Live Waiting Room Concert – 6:00 PM

Noisemaker FUNraiser – 6:30 PM

Open Salon / Breakouts – 7:30 PM

About the honorees:

Lummis Days was co-founded in 2006 by Jain and Eliot Sekuler, while Eliot was serving on the boards of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council and the Mount Washington Association. Longtime neighborhood activists and 30-year Northeast Los Angeles residents, they managed their community involvement with Jain’s career in TV and film production and Eliot’s responsibilities as an executive at NBC-Universal. They co-edited the Lummis Day magazine/program: “Out West,” and served as officers on the Lummis Day Community Foundation board: she as treasurer,  he as president and later, as vice president, community affairs. They will miss Northeast Los Angeles and Lummis Days... however look forward to new friends and activities on the Oregon coast.

The “Noisemaker Award,” is named in reverence to the famous entertainments held by Charles Lummis for writers, artists and dignitaries in his Northeast Los Angeles home. The award is presented to a person whose work and contributions to the community are consistent with the mission of the Lummis Day Community Foundation, ‘to celebrate the arts, history and ethnic diversity of Northeast Los Angeles through educational and cultural events and to promote cooperation among people of all ages and backgrounds.' Previous honorees have been former Los Angeles councilmember Ed Reyes; playwright, filmmaker and actor Richard Montoya; literary journalist and best-selling novelist Hector Tobar; local artist and activist Amy Inouye; and, community activist, Southwest Museum champion Ann Walnum, and Chicano/Latino arts and culture advocate Tomás Benitez.