This Saturday artists from Bahia, Brazil are ready to dance with you! All ages are invited to move to the rhythms of Brazil.  The FREE Community Dance Party begins at 3:30pm.

Want to learn the correct movements for Brazilian Samba and Samba Reggae? Join the 1pm Samba Workshop with Slleyk da Bahia(Olodum). The workshop is $30 at the door or $25 in advance. No charge for children under 7.

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Casa Cultura Yoga and Dance

1623 Centinela…

If you try to avoid the traffic on Crenshaw as much as I do, you may not have noticed that progress is being made on the demolition of the former Rent-A-Center, Rite Aid Pharmacy, and another empty storefront at Rodeo Road. I've attached a few photos that I took a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the building to the north of Ralph's (Comet Clea…

The California African American Museum (CAAM) will celebrate National Children’s Book Week with the literacy event Heads are Turning, Children are Learning on Saturday, May 18, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Event co-hosts include actor Thomas Hobson of The Fresh Beat Band; actress Niketa Calame of The Lion King (animation); and actor Donis Leonard, Jr. from Showtime’s House of Lies.

During the literary event, renowned children’s author and…

Join CITYstage for a week of free DANCE, MUSIC & THEATRE instruction for teens.

Registration is now open for CITYstage Summer Camp and it's FREE!

Parents - Get the kids out of your hair for a week this summer.

Kids - Get out of the house and learn dance, music and theatre!

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Hundreds of digitally preserved speeches, sermons and correspondence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be on view at the California African American Museum (CAAM) May 5 -11, 2013 as part of an unprecedented effort to showcase the work of the civil rights leader.

With the help of…

Sunday, May 5, 2013, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. - TARGET SUNDAYS AT CAAM…

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Something FABULOUS is happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!!! 

Casa Cultura Yoga and Dance celebrates arts and wellness in our communities. 

Make time for yourself, your body and your mind!! There is more to life than just work.

Casa Cultural Dance and Yoga will offer FREE yoga and dance classes. The first evening starts off with a kick off party featuring…

This weekend Casa Cultura Yoga and Dance celebrates arts and wellness in our communities. They will offer FREE yoga and dance classes. The first evening starts off with a kick off party featuring live music from Cuba. Make sure to RSVP at aryamovementproject@gmail.com for the party and classes.

Friday, April 26th - Opening Party with Live Music from Cuba

Saturday, April 27th - 11am Yoga, 12 pm Brazilian Samba Dance, 1pm Salsa

Sunday - Community Potluck and…

I heard the most amazing speech this morning in the most trying of times.

So many things I've been thinking about were coalesced.

Deval Patrick, speaking in the aftermath of a tragedy that shakes us to our core, becomes a messenger of unity so strong that it evens transcends religion.

"How very strange that the cowardice unleashed on us should…

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My dear friends at the Community Health…

Who do I write to about the rent in Los Angeles  being so high. Why is it right for landlords to go up every year on your rent , when the economy is as bad as it is.

The Mayoral candidates are going to be living in South L.A. over the course of the next 6 weeks or so.  We are supposed to be the voters to carry Gruel or Garcetti into office.  YAY, us!

I'm asking everyone to take the time to get to know each candidate then choose the person who will not forget about South L.A. after the election is over.  Pension reform, cuts to services, DWP blah-blah-blah...  All of that is in the mix.  And all of it concerns every voter in South L.A.  We have to…

(Left to Right) BLOOM Director, Robert Lewis; actor/spokesman Larenz Tate;  Brotherhood Crusade Advocate, Eric Aguiar; BLOOM Youth Lazarrius Taylor; Buffalo Wild Wings Franchise Owner, Karim Webb; Brotherhood Crusade VP of Programs & Operations, Dr. Nathan J. Sessoms; and UPS Area…

Millions of people live in the city, occupying diverse neighborhoods like Little Tokyo, Echo Park and Glassell Park. But how much of the city do you really know? In Take Two's series, Neighborhoods, reporter Tess Vigeland takes us to Leimert Park in South Los Angeles. 

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The atrium-covered Courtyard at the California African American Museum (CAAM) will be filled with dazzling style and creativity during the annual fashion show, “Haute Couture with Hatitude.”  Taking place during Target Sundays at CAAM, April 7, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., “Haute Couture with Hatitude” will be co-hosted by performing artist and choreographer, Ingrid Graham and actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter.  

This marks CAAM’s 9^th annual “Hatitude” event where guests have…

SNAPSHOT: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE INTERRUPTED BY INVASION

“A breathtakingly audacious revelation of Sinnott’s search to find her father . . .

Many aspire to this but few…

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