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Go Metro to Lummis Day Festival, Sunday, June 1, and See Famed Musician Jackson Browne Musician Jackson Browne and the Latino theater group Culture Clash will be among stars appearing, Sunday, June 1, at the third annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles. The festival is free and Metro is an easy and economical way to get there. Take the Metro Gold Line to the Southwest Museum Station, exit the train and walk ten minutes to the Lummis Home. Last year's Lummis Day drew more than 3,500 and more than 25 community groups, a dozen galleries and a half dozen restaurants participated. This year Jackson Browne and Culture Clash will be joined by other musicians, poets and theatrical performers including Cava, The Chapin Sisters, Artichoke, The Mariachi Divas, Kultura Philippine Folk Arts, Ballet Coco and Puppets and Players Theater. Lummis Day takes its name from one of Los Angeles’ founders, Charles Fletcher Lummis, who served as the Los Angeles Times’ first city editor upon his arrival in Los Angeles in 1885, following a trek across the country from Cincinnati. Lummis, who was one of the city’s first librarians, founded the Southwest Museum, was a published poet and author and helped introduce the concept of multiculturalism to Southern California. Principal activities for the event will be staged at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, where the program will begin with a 10:30 a.m. to noon poetry reading, at Sycamore Grove Park, 4900 N. Figueroa St., where music, art, multi-cultural performances and food service will begin at 12:30 p.m., and at Casa de Adobe, 4603 N. Figueroa St., where the top galleries and artists of the burgeoning arts community will display their work from noon to 7 p.m. For more information on getting there, go to www.metro.net. For more information on Lummis Day go to www.lummisday.org. Metro-071 Editors Note: Metro is the official name of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority as adopted by the Metro Board of Directors in December 2004. To be consistent, we ask that “Metro” be used when referring to this agency. We ask for your cooperation in updating your style guides. If you need to update your files with the current Metro logo, please call Metro Media Relations at 213-922-2700. Copyright © 2007, LACMTA | Privacy Policy |
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