Opening Day - Good News Foundation Girls Strike again There wasn't much fan fare , the national anthem wasn't sang , no fly overs by the military or big name politicians and celebrities , but there was another opening day in Downtown Los Angeles. This opening day was to be held in the heart of the Fashion District on 7th Street. But if it wasn't for opening day of baseball season, I am sure there would have been all of that. Then again, when you have the divas of local news media drawing attention to this organization , that is a lot of fanfare. California Closets partnered with the Good News Foundation to do an extreme makeover of the Dress4success closet .

The dedication ceremony also kicks-off the 2nd Annual 'Clean Sweeps' Clothing Drive for Dress 4 Success organized by the women of Los Angeles television news. Leading reporters from the various TV stations will be on hand to help us start things off in style by bringing a professional suit that will be a 'perfect fit' for a woman looking to enter the professional work force.

I was ecstatic as I have also been a victim of the good news girls. Wendy Burch had invited me inside when they partnered with Office MAX to donate computers for school on wheels and then invited me to go to the news conference about the make over. Previous to today, after folks reading my blog and seeing the photos I took of the school on wheels event, I have been getting hired to take photos. People liked those photos. SO this event and the event at School on Wheels has had a profound effect on establishing the Good News Foundation as promoting things that bring forth opportunities to people to help themselves, either through educational opportunities or through opportunities to dress up for interviews and be confident in their search for work and even myself getting to be adopted by the Good News Foundation to take photos and spread the word. I am working on the photos, so I will be posting the full article later. I am sure all of us will be there for the grand opening of the dress4success closet next Friday. Details later today . With the big opening day at Dodger Stadium and it being Cesar Chavez day , I know many people were out enjoying their day off. It is understandable.

Eric Garcetti is the LA CITY NERD? OR is it LA CITY NERDS.... I have to say that this has got to be the biggest april fools joke ever perpetrated on the City of Los Angeles. David MArkland over at blogging.la claims that the LA CITY NERD is none other than Councilmember Eric Garcetti. Sure and I have a bridge in brooklyn I want to sell you. What gives this away was at the very first discussion on Broadway at the Los Angeles Theater I was sitting right behind the LA CITY NERD when he was live blogging . Eric Garcetti wasn't even at that meeting. And no, the article below about Naval Officer Garcetti is true and he is in the NAVY. I was born but I wasn't born yesterday... boy..... I have even had discussion with the NERD himself on collaborating with my blog but only as a source... I know who it was , why he had to stop, and who he worked for... But I will never tell. HE is my friend. And he is a huge fan of the Los Angeles Town Crier.

Blessing of the Animals at Olvera Street and other activities in Downtown Viewfromaloft author Ed Fuentes directs us to the blessing of the Animals at Placita Olvera. Great time to test out a new camera. [VFAL]

Angelenic lets us know that the Music Center is seeking people to learn how to be strip club pole dancers. [Angelenic]

Dramastage Qumran will be having a artistic theater festival at Artsharela on March 22nd- check out the website. [dramastage qumran]

SRO HOUSING Corporation gets 1.5 million dollars They got the money

Photos from Surviving the NIckel at the Regent Theater

Surviving the NIckel

A great theater troupe will be performing a play featuring the people of skid row. Many of these actors used to live on the streets of skid row. A soliloquy by a security guard in the play is based on words I said at a meeting about housing. Come out to the Regent Theater on Main Street at 7 pm to hear those words.

DRAMASTAGE-QUMRAN THEATER 1335 North La Brea #2179 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (323) 850-4436
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KING'S DAY PERFORMS AT THE REGENT THEATER

"If you want to know what's happening in Los Angeles. Don't go to Hollywood or Beverly Hills. Come on down to fifth street (the nickel) in skid row and the nickel will tell you."

These lines are uttered by John Doe, one of the characters in Surviving The Nickel, a play about surviving like on the nickel (fifth street) in the skid row area of Los Angeles as we follow the journey of two community members who fall from mainstream society and end up on skid row.

Surviving The Nickel, is written and directred by Melvin Ishmael Johnson.

The performance will be held as part of the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday

Regent Theater, 448 South Main Street, LA, Ca 90013 Monday, January 21, 2008 7:00pm, Reception with Food - Free. 8:00pm Performance - Free. (Donation Accepted) 9:00pm - Brief Q&A.
This program is sponsored by Dramastage-Qumran Theater and DLANC.

For more information call (323) 850-4436 or 213-359-5153 or email at dramastage1@yahoo.com or go to our website www.dramastage-qumran.org.

Julie Swayze to be honored as woman of distinction Julie Swayze , owner of Metropolis Books , is going to be honored in February as a Downtown Woman Of Distinction on February 13th at the Elevate Lounge. Details and more information will be forthcoming at this blog. The University of Southern California will be doing the honors. Julie Swayze opened Metropolis Books on Main Street and has managed to survive in business this long. I am sure that she is well deserving of this honor.