"Eagle
Rock: Where land use planning is a contact sport"
THE EAGLE ROCK ASSOCIATION
March 27,
2003
(Sorry this is late. We've been a bit under the weather.)
"Thanks for the TERA weekly update. I am continually amazed
by the level of professionalism and technical detail
your group is able to provide to your ever-increasing constituency.
What an asset to a community buried in the LA bureaucratic shuffle.
I've only seen such vigor and intelligence in Larchmont and Brentwood in LA,
and even they don't compare. Keep up the fine work -- while frustrating
--
very rewarding for the betterment of the community."
-- Tom Eidem, noted economic development advisor, San Clemente
In
this issue:
1. AB406 -- ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BILL -- WE NEED THIS!! -- DEADLINE
APRIL 7
2. DOGS' NIGHT OUT: JAZZY CULTURED CANINES -- MARCH 30
3. THANKS TO THE COLLABORATIVE EAGLE ROCK BEAUTIFUL AND COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO
4. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AT LE PETIT BEAUJOLAIS -- ONGOING
5. HIGHLAND PARK'S HPOZ TOUR -- APRIL 6
6. HERITAGE COALITION TO FETE EAGLE ROCK LEADERS -- APRIL 28
7. MAYOR HAHN ANNOUNCES CITYWIDE HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 20.5 PERCENT
8. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT OCCIDENTAL AWARDED GRANT TO
STUDY BACTERIUM
9. WALGREENS WISHES YOU A HAPPY EASTER
10. SOUTHWEST MUSEUM AND AUTRY MUSEUM OF WESTERN HERITAGE MERGER
ANNOUNCED
11. ROCKROSE ART GALLERY EVENTS
12. NORTHEAST LA CALENDAR
13. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
14. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
1. AB406 -- ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BILL -- WE NEED THIS!! -- DEADLINE
APRIL 7
This is what we have been asking for -- for a long time -- an impartial
Environmental Review of developments instead of the developers choosing which
consultant to analyze and draft an EIR. Please support it.
Use this url to find your assembly person.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset7text.htm
In the 43rd assembly district it's Dario Frommer (west end of Eagle Rock)
assemblymember.frommer@assembly.ca.gov
In the 44th assembly district it's Carol Liu (most of Eagle Rock, east of
Ellenwood and north of Yosemite)
assemblymember.liu@assembly.ca.gov
In the 45th assembly district it's Jackie Goldberg (south of Yosemite)
assemblymember.goldberg@assembly.ca.gov
Use this url to find your senator:
http://www.senate.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.HTP
In the 21st senate district it's Jack Scott (Eagle Rock)
senator.scott@sen.ca.gov
In the 22nd senate district it's Gil Cedillo (other parts of Northeast Los
Angeles)
senator.cedillo@sen.ca.gov
AB 406 is a VERY IMPORTANT piece of legislation, YET NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT.
It can place into our hands the ability to fight bad development projects
on a more level playing field.
Please forward this e-mail to organizations, individuals, or press contacts you
know in the State of California who are concerned with the impact of
development, historic preservation, or other environmental issues. We can
expect a big $$ push by the "building" lobby, and maybe others, who
have a lot vested in the currently absurd system that is in place.
Please WRITE, E-MAIL, or FAX your State Assembly or Senate Representative and
ask for them to support this bill.
Assembly Bill 406, introduced by Assemblywoman
Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), proposes to make environmental review -
Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) or "negative declarations,"
impartial documents, not the developer skewed instruments that they are today.
Our own Jan Chatten-Brown, a local environmental attorney, helped draft AB 406.
Recent notable cases where Jan successfully defended the community,
include the battles for state parks at the Corn Fields and Taylor Yards.
(See LA Times article March 6, 2003, Bill Addresses Newhall Land
Controversy, Richard Fausset and Nicholas Riccardi http://www.latimes.com/la-me-newhall6mar06,0,6500297.story
<http://www.latimes.com/la-me-newhall6mar06,0,6500297.story>
)
One of the public's greatest tools when fighting for
historic preservation or against bad development is the Environmental Impact
Report (EIR). EIRs give the community a rigorous public process procedure
with time to organize, while presenting a costs threshold that scares away
developers looking at projects which do not have substantial economic
incentives.
There are two kinds of documents that can address
environmental concerns; a "mitigated negative declaration" and an
EIR. A Mitigated Negative Declaration if approved, serves the purpose of
skipping a full environmental review because a project is deemed to not cause
any environmental harm, or the harm is compensated for in an obvious way. When
a "negative declaration" is accepted by a government agency, the
public process of an EIR is essentially over. This is fine, except that
many times the "negative declaration" is actually wrong. In
that case, the community's only avenue is to take the agency and developer to
court. An EIR on the other hand provides for a document that thoroughly
explores the impact of a potential project, with a series of document releases,
procedural points for public input, and public hearings.
Unfortunately, there is one critical flaw of the
environmental review process that gives developers an unbalanced advantage.
Currently, when environmental impact documentation is mandated -- negative
declaration or EIR -- it is the developer that directly hires a firm to put the
document together. As a result, these documents are blatantly skewed.
Important factual information is inadvertently missing. Every argument
contrary to the developer's objectives, whether from the hired environmental
consultant or public comment, is simply dismissed without any meaningful
substantiation.
Every one of us in the community that has ever had to deal with the EIR process
knows these problems all too well. And the forests that have been sacrificed
for the often massive and utterly useless EIR documents is itself an
environmental shame!
If the EIR is deemed required, in the end the process
usually comes down to a public hearing. The commissioners (or equivalent)
try to weigh the skewed findings of a professionally constructed and defended
EIR, against the usually amateur testimony of the community.
If a "negative declaration" is issued, or a
commission fails to see the truth in a EIR public hearing, the only way for a
community to prevail is to bring these cases to our tax dollar supported court
system. Developers have the distinct advantage, since the community must find
the will and a way to get legal representation. If it goes to court, the
public agency -- our city, county or state government (again using our tax
dollars) -- defends the decisions made based on these flawed documents.
With AB 406 "negative declarations" and EIRs
will now be unbiased documents. Data points contributed from any source,
will now be weighed appropriately amongst all the information collected in the
environmental report. Specifically:
·
Government agencies that determine if a proposed
development may have significant effect on the environment would now be
authorized to hire an independent environmental consultant to prepare a
negative declaration or EIR.
·
Applicants would be prohibited from submitting a draft
environmental review document to the public agency responsible for reviewing
the project.
·
Applicants would be required to provide full access to
sites and information, and would not be able to withhold pertinent information
through "confidentiality" clauses.
·
No comments would be accepted (to influence the
findings of a document), until the comment period begins.
·
Agencies would be charged with "independent review
before adopting findings and conclusions and must base those findings and
conclusions on substantial evidence in the record."
·
Departments would be authorized to pass the costs of
the independent environmental consultant and any internal review costs through
to the applicant.
Community Based Organizations: WRITE!
Individuals: WRITE!
--
andrew garsten
Spokesperson
The Coalition to Save Van de Kamp's
savevandekamps@ixpres.com
323 661 0150
2. DOGS' NIGHT OUT: JAZZY CULTURED CANINES -- MARCH 30
Los Angeles dog-owners are invited to treat their companion animals to Jazzy
Cultured Canines - an evening of jazz and socials that promises fun for doggies
and their human families while benefiting the animals of the City of Los
Angeles.
For an entry fee of $20.00 per person, folks and their pets can enjoy live
music, refreshments and special gourmet doggie treats at Jazzy Cultured
Canines. Geoffrey Tozer & His Swank Pharaohs will provide live music.
L.A. Animal Services will staff the event to provide information on pet
care and services provided by the Department, including its state-of-the-art
mobile spay-neuter clinic called the "Spaymobile." Animal
Control Officers will be available to answer questions on pet care and
ownership. Pet care coloring books will be distributed to children to
help them understand the responsibility that comes with owning a pet.
The doggie cultural event will run from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Sunday, March
30th, in the Dog Area of Griffith Park, located near the John Ferraro Athletic
Field.
Wendy Worthington, who came up with the Jazzy Cultured Canines idea, has
pledged that all funds raised through the event will be donated to the City of
Los Angeles' Spay-Neuter Fund. "Pet Overpopulation is a real problem
in our communities. We have taken on this project with the knowledge that
the Department of Animal Services needs additional resources to carry on and
possibly expand the wonderful programs it has to spay and neuter animals. We
hope this event will bring much needed additional resources to the City's
Spay-Neuter Program."
"We thank Ms. Worthington and her group for taking the initiative to
organize Jazzy Cultured Canines to benefit the animals and citizens of the City
of Los Angeles," said L.A. Animal Services Jerry Greenwalt.
"Ms. Worthington and her group have set a fine example of how caring
individuals can step up to the plate, independently work on a project, and go
to bat for the animals of the City of Los Angeles. We encourage dog
owners to bring their companion animals for a night of family fun that includes
the family dog."
For more information, interested parties can call Jazzy Cultured Canines at
310-497-0558 or visit them on the web at" jazzycanines@yahoo.com.
3. THANKS TO THE COLLABORATIVE EAGLE ROCK BEAUTIFUL AND COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO
TERA wishes to thank Council member Pacheco and the Collaborative Eagle Rock
Beautiful, which comprises all local organizations striving to improve our
town. Because of their efforts, Eagle Rock soon will have the first of
several entry "welcome to Eagle Rock" monument signs. The sign
will be located at the easternmost entrance to our town, on the corner of
Colorado Boulevard and Figueroa Street. The site is now occupied by our
newest business addition, Sav-on Drugs. Sav-on has graciously agreed to
place our monument sign on the property in place of the Sav-on monument sign
that currently sits on the highly visible corner.
John Stillion and Esther Monk, the leaders of the Collaborative, applied two
years ago for a city grant to pay for the sign, and Council member Pacheco
kindly supplied the funds. Our entire community thanks both Council
member Pacheco, the Collaborative, and especially Collaborative member Bill
Stutz, who designed the beautiful concrete and river rock sign. The sign
will include landscaping and lighting. The design was overwhelmingly
approved and welcomed by all parties involved. The Collaborative has
worked out locations for future monument signs as well.
We will keep you updated on the exact date of installation of the sign, as well
as progress on future monument signage for Eagle Rock.
4. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AT LE PETIT BEAUJOLAIS -- ONGOING
Dreamscapes in Photography, the work of photographer Elsa Chabaud of Mexico
City, is a melancholic journey through the cultural remains and forgotten
objects hiding in the dilapidated buildings of Mexico City's Plaza Mayor.
Chabaud has traveled the world capturing on film rich dream-like
narratives and hauntingly romantic landscapes.
Le Petit Beaujolais, (323) 255-5133, is located at 1661 Colorado Boulevard in
Eagle Rock. The exhibition is offered during hours of operation, Tuesday
through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
The Little French Bistro is known for its authentic French cuisine and
delicious pastries and desserts.
5. HIGHLAND PARK'S HPOZ TOUR -- APRIL 6
The Highland Park HPOZ (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone) will be one of five
featured historic districts on an upcoming Los Angeles Conservancy tour on
Sunday, April 6. A historic Craftsman home on Sycamore Terrace will be
open for tour-goers as part of "At Home with History: Exploring Los
Angeles' Historic Preservation Overlay Zones".
If you're interested in this tour showcasing the City's spectacular range of
historic districts, go to either www.hpht.org <http://www.hpht.org/>
or www.laconservancy.org <http://www.laconservancy.org/>
to find out more about the event and tickets. (last year's tour sold
out a few days before hand.) This tour is co-sponsored by the Highland
Park HPOZ Board with support of Councilmember Reyes and help of the Highland
Park Heritage Trust.
Whether you sign up for the tour or not.... the Highland Park Heritage Trust
will open our first exhibition at our space at 135 N. Avenue 50 (next to the
Avenue 50 Gallery) on April 6th as well.
"A Journey Back" features historic photographs and postcards of the
Highland Park area, including a spectacular black and white panorama from the
late 1880s. See what the Arroyo Seco valley looked like just as
development of the area began.
The doors will be open from 10-4 on Sunday April 6th. No charge, just
drop by to learn some local history and enjoy the exhibition.
6. HERITAGE COALITION TO FETE EAGLE ROCK LEADERS -- APRIL 28
The Heritage Coalition of Southern California (HCSC) will honor five local
preservationists -- Kathleen Aberman, Suzanne Prieur, Jeff Samudio, Joanne
Turner, and Eric Warren -- at its Spring quarterly meeting at the Eagle
Rock Community Cultural Center on Monday, April 28.
