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This should be a great free event.
The East L.A. Civic Center Grand Opening will be on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 from 9am till 10pm. The concert starts at 5pm.
The East Los Angeles Civic Center is located at 4801 E. Third St. in East Los Angeles.
For more information, see Supervisor Gloria Molina’s website or this article from the LA TIMES.
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Our next Latino/a Blogger get-together will be May 19th at 7pm at Antigua Cafe in El Sereno. The changes should make it easier for people to come hang out - a later time (at 7 insted of 6) and longer hours (the place closes at 11).
If you are a blogger with a Latina/o-slant or a potential Latina/o blogger come hang out. No agenda. No pressure. No RSVP necessary. We are just people who like to share thoughts and information using the web.
Antigua Cafe is located at 4836 Huntington Dr S in El Sereno.
What do you like about Southern California? The weather? The diversity of the people who live here? The beach?
And what do you like about your neighborhood? The restaurants? The architecture? The history? The taco trucks?
Now, if you had a magic wand, how would you make your neighborhood better? Would you like to have healthier restaurants? How about making your community greener? Make it more bike-friendly? Maybe adding something unique to the main street?
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative, LANI for short, is an organization dedicated to teaching regular people how to change their communities. One of the best ways they accomplish this is through the LANI Community Forum. The LANI Community Forum takes place at a great venue (with delicious free food) where people gather to learn, network, share ways to make our communities better.
The Sixth Annual Community Forum will take place on Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 8 am till 2:30 at the USC Davidson Conference Center. The USC Davidson Conference Center is located at 3415 S. Figueroa Street in Los Angeles.
As a special treat, the one of our favorite screen stars, Keenen Ivory Wayans, will share his experiences as the Keynote Speaker.
Registration starts at 8. At 9, attendees are treated to a delicious breakfast while listening to the keynote talk. At 10:30, attendees go to the SESSION 1 discussion of their choice. There will be a break at noon for a light complementary lunch. At 1, the SESSION 2 workshops begin.
Some of the sessions we are looking forward to are:
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Parking is free in USC’s STRUCTURE #2, close to 3533 Flower Street.
More information about Keenen Ivory Wayans from LANI:
Keenen Ivory Wayans is regarded as one of the most successful directors of this generation. He is the CEO behind The Wayans Brothers’ enterprise, and over a period of twenty years they have built a truly accredited brand which is recognized as one of the most respected family brands in America today.
Keenen is also recognized as a pioneer of the eco-conscious and green movement. From nutrition awareness and lifestyle to sustainable real estate development, Keenen lives the eco-experience in every facet of his
life. This summer he will launch a program targeted to urban areas to raise the importance of eco-consciousness and green awareness.
Keenen serves as Co-Managing Partner of Wayans-Pacifica Capital Urban Development Partnership, which focuses on real estate development and investment in urban areas throughout the United States.
For more information visit LANI.org.
At a time, when ticket prices for live entertainment are more expensive than ever, the New Los Angeles Theater Center will start off their ”Spring on Spring” programming with a free event featuring dance, music, food, and art. The great thing about the full Spring on Spring series of over 15 events is that no single event is over 12 bucks. Even better, 50 bucks will buy a pass for all the events.
The free kick-off event, Fresh Paint, will be Friday, April 18, 2008 at 9 pm. This should be a fun night with a variety of performances. The night will feature music by Cita La Muñeca Rota, Ricardo Ochoa, and the rock cello player Semyon Kobialka. There will be krump dancing by Buckworld One. The Art adorning the walls will be from the famous Chicano artist GRONK & the pop artist William Deutsch and to round out the party spirit, D.J. Original Bozak will use his turntables to make you move.
The New LATC is located at 514 S. Spring Street, in dowtown Los Angeles.
All this is free, but reservations are required. To reserve a place, send an email to Kick-Off@THENEWLATC.com.
For more information, visit TheNewLATC.com.
If you are a blogger with a Latina/o-slant or a potential Latina/o blogger come hang out at the cafe. Latino bloggers get together the third Monday of the month at El Gallo Cafe. For April 2008, we will meet on Monday, April 21at 6pm. The place closes at 8.
No agenda. No pressure. No RSVP necessary. We are just people who like to share thoughts and information using the web.
El Gallo Cafe is located at 4545 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. in East Los Angeles.
This is your chance to be in the same room with one of the greatest minds on the planet.
Professor Stephen Hawking will be discussing using a black hole as a door to a different universe on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 8:00 PM at the Beckman Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology. Caltech is located at 332 South Michigan Avenue in Pasadena.
This event is free. No reservations are required. We would recommend getting there EARLY to get one of the 500 coveted seats in the auditorium that will be allocated on a first-come, first served basis. This talk will be geared as much as possible for a general audience.
The black hole is one of the most interesting phenomema in the universe. The theories associated with the black hole’s ability to warp time have led some to believe that through black holes, one can travel back and forth in time. CLICK HERE to listen to a great segment from This American Life for a great story that revolves around black holes.
More about Stephen Hawking from the Caltech website:
Stephen Hawking holds the Lucasian Professorship at Cambridge University (the professorship once held by Sir Isaac Newton) and is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at Caltech. For the past 45 years he has been a world leader in research on black holes, the birth of the universe, and the nature of space, time, and gravity.
For more information about this event, visit:
http://events.caltech.edu/events/event-5301.html
