"A memorial based on the great-man theory of history is a tale only half told."
I write about the monuments to Cesar Chavez. Don't just replace them; rethink them entirely.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Dolores Huerta stands on a stage behind a podium, speaking at a "teach in on a new labor movement" at UCLA in 1997
#PowerFromThePast Dolores Huerta speaks at a labor movement teach in, 1997
📸 Power from the Past brings you a snapshot of labor history each week to inspire organizing in the present and future
Today, we celebrates Huerta on the eve of her 96th birthday 🎂
Learn more at memorywork.irle.ucla.edu
The Huntington Library recently unveiled Sandy Rodriguez’s “Book 13,” which features a 20-foot-wide U.S. map of child migrant detention centers alongside federal Native-American boarding schools.
To reserve tickets to the full exhibit, visit huntington.org.
Thinking about author John Fante, who was born #OTD in 1909. #johnfante
Footage from the April 1956 opening of the Capitol Records Tower: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2pJ... #OTD #Hollywood
From the LAPL caption: Looking north up Vine Street before it crosses the 101 Freeway towards the Capitol Records Building. Various homes and the Hollywood Sign in the Hollywood Hills are visible. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/117751
Apr 6, 1956: The Capitol Records Tower was dedicated 70 years ago today. Press release (1956): norimuster.com/capitolrecor... #musichistory
#LAPL photo (1990):
“All the tract of land included within the limits of the Pueblo de Los Angeles as heretofore known and acknowledged, shall henceforth be known as the City of Los Angeles.”
@uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog?f%5B...
Apr 4, 1850: Los Angeles was incorporated as a US city.
Los Angeles became US city before California became US state (Sept 9, 1850). Plan de la Ciudad de Los Angeles (1849) by surveyor E.O.C. Ord, via the #HuntingtonLibrary: hdl.huntington.org/digital/coll...
A black and white photo of a woman serving food behind a counter. Headline reads “A Reddit Post Is Helping One of L.A.’s Most Iconic Mexican Restaurants, But It’s Far From Safe”
La Luz del Día has been serving Michoacan-inspired tacos and other traditional Mexican dishes on Olvera Street since 1959. However, due to a steep decline in customers, the restaurant fears how much longer it can hold on.
The full story: lataco.com/olvera-stree...
By Valeria Macias
This purple & white ticket booklet shows the minimalist stick-figure graphic design used for the 1984 Olympics. In addition to a figure holding a torch, the sports featured on this booklet include volleyball, cycling, equestrian, track and rowing.
Sharing our ticket booklet from the #LA84 Olympics as I just finished ordering my tickets for the #LA28 Olympics.
Apr 25: The 57th Annual #Manzanar Pilgrimage
“This year’s pilgrimage promises to be a dynamic community gathering where we remember the lessons of the World War II incarceration in the context of the current political climate.” @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social: manzanarcommittee.org/2026/02/09/5...
This color photo (1960s) shows the line of festively-dressed kids, teens and adults with their pets as they receive a blessing at Olvera Street's annual Blessing of the Animals. El Pueblo Collection photo at LAPL: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/elpueblo/id/5336
Olvera Street's annual Blessing of the Animals (circa 1960s) via the El Pueblo Collection at LAPL. "The Blessing of the Animals has been a part of #OlveraStreet since its founding in 1930."
This year's Blessing of the Animals takes place on Saturday (April 4) -> www.olveraevents.com/blessing-of-...
"The team behind Lost Record Stores wanted to create a map of lost independent record stores in Los Angeles out of a love for the city and its #musichistory."
Sat @ 4pm: Dyanne Cano & Josh Kun will discuss LA's lost record stores at #BookSoup. booksoup.com/event/2026-0...
We wish Lloyd Wright a Happy Birthday today! Born March 31, 1890, Lloyd Wright would later design Wayfarers Chapel after finding inspiration on a trip in the redwood forests of northern California.
