THE EAGLE ROCK
ASSOCIATION
-- Invest in Your Community --
TERA
e.letter
September 1, 2005
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This week:
1. TERA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -- MICHAEL
THARP
2. TERA'S COUNCIL CANDIDATE "MEET AND GREET" --
SEPTEMBER 6
3. EAST LA REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
ROMEO & JULIET -- SEPTEMBER 2
4.
FRIDAY NIGHTS @ NOT A CORNFIELD -- SEPTEMBER 2
5.
SALE AT THE BLISSFUL SOUL TO BENEFIT HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS --
SEPTEMBER 3
6. TRANSIT PASSAGES -- SIX FRENCH ARTISTS AT
AVENUE 50 STUDIO -- SEPTEMBER 3
7. DEMONSTRATE YOUR HOME
RESTORATION OR DECORATING SKILLS AT TERA'S HOME TOUR
8.
EAGLE ROCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL FUNDRAISER --
SEPTEMBER 24
9. CALL FOR ENTRIES -- "SCENES OF EAGLE ROCK"
AND "LIVE ART' -- APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 30
10. UGLA ANNUAL
FUNDRAISER AUDITIONS -- SEPTEMBER 24
11. MARK YOUR
CALENDARS! -- TERA'S ECLECTIC EAGLE ROCK HOME TOUR -- NOVEMBER 6
12.
LETTERS AND E.MAILS
13. QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- HENRY
FORD
1. TERA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -- MICHAEL THARP
Well,
Mary Tokita was out again working with her "Gardening Grunts" in the Eagle
Rockdale Community Garden last Saturday, this time in 100 degree heat. We
had to be careful no one collapsed and got buried in the raised beds,
constructed by the LA Conservation Corps. It really is starting to look
like a garden, and those of you in the community who want plots should contact
Joan MacNeil or Mary Tokita at communitygarden@TERA90041.org. Special
recognition should be given to Dave Gustavson, who manned the trencher for about
four hours straight in sweltering heat. He worked twice as hard as Mary,
and Mary worked about twice as hard as anybody else and because of that the
Community Garden is just that much closer to completion. Not to be left
out of the categories of dirty, sweaty and stinky, but oh so productive, are
Frank "Iım a gardening fool" Parrello, Liz "I do my best work sitting in the
shade" Wagner, Joan "Do you think anyone will miss this bottle of Gatorade?"
MacNeil, Juliann "Gardening is a color-coordinated effort" Lancer, and Kacy
"People keep giving me broken glass" Treadway. There also was the couple
who were so busy working after signing up for their garden plot that I never got
their name, as well as the wonderful neighbor, Opie, who brought us thirsty and
tired gardeners gallons of fresh, icy cold cantaloupe juice. Iım sure Iıve
missed some of the participants, but those of you who showed up and worked in
the summer sun last Saturday have TERAıs deep thanks. Just a few more
weekends and it will be up and running!
But that was then and this is
now, and the Candidate Meet and Greet is set for next Tuesday, September 6th.
The location and details are given below, but the importance of the event
cannot be over-emphasized. All politics is local as some noted grammarian
opined, and local politics is coming right to your own local Center for the
Arts. If you donıt show up to meet, greet, and talk to the candidates and
learn what they are about, if you donıt make an informed decision when you cast
your vote in the Special Election to fill the vacant CD 14 seat, the complaints
you might have about how things are being or not being done are going to have a
somewhat hollow ring to them. Enough lecturing! Show up and get to
know all of the candidates putting in an appearance on your home turf a little
bit better!
And, of course, the next big thing is just around the corner.
I refer to TERAıs up and coming Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour. The
Home Tour Committee is working hard to make this the best Home Tour ever, and
there are some fabulous homes on the Tour this year as well as a great
opportunity to see and be seen on the residential streets of Eagle Rock. I
hope that you will not only attend this yearıs Home Tour but will take the
opportunity to involve yourself by becoming a docent or volunteer.
Contacts are listed below, and I can unequivocally state that the Home
Tour is one of the most fun events in all of Eagle Rock in which to participate.
It might not quite be the same as sweltering in the Community Garden in
August, but hey . . . it wouldnıt do if we were all alike!
Get out there
and enjoy Eagle Rock this weekend!!!
