Tag: Los Angeles
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Big World Fun | This Summer
Mama Earth is so excited to offer pre-show art activities for the Ford Theatres‘ Big World Fun family series that takes place on Saturday mornings at 10:00 AM in July and August. These hour-long music and dance performances are for children ages 4 to 12 and their families. Travel the world without leaving LA, as groups representing music and…
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collecting our own history
Recently, one of our favorite community hubs, William Grant Still Arts Center, hosted The West Adams Collectors Club for an 8-week, intergenerational workshop on archiving grassroots histories. From Black dolls and mix tapes to books, flyers, social movements and community spaces, the group learned about collecting, keeping, and exhibiting cultural and social history through personal collections and…
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A Mural Project at Crenshaw High School
Last summer, as part of an after-school arts and writing program at Crenshaw High School, Mama Earth helped coordinate a campus beautification mural to be installed in the entryway of the school by visual artist, Aise Born. Why A Mural? Murals become landmarks in the community. Murals give the youth a positive means to express their identity…
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For the Love of Music at Zanzibar Sunday, Aug 9th
The m.a.m.a. earth project began as artist and philanthropist Jaime Kailani Bayot worked as a Booking Manager for her talented younger brother, Bruno. As she formed relationships with concert venues around Los Angeles, she was inspired to use these relationships to do something good for others. She’d already created the m.a.m.a. earth “Wish Bracelet” to help…
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Arts & Writing in South Los Angeles
We are so proud of the 9-12th graders participating in this year’s installment of ALTER, an after-school arts and writing program at Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, created by Lead art teacher of Crenshaw’s Visual and Performing Arts magnet, Ronda Brown. The kids have an opportunity to attend ALTER twice a week for modules on writing,…
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Drop everything! Cousin Alex is Throwing a Dance Party!
Since 2007, m.a.m.a. earth has been using art, music and nature to make a change for the better, locally and globally. Since we started this project, we have been blessed with a steady stream of beautiful and creative artists that are all about self-expression and sharing their talents for the good of others. We were…
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Sow Some Seeds of Peace and Grow Where You Are!
Calling all students, parents, educators, activists and conscious community members! Eugene Cooke, urban farmer and first papa of m.a.m.a. e a r t h, returns to California at the end of this month bringing a brand new lecture/virtual journey through Kenya, East Africa. Local food systems are developing worldwide and Eugene spent the first quarter…
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Vote for m.a.m.a. for the GOOD L.A. Fund!
VOTE for m.a.m.a. e a r t h’s idea on GOOD! Voting starts August 24th at midnight and ends September 9th. The project with the most votes wins $2,500 to fund their idea. GOOD is an integrated media platform for people who want to live well and do good. They are a company and community…
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help the world and get a chance to win an autographed guitar from Bruno Mars!
m.a.m.a. e a r t h’s intention has always been to make it EASY for folks to make a change for the better no matter their age, background or financial situation. Starting today until September 16th, m.a.m.a. e a r t h is raising money on IndieGoGo.com to help us with our missions in the…
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Bruno Mars Lends a Hand for the children of the Philippines
Bruno Mars is back at home in Los Angeles to take a little break from touring the world. Bruno and his band have been supporting his sister’s community organization m.a.m.a. e a r t h since it’s inception, playing every m.a.m.a. e a r t h event before his record-breaking success in the music industry.…