EXCLUSIVE!

Official Line-Up Announced for

October 4th Eagle Rock Music Festival

1). Emerging Stage - Glen Iris and Colorado Blvd.

5:00-5:30—Princeton

5:45-6:15—Pizza!

6:30-7:00—Abe Vigoda

7:15-8:00— Earlimart

8:15-9:00—Crystal Antlers

9:15-10:00— Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

10:15-10:25—Official Greetings & Ross “Eagle Rock” Wilson

10:30-11:10—Mika Miko

11:25-Midnight—The Evangenitals

2). Global Stage- Caspar and Colorado Blvd.

5:00-5:45 - Dublab DJ

5:45-6:45 - Very Be Careful

6:45-7:30 - Dublab DJ

7:30-8:30 – Fool’s Gold

8:30-9:00 - Dublab DJ

9:00-10:00- Domingo Siete

10:00-10:30 – Official Greetings & Dublab DJ support

10:30 - 12 - Build An Ark

3). Panang/Zocaloc Stage (Rock)

5:00-6:00- Mike the Poet

6:00-6:45 – Special Guests

7:00-7:30—Stab City

8:00-8:30—HDR

9:00-9:30—Nu-Tra

10:00-11:00—Aztlan Underground

4). Ren Arts (Contemporary/Classical)-

5:00-7:00— Eclectic program featuring music by 20th and 21st

Century Composers

5). Bateman Water and Heating (Punk-A-Billy)

5:00-7:00- Late Night Snack: Short Theatre (A Literary Cabaret)

7:00-7:30—Permanent Blue (2008 ERHS Battle of the Bands Winner)

8:00-8:30—The Beeters

9:00-9:30—Le Face

  10:00-11:00—The Curs

6). Colombo’s (Blues/Rock and Roll)

5:00-6:30—The Joe Johnston Band

7:00-8:00—Ann Likes Red

   8:30-9:30— Ross “Eagle Rock” Wilson

   10:00-10:30— Ann Likes Red

7). Women’s 20th Century Club (Big Band/Swing)

5:00-9:00—The Jack Lantz Big Band

8). Welcome Inn (Zydeco)

8:00-10:00—Fontenot & Pappion Louisiana Band

9). American Tire Depot - Eagle Rock Block and Friends (Indie)

The Ship Stage/E.R. Bowling and Drinking Club

5:00-5:30—Downtown/Union

6:00-6:30—Amnion

7:00-7:30—The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra

8:00-8:30—The Parson Red Heads

9:00-9:30—Special Guest

10:00-10:30— Radar Bros.

Kingsize Soundlabs Stage/E.R. Bowling and Drinking Club

5:30-6:00—Human Value

6:30-7:00—Pierre de Reeder

7:30-8:00—Divisadero

8:30-9:00— Le Switch

9:30-10:00—Light FM

10). Rantz (Salsa/Latin Lounge)

6:30-8:30— Kotolan

9:30-10:30— Kotolan with special guest

11). City Hall (Children’s Stage)

5:00-5:45—Open Gate Theatre

6:15-7:00—Ellen & Matt

7:30-8:00—Special Guest

8:15-9:00—CA Combo

9:30-10:30—GLANK

12). Church of Christ (Indian Gospel Sounds)-

5:00-6:30—Forever Dedicated Gospel Group

7:00-8:30—Arohi Ensemble (Classical Indian & Raga Jazz)

9:00-10:30— SASSAS 

13).Camilo’s (Jazz)

5:00-6:15 —Andres Torres Trio

6:30-7:30—Cynthia Speer

8:00-10:00—Cynthia Speer

14). Swork (Electric Lite)

7:00-7:45— New London

8:15-9:00— One Trick Pony

9:30-10:30— Gangi

15). American Legion Hall (Folk/Experimental)

5:00-5:45— The Cobra Lilies

6:00-6:30—The Antarticans

6:45-7:30— Emily Lacy

7:45-8:30— Upsilon Acrux

8:45-9:30— Emily Wells

9:45-10:45—Jesske Hume/Joe Berardi (of Non Credo):  Experimental Improv

16). Divine Forces Stage (Hip Hop/Funk/Soul/Breakbeats/World) – Caspar & Merton

5-535— (DJ) Grainshifter

535-605— Eagle Rock Underground DJs

605-6:45—  (DJ) J1 (Animal Kingdom)

6:45-7:30— DJ Orator

7:30-8:15— Bambu

8:15-8:30— J1 (Animal Kingdom)

8:30-9:00— Akasha

9:00-9:15 – Eagle Rock Underground DJ

9:15- 10:00— Pachamama (Estela)

10:00-10:15— Eagle Rock Underground DJ

10:15-11pm— Cava

On For Franklin

Franklin High School will be the home of the Community Festival and Fireworks Show Saturday, September 13 from 3-9 p.m. The event will feature a variety of community resource tables, as well as food, rock climbing, game booths, live entertainment, an aerosol art contest, a 50/50 raffle, a dunk tank, face painting, a mobile skate park (byo board, helmet  & pads), free health screenings—and a grand fireworks finale.

