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Announcing our Spring Benefit Concert in the Park: Sunday, April 27th, 2 pm–​4 pm

Featuring the Belmont String Quartet and an opportunity drawing with wonderful items donated from many RPNA area businesses Belmont String Quartet members Joanna Velázquez Alpízar, violin; Heather Mansell, violin; Carrie Mock, viola; and Christopher McCarthy, cello A few weeks from now, lovely live music will be playing in Rose Park (E. 8th St at Orizaba…

Keep the Date Open—AOC7 Literacy Fair on May 17th

We’ve just been notified that the AOC7 Association (Anaheim-Orange-Cherry-7th), our neighboring neighborhood association, has scheduled their 2014 Literacy Fair for Saturday, May 17th. From 10:00 am until 1:00 pm in MacArthur Park (1321 E Anaheim St.), the event will include more than just books—though those will be its main focus, of course. There will also…

Big Saver Foods Will Have its Grand Opening on Wed, April 16th

Image courtesy Peltrossi & Associates, Inc. After a nearly two-year wait, the doors at 2300 E. 7th Street are set to reopen. Where Big Lots most recently had been retailing discount goods, our neighborhood is set to get a grocery store—and a handsome one at that—whose owner, Uka Solanki, has done a marvelous job working…

Our Next Community Cleanup and Tree Planting—This one Focusing on East 7th Street—is Saturday, March 22nd

RPNA, in partnership with East 7th Street Collaborative, Craftsman Village Historic District, Anaheim-Orange-Cherry-7th Neighborhood Association, North Alamitos Beach Association, and Councilmember Suja Lowenthal’s office, is hosting the next Community Cleanup event on Saturday, March 22, from 9a to 12p (meet in the parking lot of the new Big Saver Market, 2300 E 7th St–at Junipero…