Join Erin Tavin & Stefie Nelson at Tavin for Little Birds #2 on Friday, March 12 from 7-9:00 pm.
Featuring: Actress & Artist Grace Zabriskie (“Big Love”) reading from and signing copies of her new book, “Poems.”
Author & Filmmaker Jessica Hundley reading & showing slides from “Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967”
A special appearance by “I’m With the Band” author Pamela Des Barres
Wine courtesy of Bear Flag
Tavin is located at 1543 Echo Park Avenue. Click here to read the store’s website.
Abe Vigoda, Lovvers, and The Black Apples will be playing tonight The Echo at 8:30pm.
“Along with Women, Dirty Projectors and Wavves, Abe Vigoda is chipping away at our expectations of how a 21st century rock band should function.
“Reviver doesn’t simply take the concepts laid down in Skeleton and give them a novel new twist. Instead, this is the sound of a completely different band, barely recognizable from the fumbling, itchy and trebly guitars that prickled through tracks like “Dead City/Waste Wilderness” from the preceding record. They’ve undergone a process of attrition, of paring down the Abe Vigoda sound until it represents something totally new. All the energy and ideas poured into their music have been un-learned and spewed out into a different musical space.” – Prefix Mag
About Abe Vigoda || Listen || Watch video
About Lovvers || Listen
About The Black Apples
Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 day of show, and is 18 and over. Click here to purchase tickets.
The annual INRIX National Traffic Scorecard has been released for the year 2009. Once again our sweet Los Angeles tops the list. LA has held on to number one every year since 2006 with NYC in second place.
What is the worst hour of the week according to INRIX? Thursday at 5pm.
The worst place and time? The Harbor Fwy/CA-110 NB @ 8th Street/Exit 22, Thursday 5-6 PM. [6 mph average speed / 0.35 mile segment]
Find out how the scorecard was created and see the numbers at the INRIX website.
Is anyone actually surprised by this?
The Echoplex is hosting a FREE, all ages screening of The White Stripes Under the Great White Northern Lights, a film about the band’s 2007 tour of Canada. Click here to watch the trailer.
Doors open at 7:30 pm, and the free screening starts at 8:00 pm. The film will be projected over the stage with seating and peppermint candies provided. Click here to RSVP
The Echoplex is located at 1154 Glendale Blvd.
The Komen Los Angeles County Affiliate raises funds to support local breast cancer services and national breast cancer research programs. A major focus is to help women who have symptoms of breast cancer but cannot afford diagnostic work or treatment – either because they do not have health insurance or because their insurance company will not pay. Of all breast cancer foundations, Komen is the only organization where 75% of the net proceeds stay in the communities where they are raised. From www.komenlacounty.org
This Sunday, March 14, thousands of people (including one of the writers of this blog…) are going to be running a 5K around Dodger’s Stadium in order to raise funds for women with breast cancer in L.A. County. The race starts and finishes at Dodger’s Stadium and winds through the area surrounding it. It doesn’t look as though any roads are going to be closed off, so traffic shouldn’t be a problem.
If you have any interest in running the race, it’s not too late to sign up! Click here to learn more or to make a donation!
Stories Bookstore and Cafe on Sunset has a lot going on this month. For those of you who have not ventured inside, there is an outdoor area in back for relaxing and they have wireless internet. See the Stories menu posted here.
Mac n’ Cheese Mondays:
Between 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, get an indulgent order of macaroni & cheese and green salad for $5.00!
Friday, March 12:
A special patio performance from Boy Scout Jamboree, the acoustic-ish country-ish alter ego of Spindrift – LA’s hip version of psych rock meets Morricone.
Stories Books and Cafe is located at 1716 Sunset Blvd. You can check out their website by clicking here.
Thursday, March 18 at 7:00 pm
“HOMO-CENTRIC” Curated by Hank Henderson
Featuring: Daniel Foster, Paloma Parfrey, Sage, Steven Tagleand more to be announced!
Sunday, March 21 at 2:00 pm:
H.I.P., Hollywood Institute of Poetics presents Moe Green Poetry Show reading panel discussion On Poetry in the Prison System. Hosted by Rafael F J Alvarado, panel moderator to be announced.
Featuring:
Robert Juarez, Hugo Machuca, Luis Javier Rodriguez, Hannah Wehr
Wednesday, March 24 at 6:30 pm:
Signing and party of “Ripe” by Arthur Allen. For the millions of food lovers who are tomato-obsessed, Ripe, reveals the fascinating story behind the fruit, its farmers and its fans around the world.
RESIDENT EVENTS:
Every 2nd & 4th Monday from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm:
An astrological salon with Malcolm Schenot – learn what the stars and moons and your birthday all mean!
Every Wednesday at 4:30 pm:
StoryTimeFunLand kids’ party train meets every Weds on the Stories patio! Songs, stories and a little sunshine for the kids. Café discounts during STFL. StoryTimeFunLand now also has a CD, “Welcome”, with their hit song “Sea Monkey Shake.”
Every Thursday at 5:00 pm:
Tarot card reading on the patio with Marcela; $20.00 for a reading.
Every Friday at 7:00 pm:
Friday Night Knits: Tina Marin and Michelle Tritten host a non pressure “stitch & bitch.” Bring your knitting, get some coffee and knit one/ purl two. For those of you who know your way with yarn and for those of you who end up in knots.
Stories Books and Cafe is located at 1716 Sunset Blvd. You can also check out their website by clicking here.