The Heritage Coalition supports, promotes and assists preservation efforts in
the greater Los Angeles area. Its members includes heritage commissioners,
non-profit preservation and museum groups, city planners, and individuals
interested in building awareness and preserving local and regional historic
sites. "Having the quarterly meetings in different historic sites is a
great way to expand our own awareness and learn about issues and successes in
neighboring communities," adds Glen Duncan, Coalition chairman. "This
is the first time we have given awards to local preservationists, but these
people are supremely deserving and it's a great opportunity to support their
efforts while facilitating our goal of encouraging interaction among regional
preservation leaders."
The Eagle Rock Association (TERA) and the Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society
will cohost the April 28th dinner meeting. For meeting details and cost of the
dinner (Usually $10-$15 per person), call Glen Duncan at 323-344-8430 or email
gduncan@earthlink.net.
7. MAYOR HAHN ANNOUNCES CITYWIDE HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 20.5 PERCENT
Mayor Jim Hahn yesterday announced that the number of homicides in the City of
Los Angeles is down 20.5 percent year to date compared to last year. Last
year there were 146 homicides year to date, in contrast to this year, where
there were 116 homicides.
"This is great news for Los Angeles. Our efforts to put more police
officers on our streets and to work in partnership with community leaders is
paying off," said Mayor Hahn. "I am confident that under Chief
Bratton's leadership at LAPD we will continue to see a drop in violent
crime."
The statistics were provided by the Los Angeles Police Department through March
22, 2003.
8. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT OCCIDENTAL AWARDED GRANT TO
STUDY BACTERIUM
Mark Martin, an assistant professor of biology at Occidental College, has been
awarded a $152,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to
improve our understanding of the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio and its
ecological and medical implications.
Martin, an Eagle Rock resident, is principal investigator of one of perhaps
only four research groups in the world that studies Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
The bacterium pursues and consumes other bacteria, reproducing within the host
cells. Study of such a predatory bacterium is relevant to microbial genetics,
microbial ecology, and health and medicine, since Bdellovibrio consumes bacteria
that cause many diseases in humans.
"Intensive study of Bdellovibrio will be an important first step in
understanding the roles that microbial predators play in nature," Martin
said. "The periplasmic lifestyle of Bdellovibrio may show relationships to
the diverse strategies used by bacteria that cause disease in animals and
plants."
Martin's grant will allow undergraduate participation at all stages of his
research. His techniques will be incorporated into laboratory portions of
relevant courses, and will give students experience at interpreting,
evaluating, and presenting data.
9. WALGREENS WISHES YOU HAPPY EASTER
The following was submitted by TERA member Peter Sutheim:
"Perhaps another reason to resist
Walgreen's incursion into Eagle Rock?
http://boingboing.net/
BOING BOING - National retailers including Kmart, Rite Aid and Walgreens are
selling Easter baskets in which the traditional choco-bunny centerpiece is
replaced with plastic gun-toting military action figures. At the Astor Place
Kmart, the encampment is on display just inside the main entrance. A
camouflaged sandy-haired soldier with an American-flag arm patch stands alert
in a teal, pink, and yellow basket beneath a pretty green-and-purple bow.
Within a doll-arm's reach are a machine gun, rifle, hand grenade, large knife,
pistol, and round of ammunition.
In the next basket a buzz-cut blond with a snazzy dress uniform hawks over
homeland security, an American eagle shield on his arm, and a machine gun,
pistol, Bowie knife, two grenades, truncheon, and handcuffs at the ready.
One must hunt a little harder to find the Easter sniper at Walgreens, but what
lies in wait among the bunnies and chicks there is perhaps even more surreal.
The Super Wrriors (sic) Battle Set and Placekeepers (sic) Military Men Play Set
bristle with toy assault rifles and machine guns, tanks, troop transports,
bomber planes, commanded by armored men with shaved heads and sunglasses. The
assortment also includes a space-age ray gun and other imaginary hardware for orbital
combat. Packets of jellybeans are tossed in as if an afterthought, nestled in
the cellophane underbrush like anti-personnel mines."
10. SOUTHWEST MUSEUM AND AUTRY MUSEUM OF
WESTERN HERITAGE MERGER ANNOUNCED
The finalization of the merger between Southwest and Autry was announced in a
story in the Los Angeles Times Calendar last Friday. Here's the link:
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-reynolds14mar14,0,2279151.story?coll=cl%2Dhome%2Dmore%2Dchannels
The Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition has scrambled to organize since
the February 10th community meeting where we learned some of the details of the
proposed merger.
