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Mother's Day |
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below for some multi-cultural festivals
where you can bring your mother and loved
ones. Festival locations range from the
San Fernando Valley and Hollywood to Watts.
Take your pick!
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NoHo Theatre and Arts Festival |
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Hollywood boasts the largest live arts festival
in California.The festival, now in its 13th year,
features live theater performances of comedy,
improvisation, drama and musicals performed by
top local theater companies. Festival activities
will also include international entertainment
from South Africa and Russia along with local
Brazilian tango and flamenco dance troops on three
concert stages, and more than 250 fine art, crafts
and NoHo marketplace exhibits. Visitors are encouraged
to use the Metro Rail system to reach North Hollywood.
Come celebrate local artists and great local weather!
May 14 - May 15, 2005
Look up Metro
Red Line
Schedules
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Israel's Independence Day Festival
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Israel’s 57th Independence day will
be celebrated this year on May 15th, 2005.
This community-wide event initiated 16 years
ago has become a well known and prominent
event in the greater Los Angeles area. The
Festival has grown to attract over 45,000
people. The Festival includes: non-stop
entertainment, fashion show, carnival rides,
200 booths of vendors and Jewish/Israeli
organizations, a variety of ethnic food
for sale, Israeli folk dancing, arts and
crafts, Israeli and Jewish cultural &
heritage pavilions and an Israeli art exhibit.
Come and learn about all the different ways
people practice Judaism both here and abroad.
May 15, 2005
Learn about the construction of the Metro
Orange Line!
more info >>
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Spotlight:
Experience LA WiFi at Pershing Square NOW AVAILABLE
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Thursday, April 28th, Pershing Square in Downtown
Los Angeles became a wireless hot spot. The entire
park is internet accessible—free of charge!
Take your wireless enabled laptop or PDA and access
the internet, your e-mail, and Experience LA Metro
Adventure tours of the surrounding area. Also, check
out the LA County Cultural Calendar, filtered for
local Downtown LA events. Internet access, sunshine,
Bunker Hill...great deal!
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Check
out the site! http://www.experiencela.com/pershingwifi/
For
a full list of free WiFi spots around Los Angeles, click
here.
Look
at photos
from the opening day; read the Mayor's
WiFi and Beyond Panel Report (PDF).
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of the the San Fernando Valley is included
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A Show for ½ Price
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 Theater
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Visit www.LAStageTIX.com
for ½ price tickets and a list of shows playing in
greater Los Angeles.
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About
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Experience
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the City
of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), the
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles
County Arts Commission, LA Inc., the Convention and Visitors
Bureau, the University of Southern California and a group
of other private and public partners.
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Mother's
Day Events
Sculptures, concerts, and
menudo cookoffs are just some of the ways
you can get out in the community this Mother's
Day.
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Music
of the Motherland
May 8
The
Japanese American Cultural and Community
Center is hosting an event that will speak
to the roots of some of the Asian Pacific
Islander population in Los Angeles- Hawaii.
In honor of all mothers, Hawaiian musicians
will gather for a journey back to their
roots - the mother of their musical lives.
Music of the Motherland is a kaleidoscopic
sampler of traditional to contemporary island
offerings at their best.
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2nd
Annual Mother's Day
Blues and Jazz Extravaganza
May 8
Celebrate the day with some of LA’s
top Gospel, Blues, Jazz & Soul performers.
Bring your picnic basket filled with food
and drinks and enjoy a day out at the John
Anson Ford Amphitheatre where no seat is
farther than 96 feet from the stage. The
singer, Barbara Morrison, has performed
with a virtual "who’s who"
of the Jazz and the Blues worlds.
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Mother
of Humanity® Statue
This unique bronze sculpture by artist Nijel
BPG is an inspirational monument that celebrates
the contributions of women to civilization.
The Mother of Humanity has multi-racial
features, including Amerindian, African,
and European traits, representing a common
matronly figure for our region. It is the
Watts Labor Action Committee's statement
of dedication to the community. The sculpture
is part of the Blue
Line Watts Public Art Metro Adventure.
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Roots
of My Community
May 7,8
Come to the Olvera
Street plaza for a festive weekend honoring
mothers in the Latino community. Cinco de
Mayo is the inspiration for this outdoor
event highlighted by the first annual Menudo
Cook-Off and A Taste of LA, celebrating
the great food our city boasts. This is
a perfect opportunity to see La Placita
Olvera and its surrounding areas, which
include the socially active La Reina de
Los Angeles Mission Church, art galleries,
and the Downtown Civic Center.
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