8th Annual Festival de la Gente - Día de los muertos

Because there's more to Halloween than dressing up as a...well, you get the point.

Entonces, celebra el día de los muertos.

Good music, good eats, good people.

On the streets of Los Angeles at the historic 6th Street Bridge.

Saturday, October 27, 2007
11 am-10pm

Sunday, October 28, 2007
11am-8pm

For more info check out the website at:
http://www.festivaldelagente.org/

Father G and the Homeboys

Check out this powerful film on gangs in East L.A., Father Gregory Boyle and Homeboy Industries. I just saw it last night, but it's playing Friday, October 12 at 11:30 at the Arclight (featured in the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival). If you can't make it then, it will be screened at USC some time this fall. Keep your eyes peeled.

Here's the film's site:

http://www.fathergandthehomeboys.com/

Here's the trailer:
http://www.fathergandthehomeboys.com/trailer/trailer.html

Enjoy.

Events for this weekend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2007
Contact: Tezozomoc
818-892-5248

South Central Farmers Tianguis

Celebrating the Continuing Resistance of Indigenous People Around the World

WHAT:
1) Bringing Food to the Hood- Organic produce
2) Workshops and Food Demonstrations
3) Music and Entertainment

WHEN:
Date -- Sunday, October 7, 2007
Time -- 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

(Also…Please Save the Date for our Dia De Los Muertos Celebration on Sunday, November 4th)

WHERE:
On 41st Street (between Long Beach and Alameda)
The SCFHEF Community Center & Gallery
1702 E. 41st Street
Los Angeles , CA 90058

(Metro: Exit Blue Line Vernon Station and walk four blocks North)

WHY:
The South Central Farmers stand in solidarity with the continuing resistance of indigenous people around the world. Specifically we recognize the up coming Continental Indigenous Encuentro in Mexico, Anti-Columbus Day, and the March Against Police Brutality.

WHO:

• Traditional Danza Azteca-Chichimeca & Music
• Children's Workshops and Stories
• Holistic Care & Products
• South Central Farmers Cooking Demo
• And More!

As part of their commitment to keep Bringing Food to the 'Hood , the SCFHEF hosts a monthly Tianguis marketplace in collaboration with various community-based organizations, artisans, and local merchants . Every first Sunday of the month, the Tianguis transforms public space surrounding the original 14-acre farm into a site for healthy eating, healthy economics, and healthy relationships.

Living in L.A. can feel like this at times....

...I still love it, though. You can check more stuff out at the Swerve Festival.

Events to check out for this weekend

For those of you who who are kept up late at night because of the racket that those damn LAPD helicopters make, this may be an event for you. But if this one may be too intense, you might want to try the Los Angeles inauguration for the 2007 Swerve Festival:

Swerve Festival is a new annual festival dedicated to celebrating West Coast creative culture and its community inspired by art, film, music and action sports. The three-day celebration will be held in Los Angeles to bring together a dynamic group of innovators and thinkers and to spotlight some of the most exciting work to come out of these creative disciplines.

Basically good music, good art & film, good eats, good people. Go ahead and get your swerve on. I know I will.