Past Events

Tour America’s First Feminist Asylum With Us Online: Rockhaven Sanatorium

Date: August 8, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Virtual only

What exactly is an asylum and/or a sanatorium? And a feminist one at that? What does that mean exactly? Where the heck is Rockhaven? Let’s get it all straightened out together!

Zoom link
Meeting ID: 880 7808 0226
Passcode: 90041

General Meeting

Date: April 27, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Zoom, Meeting ID: 890 2079 6845, Passcode 996732

Historic Transportation Through Eagle Rock

From the beginnings of its suburbanization, issues of connectivity to the cities around it drove the process. The initial connection of concern was the Eagle Rock Boulevard corridor, where swampy areas around York Boulevard blocked access to LA. Very soon after, the east-west connection between our valley and adjacent cities and thence the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, became the focus of both local boosters and State and regional planners. While this did benefit Eagle Rock, it began a shift, which would often be the source of conflict, between users concerned with local connections and regional authorities that viewed Eagle Rock mostly as a bottleneck to regional traffic solutions.

A slideshow presentation highlighting these and later developments will precede a panel question and answer period about this history. This is not, however, a forum for discussion of current transportation issues. The panel includes; Alan Weeks, expert on the trolley system and longtime Metro employee; Michael Morgan, expert on the Glendale and Eagle Rock Railway; Severin Martinez, a city planner who has studied the freeway and road connections between Eagle Rock and the region. Eric Warren, ERVHS curator, will moderate.

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General Meeting – Feb

Date: February 23, 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Zoom

The Northeast Newspaper Project – A Fruitful Collaboration.
For our second venture into the virtual world, we will present a panel discussion held in January 2021, moderated by Robert Kieft, former Occidental College Librarian, for a seminar class in collaborations between college libraries and their surrounding communities. A question and answer session will be held afterwards with members of the panel.

Lummis’ El Alisal : a National Monument?

Start date: October 10, 2020
End date: October 31, 2020
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Zoom Webcast on 10-20-20

California’s Wine Capital : Los Angeles in the Eighties

Date: February 18, 2020
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

An Icon Revisited : Gebhard & Winter (Architectural Guide to Los Angeles)

Date: October 15, 2019
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

Ice Cream Social

Date: August 4, 2019
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

Kizh / Gabrielino – Band of Mission Indians

Date: April 16, 2019
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Center for the Arts Eagle Rock

Eagle Rock’s First People

Taking Back the Boulevard

Date: March 19, 2019
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: The Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

Our guest in March for our special free public meeting is professor Jan Lin from Occidental College. Lin has observed Eagle Rocks revitalization efforts and will place them in context with overall trends in Northeast Los Angeles.

“Lin explores the promises and conflicts faced by public figures, artists, and leaders of Northeast Los Angeles as they enliven and defend their neighborhoods. Focusing especially on the cultural scene of Northeast Los Angeles, Lin shows how these gentrifying communities help satisfy a white middle-class consumer demand for authentic experiences of “living on the edge and a spirit of cultural rebellion.”

Beside the LA River : the Story of Early Los Angeles Pioneers

Start date: February 19, 2019
End date: February 20, 2019
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Eagle Rock Center for the Arts