Helene Seifer
Helene Seifer's Latest Posts
Growing community everywhere she goes
During the pandemic, neighbors in Larchmont Village planned a local Halloween so families and children could enjoy the holiday safely, complete with one home rigging a shoot that blasted contact-free candy at the trick-or-treaters. In 2023, the Bronson Avenue block party was reinvigorated when COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. It attracted roughly 1,500 people and raised […]
Farmers Market turns 90!
“Meet me at Third and Fairfax,” has been the official greeting of The Original Farmers Market (OFM), and in this, its 90th anniversary year, many people are expected to do just that. The celebration kicked off its 90 Days of Summer with a well-attended heritage car show June 8, but the summer will be filled […]
ZOZO at Maison Midi: ‘cuisines of sun’ in home goods store
At Chef John Sedlar’s new restaurant, ZOZO at Maison Midi, one dines surrounded by purchasable items in an actual home goods store: colorful bistro chairs from Italy hang from the walls, shelves hold sparkling glass tumblers from Milan, and striped linen napkins are stacked next to sets of cheese knives. A large vase of flowers […]
Auto Show to kick off Farmers Market’s 90th
Driving the launch of a “90 Days of Summer” celebration of its 90th year of operation, the Original Farmers Market (OFM) will present the 28th annual Gilmore Heritage Car Show on Sat., June 8. Named for Arthur Fremont Gilmore, the original investor in a dairy farm that later evolved into the landmark at Third Street […]
‘Never again’ urgent promise of Yom HaShoah commemoration
Under a tent on the grassy expanse of Pan Pacific Park, next to the existing façade of Holocaust Museum LA and in front of the museum’s rising addition, an estimated 600 people gathered to commemorate the six million Jewish souls murdered in the Holocaust and also mark the 80th anniversary of the deportation of more […]
Passover, Easter: religious traditions joined by theme of rebirth
Although the dates vary from year to year, Easter and Passover are always spring holidays that celebrate rebirth and renewal and share one thing in common. The centerpiece of Passover is the ritual meal called the Seder, when the story of the Jews’ 1300 B.C. exodus from slavery in Egypt is told. It is written […]
