Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council :: Forum

Stolen Bicycle [by Janelle McGlothlin]

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:40:51 -0000

Bicycling in NELA:: Stolen Bicycle

My Somec road bike was stolen this morning as I was getting ready to ride my son to school. If anyone hears anything or sees it, please contact Charly at 323-490-3029. You can see a picture here: http://www.highlandparkresidents.com/?p=1130.

Thanks!

March News from Heritage Square Museum [by robert mendel]

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:31:18 -0000

Arts, Music, Culture & Architecture:: March News from Heritage Square Museum
March News from Heritage Square Museum

1. Don Benito Wilson: From Mountain Man to Mayor
In the spirit of uncovering the fascinating history of Southern California that doesn't always get talked about, we hope you will join us on Sunday, March 14 at 4:00 pm to hear author Nat Reed present Don Benito Wilson: From Mountain Man to Mayor. The special event is $10.00 for General Audience; Free for Museum Members. Call 323-225-2700 x 223 for reservations.
Read more about Don Benito Wilson on our blog.

2. Vintage Fashion Show and Tea Returns
Take a step back in time and enjoy historic costumes as Heritage Square Museum presents its annual Vintage Fashion Show and Tea on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. With the museum's historic Longfellow-Hastings Octagon House as the backdrop, models will present over 40 vintage and reproduction clothing ranging in style from a 16th century Elizabethan gown to a 1960s Brooks Brothers Tuxedo. After the show, visitors can enjoy an afternoon tea, view a vintage clothing display inside the Perry Mansion, shopping in our Museum Store and more.
Admission to the event is $15.00 for museum members $20.00 for the general public, and $5.00 for children 6 to 12. For information and reservations, call the museum offices at (323) 225-2700 ext 223. For a printable flyer of the event, click here.
The Vintage Fashion Show and Tea is made possible by generous support of the Costumer's Guild West, Councilman Ed Reyes, the Loose Teas Cafe and Gifts, and Mary Martinez. Door prizes courtesy of Cookie Lee Jewelry.

3. A Golden Vision educators now available to come to your classroom
As part of our ongoing efforts to meet the needs of teachers in the area, A Golden Vision docents are now available to go to your classroom to interact with your students. The museum recognizes that cuts to education mean that schools may not be able to afford the bus trip to Heritage Square, so this is the museum's way of bringing Heritage Square to your school! Learn more about our education programs by visiting www.agoldenvision. org. For more information email educator@heritagesq uare.org or call ext. 224.

On a related note, the museum is looking for a donation of a stereoscope for use in our education programs. If you have a stereoscope that you would like to donation, please contact Jessica Rivas at ext. 224.

4. LA Heritage Day just around the corner
Over 40 historical organizations have already signed up for the April 11th event. Last year, groups ranging from the Culinary Historians of Southern California to the Los Angeles Conservancy made this a great day to enjoy all the various aspects of life in Southern California. This year the event will feature a "heritage showcase", Pink's Hotdogs and lots of opportunities to discover the history of the region in new and exciting ways.

If you represent a historical group, museum or society that would like to participate, you simply need to fill out a form found here. We would like to thank the Spectra Company for being the first official sponsor of LA Heritage Day and METRO for being a media partner. To learn more about sponsor information, contact (323) 225-2700 ext. 221.

LA Heritage Day is put on by the Los Angeles Heritage Alliance. Learn more at http://laheritage. blogspot. com

Please take two minutes to fill out a survey by clicking here

Have Facebook? Become a fan of Heritage Square Museum.

Follow us on twitter here.

Not a member or need to renew? For a form click here.
For questions on membership, email development@ heritagesquare. org
or call (323) 225-2700 ext. 221.

Celebrating 40 years telling the story of the development of Southern California
More at www.heritagesquare. org and heritagesquare. blogspot. com
Visit our new website for educators at www.agoldenvision. org
Unlock the key to history at Heritage Square Museum

Re: CD 14 Contact information [by robert mendel]

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:27:30 -0000

CD 14 Forum:: CD 14 Contact information
*** The LAPD Neighborhood Watch Program is encouraging us to use e-Policing. It's for after you have reported a crime, either through 911 or for a non-emergency problem or observation you can call 877.275.5273. You can sign up today at www.lapdepolicing. org and get real-time neighborhood specific crime alerts and information, get news and notices concerning our community, and get police department and neighborhood watch information.

