GREAT GUMBO OF ART, MUSIC AND DANCE STYLES ON TAP
AS THE LUMMIS DAY FEST RETURNS TO HERITAGE SQUARE
FOR ANNUAL NORTHEAST L.A. FREE ARTS GALA, JUNE 5
Music, dance and poetry representing a colorful patchwork of cultural traditions will be presented at the sixth annual Lummis Day Festival, Sunday, June 5, the free all-day arts festival that has become the signature cultural event of the Northeast L.A. neighborhoods.
The dual-site Festival runs from 10:30am-7:00pm.
The main stages for 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 architecturally significant buildings that have been preserved at Heritage Square Museum.
The Lummis Home |
Charles Lummis - at work |
Before Heritage Square opens to festival-goers at 1:00pm, the Festival's opening morning event will take place at Lummis Home (200 East Avenue 43), beginning at 10:30 AM with readings by acclaimed poet Steve Kowit and veteran actress Dale Raoul, plus music, art exhibits and refreshments.
The Festival's art exhibit, this year featuring unique prints by top Northeast L.A.-based artists, will continue at Lummis Home until 5pm throughout the day while performances, music, dance and community activities shift to nearby Heritage Square Museum, beginning at 12:30pm. Some of the historic buildings at Heritage Square will be available to Festival-goers via docent-led tours.
Music and dance will be presented on three stages. Among the artists who will appear at the Heritage Square site this year are Gingger Shankar, The Delgado Brothers, La Santa Cecilia, Dub 8, Teo Franco y Su Trio San Pedro, El Haru Kuroi
and the Futura salsa band.
Dance artists will include the Ballet Coco Mexican folkloric performers, the Cleary Irish Dancers, a classical and jazz ensemble from the Renaissance Arts Academy and the Cypress Park Folkloric Dancers. Poet Wanda Coleman will read her work with the accompaniment of jazz guitarist Joe Calderon. Additional performances will be announced here, on the Lummis Day website.
Heritage Square
Artists featured at this year's "The Lummis Print Fair" art exhibit will include Olivia Barrionuevo, Kathy Gallegos-Mas, Cidne Hart, Linda Lyke, Don Newton, Poli Marichal, Sonia Romero & Rod Smith. The exhibit, which will be hung within the century-old Lummis Home salon and adjoining rooms, is curated by Juan de Jose. Outside, in the courtyard, craft exhibits will be on display and wood-carving demonstrations will provide family entertainment from noon until 5:00pm.
Free shuttle service will be provided by the city to the two Festival sites from designated parking area. Parking information and complete performance schedules are available here, at www.LummisDay.org |
