East LA Community Corporation's annual fundraiser Taste of Boyle Heights brings together good food and good people in support of affordable housing, home ownership, and financial education for low-income families on the Eastside.
Beats by Girlz empowers girls by making music through non-traditional, creative and educational music technology curriculum, collective and community template
In December the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory hosted over 350 families for their joymaker event in partnership with GenerationOn. Hosted by Cece la Mamacita of 93.5 KDAY & Xolo Maridueña of Parenthood and Rush Hour. The joy was contagious!
Forró is a fun Brazilian social dance based on connection. Join Fabio and Andrea every Tuesday night for dance classes and monthly parties.
I've been a long-time supporter of this D.I.Y. collective of LA artists & artisans. Catch them when you can!
A fun collaboration with Jose Ramirez turns into a delicious dish straight from the garden. Recipe from his mom & Decolonize Your Diet book.
The first in a series of music protests outside of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center launched by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
Tonantzin Flores-Ramirez covers an all-time favorite Selena song "Como La Flor" accompanied by Victor Alvarez Carracedo & Chuy Sandoval.
Rossana Perez reads her poem, "Vestida de Novia" at CARECEN-LA to welcome the National Endowment for the Arts to the Pico-Union/Westlake neighborhood.
Ford Theatre Jam Sessions presents a fun-filled night under the stars with Forró music and dance led by Andrea Lopasso and Fabio Santana De Souza.
The Anti-Mall provides a space for Community Members, Performers, and Conscious Consumers to come together and invest their time, money, and energy into putting People b4 Profit.
Traditional Spiritual Dances and Drumming from the Yoruba People of Nigeria. Dance classes formerly taught by Tanya Melendez (Nena Soulfly) at Ijo Ija Academy of Martial Arts.
Alfredo "El Godo" Herrera explains the rasgueo atravesado in Son Jarocho. Includes an introduction and two sones: El Carpintero and El Cascabel. For more information about classes, performances, or instrument making:
Alfredo Herrera
godoson@hotmail.com
alfredoherrera.gonzalez@gmail.com
52-686-5662413
Chicano artist & educator, Jose Ramirez, introduces us to his high density fruit and vegetable garden in East Los Angeles. Taking a creative approach, he fuses gardening knowledge he learned from his family with contemporary ideas about high density urban backyard orchards.
The Caracol Marketplace is produced by a D.I.Y. collective of Los Angeles artisans and takes place on the 1st Sunday of the spring & summer months at Tropico de Nopal Gallery Art Space. It is one of my favorite places to buy directly from the artists and vendors that make their own products. Always original, always handmade, always LA!
Grammy-award winning band Quetzal performs a new song off of their forthcoming album Puentes Sonoros. Take a look behind the scenes of their in-studio recording and summer performance at the Levitt Pavillion, MacArthur Park.