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ART SEASON BEGINS EARLY
Historic Buildings Host Major Shows Conventional thinking suggests that “Art Season”--that annual surge of arts fairs and studio tours--takes place in the Fall. Los Angeles, however, is anything but conventional, and art lovers already are braving wilting temperatures to experience large-scale art shows. Three such shows have opened in the Los Angeles area since late July, all of them in historic settings and all of them featuring a quality of art work that sets a new bar for future shows. A good number of Northeast Los Angeles artists are participating in these events. The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) is located in Barnsdall Art Park, 11 plus acres given to the City by Aline Barnsdall in 1927 with the Dave Lefner, 2015 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, stipulation that no Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery buildings be erected except for arts purposes. The gallery hosts an annual competitive exhibition of emerging artists from across Southern California. This year, LAMAG received over 850 submissions for the show, which jurors Peter Frank, Fatemeh Burnes and Tomas Benitez narrowed to 120 exhibited works by 80 plus artists. The LAMAG show includes pieces by oil painter Emily Halpern and linoleum block print artist Dave Lefner, both of the Brewery in Lincoln Heights, as well as by Ray Bravo and Patricia Liverman, who recently showed at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland and Casa Marengo respectively.
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A power plant provides a high-tech backdrop for the works of 125 artists at Friends of Redondo Beach Art’s annual “CA 101.” AES Redondo Beach was built between 1954 and 1967, and its dormant steam station is the size of a football field. For the show, art works hang amidst and even on the turbines
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PLAY MUSIC ON THE PORCH DAY Saturday, August 29, 2015 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Location: Worldwide A Project of 50NYork Gallery On Saturday, August 29, musicians of all genres, ages and skill levels will revive the tradition of gathering, singing and playing outside with friends and family. All are welcome and encouraged to participate. Participants are asked to then send in a photo or short video via social media, enabling all participants to experience the global nature of this event. Throughout history, it has been common to hear live music played on porches, as well as in yards or on street corners. Musicians simply surround themselves with friends and family to sing and play instruments. Sadly, this tradition is being lost as more people only experience music as passive entertainment. Play Music on the Porch Day reinstates music as inclusive, shared and participatory celebration of life. Play Music on the Porch Day was founded in 2014 by Brian Mallman, an artist living in the Highland Park neighborhood. The idea was simple. People were asked to step outside and make music--any form of music of their choosing. The idea took off. Pictures and videos quickly came in from around the world. This year, Play Music on the Porch Day is reaching out to invite participation from across the globe. The response has been greater than Mallman dreamed of. Some of the music will be classic Americana. There will be Harmonicas, Cigar Box Guitars, Banjos, Spoons, Rub Boards, Dulcimers and Ukeleles played on porches across the United States. Twitter followers in Dallas, Texas wrote that they will be playing “Guitar, Reverie Harp, Singing Bowl, Autoharp, Ukelele, Djembe, various percussion and anything else our neighbors bring.” There will also be participation across the globe--on every continent except (probably) Antarctica. Hurdy Gurdy in Brazil, Balalaika in Russia, and Tanbour in Iran have been confirmed. A Concertina will be played on the Island of Fyn in Denmark, and a Sasando will be played on Rote Island in Indonesia. Northeast L.A. residents are invited to share their talents--great or modest. “Don’t wait for Carnegie Hall to call,” says Play Music on the Porch Day Founder, Brian Mallman. “Your porch is your stage. Play Music on the Porch Day is about community--on your block and around the world.” TWITTER: @PlayMusic_Porch Facebook: Playmusicontheporchday Instagram: @playmusicontheporch
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It’s late summer...hot and sticky...what about that rain the other week? But really, we know how much we love our community. Well, we’re going to celebrate it. We have a “Great Street” that cuts right through Highland Park. Figueroa between Ave 50 and 60 has been designated a “Great Street” by Mayor Garcetti. And how are we going to celebrate this? With a party of course. It’s in the initial planning stages with quite a bit to do before the event next February. It’s being dubbed Fig Jam. NELAart will be helping out with the art component of the festivities so expect to hear about Calls for Artists and fun stuff like that. What makes this all the more better is the fact that there was a grant awarded to the Business Improvement District to assist with making this an extra special event. Go to the “Great Streets” web site to find out more about it. NELAart has a fresh new web site...check it out at nelaart.org. The map is there as well as a link to the online version of the paper. We can’t everything we need to talk about in the paper so we’ll have regular blog posts. This is where you’ll be able to see some of the picturesand stories that couldn’t fit. We also want to Play Music on the Porch. Do it!! And please remember to hydrate. It’s getting hot out there. Cathi Milligan Executive Director NELAart, Inc.
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and other workings of the plant. There are several Brewery artists participating-Chenhung Chen, Caley O’Dwyer, Kristine Schomaker, Jill Sykes-- as well as regulars in NELA art shows, Ching Ching Cheng, Kay Brown, and Jane Szabo (who is also featured this month at Eklecto Mania in Highland Park). A large new art and entertainment venue opened to the public on Sunset Boulevard August 2. Big Art Church is housed in a 1920s former Lutheran Church building, complete with pipe organ, choir loft and Sunday school classrooms. A project of Daniel Neuwirth and Dan Das Mann, the church is being rehabbed with an emphasis on serving Los Angeles artists and the surrounding community. The kick-off included vast spaces filled with fine art and music. Northeast L.A. artists included Michael Christy, Teale Hatheway, Ted Meyer, Kevin Rolly, M.R. Stubbs, and Anna Stump. Jane Szabo, CA 101, AES Power Plant
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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard Through September 20 www.lamag.org CA 101 AES Power Plant 1100 North Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach Through August 9 www.friendsredondobeacharts.org Big Art Church 4975 Sunset Boulevard www.bigartchurch.com SAVE THE DATE: Brewery Art Walk, Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4. Arroyo Arts Collective 23rd Annual Discovery Tour, Sunday Nover 22.
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Namaste Hosts Second Saturday Domestic Violence Fundraiser By Krysten Clark
I like to think that I didn’t find Yoga, but rather, Yoga found me. I remember feeling very lost, unsure of where I was going, and frankly, a bit broken. It was 2010, and after going through a painful divorce, following a troubled and dark marriage, I needed SOMETHING. My boyfriend at the time, now fiancé, (bless his heart) had bought me a Yoga DVD for Christmas. I popped it in, and was intrigued but discouraged because I didn’t feel like I was doing the postures right and wasn’t feeling the benefits I heard you were supposed to have. I disheartedly commented, “Maybe I just need to take a class.” That was just the beginning of the healthiest relationship I have ever had…my Yoga practice. I remember how it was for me when I first started. First of all, I SUCKED, which surprised me greatly. Well, this turned out to be very challenging, but I kept pressing on day after day. Physically, I adapted, and my body started to change, but really the true change was far more dear and precious--and completely unexpected, a sense of love and self worth. I thought I had loved myself before my practice. But it showed up for me in different destructive ways. I didn’t really value myself or my body. I ate and drank what I wanted and didn’t really think of any consequences. I was very self gratifying but again, not in a nurturing way. What happened for me during the times that I forced myself to take a Yoga class and push myself through my excuses, is I started to actually show up for MYSELF. Day by day, moment to moment, I realized so much about who I am and what I have to offer. I started to feel a true sense of gratitude for life and for whom I chose to fill it with. I started to truly love myself and care about the choices that I made and demand more for myself. I can’t even begin to express how Yoga has helped shape me into the woman that I am proud to be today. The reason why I tell my story is because we all have a story. Most of us can identify with some dark or currently dark times. Many of us can relate to feeling stuck, alone, un-nourtured, broken, unwanted, etc etc. Yoga to me, was the greatest gift that found its way into my heart. And I want to share it with some women who may or may not ever have the opportunity to experience it. I am putting together a Healing/Yoga Retreat to benefit 20 women from Los Angeles shelters who are victims of domestic violence. The retreat itself will be a 2 day/1 night stay in beautiful Topanga Canyon in a quiet and scenic B&B. The women will experience guided Yoga and Meditation, healthy organic meals, workshops, group therapy, connection to nature, hiking, a “Cooking For Nourishment” class, Reiki, and other self care/beautifying activities. This is happening solely through fundraising, and I am reaching out to our community for support. We are hosting a silent auction/fundraiser at Namaste Highland Park (5118 York Ave, Los Angeles) on August 8 during the 2nd Saturday NELAart Gallery Night. We will feature live music, food trucks, a wine and tea tasting, goods and services from local businesses and vendors to bid on, and mini reiki, massage, and taro card reading stations. All donations will be used towards funding the retreat. For more information on how to get involved or to make a donation, please visit www.healtheabuseretreat.com Yoga and healthy self care brought me so much joy and closer to myself. I want to share with those who need a little extra love in this world. Please join me in this beautiful cause and help support and bring awareness to Domestic Violence.
