UPDATE: It was a massive success despite the clouds overhead, which cozy up to the foothills and usually get squeezed like sponges overhead. The stage is full of Afro-rhythms and the crowd is dense. There were probably too many vendors and too much to choose from -- foods of all kinds, baked goods, crafts, jewelry, healings. It happens again in the spring. For once the gloomy weather did not keep Angelenos away.
LOS ANGELES - There's a place in the Foothills no one believes in. Daily people walk in -- enter a time warp where the 1960s are alive and well -- and say, "How long have you been open? I've lived in the area for years and never knew you were here."
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| We're grateful for this place, Man. |
Village Market & Festival, Sunday, Oct. 16th
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| We have fashions that make a pro-African statement |
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| Aztec gods like Los Angeles multiculturalism |
Rhythms of the Village is an Afrocentric shop (of "authentic creative African inspired art") next door. The pot shop between them got raided twice recently and shut down, and Pizza Joe's tanked, but there's still an antique shop, all squeezed between a Post Office and Corporate Burger in a Box, across from the new Grocery Outlet and Aldi's high up on Lake Avenue in Altadena.
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| Get on the party bus to Zorthian Commune |
On Sunday between noon and 7:00 pm the back lot will fill with music, dance, food, handcrafted goods, and more for its biannual festival. It'll be a an art festival and marketplace of vendors, workshops, multicultural foods, games, and family fun. It's good vibes in the village with a wide range of rhythms and talents, storytelling, African dance, Folklorico, Danza Azteca (Aztec Dance), and more!
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