Target Sundays at the California African American Museum (CAAM) ushers in the holiday season with its annual Kwanzaa celebration. Taking place Sunday, December 1, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., this year’s theme is a Kwanzaa Bonanza.  Co-hosted by actress Babe Evans and actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, there will be live performances, an art workshop and an opportunity to sign up for health insurance through the Global Wellness Project.

The official Target Sundays program starts…

“Soul Stirring: African American Self-Taught Artists from the South” on view at CAAM through April 6, 2014

LOS ANGELES (December 13, 2013) – The California African American Museum (CAAM) hosts its latest exhibition, Soul Stirring: African American Self-Taught Artists from the South, on view through April 6, 2014.

The exhibition features more than 50 works by renowned African American artists from the…

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Join the fun!!  Community Gardening Event in 

Leimert Park...Sponsored by my friends at the LA Urban League.

Enjoy...…

Many don’t know they’re at risk, but having regular dental checkups is an important defense against oral cancer.

Oral cancer – cancer in the mouth, on the lips, or in the throat – is a complex disease, and many people don’t know they’re at risk for it, says Dr. Parish Sedghizadeh, a dentist at the Ostrow School of…

Good dental habits for parents and babies prevent problems when kids are older, says USC pediatric dentist Dr. Gardner Beale.

Dental problems are one of the biggest health issues facing kids in Los Angeles. Mouth pain from tooth decay is the number one reason L.A. kids miss school, and children with poor dental…

During November’s American Diabetes Month, USC dentist Dr. Piedad Suarez says patients can prevent the dental risks that diabetes brings.

More than a half-million people in Los Angeles County have diabetes. When a person with diabetes…

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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…

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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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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…

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.…

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…

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…