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Super Serious Show with Jerrod Carmichael + Free Beer & Wine
May 17, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm – Cafe Club Fais Do-Do
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Assemblymember Holly Mitchell invites you to her District Open House
May 18, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm – 300 Corporate Pointe, Suite 380, Culver City, CA 90230
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"Saltfish & Dumplings", an Afternoon of Stories & Song by Yvette Brandy
May 19, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – Institute of Musical Arts
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Power of Love Blood Drive
May 26, 2012 from 9am to 3pm – West Angeles Church of God In Christ
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Living Legend Jazz Series (Albert Tootie Heath Birthday Jazzabration)
May 31, 2012 from 6pm to 11pm – Regency West Supper Club
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Public Allies brings leadership to South LA community (Veronica Villafañe)
Creating community leaders in South LA is part of the mission of the Public Allies program run by CDTech. Find out how it's inspiring change. Fair strives to build “Endless minds for endless futures” (Community Contributor)
Community contributor Betrice Coleman-Sweet writes about the success of the recent Academy of Finance fair at Manual Arts High School. OpEd: It’s Time. Let’s Take Responsibility for Educating Our Children. NOW! (Community Contributor)
Dr. Pat Phipps writes there is reason to be alarmed by serious achievement gaps eroding academic success of children in South Los Angeles, and calls for leadership to help solve the problem. Forum
Why is there a helicopter above 42nd and 4th Ave this Sunday a.m.? Here's the number to find out.
Started by enhager. Last reply by Stevie Mack Feb 20, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Promotions
Who needs Trader Joe's? Fresh & Easy comes to Crenshaw*UPDATED Council appproves Fresh & Easy store
Started by enhager. Last reply by Kimberly Kimes Jul 31, 2011. 17 Replies 2 Promotions
Rodeo Ralphs to be Redeveloped!
Started by enhager. Last reply by SHIRION JOHNSON Oct 14, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Promotions
Is West Adams really the new West Hollywood for blacks?
Started by enhager. Last reply by Nicole Jul 26, 2007. 1 Reply 0 Promotions
Expo Line coming to Leimert Park
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Leimert Park Beat in the News
SoCal Connected calls Leimert Park Beat "an excellent blog that chronicles the happenings in and around Leimert Park Village." Tavis Smiley - History of the Blog in 2009 and tour of Leimert Park Village New York Times - South Los Angeles says yes to no more fast food in 2008
KCRW: Warren Olney's Which Way, LA - County supervisor race goes uncovered by the media
LAist - Neighborhood Project in 2007
Curbed LA - West Adams on the down low in 2007
LA Observed - WeAd is the black WeHo in 2007
LA Observed - Winds knock down the sycamore trees on 42nd in 2006
Stories about Leimert Park
NPR: Leimert Park's Struggle with Identity in 2006
Washington Post - Tour of Leimert Park in 2006
Los Angeles Times - Tour of Leimert Park in 2005
LA City Beat - Tour of Leimert Park in 2005
NY Times - Soul Central from 1993
Stuff to Check Out
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Farmers Market - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. EVERY Saturday
One Compton
Babe and Ricky's Inn
World Stage
Project Blowed
Najite and Olokun Prophecy
Vocalist Dwight Trible Los Angeles Jazz LA Jazz Society
Eso Won Books
Leimert Park Movie
Ernest Hardy
Leimert Park Book Fair
Crenshaw Chamber
Black Book Expo
Leimert Park Chargers
Mark Ridley-Thomas blog
LAPD Crime Map
Adopted by Aliens
West Adams Heritage Association
Los Angeles City Neighborhoods West Adams-Normandie
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3 FREE festivals this June 2012 in Leimert Park Village!
Posted by Amaechina Doreen on May 9, 2012 at 9:30pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Los Angeles, CA - FREE events in Leimert Park Village in June, 2012. All events are family friendly and are looking for vendors, volunteers and sponsors.
June 9, 10 - The 1st Annual Dynamic Dads Day Celebration and Resource Fair with FREE music, arts & craft vendors, a male fashion show, BBQ cook-off, free haircuts & more. http://www.settheatmosphere.blogspot.com/
June 16, 17 - 3rd Annual…
Continue 9th Avenue Block Club Meeting May 12 9 a.m.
Posted by enhager on May 12, 2012 at 7:10am 0 Comments 0 Promotions
LA Green Grounds to Turn a Leimert Park Backyard into a Garden
Posted by enhager on May 10, 2012 at 9:00pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Join LA Green Grounds on Saturday, May 12 for a Dig-In - that's where a group of volunteers, neighbors, friends and family works with a master gardener to design and build a garden in a front or back yard.
