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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 Café™ (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 Café and Bohemia Books at >>Mama’s Hot Tamales Café™ >> >>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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