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Nelson's winter light festival Te Ramaroa returns this weekend, with dozens of magical light installations and performances lighting up the city.

One year after revered songstress, vocal teacher and community activist Barbara Morrison’s passing at age 72, her legacy is humming along in full swing. The City of Los Angeles has renamed the corner of 43rd Street and Degnan (where the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center has stood for the past 14 years) “Barbara Morrison Square.” It was dedicated on the singer’s birthday last year, September 10, which also marked the date of the First Annual Barbara Morrison Jazz and Blues Festival.

A pillar in her LA community, singer Barbara Morrison leaves behind a deep legacy of song, creativity, and community empowerment.

Altar from Day of the Dead still alive and well to celebrate the Mexican festive holiday.

Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 11:25 am Te Ramaroa is a celebration of community, creativity and the wonder of light. In its fifth year, Te Ramaroa expanded its footprint across the city, creating new opportunities for installation sites, allowing more room for people to move, and most importantly, showing Nelson in a new light. The new-look Te Ramaroa 2021 was embraced by the crowds, with its stunning array of more than 30 light installations through Church Hill, Nelson’s city streets, NMIT, Kirby Lane and Queens Gardens. Well over 50,000 people came out on a series of clear and crisp mid-winter...