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Saturday, September 13, 2025

El Grito at LA City Hall in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins

El Grito at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins. September 13, 2025. Mexican Independence day. Grito de Dolores. Lucha libre, mercado, vendors, music, folklorico dancing, DJs, food trucks. Los Jornaleros del Norte were there and they were fantastic. Their new song eff migre drops this week. Milpa Musica was there in a makeshift Mexican wrestling ring. Folklorico Revolution was there and were fantastic dancers. Grupo Pindekuecha were also there and were wonderful. I left around 7:00 pm because I needed to get home.

I had a great time though there were some big negatives. They made most of the event private. It was gated off on the side of City Hall. All the speakers were at the private gated off event. They had their own private entertainment, music, dancers. It looks like they were even served a sit down dinner in that area. I saw council person Monica Rodriguez in there in some photos along with General Consul of Mexico Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez. I also saw people dressed in Mexican costumes.

They advertised free parking at the Music Center. It wasn't free even though I showed the parking guy the poster which said it was free with the exact address. It was only free for vendors with passes who had their names on a list or else it was $10. Someone was behind me at the parking entrance or else I would have left the lot to go find free parking.

There was also a gated off VIP seating area in front of the stage on the steps of City Hall. Just like last year there were maybe 300 white chairs which were 100% empty the entire time. People could have been able to sit down and sit closer to the stage but no. People couldn't dance in front of the stage like they usually do at events here.

I just realized that the empty seats are for VIPs from the private party. They will sit there after their party to watch the Mayor and others give the El Grito speech and ring the bell

Videos here http://www.youtube.com/marycummins

Milpas Musica https://youtu.be/n1KRmL5-voE

Los Jornaleros del Norte chinga la migra https://youtu.be/YTl3PiQ0sWs

Los Jornaleros del Norte https://youtu.be/4OubXj11Zbw

Los Jornaleros del Norte https://youtu.be/T3CSVqeAH2o

Folklorico Revolution https://youtu.be/zkx0FTyrX34

Grupo Pindekuecha https://youtu.be/pUveu4-M5bM

#marycummins #mariarivera #losangeles #california #elgrito #mexicanindependenceday #mexico

Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.

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Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate Services has been in real estate since 1983, over 35 years. She is licensed by the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. Mary Cummins was an agent and broker licensed with the California Department of Real Estate selling residential income, commercial buildings, raw land and homes for Merrill Lynch Realty in Beverly Hills and Westside Properties in Los Angeles before concentrating on appraisals. Mary Cummins currently provides real estate appraisals, expert witness testimony, historical research, legal real estate research for mortgage brokers, banks, lawyers, factors, insurance companies, financial consultants and private individuals. Mary Cummins was born and raised in Southern California. Cummins attended Beverly Hills Good Shepherd Catholic School and Beverly Hills High School. Besides being on the Dean's list, Mary Cummins was a top ten national swimmer and competed on the men's water polo team. Mary Cummins began college at the age of 15 attending the University of Southern California on scholarship, majoring in Psychology/Sociology. http://www.animaladvocates.us http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Olveritas Village at Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera

If you visit Olvera Street, don't miss Visiting Olverita's Village at Olvera Street at 648 North Main Street, Olvera St W24, Los Angeles, California 90012. They have a great selection of traditional Mexican clothing especially Folklorico dresses, shoes and earrings. They also have charro Mariachi suits, guayaberas, huipils, tehuana dresses, sarapes, rebozos, resplandors, guayaberas, sombreros, jalsico dresses, quechquémitls, ponchos, sashes and filigree jewelry. They have lots of Mexican arts and crafts.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Great Migration at Beverly Hills Park by Mary Cummins, Los Angeles bucketlist

The Great Migration art exhibit is on display in Beverly Hills Garden Park in Beverly Hills, California. The display runs from July 1, 2025 to August 1, 2025. It features 100 life-sized sculptures of Indian elephants made from dried invasive lantana plants. It starts at Santa Monica Blvd and Rodeo Drive and goes three blocks east. #marycummins #labucketlist #losangelesbucketlist #beverlyhills #thegreatmigration #elephants #indianelephants #california #losangeles

https://thegreatelephantmigration.org/

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

LatinaFEST at Gloria Molina Grand Park June 1, 2025 by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera

The 7th Annual LatinaFEST was at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles, California June 1, 2025. LATINAFest, the largest outdoor festival celebrating Latinas in the U.S., is produced by a community-based organization whose mission is to celebrate and promote unity, diversity, and economic inclusion and to amplify the Latina voice while championing Latina entrepreneurs, activists, and artists who are committed to uplifting and empowering the Latina community.

LatinaFest champions Latina pride, resilience, economic empowerment and provides a platform for emerging businesses and artists to thrive. Tapping into the economic power of Latinas, who according to the Latino Donor Collaborative, contribute $1.3 trillion to the U.S. annual economy.

LatinaFEST cofounders Naibe Reynoso, Bel Hernandez. Sponsors: Chase, Square, Dignity Health, Hilda L Solis, New York Life, AARP, Verizon, HCSB, Telemundo, ABC 7, Metrolink, Latin Heat.

The event officially kicked off at 11:00 a.m. on stage with the cofounders introducing the event.

LATINAFest Co-Founders (L-R)
Naibe Reynoso, Award Winning Journalist
Bel Hernandez, Founder Latin Heat Media

After that was a fantastic dance number with a flash mob in the front of the stage. Everyone was having a blast dancing to some great music representing many different Latino nations and dance styles. Video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUyBHj6haDQ

Next up was Mexican General Consul Carlos Gonzales Gutierrez who spoke in English then Spanish. Video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whwFd4FedYo

After the Consul General was Hilda Solis. Video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sgcxnxBJoQ

Later in the day at 4:20 was a Catrina fashion show by Paulina Clothing. Video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMqi-lut40

After that was Las Chorizeras an all female mariachi group. I left before they started but I hear they were fantastic.

LatinaFest website. https://www.latinafest.com/

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