica, 90401-1103 Opening September 6th 7-9pm A Child Was The One That Turned On The Switch Occidental College 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, 90041 Opening September 7th 5-8pm Mar Vista ArtWalk - Psychedelic September Mar Vista ArtWalk - Steppin into Art Venice Boulevard from Inglewood Av. to Beethoven St., Los Angeles, Opening September 7th 6-10pm Strings Attached Coastline Community College Art Gallery 1515 Monrovia Ave, Newport Beach, 92663 Opening September 8th 7-9pm UnSilent Spring Gallery Opening at Art Share L.A. 801 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, 90013 Opening September 8th 7-10pm Along The Boarder/ A lo Largo del la Frontera Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, 90042 Opening September 9th 7-10pm Antipodal Opening Reception at Durden and Ray Durden and Ray 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, 90021 Opening September 9th 4-7pm Arts Continuum Open Studios 1947 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, 90021-2917 Saturday September 9th 4-8pm Bearing Witness: Regina Jose Galindo Baik Art 2600 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 Opening September 9th 11-5pm Bergamot Station Fall Open Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, 90404 Opening September 9th 1-8pm Between Utopia good food & fine art 445 E 1st St, Long Beach, 90802 Opening September 9th 4-6pm Carolina Caycedo: El Hambre Como Maestra/Hunger As Teacher Commonwealth and Council 3006 W 7th St Suite 220, Los Angeles, 90005 Opening September 9th 5-8pm Conceptual Craft • DENK Gallery 749 E Temple Street, Los Angeles, 90012 Opening September 9th 6-8pm Cynthia Ona Innis and Rachael Neubauer Walter Maciel Gallery 2642 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 Opening September 9th 6-8pm Diane Williams: My America • MOAH 665 W Lancaster Blvd Lancaster, 93534 September 9th 5-9pm Eliu Almonte // Huellas Dactilares - opening reception The Hangar Gallery at Santa Monica Art Studios 3026 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, 90405 Opening September 9th 6-9pm Erynn Richardson | Orion’s Lament Bermudez Projects/NELA Cypress Park 1225 Cypress Ave LA 90065 Opening September 9th 7-10pm Full and Part (two) – Reception CSUN Art Galleries 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, 91330 Opening September 9th 4-6pm John Rosewall - Grip, A Solo Exhibition Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 825 N La Cienega Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069 Opening September 9th 6-9pm John Zinsser / Lives of Greta Garbo Von Lintel Gallery 2685 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, 90034 Opening September 9th 6-8pm Kimberly Brooks “Brazen” • Zevitas Marcus 2754 S La Cienega Blvd | Los Angeles, 90034 Opening September 9th 5-8pm Linda Vallejo: Keepin’ it Brown, Reception BG Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave Suite G8A, Santa Monica, 90404 Opening September 9th 5-8pm Lois Lambert Gallery- Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
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Lois Lambert Gallery & Gallery of Functional Art 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, 90404 Opening September 9th 6-9pm Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia “Vida, pasíon y muerte” CB1 Gallery 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, 90021 Opening September 9th 4-7pm Mark Steven Greenfield’s Mantras & Musings Lora Schlesinger Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave Suite B5b, Santa Monica, 90404 Opening September 9th 5-7pm Michael Lewis Miller: 1989 to Present: A Survey Norco College Art Gallery 2001 3rd St, Norco, 92860 Opening September 9th 2-4pm Monique Prieto - LUSTER NEW Chimento Contemporary 622 South Anderson Street, Space 105 Los Angeles, 90023 Opening September 9th 5-8pm Neighborhood Girls + Feminine Group show The Hive Gallery and Studios 729 S Spring St, Los Angeles, 90014 Opening September 9th 8-11pm Nicholas Bonamy / Patrick Haemmerlein / Morley / Toshee Gabba Gallery 3126 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 90057 Opening September 9th 7-11pm Olga Ponomarenko and Sarah Stone pop up exhibition at Room&Board ROOM & BOARD Show room 8707 Washington Blvd, Culver City, 90232 September 9th 11-6pm Peak and Ground of Creativity The Progress Gallery 300 S. Thomas St., Pomona, 91766 Opening September 9th 5-10pm Reality of Nature - A Group Exhibition at Launch LAUNCH LA 170 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 Opening September 9th 6-9pm Ruben Ochoa • Art + Practice 3401 W. 43rd Place, Los Angeles, 90008 Opening September 