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Zócalo Public Square Lecture Series

Remembering Charles Mingus

© Tom Marcello

A Zócalo/City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Event

Moderated by Oscar Garza, Senior Editor, Los Angeles Daily News

Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7:30 pm

Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Free parking in the lot at the bottom of the hill and in parking spaces surrounding the perimeter of the Barnsdall Art Park.
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
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From his first concert piece, written when he was 17, to his expansive, 19-movement, 4,000-measure opus “Epitaph,” Charles Mingus built a remarkable legacy as a jazz bassist, band leader, and composer. His body of work is second only to Duke Ellington’s in size, and arguably matches it in quality, combining innovation with mastery, spontaneity with precise orchestration, tuneful melodies with pulsing rhythms and inimitable flurries of sound. Mingus, who grew up in Watts, was also a teacher to many musicians at his Jazz Workshop, an activist for racial equality, and a performer praised for his passion and lambasted for his temper. Thirty years after his death, Zócalo hosts a panel — featuring music producer Hal Willner, writer Emory Holmes II, and the jazz great’s son Eric Mingus, also a musician — to discuss the life and continuing legacy of the jazz great.

© Harvey Pekar

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CBS News: 16 Veterans Infected by Contaminated VA Hospital Equipment

When Johnny Comes Marching Home: Caring for Veterans

Moderated by Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times Veterans Affairs Reporter

Thursday, April 30, 2009, 7:00 pm

The Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310.443.7000
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Tens of thousands of American soldiers have suffered injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including debilitating head and spine damage, chronic pain, and mental health problems. They return home to a devastatingly overburdened veterans’ healthcare system, plagued by months-long waits for doctors and several times more disability claims than estimated. As the war on terror continues, and as emergency medical care at the front thankfully saves many lives, the country’s young veterans will need better care for years to come. Zócalo hosts a panel of medical and military experts — including Jennifer Sinclair, sister of an Army captain who served in Iraq, Army Major Gen. (Retired) Paul E. Mock, and a doctor from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Long Beach — to discuss how to heal the minds and bodies of returning soldiers.

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