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Little Libraries Around NELA City Council District 1 Field Deputy Melinda Ramos-Alatorre and Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council President Monica Alcaraz at the unveiling of three little libraries for the Highland Park, Cypress Park and Glassell Park Recreation Centers. The Little Free Libraries were made possible by the Northeast Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, working with Little Free Libraries, a Chance for Children Foundation, the LA Department of Parks and Recreation, Summer Night Lights, GYDE and the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council. The unveiling took place during Summer Night Lights in Highland Park.
Fig Jam Festival Announced The North Figueroa Business Association has been awarded a grant from Mayor Eric Garcetti's Great Streets Program to produce "Fig Jam," a celebration of community on North Figueroa Street, from Avenue 50 to Avenue 60. The festival, on a date to be determined, will showcase possibilities for use of public space along the busy corridor, and will have four components: Healthly Streets, Civic Engagement, Arts & Culture and Food & Business. The event will celebrate the rich past and diverse present of the North Figueroa corridor, while facilitating movement toward a desirable future. For more information, including how to become involved and how to contribute toward the event, visit www.ioby.org/project/fig-jam.
Certificates for Roberto and Kathy Sylvia Robledo (for City Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo), artist Roberto Gutierrez, Director Kathy Gallegos, and Ben Pak (for State Senate President Kevin de León) celebrate Gutierrez’ “Elegy to the Sixth Street Bridge” at Avenue 50 Studio
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how is the artist or writer to function (survive and produce) in the community, outside of institutions? by Sesshu Foster
1. all you mfa candidates, all you college students, all you awp hangers-on, all you high school students wondering what to do (which is the same thing as how to live, how to make a life of your own, how to save your own life), all you secret poets looking for support, all you striving artists who need a job, what about you? 2. most will sooner or later find themselves outside institutionalization. 3. dreams tell us that the life of the mind goes on regardless. regardless of institutions or individuals, the life of the mind is a collective dreaming. the dream goes on whether anyone is making movies and documenting it, holding conferences and seminars about it or not. the mind goes on. 4. the institutional imagination, with its schedules and regulations, with its tests and prerequisites, will be insufficient on the outside, in a broader world of completely indifferent and more democratic sidewalks, offices, transactions, atmospheres. it’s true that sometimes high school or college provides the only encouragement working class students receive for creative thinking. and unlike academia which scaffolds individual efforts and conceives of art and writing as individualistic practices, the broader world is indifferent. institutions fetishize rational discourse, operating on the level of rationalization, as if sitting around a conference table in negotiation is going to be a major life skill for you. perhaps not! an institutionalized aesthetic production process you may have formulated in academia may not work for you outside. 5. you must get outside, and feel all right, producing some creativity that can stand the daylight (and the smog). 6. you may perhaps object that “the community” lacks community; in fact, there seem to be people there who are actively hostile, perhaps violent, toward ‘art,’ ‘dreams,’ ‘poetry,’ etc. you may object, that unlike in academia or other institutions, there were rules for discourse and behavior and you didn’t feel exposed to hostility. but make no mistake, millions of people that the media and Hollywood depict as nobodies and extras in the background (people of color) or zombies or killers (working class people) they are dreaming, too— some are having visions; all of us out here live inside civilization’s weird mythologies. 7. for all its talk (all of its attention to crossing T’s and dotting i’s), in academia and institutionalized civil forums, little dreaming occurs there. they emphasize rationalizations; their discussions take place inside bureaucratic mythologies. the creative thinking found there may be mostly recycled early 20th century concepts. 8. in the community (that lacks community), indeed they are dreaming. some feel hostile. there may be violence. many have been defeated; they feel they have been defeated. that doesn’t stop their dreaming, mythologizing, their visions. all of which helps you to figure out how to survive as an artist, writer, dreamer, mythologist, person of vision. stay alive. don’t get hurt. make a living. commitment to the community— that you make— while you are doing it, while you are producing. how to survive? a. call me. call me at one AM, crying so i can hear mucous over the line, say UC irvine decided in the middle of your the first year of your MFA program to take back your financial award. b. talk to me late into the night even if i have to get up for work. c. meet me for noodles; i’ll take you to pho. i’ll listen to your whole deal, how you are a tenured professor but your books don’t sell. you edited a poetry series that was canceled by the university in a budget cut. d. i’ll buy you pho. e. ask me to lend you $40. i will. f. text me. say you’re going to be at the airport on such and such a date, layover for the afternoon. i’ll take you to aliki’s tavern greek restaurant. g. meet me at the little house in el sereno. your relatives standing silent behind us on the porch in the darkness before dawn, duffle bags in hand. we’ll embrace out front, breath coming out plumes in the chill. they slept on the floor and they’re ready to go, so there’s not much time to to chat. you don’t need more coffee, just a drink of water. you got thousands of miles to drive. h. we’ll help you load. your people are waiting on you. i. call me when you get to california. tell me you just arrived and don’t know anyone. you don’t have a place to stay. i’ll give you my cousin’s number (this was before he was married). j. my cousin will let you stay at his place, mid-city for a month till you get a place. usually i’ve got a couch or an extra room. k. meet me by accident at the front door. i’ll be living in a different house by then. one night when i am cleaning out the empty house, having moved out, trash bags in both hands, i can’t see you under the street lamp. people stand at the bottom of the stairs in the street lamp. you step into the light and tell me who you are, and we laugh because i haven’t seen you in years, the last time was a thousand miles away. you’re looking for an address up the street, a meeting at a house of an old revolutionary. l. i’ll point up the dark street. i might know the person you are looking for. m. change your name. get rid of your slave name, revert to the indigenous. run a pirate radio station out of a van around the hilltops of east l.a. broadcasting secret revolutionary communiques in the middle of the night. n. ask me for a letter of recommendation for a job at the university. send me the CV, i’ll say anything. i’ll be glad to. that’s why they call it ‘creative writing.’ i’ve written hundreds of rec letters. o. ask me to show up and talk to your students. i will. p. i’ll drive to nimitz middle school and read poems to a library full of middle schoolers. i’ll read them poems and answer their questions about poems and about how to be a writer. i’ll find a ticket on my windshield afterwards. ask me to speak to a group of high school kids at the alternative high school. i’ll read them a couple poems at the picnic table under the tree. i’ll give each one at the table a free book of poems, and sign the ones who ask. (marisela norte will talk to students at another table.) ask me to talk to students at ucr (graduate seminars and undergrads on their cell phones), university of minnesota, harvard, hunter college, columbia, occidental, ucsd, ucsc, sf state, suny buffalo, eerie community college (where those kids paid real attention and asked great questions), pasadena city college, bisbee central school project, cal state l.a., cal state northridge, i’ll go. i’ll drive a rental car from boston south, from tucson through tombstone to bisbee, i’ll drive a rental from the airport at cedar rapids to a reading at lacrosse WI, up the cold winter mississippi river to minneapolis. i’ll drive four hours south through hellish stop and start traffic on the 5 to get to a benefit reading in someplace like laguna beach or san clemente. q. ask me to meet you so we can talk about grad school. r. ask me to meet you so we can talk about teaching writing to students. s. ask me to meet you so we can talk about your manuscript, publishers, agents, your options. t. don’t hesitate to appear in my dreams: …california coast town, some novices—community college group— a handful of people amid desultory scattering of student desks, what’s going on? nothing? the instructor who is a pal, doesn’t have programming or agenda, turns to me, “you want to read something? you got something?” of course, i always have something. i can always do something. i’ll read, “the blue garage.” but what is “the blue garage”? it was supposed to be something i could run through without thinking. but now i can’t recall exactly what it was. i just need something, just a little clue, a word would suffice, just to get started. hold on, i’ll do this. i got this. but i can’t remember what it was. it’s like everything has gone dark, and indeed, i am standing in the middle of the blue garage. it’s an old abandoned garage, debris, blue paint blistered and peeling, and i’ve been standing there so long only one person’s left, my host leads me away. there’s a reception or gathering afterward in some little downtown storefront, but i’m in no mood, disgusted with myself, later i wake up in a furniture store in a pile of rugs—it’s morning in the continued on page 11