The coalition includes numerous organizations, indivuals from Northeast LA and
elected officials, not all of which could yet be formally listed in the press
release that we issued earlier this week. For instance, the Mt.
Washington Alliance formalized their position the same day the release was
issued but has had a very active role as individuals on the coalition since the
beginning.
We would like to have formal endorsement and participation from other NE
community organizations as we continue to build the Friends of the Southwest
Museum Coalition and will continue to need everyone's help to ensure a vibrant
future for our beloved Southwest Museum.
Nicole Possert
[Text of LA Times Article]
March 14, 2003
MUSEUMS
Autry and Southwest museums seal a deal.
Officials mend fences with neighbors and the two boards vote on the merger,
which includes a joint October exhibit.
By Christopher Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
Leaders of the Autry and Southwest museums, who delayed their merger efforts
last month when the Southwest's neighbors called for reassurances over the fate
of its historic Mount Washington building, have not only mended fences with the
community but sealed details of their partnership with a joint-board vote.
The vote embracing the merger, conducted over a series of meetings March 3, 4
and 6, moves the merger from questions of whether and how to a question of
when, committing the museums to their first joint exhibition in October.
The deal also charts plans to add 20,000 square feet of exhibition space and
20,000 square feet of viewable storage space at the Autry site in Griffith Park
to make room for parts of Southwest's vast collection of art and artifacts.
The result, said John Gray, formerly executive director of the Autry Museum and
now executive director of the Autry National Center of the American West,
should be "a much more expanded view of the American West" than
either museum could offer alone.
In disclosing their decision Thursday, Autry leaders stopped short of making
guarantees about the fate of the Southwest's longtime home on Mount Washington.
But the facility will remain open for the foreseeable future, and in meetings
and correspondence with neighborhood activists, they have pledged their best
efforts not only to preserve the historic buildings there but keep them open to
the public, ideally as a venue for temporary exhibitions.
To cover costs of the merger, Autry officials say they plan to raise $100
million over the next five years, including $38 million to boost the center's
endowment and an estimated $15 million to restore and renovate the Southwest
buildings.
The most dramatic public sign of the merger will come Oct. 3, when the Autry
will open an exhibition titled "Glorious Treasures: 100 Years of
Collecting at the Southwest Museum."
Under the merger, each museum retains a separate public identity and curatorial
staff. Duane King remains as executive director of the Southwest, with a
national search planned to find a scholar to head the Autry museum. But both
museums will operate as subsidiaries of the Autry National Center of the
American West, headed by Gray.
That center will control finances of the two museums, along with an Institute
for the Study of the American West, which will serve as the research arm for
both museums. That institute will be headed by Stephen Aron, a UCLA history
professor and specialist in the frontier. He will remain on the UCLA faculty.
The enlarged institution will be governed by a board of directors that includes
nine patrons from the Autry museum's preexisting board and three from the
Southwest's. In addition, about 60 other Autry board members and about 20
Southwest board members will carry less weighty governance functions as
trustees of the new center.
Neighborhood resistance had melted over the last month, said Nicole Possert,
chairwoman of Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition, as museum leaders had
laid out a picture of how impoverished the Southwest Museum had become and how
few alternatives there were to the Autry stepping in. In addition, Possert
said, Autry's leaders have persuaded her and others that they'll make a good-faith
effort to revive the Southwest building as a vital public space.
"There's been a back-and-forth dialogue with the community, a
getting-to-know-you process. We really appreciate that they took the time to do
that with us," said Possert.
The Autry was founded in 1988 with the mission of exploring Western history
alongside the pop-culture mythology of the region. Its plump bank accounts
include a $100-million endowment donated in 2000 by Jackie Autry, widow of
singing cowboy Gene Autry.
Until now, much of the museum's 51,000-item collection has focused on reality
and myth of the cowboy in American culture, from old maps to souvenirs from
Gene Autry's career in radio, television and films.
The Southwest Museum, the oldest museum in the city of Los Angeles, was founded
in 1907 and moved to its current site in 1914. Its collection of Native
American art and artifacts, much of it amassed in the institution's early years
under the leadership of founder Charles Fletcher Lummis, amounts to some
350,000 items, from textiles to pottery. But in recent decades, the museum has
struggled with tight money and management scandals, unable to attract major
donations from its own trustees or other sources.