The fun begins at 9:30 a.m. and the transformation should take around six…
Continue LOS ANGELES’ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES BOLD, NEW INITIATIVE FOR BLACK MALE YOUTH
Posted by Terri Dixon on May 9, 2012 at 9:50am 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Photo Courtesy of Marty Cotwright
A proud moment during ‘Saving Our Sons: A Community Conversation’ (l-r) Robert Lewis, Program Officer, California Community Foundation (CCF); George Weaver, Special…
Continue Rodeo Ralph's expansion community meeting
Posted by enhager on May 8, 2012 at 10:27pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Express yourself on the expansion of the Ralph’s La Brea and Rodeo Grocery Store.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:00 pm
Jim Gillian Park Recreation Center Auditorium
4000 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Have an opinion on the quality and variety of services and products the grocery store should provide? Attend this meeting as Ralph’s representatives will be listening.
If you have any questions please call 213.200.0312.
Please…
Continue Leimert Park stop back on the drawing board for Crenshaw/LAX Line; Open house this Thursday
Posted by enhager on May 8, 2012 at 10:23pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Metro open house on design changes for the Crenshaw light rail / transit corridor is Thursday, May 10, 6 – 8 p.m. at Christ the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 3303 W. Vernon Av.
Changes include the location for the Crenshaw/Vernon Station at Leimert Park to…
Continue my next lyrics based on sohrab sepehri's poems
Posted by morti meni on May 2, 2012 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
1-The Kiss of rain
My word/ is a rain/ in kind
Pouring,/ moving,/ in your mind,
Full of love & full of song
Like a rainbow/ with smile
You are/ my wordless sky
Again, Again, I write 4 u
Again & Again, I love u
Again, on the/ sad days of / fall,
I walk on the / eyelids of / love,
With all drops / of the rain, I’m singing
With the falling / of the leaves, I’m dancing
The umbrella is closed,
The memory flows
The rain… Continue
My word/ is a rain/ in kind
Pouring,/ moving,/ in your mind,
Full of love & full of song
Like a rainbow/ with smile
You are/ my wordless sky
Again, Again, I write 4 u
Again & Again, I love u
Again, on the/ sad days of / fall,
I walk on the / eyelids of / love,
With all drops / of the rain, I’m singing
With the falling / of the leaves, I’m dancing
The umbrella is closed,
The memory flows
The rain… Continue
The theatrics of Broadway is coming to the California African American Museum (CAAM) during their Target Sundays program, Broadway Bound, on Sunday, May 6, 2012, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The event…
Posted by Terri Dixon on May 3, 2012 at 3:58pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
The theatrics of Broadway is coming to the California African American Museum (CAAM) during their Target Sundays program, Broadway Bound, on Sunday, May 6, 2012, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The event co-hosted by two-time Obie Award winner, Charlayne Woodard and actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter will feature veteran actors, singers and dancers of Broadway and an art workshop, hosted by local artist and educator Teresa Tolliver, beginning at noon. …
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India Comes to 24th ST This Sat! Get your tickets today!
This Saturday, May 5th at 1pm, 24th STreet Theatre brings performance artist Sheetal Gandhi to North University Park with her hit show, Bahu-Beti-Biwi. This, the final show of this year’s Saturday Explorer Series for family audiences, has been performed around…
Adams Normandie Community Clean Up May 5, 2012
Please come and help ANNA with our Annual Big Sunday Community Clean Up.
We will Cleaning and Greening
Ending with a Community Lunch
Click on the link Below to Sign Up or just show up…
Expo Line opens today - ride free for the weekend!
Expo Line opens today - ride free for the weekend!
Photo by Metro
Ireland comes to N Univ Park Saturday 4/28 at 1pm
THIS Saturday you can go to Ireland for less than the cost of a corned beef sandwich.
That’s right! Irish singer, storyteller, Ken O’Malley brings Irish folk…
Traffic closures for Expo Line celebration and March of Dimes
Due to the dedication and grand opening of the Exposition Metro Rail line on Friday, April 27, 2012 and Saturday, April 28, 2012 along with the March of Dimes for Babies walk also on Saturday, April 28, 2012, the below streets will be closed to vehicular traffic:
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
Exposition Boulevard will be closed from Vermont Avenue to Figueroa Street from 10:00 am to approximately 4:00 pm.