2. TERA'S COUNCIL CANDIDATE "MEET AND GREET" -- SEPTEMBER
6
Please join TERA this coming Tuesday, September 6, in our quest
to help you choose the best candidate to represent Eagle Rock and the rest of
Council District 14 in the upcoming election on November 8.
Council District 14 "Meet and
Greet"
Tuesday, September 6
7:00 p.m.
Center for the Arts, Eagle
Rock
2225 Colorado Boulevard
Eagle Rock
Come for great food and good conversation! When TERA
sponsored a similar event for the CD 14 candidates back in 1999, TERA got RAVE
reviews from attendees and candidates alike. We have a total of 10
candidates for the November 8 ballot -- come meet them all! We hope to see
you there.
3. EAST LA REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS ROMEO &
JULIET -- SEPTEMBER 2
East Los Angeles Repertory Theatre
Company presents a special one-night-only fundraising performance of
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Friday, Septempter 2, 2005
8:00
p.m.
Admission $15
La Casa Del Mexicano Theater
2900 Calle Pedro
Infante, LA CA 90063
Food provided by Taco Boy
For more information:
(323) 788-3880
jreyes@eastlarep.com
http://www.eastlarep.com
East LA Rep invites you to
join us for a special fundraising performance of our touring R&J
show. Your contribution will go towards funding the incredible cast that has
given their time and talent bringing this tragic love story of young love,
parental ignorance, and societal strife to life. The ensemble of talented actors
is, Richard Andrade, Mariella Saba, Francisco Garcia, Fanny Garcia, Eva G.
Rios, Sergio Villarreal, and Karen Anzoategui.
For the third consecutive year East LA Rep will tour a
classic play to various parks in East Los Angeles, this summer the production of
R&J will be seen from the edge of East Los Angeles in Boyle Heights
and as far east as the city of Whittier. (for more info visit our
web page www.eastlarep.com <http://www.eastlarep.com/> )
Special thanks to County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and
Recreation and the office of Gloria Molina, Supervisor 1st District
Mission
East Los Angeles Repertory Theatre Company is
dedicated to producing works by emerging and established playwrights of Latino
heritage thereby promoting the essential role of Latino theatre to the American
stage. East LA Rep also brings theatre to underserved communities with summer
offering of classic plays as part of our Free Shakespeare at East LA Parks and
theatre programming to educational and community organizations lacking arts
support.
4. FRIDAY NIGHTS @ NOT A CORNFIELD --
SEPTEMBER 2
Lauren Bon and Not A Cornfield cordially invite you
to:
Friday Nights @ Not A Cornfield
Artist Salon
"The
Future of Objects"
Lauren Bon In Conversation with Greg Gale &
Jenny Montgomery
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 @ 7:30pm
Growing
in the historic center of Los Angeles, the Not Cornfield project transforms an
industrial brownfield site into a cornfield for one agricultural cycle. Now the
Los Angeles Historic State Park, the site popularly known as 'The Cornfield' had
remained derelict for more than a decade. The project serves as a potent
metaphor that provides a focus for reflection and action in a city unclear about
the location of its energetic and historic center.
Friday Nights @ Not A
Cornfield brings people together in order to share, engage, energize, and
enhance the organic nexus that is this project.
Not A Cornfield artist
Lauren Bon, packaging solutions inventor and designer Greg Gale, and researcher
Jenny Montgomery discuss object making with biodegradable materials, including
creating a post-Harvest corn-based container that will represent the potential
of how we, as consumers, take responsibility for what we allow back into the
earth after it is no longer "useful." Gale has agreed to help Not a Cornfield in
an unprecedented experiment to mold cornstalk into a material that will cradle a
second life for some of the corn.
Not a Cornfield artist, Lauren Bon
resides in Los Angeles and holds a Masters of Architecture degree from MIT and a
BA from Princeton. Ms. Bon is a trustee of the Annenberg Foundation and
President of Not A Cornfield, LLC. Her recent urban, public and land art
projects in the U.S., Hong Kong, Belfast and Northern Ireland, as well as her
role as a trustee, make her uniquely poised to build the capacity of the
Foundation in the area of site based philanthropy, serving communities through
education, civic, health, artistic initiatives and programs. Not a Cornfield art
project is being developed through a grant by Annenberg Foundation.
