Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration

Jun 21 2011

Choir, dance and music ensembles

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Arts Commission announced it is seeking choir, dance and music ensembles to perform in the 52nd annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Dec. 24.

Performers are paid but the event is free and it celebrates the spirit of many cultures and holiday traditions. The production is also broadcast live on KCET-TV Channel 28 and an annual one-hour highlight show is carried nationally on public television stations.

Dec 24 2010

Charitable efforts, church services, entertainment

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Christmas Eve will be marked in the Southland today with efforts to help the homeless and poor, a musical and dance performance and religious services honoring the birth of Jesus Christ.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is scheduled to join host Jennifer Love Hewitt at the Los Angeles Mission's Christmas Eve meal service and toy and coat giveaway on Skid Row. Celebrities set to volunteer include past "Dancing with the Stars'' contestants Brandy Norwood and Gilles Marini.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.