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"Lummis Day"
2011
The Sixth Annual
Festival of Northeast Los Angeles
June 5, 2011
10:30am - 7pm
Come Celebrate the Spirit and Diverse Culture
of L.A.'s Northeast Neighborhoods
with Food, Music, Art, Poetry and Dance ! |
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EVENTS that supported LUMMIS DAY 2011 The list keeps growing !!!
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The 4th Annual Lummis Day Library Series VIVA POETRY! was held during the first three Saturdays in May !!!
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Click here for flyer / more info on: VIVA POETRY
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Viva Poetry
The 2011 Lummis Day “Viva Poetry” series was spotlighted on public radio station KPFK 90.7 FM's “Poets' Café” program airing Wednesday, April 27 at 8:30 pm.
Suzanne Lummis led a half-hour discussion with poets Jessica Goodheart and Austin Strauss and introduced this year's Lummis Day poetry line-up. The 2011 “Viva Poetry” series, was held on three successive Saturday afternoons, beginning on May 7 with an event featuring Austin Strauss and Brendan Constantine at the Autry National Center for the American West in Griffith Park. On May 14, the series shift to the Eagle Rock branch of the Los Angeles Public Library and featured poets Jessica Goodheart and Suzanne Lummis. On May 21, the series concluded with an open microphone event at the Los Angeles Public Library's Arroyo Seco branch.
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The “Viva Poetry” series led into the opening event of the 6th annual Lummis Day Festival on Sunday, June 5, which begins at 10:30 am with a poetry reading featuring some of Los Angeles' most acclaimed poets.
The 2011 Lummis Day Festival will include music and dance performances beginning at 1:00 pm at Heritage Square Museum and an art exhibit at Lummis Home, beginning at noon. For more information on all Lummis Day events for 2011, visit www.LummisDay.org.
This year's “Viva Poetry” series and the June 5 poetry reading at Lummis Home are sponsored by PEN Center USA and Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. |
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 Lummis Home |
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Annual Benefit - Sponsored by the Lummis Day Community Foundation, Inc - CLICK HERE !!!
Was held Saturday, May 7, 2011 - 7pm to 9pm at the Lummis Home and Garden
Pre-sale Tickets $30 (or $35.00 at The Door) -- Food, Wine, and Drinks Included In Admission
This event will take place outdoors at the Historic Lummis Home and Garden, 200 East Avenue 43, Los Angeles, CA 90031. Please dress warmly and bring a sweater or jacket. Download the EVENT FLYER here (pdf) |
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Charles Lummis |
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Annual Teachers' Workshop - "The River Runs Through It" - CLICK HERE !!!
Was held Saturday, February 12, 2011 and Saturday, Saturday 26, 2011
LAUSD Approved (1) Point Credit Class NA-14-159 - CSU San Bernardino Two (2) Continuing Education Units, Additional Fee
The Arroyo Seco culture is characterized by the larger than life persona of Charles Fletcher Lummis, the first city editor of the Los Angeles Times, one of the city's first librarians, and founder of the Southwest Museum. READ MORE ABOUT IT |
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King of Spain |
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Lummis Day Benefit Event - "Cinema Fund Raiser " - CLICK HERE !!!
The Lummis Day Cinema Fund Raiser was held Saturday, February 12th at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts.
Featured films: "When Worlds Collide" with Rubin Martinez (PBS, 2010) and William Selig's 1912 silent era hand color-tinted classic "The Coming of Columbus" (with piano accompaniment by keyboardist Michael Feldman).
Updates coming soon !!! READ MORE ABOUT IT |
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Take the Metro Gold Line to SouthWest Museum Station for Lummis Day
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