9th 12-6pm The US-Mexico Border • Craft and Folk Art Museum 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 90036 Opening September 9th 630-9pm Victor Castillo : “Broken Hearts” • KP Projects 170 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 Opening September 9th 7-10pm What we saw of it | An Installation by Suvan Geer Begovich Gallery 800 N State College Blvd (Arts Drive), Fullerton, 92831 Opening September 9th 5-8pm William Leavitt- Cycladic Figures • Honor Fraser 2622 S La Cienega Blvd LA, 90034 Opening September 9th 6-8pm argument: an exhibit of works by Camilla Taylor and Maxim Marie Baldwin Gallery Please RSVP for the Bel Air address: elizabeth@mariebaldwingallery.com Opening September 10th 5-10pm Echiko Ohira & Minoru Ohira: Reception Offramp- open studio 842 Del Rio Ave., San Gabriel, 91776 Opening September 10th 2-5pm Gangbusters Group Art Show Opening Reception Mike Kelley Gallery 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, 90291 Opening September 10th 3-6pm Line: Five Different Stories Inland Empire Museum of Art 1334 North Benson Avenue, Unit D, Upland, Opening September 10th 2-5pm DisPlaced (SUR:biennial@ Cerritos College) Cerritos College Art Gallery 11110 Alondra Blvd, Norwalk, 90650 Opening September 12th 5-9pm Postura • Whittier Historical Society & Museum 6755 Newlin Ave, Whittier, 90601 Opening September 12th 7-10pm ART & HOME 2017 • Room&Board 8707 Washington Blvd, Culver City, 90232 Opening September 13th 7-9pm Juan Downey: Radiant Nature Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions 6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, 90028 Opening September 13th 7-10pm
Borders • Angel City Brewery 216 Alameda St, Los Angeles, 90012 September 14th 6pm L.A. Woman: Recent Works by LA-based Women Artists Saatchi Art 1655 26th St, Santa Monica, 90404 Opening September 14th 6-9pm PST: LA/LA Launch Party • Grand Park 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, 90012 September 14th 12-10pm Gimme 5! International Juried Show • MuzeuMM 4817 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, 90016 Opening September 15th 7-10pm Daniela Campins • Eastside International / ESXLA 602 Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031 Opening September 15th 7-10pm 15th Annual TarFest • La Brea Tar Pits and Museum 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 90036 Opening September 16th 2-10pm BRAND 45 Works on Paper | Opening Reception Brand Library & Art Center 1601 W Mountain St, Glendale, 91201 Opening September 16th 6-9pm Erin E. Adams Solo Exhibition The Los Angeles LGBT Center Advocate & Gochis Galleries 1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, 90038 Opening September 16th 3-6pm From Mexico City to LA: A Visual History of Graphic Art Mixografia® 1419 E Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, 90011 Opening September 16th 4-7pm Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell Vincent Price Art Museum 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, 91754 Opening September 16th 5-7pm Radical Women Celebration • Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 90024 September 16th 8-11pm Rebecca Bennett Duke at Shoebox Projects 660 South Avenue 21 #3, Los Angeles, 90031 Opening September 16th 2-5pm She Bends: Women in Neon, Opening Reception MONA Museum of Neon Art 216 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, 91204 Opening September 16th 730-1030pm This Too Shall Pass Steve Turner Contemporary 6830 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, 90038 Opening September 16th 7-9pm Trees in Wolves’ Clothing GARBOUSHIAN GALLERY 427 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, 90210 Opening September 16th 6-8pm Día de los Muertos: A Cultural Legacy, Past, Present & Future Self Help Graphics & Art 1300 E 1st St, Los Angeles, 90033 Opening September 17th 12-5pm Circles and Circuits I: Opening Reception and Curators’ Talk California African American Museum 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 90007 Opening September 19th 6-9pm Janine Brown |The Wallflower Project Artist Talk and Reception Moorpark College Art Gallery 7075 Campus Rd, Moorpark, 93021 Opening September 20th 11-1pm A Cut Above • The Loft at Liz’s 453 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 90036 Opening September 23rd 7-10pm Huddle - a postcard show at Shoebox Projects 660 South Avenue 21 #3, Los Angeles, 90031 September 23rd 3-6pm Ink & Clay 43 Reception Kellogg University Art Gallery 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, 91768 Opening September 23rd 2-5pm With Liberty and Justice for Some Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut St, Berkeley, 94709
