Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum

Music, Carnival Rides, Food Trucks at Culver City’s Fiesta La Ballona August 24-26 2018 at Veterans Park

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 22, 2018

Culver City’s Fiesta La Ballona will be held August 24-26, 2018 at Veterans Park which is located at 4117 Overland Avenue in Culver City. This spectacular summer festival features live performances, carnival rides and games, pony rides and petting zoo, a beer and wine garden, food trucks and a food court, vendor booths showcasing local groups and artisan wares, an aquacade at the Culver City Municipal Plunge, and an interactive sustainability information booth. The Opening Ceremony, with members of the Culver City City Council, will occur on August 24 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fiesta Entertainment Tent. The ceremony will include special performances by Ballet Folklorico de El Marino and The Actors’ Gang. Admission to Fiesta La Ballona is free and more information is available by visiting www.fiestalaballona.org or by calling (310) 253-6650.

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Black Talkies On Parade presents Mark Cantor’s Jazz West Coast

StaffMarch 13, 2017

Mar. 25 Black Talkies On Parade welcomes back jazz historian and archivist Mark Cantor. Mark will present a curated show of shorts and clips celebrating Jazz on the West Coast. The program features a variety of jazz styles from Dixieland, to Bebop, to the vibrant sounds of Los Angele’s own Central Avenue. Stan Kenton, Buddy Collette, Dave Brubeck, Kid Ory, Terry Gibbs, Nat “King” Cole, Dave Brubeck, Harold Land are just a few of the performers featured in the show. Your afternoon host will be Lloyd Clayton, Executive Director. Following the screening we will have a Q&A with our speaker

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Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum Presents Mimi Melnick’s Double M Jazz Salon The Azar Lawrence Quartet

StaffMarch 13, 2017

Mar. 26 The Azar Lawrence Quartet is Azar Lawrence, saxophones; Theo Saunders, piano; Henry “The Skipper” Franklin, bass; and Tony Austin, drums:12:30PM Doors open; 1-1:30PM Azar Lawrence In Conversation with Jeffrey Winston; 2-3PM FIRST SET – The Azar Lawrence Quartet; 3-4PM Break; 4-5PM SECOND SET – The Azar Lawrence Quartet.Double M Jazz Salon continues its legacy at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum in Culver City. Jazz Baroness Mimi Melnick first began Double M Jazz Salon in 1996 in her Encino home on Strawberry Drive. Mimi loved jazz, she organized and hosted the Jazz Salons to support the jazz

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Jazz at the Clayton

StaffMarch 3, 2017

Mar. 26 On Sunday, March 26, from 1-5pm come out for Double M Jazz Salon presents The Azar Lawrence Quartet at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum in Culver City. Jazz Baroness Mimi Melnick first began Double M Jazz Salon in 1996 in her Encino home on Strawberry Drive. Mimi loved jazz, she organized and hosted the Jazz Salons to support the jazz community in Los Angeles. Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum is proud and honored to carry the torch. Tickets are $20. To purchase tickets, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/double-m-jazz-salon-the-azar-lawrence-quartet-tickets-31982774339

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Sessions Receives Horace Tapscott Heritage Award

August 18, 2016

Mikela Session, left, recently received Horace Tapscott Young Musician’s Heritage Award. Maredith Torres, center, and Cecilia Tapscott, widow of Horace, made the presentation during a ceremony at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum in Culver City. Session, who is a junior at California Institute of the Arts, started playing drums as a toddler. He has performed with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra as well as with his own band. Horace Tapscott was a renowned jazz pianist and composer who founded the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. He resided in South L.A.’s Angeles Mesa district. He passed away in 1999.