Sister Dreamer: Lauren Halsey’s Architectural Ode to tha Surge n Splurge of South Central Los Angeles

A site-specific sculpture park more than a decade in the making, sister dreamer is artist Lauren Halsey’s ode to her multi-generational South Central roots. The result is truly a sight to behold, adorned with eight sphinxes and Hathor columns carved with portraits of the artist’s personal heroes; a courtyard with water features, fruit trees and native plants; and a dedicated programming space that will host wellness classes, jazz nights, line dancing lessons, art conversations and more during the project’s 18-month run. This Saturday, the community is celebrating the opening with a four-block-long street fair at 76th Street and Western Avenue, full of food and shopping vendors, basketball, a bouncy house, board games, face painting, drill teams, DJs, double dutching and “krumping clowns”—plus a performance by Parliament Funkadelic.