   The festival and fireworks are sponsored by Franklin High School and its Parent Teacher Association, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council, Councilmembers Ed Reyes and Jose Huizar and Assemblymember Kevin de León.

GLAD to See You

Hundreds of hungry people gathered at the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness’ historic Eagle Rock campus August 23 for a “Taste of Eagle Rock” event in support of GLAD’s programming. The benefit was co-sponsored by the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce and Eagle Rock’s elected representatives from all levels of government. Attendees enjoyed live entertainment and a wide variety of culinary offerings from Corner Pizzeria, Colombos, Trader Joe’s, Marty’s, Señor Fish, Dave’s Chillin-n-Grillin, Tommy’s, Lemmongrass, Oinkster, Jamba Juice, Oinkster, Swork, The Capri and Colorado Donuts.

Burbank Opens with New Leader

As the fall school semester begins, a new principal has taken the reins at Luther Burbank Middle School. John Samaniego brings to the position a background in working with parents and other community leaders. His appointment in June is being greeted with enthusiasm by area residents who have been deeply troubled by violence and a poor learning environment on the North Figueroa campus.

   “I feel so hopeful,” says Board of Education Member Yolie Flores Aguilar of Samaniego’s appointment. “He’s a much more relational principal. The former principal didn’t listen. These schools belong to the parents. If we can’t acknowledge that, we’re doing something wrong.”

Marching for Peace

About 2,000 people, brought together by the Churches of Northeast L.A., participated in a “Peace in the Northeast: Stop the Violence” march on York Boulevard August 16. Planning for the march was born when new LAPD Northeast Division Captain William Murphy challenged local churches to become involved in helping to reduce crime in the streets of Northeast Los Angeles. Among the participants were Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Councilmembers Ed Reyes, Jose Huizar and Eric Garcetti, Board of Education Member Yolie Flores Aguilar, family members of young people killed in street violence and representatives of many local churches, community organizations and businesses.

McGhee Faces Death Penalty

Northeast Los Angeles gang leader Timothy Joseph McGhee is facing the death penalty. A Superior Court jury has recommended the sentence, and formal sentencing will take place November 21. McGhee, 35, was convicted of three murders and four attempted murders. The deaths took place over a four-year period during which McGhee’s Toonerville gang sought control of Atwater Village.

Gimme Shelter

Members of the Glassell Park and Cypress Park communities staged a public performance/installation in support of a sought-after Transit Pavilion the mornings of Friday August 22 and Saturday August 23. The residents offered seats to waiting bus riders and displayed renderings for a proposed bus shelter at the junction of San Fernando Road, Eagle Rock Boulevard and Verdugo Road. The intersection is heavily used by public transit riders, and will be more so when a new high school and a new community college campus open nearby. However, there is little in the way of seating, lighting or protection from the elements. Architect Michael Pinto, who worked on the proposed design for the shelter with student Karen Thompson, says that when he first visited the site he found waiting passengers standing in a line seeking shade from the sun in the shadow of a pole.

According to installation participant Helene Schpak, the group is hopeful that, thanks to support from Councilmember Ed Reyes, Assemblymember Kevin De León and Congressmember Xavier Becerra, the communities will experience the benefits of the actual structure sometime in the near future.

Pet Fix

LA Animal Services is reminding all Angelenos that they have less than a month to comply with the City’s new Spay/Neuter law before formal enforcement begins on October 1. Failure to abide by the law will result in an initial civil penalty of $100, which can increase to $500. Continued failure to comply with the law may result in the filing of a misdemeanor. Information on spay/neuter services in the City of Los Angeles can be found at www.laanimalservices.com.

CVS Acquires Longs

CVS has acquired the Longs Drug Store Corporation and intends to convert all Longs in the State of California to CVS stores.  The company reports that no decisions have been made yet on store closures. The buyout comes only a few weeks after the opening of the new Longs Drugs on York Boulevard. The sale is expected to be finalized by the end of 2008.

