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It’s always nice to know that others think highly of our town and so it
was with great pleasure that I read Susan Carpenter’s article in the
Calendar Weekend section of Thursday’s Los Angeles Times, which featured
none other than Eagle Rock. I usually enjoy Ms. Carpenter’s articles about
motorcycles in the Wednesday automotive section of the LA Times and so
it’s nice to know that she has been hanging out in Eagle Rock, a great
breakfast stop on the way to a ride over Angeles Crest, America’s premier
motorcycle road (in my humble opinion). The article did a great job of
describing what is in Eagle Rock that makes it special, although it left
out a few of my favorites like Camilo’s Bistro, located at Colorado and
Caspar and Café Beaujolais on Colorado and Vincent and, as a motorcyclist,
I’m surprised she missed Cycle Depot on Colorado near Casa Bianca. But
space is limited, opinions differ and I thought it was a really good
article, well worth reading and enjoying.
What the article only scratched the surface about is what really makes
Eagle Rock a special place. And that is not the what, but the who. The
article mentions the Music Festival put on by the Center for the Arts,
Eagle Rock but doesn’t mention the hours (days and weeks really) of hard
work and planning by Jenny Krusoe, Renee Dominique, and the Center staff,
along with the community volunteers who quietly manned the booths, passed
out flyers, and gave directions to attendees looking for particular venues
during the festival. The author probably did not know about the work of
The Collaborative, Eagle Rock Beautiful, lead by John Stillion and Esther
Monk, and their members’ efforts in planting the medians of Eagle Rock’s
main boulevards and leading community clean-up efforts. And who would pay
attention to the efforts of TERA, ERCPR and the Eagle Rock Chamber of
Commerce to get the Eagle Rock Flag flying above the intersection of the
Glendale and Ventura Freeways unless they were participants in that
effort? Credit in the article goes to the real estate boom for the
revitalization of Eagle Rock’s commercial district, but doesn’t take into
account the work of past TERA presidents Joanne Turner and Hilary Norton
Orozco in supporting a Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan that encourages
the type of development that is now occurring in Eagle Rock. And Eagle
Rock’s two Boulevards wouldn’t be such attractive places on which to open
new businesses, were it not for the work of the Eagle Rock Community
Preservation and Revitalization Corporation’s ongoing efforts for façade
beautification, anti-graffiti efforts, and for pushing forward the
Colorado Boulevard Parking Project. ERCPR brings together members from the
Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society,
TERA and others, working for the common good of the community. So thanks
to Susan Carpenter for doing such a fine job in describing the what that
makes Eagle Rock so special and thanks to all of the residents and those
who own and run the businesses in Eagle Rock for being the who that makes
the what possible and keeps Eagle Rock rockin’.
Michael Tharp,
President
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The Veteran’s Day
Parade, sponsored by the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council and the Eagle
Rock Chamber of Commerce, was a great success. Thanks to Scott, Margi, and
Robert Bogue and his friend, Pauline and Zelia Mauro, Maria Nazario, Frank
Parrello, and Rich Puz for carrying Eagle Rock’s and TERA’s colors along
Eagle Rock Boulevard from York to Merton. Photo courtesy of Rich
Puz.
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The Play's the
Thing at Oxy |
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The Occidental Theater Department will present a main stage production
in Keck Theater this fall, Luigi Pirandello’s “Tonight We Improvise,”
which shocked its 1930 audience by challenging theatrical conventions and
testing the boundaries between fiction and reality.
Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. “Tonight We Improvise,” directed by Laural Meade, will
be presented in Keck on Nov. 15-18 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $10 ($8 for senior citizens and $5 for students.) For more
information, call the Theater Department Box Office at (323) 259-2922.
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Women's 20th
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The Women’s Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock is proud to announce
the revival of a grand holiday tradition, The Festival of Trees. This gala
event will be held on Saturday, December 2nd at 7:00pm at the Women’s
Club. Attendees will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar while viewing
and bidding on more than 25 Holiday trees individually decorated by
community businesses, organizations and individuals.
The $25.00 ticket donation includes admission to the Festival of Trees,
one complimentary drink ticket and hors d’oeuvres. While there, you will
have the opportunity to bid on the trees and socialize with community
members.