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PICTURES FROM PLAY MUSIC ON THE PORCH
The Golden Isles Strummers play music on the Casino porch on Saint Simons Island, GA (posted by Ron Ronzini)
Abby the Spoon Lady and Chris Rodrigues on the Spoon Lady’s front porch, Asheville,
Jaeko Siena, Indonesia
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Opening September 23rd 6-8pm 2017 Arts Connection Conference Copper Mountain College 6162 Rotary Way, Joshua Tree, 92252 September 30th 10-3pm Bareback 2: Symmetry in Motion Studio C Gallery 2349 So. Santa Fe Ave. Los Angeles, 90058 Opening September 30th 6-9pm Brewery Artwalk and Open Studios Brewery Art Los Angeles 2100 N Main St, Los Angeles, 90031 October 21st and 22nd 11-6pm The Beverly Hills artSHOW The Beverly Hills art SHOW 9455 N Santa Monica Blvd - Beverly Gardens Park, Beverly Hills, October 21st and 22nd 10-6pm ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Ben Jackel / Kienholz • L.A. Louver 45 N Venice Blvd, Venice, 90291 To September 1st “When Line Becomes Form” Brand Library & Art Center 1601 W Mountain St, Glendale, 91201 To September 1st The Athenaeum’s 26th Annual Juried Exhibition Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 1008 Wall St, La Jolla, 92037 To September 2nd Hot time, Summer in the city CB1 Gallery 1923 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, 90021 To September 2nd Passage to the Future : opening reception
Arena 1 Gallery 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, 90405 To September 2nd Projections Faces in the Crowd Avenue 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, 90042 To September 2nd
800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, 92831 To September 9th Not/Normal curated by Ceci Moss Shulamit Nazarian 616 N La Brea, Los Angeles, 90036 To September 9th
Striking Portraits: BG Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave Suite G8A, Santa Monica, 90404 To September 2nd
Peter Lodato + Eric Johnson William Turner Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue, Gallery E1, Santa Monica, 90404 To September 9th
Trapper Keeper Eastside International / ESXLA 602 Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, 90031 To September 2nd
Susan Joseph: Hopeful Monsters Groundspace Project 1427 E 4th St, Los Angeles, 90033 To September 9th
The Useful and the Decorative The Landing 5118 w Jefferson Blvd Los Angeles, 90016 To September 2nd
Venice: Now & Then Mike Kelley Gallery 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, 90291 To September 9th
Bradford J Salamon - 20 Year Survey California Heritage Museum 2612 Main St, Santa Monica, 90405-4002 To September 3th Mike Saijo “Boundaries of the Soul” Opening BG Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave Suite G8A, Santa Monica, 90404 To September 3rd Objects from the Ashes FAB-gallery 2001 Main St, Santa Monica, 90405 To September 3rd Simone Gad-Male Pinup Collages Highways Performance Space 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, 90404 To September 3rd PITCH California State University, Fullerton
Method Movement Memory (Opening Reception) Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center 1560 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach, 90266 To September 10th Spacial/Recognition Finishing Concepts 1230 Monterey Pass Rd, Monterey Park, 91754-3617, To September 15th Brandi Milne / Sarah Emerson / Nicoletta Ceccoli & Yuka Sakuma Corey Helford 571 S Anderson St, Los Angeles, To September 16th Ludovica Gioscia at Baert Gallery Baert Gallery 2441 Hunter Street, Los Angeles, 90021
To September 16th ‘Monika Sosnowska’ ‘Takesada Matsutani’ ‘Paul McCarthy’ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles 901 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, 90013 To September 17th Objective Non Objective gallery ALSO 3754 N. Mission Rd, Los Angeles, 90031 To September 17th Crystals and Waves Sorenity Rocks Malibu 3939 Crosscreek Rd, Gallery c110, Malibu, 90265 To September 20th Coyotes, Whiskey, and Fireworks Opening Reception MOAH: CEDAR 44857 Cedar Ave, Lancaster, 93534 To September 23rd Genii Loci: The Ecology of Relationships Art Produce 3139 University Ave, San Diego, 92104 To September 23rd Life Lines by Karena Massengill Studio 347 347 W 7th St, San Pedro, 90731 To September 23rd Red on Red Balconi Coffee Company 11301 W Olympic Blvd, # 124, Los Angeles, 90064 To September 23rd Rainbow SHIFT 3.0 The Montalban 1615 Vine St, Los Angeles, 90028 To October 2nd
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“What Is This Place?”
