Lummis Day 2009

Lummis Day Flickr Group

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:54:20 +0000

Congratulations to Lummis Day organizers Eliot and Jain Sekuler, Ann Walnum, Carmela Gomes, Eddie Rivera, Maggie Barto, Michele Clark, Rosamaria Marquez, Britta Couris, Francisco Gomez, Randy Carrillo, Pam Hannah, Suzanne Lummis and many, many other dedicated volunteers for a fantasic, incredible Lummis Day 2009.

I created a flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lummisday2009/

Anyone with Lummis Day photos, please feel free to join and add your images.

Countdown to Lummis Day June 7: Carlos Guitarlos

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:09:55 +0000

The Carlos Guitarlos band will perform on Stage One sometime around 4:00 in the afternoon.

From the Carlos Guitarlos website: Following a successful run through the L.A. music scene in the 80’s, which was highlighted by recording gigs with Tom Waits and The Breeders, an invite to appear on The David Letterman Show, and a stint as lead guitarist/songwriter for the notoriously raucous Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs (immortalized in the Van Halen song of the same name), Carlos endured a lengthy absence from the music scene. Throughout the 90’s and into the new millennium, Carlos could be found paying his dues on the streets of San Francisco, where he has become a street-corner legend, playing guitar to earn his keep. As a result of his hard living, Carlos landed in a San Francisco hospital fighting for his life with congestive heart failure, hence, Straight from the Heart (the title track was written from his hospital bed). That experience, combined with the alcohol-related death of his friend and former band-mate, Top Jimmy, proved to be the catalyst of his recent personal turnaround and career resurgence.

The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place Sunday June 7, 2009 at three locations: Lummis Home (poetry and music from 10:30am-noon), Sycamore Grove Park (music, dance, theater and food from12:30pm-7:30pm) and Casa de Adobe (art exhibits, from 1:00pm-6:00pm).

The 4th Annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles will be presented on Sunday, June 7 by the Autry National Center, the Annenberg Foundation and the neighborhood councils of Northeast Los Angeles (Arroyo Seco, Historic Highland Park, Greater Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, L.A. 32 and Glassell Park.) Media sponsors are KPFK Public Radio 90.7 and Univision KMEX Channel 35. Additional sponsorship is provided by the Highland Park Heritage Trust, Jose Huizar and Council District 14, Ed Reyes and Council District 1, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Arts Commisssion, and Poets Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.

Countdown to Lummis Day June 7: The Evangenitals

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:08:19 +0000

The Evangenitals call it freak folk, alternative country, love drunk, hillybilly rock; call it what you like, they got it:

The Evangenitals will be performing on Stage Three, sometime around Fourish, on June 7 at the Lummis Day Festival.

The 4th Annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles will be presented on Sunday June 7 by the Autry National Center, the Annenberg Foundation and the neighborhood councils of Northeast Los Angeles (Arroyo Seco, Historic Highland Park, Greater Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, L.A. 32 and Glassell Park.) Media sponsors are KPFK Public Radio 90.7 and Univision KMEX Channel 35. Additional sponsorship is provided by the Highland Park Heritage Trust, Jose Huizar and Council District 14, Ed Reyes and Council District 1, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Arts Commisssion, and Poets Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.

Count to Lummis Day, June 7: Poetry and a Parade

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:06:52 +0000

Lummis Day begins with the 4th Annual Poetry Gala, featuring local poets Glen Ahhaitty, Suzanne Lummis, Ruben Martinez and Gail Wronsky. The Poetry Gala takes place at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Los Angeles 90042.

At the conclusion of the poetry event, The Arroyo Arts Collective’s Tongva Puppets lead a parade from Lummis Home to Sycamore Grove Park, in a traditional opening ceremony for the performances at Lummis Day. Sycamore Grove Park is located at 4701 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90042.

Countdown to Lummis Day June 7: The Monolators

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:05:26 +0000

Appearing on Stage Four, in the early afternoon, The Monolators.

