Princess Leia, Jane Fonda and the Clown Trump at the Women’s March in L.A.
by After days of rain, the skies above Los Angeles were gloriously blue on the day of the Women’s March in January 2017. And there were …
Category: Downtown
Skating, sledding and a Joni Mitchell song at Pershing Square in Los Angeles
Every winter–except 2020–there is ice skating in downtown Los Angeles. It’s unlikely and wholesome fun for LA families. But in 2018 the activities for children …
Festive decorations and Santa at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles
While there are now holiday decorations in Union Station, thank goodness they do not pipe in holiday music. Even the idea of hearing ‘Jingle Bell …
Signs of the times at the anti-Trump rally in #DTLA
I marched against Nixon and the Vietnam war in San Francisco the late 1960s and 70s. I marched against the Iraq War while living in …
Art and music and it was free at the All Access day in downtown L.A.
After photographing the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park and viewing ‘Nimbus’ at Disney Hall, a lunch break was in order before I …
See the Nimbus performance at Disney Hall with clouds, lightning, bell ringers
As part of the free All Access event at the cultural venues along Grand Avenue, at Disney Hall The Industry experimental opera company performed ‘Nimbus’ …
Food for the dead on the altars in Grand Park Los Angeles 2018
In the ancient Mayan/Mexican tradition, favorite foods and flowers are left for the dead on their graves in the cemetery. In Los Angeles today, foods …
See Day of the Dead altars in Grand Park Los Angeles
Many of the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park were assembled on Saturday although the ‘official’ start of the display is today, Sunday, …
Ballerina limbering up on the Metro in Los Angeles
Okay. It is 2 days before Halloween so maybe she was just in costume and going off to a party, but there she was stretching …
Weird, wacky, political and simply fun people at CicLAvia
After getting off the pedicab yesterday (see previous post) I found myself swept into the carnival atmosphere of the downtown Hub of CicLAvia. Sure, there …