The two institutions, which have flirted for a decade, have been in detailed
negotiations since late 2002, and since January, the Autry has underwritten the
Southwest's operating costs of more than $100,000 monthly.
The museums had set their first joint board meeting for Feb. 20. But when
neighbors of the Southwest packed a Feb. 10 community meeting and pelted Gray
and King with skeptical questions about the future of the Southwest's buildings
and collection, museum officials delayed further steps until more talks with
neighborhood leaders could be held.
The neighborhood leaders, meanwhile, secured a Feb. 14 City Council resolution
that urged Autry leaders to make preservation of public programming a priority
at the Southwest site.
The Southwest building complex, plagued by deferred maintenance needs, has
drawn paltry attendance in recent years. This summer, however, a light rail
stop on the new L.A.-Pasadena Gold Line is expected to open at the foot of the
museum's hill.
In a pledge to the community dated Feb. 25, Gray and King wrote that "the
National Center envisions that the Southwest Museum and Casa de Adobe, located
in Mount Washington, will be preserved and conserved, and that both sites will
continue to be public destinations." They also vowed that they "will
endeavor to create rotating exhibits and displays at the Mt. Washington
site" showcasing the Southwest collection.
The Autry's Gray said preservation architect Brenda Levin will soon resume work
-- suspended amid February's delays -- to assess costs and options involved in
a restoration of the Southwest complex.
As a further preservation step, Gray said, the museum would support the
nomination of the building for listing on the National Register of Historic
Places. (The Southwest Museum and neighboring Casa de Adobe are already on the
city of Los Angeles register of historic-cultural monuments.)
Still, it's impossible to decide the fate of the Southwest property, Gray said,
until Levin's assessment shows the costs involved and new fund-raising efforts
are undertaken.
11. ROCKROSE ART GALLERY EVENTS
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your support and ongoing enthusiasm. As always, you are invited
to join us at ROCK ROSE for the best in new art, books, theater, film, poetry
and music by local and international artists. For the Arts community, we
provide a diverse audience with which you can share your expression as well as
opportunities to socialize with other artists and to serve as a mentor for
aspiring young artists.
Rock Rose is inspired and dedicated to the memory of our mentor, C. Bernard
Jackson, playwright, composer and Co-Founder of Inner City Cultural Center.
Sincerely ~ Your Neighbors
Rosamaria Marquez & Rafael Robledo
Mini Art & Community Notes:
1 Award winning illustrator's Honorio
Robledo's, solo show El Cucuy was a great success.
Council Ed Reyes attended artist
reception, presenting Mr. Robledo with a certificate of appreciation
from the City of L.os Angeles.
Rock Rose Inter-Generational Reading
Program Kickoff with Actor/Musician Rafael Robledo and
Celina Martinez, LACER Literacy
Coordinator, read El Cucuy for kids and adults.
2 Our February exhibition, "Visions of
Peace/Visones de Paz" and associated activities was a great success.
Curating Team: Hector Calderon, Peter
Carrillo, Terry Lloyd and Rosamaria Marquez.
3 We recently took possession of the outdoor
billboard above the gallery. You will now see, "The Angel of
Peace",
created by artists: Peter Carrillo,
Manny Legaspe and Emelda Gutierrez. To be shown through April 6.
4 Int'l Child Art Collection & free "Mexican
Tin Painting" class provided by Barnsdall Jr. Arts.
5 Mandala for Peace inaugurated it's world tour at Rock
Rose. Courtesy of Gwenevere Bridge & 24 artists.
6 We hosted a benefit Art Auction for Diamond Blackfan
Anemia Research Fdn. 14 artists donated work which
raised $3,700. Coordinated by artist
Dave Matke with John Paul Quintero's parents, Marisol and John Quintero.
7 Rock Rose Poets hosted "Poets for Peace".
8 Poet Peter Harris (KPFK host & Mt. Washington
res.) produced an evening of music & poetry
"Inspiration House Poetry
Choir".
9 Our Jazz Workshop, courtesy of Seth Zwerling, Jose
Espinoza and Friends continues EVERY Sunday 3-5 p.m.
10 Rock Rose currently hosts the Native American Author's Book Club
once a month. Next mtg.: April 26, 1-3 p.m.
11 Rock Rose also hosts Narcotics Anonymous every Wednesday, 6-8
p.m.