From Monolators MySpace page: With their unique blend of 50’s rock and 70’s punk and their increasingly talked about live performances; where drumsets are used as jumping platforms, food fights ensue and an occasional head bleeds, The Monolators have come a long way since their beginning in 2002 as the husband and wife duo of Eli (vocals, guitar) and Mary (drums) Chartkoff.

The 4th annual Lummis Day will take place at three locations: Lummis Home (poetry and music from 10:30am-noon), Sycamore Grove Park (music, dance, theater and food from12:30pm-7:30pm) and Casa de Adobe (art exhibits, from 1:00pm-6:00pm).

Set for Sunday, June 7, The 4th annual Lummis Day will feature a kaleidoscopic collection of performers, including Wil-Dog (a member of L.A.’s acclaimed Ozomatli), perennial “Best Los Angeles Country Band” winners I See Hawks in L.A., virtuoso blues guitarist legend Carlos Guitarlos, poets Ruben Martinez and Suzanne Lummis, members of the Chicano comedy group Culture Clash, plus Pilipino, Native American, Mexican and Pacific Islander folk artists, poets and visual artists of various stripes and traditions.

For the community, it’s a party with a purpose, a “kumbaya” for the various ethnicities and cultures that share the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods. And last year’s attendance–about 9,000 people showed up–has turned it into one of the area’s biggest annual events, a signature community arts and music showcase for the Northeast Los Angeles area ( including the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Cypress Park, Mount Washington, Montecito Heights, Hermon, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights, and Glassell Park).

Sycamore Grove Park is located at 4702 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90042

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Countdown to Lummis Day: Eugene Edwards Band

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:02:34 +0000

Eugene Edwards and his Band will appear on Stage One following BombaChante in the mid afternoon slot, Sunday, June 7 at the Lummis Day Festival.

Here’s a quote from Edwards’ website: “I’d like to be thought of as the guy who reintroduced whatever it was that Springsteen, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello – the post-Dylan songwriters – had. And, like The Clash has shown that if you have just one person standing in front of you, you owe it to them to sweat every bit that you have in your body – I want to be the guy who, if they want to hear one more song, I am ready to give it to them. If they’re still standing at the end of a 45-minute set, I feel like I’ve done something wrong.”

Lummis Day, The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles: I See Hawks In L.A.

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:48:06 +0000

The Alternative Country Rock Band I See Hawks In L.A. will appear on Stage One in the mid afternoon slot, Sunday, June 7 at the Lummis Day Festival.

From the Hawks website:

Formed in 1999 by Rob Waller and brothers Paul and Anthony Lacques during a philosophical discussion and rock throwing session on an East Mojave desert trek, I See Hawks In L.A. first gathered on the front porch in Echo Park with beers, wrote their first batch of songs and then sought advice from local country rock guru David Jackson, bassist with John Denver, Dillard and Clark, and EmmyLou Harris.

Jackson set up a few mics and recorded Rob and Paul, adding his own melodic bass lines. This demo turned into featured songs on the Hawks eponymous debut, featuring legendary fiddler Brantley Kearns (Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Hazel Dickens). The CD established the Hawks signature sound: high lonesome three part harmonies, twang guitar and unadorned acoustic arrangements, with lyrics musing on mortality, whales, and the geography of pre-apocalyptic L.A.

Lummis Day, the Festival of Northeast Los Angeles: BombaChante

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:37:17 +0000

Salsa-jazz band BombaChante will be the first musical artists to be featured on the Sycamore Grove Park bandshell at Lummis Day, Sunday June 7, just after the festival activities get underway at the park at 12:30 pm.

BombaChante is a collaboration of top musicians from the Northeast L.A. and East L.A. areas. Veterans of the Chicano music scene, BombaChante was formed in 2003 and is led by Ernesto Molina, formerly of East LA Sabor Factory and fronted by lead vocalist Gabriel Gonzalez, formerly of Quetzal. BombaChante’s concert is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.