If you see graffiti, we have several options to report it. Frankly, for the quickest response, I'd suggest you use all of them each time. First, call the city directory 311, and report the location address, nearest cross streets and color. They will send someone out in a few days. If you call in for graffiti on a private business, they will tell you they'll get to it in about twice as long!??

You can also go on your computer to turn in graffiti at www.anti-graffiti. LACity.org -- or, lastly, you can call our City Councilmember Jose Huizar's El Sereno field office at 323.226-1646 and report it to them. This might be the most effective use of your time. Just keep reporting. Hermon is one of the cleanest little communities around, and we'll keep it that way -- together.

e-Policing - Graffitti Removal, Crime Watch Program [by robert mendel]

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:26:16 -0000

Crime News in Highland Park & LA Community Policing:: e-Policing - Graffitti Removal, Crime Watch Program
*** The LAPD Neighborhood Watch Program is encouraging us to use e-Policing. It's for after you have reported a crime, either through 911 or for a non-emergency problem or observation you can call 877.275.5273. You can sign up today at www.lapdepolicing. org and get real-time neighborhood specific crime alerts and information, get news and notices concerning our community, and get police department and neighborhood watch information.

If you see graffiti, we have several options to report it. Frankly, for the quickest response, I'd suggest you use all of them each time. First, call the city directory 311, and report the location address, nearest cross streets and color. They will send someone out in a few days. If you call in for graffiti on a private business, they will tell you they'll get to it in about twice as long!??

You can also go on your computer to turn in graffiti at www.anti-graffiti. LACity.org -- or, lastly, you can call our City Councilmember Jose Huizar's El Sereno field office at 323.226-1646 and report it to them. This might be the most effective use of your time. Just keep reporting. Hermon and Highland Park are a couple of the cleanest little communities around, and we'll keep them that way -- together.

e-Policing - Graffitti Removal, Crime Watch Program [by robert mendel]

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:22:53 -0000

City Services, Beautification, GRAFFITI REMOVAL & Transportation:: e-Policing - Graffitti Removal, Crime Watch Program
*** The LAPD Neighborhood Watch Program is encouraging us to use e-Policing. It's for after you have reported a crime, either through 911 or for a non-emergency problem or observation you can call 877.275.5273. You can sign up today at http://lapdepolicing.org - Get real-time neighborhood specific crime alerts and information, get news and notices concerning our community, and get police department and neighborhood watch information.

If you see graffiti, we have several options to report it. Frankly, for the quickest response, I'd suggest you use all of them each time. First, call the city directory 311, and report the location address, nearest cross streets and color. They will send someone out in a few days. If you call in for graffiti on a private business, they will tell you they'll get to it in about twice as long!??

You can also go on your computer to turn in graffiti at www.anti-graffiti. LACity.org -- or, lastly, you can call our City Councilmember Jose Huizar's El Sereno field office at 323.226-1646 and report it to them. This might be the most effective use of your time.

What's Happening at the Audobon Center! [by robert mendel]

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:55:06 -0000

Audobon Center in Debs Park:: What's Happening at the Audobon Center!
Audubon Center at Debs Park
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM – 5 PM

March 2010 Calendar

Every Sunday Morning (8:30 – 9:30 am)
Free Tai Chi Class

Enjoy a peaceful early morning in our courtyard. Volunteer instructor, Wayne Qian, will teach you techniques to ease your tension and stress, and improve your balance and breathing.

Saturday, March 13 (8:30 – 10:00 am)

Family Bird Watching Walk en español
For families with children ages 4 and up. Join an Audubon naturalist in looking for birds in Debs Park. This walk will teach you how to identify birds that live here. Bring your own binoculars or borrow some of ours. This program will be presented in Spanish.

Saturday, March 20 (9:00 – 11:00 am, rain or shine)
Women’s Fitness Hike
Ladies: Get movin’ with Maria from Azteca Training Center. She will lead a moderate hike up and down the hills of Debs Park. Bring water, wear workout/hiking shoes.
Free child care for ages 4 and up will be provided. English and Spanish speakers welcome.
Saturday, March 20 (2:00 – 3:00 pm)
Family Nature Hike
Come on an exploration hike in beautiful Debs Park! Meet in our entry courtyard. English and Spanish speakers welcome.

Saturday, March 27 (1:00 – 3:00 pm)
Art and Nature
Join artist Patricia González and an Audubon naturalist as we discover the nature of Debs Park through art. Families with children of all ages are welcome.