Greg
Gale is a highly creative inventor and designer of earth-friendly packaging
solutions. He is the founder of Regale Corp in Napa Valley, where he developed a
technology that molds fiber pulp into energy saving, biodegradable packaging
solutions. With the help of Bill Ortz at the Western Regional Branch of the
USDA, Gale has successfully experimented with and transformed agricultural
"waste" or bio-mass into products that are traditionally made from non-renewable
resources.
Jenny Montgomery has been researching the myriad uses of corn
in the post-industrial age as well as concepts in sustainable agriculture and
economics. She has specifically sought innovative and environmentally loving
applications of the Not a Cornfield corn and stalks come harvest time.
Not A Cornfield
1201 North Spring Street
Phone:
323.226.1158
Always Free to the Public, Handicapped Accessible
Free
Parking at South and North Gates
DIRECTIONS (NORTH GATE): From the
intersection of North Spring and College (Gold Line - Chinatown stop) take North
Spring north 3 blocks to the northern end of the project site. The
entrance is on the left, co-located at 1799 Baker Street.
For more
information, live Webcam, and a map, please visit the Not A Cornfield website
at
http://www.notacornfield.info.
5. SALE AT THE BLISSFUL SOUL TO BENEFIT HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS --
SEPTEMBER 3
The Blissful Soul will have a summer clearance sale
this Saturday, September 3, 10am to 6pm, and 10% of all proceeds will be donated
to the American Red Cross. We have family in Slidell, Louisiana, who have
evacuated safely (thank heavens) but the extent of their loss is still
unknown. We feel for all the victims of this tragedy. We extend our
sincerest sympathy and wishes of hope to all those who also have friends and
family in the Gulf region. We intend to make a significant personal
contribution to the relief effort, and your purchases on Saturday will allow us
to make a contribution from our business as well.
-- the Cheryl and David
at The Blissful Soul
6. TRANSIT PASSAGES -- SIX FRENCH ARTISTS AT AVENUE 50 STUDIO --
SEPTEMBER 3
Guest-curated by Monique Frobert-Adamo, Galerie
Par-ci Par-la, Lyon, France
Exhibition Dates: September 1-30,
2005
Artists' Reception, Saturday, September 3, 2005, 7-10
pm
If you could not make it
to France this summer, de rien (that's okay), because a little bit of France is
settling into LA this fall, as Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park welcomes six
artistes from Galerie Par-ci Par-la in Lyon, for their first-ever stateside
exhibition.
From the flowery psychedelia of Michael Relave's Kama Sutra
suite to the atmospheric landscapes of Lyon after dark by Josette
Aschenbroich-Bordet, Galerie Par-ci Par-la's curator Monique Frobert-Andamo
brings us paintings and photographs alive with the joie de vivre of her six
emerging artists.
Montaged photographs of flora and fauna by Dominique Le
Pen; petites emblematic hand paintings by Patricia Belbachir; and woman-centered
works on paper by Emilie Teillaud round out the show, with a surprise artist yet
to be announced.
Please join us, s'il vous plait, on Saturday, September
3, from 7 to 10pm, for la réception d'ouverture (the opening reception) -- a
night of French art and musique, conversation and cinéma, wine and cheese (mais
naturellement) and the start of a new bond between the Latino artists of Los
Angeles and the emerging French artists of Lyon.
Quand / When:
Saturday, September 3, 2005, 7-10 pm
Ou / Where: Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.,
131 No. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042
(323) 258-1435
7. DEMONSTRATE YOUR HOME RESTORATION OR DECORATING SKILLS AT TERA'S
HOME TOUR
The Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour 2005, sponsored by
TERA, is being held this year on November 6. Do you have a home
restoration or decorating skill you'd like to demonstrate that day? We
would like to have a few volunteers to perform their demonstrations along the
tour route. If your business is restoring items or anything related to
preserving or celebrating our great character homes, you are welcome to have
cards and brochures and publicize yourself and your business. Do you know
how to restore old windows? Refinish furniture?
Please contact
Tracy King at 626-844-2256 or tracyking5@cs.com. TERA also needs
volunteers to work the day of the Home Tour. All volunteers receive a
ticket to the tour and an invitation to our always fun after-party!
To
serve as a docent, contact Kathleen Goldstein at goldleroux@aol.com.
To volunteer in another capacity, contact Teri Aranguren at
tacpa@pacbell.net. Thanks!