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by Jeremy Kaplan of READ Books Having spent some 10 minutes inspecting our bookshelves, a young woman stepped forward to interject an amiable question into a brief respite in one of my in-store tutoring sessions. “What is this place?” she began, and then ceased talking, staring at me (amiably) as if she’d finished her statement. Subsequent of about half-a-minute of me staring expectantly back at her, and my tutoree staring bewildered-like at me, I became convinced that her query was complete, and my task was to answer it. A Zen riddle: What is this place? So many promising answers. I mean I could go with: “Bookstore, ma’am,” but isn’t that just taking the easy way out? “A vast archival window into the soul of man’s accrued cultural cognizance.” Too understated. I recalled something a Rabbi once told me, I shit you not, when my wife & I took his Judaism 101 class prior to tying the knot (the Rabbi was probably addressing the entire class, so perhaps I shit you a little). “Judaism,” he said, “is whatever you wish it to be.” Wow. Put that in your pipe & smoke it. Was this the response to all queries? What kind of dog is Florence? Whatever you wish her to be, man! I began to ponder all the other odd queries that have been lobbed at me during a decade perched behind a pile of books in Eagle Rock, and all my futile attempts at answering them. MISTAKEN IDENTITY Some people have entered READ Books not so much confused about where they are as convinced that they’re someplace else. For several years our neighbor was Lovelace, a shop that specialized in sexy clothes for lady folk. About thrice weekly, some goofball would come barreling into READ Books, take an extended look at our bookshelves, and expectorate something like: “HEY ARE YOU A LINGERIE STORE OR WHAT?” Initially I’d protest: “No I’m not.” Sometimes they stood at the counter adamantly unconvinced, so I’d say: “I’m a bookstore.” For those who lingered, looking to me for geographical guidance, I’d draw them a map illustrating how to get next door. They’d frequently return a minute later, whining: “They’re closed!” Unable to make Lovelace be open, I’d offer to show them our pornography section. Didn’t know we had one of those, did yuh? During our first month in business, an especially pugnacious and schizophrenic young man mistook READ Books for some sort of boxing, or perhaps MMA, gym. He’d sat down on the couch for a minute, and then asked me: “Hey y’wanna fight?” My initial thought was why would I want to do that? What I said was: “There is a parking lot in back.” But then, after gallantly stepping aside to allow my sparring partner initial egress out the rear, I changed my mind, shut the door from the inside, and locked it. So who’s schizophrenic now, tough guy? And then there’s the optimistic truck driver who busted in one afternoon, hands on his hips like fucking Underdog here to save the day, bellowing: “HEY WANNA’ BUY SOME STEAKS FELLA?” I was a restaurant. My standard reply to the occasional candy bar/jewelry/toy/coupon peddler is No, wanna’ buy a book? but this guy was special. Steak? In a bookstore? Where the hell did you come from, Underdog? “Jesus,” I shrugged. “How many steaks d’yuh got?” THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, THEY JUST GOT FUNNY SOCIAL SKILLS A brief list of nutty questions encountered at READ Books: (A) Have you read all these books? (B) Four-dollars? I can get this book for three-dollars on Amazon? (C) What’s the lowest price you’ll give me for this book? Briefer answers to the above questions: (A) “Yes. Twice.” (B) Walk around the counter brandishing tire iron I keep beneath cash register, while whistling theme music from Dick Van Dyke Show. (C) “Twice the price I wrote inside the book.” The amiable lady abided, expecting an answer; what is this place? Can it be, as the wise Reb inculcated, that all things are ultimately whatever we wish them to be? Could be, except I met that rabbi, spent a few months stuck in a class with him, and the man was a bonehead who specialized in sputtering nonsense. I’d always wanted to grab him by one of his lapels whilst begging to differ that Judaism isn’t whatever I wish it to be, bonehead, because I know next to nothing about Judaism, while you, according to your title, are an alleged Judaism expert. If you were a boxing instructor, would you teach your students that a punch is whatever the fuck they wish it to be and then send them out into the world to take care of business? People have been studying & refining knowledge & skills for myriad centuries, and you’re going to hand over the reins to the first ignorant jackass (me!) that comes in here trying to learn something? Get off your lazy ass, Rabbi, and tell me what this is. What is this fucking place?! Roused from my brief reverie by my tutoree clearing his throat, I saw the amiable lady standing behind him come back into focus. Raising a finger to make a point, my mouth opened, but the only sound in the room was the voice of my young charge. “This is a bookstore, Ma’am. This guy sells books.” “Cool,” she said, placing one such article on the counter. “Is this book good?” “Sure. If you wish it to be.” DISCLAIMER So perhaps somebody out there is thinking: Y’know, maybe I should think twice before asking a question at READ Books. Well that’s poppycock. Listen, some of your questions are bound to be valid ones, which my wife & I—my wife especially—look forward to answering. Anyhow, I guarantee you that I won’t write any articles about your question(s). I never write the same article twice.
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GETTING HERE: L.A. STORIES OF CHILDHOOD IMMIGRATION As a part of Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, the first of three solo exhibitions at the Craft in America Center, artist Jaime Guerrero is looking for handwritten letters from child migrants to Los Angeles. These letters cover a wall in Guerrero’s installation Broken Dreams and surround the artist’s life-size glass sculptures of blindfolded children–some of which are detained at the border while another is plays with a pinata. This participatory public history collection project deepens community understanding of child immigrant experiences and how they impact our city. The letters, some of which already hang on the wall, show the vastly different experiences of the journeys to Los Angeles. Letters detail the lengthy trips, an accident on a bus where the author nearly died, and another about how the child did not want to swim but had to. It is interesting to glean a sense of what specific memories stood out most strongly to necessitate being written down. One child notes that one of the six buses he or she took had food on it and that was nice. The perspectives are sometimes the most shocking things about the letters; the language is not elegant, but the stories are what real people went through to get here: “When I came to the United States, it was too sad for me because I left my parents and brothers in Mexico and it was the first time I was alone and away from them.” If you or anyone you know of would like to share your stories, please join us at the Center or mail or email your letters to us. Letters should ideally be handwritten and between 1 paragraph and 1 page. The letters can also be the stories of others (parents, relatives, friends, etc.). You can describe your journey to the US and any specific, vivid memory of what it entailed, what it felt like emotionally or what kinds of thoughts you remember thinking, describe any fears you had, and any particular challenges you faced. The more detailed and specific, the better. To submit letters, you can: -drop them off at or mail them to Craft in America Center 8415 West Third Street Los Angeles, CA 90048 -email a picture to rsvp@craftinamerica.org The letters will also be digitized to craftinamerica.org where they will continue to be shared. The project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in Getting Here: L.A. Stories of Childhood Immigration do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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PLAY MUSIC ON THE PORCH DAY
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Begun in Highland Park, Los Angeles in 2013 Celebrated August 26 in: All 50 States Hundreds of Cities Six Continents By Thousands of People. Next Play Music on the Porch Day: August 25, 2018 (Highland Park photos by LA Art News. All others from participants’ sharing on social media.) Czech Republic Posted by Petr Heckle Ruby, Lucy and Noelani make musical instruments in Highland Park, Los Angeles
Strings Attached project, Ferguson Whistle Stop, Ferguson, Missouri
Owls and Other Animals, Chicago Mario Alcaraz plays Violent Femmes at the Highland Park Senior Center
Highland Park activist Monica Alcaraz and Play Music on the Porch Day founder Brian Mallman
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Lee Urban and friends 10 porches, one neighborhood, Portland, Maine
Frieda’s Roses, Highland Park, Los Angeles
Perhaps America’s most iconic porch, the American Gothic House (from the Grant Wood painting) in Eldon, Iowa
Ultra 4 at the Highland Park Senior Center
Gollu, Alanian Temple Synth Klisa, Northern Caucasus
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