Take a trip through Black History in our local Leimert Park community. Over the decades, the community has seen periods of rise and decline but has remained a cultural center for African Americans in Los Angeles. Developed in the 1920s, Leimert Park was one of the first master-planned communities in Southern California and was considered [Continue Reading]
So no one wants to talk about it, much less think about it, but if you are anything like me when traveling, you just can’t help but inspect all hotel rooms for cleanliness. Did they miss a spot? Hurry! Pull out the anti-bacterial wipes. Have the linens been bleached to death? Perfect! Blindingly white, just [Continue Reading]
What would life be like without PB & J? It is the all-time classic American kid food and we can credit this, in part, to George Washington Carver. As a result of his research back in the early 1900s, Carver identified methods to help farmers revitalize their soil and battle common pests that were affecting [Continue Reading]
Travel to South America and experience a phenomenally sensory art exhibit without even leaving Los Angeles. The Moca Geffen’s “Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color and Space,” is great for your child and the kid in you. You’ll find yourself… SWAYING in Jesus Rafael Sotos’ Penetrable BBL bleu (1999) – a field of tiny blue tubes [Continue Reading]
Here is a quick and dirty project you can do while cleaning up! After a busy day of art-making, peel the paint off of your palette and paint dishes creating little flakes of paint texture. Use glue to make a shape (we made hearts for Valentine’s Day) and lay the flecks of paint on the glue. Isn’t [Continue Reading]