This is post number 2 of my Echo Park menu series!
Masa of Echo Park
1800 West Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 989-1558
Monday thru Thursday 11am to 11pm
Friday 11am to Midnight
Saturday 8am to Midnight
Sunday 8am to 11pm
“We serve a special Brunch menu on Saturdays and Sundays from 8am until 3pm…along with pizzas, panini, salads and soups”
See PDF Version here. Click below to read full menu.
Photo via Warming Glow
For all of you Terry fans (I just love his character on Reno 911), the Nick Swardson Sketch Show will be filming off of Academy Road in Elysian Park on Monday, March 8 from 7am-10pm.
The 6 episode sketch show is set to debut some time this year.
According to the filming notice, the filming will involve: “Campsite scene. No special effect. No fire. Exterior dialogue. Filming off fire road in woodsy area on Elysian Park Drive. Filming on grassy area adjacent to parking sections 5 and 6. Trucks parked on Elysian Park Drive past gate.” They don’t anticipate the need for a generator or any night-time filming.
For more information you can contact location manager Jesse Cole at 323-956-5000 (office) or 310-266-6905 (mobile).
The Machine Project in Echo Park is giving you the opportunity to… Eat bugs! Not my cup of tea, but if you’re interested, read on:
Come on over to a CRITTER Salon at Machine Project on March 12th to try out some edible insects, featuring the delectable wax moth larvae, which have the flavor and texture of crispy fried bacon!!! At this event we’ll be serving wax moth larvae in the form of gourmet tacos, with fresh pressed tortillas, cream, and spicy green salsa. Wash it down with a sip of sweet, cold mead, a refreshing wine that is made from honey, and check out our other insect edibles! Come on over to try a low trophic treat, and find out just exactly what your life has been missing.
The cost is $5, which covers all bug-eating supplies including mead and taco fixin’s. Limited to 40 bug-eaters, so sign up today!
March 6, 2010
la-underground presents:
TEARIST
SISTER CRAYON
THE NOCTURNES
BLACK CHURCH
plus special guest
and DJ BOY WITHOUT ORANGE
pehrspace
325 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
All Ages / $5 / 9pm
http://www.myspace.com/teariststst
http://www.myspace.com/silentandclementine
http://www.myspace.com/thenocturnesmusic
http://www.myspace.com/blackchurchplus
Jobs! Jobs! And more Jobs! The Los Angeles Dodgers and our area elected officials together with the Employment Department are hosting a Job Fair at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 6, 2010 located at 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The event is free of charge and open to the public from 10 AM till 1:00 PM. There will be many, many employers on hand who are hiring. Bring your resume! Come dressed for success. If you are looking for your first job or a new job this is a great place to begin!
– From KTLA
It’s going to be crowded tomorrow at Dodger Stadium. Don’t forget your umbrella.
From http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com:
LOS ANGELES – Single-game tickets to see the two-time defending National League West Division Champion Los Angeles Dodgers will go on sale on Saturday, March 6 at 10:00 a.m. Fans can purchase tickets online at dodgers.com, via telephone at 866-DODGERS, in person at Dodger Stadium in Lot P or at all Southern California Ticketmaster outlets.
Fans who wish to purchase tickets in person at Dodger Stadium can enter via the Sunset Gate as early as 8 a.m. and will receive numbered wristbands until a starting number is randomly selected at 8:45 a.m. There is no advantage to arriving before 8 a.m.
The person with the selected number will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets at 10:00 a.m. and the remainder of the group will be served in numerical sequence. Fans arriving after 8:45 a.m. will receive a different color wristband, and that group will be helped after the first. There is a limit of four Opening Day tickets available for purchase per person while supplies last.
All fans purchasing at least one ticket at Dodger Stadium on March 6 will receive two free tickets to the Dodgers’ exhibition home opener against the Cleveland Indians on April 1. Dodger legends Ron Cey and “Sweet” Lou Johnson will be on hand from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. to take photographs and sign autographs for fans.
Farmer John Dodger Dogs will be available for just $2 and Dodger merchandise kiosks will be open. Individual tickets purchased at Dodger Stadium will not incur any service charges.
In addition to holding season ticket prices the same for the third consecutive season, more than 65 percent of the single-game tickets on Sunday through Thursday at Dodger Stadium in 2010 will remain the same price or be lower than 2009. There was no price increase on any ticket at Dodger Stadium following the 2008 season when the Dodgers reached their first National League Championship Series in 20 years.
As has become increasingly common throughout sports and entertainment, the Dodgers will introduce a variable pricing component in which tickets on Friday and Saturday will be between $2 and $3 more than those games played Sunday through Thursday.
The All-You-Can-Eat Right Field Pavilion will see a price decrease of $5 per ticket when purchased in advance, while rows X-Z on the field level between the bases will drop $20 per seat.
For the fourth consecutive season, parking prices at Dodger Stadium will remain the same at $15 and no increases in concessions prices are expected in 2010.
Tickets to the highly-anticipated matchup against the World Champion New York Yankees can only be purchased as part of a 14-, 21-, or 28-game mini plan and will not be sold on an individual game basis. Fans who purchase any mini plan at Dodger Stadium on March 6 will also receive a Dodger gift.
Season ticket options are still available and remain among the best values in Los Angeles and all of sports, with tickets starting as low as $4 per seat.
For a complete list of ticket options and pricing, visit dodgers.com/tickets.