For information, contact Roe Muzingo, Chair, (323) 255-4438 and for
tickets, call Lani Stapp, (323) 257-7620.
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Center for the
Arts, Eagle Rock |
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Center for the Arts Juried Exhibition 2006 Nov. 18 - Dec. 22
Opening Reception Saturday November 18th 6- 8pm
Juror: Christopher Miles Artists: Otis Bardwell * Ursula Bookbank * Don
Chafey * Allen Compton * Deborah Diehl * Nicole Duet * Jose Ezkobar *
Camille Feinberg * Kent Hammond * Peter Holzhauer * Jill Van Hoogenstyn *
Eva Hyam * William Kaminski * Yesung Kim * Alex Klein * Robert Koss *
Little Red * Lindsay Ljunkull * Linda Lyke * Brian Mallman * Mary Jean
Mallman * Lynne McDaniel * Plain Jane * Susan Moss * Dennis Nishi *
Maryanna Pomonis * Karen Reitzel * Courtney Robbins * C. Archer Stearns *
Allison Stewart * Francoise Tudor * M.J. Waterman * Tracey Weiss
Contact: Jenny Krusoe, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
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email: centerartseaglerock@hotmail.com
phone: 323 226 1617
web: http://w
ww.centerartseaglerock.org
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Oxy-Caltech
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The Occidental-Caltech Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction
of conductor Allen Robert Gross, continues its 2006-2007 season on
November 18th and 19th featuring Dvorak’s immensely popular Symphony No. 9
(“From The New World”) and a heartbreakingly beautiful Chinese erhu
concerto.
Here are details on the upcoming concerts:
Program
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (“From The New World”)
• Mozart: “The Abduction From The Seraglio” Overture
• Chen/He: Erhu Concerto (“The Butterfly Lovers”)
Saturday November 18th at 7:30 pm at Caltech’s Ramo Auditorium. 1200
East California Boulevard, Pasadena. (626) 395-6811
Sunday November 19th at 3:30 pm at Occidental’s Thorne Hall. 1600
Campus Road, Eagle Rock. (323) 259-2785
Concerts are free. Reception after each concert is free and open to the
public.
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Oilcloth
Benefit for TERA Community Garden |
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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED OILCLOTH INTERNATIONAL’S BI ANNUAL WAREHOUSE
SALE, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18TH, 9 AM until-2 PM
GREAT DEALS ON OILCLOTH BY THE POUND (TABLECLOTH SIZES and SCRAP),
APRONS, SMOCKS, TOTES, BIBS, LUNCH BAGS, SITUPONS AND OTHER GOOD STUFF.
SLIGHT SECONDS MOSTLY AND SOME FIRST QUALITY.
134 N. AVENUE 61, UNIT 101, LOS ANGELES – HIGHLAND PARK – OLD GARVANZA
BRING A FRIEND
Psst: A % goes to the Eagle Rockdale Community Garden!
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Oxy, Westridge
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OCCIDENTAL, WESTRIDGE GLEE CLUBS TO PERFORM JOINT CONCERT NOV. 17 TO
HONOR FORMER DIRECTOR HOWARD SWAN
The Occidental College Glee Clubs will join the Westridge School Glee
Club for a concert honoring the legacy of Howard S. Swan, who directed the
choral groups on both campuses. The performance is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 17 at Westridge’s Fran Norris Scoble Performing Arts Center,
324 Madeline Drive, Pasadena. The event also will celebrate the opening of
the Howard S. Swan Choral Hall at Westridge.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students. Advanced reservations
are required. For further information, please call (626) 799-1053, Ext.
273 or e-mail events@westridge.org. You may also visit www.westridge.org/news-
calendar.html or departments.oxy.edu/choral/gleeclub/
season.html.
All proceeds and gifts will benefit the Occidental College Glee Clubs
and the Howard S. Swan Chair in Music at Westridge School.
Swan directed the Occidental Glee Clubs from 1934 to 1971, leading what
Robert Shaw called “one of the finest choral ensembles in America.” At the
time of appointment to Occidental, Swan was director of music at Eagle
Rock High School, choir director at the Highland Park Presbyterian Church,
and director of the University Men’s Glee Club of Los Angeles, a group
that received acclaim in their many appearances throughout the state. At
Westridge, he guided the Glee Club for more than 40 years.
