Honarkar Foundation News Today

One of us (I’ll give you a hint: the older one) was confirmed at St. Vibiana’s, the former Cathedral of Los Angeles. That venerable structure was erected in the 1890s and served as the center of the city’s Catholic community for over a century

February, a short month, leaves little time to celebrate, honor, reflect or reminisce about African American/Black history. The 2024 national theme was African and African Americans in Cultural Arts. We All Matter, Inc. chose to reflect and reminisce on African Americans as sculptures, fine art, literature and their distinctive place during the Harlem Renaissance era.  

Chabad Jewish Center Laguna Beach will host 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Dr. Jacob Eisenbach on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m.

The South Laguna Community Garden Park is once again accepting applications for new members. The Garden maintains 52 plots measuring six by eight feet, the perfect size for a family or friends to share.

OK, I was more than skeptical when Rivian rode into town (silently) and bought our beloved South Coast Cinema after an interminable wait for a white knight to scoop it up and return it to its original glory - so we could once again make out on the balcony, without fear of rats, mold and asbestos.

Wait, did Hauser and Wirth or Larry Gagosian just set up shop here? Because it sure felt that way at last Friday’s marvelous Hospitality Night when, upon walking through a side door off a nondescript building on a nondescript section of Broadway, you were swept into an alternate universe - a cavernous, 4,200 square foot, state-of-the-art gallery space with the ultimate in sophisticated exhibition technology.  

A sleek new museum-style exhibition space in the middle of town will debut next week when the public is invited to get a first look at the Honarkar Foundation for Arts & Culture space at 298 Broadway.