Browse through our latest news and press releases below. For further press, interview or media requests, please contact our Senior Communications and Marketing Manager, Tatum Hawkins, at tatum@lacommons.org
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Fast-forward 25 years: Sharing hopes and dreams for a future Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2025
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LA Commons Celebrates 25 Years of Community with Inaugural Gala
Hype Off Life, November 7, 2025
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LA Commons Installs New Murals in South Los Angeles Neighborhoods
LA Sentinel, October 16, 2025
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UniverSOUL Hip Hop Dance Company Turns The Ford Into a Whimsical WonderLAnd!
LA Sentinel, September 1, 2025
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Partner Spotlight: LA Commons
Festival Trail Blog, August 19, 2025
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Fast-forward 25 years: Sharing hopes and dreams for a future Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2025
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Traveling Through the African Diaspora in Los Angeles
The Valley’s News Observer, page A10, July 10, 2025
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Festival of Masks Calls on Ancestors to Bring Change and Transformation
LA Sentinel, July 2, 2025
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California Backs South LA Black Cultural District With $3 Million in State Funding
LA Focus, June 26, 2025
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Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks Honors Shri Natha Devi Premananda
LA Sentinel, June 25, 2025
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Historic South L.A. Black Cultural District Designation Moving Forward
Forbes, June 19, 2025
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Drip with Depth: LA Commons x Sole Folks Drop More Than Merch
Hype Off Life, June 13, 2025
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The Village Comes Together In Amazing Way for Community, Culture, & Healing
Made in Dena, May 27, 2025
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South LA Leaders Join Smallwood-Cuevas to Launch Historic Black Cultural District
Los Angeles Sentinel, March 12, 2025
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Historic South L.A. Black Cultural District
ABC7 News, February 27, 2025
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Nonprofit uses art to spread its message of stopping hate
Los Angeles Wave, August 15, 2024
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Make Music Day Celebrated in Leimert Park with 24 Countries Around the World
Los Angeles Sentinel, June 26, 2024
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New Project Seeks to Put South LA Culture on the Map
Hyperallergic, November 14, 2023
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New anti-hate mural honoring LA’s Black community unveiled
Los Angeles Blade, November 12, 2023
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LA Commons combats anti-Blackness through art
LA Standard, August 7, 2023
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Getty’s investment in ‘PST Art: Art & Science Collide’ grows to $19 million as vast public programming is set for 2024
Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2023
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13th Annual Day Of The Ancestors: Festival Of Masks Honors Leimert Park Legends
CityWatch, June 7, 2023
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72 Live Oaks To Be Unveiled In Grand Park To Kick Off Mental Health Awareness Month
LAist, May 2, 2022
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Healing through art: WE RISE takes over LA for Mental Health Awareness Month
KCRW, May 26, 2021
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In Its 10th Year, Leimert Park’s Festival of Masks Finds New Ways to Bring People Together
KCET, August 25, 2020
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Karen Mack: Artists Are at the Center of Society’s Transformation
KCET/PBS, July 27, 2020
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Nine ideas for making our city’s public space more race equitable
Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2020
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Heart of Hyde Park mural honors Hyde Park community and Nipsey Hussle
ABC 7, October 8, 2019
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Kite Display Helps Keep Cultural Traditions Alive
Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2003
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