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Educational Workshop |
| Register now for the two LAUSD-approved point-credit classes in Feb, A River Runs Through It: Charles Lummis & the Culture of the Arroyo Seco.. <<more>> |
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Poetry Series |
| High on the list of popular events during Lummis Day is the poetry, which is supported by readings and presentations of local poets in the weeks preceding.. <<more>> |
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Fund Raisers |
| Each year the Lummis Day Community Foundation holds a variety of events prior to the Festival that are meant to raise funding for the event & increase exposure.. <<more>> |
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• GET INVOLVED
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Looking to donate to a local cause you can believe in? Support Lummis Day 7, our all FREE cultural festival celebrating the many ethnic communities in one of the first and most diverse areas of of Los Angeles, Northeast LA !!!
That's right .. everything (except food, if desired) is FREE to the public, and the Lummis Day Community Foundation plans to keep it that way!
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.. we can't do this without the generous support of individuals like you.
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• ABOUT THE EVENT
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This Is Lummis Day 7 |
Music, dance and poetry representing a patchwork of cultural traditions will be presented at the 7th annual Lummis Day Festival, Sunday, June 3, the FREE all-day arts celebration that has become Northeast Los Angeles' signature cultural event.
The multi-site festival runs from 10:30am-7:00pm. |
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The main stages Lummis Day's performances will again be located at Heritage Square Museum (3800 Homer Street), where the best of home-grown Northeast L.A. music, dance, food and community resources will be presented amid the historic and buildings that have been preserved at the museum site.
As always, the two-part Festival's opening morning event will take place at nearby Lummis Home .. <<more>> |
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• ABOUT CHARLES LUMMIS
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Charles Lummis - local hero |
The amazing life of the Festival's namesake, Charles Lummis, is a nearly unparalleled saga of pioneer adventure, vision for the future and civic engagement.
Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, who joined the L.A. Times as the newspaper's first city editor in 1876. A prolific writer and |
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photographer, Lummis was also one of the city's first librarians, founded the Southwest Museum and helped introduce the concept of multi-culturalism to Southern California.
Among the many amazing facts about
the life of Charles Lummis is that he's reported to have walked from Ohio to Los Angeles!
Talk about determination !! <<more>> |
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