Saturday, March 27 (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
Old Time String Band Jam Session
Listen and dance to local area musicians strum Southern Appalachian style fiddle and banjo tunes. Bring your own instrument to join in on the fun!

March at the Coffeegallery Backstage [by robert mendel]

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:52:05 -0000

Arts, Music, Culture & Architecture:: March at the Coffeegallery Backstage
Are you feeling blue? DEPRESSED? Picked on? Not understood? LONELY? In need of song and conversation?

Unemployed and unappreciated? Do not damage yourself. Don't feel abused or do or say

harmful things. You could be 3 feet tall and talk in a high, squeaky voice. It's all relative.

And would you like to be HELPED for free and not have to see, or pay a psychologist or psychiatrist?

It is all available in that "little cafe, along the way, the carousel, the wishing well."

We'll be seeing you on Wednesday and Sunday night just as you come in the door at

The Coffee Gallery. In the window, overlooking the street, your new friends await you to join them

in song. On Wednesday, bring your computer for "lap top sing along." I think this Wednesday they will be

singing the songs of 1967. The lyrics will pop up on your computer screen and Duane will play guitar

and lead. Sunday will be open mic night and some amazing talent will be singing and making merry.

Enjoy "the scene." Warm, fuzzy and waiting for you. Free of charge. Just be there. 8:00 P.M. on and on.

You can be penniless (part of your depression?) and no one will care but you. Pull up a chair and

you can even get a rub down with a velvet glove as long as you bring the velvet glove. Oh, Bob.

Watch our front window become a musical wonderland. Get ripped on caffeine and be depressed faster.

WE CAN SUPPLY FANTASY:

Pretend you are an international jewel thief cooling off before your flight to Bosnia. Sing all the songs backwards and in a guttural accent . Stick a large raisin onto your left cheek. It will complete the deceit.

Bring your own raisin. Be self sufficient. You will feel better about yourself.

See the entire weekly (every week) program outlined by clicking on: (this is a professional presentation)
http://www.coffeegalleryfrontstage.com/ (you may have to plug it into Google).

Donna Barnes-Roberts says: Sparkling things are happening in the front of The Coffee Gallery and in the backstage

area (The Coffee Gallery Backstage). That quaint cafe at 2029 N. Lake is becoming the hot, intellectual and

entertainment spot of all San Gabriel Valley if not all of Los Angeles. Be part of the scene.

We are professionals. Do not try this at home. You could put your eye out and look foolish.

Check out my new blog about the fork in the road. Don't know about
it? Check out www.theforkintheroadgang.com .
And I am also now doing a blog about "What You Missed at The Coffee
Gallery Backstage" showing past happenings with a link to what's
next! That one is at: coffeegallerybackstage.blogspot.com.

"Art is about PASSION. And passion is beyond reason." -- Donna
Barnes-Roberts

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The Coffee Gallery Backstage

2029 N. Lake

Altadena, CA. Phone for Reservations: (626) 794-2424... after 10:00 A. M.

THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. Extra Value added. DINNER & A SHOW.   You are invited. Cody and the gang want to sing to you by the campfire. Come have dinner with us and hear the best music around.

THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE....with mandolin phenom...EVAN MARSHALL...Tight harmonies, burning tempos, earnest showmanship, shiny instruments-a show even a desperate sufferer of A.D.D. could enjoy! These boys swing and swing hard in the style of Bob Wills and all the Texas Playboys with a big dose of vocal harmony thrown in.
All New! Be the first to experience it for yourself….with maybe a close friend or two. You owe it to your Country! And your Western!
An evening of cowboy fusion (better than it sounds!) starting promptly at 7:01PM w/ Dallas Doug tinkling, or tickling, the ivories doing your favorite Americana requests. Then camp cookie Denver Duane takes over to croon a sagebrush ballad or two. Or three. While all the time you help yourself to a western buffet of chili, cornbread, tortillas and homemade “Heartland” salad.
The musical main course will be Foy Willing’s Riders of the Purple Sage featuring cowboy crooner Cody Bryant as well the musical talents of an all star cast. Let them cast, ok, maybe it is a pun, a western spell over you. Jackson (Evan) Marshall will be there to dazzle you with his fiddle and mandolin work. The king of the country western drummers Landon McCoy will twirl his sticks for you at dizzying daredevil speeds. Cowboy Mike will play harmonica in ways that would make even Blues Traveler consider paying the cover charge.
Even if you think this sort of thing isn’t your cup of tea you’ll find yourself slurping it up like a fine Coffee Gallery iced mocha on a hot summer day. Maybe you don’t remember Saturday matinees and Roy and Gene but the music is timeless and catchy in the hands and hearts of today’s Riders of the Purple Sage.
Keeping a 67 year old musical legend fun and fresh is not a job for sissies. Today’s Riders take on the challenge and leave any doubts scrambling for the next stage outa town! Come see why their shows sell out. And have a bowl of chili to boot. Three hours plus and a three-course meal. All for only 24.99
Tuesday,  March  2. ShowTime: 8:00 P.M. Tix: $24.99 with grub.
Food at 7:00 P.M. Come early. Circle around the Chuck Wagon. Grab Chuck's corn bread.
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This will be a most cool show. Good guitar work. Wizardly. Hawaiian guitar, too.
WALTER STRAUSS...Plus...JIM “kimo” West.....A many-layered, multi-textured, one-man folk festival." – Maverick Magazine (UK) "...dazzling...guitar-based music with an artistry that’s unparalleled." – The Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY."...really musical and quite innovative" – Pierre Bensusan, renowned French-Algerian guitarist.

Walter Strauss is a "wizard of the fingerstyle guitar" (Netrhythms UK), a songwriter educated by the ghosts of the high desert where he was born. His music is simultaneously fiery and refined, and his multi-layered guitarwork will make you swear several are playing at once. With roots in American song and a unique style that evokes far reaches of the globe, Walter's music mesmerizes - be it a song about the vast American West or an ambitious guitar translation of traditional music from another part of the world.

In addition to his solo work, Walter has performed throughout North America, the UK and Ireland with musicians ranging from Grammy nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate to eclectic songsters The Burns Sisters and fiddle legend Vassar Clements.

Recently, Walter produced Stevie Coyle's (formerly of The Waybacks) solo CD, & was lauded in the press throughout the UK and Ireland on his breakout 22-show solo tour. Now he brings his jawdropping fretwork and creative shenanigans our way - www.walterstrauss.com. Check out Walter on youtube - click here.  Jim Kimo West is an award-winning Hawaiian "slack key" guitarist and a veteran of Hawaii's famed slack key festivals where he has performed alongside noted players such as Ledward Kaapana,
Cyril Pahinui, Ozzie Kotani, Makana, George Kahumoku and many others. He is known not only for his exciting live performances but also for his many original instrumental slack key compositions as represented in his catalog of five solo CD's.

Thursday, March 4.  ShowTime: 8:00 P.M. Tickets: $15
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Bob Stane says: A guitar goddess. Think Laurence Juber and the otherworldy folks. With sax phenom.. CHLOE FEORANZO, opening the show with accessible jazz and mellow tunes. What more can I do for you? I ask so little. Just come to this show. Sensational.

Read the text, please. VICKI is a big deal. Featured in many guitar magazines.

I really want them both to return and I need you in one of my fine, plastic seats. Do it for Bob.

I need a full house to get Vicki to come back. Really, I do.

VICKI GENFAN....Using 29 alternate tunings and the percussive technique she calls 'slap-tap', Vicki creates waves of sound with two hands and her voice. Drawing from folk, jazz, pop, soul and world music, whether covering the tunes of others or presenting her own compositions, Vicki has a distinctive style that is pushing the boundaries of the singer/songwriter genre. “I understand completely why the audience applauds and whistles so wildly...this is fiery, living music.”     - IndieMusic.com

She has been featured at the International Montreal Jazz Festival, Germany’s Open Strings Guitar Festival and Italy’s Soave Guitar Festival. Luna Guitars has unveiled the Vicki Genfan model (created by master luthier Gray Burchette) with all the bells and whistles that Vicki’s playing requires, including a Jumbo body which lends itself to the full tones she needs for her percussive style.
"I forgive myself for forgetting what a great singer she is; it's no wonder...her voice moves inside me as only something that comes from inside can."  - Frank Goodman, Pure Music
Sometimes the revolution begins quietly and only later does the full impact sink in.  That’s how it was when Vicki Genfan won the title of Guitar Superstar in the 2008 competition sponsored by Guitar Player Magazine. Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal said,

“It's a stunning victory, a barrier shattered. Guitar Player is a male-dominated domain -- the only photo of a woman musician at work in the current issue is a microscopic shot of bassist Rachel Haden with her back to the camera. The magazine is often a tribute to speed, power, volume and gear. Ms. Genfan plays an acoustic guitar without effects."