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continued from page 10 town, time to go. u. when you get old and sick, someone will put out the call. this person has been one of our best, one of our bravest, one of our toughest, they stood up for us, they spoke up and now they’re old and sick and need our help. because it’s true (you were brave and you never stopped), i’ll cut a check. v. though i have debt without end, i’ll write a check. w. ask me what i do for a living. when i answer, frown with your disgust and class bias. “really? that’s what you do?” you stare at me for a beat, eyes hooded. other people are friendly all around the table but after that exchange, you’re cold. what upsets you? (maybe you’re one of those professors who couldn’t publish a book to save your life.) are you one of those positivists, whose rationales mask horror at the seeming physical indifference of the world? if you cared to talk about it, i’d suggest that more than bureaucratic positivism, however, is required to write or make art. believe me, i worked two jobs for decades to enable my writing. x. come over my house to tell me that you can’t stand it where you are staying, because the poet hosting you in l.a. fights all the time with her boyfriend— “it’s a house of pain.” talk to me about all the poetry festivals you attend around the world, where you can read your poems in los angeles and how can you get money for your poetry? i’ll tell you what i know about festivals, small presses, gigs, the poetry business. invite me to read poems in new zealand, as long as i pay my way. y. call me and leave a message saying you want me to look at your manuscript. z. i’ll be happy to look at your manuscript. don’t commit suicide in that motel in san clemente. don’t treat other people like they are disposable, least of all yourself! don’t throw yourself away! treat people well, be good to yourself, be at your best in your work, and you will receive coffee, grants, awards, blurbs, introductions, couches to sleep on, beer, wine, meals, job offers, referrals, advice, sexual favors, puppies, flowers, photographs, poems, rides, money, fellowships, lessons, trips, tips, applause, passes, residencies, walks, recipes, bicycles, admiration and respect, hugs, stories, glimpses, visions and gifts of lives that otherwise would never come your way. if you commit suicide in that motel room you get nothing. one of the beautiful things about art or writing can be that it comes from you, represents you in the crowd, bears your handprint, it tells your story, it’s personal in the indifferent universe, it’s fun in such grim times, the hopeful thing that is your own gift to give. when you survive as an artist or writer, you will produce art and writing that will help you to survive. so: 1. meet the artists and writers of your community. talk to your elders. tell them why their work has been important to you. to do that, you must find out why their work is important to you. who are your predecessors? find out how they did it. ask them how it went for them. 2. meet the people in your community. talk to the elders. find out how they have used intelligence and creativity to survive as human beings, which is to say, how did they survive creatively, intellectually? you want to survive as a human being, with creativity and intelligence. 3. which is also to say, how do artists and writers relate to and depend on people in the community? how do artists and writers relate to the tamale lady, community activists, labor organizers, busybodies, gossipers, to the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFLCIO, to homeless people, to the store clerk (to the video store clerk who wants to be a poet, and his co-worker, the video store clerk who wants to be a sculptor), to ghosts, to secret and forgotten individuals of the past, to kids (who in a few years will be completely different people)? how do artists and writers relate to members of informal underground organizations, gangs, to businesses, to soccer coaches in the city parks and teachers at the nearby school, to the retiree who grew up around here before there were houses, who used to teach judo in Boyle Heights and whose sister is a well-known artist, now he has Alzheimer’s? many of these people know the secrets of survival and how to create community. their survival and their triumphs show that. the life of the community shows that, vibrating on those frequencies. In short, I suggest that you must develop community, you must create for yourself community, beyond just a “support network.” Recently, in the typical superficial style of L.A. Magazine, like all such booster magazines devoted to only the glossiest, most superficial view of the city, a former L.A. Times writer, Scott Timberg, wrote an essay called “Leaving Los Angeles,” in which he mourns the cumulative effects of Reagonomics and the destruction of the “middle class” in L.A., and particularly, his own deteriorated status. “As much as I like Los Angeles,” Timberg writes, “which has been ‘home’ longer than my Maryland hometown was—I’m no longer willing to be a third-class citizen here.” (I say that America has always treated its artists and writers as third-class citizens.) Perhaps you, like Timberg, grew up believing that you could move to any community anywhere and due to your education, your whiteness, your privilege, you could engage in a “middle class” life (where every activity is a business transaction allowed by your money and monetized skills, neatly performed within the snappy ideologies of capitalism) and generally not have to consider the struggles of people in your community—and specifically, the struggles of people who made the community more liveable for everyone, labor organizers, unions, community activists, peace activists, public service workers, intellectuals, artists and writers who came before you (from Maryland or wherever). But those things that were good, those people who were good, who greeted you when you showed up, they worked for all that. Timberg writes (in the July 2015 L.A. Magazine), “In older, more settled places, you’ve missed your chance to belong if you weren’t born there, but L.A. is different. You typically become a local a year or two after landing.” But Timberg demonstrates nothing beyond a superficial idea of community, nothing more “local” than a list of tourist activities that he enjoyed about the city (“Rhino Records… Canter’s… Largo… We hiked in Joshua Tree, drove to remote, tree-shaded wineries…”). After “landing,” these “middle class” writers or artists live the detached life of tourists, who want a life served to them by the community. They want no part of the struggle to make that community. It may be that you as writer or artist of the post-Reagan era, do not have that privilege. After the Reagonomic destruction of the “middle class,” reducing many citizens to the “third-class” status where the rest of always us already always were, fighting for our lives, I suggest that disregard of the issues, struggles and history of the community is NOT in your interests as an human being (“the impossibility of being human” as Charles Bukowski put it), as a writer or artist, or as a citizen of any community. Listen to the snide, complacent class disdain latent in the praise for Los Angeles in a source quoted in Timberg’s article: “Siobhan Spain, who resettled in the Midwest when the Chinatown gallery she directed shut down, remembers L.A. as a magical place: ‘Where else, on any certain day, could you witness Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting at Walt Disney Concert Hall, walk by a homeless person defecating on the sidewalk, swim near dolphins at Point Dume State Beach, help install artwork by Stanford Biggers, sit in traffic for over an hour, watch your friend act in an episode of Nip/Tuck, and go to sleep with ghetto birds circling your neighborhood?” It’s the magical white L.A., where you have friends working “the industry” and Disney Concert Hall [magically built on top of the destroyed neighborhood of former Bunker Hill] and Point Dume State Beach are there for you; and it’s not your friends “defecating on the sidewalk,” not your people targeted by “ghetto birds.” It’s magical white L.A. until your gallery is shuttered, and you are proletarianized. Ah, then it’s not so “magical”. Time to flee. You, young artist, young writer. Go anywhere you like. But know that a community was there before you—this land was not a magically unpeopled wilderness to be colonized but a place of history, secrets, struggles, heroes and issues. What made it a community was not magic, but labor. Maybe if your labor and your work relates to them, if your aesthetic process is open to that community, your work will not be superfluous. Your work might be useful. You may not have to suddenly flee, like a tourist from the off-season. As an artist or writer anywhere, you’ll need community to survive. Your community-building not only helps you survive, it helps you produce. 