The Intersection Folk Arts Center

A Tribute

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE
 2010 INTERSECTION REUNION
 AND TRIBUTE TO ATHAN KARRAS

The Intersection, founded in 1964 on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, was the premier folk dance coffeehouse in Southern California. On August 27, 1967, The Intersection made a move to 2735 W. Temple Street. In its heyday, many celebrities came to dance there, including Marlon Brando, Bo Derek, Ginger Rogers, Telly Savalas, and Omar Sharif. The Intersection closed twenty years later with a huge, final New Year's Eve Party on December 31, 1984. The building was then called Helena's and run by Helena Kalianiotis. Later it became a Korean night club called the Dragon Club, then the Casablanca. Now it goes by the name the Viking. Enjoy! ~Dick Oakes

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[ The Intersection ]

  • Beginnings   By Dick Oakes
  • An Intersection Dancer Speaks   From Helen Chester
  • The Way it Was   By Helen Chester
  • 10th Anniversary Celebration   By Rudy Dannes
  • I Remember   By Paul Sheldon, Jr.
  • Dancers' Comments   Thoughts by those who were there.
  • The Intersection   By Athan Karras
  • A Look Back   by Athan Karras new - animated
     
  • Brochures   Multi-pager brochures from several years
  • Photo Galleries   Photos scanned from brochures
  • Flyers   By Dick Oakes and Rudy Dannes
     
  • Member Welcome Letter   From an original form
  • Member Meeting Minutes   Grand Opening in 1967
  • Member Newsletters   Four sample newsletters from 1980
  • Menus   The I Menu from 1969 and a later period
  • Intersection Bug   What's this?
     
  • 8th Anniversary Letter   From an original 1971 memo
  • 16th Anniversary Letter   From an original 1980 memo
  • 20th Anniversary Letter   From an original 1984 memo
     
  • Saturday Favorites   Paul Sheldon's dance lists
     
  • Staff Meeting   Minutes from a typical staff meeting, this one in 1970
     
  • The Athens Intersection   From an original flyer
     
  • The I Reunions   When's the next one? Updated!
     
  • The Kolo   An article by Rubi Vučeta
     
  • Athan Karras   A biography