Meet these new members and welcome them to The Ebell! Julie Neustadt Heifetz, PhD Julie was born and raised in LA – her great grandparents moved here in the early 1900s. She studied Education and Cultural Anthropology at UCLA, where she also gained her PhD. Julie is an educator and advocate and works as a… Read more »
Dave Kretsinger, a native of Long Beach, has lived in Washington State for many years. In 2020, he came across the Ebell website and decided to donate his federal stimulus payment to the organization that had supported him many years ago. He was so impressed by the thanks he received that he’s since donated again…. Read more »
Katherine Mansfield: if you haven’t yet read her highly rated short stories (up in the literary pantheon with her peers T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf), join us the 3rd Tuesday March 15 at 6.30pm on zoom to explore The Garden Party and Other Stories. Don’t expect a tidy plot like Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe… Read more »
2022 Ebell Donations Including: Building Fund, Rest Cottage Association, Ebell Scholarship, and Ebell Friends. The Ebell of Los Angeles gratefully honors the donors who enable us to fulfill our vital mission of uplifting women and advancing the wider Los Angeles community through arts, education, service and stewardship of our historic campus. Their visionary leadership and… Read more »
Founded in 1908, St Barnabas Senior Services (SBSS) is the oldest senior service agency in Los Angeles. SBSS is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization that empowers a diverse community of older adults to Live Well, Feel Well, and Age Well, with dignity and respect. Most SBSS participants live alone, have few relatives or friends to provide… Read more »
On Sunday, February 27, in the President’s Tea Room, as part of the Black History Month celebrations, The Ebell hosted a Black History Recital from African Americans for Los Angeles Opera (AALAO), featuring Ken Simms, baritone, Shana Blake Hill, soprano, and Christopher Luthi, pianist. AALAO is comprised of individuals who are dedicated to increase the awareness… Read more »
On Friday, March 25, Ebell members visited The Cultivators: Highlights from the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection at the Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University. The Kinsey African American Art and History Collection is the inspired work of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, and their son Khalil, and considered one of the largest and… Read more »
Tuesday, March 15, at 6.30 pm Book Chamber This month’s book choice: The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield. Tuesday, March 15, at 6.30 pm Write Club Thursday, March 17, at 7.30 pm A Night at the Opera: St Matthew Passion JS Bach’s great masterpiece, with dance by the Hamburg Ballet. At the… Read more »
The Ebell of Los Angeles gratefully honors the donors who enable us to fulfill our vital mission of uplifting women and advancing the wider Los Angeles community through arts, education, service and stewardship of our historic campus. Their visionary leadership and essential generosity make it possible for The Ebell to realize its promise of providing… Read more »
We have two new members of staff in the office. Please welcome them! Hailey Simmons Membership & Development Assistant As the Membership Assistant, I work with both Stacy Brightman and Meredyth Deighton to provide support for The Ebell’s fundraising, member programming, and community partnership efforts. I graduated from Mount Holyoke College—an historically women’s college—with a… Read more »