12 Young Musician's Series will be presented Sundays at 6 p.m. in
association with Ramona Hall Music Program.
Rock Rose presents...
#1 CLASSES Saturday,
March 29 & April 5, 10 am-12 noon
Artists featured in PASSAGES will teach ART CLASSES
($25 per 2 hr session)
A
- Scroll Paintings Inst.: Danielle Ashton
B
- Wire Art. Inst.: Rachelle Doorley
C
- Boxes as Containers .Inst.: Naomi Buckley
Assemble
boxes which can hold emotions and feelings, all the things we can't touch.
Make
either a self-portrait or letter to or story of someone else you know.
D
- Enter with a bang! Inst.: Sonya Nimri.
How
To Make Stylish and Chic Cigar Box Purses and Fun Bottlecap
Jewelry
and Accessories.
#2 CONCERT Saturday, March 29, 9 p.m. Musicians &
Vocalists TBA!
Benefit for Rock Rose Kids Art Class scholarship fund.
Join
us for an exciting evening of music featuring many of our friends.
We
need supplies and funds to offer free classes to kids in need. Spring Session
starts April.
#3 AUCTION Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m. Live Auction! Candle & Glass
Lantern Sale!
Rock
Rose personal inventory will be auctioned: art by Yreina Cervantez, Efren
Parra,
Gloria
Longval, Linda Valejo, Jorge Luna, Leo Politi and others. Collectible cameras,
glass,
ceramics,
toys and other memorabilia. Reception with live music.
All
art can be previewed Wed.-Sat. evenings 5-9 p.m. beginning Thursday, March
20, 2003.
ONGOING : JAZZ - Every Sunday
afternoon. 3-5 p.m. donations welcome
POETRY
- 1st and 3rd Fridays, 7:30 p.m. donations welcome
COMEDY
- All Female Lineup, 8 p.m. donations welcome
NEW! NEW!
ARTS &
CRAFTS FAIRE! Every First Sunday of the Month
Sunday,
April 6, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Please call for details.
Space
still available for artists. $25 ea area.
NEW! NEW! GALLERY RENTAL for
private parties, seminars, photo shoots, music
rehearsals,
live recordings, ONE DAY ART EXHIBITIONS!
Please
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12. NORTHEAST LA CALENDAR
Be sure to bookmark and check regularly for Northeast LA happenings on the Northeast
LA Calendar on line, at
http://mendel.locations.org/community/calendar.
13. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"I think we are all being taken down the highway by corporations who own
all these chain stores that want spots in our neighborhood.
Walgreen's
Kmart
McDonald's
Sav-On
Rite-Aid
Starbucks
These places offer mostly 'DEAD END' jobs. Oh, they may teach someone
good work skills, but most of them work you about 38 hours a week so you get no
benefits, and some of them are being sued for not paying overtime due their
employees.
Have any of us ever wondered how Starbucks put a coffee shop on every good
corner in So. Cal. within months? That must have required tons of money and
resources. It is almost unbelievable.
I hope to see many more 'mom and pop' locations around the Northeast LA area.
There is plenty of room for good food and other types of operations, and
it would be far better for us to support local businesspeople than to succumb
to corporate greed and 'BIG BOX' stores. But this also requires that people
don't always shop price only. . . you have to be willing to support these
businesses, and they have to be good businesses . . . well run with good staff.
I also believe that the more locally owned businesses we have, the less
locals will be run out of the area. I sure hope so in any case.
Any good PHO restaurants in the Northeast?"
-- Dot Snavely, Glassell Park resident
"Thanks for your commitment to Eagle Rock."
-- Teri Aranguren, Eagle Rock resident and TERA member
"[In reference to Catfish Bite's being featured on HGTV] Did you
know that HGTV is not offered by Adelphia in Eagle Rock? My product has
been featured several times (Carol Duvall Show, Smart Design with Nancy Glass)
and I have to ask someone else to tape it for us!"
-- Cardie Molina, owner, Oilcloth International, Inc., Eagle Rock resident, and
TERA member
14. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Give credit where credit is
due."
We welcome your comments. Please include your
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TERA -- The Eagle Rock Association -- YOUR COMMUNITY IN ACTION -- http://www.TERA90041.org --
P. O. Box 41453, Eagle Rock, CA 90041 -- (323) 259-TERA -- a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit public benefit corporation
Joanne Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)