Vicki has joined the world’s greatest guitarists and musicians at festivals such as The International Montreal Jazz Festival, Germany’s Open Strings Guitar Festival and Italy’s Soave Guitar Festival. In 2005, she was a featured artist on “La Guitara”, the first compilation CD featuring female guitarists from around the globe, released by Vanguard Records.  In the US, sample venues include Swannanoa Gathering, Mayfair Festival of the Arts, Don Quixote’s and other listening rooms, including house concerts.  She is in demand for guitar workshops, master classes, clinics and dealer demos.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2009
Vicki Genfan Guitar! Luna unveiled the Vicki Genfan model created by master luthier Gray Burchette with all the bells and whistles that Vicki’s particular type of playing requires, including a Jumbo body which lends itself to the full tones she needs for her percussive style.  Vicki’s connection with Luna led to her 12 seconds of fame on The Price Is Right demonstrating a guitar.

IndieGrrl Award: Certificate of recognization for valuable contributions to Music & Arts.

Coming Soon! Vicki spent July  in the Truefire Studios creating her first instructional video, "3-D Acoustic Guitar" which will be available later this year.

“After witnessing her mind-blowing performance of an original composition entitled ‘Atomic Reshuffle,’ a panel of guitardom’s elite dubbed Vicki Genfan 2008 Guitar Superstar. Contained within the 3:57 acoustic tour-de-force was a combination of playing techniques that produced not just chords and melodies, but also bell-like harmonics and percussive rhythms. Genfan’s approaches to composition and playing stem from her desire to capture dense harmonic ingredients, her affinity for open tunings, and her dream to groove like Earth, Wind & Fire’s Verdine White.”
  ~ Chris Buono, Guitar Player Magazine
Plus...CHLOE FEORANZO: the 17-year old old sax and clarinet wunderkind who’s now tripling on mandolin. This brilliant musician completely wowed the crowd at their CGB appearance on two occasions. Chloe Feoranzo began playing the saxophone around the age of 10 in the Pacific Beach Elementary Band .  Since then, she has become one of the busiest young saxophonists in San Diego. She plays lead tenor sax with Jazz Xpress.
She studies with San Diego jazz musician Keith Jacobson and the legendary Charles McPherson. She travels to San Antonio a few times year to develop her skills in traditional jazz with her mentor Ron Hockett of the Jim Cullum Jazz Band.  She fell in love with the traditional style of jazz and became hooked on improvisation. In the 2006 festival, she not only played with the Jammers but also wowed the crowds when she sat in with Mighty Aphrodite, Hal's Angels, Paris Washboard, Uptown Lowdown, Blue Street, Nice and Easy, and others. In 2007, the Festival invited her to be their first ever youth guest artist. They assigned her to sets with great bands such as the Pieter Meijers Quartet, Cornet Chop Suey, Wally’s Wayside Waifs, vibraphonist John Cocuzzi, reed whiz Anita Thomas, guitarist Katie Cavera, the Climax Jazz Band and the Night Blooming Jazzmen. She was a huge hit, and is booked for a repeat performance in 2008.

In addition to her saxophone prowess, Chloe is an accomplished clarinetist. She is assistant principle clarinet in the San Diego Youth Symphony and Philharmonia. This year the Philharmonia performed Mozart’s Requiem, with the San Diego Master Choral and San Diego Opera at Copley Symphony Hall.  She just completed her first solo CD. Friday, March 5. ShowTime: 8:00 P.M. Tickets: $18
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Many times here. Always a winner.

JOYCE WOODSON.... brings her wester-tinged original music to the West Coast.
Her warm voice makes a perfect setting for songs written about the West.
A gifted guitar player and stunning singer - a “must see” since she rarely
plays Southern California.  She is touring with her to promote her two albums
and was recently deemed, “One of the best singer songwriters of the year,
By SING OUT! Magazine.
Saturday, March 6. ShowTime: 7:00 P.M. Tixs: $15
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Fans of potatoes arise. Follow the colors whether you be Idaho, Chip, French, skins or eyes, do as a potato
is destined to be. Make us proud of our veggies. None of this negative"sour cream" talk.