Founded in 1887, Occidental is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges
on the West Coast. Each year, the college is cited as one of the country’s
best small institutions by Fiske, Peterson’s, and other major college
guides. Occidental’s high standards and innovative programs have been
praised in Newsweek, the Washington Post, and the New York Time.
Westridge School was founded in 1913 by Mary Lowther Ranney, who sought
to provide an intellectually engaging and challenging curriculum that
prepared girls to continue their education in college and beyond as
discerning, motivated learners committed to excellence and goodness in
everything they do.
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Highland Park
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sbudick@caltech.ecu writes:
Each week, Gama farms, from Arvin, CA, near Bakersfield, brings a
beautiful selection of potatoes to the market, from Yukon Golds to baby
purples. In addition to their regular potato selection, this past week
Gama was also offering two different large and dark-skinned potato-like
objects, both of which one might have been tempted to call yams. In fact,
one of these vegetables was a true yam while the other was a sweet potato.
What's the difference? The word yam specifically applies to a group of
tubers (enlarged underground stems) that are native to Africa and Asia and
are relatively uncommon in the US. What we usually call a yam in this
country is actually a sweet potato, which, confusingly, is not related to
either yams or potatoes and is in fact an enlarged storage root (unlike a
potato, which is a tuber).
Sweet potatoes, the vegetable with which you're probably more familiar,
are usually deep orange, moist ,and slightly fibrous when cooked while
yams tend to be larger than sweet potatoes (reaching up to several feet in
length and weighing over 100 lbs!), and generally have light yellow or
white flesh. As far as taste, yams and sweet potatoes are also miles
apart. While sweet potatoes become extremely moist and semi-solid on
cooking, yams are much starchier and firmer, more like a potato. Both can
be very sweet, but yams often have a nutty flavor that reminds me of a
chestnut. I find them equally delicious, but in very different ways.
If you enjoy the delicious baked sweet potatoes available at the
market, it's extremely easy to prepare these at home, allowing you to try
a yam vs. sweet potato taste test. Just wrap either vegetable in tin foil,
drizzle with a bit of olive oil, and bake for 40-60 minutes in a 400
degree oven (testing for doneness by inserting a knife into what should be
a soft center). Cut open and top with butter and a spoonful of brown
sugar.
To see photos of both the sweet potatoes and yams that Gama had for
sale last week, and help you pick out the right one, take a look at htt
p://www.friends4oldlafarmersmarket.org. Other new items at the market
last week included arugula from Tamai farms and yellow Granada
pomegranates from Walker Farms. Santiago farms also had their sweet yellow
raspberries back at the market. You can find a current list of what's in
season at the market at the website above. Also pick up fresh bread and
cheese at the market, along with delicious rotisseried chicken, fresh
tamales and roasted corn and potatoes, as well as Korean barbeque.
Please stop by the market for fresh, field- ripened, high quality
produce from local farmers and spend time with your friends, neighbors and
other community members.
The Old LA (Highland Park) Certified Farmers Market is located adjacent
to the Highland Park Gold Line station at Marmion Way between Ave. 57
& 58 and operates Tuesdays from 3-7 PM.
Visit the market website at http://www.oldla.org.
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Arroyo Arts
Collective |
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The Arroyo Arts Collective Presents: Explore L.A.'s Original Back Yard
14th ANNUAL DISCOVERY TOUR
A Self-Guided Tour of Artists' Homes & Studios In Highland Park,
Eagle Rock & Mt. Washington
Sunday, November 19th, 2006, 10am - 4pm
Reception: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tour begins at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park
Tickets: $10 in advance (on-line at www.arro
yoartscollective.org or at Galco's Old World Market, 5702 York Blvd.)
$15 General Admission or $5 "With-it" Discount tickets available to
students with ID; Bus/Metroriders with a pass or ticket; bicyclists with a
bicycle; and seniors 60+, at the Lummis Home on the day of the Tour
See our website for more details: www.arro
yoartscollective.org
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LETTERS |
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Everyone was too
busy contributing to Susan Carpenter's article about Eagle Rock and
recovering from the arduous march from York to Merton on Veteran's Day to
write!
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