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by tony reverditto
TAKING BACK DOWNTOWN’S CORE JOSÉ HUIZAR
DTLA: NIGHT ON BROADWAY Night on Broadway is a free arts and music festival in Down- josé huizar
town Los Angeles (DTLA) onSaturday, January 27, produced in celebration of Councilmember José Huizar’s “Bringing Back Broadway” economic development initiative. It’s a free to the public event, designed to awaken Angelinos to the beautiful historic theatres and Broadway corridor in film entertainment’s birthplace. This year’s event will feature programming across six of the area’s historic theatres, on ten outdoor stages, over ten city blocks, revolving around creative talent of all kinds, from emerging musical acts to established national stars, artists to acrobats, fashion designers, and of course, food trucks and eats of all kinds, with alcohol permitted for purchase at select venues.
In conjunction with all that fun, the second annualDTLA
Proud Block Party on Broadway will also be happening in Pershing Square in front of Precinct at 4th and Broadway. It’s a free night of stage performances that includes Exposure Drag,
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Sasha Colby, The Hound, Ti To Soto, Rasputin’s Marionettes, and the fabulous Gia Gunn, along with other music and art highlighting the diverse LGBTQ+ community of DTLA! It’s a night of drag, dancing, and most importantly, a community gathering in a fun and safe space amongst the more than 75,000 people who attend Night on Broadway! Legendary ‘80s band, The B-52s, will headline the main Broad-
way stage along with War, La Santa Cecilia and Raul Pacheco (of Ozomatli) and the Immaculate Conception. Other performers and acts featured include the Lucent Dossier Experience, a cirque-style performance that combines live music, technologically advanced visuals, dancers, aerial artists and stunning fire shows. Host of the event, José Huizar was born in Zacatecas, Mexico
and is the first Mexican immigrant elected to the municipal council in the history of Los Angeles and to became the first Latino to serve on the Princeton Board of Regents in 2004. From there, he was elected as councilman to District 14 of City Hall of the City of Los Angeles in 2005, re-elected in 2011 and in what will be his last term, again in 2015.
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