"Eagle
Rock: Where land use and planning is a contact sport"
THE
EAGLE ROCK ASSOCIATION
--
e.letter --
August
9, 2001
Please encourage interested friends
to send their e.mail addresses to us at artburn@earthlink.net so we can keep
them informed, too.
In this issue:
1. CULTURAL CENTER ART EXHIBIT -- "WOMEN'S
WORK" -- OPENING RECEPTION AUGUST 11
2.
EAGLE ROCK COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER NOW HAS A WEB SITE!
3.
PLATT COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE -- TODAY, AUGUST 9
4.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO WORK TO BEAUTIFY -- THE WORLD ALWAYS NEEDS MORE
5.
A NOTE FROM CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSIONER KAYE BECKHAM
6.
EAGLE ROCK HILL DRIVE "STROLL FOR LIFE" -- AUGUST 18
7.
GARDENERS ON TV -- WHOOPEEE!
8.
MORE LOCAL FAST FOOD (BUT IT'S IN GLENDALE)
9.
LETTERS AND E.MAILS
10. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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1. CULTURAL
CENTER ART EXHIBIT -- "WOMEN'S WORK" -- OPENING RECEPTION AUGUST 11
Women in Design Los Angeles and The
Eagle Rock Community Cultural Association are proud to announce "Women's
Work," a juried art exhibition at the Gallery at the Eagle Rock Community
Cultural Center, 2225 Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, showing August 1
through August 31. Opening reception
will be this Saturday, August 11, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
This exhibit will provide a forum
for works exploring the myriad roles women play in the challenging realm of the
visual communication arts. As women
artists and designers, business owners and activists, "Women's Work"
will showcase dynamic works embracing women's lives, women's art, women's work.
Many Eagle Rock and Northeast Los Angeles women
artists will be showing their work, and therefore showing their true selves,
including long-time, well-known community activist and business owner Linda
Allen; her very vibrant, talented, and painterly daughters Candace and Mindy
Allen; Patricia Neal, photographer and owner of swank coffeehouse Swork; Anne
Richardson-Daniel, graphic designer and involved parent at Eagle Rock
Elementary; and my own illustrator self, among others.
I'll bet many of you thought I was
only a proud TERA-ist -- well, remember what my dear friend Phil Barbaro once
so succinctly said: "If you want to get something done, put the artists in
charge."
We hope to see you at the opening
this Saturday, August 11, starting at 2:00 p.m. Feel free to wander in any time between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. If I know the elves responsible for setting
up this event as well as I think I do, it is guaranteed to be great.
Please come and see what we women
are truly capable of.
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2. EAGLE
ROCK COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER NOW HAS A WEB SITE!
Hello members, patrons
and friends of the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center! Here's a quick note to announce our web site
on the internet. To view the site please go to http://www.erccc.com. Thanks to volunteers Candace Allen for
designing the site and Anne Richardson Daniels for hosting. The web site is still in template stage but
will soon have updated information for your benefit. If you wish to contact us please continue to use erccc@hotmail.com
or call us at (323) 226-1617. Thank you
for your interest in and support of the Cultural Center.
Denise Seider, Executive Director
Lui Sanchez, Program Director
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3.
PLATT COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE -- TODAY, AUGUST 9
This message is from Eagle Rock's
own Platt College:
"Today, August
9th, Platt College, 7470 N. Figueroa Street, Eagle Rock, is hosting an Open
House from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A
light buffet will be served and a Web Page Development Class given at no cost.
Interested parties are asked to RSVP by calling 323-258-8050. Please come and see and hear about how
Graphics Design, Multi-Media and Information Technology can change your life
for the better. We offer careers that
are in demand!"
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4. THANKS
TO THOSE WHO WORK TO BEAUTIFY -- THE WORLD ALWAYS NEEDS MORE
On behalf of The Collaborative
Eagle Rock Beautiful, I would like to thank the following for taking part in
the preparation, plant donation and planting of the Alma Lodge:
The Green Bank
Smith & Hawken
Collaborative Members
with special thanks to Mary, Ivory, Jerry and Jeff
Demi from the Alma
Lodge
Thanks again.
Christy - Project Manager
"Never doubt that a small
group of committed people can change the world. It is the only thing that ever
has."
-- Margaret Mead
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5. A NOTE FROM CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSIONER
KAYE BECKHAM
In regards to the "Shopping Bag Building"
issue, Cultural Heritage Commissioner Kaye Beckham writes:
"Hilary Norton
Orozco and Michael Southard presented me with flowers after the committee
meeting 8/1/01 as a thank you for the Cultural Heritage Commission taking the
'Shopping Bag Building' under consideration.
I thanked them at the
time and told them I could not accept their lovely gift due to the City Ethics
Commission policies. Hilary stated yes,
you can, they are not from a group, they are from us, and Michael agreed. The card was signed from 'Hilary and Michael.' In this awkward situation and the commotion
of everyone leaving the meeting, I accepted the flowers.
