By Daily Press staff
Veteran’s Village Diner and New Directions are launching their summer Jazz Barbecue Friday Series, which will begin June 25 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will feature jazz legend Dwight Trible and The Oasis of Peace.
Those in attendance will enjoy a culinary celebration of summertime and jazz with home style barbecue, coleslaw and potato salad, cornbread, peach cobbler, sweet potato pie, grilled fresh vegetable and organic salads, priced from $5.50 to $6.50.
Sponsored in part by Westwood Village Farmers’ Market, the Jazz Barbecue Series will be held the last Friday of every month at the Veteran’s Village Diner, located on the VA campus at 11303 Wilshire Blvd., Building 306. For more information contact Erin Liestico at (310) 914-4045 ext. 125.
New Directions, Inc., recently named recipient of the 2004 Sustainable Quality Award by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce and the City of Santa Monica, is a long-term drug and alcohol treatment program providing housing, food, clothing, counseling, job training and psychiatric services for more than 800 homeless veterans a year. The agency operates four residential rehabilitation facilities, including the 156-bed Regional Opportunity Center, the 43-bed New Directions North for homeless veterans with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, and two homes in Mar Vista for homeless women veterans.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 21, 2004. Read the original PDF.