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Cinespia's screening of FUNNY FACE ~ Hollywood Forever Cemetery ~ Sat. June 13th

frankiely wrote 6 months ago: Saturday, june 13th gates at 7:30 pm, film at 9:00 pm NEW TIME!! hollywood forever cemetery 6000 san … more →

Tags: Dancers, filmmakers, audrey hepburn, Cinespia, Fred Astaire, Hollywood forever cemetery, Stanley Donen

Interview with Altarista/Altar Maker Ofelia Esparza2 comments

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Ofelia Esparza by Gil Ortiz. Tropico de Nopal fashion show 2006. Copyright Gil Ortiz/Tropico de Nopa … more →

Tags: Interviews of the outspoken and opiniated, Visual Artists, Ofelia Esparza, Altar Maker, Altarista, Charles White, Diego Rivera, frida kahlo, Helen Frankenthaler

ALTARES Y OFRENDAS ~ Ofelia Esparza' solo exhibit ~ Plaza de la Raza2 comments

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Ofelia Esparza  by Gilbert Ortiz. Ofelia Esparza is an altarista: an altar maker. Since she retired … more →

Tags: Visual Artists, Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, Ofelia Esparza, Plaza de la Raza, Altars, Ofrendas, altares

DAY OF THE DEAD @ Self-Help Graphics by Gilbert Ortiz1 comment

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Courtesy of Gilbert Ortiz. Nov.2, 2008. www.gilortizfoto.com … more →

Tags: Visual Artists, Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, Self Help Graphics, Gil Ortiz, Gilbert Ortiz, Photogrpahy

DAY OF THE DEAD @ Plaza de la Raza2 comments

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Situated in the century-old Lincoln Park, Plaza de la Raza is the only multidisciplinary cultural ar … more →

Tags: Photo Essays, Visual Artists, Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, death, Deceased, Plaza de la Raza

LAST DAY OF THE DEAD AT SELF-HELP GRAPHICS? ~ Nov. 1st-Nov.2nd

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Self Help Graphics, a nationally recognized center for Latino arts that develops and nurtures artist … more →

Tags: Visual Artists, Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, Ofelia Esparza, Self Help Graphics

Brian de Palma's CARRIE ~ Hollywood Forever Cemetery ~ Saturday

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: directed by brian de palma (1976, 98 mins) courtesy mgm home entertainment new time!!! gates at 5:30 … more →

Tags: filmmakers, Carrie, Cinespia, Entertainment, Hollywood forever cemetery, John Travolta. Brian de Palma, sissy spacek

MEASURING YOUR OWN GRAVE ~ MOCA ~ 06/22 through 09/22/08

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave is the first mid-career survey of the work of Marlene Dumas … more →

Tags: Visual Artists, Art, death, Marlene Dumas, Moça

Cyd Charisse ~ Actor/Dancer ~ March 8, 1992 - June 17, 2008

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Cyd Charisse’s leg in the dance sequence that made her famous from the 1952 Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly … more →

Tags: Dancers, Cyd Charisse, Entertainment, gene kelly, Life, singin in the rain

BODY VS. SOUL ~ Santa Monica1 comment

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: On a Sunday morning, my niece Dulce and I found a dead crow in the middle of the street near her apa … more →

Tags: burial, Crow, death, Green, Life

SALVAGE Art & Fashion Show ~ First Street Studios ~ Boyle Heights

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Face by Mike Gonzalez (Plastic bottles, Alum., Cans) The First Street Studios was packed 2 Saturday … more →

Tags: Visual Artists, Art, Chicano art, Culture, Entertainment, recycling

Bukowski's Red Garter ~ From East Hollywood to Venice3 comments

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: A few months ago I’m heading North on Lincoln Blvd. when, on an impulse, I jump out of my car to pix … more →

Tags: essays, History, Writers, Charles Bukowski, dives, Entertainment, historic landmarks, Life, Literature

Still Life

frankiely wrote 1 year ago:   “Why do cats feel compelled to bring dead prey into the house? Returning with the spoils of … more →

Tags: cat, hunt, Life

"Gore Vidal speaks ill of the dead" on www.truthdig.com

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Photo by Zuade Kaufman for Truthdig. I read on Truthdig yesterday a very honest rant from Gore Vidal … more →

Tags: Writers, Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley

EAGLE RAY JUMPS INTO A MOVING BOAT AND KILLS A WOMAN ON DECK

frankiely wrote 1 year ago:   Photo found on www.cruiseingalapagos.com.  “Thursday, a large spotted eagle ray jumped into … more →

Tags: death, Eagle ray, Life

My interview with Zan of East L.A. 1 comment

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: Pre-Zan days for Rosanna Esparza of East LA. (This interview was originally published on www.lataco. … more →

Tags: History, Interviews of the outspoken and opiniated, Visual Artists, Calvary Cemetery, Cheech Marin, Chicano art, Culture, Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos

Early settlers want to say hello ~ Evergreen Cemetery ~ East Los Angeles2 comments

frankiely wrote 1 year ago: “By the late 1880s, the boom had peaked, and some of the dream of a new city East of Los Angeles had … more →

Tags: History, Photo Essays, East Los Angeles, Evergreen Cemetery, Life


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