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Welcome Signage: Photo Credit, Ricky Richardson *Los Angeles – How time flies. It is hard to believe that we have reached the first quarter, fourth month of the year. April is an exciting time of the year, with its pleasant spring weather. April is Jazz Appreciation Month April is Jazz Appreciation Month (aka, “JAM”) was created to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz for the entire month of April. Jazz Appreciation Month is intended to stimulate and enco...

Pan African Film and Arts Festival, Courtesy Photo *Los Angeles – The show must go on is a popular saying in the entertainment industry. This is good news for film and art patrons in the Greater Los Angeles area and Globally. For nearly three decades, the Pan African Film and Arts Festival welcomed thousands of visitors to browse their wonderful showcase of artistic aesthetic that is rooted in Africa and its diaspora. Locals as well as a contingent of international tourist strolled and peruse...

El Cielito Café Founder Daniel Olivares. Courtesy photo. Daniel Olivares can recall being a young man living in Los Angeles when he visited a newly opened location of a high-end San Francisco-based specialty coffee chain in his neighborhood of Echo Park. He remembers seeing that two of the three coffees on offer at the sleek bar were from Latin America, yet everyone there making and buying the coffee was white. It has long been the case that specialty coffee shops have been markers of gentrifi...