Entry and exit to and from USC’s Watt Way will be allowed from…
LA Streetsblog - LA Mass Transit News
Happy Bike Month South L.A.: Trio of New Bike Lanes Appear, More on the Way
Cyclist turns on to new Main Street Bike Lane and Road Diet. Photo:LADOT Bike Blog South Los Angeles has three new bike lanes. Maybe it’s the celebrations of bike week. Maybe it’s the push to meet the mayoral directive for 40 new miles of bikeway by June 30th 2012. Maybe Mayor Villaraigosa, City Councilmembers Bernard Parks [...]Google-Funded Pundit: Forget Transit, the Future Belongs to Robocars
Last week Salon ran a pretty horrendous piece on the future of transportation called “Oops — Wrong Future.” Members of the Google robocar team. Photo: Inhabitat Writer Michael Lind argued that the “case for infrastructure investment has suffered from the lack of a plausible vision of the next American infrastructure.” Things that are not “plausible,” according to [...]New Video: Hill Folk Want to Stay Stuck in 1959
In advance of tomorrow’s hearing at Metro headquarters over the Westside Subway, a group called L.A. on the Move released the above video on YouTube. The video graphically illustrates their concerns. Sometimes a video is so clear that commentary from Streetsblog writers is not necessary.Stops and Searches Lead to an Unsafe Feeling on Eastside Streets
Screen grab from a google map shows LAPD patting down a young man. (This is the second part in a series on how police actions can make people feel unsafe in their own communities. After all, if one can’t be outside in their own space without fear of harassment, be it from the police or gangs, [...]Full Disclosure on the Relationship Between L.A. Streetsblog and Metro
A lot is being made of the relationship between Streetsblog and Metro (aka Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority or MTA) after our post dismantling a Beverly Hills Courier “report” published yesterday. The Beverly Hills Courier referred to L.A. Streetsblog as a “captive blog” of Metro and is now suggesting that everything we say is [...]Culver City Times
West Washington District of Culver City to Be Home to the The Corner Door Restaurant
According to LA Eater, the above space -- on the corner of Washington and Wasatch in the West Washington District of Culver City, directly across the street from Waterloo…
Culver City Park's Playground Gets an Overhaul
After a couple of months of construction, Culver City park has opened a new playground filled with the latest climbing and sliding equipment for area kids.
According to a recent article in…
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of Culver City is this Saturday and Sunday
By participating in the American Cancer Society's RELAY FOR LIFE OF CULVER CITY you can affect everyone touched by cancer. Relay For Life of Culver City will take place this Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20, on the football field / track at Culver City High School.
Relay For Life is a…
Artist Charlotte Smith's New Show Opens at George Billis Gallery in Culver City
Charlotte Smith's new show, “Luscious,” opens at George Billis Gallery in Culver City this Saturday, May 12th. The opening reception, which is free and open to the public as always, is from 5 pm to 8…
Culver City Presents Speak Easy: an Evening of Poetry and Performance
The City of Culver City will present Speak Easy, an evening of poetry and performance, featuring slam poets Michael Cirelli, Souleymane Diamanka and Rouda and moderator Dominic Thomas, on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7p.m. in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers at Culver City City…
Rancho Park Online
Art Zone Children's Studio to Open West LA Location in Rancho Park- Grand Opening Memorial Day Weekend
The corner of Pico Blvd. and Veteran Ave. in Rancho Park is about to get even more kid-friendly with the opening of Art Zone Children's Studio, which is hosting a free grand opening celebration over Memorial Day weekend.
Art Zone began in Hermosa Beach and is opening its second location here in Rancho Park next door…
Summer Writing Classes for Kids in Rancho Park - July & August
WHO SAYS YOUR KIDS WON’T READ AND WRITE OVER THE SUMMER?
Sign Them Up NOW for an Affordable, Positive Writing Experience
Session I: Mythology July 9, 11, 13
9:00-12:00 $250
Session II: Invention - July 16, 18, 20 9:00-12:00 $250
Session III: Humor - July 30th, Aug. 1, 3 9:00-12:00 $250
In the sessions above, students will produce a short story, a poem,
and an autobiographical sketch for an inspiring, week-end reading.
Recommended for…
Expo Line Legal News: Appeals Court Affirms Earlier Decision to Keep Expo Line Phase Two Project on Track
An appeals court has affirmed Judge Thomas McKnew's earlier decision to deny the lawsuit challenging Phase Two of the Expo Line, which goes from Culver City through Rancho Park to Santa Monica.
They write:
"We find no merit in petitioner's contentions and affirm the judgment."
You can read the full decision here. Here is a link to my earlier…
Hunger Games is Increasing Interest in Archery Says LA Times - Free Classes at Rancho Park Archery Range
A story in the Los Angeles Times business section says that archery is shooting up in popularity due to the "Hunger Games" books and movie. Here's a tip - the Rancho Park Archery Range offers free classes every Saturday.…
Spend a rainy St. Patrick's Day at the Westside Pavilion with the kids
Westside Pavilion is having a special event Saturday, March 17, on Level 1 near Nordstrom.
The family fun day begins at 11:30 with the St. Sebastian Chorus followed by crafts, face painting and more.…
Brotherhood. Sisterhood. Neighborhood. In Leimert Park Village, Park Mesa Heights, Crenshaw, South LA, West Adams, Baldwin Hills, Arlington
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enhager posted a videoVerBS - Rappin' To 'Em (Produced by Real Reid)
We had our friend Verbs come through and perform a song for us off his upcoming EP "The Progress 3: Manifest Awesome." http://verbs.bandcamp.com http://TheVa...
