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La Mesa Fundraiser Reaches Out To Haiti
LA MESA -- A group of young East County women are planning a trip to Haiti next month to help artists in that impoverished country set up businesses and begin selling their art works.
As…
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Helix Charter High School
Highland Players Stage Final Show At Little Theater
LA MESA -- Helix Charter High School's theater company, The Highland Players, are in their final days in their longtime home, the Helix Little Theater. After more than 50 years of performances in this space, Helix's drama program (along with the dance, instrumental music, vocal music, and speech and debate programs) will move into the new Performing Arts…
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La Mesa Arts
Turner Opens At Cosmos
LA MESA -- Sage Turner's Senior Project at Helix Charter High School is the centerpiece of her art opening Friday at Cosmos Coffee Cafe on La Mesa Boulevard.
Turner attracted friends, supporters and musicians…
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On La Mesa: Art Promotion
Morgan Turner: The Art Of Making Art
LA MESA -- Anyone who has ever done anything in the art world will tell you that getting that first break is…
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La Mesa Arts
Foothills May Newletter Features Sylvia Crise
LA MESA -- The May issue of the Foothills Art Association's newsletter is now available.…
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La Mesa Arts
Love Of Bradbury Burns Anew
LA MESA -- For the second year in a row, the Write Out Loud organization brought a simple reading to the…
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La Mesa Arts
Adding Art To Our Utilities
LA MESA -- Efforts to add a touch of art to utility boxes around La Mesa has brought the La Mesa Arts Alliance some notice.
La Mesan Carol Lockwood, of the Arts Alliance, is…
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La Mesa Arts
The Big Read Returns Tuesday
LA MESA -- Write Out Loud is holding another of its "Big Read" public readings in La Mesa, this one featuring Vice Mayor Mark Arapostathis, in a formal reading of Ray Bradbury's short story The…
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Spring Harp Fest
It's Free. It's Fun. It's For Everyone!
Details filed by organizers of the Spring Harp Fest.
LA MESA -- Oh Yeah!! Once again we are proud to announce the 14th Annual SPRING HARP FEST. Be sure to…
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La Mesa Arts
Getting Excited About A New Art Show
LA MESA -- Everyone is invited to BizCenterArt show , reception April 20th.We are having a silent auction as part of a fund raiser for STAT Soroptimist International project…
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Young Actors' Theatre
Young Actors' Theatre Stages Wizard of Oz
SPRING VALLEY – Under the direction of Perry Lee, Katee Drysdale, assistant choreographer, and Beatriz Corral, musical director, Young Actors’ Theatre is pleased to announce the…
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La Mesa Arts
New Artist's Way Group Starting Tuesday March 5
LA MESA -- Julia Cameron started a revolution in the concept of regenerating creative powers lost in daily life, education
and everyday pressures through her…
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Peter Pan Junior Theater
Bringing Guys And Dolls To La Mesa
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LA MESA -- Saturdays at La Mesa Middle School are once again a busy place as the well-oiled machine that is the…
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Finding Humor In Unexpected Places
LA MESA -- The La Mesa Arts Alliance members and guests spent a pleasant winter evening Thursday visiting and enjoying the hilarious letters culled from the files of government and business…
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East County Arts
Jazz Legends To Grace Grossmont College
EL CAJON – The public will have a rare opportunity to meet and learn about the careers of two extraordinary
jazz artists at “A Day of Giants” on the campus of Grossmont College.
Jeannie…
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La Mesa Arts
The Latest In La Mesa Visual Arts News
LA MESA -- The Foothills Art Association is an active group that invites new members and attendance at its art events at its Porter Hall location. Click here…
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La Mesa Arts
Keeping The Arts In Your Children's Life
LA MESA -- A great supplement to the art classes available in local schools are taught by Billy Martinez at his Neko Press studio on University Avenuen.
The classes are located at 7332…
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La Mesa Arts
Notes From The Fringe Will Entertain
LA MESA -- The annual La Mesa Arts Alliance (LMAA) fundraiser will be a production called “Letters from A Nut” on Thursday, February 21 at the La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive. This…
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La Mesa Arts
Looking For New Artists
LA MESA -- Always looking for new artists. Check out next show info at BizCenterArt.com artist's page as well as info about artists informal, informational pot luck on Monday, Feb. 25.
And I am beginning an Artist's Way class in March, starting Tue. March 5th . Call Midge for…
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Exhibit Probes The Placement Of Things
LA MESA -- Adding to the pulse of the growing La Mesa art scene are the smart, quarterly shows…
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The Wall Street Journal
Over 50 percent of Americans expect home prices to rise
More than half of Americans now expect the country’s home prices to climb within the next year, illustrating a growing optimism toward the health of the housing industry, according to new data from Fannie Mae. Read the full story.
Los Angeles Times
Some homes are slow to sell even in the hottest markets
With full-fledged sellers’ markets underway in dozens of metropolitan areas around the country, new research has found curious statistical patterns emerging: Even in cities where listings get multiple offers within days or hours, significant numbers of homes are sitting on the market for six months, 12 months, or more with no takers. Among the reasons: Mispricing, excessive restrictions on access to buyers and agents, failure to clean or make repairs, and a variety of other marketing bungles. Read the full story.
The Wall Street Journal
Principal forgiveness could reduce costs for taxpayers
Allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce loan balances for borrowers who owe more than their homes are worth could ultimately reduce mortgage defaults and save the government money, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office. Read the full story.
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