Over 80 quilts were exhibited on February 21, 2010 at the Sixth Annual Quilt Show at the Holman United Methodist Church, located at 3320 West Adams. Primarily including the work of the African-American Quilters of Los Angeles, this exhibition was organized by the Holman Art Council during Black History Month…
Living off the Washington Corridor, smack in the middle of beautiful Mid-City, Leticia Martinez is a true Los Angeleno and artist. Daughter of Mexican immigrants, sister to the barrio and wife to our last-interviewed artist for “The Neighborhood News,” Brazilian Bakari Santos. Leticia has succeeded in melding the multi-cultural…
The next time you pass Washington and Wilton slow down if you want to see the stars of tomorrow.
You’ll notice them coming and going from their dance, voice and acting classes at the Amazing Grace Conservatory, now relocated from Adams Blvd. to larger quarters on the Washington Corridor,…
Bakari Santos arrived in California, hitchhiking the dusty and unpaved back roads of South America from his homeland of Brazil. A Biology major in college with an innate curiosity, Santos ventured throughout the southern hemisphere, at times landing at…
By Carla Weber
Local Mid-City phtographer and artist David Kramer is a true Renaissance man.An archetypal beat poet (or as he more aptly puts it, “radio artist”), a classic southern California surfer dude (though he’s from the Midwest) and a high tech geek, David dares to mix and match…
These days, everyone deserves respite from the economy. Located in Mid-City Los Angeles, one block south of Venice Boulevard and two and a half blocks east of La Brea Avenue, St. Elmo Village provides just that. St. Elmo Village was founded on the philosophy that everyone is creative and…
By Carla Weber
Tucked between the taquerias, fish markets, liquor stores and cabinetmakers found along Washington Blvd. are the artists who have flocked to the corridor to find an urban sanctuary to nurture their art.
Right next to the Nate Holden Theater are a cluster of art studios. Among this small…
Established in August of 2008 by writer, artist Dianne V. Lawrence, The Neighborhood News covers the events, people, history, politics and historic architecture of communities throughout the Mid-City and West Adams area in Los Angeles Council District 10.
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