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Re: Weekend Family Fun Festivals at MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA.

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Lynda (curious)

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Date Posted: 17:13:53 09/03/06 Sun
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I have a hotdog cart and I would like to find out how to get a permit to sell at MacArthur Park. Please notify me of the best way.
Sincerely,
Lynda

>Along Alvarado between 6th and 7th Streets
>
>
>FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL
>Every Weekend
>from June through December
>
>Weekend Family Fun Festivals at MacArthur
>Park combine the beauty of the park, with the fun of
>friends and family. Enjoy a picnic from vendors of
>delicious ethnic foods.
>
>
>Experience cultural activities including music, dance,
>and storytelling. Stroll around the park and discover
>fun for the kids - face-painting, puppet theater,
>balloon-making,
>mime and storytelling.
>
>FREE BOAT RIDES!!!
>The MacArthur Park boathouse is offering FREE BOAT
>RIDES!!! on Saturdays and Sundays between the hours of
>10:00 am and 4:00 pm starting Saturday, June 5 to:
>children and any accompanying adults; any adult who
>buys at least two or more tamales or two other items
>from a Sidewalk Vending Cart; or any adult who buys
>two tamales at Mama�s Hot Tamales Caf� (located
>across the street from the park on 7th west of
>Alvarado).
>
>
>AFRO-BRAZILIAN SAMBA RIO
>An on-going dance class for adults every Thursday from
>7:00 to 8:30 pm and every Saturday from 11:00 am to
>12:30 pm. For more information call: 213.368.0520>
>
>
>
> SUMMER EVENTS
> CUMBIA AND VALLENATO CONCERT - AUGUST 14 AT 2 PM
>Cumbia and Vallenato music with its essence in
>Colombian percussion will be performed live in
>Macarthur Park. Spend an afternoon dancing to its
>highly flirtatious rhythms. Experience the sound that
>has transcended borders from the coasts of El Salvador
>to the beaches of Veracruz, Mexico. Now deeply rooted
>in the communities around Pico-Union this compelling
>music speaks of love, hope, and life - the very
>essence of Macarthur Park.
> MACARTHUR PARK DAY CAMP - JUNE 28 THROUGH AUGUST 27
>MacArthur Park Day Camp is for girls and boys ages 6 -
>13. The camp is every
>Monday through Friday from 10:00 am through 4:00 pm.
>For more information call the Department of Recreation
>and Parks at 213.368.0520.
> Activities at La Bodega de Caf� and Bohemia Books at
>Mama�s Hot Tamales Caf�
>
>EXHIBITIONS
>August 1 through 31
>Carmina Cortes: Curves and Angles, the Femenine Form
>Opening Reception: Thursday, August 5, 6-8 p.m.
>Drawings: Old and New, Joe Linton. Artist Reception,
>Saturday, August 7, 5-8 pm
>
>MUSIC
>● Domingo Siete Cuban style son
>Thursday, August 12, 7:30 pm
>● Mezklah tribal electronica, Thursday, August
>19, 7:30 pm
>● LosMurcielagos, Thursday, August 26, 7:30 pm
>● Radical Karaoke, hosted by "El Jimmy",
>Wednesday, August 27, 7:30 pm
>
>POETRY & SPOKEN WORD
>● Street Dialogue, First Tuesday of each month
>● Sidewalk Poetry on 7th, every other Saturday,
>starting August 14, 4:30 pmBalagtasan Collective,
>Friday, August 20, 7:30 pm
>● Flor y Canto, Sunday, August 22, 7:30 pm
>● Olga Garcia, Friday, August 27, 7:30 pm
>● Luis Alfaro, Saturday, August 28, 7:30 pm
>
>
>
> FALL EVENTS
>
>
> Fall is a beautiful time to visit MacArthur Park.
>Special events will include:
>● Mid-September - Central American Independence
>Day Parade
>● September 11, 10a.m. - 2 p.m.
>ICUJP (Interfaith Communities United For Justice and
>Peace) will host: 9/11: Healing Journeys for local and
>global justice. Multiple peace marches will converge
>from four different directions to MacArthur Park in
>the historic Westlake area of Los Angeles for a major
>interfaith community building event, including
>musical, visual and spoken word artists, as well as a
>sacred ceremony of healing.
>● Dia de los Muertos - October 1 through October
>31
>Oct 18, 25, 31 & Nov 1, WORKSHOPS,
>1 pm - 3 pm at MacArthur Park Community Center (corner
>of Alvarado and 6th streets)
>● Paper mache, T-shirt painting with skeleton -
>Rosie Guerrero
>● Sugar skulls/calacas de azucar - Judith Garcia
>● Dancing skeletons - Ruthanne Tarletz
>(2,9,16,23)
>● Papel picado
>● Skeletons/masks - Maria Louisa Isenberg
>Oct 1 - Oct 8, Dias de los Muertos Skeleton Drawing
>Contest (for school children).
>Oct 22 5:30-9:00 pm, Outdoor Exhibition (begins)
>Oct 23 6:00-8:30 pm, Noche de Palabra/Spoken Word
>Oct 29 4:00-10:00 pm, Noche de Ofrenda/Community Altar
>Oct 30/31 11:00 am-dusk, "Tradition and Tamales" Event
>Oct 9/10 11:00 am-dusk, Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day):
>Workshops/Exhibition/Tiangi: Saturday/Sunday

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