4. This argues against the artist or writer as tourist, as parachute journalist. You can develop more organic sources. 5. Your own aesthetic process is a transformative activity; it’s not an economic transaction that you purchase with a university degree. 6. See also, “Letter to a Young Nonprivileged Poet” by Sandra Simonds,http://blog.bestamericanpoestry.com/the best american poetry/2015/06/advice-to-ayoung-nonprivleged-poet-by-sandra-simonds.html 7. See also, “Writing the Truth: the Five Difficulties” by Bertolt Brecht, http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive/0903/att-0196/fiveDifficulties brecht.pdf In fact, there’s probably too long a list of interesting, useful ideas for you, too long to list here. Part of the fun is getting together with others to find it and discuss it. 8. You gotta have fun doing it. Too much fun. 9. Otherwise this is too much work. [Reprinted from atomikaztex.wordpress.com with permission of Sesshu Foster and with gratitude to Avenue 50 Studio and Writ LArge Press]
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Second Saturday Gallery Night-Brought to You in Living Color
The August NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night is going to be a colorful event, with galleries featuring artists who make great use of color in their work. Avenue 50 studio will present the works of two artists with “Rapture of Color.” “When I arrived in Los Angeles I was alone, a recent graduate, quite desperate to find a job and a continent away from my family and from where I grew up,” says painter Gwen Freeman in her artist statement. “Walking out of LAX, the harsh daylight of Southern California was the first thing I noticed. The glare was not only actually painful to the eye balls but it sucked the life out of the weaker colors. The sky was more white than blue. In my native Virginia, the air is heavy in the summer, the trees and grass a deep, restful, wet green. Autumn, winter and spring each have their own palette, portentous burgundy and imposing gold: arrogantly perfect blue/white; and just-too-adorable yellow, baby blue, lilac, pink.” Freeman’s response to her situation was found through use of color. “I went to work. I bought some paints and a five thousand hue color wheel and I accepted the punishing light of the California sun as an opportunity. There are no color rules. There are no bad colors. In this place, in this state of mind, you get to make your own colors.” Catalina Quinn Colwell’s color pallet is also a response to her environment. But while Freeman’s use of vibrant hues was born from finding her way during a break with the past, Quinn Colwell’s is about continuity with her heritage. “Clearly this work is birthed from my history,” Quinn Colwell says in her artist statement. “I drew my Gwen Freeman, Desert I (18 x 24). Avenue 50 Studio artistic energy from my ancestral story – from the barrios of East Los Angeles, where my father grew up to Chihuahua’s deep remote canyons in northern Mexico, home to the Tarahumara people, my paternal grandmother’s people. The heart and color and wildness of those streets and canyons has guided my imagination, hand and brush in creating these individual pieces.” Meanwhile, in the Avenue 50 Studio Annex Gallery, “Aquaria,” a solo show by Carol Colin, is an appropriate way to wrap up a summer. Colin’s paintings are based on photos she took of people visiting the aquarium at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The paintings glow as if internally lit, making the experience of visiting the Annex Gallery a trip to an under-sea world. EklectoMania Gallery in Highland Park will host “2 in Color.” Artist Jane Szabo merges construction and photography, depicting dresses made from such familiar materials as wrapping paper and coffee filters. “I create still lifes,” says Szabo, “pairing objects with the dresses, creating a story, and inviting the viewer to contemplate the connections, and create their own mythology.” Like Quinn Colwell, Francisco Alvarado’s art connects heritage with the present using vivid colors. “Born and raised in Quito, Ecuador,” Alvarado says in his artist statement, “my memories of life in that country merge with my life here, in Southern California.” Alvarado’s statement about his use of color could hold true for any of the artists at Avenue 50 Studio or EklectoMania. “Using bold colors and patterns,” Alvarado says, “I am constantly exploring new territory.”
Carol Colin, Sharks’ Garden. Oil on canvas. Avenue 50 Studio
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Catalina Quinn Colwell, Bario Dog I. Acrylic on recycled ash wood. Avenue 50 Studio
SECOND SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS There’s a new venue on the map! Camp 17 will present a duo show, featuring the works of Jay’sen and Dan Waters leading up to a late evening campfire. Camp 17 can be found at 3454 Reynolds Avenue. Cactus Gallery is having a “Super Summer Sale!” Fine art works by some of NELA’s most popular artists have been reduced by 10% to as much as 70% Avenue 50 Studio will present “Take a Breath, Feel the Fire,” a group exhibit reexamining the causes and conditions that let to the revolution in Watts, 50 years ago. At Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, Mike Andrews and Lisa Sirlin Hall will sign their book, “Space, Sputnik and a Sirius Drink” from 6-9 p.m. Co-Lab will host a closing for its popular group art show, “Spring Fling.” Mi Vida présents “PHAZEDOUT,” featuring an art show with El Oms, plus an acoustic set by Marie Marie and DJ sets. One of the greatest ceramic artists to be found anywhere will be participating in Second Saturday at Bob Taylor Properties. Toros Tngrian was at Barnsdall Park in Hollywood in 1981 when he spotted the ceramics studio and thought he’d give it a try. He didn’t dream at the time that a one semester class at a community center would lead him down a new path in life. A ceramicist who works on a wheel has to be able to center a piece and bring it up. Toros is capable of making intricate double-walled pieces, and then cutting through the outside wall to reveal the piece within. “Handmade pottery transforms functional items from the ordinary into the extraordinary, says Toros. Also at Bob Taylor’s: portraits by Katherine Arion, jewelry by Lilian Mercado, and rhythm and blues by Carlos Guitarlos Trio. Spoke (N) Art Ride: Gather at 6 at Flying Pigeon. Depart at 6:30 for a bike tour of galleries. A night filled with music, art and surprises examining and exploring the emerging art zeitgeist. Arrive at the Bike Oven about 10:30 for an after party. Toros Tngrian demonstrates his artistry at Jose Vera Gallery in 2011. His masterful work will be at Bob Taylor Properties this Second Saturday.
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August 8, 2015 - 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
21. The Market 1203 Avenue 50 www.themarkethp.com
2. Bike Oven/Flying Pigeon 3706 No Figueroa
22. Keystone Art Gallery 2558 N. San Fernando Rd.
3. Namaste Highland Park 5118 York Blvd. www.namastehighlandpark.com
23. Cactus Gallery @ Treeline Woodworks 3001 N. Coolidge Ave
4. Offbeat 6316 York Blvd www.offbeatbar.com
24. The York 5018 York Blvd.
5. Council District Office #1 Gil Cedillo 5577 N. Figueroa St. 6. Future Studio 5558 N Figueroa St. 323 254-4565 futurestudiogallery.com 7. Slow Culture 5906 N Figueroa St. 8. Meridian 5007 1/2 York Blvd. meridianstorela.com 9. Vapegoat 5054 York Blvd. 323.963.VAPE 10. Bearded Beagle 5926 N. Figueroa St. 11. Shopclass 5215 York Blvd. 323.258.2500 shopclassla.com 12. Matters of Space 5005 York Blvd www.mattersifspace.com 323.743.3267
25. Ball Clay Studio 4851 York Blvd. ballclaystudio.com 26. Handcraft and Hart Hair 4733 Eagle Rock Blvd. handcraftandhart.com 27. Antenna Studio 1617 Colorado Blvd. antennastudioart.com 28. The Greyhound Highland Park Independant Film Festival 570 N. Figueroa St. 29. Urchin 5006 1/2 York Blvd. 30. Sawhorse 5110 York Blvd. 31. O & M Leather 5048 Eagle Rock Blvd www.ommleather.com 32. Vapeology 3714 N. Figueroa St. 323.222.0744 33. Pop-Hop 5002 York Blvd. www.thepophop.com
13. Mi Vida 5159 York Blvd.
34. Social Studies 5028.5 York Blvd.
14. deb3321 3321 Pasadena Ave.
