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It’s hard to resist that smell of smoking capsicums that pervades certain areas of the city this time of year, and that’s only one reason why we love the Chile Harvest Arts Festival, which, after dropping anchor at various locations around town, seems to have found a good match in Lakewood’s Heritage Center, where it’s perched happily for the past couple of years. There’s plenty of parking and room to spread out, which is essential for the fest’s scorching mix of traditional and contemporary Hispanic arts, crafts and live entertainment sponsored by the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council. No wonder it just keeps growing.
“We have artwork from about forty artists this year, and most are local,” says Heritage Center spokeswoman Rhetta Snead. “And it’s great just to go and see what they can produce, as well as buy fresh roasted chiles at the same time. I leave with at least two bushels every year. It’s that combination of a lot of different things that really makes this such an amazing event.”
The fun starts at 10 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m. today and tomorrow; just follow your nose to 801 South Yarrow Street in Lakewood, near Wadsworth Boulevard and Ohio Avenue. Admission is free, but art, chiles and ristras are not; get more information at www.lakewood.org/hca.
Aug. 27-28, 2011
