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Public Allies brings leadership to South LA community (Veronica Villafañe)

Public Allies brings leadership to South LA community 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)

Fair strives to build “Endless minds for endless futures” 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)

OpEd: It’s Time. Let’s Take Responsibility for Educating Our Children. NOW! 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.

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

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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

Neighborhood Council

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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

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…

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9th Avenue Block Club Meeting May 12 9 a.m.

Posted by enhager on May 12, 2012 at 7:10am 0 Comments

 9th Avenue Block Club Meeting

(all clubs are welcome)

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LA Green Grounds to Turn a Leimert Park Backyard into a Garden

Posted by enhager on May 10, 2012 at 9:00pm 0 Comments

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…

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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

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…

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Rodeo Ralph's expansion community meeting

Posted by enhager on May 8, 2012 at 10:27pm 0 Comments

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…

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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

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…

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my next lyrics based on sohrab sepehri's poems

Posted by morti meni on May 2, 2012 at 8:30pm 0 Comments

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

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

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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University Park Family for USC and Expo Park neighborhoods

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!

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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.…

 
 
 

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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
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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
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Crenshaw Neighborhood Pride Day at 90062

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3 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
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Leimert Park Art Walk - May 27 - Last Sunday of Every Month at Leimert Park Village

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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!

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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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