35. Nomad Art Compound 1993 Blake Ave.
15. Antigua Coffee House 3400 N. Figueroa St. www.antiguacoffeehouse.com
36. Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5204 Eagle Rock Blvd. www.leannalinswonderland.com
16. Align Gallery 5045 York Blvd. www.aligngallery.com
37. Good Eye Gallery 4538 N. Eagle Rock Blvd. www.goodeyegallery.com
17. New Stone Age Mosaics 1754 Colorado Blvd.
38. Highland Cafe 5010 York Blvd. 323.259.1000
18. Panorama Press House 4700 York Blvd. www.thepanoramapress.com 19. Evil or Sacred Tattoos 4524 Eagle Rock Blvd. 20. Toros Pottery 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd 323.344.8330 torospottery.com 14
39. CucuArt Gallery 4704-06 Eagle Rocl Blvd. 323.202.0672 40. Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor 5115 York Blvd. 41. Zen Nails 6320 York Blvd. www.zenfacebodynails.com
On the Secon Elysian Valley, art and eateri the updated l 42. Eklectomania 6152 York Blvd. facebook.com/EklectoMania 43. State Farm Insurance (Haggus Society) 5683 York Blvd. 44. The New Seed Ave 34 & Verdugo 45. The Slow Down Gallery @ Random Gallery 200 N. Ave 64 46. Curve Line 1577 Colorado Blvd. 47. The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. www.theglassstudio.net 48. Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa St. 323.635.9125 49. All Star Lanes 4459 N Eagle Rock Blvd. 323.254.2579 50. Boney Puppy Studio 5106 York Blvd. 51. Apiary Gallery at The Hive Highland Park 5670 York Blvd. www.thehive.la 52. Bookshow 5503 Figueroa St. www.bookshow.com 53. Arroyo General 5028 York Blvd. 54. Rosie Bunny Bean 1309 N. Ave 51 rosiebunnybean.com 55. co-Lab Gallery 5319 York Blvd. www.co-Lab.com 56. The luxelust life Vintage Furniture 6095 York Blvd 57. Bob Taylor Properties 5526 N. Figueroa St. 323-257-1080 58. MAN Insurance Ave 50 Satellite 1270 N. Ave 50 323.256.3151 59. Possession Vintage 5119 York Blvd. www.possessionvintage.com 60. The Hunt Vintage 5317 York Blvd. www.thehuntvintage.com 61. Two Tracks Pola Lopez, open studio. 131 North Avenue 50 62. The U Space 2626 N. Figueroa St., suite C 63. Camp 17 3454 Reynolds Ave.
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nd Saturday of every month galleries, businesses, and artists in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Cypress Park, , and Lincoln Heightsopen 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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Robeto Gutierrez, “Elegy to the Sixth Street Bridge” at Avenue 50 Studio
Joe Bravo at Avenue 50 Studio Satellite Gallery
The “Hang Ten” summer show at Good Eye Gallery
David Strother at Cuculapraline-Frenchic
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Gabriel Benavidez at Align Gallery
Mack Hill’s “Fat Lady Bazaar”
Kristine Schomaker and Andrea Monroe with Andrea Monroe’s art at Cactus Gallery
Anker Frankoni at O+M Leather
“I Be 22ft 9in” at Avenue 50 Studio Jewelry by Rae Vavra at the Avenue 50 Studio Pola Lopez Annex
“Pamita and Jen’s Birthday Spectacular” at Book Show and Madame Pamita’s Parlour of Wonders
Namaste Highland Park Yoga Studio | Art Gallery | Tea Shop www.namastehighlandpark.com
Vinyasa Flow| Power Lunch | Candlelight Flow | Prenatal Kids Yoga | Yoga Sculpt | Mixed Level Flow
5118 York Blvd | Los Angeles | CA | 90042
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The Whole Dish By Harvey Slater Butternut Squash Enchiladas with Roasted Tomatillo-Pepita Sauce
Hellooo NELA Families! It’s me Traci Green from The Green Bean Kid Shop! Enjoy the long days and hopefully cooler nights of AUGUST!!! Have some more family fun….. Mondays 5:30-9:30pm FREE Odd Market at All Star Lanes 4459 Eagle Rock Blvd Theoddmarket.com Music, Bowling, Vendors, Food Trucks Tuesdays 10:15am(Summer schedule) FamilySong 0-5yrs FREE Kids/$8 per adult The Green Bean thegreenbeangoods.com World Music song circle for families since 2006 Wednesdays 10:30-11:30am Storytime FREE with Teacher ART! The Green Bean thegreenbeangoods.com Pre-school teach shares stories, songs & art from the heart Thursdays 10:30-11am Storytime! FREE The Green Bean 5060 Eagle Rock Blvd thegreenbeangoods.com Join Ms. Jeannette for puppets, stories & songs Spanish/English Thurs-Sat til Aug 22 10am Chicken Little Shop of Horrors Show $ Oxy College Hillside Theater 1600 Campus Rd. oxy.edu Oxy Childrens Theater’s 20th Yr. *A MUST!!! Thursday-Sunday thru Aug 7pm Shakespeare at the Old Zoo Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr www.iscla.org Pre-show, bring a picnic, blanket, low chairs. See As You Like It or Romeo and Juliet! Whoo! Saturdays You are a Masterpiece 2pm 5-12yrs old $20 3420 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank miaandthedragonfly.com Drop in workshop based on the book “Art Moves” mindfulness thru movement Sundays 10am-12pm Family Art Workshop FREE Barnsdall Art Park, 4814 Hollywood Blvd. barnsdallarts.org Cultural Art Projects from all over the world. Aug 6 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5yrs+ under 6 FREE Theatricum Botanicum 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd Theatricum Botanicum.com Worth the trip! Outdoor tree filled theatre & fairies! GREAT for kids! Aug 8-9 Reptile SuperShow 3yrs+ $10 Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, Ca reptilesupershow.com A retile experience of memorable fun! Aug 9 11-4pm Civil War Music Celebration Autry Center 4700 Western Heritage Way Autrynationalcenter.org Live bands! Celebration of the music of the Civil War era! COOL Aug 20 3pm Cloth Diaper Class by The Cloth Menagerie FREE The Green Bean Back Patio thegreenbeangoods.com 3rd Thurs of every month Find out the how, what, wear, washing of cloth diapers Aug 22 10-1pm SITTER Meet and Greet Patio Party! FREE Green Bean Back patio Thegreenbeangoods.com Urbansitter brings real sitters to do art, face paint and snack Aug 22 5pm-12am Nighttime in Chinatown FREE 951 N. Broadway chinatownsummernights.com Cultural food, kid art, music and dancing! Aug 23 11am-2pm Make Jam-Make Friends Family Jam FREE One Colorado, 41 Hugus Alley, Pas onecolorado.com Communal jam making ! Bring any fruits, ingredients & clean, empty glass jars Aug 29 6am-1pm Happy 234th Birthday LA! FREE El Pueblo de Los Angeles, 200 N. Main St. elpueblo.lacity.org Historic re-enactments, artisan demonstrations, exhibits, food, entertainment &cake
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For the sauce: 5-6 tomatillos, husks removed, cut into quarters 1/2 medium onion, cut into chunks 1 jalapeño, seeds removed, cut into large pieces (if you like it less spicy try half a jalapeño) 4 garlic cloves, cut into quarters 2 tsp. cumin seeds 1 tsp. kosher or sea salt 1/2 cup loosely chopped cilantro 1/2 cup raw pepitas 1/4 cup water 1/2 lime, juiced 1-2 tbsp. nutritional yeast (optional, for flavor enhancement) For the Enchiladas: 12 ounces peeled and cut butternut squash pieces 1/2 medium onion sliced thin 1 tsp. chile powder 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 2 cups baby spinach, loosely cut up 1 tbsp. coconut oil Splash of almond milk 6-8 tortillas Fresh lime and grilled tomatoes for garnish Vegan queso or other queso fresco for topping First get the sauce started by roasting the tomatillos, onion, garlic, jalapeño, and cumin seeds. Roast in the oven at 400° F in a baking dish for 20-30 minutes, or until everything is tender and simmering. While that is roasting, do the enchilada filling. Steam or roast the butternut squash pieces until they become tender. Heat your coconut oil in a sauté pan and toast the chile powder and cumin for just a minute until they become aromatic. Add the onions and sauté until tender, then add the butternut squash. Cook until the squash starts to break down and mix up well with the other ingredients, about 10 minutes. Add a splash of almond milk, just to moisten it and give it a good filling consistency. Continue cooking until any excess almond milk has evaporated. Turn off the heat, and then stir in the spinach until it becomes wilted and mixed in. When the tomatillo mixture is ready, put in the blender, along with the remaining ingredients, and blend until it takes on a smooth consistency. Set aside until you are ready to use it. The jalapeños will mellow out and blend in over time. To build your enchiladas, lower the oven temperature to 350° F. Heat the tortillas on a griddle so that they are pliable and able to roll around the filling without cracking or breaking. Divide the filling evenly between your tortillas. Place the enchiladas in a baking dish, cover with foil, and bake for about 20 minutes. Top with the tomatillo sauce, sprinkle some cheese on top, and serve. NOTE: You may also bake the enchiladas in the tomatillo sauce if you like them more gooey and baked into the sauce. Harvey Slater is a chef and holistic nutrition coach residing in Highland Park. Get more healthy recipes on his blog: thewholedish. wordpress.com
