Greater Cypress Park NC Signs On As Lummis Day 2009 Sponsor
The Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council will return as a sponsoring organization of Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles.
The GPNC joins The Autry National Center and the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council as the initial organizations to sign on as sponsors of the fourth annual Lummis Day, a free, public celebration of the history and multi-cultural heritage of the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods. The 4th annual Lummis Day event will be held on Sunday, June 7, 2009.
As in past years, the June 7 Festival will be preceded by educational workshops for teachers and poetry readings and workshops to be held in partnership with Northeast L.A. libraries.
Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, who served as the L.A. Times' first city editor upon his arrival in L.A. in 1885. 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.
Lummis Day is produced by the Lummis Day Community Foundation, Inc. Participation in the organizing and planning process is open to all members of the community. Lummis Day info and updates will be available at
www.lummisday.org.
Eliot Sekuler
818-535-9178
lummisday@yahoo.com
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Arroyo Seco NC To Help Sponsor 4th Lummis Day, June 7, 2009
The Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council will help sponsor the fourth annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles, a free, public celebration of the history and multi-cultural heritage of the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods, on Sunday, June 7, 2009.
The event will feature musicians, artists, dance groups, restaurants and poets representing an array of Northeast L.A.'s ethnic and cultural groups. The third annual Festival, held June 1, drew approximately 9,000 persons to events at Sycamore Grove Park, Casa de Adobe and Lummis Home.
As in past years, the June 7 Festival will be preceded by educational workshops for teachers and poetry readings and workshops to be held in partnership with Northeast L.A. libraries.
Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, who served as the L.A. Times' first city editor upon his arrival in L.A. in 1885. 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.
Lummis Day info and updates will be available here, at
www.lummisday.org
Best,
Eliot Sekuler
818-535-9178
lummisday@yahoo.com 
