If you didn’t manage to catch our Semi-Annual Business Meeting on Monday, January 24, you can watch it now here on video. If you weren’t there, you missed not only some very inspiring reports from our Board members, but also a fascinating explanation from technology consultant, Alan White, on how every inch of The Ebell is… Read more »
The mission of The Ebell of Los Angeles Rest Cottage Association (RCA) is to give grants to other LA organizations that help women and their children. The culmination of this year’s work has resulted in the RCA choosing 16 grantees. Our bylaws require us to donate approximately $144,000 this year. We have decided to increase… Read more »
“This is a real Ebell story.” So begins Cathy Ely‘s tale of how she met and married her husband, Peter. “It all began with LACMA’s [now defunct] Costume Council,” says Cathy, “where I met [former Ebell President] Ginger Barnard.” When the Council shut down, Ginger suggested that The Ebell could be a good site for… Read more »
Best buds Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd got together at The Ebell to film an hilarious half-time Super Bowl ad for Lay’s Potato Chips, to be screened on Super Bowl Sunday, February 13. It’s the first time in 75 years that the potato chip company has produced an ad for the event. You can see… Read more »
In late January our Club Historian, Phyllis Hansen, was interviewed by LA Times reporter Gustavo Arellano in her capacity as board member of the nonprofit Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association. The Association is commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Cahuenga, ending fighting in Alta California during the Mexican-American war. The article appeared Sunday,… Read more »
On Sunday, March 6 at 11.00 a.m. The Ebell of Los Angeles and the nonprofit organization, Look What SHE Did! will partner to celebrate Women’s History Month when Look What SHE Did! live streams a one-hour virtual benefit program from the Ebell. The event will be hosted by Ebell club member, acclaimed actress Sharon Lawrence…. Read more »
The Scholarship Committee is currently busy developing an Alumnae Corner page on the Ebell Website, where information from former scholars can be found describing how the Ebell/Flint Scholarship changed their lives. This year, the Committee will award $319,000 in scholarship funding for 65 scholars. Applications for the 2022 scholarship class are being accepted until 4… Read more »
Please welcome our new members! Michele Patzakis is a mother of three (one, a graduate, one in college and the youngest, in high school). Michele has a Doctorate in Musical Arts from USC Thornton School of Music and is a professional educator, performer and arts administrator. Michele’s interests include Greek folk dancing, cooking and theater. She… Read more »
Symbiosis. Interconnectivity. Collaboration… Join us February 15 (the 3rd Tuesday) at 6.30 p.m. to follow arborist Suzanne Simard, beginning with her puzzlement as to why baby trees did not grow, to insight that trees communicate through a network of fungi beneath the soil. Fungi forward information from tree-to-tree about environmental changes (such as drought, disease,… Read more »
Wednesday, February 9, 3.00 p.m. Zoom Member Spotlight. Regina Jones in conversation with Wendy Gladney discussing the creation of Soul magazine and other highlights of Regina’s stellar career. Followed by Confab at 4.00 p.m. Zoom Tuesday, February 15, 6.30 p.m. Zoom Ebell Partnership Event: Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall Meet mayoral candidate… Read more »