"As the city’s cost-of-living crisis continues to grow, and as other historical meeting places like Cole’s French Dip close after decades, the loss of Taix (prounounced 'Tex') stands out as a symbol of the city’s grief." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICYMI: Taix French Restaurant closed Mar 29.
"What Norman Klein got right in his seminal work about the city & its nebulous relationship to stasis...is the way places and locations that 'used to be' leave impressions on 'what is.'" @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/taix...
A slide of this 1974 mural shows the Virgen de Guadalupe looking down as two agricultural workers (before 1900), a Conquistador and a pre-Columbian Native American hoist the UFW flag. This slide comes from the Nancy Tovar collection.
“Tribute to the Farm Workers” mural at Estrada Courts by artist Alexandro C. Maya (located here -> maps.app.goo.gl/SwaV89fzUk1C...). #FarmworkersDay
Image (1975) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library & Archive: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
The symposium program photographed in front of the Ebell's garden and 1927 theatre. The Wilshire Ebell Theatre's neon sign can be seen in the distance.
A page showing the Wilshire Ebell timeline photographed in front of the keynote given by Meredith Drake Reitan, Ann McElaney-Johnson and Christina Rice. The Ebell's beautiful ornate ceiling & chandelier can also be seen in the photo.
Photo of the program listing all the speakers for the day.
Spent a wonderful Thursday absorbed in women’s history at the symposium hosted by the Ebell Institute for the Study of Women's History in L.A. #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth
A screen capture from Christina Rice's instagram shows the four librarians that she'll be discussing at the Ebell on Thursday. She included portraits for Mary Foy, Tessa Kelso, Harriet Child Wadleigh, and Mary Jones.
The program schedule is not online for the Ebell’s free symposium on #womenshistory in LA, but LAPL’s Christina Rice did post about her presentation on the “Pioneering Women of the Los Angeles Public Library.” #LibrarySky #LAPL
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Thur @ 9am: In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, the Ebell Institute for the Study of Women’s History in Los Angeles is hosting its free Third Annual Public Symposium. www.ebellofla.org/events/tei-s... #WHM
THIS FRIDAY: March 27, please join us at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social to celebrate Indie Press Month. Angel City Press authors will be gathering to discuss the power of place.
"In 1969, [Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña] became the first professor in CSUN’s Mexican American studies department, now called the #Chicano and #Chicana Studies Department, which became an incubator for Latino activism in L.A. and beyond." www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
RIP Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña!
Now you have me wondering if the owner still has that sign somewhere in storage?
Before Les Freres Taix moved into 1911 Sunset Blvd, it was an Echo Park restaurant called Botwin’s.
Matchbook cover from J. Eric Lynxwiler's wonderful Flickr account: flic.kr/p/4wwJig
A 2012 postcard for Taix's 85th anniversary shows the original location of the restaurant in downtown.
A brochure for the 90th anniversary of Taix in 2017 along with a French flag.
Moved back to Echo Park as an adult and made my own memories here. Tried to attend as many Taix anniversaries as I could (along with a few Bastille Days).
Over the weekend, I took this photo of Taix's red-colored neon sign with a marquee that reads "Thank you LA - See you 2029."
Photo of Les Freres Taix taken by my dad (circa 1970).
Had my farewell meal at Taix this past weekend as the historic Echo Park restaurant will be closing on Sunday (this one’s gonna hurt). My parents lived in Echo Park when I was born, so they were eating here before I ever entered the picture.
Taix in 2026 & 1970 (📸: my dad).
Bridget Mason, known as Biddy Mason, is a Black woman who, at one point in time, was one of the wealthiest people in Los Angeles, California. Her life is one of the greatest examples of perseverance and the power of community.
In honor of the 20 year anniversary of the passing of “Parable of the Sower” and “Kindred” author Octavia E. Butler, @marinamasako.bsky.social rode the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social 18 Line to talk about her legacy.
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