La Voz. The blog of LA Plaza

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Earlier this year, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes celebrated Earth Day and Día de los Niños with the launch of its Edible Teaching Garden and Culinary Arts Program with support from The Pepsi Co Foundation. Over the course of the summer, LA Plaza’s Garden Teacher, Amos Dyson, and Culinary Arts...

11 Jul 2012
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US Secret Service visits LA Plaza

Today, the United States Secret Service visited LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes for the Secret Service annual Unity Day celebration. Gina Alicia Lopez-Ramos, our Volunteer Coordinator (left) and Suzy Salazar, our Education Coordinator (right) both received Certificates of Appreciation for their...

21 Sep 2011
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Artesanía Mexicana

Now open on the 3rd Floor! From the collection of Ellen and Federico Jiménez

Artensanía or Mexican folk art and handcraft dates to pre-conquest time, although the term was coined in the last century.

Despite Spanish efforts to eliminate the prevalence of...

21 Mar 2011
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Have you seen our billboards around town?

22 Feb 2011
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Local Students Document LA Today

As LA Plaza gears up for opening, we’ve invited local LAUSD middle schools to contribute to our LA Starts Here! exhibition through a photography project entitled “LA Today.

The concluding portion of LA Starts Here! will reveal the emergence of the Latina/o identity in...

18 Nov 2010
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Día de los Muertos

Last month, for the second year in a row, LA Plaza celebrated the Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) by participating in Olvera Street’s annual festivities and displaying a traditional altar (or “ofrenda”) on the plaza.

To do so, we...

27 Oct 2010
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Construcción

Good news! In late September, we completed construction on our indoor facilities. Now we only have a few finishing touches left on the renovation of the beautiful and historic Vickrey-Brunswig Building (c. 1888) and Plaza House (c. 1883) before we begin filling them with exhibits.

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26 Oct 2010
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Mucho Gusto

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to La Voz, the official blog of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Here you'll find the latest news and a few sneak peeks as we prepare for our April 2011 opening. We decided on the name "La Voz" (or "The Voice"), because that's what this is: a...

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