The Southwest As College Campus?
Revelation Aired At Autry Center Hearing

Reported by Margaret Arnold
Written by Edward Rivera and Margaret Arnold

The Autry National Center is currently considering allowing the Los Angeles Community College District to utilize the Southwest Museum property as a “satellite campus,” the Arroyo Seco Journal has learned. In the proposed plan, the Autry would keep the museum’s valuable Native American collection for its own use, and make the museum property available to the district.

The proposal is an amended line item in a bond measure motion put forth June 11 by Community College trustee Mona Field, and announced at a meeting of the Friends of the Southwest Museum Coalition (FSWMC) August 14. The bond measure plan came as a surprise to participants at a City Hall public hearing on the Autry Center held August 18. The measure would be on the ballot in the November 2008 general election.
According to LACCD board minutes, the plan “would allow the District to utilize the facility located in Highland Park as a satellite center to focus on teaching traditions and cultural issues of the Southwest.”

The move would be in direct opposition to the FSWMC’s position that the museum’s campus and collection are inseparable and should be housed and maintained at the museum’s current location.

“This could jeopardize the Southwest Museum’s position on the National Register of Historic Places,” said historian Charles Fisher, a member of the Coalition and author of the recent book, Highland Park.

“The Autry, to their credit, linked the building and the collection together, as to why the Southwest is a national treasure,” he explained.

The move to turn over use of the museum to the college district was perhaps the main revelation at the 4-½ hour public hearing. The purpose of the meeting was to hear public testimony on the Autry’s controversial proposed expansion in Griffith Park. The meeting is the final phase before Planning department recommendations are made on the Autry’s planned expansion in Griffith Park. The information gathered at the hearing will be used in the preparation of a report to the City Planning Commission.

Nearly 100 people attended the hearing, with the largest group being opposed to the expansion, mostly from Northeast LA and the Coalition. Autry National Center CEO John Gray, architect Brenda Levin, and attorneys from Latham & Watkins, represented the Autry.

Representatives from Councilmember Tom LaBonge’s office also spoke on behalf of the Autry. A smaller representative group was made up of members of the Griffith Park Neighborhood Council (GPNC) who spoke regarding the issues of traffic and preserving open space in the park. The CPNC is a member of the Coalition.

Coalition co-chair Nicole Possert, leading the opposition, told the hearing officer, “The Southwest is an icon that can once again be lifted to the level of the Observatory.”
Possert, a preservationist and Highland Park resident, is a founding member of the Coalition. She also asked that, as part of the expansion, there be a binding condition for active museum galleries maintained at the Southwest Museum. Possert added, “When the taxpayers paid for a Gold Line Southwest Station, they were not paying for an educational facility, they were paying for an (active) museum.”

“Creating a new museum doesn’t take away responsibility for what we have now,” said Vanessa Acosta, a current museum docent and former Museum employee.

Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council President Dr. Richard Dyke added, “We are not opposed to the Autry, but we want them to insure their commitments.” Three former planning Department members also spoke about problems with the Autry’s proposal, including Terry Speth, who oversaw the implementation of the Northeast LA Community Plan for 7-plus years.

“The (Northeast) plan commits the City to preservation of the location in Mt. Washington,” said Speth. “That has to be addressed.”

Autry CEO John Gray told the hearing that the Autry has “saved the Southwest, and put a plan in place to make it viable on a day to day basis.” (The Southwest is currently closed to visitors. The last announced “re-opening” date was 2011.) Among the Autry’s plans for its expansion are the ‘Southwest Galleries,” for the display of the Southwest Museum’s collection, as well as state-of-the-art facilities for the preservation and storage of the collection.

The Coalition is emphatic that the Mt. Washington campus be retained as a full-scale museum open to the public. The Coalition is also open to the possibility of a café or restaurant, along with more galleries and public meeting space at the Southwest.

The Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council has not taken a position on the Autry’s Environmental Impact report (EIR), which was only issued August 9, and its release did not provide enough time for a full board meeting on the issue. Some of its council board members, however, have consistently voiced concerns about parking and the preservation of open space in the park.

A report on the hearing, along with recommendations, will be prepared by the Planning Department hearing officer and be submitted to the Planning Commission October 16. The City Attorney has meanwhile ruled that the Department of Recreation and Parks may not make a recommendation on the EIR due to a conflict on the part of the chair of the Recreation and Parks Commission. It will instead go to the Board of Referred Powers, a special committee of the City Council, convened when City commissions are unable to act. First District councilmember Ed Reyes is a member of the Board.