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Celebrate the Life of Lewis MacAdams with FoLAR and KCET

Looking west along the Los Angeles River from the Fletcher Drive Bridge. | DowntownGal / Creative Commons
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Join FoLAR and KCET to celebrate the life of the late poet-founder, Lewis MacAdams, at a virtual memorial celebration featuring moving tributes from leaders of the River Movement.

Find more information and register here

Lewis MacAdams, founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River, stands in the river as bulldozers clear vegetation from its channel in anticipation of heavy El Nino-driven rains, expected in the winter of 1997-98 | Blake Gumprecht, courtesy of FoLAR
Lewis MacAdams, founder of Friends of the Los Angeles River, stands in the river as bulldozers clear vegetation from its channel in anticipation of heavy El Nino-driven rains, expected in the winter of 1997-98 | Blake Gumprecht, courtesy of FoLAR

The memorial will also include a screening of "A Concrete River: Reviving the Waters of Los Angeles," which cronicles the historic, cultural, economic and ecological importance of the Los Angeles River. 

View the trailer of the film below.

A Concrete River-Trailer (final) from Wishing Well Entertainment, inc on Vimeo.

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