Today I spoke with a
representative from the City Ethics Commission. In the best interest of my commission and the community, the
flowers will go to Solheim Lutheran Home today -- a non-profit
organization. Please note that
regardless of who the gift was from, it was not appropriate for me to accept
it.
I thank Hilary and
Michael for their unnecessary, but kind, gesture."
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6. EAGLE ROCK HILL DRIVE "STROLL FOR
LIFE" -- AUGUST 18
Don't forget! The Eagle Rock Hill Drive "Stroll for
Life" happens Sunday, August 18 at 8:30 a.m. The event benefits the American Cancer Society and is sponsored
by MorusaRecords.com, The Arroyo Seco Journal,The American Red Cross,
Sparkletts Water, Eagle Rock Radio, Connie's Cleaning Service, and Community
Vision. The starting point is at the corner of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Hill
Drive, and the walk ends at Eagle Rock Park (a piece of cake!). Check out the flyer in the latest Eagle Rock
edition of the Arroyo Seco Journal, or visit http://www.MorusaRecords.com for more information.
See you there!
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7.
GARDENERS ON TV -- WHOOPEEE!
Speaking of beautification, this is
in from gardening guru Glen Dake:
Gardeners:
We're gonna be on TV -- see press
release below for Dan Tripoli's LA Community Gardening movie. I saw it at the Film Festival last month and
it was captivating (of course: Helen Johnson is in it).
Don't forget the Monthly LA
Community Garden council meeting will be held in Culver City on August 14,
4:00-6:00; the address is 5677 Selmaraine Drive, just south of Jefferson and
the 405. Call Noah for directions (310)
313-5514
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 31, 2001
URBAN GARDEN FILM TELEVISION
SCREENING
SWEAT EQUITY
a documentary film, about the revitalization of urban neighborhoods by creating
community gardens from vacant city land will air on local Los Angeles PBS
television:
Saturday, August 18, 2001
11:00 AM
KLCS-TV Channel 58
Los Angeles, CA
(Channel 58 is located on the UHF
dial and is carried by all local cable
providers.)
Interview with Producer/Director:
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
12:00 PM
IN FOCUS
KLCS-TV Channel 58
Los Angeles, CA
For info contact:
Daniel P. Tripoli
Metro Farming Film Project
2804 Barrington Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 444-0631
e-mail: dtripoli@metrofarming.com
Or log onto http://www.metrofarming.com or http://www.klcs.org
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8. MORE
LOCAL FAST FOOD (BUT IT'S IN GLENDALE)
This in from friend and,
apparently, In & Out Burger fan Phil Barbaro (wow, twice quoted in one
e.letter!):
"Yesterday I
drove by the Rusty Pelican and noticed construction in progress. It turns out that they are building an In
& Out Burger. It's a perfect
location, Glendale, but I'm sure traffic will get dicey at times on Harvey
Drive. I'm glad they are now close by,
but not too close."
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9. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"It's nice to see your years
of hard work get this kind of public validation. It was painfully instructive
to read the short history of all the sins committed by the city and elected
officials against the citizenry of Eagle Rock (are some of those people in
jail?) but let's hope we learn from the past.
The article itself was proof the tide has turned. Best regards."
-- Sean Mitchell, relatively new
Eagle Rock resident and devotee, TERA member, owner of the fabulous Spanish
Colonial revival home on TERA's Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour 2001, and writer
whose perspective on Eagle Rock we'd love to see in print . . . somewhere . . .
anywhere
"BRAVA!"
-- John Gallogly,
Highland Park resident and manager, Theatre West
"My boys were excited when I
told them Mrs. Turner's picture was in the paper [we have kids at the same
schools and have been on some of the same really cool field trips]. My family and I got a real kick out of Eagle
Rock being in the Sunday Times."
-- Norma Gonzalez, Eagle Rock
resident, TERA member, and great fun to go on really cool field trips with
"The word is out, and now
we're really in for it! I've already
received calls from former Eagle Rockers living all over the country, and there
are some homesick people out there!"
-- Jeff Samudio, hard-working and
gifted architect, life-long Eagle Rock resident and founding TERA Board member
"You've done a tremendous and
an excellent and a good job of raising your community's consciousness about
their potential impact on their own environment, and this media coverage has
done you a great service by airing the fact that there are people in Eagle Rock
who are ready, willing, and able to dialogue about the needs and future
direction of the community. Kudos to
you!"
-- Ellen Rissman-Wong, fellow
Scrippsie with whom I've just recently gotten back in touch after 20-something
years
"It will be great if we can
get help. I was wondering if there is
any type of grants or support for businesses on Colorado. We want to make our business as beautiful as
we can but, money is a great issue. We
need lots of help. We are surviving
working many hours. I would really be
thankful if TERA can help us make a change for the better. Thank you."
-- Rolando Quintero, owner, Cycle
Depot
"Terrific coverage. Congratulations! Thank you for all you do.
Best --"
-- Carl Johnson, UGLA President, and Carl Matthes,
Eagle Rock residents and TERA Members
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10. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I yam who I
yam." [So THERE.]
-- Popeye
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Joanne Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President, The Eagle
Rock Association (TERA)