THE PRATIES...The Praties (Irish slang term for potatoes) are a traditional Irish band that play jigs, reels, polkas and rousing songs.
    They rock up the traditional Irish tunes and blast away at the old ballads. The five members play a variety of instruments
    including fiddle, guitar, uilleann pipes (Irish bag pipes), whistles, flute, mandolin, harmonica, bodhran (Irish drum), autoharp,
    accordion and banjo. This lively band also performs other rock and folk songs like “Locomotive Breath” and the Battle of New Orleans.   Their original songs like “Dawning Of A New Day” elaborates on the current upturn in Ireland’s economy and “I’ll Take California” which celebrates their great affection for the Golden state. So brace yourself for the full sound and Gallic hyjinx of “The Praties”! See them at: http://www.thepraties.com/
Sunday, March 7. ShowTime: 7:00 P.M. Tickets: $15
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Huge and glowing reviews in dozens of magazines. Something new and hot.
The Horse Soldiers, the nation’s premiere Americana band, bring their unique harmony-driven Western folk-rock to The Coffee Gallery Backstage. In business for over 20 years, the five man one woman group’s roots run deep: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and so many more. Join us for a distinctive musical journey from the shores of Ireland to the old Southwest through the streets of Liverpool and Hollywood to the front door of The Coffee Gallery.  The Horse Soldiers have appeared in a wide variety of venues from ghost towns to the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood. But one thing is certain, no matter where they perform, the audience leaves with a smile on their faces and a song in their hearts.
Monday, March 8 . ShowTime: 8:00 P.M.  Tickets: $18.00
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Read all about Duo Baltica. Their opera treatments blew the folks away at The Coffee Gallery Backstage.
Lots of European flavored songs and good, solid folk music too. Three fresh young faces and talents.

A very reasonable price for nifty classical music.

Go To: www.coffeegallery.com and click around a lot. See their photo.

DUO BALTICA are a spirited blend of song and harmony on a mission to immerse their audience in the grand world of intrigue, passion, and betrayal that is classical vocal music. Comprised of soprano Roksana Zeinapur and pianist Guinevere Saenger, these two up and coming musical artists bring to life their musical performance with dramatic expression, character portrayal, and personal charm.
Joined by fiddler/violinist Cosima Luther, they express the relations between classical and folk music at the cross-section of style and art.
Be it unapologetically Mozart, all-American Gershwin, folk tradition, or new compositions, Duo Baltica will deliver a personalized, intimate performance that you won’t want to miss.
The nice, fat paragraph:
Duo Baltica, a name alluding to both artists’ roots near the Baltic Sea, began as a collaboration several years ago at the California Institute of the Arts. Both Roksana and Guinevere were involved with CalArts Opera Ensemble under the direction of Mark Robson and Marc Lowenstein, as well as performed frequently with the CalArts Baroque Ensemble under oboist Allen Vogel and harpsichordist Patricia Mabee. In 2009 Roksana was a resident at the Intimate Opera Workshop and Songfest. She is also an accomplished pianist and works as an accompanist in the community. Guinevere premiered several new California compositions with the New Century Players, and has collaborated with other musicians in concerts in North America, Germany, and Austria. Both Guinevere and Roksana are artists with MusicOnArgyle, a group dedicated to promoting new California composers and their work.
Duo Baltica are honored to share the stage with violinist Cosima Luther. Ms. Luther is a riveting performer equally versed in the folk, jazz and classical styles and has performed with orchestras, chamber music ensembles and folk bands in USA, Germany, Austria and Korea. She has held residency at the Aspen Music festival and had been an artist in residence for 5 consecutive years at the Rocky Mountains Fiddle Camp. She is an active orchestra musician in the Los Angeles area and holds degrees from Pepperdine University and University of Southern California Thornton School of music.
Tuesday, March 9. ShowTime: 8:00 P.M. Tickets: $15
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Call for reservations: (626) 794-2424. After 10:00 A. M. is best.

To View the shows and pretty pictures go to: www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm

Always park in a parking lot on Lake Ave. or on Lake Avenue, by the curb, itself. Lots of free parking on Lake
and in the parking lots of small businesses on Lake.

Remember that Billy Goat Gruff lives in a sewer drain (s) on the side streets and he will eat you.

Bob Stane says: I could be lying about Mr. Gruff, the carnivorous goat, but do you want to take that chance?

