Arts And Culture

• COLUMN: An Irish Fair on Central Avenue

  

  4/21/11, 5:24 p.m.

  One of the oldest parishes in Los Angeles celebrated its history this weekend.

• Dodgers, South LA students honor baseball legend Jackie Robinson

  4/15/11, 3:30 p.m.

  The Dodgers and South Los Angeles students honored Jackie Robinson today.

• COLUMN: Haute cuisine in an unexpected place

  

  4/12/11, 1:17 p.m.

  A taste of Peru resides at Mo-Chica.

• Producing world class artwork by keeping it in the neighborhood

  

  3/30/11, 4:42 p.m.

  Where do contemporary artists like Ed Roche, John Baldessari go when they need to have their works published and produced up to the finest details? Vernon Central, of course.

• OPINION: Trying to get along with other cultures

  

  3/30/11, 4:20 p.m.

  Learning to live with neighbors is a slow process, but hope remains.

• Central Avenue jazz lives on

  

  3/18/11, 10:57 a.m.

  The story of the Central Avenue jazz period from the 1940s to the 1950s paralleled a rise in economic prosperity among blacks in Los Angeles.

• "Day 2: The Second Encounter" exhibit opens at Mercado La Paloma

  

  3/15/11, 2:52 p.m.

  Day 2 : The Second Encounter* is going to be a special night of art, music and food.

• One step forward, a long look back: Inside the African American Firefighter Museum

  

  3/11/11, midnight

  Following Daryl Osby's appointment to the position of Los Angeles County Fire Chief, we took a tour through the African American Firefighter Museum to learn about the history of discrimination and isolation of black firefighters in Los Angeles.

• Measure L aims to help ailing libraries

  

  3/7/11, 11:24 a.m.

  Libraries all around the county, including the two branches that serve the Vernon-Central area, have been feeling the burden of reduced hours and days.

• What younger people in Los Angeles know about Rodney King

  

  3/3/11, 5:51 p.m.

  Twenty years ago today, African American motorist Rodney King was pulled over and beaten by four white LAPD police officers. The incident was caught on videotape, and you know the rest - or maybe not.