Cynthia Popper and Kent Wakeford had booked The Ebell for their wedding in October 2020, and then postponed it to a date in June 2021. “I love what it stands for,” explained Cynthia as to why the couple chose The Ebell. “The history is so rich. We need places like The Ebell for women to… Read more »
Awards season is here, but with theaters closed and award-eligible movies being viewed at home on the small screen, how do independent film makers get people to see their movies the way their creators intended them to be seen? Open up your own drive-in, of course! Phyllis Stuart created and directed the award-eligible movie Wild… Read more »
Ebell member Melba Provost and her husband of 60 years, Aubrey, and their “matching black and white cycles” were featured in a Valentine’s article in the LA Times last month. “The Provosts are among LA’s most devoted cyclists,” writes Rachel Schnalzer. “They’ve advocated for bike safety… and once cycled on an empty freeway from downtown LA… Read more »
The Ebell-Flint Scholarship has helped local area students for more than 100 years. Now conducted entirely online, the Scholarship Committee is busy preparing for our next round of applicants. Students from a wide range of public and private institutions in Los Angeles County have benefited from Ebell support. Ebell Scholars are chosen from a broad… Read more »
Look What SHE Did!, the nonprofit that premièred three of its Artists of Los Angeles films during an Ebell program in November, will hold its annual benefit as a virtual one-hour live-cast event celebrating Women’s History Month and the theme of female resilience. The event will begin at 1:00pm PST on Sunday, March 7. Many… Read more »
Join us March 16 (the 3rd Tuesday) for short stories of Kate Chopin. You’ve read the Southern ‘lit’ of Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, Carson McCullers, Katherine Anne Porter, Zora Neale Hurston, and Kate Chopin? What? You have not read KATE CHOPIN? Me neither, so I look forward to her book, The Awakening and Other Short Stories,… Read more »
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, America’s first ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, who stole the show at the Presidential Inauguraion on January 20 with her poem The Hill We Climb, referenced WriteGirl LA as one of her inspirations as a young poet. WriteGirl is a non-profit organization in Los Angeles that promotes creativity and… Read more »
Dear Ebell Members, We are seeking new members to join our scholarship committee. This is the perfect time to join as we are just getting started with our application process to prospective scholars. It is rewarding work and a delight to get to meet and know our diverse group of scholars. We have a wonderful… Read more »
The Ebell Rest Cottage Association (RCA) is the oldest philanthropic organization operating within The Ebell of Los Angeles. Its responsibilities are to identify and fund organizations that share its mission to assist women in need in Los Angeles County and their children, and to safeguard the endowment that allows it do so. It provides Relief,… Read more »
Up at the tippy top of our campus, in its own private aerie, the past comes alive. This is the home of the Ebell Archives, a world apart that holds the essence of who we have been as an organization up to who we are now. Here lie our roots, at least the majority of… Read more »
