“Communal Tables: Practicing Hospitality & Sustainability”
M a r c h 18 – 20, 2011
ST. JOSEPH’S TABLE: A SICILIAN FOOD ALTAR TRADITION: Viewing of altar: Friday, March 18, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, March 19, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, March 20, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church, 10122 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90002. Pageant of “The Saints” & Blessing of the Table: Friday, Mar. 18, 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.
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MudTown Farms Communal Table Tour: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Corner of 103rd & Grape St. • Storytelling, food and design project stations. RSVP to Watts Labor Community Action Committee at (323) 563.5639.
St. Joseph, San Giuseppe, San José [Illustrated Lectures]: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. (Patron Feast Day of St. Joseph and Italian “Father’s Day”), St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church, Parish Hall, 10122 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90002.
The Cult of St. Joseph in Mexico and the Hispanic World, by Charlene Villaseñor-Black, Assoc. Professor UCLA Art History and Chicana/o Studies
Rituals of Charity and Abundance: The Sicilian St. Joseph's Day Table in Los Angeles, A Feast for Our Times, by Luisa Del Giudice, Project Coordinator, Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative
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Watts Towers & Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 East 107th St., Los Angeles, 90002 • Hours, Admission, Guided Tours & more: > Exhibition: Migrating Towers: I Gigli di Nola and Beyond, Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center [Closes April 30; Re-opens in New York: John D. Calandra Italian American Insitute, Queens College, CUNY, June 22 – August 19, 2011] > Exhibition: Dominique Moody: Narrative Odyssey Manifesting Artistic Dreams (NOMAD), [Closes August 7]
Monetary Donations
Please make check payable to: “St. Alban’s - Discretionary Fund” and send to: Communal Tables in Watts, c/o St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Food Donations: Preferred foods: non-perishable food items, including canned tuna, meat, vegetables, fruits, peanut butter, pasta, rice, beans, etc. Food may be dropped off either in Watts: MudTown Farms, c/o Watts Labor Community Action Committee, 10950 South Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90059, Or in Westwood: St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024, > All foods and monetary donations will be distributed to local Watts residents through the food pantries of St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church, the Watts Senior Citizens Center, and the Watts Towers Arts Center. Donors will be listed online unless advised otherwise.
Sponsors of "Communal Tables & Sustainability" Program: Accademia Italiana della Cucina - Italian Academy of Cuisine; Watts Towers Arts Center; MudTown Farms (WLCAC); St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church; St. Alban's Episcopal Church; St. Alban's Interfaith Beijing Circle; UCLA Italian Dept.; UCLA Chicana/o Studies; Celestino Drago Restaurant Group; Evan Kleiman, KCRW “Good Food;” Sam Perricone Citrus Co.;Food Forward LA; Wesley Foundation, and individual donors.
This program is part of the Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative: Art—Migrations—Development - Sponsored by: Dept. of Italian at UCLA; UCLA International Institute; City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Cultural Affairs; LACMA; Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles (IIC); Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles; Armand Hammer Museum; S.P.A.C.E.S.; Watts Towers Arts Center (WTAC); Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC); Museo Etnomusicale, I Gigli di Nola (Gigli of Nola Ethnomusicological Museum); St. Alban’s Episcopal Church; Dept. of Special Collections, Young Research Library, UCLA.
Under the Auspices of the Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles