History and Perception at Heart of Evening

Solano Canyon community activist Alicia V. Brown spoke to rapt Sundays @ Not A Cornfield participants on Sunday, August 14, providing an eloquent “Story Series” bridge between the weekly Interpretive Tours + Drum Circle + Corn Planting and the evening’s setting sun.

Among other topics, Brown discussed the micro-history of Solano Canyon, her longtime neighborhood. The retired teacher also talked about the surrounding areas, and the Not A Cornfield site itself. Brown brought with her a model of an early Los Angeles water wheel, relevant considering Not A Cornfield’s location 150 feet from the L.A. River, and about twenty feet from the Zanja Madre.

Story Series curator Hilary Kaplan introduced Brown and gave an eloquent presentation of her own, explaining terms such as “water shed” and “view shed” and speaking more conceptually about perception and other related topics.

Sundays @ Not A Cornfield happens every Sunday, 3-7pm. Interpretive Tour + Drum Circle + Corn Planting + Story Series. This Sunday, 8/21: Ralph “Rafas” López-Urbina and Susan A. Phillips, L.A. River graffiti experts, in conversation.