Bring friends and family to The Coffee Gallery Backstage. New converts are needed. Be nice and share.

Re: Burbank MS and Lincoln HS to be run by existing teacher applicants [by douglee]

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:28:05 -0000

Human Relations, Education & Youth Development:: Burbank MS and Lincoln HS to be run by existing teacher applicants

Here is a functional link to log on to LAUSD for the report,

http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/docs/PAGE/CA_LAUSD/LAUSDNET/RESOURCES/VOLUNTEER_PAGE/SCHOOL_Of_CHOICE/FULLDOCPSCRECOMMENDATIONS_0.PDF

It's a 75 page PDF file, it may take a while to load.

Re: Ed Reyes CD1 Blog - http://lacityorgcd1.blogspot.com [by robert mendel]

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:12:54 -0000

CD1 Forum:: Ed Reyes CD1 Blog - http://lacityorgcd1.blogspot.com

February 25, 2010

Firecracker Run 5K/10K and Festival- L.A. Chinatown

Come celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Tiger in Chinatown this weekend, Feb. 27-28, when the Los Angeles Firecracker Run Committee, Inc. presents the 32^nd Annual Firecracker 5K/10K Run, Bike Ride and Nite n' Day Festival. Events kick off Saturday at 9 a.m. with a 40K Bike Ride and the debut of a 75K Bike Ride starting in Chinatown's Historic Central Plaza near 940 N. Broadway.

The Firecracker Nite n' Day event which lasts the entire weekend will feature, for the first time in Los Angeles, Circle Painting. Circle Painting, an international success, transforms art spectators into participants by large-scale paintings based on a circle theme. The live music and entertainment festivities, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Business Improvement District, run Saturday from 10 a.m.-10 p.m., and continue through Sunday from Noon-4 p.m. at Central Plaza.

The historic 5K/10K run will commence on Sunday at 7 a.m. The scenic course begins and ends in front of Central Plaza. Join me and the 2010 Miss Chinatown Court for the opening ceremony at 7:30 a.m. You can register in person on Race Day, beginning at 6 a.m., at Central Plaza. Proceeds will benefit the local community with donations to educational, fitness and literacy programs.

Reyes Discusses Census 2010 on Midday Sunday Show on Fox11

Join me Sunday, Feb, 28, at 9 a.m. as I discuss the importance of the 2010 Census on Tony Valdez's Midday Sunday show on KTTV Fox11. The 2010 Census is a snapshot of our nation's population. Census data defines our voice in Congress. It helps determine how more than $400 billion annually is spent on schools, hospitals, roads, senior citizen centers and other services. The City of Los Angeles lost more than $200 million in federal funds from the last census. That's why it's very important that you fill out and mail back the census questionnaires. You will receive your questionnaire in March. It should take about 10 minutes to answer 10 questions. By participating in the census, you can help create a better future for you and those important to you.

Huitzil Recycled Glass Art Exhibit at Antigua Coffee House
Stop by Antigua Coffee House, 3400 N. Figueroa St., in Cypress Park to check out the liquid plastic on glass art of Northeast Los Angeles artist Huitzil. Enjoy Antigua's popular Mayan Mocha Latté, while viewing the Mesoamerican-themed art made from recycled glass.To see more of Huitzil's art, visit www.myspace.com/huitzilquintosol. Information: (323) 379-6148.

The Eastsider LA Blog Highlights First District Mainstays
The Eastsider LA’s recent blog videos have a distinct First District flavor to them. One video highlights legendary puppet master Bob Baker's devotion to puppetry. Bob Baker Marionettes, in the First District's Temple Beaudry community, has entertained thousands of people worldwide including school children at Councilmember Reyes’ annual Winter Wonderland event.

Another Eastsider LA video spotlights Footsies, a Cypress Park bar on North Figueroa that is home to Soul in the Park, a bi-weekly DJ event. Josef Bray-Ali’s Flying Pigeon bike shop in Cypress Park is featured in the last video.

The Eastsider LA blog, according to its creator Jesus Sanchez, "explores the joys, hassles, contradictions and general weirdness that defines Echo Park and the Eastside of Los Angeles." Watch the videos at this link: http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2010/02/eastside-cinema_18.html.

