Sundays @ Not A Cornfield

DRUM CIRCLE + CORN PLANTING + ORAL HISTORY BOOTH


SUNDAY AUGUST 7 @ 3-7pm
AND EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL HARVEST

MORE INFO: 323.226.1158

Interpretive Tours 3pm
Drum Circle w/ musician Michael McCall 4-7pm
BRING A DRUM OR INSTRUMENT
Corn Planting w/ gardener Jaime Lopez 4-7pm
Oral History Booth w/ RadioSonideros 4-7pm (at Millies)
Coming Sunday August 14: Story Series -- community and history w/ Hilary Kaplan & special guests

1201 NORTH SPRING STREET
ALWAYS FREE TO THE PUBLIC, HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE
FREE PARKING AT SOUTH GATE

PLEASE VISIT THE NOT A CORNFIELD WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO AND A MAP
www.notacornfield.info


ABOUT NOT A CORNFIELD: "Not A Cornfield" is a 32-acre living sculpture by artist Lauren Bon. The project is located between Chinatown, the LA River and Lincoln Heights on a large stretch of land north of downtown Los Angeles popularly known as "The Cornfields."

DIRECTIONS (SOUTH GATE): From the intersection of North Spring and College (Gold Line - Chinatown stop) take North Spring north 2 blocks to the entrance gate at the southern end of the project site.

Drummers, Planters in Tune at Sunday Event

The latest Sundays @ Not A Cornfield: Drum Circle + Corn Planting happening took place July 31, 2005. Angelinos ranging in age from teens to seniors gathered to plant corn, drum, and take in the ever-sprouting Not A Cornfield grounds.

Planters and drummers engaged in a remarkable dialogue, according to those who attended. Seeds were placed in the center of the drum circle, so every time the gardeners needed to replenish, they joined the circle. Drummer Michael McCall and his fellow musicians, attuned to the spirit of the evening, would then chant, “corn, corn” or “squash, squash” – depending which seed was being selected.

(While the majority of the Not A Cornfield site consists of machine-planted corn, the “eye” includes the “three sisters” crops of corn, squash and beans. The "eye" is the hand-planted communal and ritual garden on top of the spiral mound on the south side of the project site.)

Sunday, shovel-wielding gardeners made about 600 new holes, each about one foot in diameter, in grids two feet apart. Per usual, three seeds were placed in each hole. Hopi Red and Hopi Blue corn varieties were planted. New seeds tend to poke through the soil’s surface after five or six days.

Sundays @ Not A Cornfield events occur every Sunday, 3pm-dusk. Please come and join the Drum Circle, Corn Planting, Oral History Booth (at Millies), and, beginning August 14, 2005, Short Story community history with Hilary Kaplan.

Photo by Jaime Lopez -- Drum Circle at a recent Sundays @ Not A Cornfield event