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JULY 9, 2009
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GARCETTI LAUNCHES HOLLYWOOD HOT SPOT
This week, Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti launched Hollywood Hot Spot, a free eight-week summer program for Hollywood-area high school students that is taking place at Helen Bernstein High School.
“We want to make sure that Hollywood teens have a safe, supervised, and fun place to be this summer, and Hollywood Hot Spot will have a lot to offer anyone who wants to participate,” said Council President Garcetti. “From music to art to sports, there is something for everyone at the Hollywood Hot Spot. And the air conditioning alone might make the Hot Spot one of the coolest places to be this summer!”
Hollywood Hot Spot provides participants with the opportunity to learn to play instruments and form a rock band through Sound Art, create urban art with Creative Art Solutions, run with Nike’s Breakfast Club, screen movies with Generation Obama, and more. Programs are offered Wednesday through Sunday with varying hours depending on the day and activity.For more information about the schedule, please call 323-957-4500.
Hollywood Hot Spot kicked-off with a free community barbecue that included music provided by DJ Roueche for VALA Entertainment and an L.A. King’s-sponsored at puck shooting game (pictured above) as well as prize give-aways.
CHECK OUT THE ECHO PARK FILM FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
On July 11th and 12th, Echo Park Chamber of Commerce and the City Recreation and Parks Commission is sponsoring a Community Film Festival highlighting the Lotus Children's Area.
The Festival will feature live entertainment from various DJs, bands, and other acts. Film-goers can also check out vendors and other entertainment, and fireworks will be displayed each night.
Admission is free on Saturday (12 p.m. - 9 p.m.) and Sunday (12 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.).
To learn more, please visit their website here.
SUPPORT LA'S BEST ARTS PROGRAMS
| Each year LA's BEST provides thousands of Los Angeles students with the opportunity to participate in arts programs where they can paint, draw, sculpt, and more. 
You can help our city's nationally-recognized after-school enrichment program continue providing arts programs by checking out the limited run of this summer's sizzling musical sensation, Baby It's You, before it hits Broadway. For every $75 ticket sold this summer, LA's BEST will receive a $25 tax-deductible donation to help support visual and performing arts programs for low-income elementary school kids.
The show is running July 18 - August 30, 2009 at The Coast Playhouse located at 8325 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood.
For more information or to purchase tickets please click here or call 1-800-595-4849. You can also make a direct contribution to LA's BEST by clicking here.
L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti represents the 13th Council District, which includes all or part of the communities of Glassell Park, Little Armenia, Thai Town, Atwater Village, Elysian Valley, Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown, Silver Lake, East Hollywood and Hollywood. Councilmember Garcetti serves as President of the Los Angeles City Council.
Council President Garcetti and his staff can be reached via e-mail at councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org or by mail or phone at City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 470, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-473-7013; 5500 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028, 323-957-4500; and 3750 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065, 323-478-9002
Watch the Meet Eric Garcetti video in English or Spanish.
www.cd13.com
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