Crosstown College Rivals Visit Dodger Stadium on Sunday

Start the baseball season early at Dodger Stadium and support a great cause. The Dodgers and the Dodgers Dream Foundation on Sunday, Feb. 28, are hosting the inaugural Dodgertown Classic with a college baseball doubleheader of Vanderbilt and Oklahoma State at 10 a.m., followed by USC and UCLA at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $5 (Day of game tickets cost $10) and can be purchased in advance at www.dodgers.com/classic, and in person at USC and UCLA campus box offices. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Dodgers Dream Foundation to help build Dodgers Dreamfields. Parking is free.

Re: MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO BALANCING BUDGET WITH CONSOLIDATION OF TWO CITY DEPARTMEN [by robert mendel]

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:17:45 -0000

How Neighborhood Councils Work:: MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO BALANCING BUDGET WITH CONSOLIDATION OF TWO CITY DEPARTMEN
The City of Los Angeles is slowly dismantling

This fiscal year-2010 $200+M deficit over an above that which was reduced
Next year-2011 after everything this year - $400-500M
Year after-2012after everything this year - $500-600M
Year After-2013after everything this year - $600-700M
Then 2013-2014after everything this year - $800-900M
Check the CAO's budget forecast through 2014, delivered in January 2010

If the 800,000 plots in LACity take a $1000/plot-year fee increase for 5 years tha would solve the government's fiscal deficits, except for the pension plans and ERIPs.

NCs will be Very Lucky to survive at all in the coming years
>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>
DONE and the BONC have been dismantling the NCs and thereby the reasons to exist for a while.

How many BONC members have been on the NC board??

Where have they been since the fights last year to amazingly, to me, to keep the budget we did last year. and to keep the roll-over funds this year

Many NC boards have their strong opinions regarding the DONE staff and how they have "promoted" the NC and "helped" us come to the current state.

The City Clerk was going to charge the same costs to adminster elections as the total budgets for all NCs ($4-5M for one year'd election), sound almost like DONE. (Orig. $5+M vs $5+K/NC x 90 = $500,000)

Some NCs wanted the entire DONE to be taken over/outsourced/ PPPed to a real management or accounting consultancy. ..

If we can keep $40K budgets for 2010-11 and get rid of the CityClerk elections and do our elections
OR
Delay all elections by one year and keep our budgets for 2010-11

It is not pretty

For DONE/BONC to ask for help now after their performance during 2009-10 generally adds insult to injury, ask any of the NC treasurers.

What will the BONC do without any staff or position??? About as much as they have done in the past......

TOM

--- On Sun, 2/21/10, Christopher Howard <christohoward@ gmail.com> wrote:
From: Christopher Howard <christohoward@ gmail.com>
Subject: [nelalist] Dismantling DONE
To: "nelalist@yahoogrou ps" <nelalist@yahoogroup s.com>
Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 10:32 PM
Written by Al Abrams, DONE Board Member, Saturday, 20 February 2010
Dear NC Friends,

DONE is being dismantled starting at the beginning of the week with an
announcement by the Mayor and a press statement. Its remnants will
be going over to CDD, the Community Development Department, over the next four months.

Transition employees, between 2/24/10 and 6/30/10 will equal approximately
13 full-time staff, perhaps less.

Starting July 1st, at CDD there will be a "skeleton crew" of only 9-10
employees left to take care of the needs of all the 90 NCs.
The Commission stays.
We have to make sure that the City Clerk elections remain in place.
This is VERY important.

Some Councilmembers want to immediately stop the elections with an
emergency ordinance at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

Their goal: take the balance of the money that is left in the elections
account, and leave the NCs to "do their own thing." They're hiding
behind the statements of "giving back the elections to the Neighborhood
Councils".

This is a false and insincere attempt to gut the NC system.

The truth is that this will be disastrous for NCs. Without a staffed
department there to help them, which is about to be "scrubbed clean" and
without ANY funding for ANY elections, NCs will be left out in the
cold to fend for themselves.

I cannot emphasize enough that stopping the elections now with an
emergency ordinance and stripping the City Clerk's office of its election
funding will result in chaos throughout the City and dismemberment of the NC system.

You must contact your Councilmember immediately and tell him or her
to "let
the NC elections continue as planned with the City Clerk's authority and
supervision for this year's complete election cycle."

We can all deal with the way elections are to be held in 2012 at a later
date.

Please spread the word. If you need more information, please feel
free to
contact me.

Best regards,

Al

Albert Abrams
Vice President
Board of Neighborhood Commissioners
City of Los Angeles
albert.abrams@ lacity.org

posted to nelalist by c howard