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 Discovery Days/Weekdays/Fridays 2nd Sunday 9-1pm $60 Discovery Nights 2nd Thursday Night $60 Open Forge Every Tuesday from 7-10 pm, Once a month 2nd Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm, Every 2 months on the 2nd Sat. 1 pm – 5 pm, Every 2 months on the 4th Sat. 1 pm – 5 pm $40 Hot Forging series of 4 classes $80 per session CBA Level 1 Series New Series starts in August 15 First Sunday $80 Instructor Workshop Second Saturday of the Month $50 9 am - 3pm Forging for Woodworkers First Friday and Saturday of the Month $220 7 pm - 10 pm The Glass Studio 5668 York Blvd. 323.387.9705 www.theglassstudio.net Jewelry Tuesdays August 4,11,18,25 11-1 $250 Fused Glass Wednesdays August 5,12,19,26 11-1 $250 Cast Pendants August 7 6-8pm $40 Beginning Glass Bead Making August 8-9 11-4pm $250 Fused Pendants August 14 6-8pm $40 Glass Blowing August 15 11-4pm space is limited Glass Blowing August 16 11-4pm space is limited Fused Glass Tiles August 15 12-4 $75 Soldered Pendants August 16 12-4 $100 Wire Rings August 21 6-9pm $75 Clay to Plaster August 22-23 12-4pm $250 Glass Blowing August 22 11-4pm space is limited Glass Blowing August 23 11-4pm space is limited Let’s Make a Necklace August 29-30 12-4pm $250
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O&M Leather 5048 Eagle Rock Blvd. 323-274-4640 www.ommleather.com Basic Leather Working Classes Leather 1 - Leather Basics $200 Leather 2 - Cutting and Skiving $200 Leather 3 - Hand Stiching $200 Leather 4 - Color, Finishes, and Leather $200 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 Adult Class Mon. 6:30pm-9:30pm Adult Class Tues. 6:30pm-9:30pm Adult Class Tues. 4:30pm-6:00pm Kids Class Wed. 6:30pm-9:30pm Adult Class Thurs. 6:00pm-9:30pm Adults Only Fri. 11:30am-9:30pm Adults Only Sat. 11:30am-2:00pm Kids and Parent Mandatory fee of $15 for tool use (not including brushes and trimming tools).
Molten Metal Works 2558 N. San Fernando Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90065 moltenmetalworks.net INTRO MIG: One Day Welding Sundays, 10am - 4pm Wednesdays, 10am - 4pm $180 INTRO to TIG Friday 8/7 or 8/21 4-10pm $235 MIG, TIG, Oxy Taster Class Friday Night, 8/28 7-10pm $80 CNC Plasma Cutting Class 8/4 or 8/25 7-10pm $80 Wood & Metal: Plywood Side Table w/Hairpin Legs August 11 & 14 7-10pm $275 Wood & Metal: Hair Pin Stool August 20 & 27 7-10pm $275 Wood & Metal: Live Edge Table w/ Bent Legs August 30 & 31 9am-noon $275 Sign up for thru Community Woodshop 6 week classes are also available. To register for all classes, and for more information, please visit moltenmetalworks.net Space 1506 Mission St. South Pasadena, CA 91030 626.441.47788 spaceartcenter.com Birthday Parties and Spring Camp available Hands on Travelers - Camp Wk #3 Ages 6 - 11 August 3 - 7, Monday - Friday, 9 am - 3 pm Fee: $350.00 21st Century Art Ages 12 and up July 28 - August 13, Tues & Thurs, 4 -6 pm Fee: $240 meets 5 times Lifestyle Photography Ages 12 and up July 12 -August 9, Sundays, 2 - 5 pm Fee: $275 meets 5 times Writing Lab for Teens Ages 12 and up July 28 - August 13, Wednesday, 4 - 6:30 pm Fee: $240 meets 5 times Check the schedule for upcoming kids art classes! Rock Rose Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa Street Highland Park, CA 90065 323.635.9126 rockrosegallery.com Check with the gallery for more class information. ARTIST MARKET every NELA Art Night 8-8-15 6:30 p.m. GUITAR - Instructor Hector Marquez Every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Four classes per month $40 Pre-paid LATIN PERCUSSION - Instructor Robertito Melendez Every Saturday, 12 noon. $15 per class. ASSEMBLAGE - 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 -8:30 p.m. $20 each night. A group of things collected. Often fragmentary or discarded objects. Resulting in a work of art! Bring your special memorabilia and images. CREATIVE WIRE ART - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. $20 each class. All materials provided. HENNA TATTOO - Rosamaria Marquez Sessions beginning at $10. By appointment NOW ENROLLING: *LIFE DRAWING - Model. Uninstructed Session Bring own materials. $5 donation *CROCHET - Instr Carmela Gomez 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
Community Woodshop 2558 N. San Fernando Rd. Los Angeles CA 90065 626.755.4202 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. New Stone Age Mosaic Studio 1754 Colorado Blvd Eagle Rock They offer mosaic classes on Mondays and Tuesday. All classes are on going and open to all skill levels.We also do mosaic birthday parties. Call Mary at (323) 547-2021 for more information. Little Knittery 3195 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039 thelittleknittery@gmail.com Beginning Crochet Saturdays 3:30-5:30 Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 Beginning Knitting Sundays 3:30-5:30 Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 Check schedule for new macramé classes Deb3321 3321 Pasadena Ave. Los Angeles, CA email: deb3321@gmail.com Uninstructed Figure Drawing Saturdays 11:00am - 3:00pm $5.00/hr Strictly Charcoal 11am - 1pm First two Saturdays of every month. Christine Haenen Artists Crit Saturdays Starting at 3:30 $5/session Crit with Karen Stained Glass Supplies 2104 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323.254.4361 Stained Glass Class Tues. 9-12 or 6:30-9:30 Wed. 9-12 or 6:30-9:30 Thurs. 9-12 or 6:30-9:30 Sat. 9-12 $95 - 8 weeks Tools - $45 - $125 Materials - $45 - $100 Classes are ongoing Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 5024 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 323.550.1332 Aug Workshops link for more details & to purchase workshops! http://leannalinswonderland.com/pages/workshops Thursday, August 13th / 7-9:30pm Academy of Handmade presents DIY PR For Creative Businesses $75 Sunday, August 23rd / 12-2pm Wire Wrapping Basics with Avril Martin $75 Saturday, August 29th / 10am - 5:30pm One Day for the Holidays with Danielle Maveal, Leanna Lin & Sharon Fain $185 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. 19