V. Jordan posted a blog postDynamic Dads Giveaway #1
Do you have a Dynamic Dad? Set the Atmosphere is looking for Dynamic Dads in the Los Angeles area to celebrate! Make a 60 second video on why your Dad should be celebrated, upload it to Youtube with the title #DynamicDad, and email the link to settheatmoshphere12@gmail.com. The top three videos will receive a G- Shock Watch, and acknowledgement at the Dynamic Dads Day Celebration.See More
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Dynamic Dads Day Celebration and Resource Fair! at Vision Lot, Leimert Park
June 9, 2012 at 10am to June 10, 2012 at 6pm
Honor, Healing, and Harmony!That is the theme for Set the Atmosphere's 1st Annual Dynamic Dads Day Celebration. This type of event is long overdue, to give thanks to the amazing Dads and positive male influences in our lives. There will be Food, Fun, Music, Contest, Giveaways, and soooo much more!See More
Benita Duran posted an eventFree Spring Work & Nutrition Classes at Hyde Park Crenshaw Blvd & 60th Street
June 8, 2012 from 4pm to 6pm
Fourth Fridayz Kickoff, May 25th at APLA health and Wellness center
Please check out the Kickoff of our monthly event for youth: Fourth Fridayz!It is an event for youth 16-24. There will be a live DJ, food, games and otheractivites to engage youth in the Baldwin Hills area and through LA. Please help spread the word! Sincerely,NicoSee More
enhager is attending Linda Morgan Ms SmoothAhead Jazz's event
Living Legend Jazz Series (Albert Tootie Heath Birthday Jazzabration) at Regency West Supper Club
May 31, 2012 from 6pm to 11pm
Living Legend Jazz Series (Albert Tootie Heath Birthday Jazzabration) at Regency West Supper Club
May 31, 2012 from 6pm to 11pm
Crenshaw Neighborhood Pride Day at 90062
June 9, 2012 from 8am to 12pm
NHS of Los Angeles County, community groups, partners, and volunteers are getting together to work with residents on one block in Crenshaw. We are painting the exterior of homes, planting flowers, cleaning up yards and painting over graffiti.Breakfast and lunch will be served and all volunteers receive a T-shirt and a volunteer pin. We hope you can join us.For more information email us at volunteer@lanhs.org…See More
Amaechina Doreen's blog post was featured3 FREE festivals this June 2012 in Leimert Park Village!
Los Angeles, CA - FREE events in Leimert Park Village in June, 2012. All events are family friendly and are looking for vendors, volunteers and sponsors.June 9, 10 - The 1st Annual Dynamic Dads Day Celebration and Resource Fair with FREE music, arts & craft vendors, a male fashion show, BBQ cook-off, free haircuts & more. http://www.settheatmosphere.blogspot.com/June 16, 17 - 3rd Annual June'teenth Heritage Festival with FREE music…See More
Beverly Russell is attending enhager's eventLeimert Park Art Walk - May 27 - Last Sunday of Every Month at Leimert Park Village
May 27, 2012 at 12pm to October 28, 2012 at 8pm
DJs spinning, rhymers rappin and poets of the spoken word combine with traditional artists and the legendary drum circle every last Sunday of the month for the Leimert Park Art Walk. It's getting bigger and bigger every month! A Flourishing Community Produces Monthly Art Walk in Leimert Park LOS ANGELES, CA- In the heart of Leimert Park thrives a group of community business members with a passion to develop an event rooted in the foundations of culture, art, music and community. In the…See More
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The Echo Park Craft Fair MAY 12&13th 1-5pm both days
Shop Local for Mother's Day!
Please Join us for our SPRING ECHO PARK CRAFT FAIR hosted by Beatrice Valenzuela and Rachel Craven
Our Artist Collective has grown! Tigers to Lilies and Moon Canyon Flowers will be for sale just in time for Mother's Day! The Echo Park Juice Maids will offering super yummy drinks!
JOIN US!
Echo Park developer comes back for seconds
http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2012/04/echo-park-developer-comes-back-for-seconds/
Today`s Carpetbagger Hipster Tenements, are Tomorrow`s Rotten Old Gangbanger Hideouts ~
Eastsider LA ; Decides What Is or Is not "…
The Three Stooges and the Secret Stairs in Mount Washington
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This colorful mural of Larry, Moe and Curly is on the side of a delightful Mexican restaurant on Figueroa near Walk #5 of the stair hikes in Secret Stairs in Mount Washington.
La Abeja, which means The Bee in Spanish, garnered 4.5 stars on…
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