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Word on the street is that Leimert Park Village is open for business tonight for a certain clientele.

The great shops in our own downtown are opening their doors and celebrating Halloween! They will be giving out candy, having games and some other surprises. I can hear the drums as we…

Every year my wife and I give out candy and smiles to about 50 kids in Leimert Park who walk down the 4200 block of Sutro Avenue. Many of them return year after year. I started taking pictures of the ghosts, goblins, princesses and fairies (and my favorite President Obama) and sharing them here.

Please stop by my house and say hello - and post your own pics on the Beat -…

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Just when the ultimate task of street guerilla marketing was becoming dull, Bing Bing has managed to raise the bar even higher. Showing great ambition and dedication, the young artist woke up at 2:00a on Sunday 10/13/13 and walked from Lake & Washington to Eliot Middle School in Altadena to begin his…

As you know in fast food, everything is prefab and here, everything is from scratch, so it's a healthier alternative to fast food restaurants, said Peter Pryor owner of Melachia's Savory Meats and co-owner of Kina's Homemade Burger. I was there myself this week and I try their Chandler Burger it was absolutely delicious, it was so good that I will be trying the Gobbler Burger…

Pasadena, Ca artist Bing Bing, also known as Mistah Wilson, has been making ambitious moves for the Pasadena Music Scene…

I'm in graduate school...finally!!!!! And it is friggin' awesome! Only thing is...it's stupid-expensive!! So I'm having a fundraiser to keep my dreams going in Los Angeles...and I need your support!



Come out and jammy jam with great music and great folks on Friday, October 11, 2013 at Kaos Network in Leimert Park!



The night is going to be great and it's for a great cause. Check out what's going down:…

ABOUT MANHOOD CAMP

Manhood Camp, co-operated by Leimert Park resident Mark Winkler, is a 12 week mentoring program that focuses on empowering At-Risk youth towards safe and productive behavior.  Our program’s aim is to impart four main principles: 1. Self-Awareness, 2. Self-Empowerment, 3. Personal-Responsibility and 4. Social-Responsibility.  The program is broken down into ten separate classes conducted over a ten week period.  Each class…

The California African American Museum (CAAM) will host Conversations at CAAM on September 28, 2013, at 1p.m., with award winning scholar, visual artist, illustrator, and author of children’s poetry books, as well as cookbooks, Synthia SAINT JAMES.

SAINT JAMES will be interviewed by CAAM’s History Council member Marsha Hopkins for this installment of…

We were so happy to come together as a family and close the Labor Day Jazz festival in a performance with LA's master dancers and drummers. Coming together as a group is so much more important than anything we can do individually as artists and community organizers. Best wishes to all and thanks Mama Nene for the thoughtful idea to present us spontaneously as a group to the community. We keep the fire burning every Sunday at Melchazadeks on at 4341 Degnan from 2-3:30pm for anyone interested…

To mitigate traffic congestion after the USC football game, some streets around Expo Park will be closed to get game traffic out of the neighborhood.

– STREET CLOSURE ALERT –

On Saturday, Sept. 7th from 10:00pm-midnight

the following streets will be CLOSED to all traffic

(buses exempt on M.L. King Jr. Blvd. only):

1.…

The California African American Museum (CAAM) presents Target Sundays at CAAM –Caribbean style. The annual Caribfest at CAAM takes place Sunday, September 1, 2013, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and will bring together Caribbean communities, their cultural contributions as well as influential celebrations.

Co-hosted by Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter and actress Shauna Chin, Target Sundays at CAAM will feature live performances in dance, song and spoken word. Performers include the dance group…

Renowned Spoken Word Artist, Therapist and Leimert Park resident Thea Monyee's exciting new book entitled Murmurs of a Madwomen is available now. Murmurs answers the question, what do you do when an emotional bomb detonates through your life?  Murmurs uses raw emotional imagery and engaging vulnerability to capture the experience of surviving and the beauty found within the…

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A splendid tribute spoken in the language of Jazz and Blues at the American Legion, Post 46.

The perfect weather on Sunday, August 11th complimented the remarkable music shared by the RCM trio at the American Legion in Culver City. It was warm and memorable tribute to a group of men from the Montford Point Marines was part of an All…

I am going to be in the Leimert Park area this Sunday the 18th. I am looking to have a mini Spa day with mani&pedi, eyebrow waxing and a possible facial. Any recommendations? 

89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio recently asked listeners and sources in the organization’s Public Insight Network to describe the kinds of conversations they were having in their communities. The Public Insight Network is a group of people who share their experiences and insights with the KPCC newsroom. The network allows KPCC to provide the…