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-Seeing everyone as our friend Written by Shoshana Stolove Yoga teacher / Designer / Creative Lady We all have a longing to belong. It is so easy to feel alone and separate in this world, to forget we are all connected and we are all love. I know this is true, and yet I often feel unworthy of belonging. As a child, I REALLY wanted to be cool. So much so that I would adopt the likes and preferences of the cool kids. I really liked Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond, but pretended to like Rush and Van Halen. Hiding who I really was became a way of life. I think a lot of us have a time when we need to come out of the closet in a sense, to be seen for who we really are, and to stop pretending. The labels we put on ourselves and others limit our freedom. See, I have this pimple, let’s call him Fred. He’s been on my chin for about a month now and I was joking that he was starting his own blog, but now it’s not just a joke! He’s got something to say! It’s nuts what this brings up for me. This reminder sits right on my face, for everyone to see that I’m simply human. It is a challenge for me to let people see my imperfections, it brings up that dang sense of being less than. What’s the worse thing that can happen, people notice? The most painful part is self-abandonment. That’s the true fear. No one cares about my pimple like I do. It is my practice today, to stand with pride with Fred on my chin, to love myself and let others love me. To feel a part of the human race and hold the realization that we are all sacred and precious. To drop the labels and realize everybody’s poo stinks and we all get pimples. I’m learning to stop fighting Fred, and to apply some spiritual principles to this experience. I find loving acceptance and peace in this moment, without thinking it ‘should’ be another way. I stay open and receptive instead of shut down and hiding. In my own way, I befriend Fred. We all want to connect to that enlarged sense of belonging. We want to feel held and loved by something greater and to realize the truth of who we are, and that we are not separate. I applaud all of you who walk into a yoga class – you’re brave! I think every time we come into a group we butt up against our fears of separateness and being less than. It is my hope and goal to create a loving space for all who enter to feel a part of, to embrace their own Fred, to be real and be seen for exactly the true beauty that we each are. Come align our spines and spirits! Namaste Highland Park shoshanastolove.com
A Benefit for the Puppies The “Wonderland Art for Animals” benefit for the North Central Animal Shelter continues through August 23 at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland in Eagle Rock. All items are under $100, and all sales benefit the shelter.
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Plant of the Month Larisa Code
Note: Create peace, one garden at a time. Featured Plant: Podocarpus Gracilior/Afrocarpus Gracilior/Fern Pine Featured Dog: Oliver Flea (he was my ace) Evergreen shrub or tree (evergreen meaning it keeps its leaves all year round) Full Sun/Partial Shade Moderate water until established Once established infrequent deep soaks A year ago on the 2nd of July, I took a trip to my friend’s house in Carmel (I know, what a lucky friend to have) to house sit. I leave around the 4th of July every year to escape the mayhem that develops in honor of our day of independence. It actually starts on January 1st at midnight and continues on until December 24th, taking a break for the birth of Christ. But the 4th is especially bad; there is a haze of smoke in the air early on the 5th as sad dog and cat owners walk the streets posting signs for their missing pets. Ollie’s fear had really increased with age, and he was on too much medication to take tranquilizers, so we had been leaving town for a few years. Oliver got sick on that trip to Carmel, and some of you may remember that I came back and wrote an article describing Oliver and the delicious aroma he had after he roamed (against my wishes) through my Cleveland sage. This year, we left on the 3rd and headed for Flagstaff, AZ. Our trip was extra special, as Flagstaff quite suited Ollie. He was a blind, fluffy daredevil, falling over boulders and scaling slopes, never deterred. He napped daily in a bed of wild flowers and native grass. He lifted his head and made rainbows with his nose as woodpeckers shrilled and ground squirrels scurried by. Since the last 4th, Ollie’s health had been fragile, but he wasn’t suffering, it was just more work to keep him comfortable. Flagstaff re-energized him, and we extended the trip, as his barreling around my mother’s ¾ of an acre gave me joy and let my heart rest, worry free. Ollie being forever the optimist, was happy to return home to LA, to his regular patterns and a layout he was accustomed to. But on our return, there was a particularly loud firework and this time, some new symptoms arose. I called the vet and made an appointment, for the next day. That night didn’t go too well, and we ended up at the vet before our appointment. As much as I want to explain what occurred, I know it is unnecessary and actually too hard to write. But, my sweetest boy, the love of my life couldn’t take it anymore and his heart gave up; he died. I know this last year was a gift, and I know how hard he tried. I know that he was getting old. But that doesn’t make it any easier or any less painful. Immediately after Ollie died, I went and planted an herb garden at a French restaurant, as I was lost for what to do. By the third day, I realized I hadn’t eaten, my heart was so broken, and part of me felt guilty for moving him to the lowlands of HP. When I moved here, I didn’t have false expectations. On the sides and back of my home, I am surrounded by 6 houses. HP is something like living in a dorm, and I immediately prepared for my natural instinct for part time solitude and for Ollie to have a tranquil spot to loaf. That is why I surrounded the perimeter of my property with podocarpus gracilior. This plant is so easy. It grows around 4’ per year. It is graceful, it is strong, not prone to disease, not messy, low water, no problems, and it can help as a sound barrier (not for fireworks, but for a neighbor’s noisy a/c unit or a close-by busy street). It comes in tree form, but today I am talking about columnar (hedge) form. Lop off the tops to increase width and trim sides to increase height. Make sure that when you do water, it is a deep soak and feed it once a year. Keep it staked for the first year or so, or until it is strong enough to hold all of the dense foliage it produces. With proper deep watering and proper hedge trimming (maintenance), there are no concerns for root damage. I used single trunked plants for the walls and then a bushier multi trunked version to soften the corners. Yes, it is in tree form on York, lifting the sidewalks, but no one waters them; they are thirsty and their roots are looking for water. Whose fault is that? Not the podocarpus’, that’s for sure. For a dense wall, plant them 4’ apart. Part of the beauty of this plant is the way it is there but fades in to the background. It creates a very subtle blue green wall, and no one need know what lies beyond this stunning splash of nature. I suggest you plant a perimeter of podocarpus gracilior or something that can give you some privacy, a short escape from urban life, but even if you don’t, please raise a glass to Oliver, the sweetest 75-lb dog I have ever known. Here is my way too long toast, which has caused me to ingest far more wine than normal: To Ollie, who loved watching the kids go to school in the morning and, after he went blind, loved to listen to them. To Ollie, who loved babies and small dogs, especially a small dog named Ernest and one big dog named Nela. To Ollie, who loved my neighbor, Alan, and would sometimes refuse to leave his driveway, waiting for his return. To Ollie, who smelled like oregano, verbena, sage and a corn tortilla. To Ollie, who loved black tea with a little cream and sugar. To Ollie, who once had a cat friend named Sterling, and they would kiss. To Ollie, who always tried to kiss every baby’s feet. To Ollie, who let my neighbor’s baby pull at his fur and even pull some out without complaint. To Ollie, who was obsessed with my friend Amy R.’s right arm pit (it was really cute although, yes, bizarre). To Ollie, who tried to follow every Mini Cooper, thinking it was my mom. To Ollie, who kept me safe, kept my feet warm, and whose snoring lulled me to sleep each night for 12 years. Please wish for Ollie that he goes to the place you believe in, your eden, your heaven, as he deserves nothing less. Rest in peace my little man, my Zeus, my Oliver Flea.
