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79 • September 15, 2005 |
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Music Festivals
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out the many festivals occurring in Los Angeles
and celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage
Month.
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World
Festival of Sacred Music
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 The
World Festival of Sacred Music is a 16-day city-wide
festival. It opens this weekend at UCLA's Sunset Canyon
Recreation Center Outdoor Amphitheater on the evening
of September 17th. The opening will feature artists
from Siberia, the Czech Republic, Korea, Thailand, West
Africa, Mexico, and the USA. Make sure to check out
the many events of this festival occurring at the Ford
Amphitheatre, Madrid Theatre, Skirball Cultural Center,
Central Library, and concluding at Santa Monica Beach
on October 2nd.
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Day
of the Drum and the
Simon Rodia Jazz Festivals
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 On
September 24th and 25th make sure to attend events at
the Watts Towers Art Center. On the 24th celebrate the
role of drums and drummers in world cultures, past and
present at the 24th Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum
Festival. On the 25th, make plans to attend the 29th
Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival, the City's
oldest jazz festival. This event pays tribute to the
American music forms of jazz, gospel and rhythm and
blues. There will be activities for children and informational
material at community service booths. Food and Arts
and Crafts will be available for purchase. Both events
include day-long Universal Drum Circles.
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info >>
 Take
the Metro Blue Line to Watts Towers! Only 4 blocks south
of the Hahn/Graham station!
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Spotlight:
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This
Week's Featured Ticket Giveaway:
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Win
Tickets to US Premiere of Dreamer!
The 11th Annual International Family Film Festival
(IFFF) offers you the chance to win a family pack
to see the US premiere of of Dreamer on September
29, 2005 at 7 PM. A Dreamworks film, Dreamer stars
Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristopherson, Kurt Russell,
and Elizabeth Shue. The film will screen at Edwards
Valencia Grand Palace Theater at the Valencia
Town Center.
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Metro
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Did
You Know?
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Biddy Mason was a former slave and black nurse/midwife
who became a successful entrepreneur and a generous
contributor to social causes. She was one of the first
African American women to own land in Los Angeles, and
in 1872 she and her son-in-law, Charles Owens, founded
and financed the Los Angeles branch of the First African
Methodist Episcopal Church, L.A.'s first black church.
Visit Biddy
Mason Park and see the public art installations
that honor this extraordinary woman.
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See
A Show for ½ Price
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 Theater
– Music – Dance
Visit www.LAStageTIX.com
for ½ price tickets and a list of shows playing in
greater Los Angeles.
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About
Experience LA
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Experience
LA is a public service provided by the Los Angeles County
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.
Interested
in becoming an Experience LA Partner? Apply
Online.
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Hispanic Heritage
Month
Hispanic Heritage
month occurs from September 15th through October
15th. Appreciate the richness and diversity of
Hispanic Heritage at these events.
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Latino Heritage Celebración
Take your kids to the LA Zoo to celebrate Mexican
Independence Day on Sept. 17 and 18. This event
includes all-day live entertainment, arts and
crafts workshops for children, and pinata breakings.
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Latin Fusion
After more than 30 years as percussionist Latin
Jazz legend Pete Escovedo debuts his collected
Artworks at NoHo Gallery LA from Sept. 1 to Sept.
28. His style of painting fuses radiant and vibrant
colors with textured canvases mixed with pre-Columbian,
Mexican, Peruvian, African and French influences.
In celebration of Latin Heritage Month, NoHo Gallery
LA will also highlight some of L.A.’s most
talented Latino artists representing a beautiful
blend of art mediums and styles.
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Behind the Altar: Retablos
From Sept. 22 to Dec. 31, the Craft and Folk Art
Museum presents "Behind the Altar",
an exhibit of retablos, the colorful Catholic
iconography indigenous to Mexico. Retablos are
small oil paintings on metal or wood, depicting
one of the hundreds of Catholic saints invoked
for benediction. With its roots deeply embedded
in Spanish proletariat heritage, the retablo art
form took form in post conquest Mexico and flourished
in the late 19th century.
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