Hey Folks...
Sending out a public request on behalf of one of my neighbors in Leimert Park. DWP, please do a proper repair of this water main break on 5th Avenue and 41st Street. It's been this way since November of 2010!!!
ContinueAdded by Heather Lee Presha on December 16, 2012 at 1:06pm — 4 Comments
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD POST NO PARKING ON DEGNAN ON A WEEKEND, WHERE DO YOU SUPPOSE TO PARK ?
Added by CHERYL BAILAS PEMBERTON on December 15, 2012 at 8:10pm — 2 Comments
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Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree
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The California African American Museum (CAAM) will host A Day of Learning II, Saturday, December 15, 2012, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a curated tour of Exposition Park venues. Starting and ending at CAAM, close to 1,000 children from select Boys and Girls Clubs in Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as various schools and organizations from L.A. City Council Districts 8 and 9 will tour CAAM, the California Science Center, the Natural History Museum (NHM) of Los Angeles County and…
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Don't be shocked as I was when you drive to the rear of the post office on Crenshaw across from Albertson and discover that ALL OF THE MAILBOXES have been REMOVED. WHAT THE......??? None in the front.......none down the block or on surrounding corners that I could find. How arrogant is that to remove critical services from the community without widespread media or mailed warnings. I am checking corners where mailboxes used to be to determine the extent of the removals. DO THE SAME AND SHARE…
ContinueAdded by Bob Thomas on December 12, 2012 at 10:57pm — 1 Comment
Every year Curbed Los Angeles takes submissions for their Los Angeles Neighborhood of the Year award. As we all know Leimert Park is one of the most up and coming areas of Los Angeles and this is our chance to share our neighborhood pride with a huge audience. From…
ContinueAdded by Christine Johnson on December 7, 2012 at 7:05pm — 2 Comments
Leimert Park has been ch osen as one of four locations the National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will visit on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Please join us at 7:15AM in the park as we gather to represent the Crenshaw/Leimert community and rally to welcome Delta Sigma Theta.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a non-profit organization founded in 1913 by 22…
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Check out the trailer for D. Channsin Berry's new documentary The Black Line (A Profile of the African-American Woman) Part 3.
The Black Line Part 3 Trailer from Bradinn French on Vimeo.…
ContinueThe traditional tree lighting in Leimert Park Village has a new location.
The Holiday Tree – a giant tree decorated and lit up for the next month – won’t be in the park at the foot of Leimert Park Village. Instead the Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration takes place south…
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African American ARTISTS from across Los Angeles:
“The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is a proud supporter of Los Angeles’ 2013 African American Heritage Celebration. This celebration will promote and encourage an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City’s African Americans in culture, education, politics, business, technology, and the arts. As part of this celebration, DCA is once again creating a calendar and cultural guide showcasing African…
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Hey Folks...
Just passing this along. Seems like a great opportunity!
Best of Luck to the Seekers!
~HP
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It’s been noted that “beauty is not one’s own, but a reflection of one’s culture.” During the month of November, the California African American Museum (CAAM) branded series, Films at CAAM, will present four documentary screenings that will explore the impact and ramifications of America’s cultural obsession with beauty, pageants, competitions and images.
Each documentary screening will begin at 7 p.m., every Thursday, from November 8th through November…
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Attention Leimert Park voters, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office has an online tool that tells you your polling place. Just put in your address number and street name and your voting location pops up. Mine is MLK park rec center on Western. Hope to see you there.
Polls are open from 7 am - 8 pm, Tuesday, November 6.
Via…
ContinueCAAM will screen “The Central Park Five” – a new documentary produced, written and directed by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns. This film examines the infamous 1989 NY case of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After spending years in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime, and the…
ContinueAdded by Terri Dixon on October 31, 2012 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments
Can someone tell me the name of the Saxaphone Player who performed at the Taste of Soul October 20, 2012 the last performer who just blew it away on that saxaphone. I would like to see this dude again.
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In 1992 the Endeavour Space Shuttle launched into space on its first mission. On the shuttle was the first African American woman, Dr. Mae C. Jemison, to travel to outer space. Sunday, November 4, 2012, Dr. Jemison will give personal accounts of traveling on the Endeavour, her career and life inspirations that led her to becoming a trailblazer during the California African American Museum’s program, Target Sundays at CAAM starting at 1p.m. Dr. Jemison is set to take the stage at 2…
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