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August 2015
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LOCAL WRITER HONORED The Before Columbus Foundation has chosen local author Peter J. Harris as a winner in its 36th annual American Book Awards. The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. Harris won for his book, The Black Man of Happiness. Through essays put forward with poetic style, Harris explores the question, What is a happy Black man? The win is noteworthy in that The Black Man of Happiness is independently published, and there is no PR machine behind it. It can be ordered via www. blackmanofhappiness.com.
Peter J. Harris reads his work at Avenue 50 Studio’s La Palabra series.
Charles Bukowski at Ave 50 The Bluebird Reading series at Avenue 50 Studio presented a homage to Charles Bukowski July 12, “to celebrate his influence on us the real people.” Pictured: Writer Tomas Benitez in front of the art of Roberto Gutierrez.
The LAPD Northeast Division is instituting foot patrols along North Figueroa Street in Highland Park and Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood. Footbeat Officers will be working closely with residents and businesses in those areas. Pictured: Captain Oddo, Officer Rivas, Officer Perez, Officer Marinelli, Officer Duarte, Officer Salazar, and Captain Bert. (Photo: LAPD)
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MEXICAN OF AMERICA A Sonnet By Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin Mestizo come, America, you call. Amniotic oceans Pacific join, break through the virgin hymen, wailing wall from the fluids of her earthen loins. Tender eyes burn with the new days fire. Bullets shatter your bones, your flesh torn on border fences electrified barbwires. Knives slash and puncture the sight of the dawn. You are spewed out, volcanic bloodied birth. Darkest rupture imploded then screamed out erupted from moist entrails of madre earth. Wails of the heart burst purple veined brows. Desire from the depths, takes new day’s flight. America with stars of shattered light. Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin presented this poem at the Southwest Museum as part of the 10th Annual Lummis Day Festival of Northeast Los Angeles. Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin has performed her poetry and bilingual stories at The Pasadena History Museum, The Vincent Price Museum, USC’s literary Festival de Flor Y Canto, Rock Rose Art Gallery, Ave 50 Studio, Beyond Baroque and Vroman’s Book Store. Poetry at Lummis Day was produced and hosted by Linda Kaye as part of a tribute to the late iconic artist Richard Duardo. The event was made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and was presented in conjunction with the Arroyo Arts Collective.
Technology Consumerism Nightmare Friends & Family always glued to their screens all day texting & typing, a Wall-E movie version already foreseen. Ignoring life & ignoring nature whatever happens to this planet will be on mankind’s failure. Consumerism has torn us away from reality look around you, boredom feasts on triviality. Nobody ever verbally communicates anymore face to face interaction is a useless whore. Entertainment keeps our brains polluted the general public neglects outsiders forever excluded. I’m used to so much pain; death baby’s me with so much care a broken feeling is something that can never be truly repaired. Copyright © Charlie Zero All rights Reserved. “We met up with Charlie Zero through an Open Mic at Book Show and were taken with his work. His Zine is available through the store. New work appears regularly at charliezero1.wordpress.com.” --Jen at Book Show, 5503 North Figueroa Street
photo by Mondo: Pleasure Burn rocks it in Eagle Rock at All Star Lanes
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August 2015
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Tyco on the hifi
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SUMMER SODA TASTING AT GALCO’S A good dose of rain didn’t deter several hundred people from sampling sodas from around the world while supporting the Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition at the Galco’s Soda Pop Stop Summer Soda Tasting 5: “Around the World in 80 Sips” July 19. Damp attendees enjoyed the music of Ollin, members of the original Mothers of Invention, and local classical guitarist Kyle Parker while sampling sodas from Cuba, Greece, Australia, Japan, Romania, Peru and other corners of the globe. Friends of the Southwest Museum is made up of neighborhood councils, community groups, preservation organizations, artists and activists who are united in their determination to see the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles’ oldest museum, which over a decade ago merged into the Autry National Center, kept open as a fully functioning museum on its original Mount Washington site, chosen for it above the Arroyo Seco over 100 years ago by museum founder Charles Lummis. Larry and Guadulesa Rivera pour rose and cucumber sodas
Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition member Peggy Soto undeterred by rain
Taking home some souvenirs
Ollin
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August 2015
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“Dog Day Afternoon”
By Florence the Dog (as told to Jeremy Kaplan) READ Books I feel compelled to warn all and sundry of an alarming happenstance recently commenced in the springtime. The boy biped that still lives at home, He Who Throws My Tennis Balls across Fields of Green, picked up a fresh furry ball of Wilson and declared: “Let’s go girl!” This action & declaration, as made evident by the boy’s name (“He Who Throws...”), was expected, as was the presentation of leash and the subsequent opening of the car door. I leaped in the back seat, because clearly we were driving to a park in order to sniff pee & chase my tennis ball across fields of green. The alarming part of this event unfolded when the passenger side door opened and my tall biped, He Who Sullenly Glares, plopped into said seat. I peered left just in time to see the boy biped impetuously thrusting a key into the car’s ignition. “Have you all lost your minds?” I barked. “He doesn’t drive! Open the %@&*ing door and let me out!” This performance repeated itself throughout spring and into summer: The boy enticingly wields a luscious yellow tennis ball & summons me to the car. I leap in with puzzling alacrity, as if I possess no memory of this having happened innumerable times before: What could possibly go wrong? Tall’n’grumpy mistakenly plops in the passenger seat again, while peach-fuzz-face cagily sneaks in behind the wheel. My vociferous warnings & protestations are ignored. The world of bipeds, obviously, strives to function sans logic. Chaos will ensue. And I will continue to leap into the car with great expectations. * I saw a biped on the TV juggling a single snow ball & that proved global warming does not exist in his neighborhood. I know for a scientific fact that it exists in my ‘hood, because I sweat like a pig-dog when chasing these tennis balls of mine. In days of yore, when I was still a naive pup back in, like, 2013, sweat did not come so easily. And these balls I presently pursue are not made of snow; they’re made of tennis. Science fascinates me. Take this biped boy who throws my balls, whose hair once seemed destined to exist solely as decorative lawn atop his oval mountain top. The lawn has migrated south, and somehow this makes him a bona fide candidate for operating motor vehicles? Why not let me drive then? I’m older & hairier than him! What lacketh I, aside from a thumb or two? * In the waning days of summer I perch atop my couch and consider the unattended tennis ball that sits inert on the indurate bookstore floor. ‘Twas in the aforementioned summer of ‘13 that the elder biped boy began his absurd quest to navigate automobiles. Initially, this led to field trips to assorted fields of green where plump tennis balls were inevitably funneled into my anxious jaws. Soon after, the biped boy and I were joined in the fields of green by strange female bipeds. At night time, he and these biped girls often drove somewhere— presumably a field to throw tennis balls— and didn’t even invite me. And then one day the elder boy biped got in the car with his biped parents, drove to a place called college, and didn’t come back home for a long time. Cars are cruel & impetuous. Sometimes they ferry tennis balls, but sometimes they steal friends. So I consider the tennis ball and sigh. The younger boy biped is not at the bookstore today. He is driving around in his fancy-pants car; I would not be surprised if there is a female biped seated beside him, carelessly clutching one of my fresh, furry tennis balls in her grotesquely bald hand. The boy biped and his biped parents frequently, brazenly, discuss his plans to go to college. I’m not suspicious by nature, but… I close my eyes, and the circular, fluorescent yellow image sustains imprinted in my mind’s eye. This is my tennis ball. There are many like it, but this one is mine... A cool breeze skims my wet nose and hovers briefly in the air. Does this indicate the cessation of global warming? Will the next ball I chase be crafted from snow? Simultaneous with the sound of the front door closing, a familiar hand strokes my skull. “Let’s go girl!” In a moment I will lift my snout toward the sky and open my eyes with great expectations. I’m coming boy! What could possibly go wrong?
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Emily Halpern, 2015 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Ching Ching Cheng, CA 101, AES Power Plant
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