Go Metro to Free Lummis Day Festival June 7 and Get a Free Grocery Bag, Too
The 2009 Lummis Day festival celebration of cultural diversity will feature more than two dozen musical, dance and theatrical artists performing on four stages, as well as simultaneous events showcasing local poetry and art on Sunday, June 7, 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. 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.
Metro riders will receive a free reusable grocery bag and a short walking tour of the Sycamore Grove neighborhood by showing a valid Metro pass, Metro Rail ticket or Destination Discounts card at the Highland Park Heritage Trust booth in Sycamore Grove Park. The offer is valid while supplies last.
Among featured artists will be Ozomatli’s Wil-Dog, I See Hawks in L.A., BombaChante, Culture Clash, The Monolators and the Lula Washington Dance Theatre.
The Festival will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the annual Poetry Gala at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Ave. 43, and will continue with art exhibitions at Casa de Adobe, 4605 N. Figueroa St., and musical, dance and theatrical performances at Sycamore Grove Park, 4702 N. Figueroa St., from 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Now in its fourth year, Lummis Day takes its name from one of Los Angeles' founders, Charles Fletcher Lummis, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 1876 as the newspaper's first city editor. A prolific writer and photographer who also was one of the city's first librarians, Lummis founded the Southwest Museum, was a published poet and author and helped introduce the concept of multiculturalism to Southern California.
For more information on getting there, go to metro.net. For more information on Lummis Day go to lummisday.org.
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