8. EAGLE ROCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL FUNDRAISER --
SEPTEMBER 24
Contact: Jillian Pierson, Eagle Rock
Elementary Education Foundation
jilliank@usc.edu
tel
(323)256-4875
Eagle Rock Elementary School parents invite the community
to support their annual fundraiser, a Luau to be held at the Center for the
Arts, Eagle Rock.
Eagle Rock Elementary Educational Foundation (EREEF) is
inviting members of the Eagle Rock community to attend its second annual
kick-off event. The Foundation is planning a Luau-themed event to be
held at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts on Colorado Boulevard Saturday,
September 24, 2005 from 6:00 9:00 pm. Along with an authentic
Hawaiian dinner, attendees will enjoy live music performed by local
singer-songwriters. SWORK will provide coffee and dessert. A silent
auction will feature a wide variety of offerings from area businesses, including
dinner at Eagle Rockıs firehouse, basketball camp at Occidental College, and
tickets for performances at Disney Concert Hall.
"This event is a lot of
fun; but more importantly, itıs a terrific fundraiser for the kids," says
Dorothy Talesh, co-founder of EREEF and parent of three ERE students. Last
yearıs kickoff event, which grossed over $5,000, went directly to improve the
education of the over 1000 students who attend Eagle Rock Elementary School, a
National Blue Ribbon award-winning school in the Los Angeles Unified School
District. "Itıs an excellent school in many ways," adds Elissa Johnston,
another ERE parent. "But LAUSD cannot provide the funds needed to make it
the campus our children deserve. EREEFıs goal is to help bridge the
gap."
The Eagle Rock Elementary Educational Foundation was established in
2004 by parents to raise money from individual, corporate, and charitable donors
for major improvements to the school, working alongside a very active PTA.
This summer the Foundation purchased a brand new copier to replace the
schoolıs aging and rapidly failing machine. With grant money from the Anne
and Kirk Douglas Foundation and from the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council and Los
Angeles Matching Funds, a new kindergarten playground structure will be
installed in the next few weeks. The 300-plus members of EREEF are also
working to provide an enriched after-school program, a full-time computer
teacher and a music and art teacher.
The Foundation Luau is open to all
adults.
Tickets may be purchased for $30 each by sending a
check payable to ³Community Partners FBO EREEF² to P.O. Box 41-2705, Eagle Rock,
CA, 90041. Guests may call Lisa Calleja (323/899-0730) or Suzanne Smith
(323/333-1630) for more information.
9. CALL FOR ENTRIES -- "SCENES OF EAGLE ROCK" AND "LIVE ART' --
APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 30
The Eagle Rock Association (TERA), in
conjunction with our annual Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour on Sunday, November 6,
presents the "Scenes of Eagle Rock" Art Exhibit + "Live Art" participatory
opportunity for all interested artists.
"Scenes of Eagle Rock" Art
Exhibit
For two weeks preceding TERA's 2005 Eclectic Eagle Rock Home
Tour, artists throughout Southern California are invited to paint, draw,
photograph or otherwise portray scenes indoors or outdoors in beautiful Eagle
Rock, following in the tradition of such legendary artists as Conrad Buff and
Hanson Puthuff or using your unlimited imagination. This is all part of
the annual Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour on Sunday, November 6. This
exciting event attracts hundreds of visitors to our historic neighborhood every
year.
Framed finished artworks will be presented as an art exhibition at
the breathlessly beautiful Carlotta's Passion Fine Art gallery, which is located
at 2012 Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock. Scenes of Eagle Rock will be
displayed on Sunday, November 6, during the Home Tour and will continue to be
shown until Sunday, November 13.
All artwork entries must depict
interior or exterior scenes within the community of Eagle Rock. A list of
suggested locations and picturesque sites is available upon request. All
styles and media are welcomed. There is a limit of one submission per
artist. Mounted finished artwork must not exceed 26" in width and 32" in
height and must be equipped for hanging. Artists will receive 60% of any
sales made during Scenes of Eagle Rock exhibit. The artist's portion of
the retail price cannot exceed $500. A three-panel jury will choose work
to be shown and award four certificates of merit. The top winner's artwork
will be prominently displayed in next year's Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour
program, and all participating artists will receive free tickets to attend this
year's Home Tour.
In addition to the above-mentioned certificates of
merit, we are pleased to offer a purchase award this year.
"Live
Art"
We also want to encourage artists to participate in our one-day
Scenes of Eagle Rock "Live Art" on Sunday, November 6, from 10 am to 4pm during
the Home Tour. "Live Art" locations include the homes and gardens featured
in the Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour or anywhere along the Home Tour route.
A list of the homes will be sent to participating artists. The
artwork produced on this day will be displayed at the volunteer appreciation
party on Sunday, November 6, starting at 4:30pm at the Center for the Arts,
Eagle Rock.
IMPORTANT DATES
September 30 -- Application
Deadline
November 3 -- Take Finished and Framed Work to Gallery
November 4
-- Installation of Exhibition
November 6 -- Home Tour and "Live Art"
Day
November 6 -- Artists Reception and Awards Presentation, 1:00 pm
Carlotta's Passion
November 6 -- Volunteers Appreciation Party 4:30 pm,
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
November 13 -- Exhibition Ends at
Gallery
November 14-20 -- Pick Up Work at Gallery
Please print and fill out the application
below and enclose a $20 entry fee (check payable to TERA)
Mail
to:
Lori Pond
5447 Dahlia Drive
Los Angeles, CA
90041
Thursday, November
3, 12 noon to 4:00pm, is Delivery Date for Artwork!
For additional
information call Lori or Mike Pond at (323) 256-1329 or e.mail
fstop888@yahoo.com
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
"SCENES
OF EAGLE ROCK" AND "LIVE ART" APPLICATION
Artist's
Name
_______________________________________________________________________________
Address
_______________________________________________________________________________
City
&
Zip
_______________________________________________________________________________
Phone
____________________________ e.mail
address________________________________
Medium
_______________________________________________________________________________
Check
Events you wish to participate in:
O Scenes of Eagle Rock Art
Exhibit
O Scenes of Eagle Rock "Live Art"
10. UGLA ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AUDITIONS -- SEPTEMBER
24
Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance (UGLA) will be holding its
15th annual Fundraiser, Cabaret '05, on October 22, at the Women's Twentieth
Century Club in Eagle Rock. This will be the third year UGLA has held its
Cabaret at the Women's Club.
Auditions for this talent showcase (which is
not a staging of the Broadway musical "Cabaret") will take place on
September 24 at a private home in Eagle Rock. Singers, musicians, dancers,
lip-sync artists and specialty acts are encouraged to audition. For an audition
time call Cabaret Chair Carl Matthes at (323) 254-2726 or Joan Potter at (323)
258-2555.
The Dance Department of Glendale Community College has
accepted an invitation to make a return engagement in this year's Cabaret.
Veteran Stage Director Ken Kane will direct Cabaret 05.
In past
years, funds raised by Cabaret went to: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Service
Center (Pasadena), Project 10, GLAAD, Project Angel Food, Susan G. Komen Breast
Foundation, Alcoholism Center for Women, PAWS/LA, SPCA, Center for the Arts,
Eagle Rock, Optimist Boys Home, and others.
Auditions: September 24
Cabaret
'05 Event date: October 22
Women's Twentieth Century Club
5105
Hermosa Avenue (corner of Colorado Boulevard)
Eagle
Rock
For more information,
please contact:
UGLA
P. O. Box 65111
Los Angeles CA
90065
e.mail: UptownGLA@aol.com
UGLA hotline: (323)
258-8842
http://www.UGLA.org
11. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! -- TERA'S ECLECTIC EAGLE ROCK HOME TOUR --
NOVEMBER 6
Be sure to attend TERA's Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour
on Sunday, November 6! This year we are featuring the Mt. Royal Drive
neighborhood north of Colorado. It's less than three months away and is
guaranteed to be great!
Volunteer to serve as a docent or fill another
volunteer position and get a free ticket to the tour as well as an invitation to
our famous and always fun after-party. Please contact the
following:
To serve as a docent: Kathleen Goldstein at
goldleroux@aol.com
To volunteer in another capacity: Teri
Aranguren at tacpa@pacbell.net
12. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"Could you please add me to
your list? Thanks, Joanne, and keep up the great work!!"
-- Sylvia
Sermons, Eagle Rock resident and TERA member
13. QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- HENRY FORD
"You can't build
a reputation on what you are going to do."
Got graffiti? Contact the City of LAıs Operation Clean Sweep Graffiti Removal
Hotline: 3 - 1 - 1.
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İ2005 The Eagle Rock Association
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