“Stand With Haiti” fundraiser in Echo Park

Stand With Haiti—LISTEN! DANCE!

From the Tropico De Nopal website:

A night of readings and music to benefit Partners in Health, providing medical care for Haiti’s poor before, during, and after the earthquake.

Please join us and help raise urgently needed funds for medical relief efforts in Haiti.

Proceeds will be donated to PARTNERS IN HEALTH

Music sets: CECI BASTIDA, DOMINGO SIETE

Poetry and prose: Will Alexander, Gloria Alvarez, Tisa Bryant, Percival Everett, Ben Ehrenreich, Sesshu Foster, Veronica Gonzales, Jen Hofer, Doug Kearney, Chris Kraus, Maggie Nelson, Abel Salas.

Dj sets: Glenn Red, Concise, Gomez Comes Alive

The Tropico De Nopal Gallery/Art space is located at 1665 Beverly Blvd. (click for map)

Click here for the LA Times blog article about the event.

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Echo Park Art Hop

Flyer design by Dale Dreiling

Echo Park Art Hop will feature over 20 artists plus fun workshops around Echo Park on Saturday, February 6 from 12 noon – 6:00 pm.

From the Art Needs Freedom website:

A one day event that will turn the neighborhood of Echo Park into a fun, playful and engaging artistic landscape! Imagine, gathering with your group of friends on the corner of Echo Park Ave. and Delta St.  Bundled up in L.A. winter gear, not quite sure what adventure you’re about to get into, you’re handed a map.  On this map you discover the sites of chain link fence galleries, driveway theaters, a hands on crafting station, performance art, intersection musical performances, outdoor movie screenings, sculptures, parking lot mini concerts and other various creative & mind stimulating public displays of ART. Before the adventure begins, you and your friends head into Chango for a hot cocoa or latte, with a side of scone.

If you’re an artist, musician, an Echo Park Ave.  business owner or resident, neighbor, friend, all of the above (or none of the above) and want to get involved or support this community event please email me! heather@ArtNeedsFreedom.com
To add yourself to the Facebook guest list, click here.

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Get your fruit and citrus trees today!

Free fruit and citrus trees will be handed out today (Friday, January 22) at the Echo Park Farmers’ Market. TreePeople staff will provide information on proper tree planing and care of the trees, some of which include apple, apricot, grapefruit, lemon, peach, tangerine, and more.

3pm-7pm, at the Echo Park Farmer’s Market, rain or shine

For more info please call (323) 463-3171

Sponsored by TreePeople

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Tonight: Echo Park Hospitality Night

Join Warwick and others for Echo Park’s monthly Hospitality Night, tonight starting at 9:00 pm.

The event begins west of Alvarado, and continues east towards Dodgers stadium. Finish up the crawl at our good friend’s vintage shop, Warwick, for some good merchandise and good company.

Click here for a list of participating businesses.

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Thank you EPIA!

We arrived at Delilah’s Bakery SUPER early to nab our own citrus tree at the EPIA Fruit/Citrus tree giveaway. Thank you EPIA for our very own Margarita tree…err Lime tree!

There will be another give-away so make sure to reserve your tree and arrive early.

And don’t forget the next EPIA Neighborhood Issues Committee meeting is Wednesday, January 20 from 7-9:00 pm at Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital.

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Car Crash on Sunset Blvd. Near Douglas in Echo Park

At around 3:00 this afternoon, I was heading north(ish) on Douglas getting ready to turn left onto Echo Park when I look up to see a bus (heading East on Sunset) slam into another vehicle. It appears the other driver may have been heading West on Sunset and was turning left onto Douglas, but I am not entirely certain.

Thankfully, it doesn’t appear that there are any serious injuries, and emergency vehicles were on the scene immediately. Sunset is a little jammed right now due to the incident, so try to avoid the area or wait a little longer.

And, as always, drive safe!!

~Kelly

Little cars are no match for these busses

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FungiFest 2010 at Machine Project starts today!

Machine Project in Echo Park is hosting FungiFest 2010 from January 16-23.

“Everyone is strongly encouraged to bring mushroom specimens to the events, whether you find them growing in your yard, behind your toilet or in the woods. Our resident mushroom and mold expert, Bob Cummings of Santa Barbara City College, will be on hand to drop knowledge and guide us in identification. We also plan to create a book, cataloguing the various mushrooms that are found throughout the week.”

Events are as follows:

Saturday January 16th, 8pm – At Machine Project
Mushroom collecting tutorial, screening of mushroom-themed short films, mushroom flavored gelato from Scoops, chanterelle schnapps, slime mold racing and more!

Monday January 18th, 7:30pm – At the Museum of Natural History
Meeting of the Los Angeles Mycological Society, all are welcome.
http://www.lamushrooms.org/

Thursday January 21st, 6-9pm At the Hammer Museum
Ask a mycologist, mushroom dancing, special mystery guest, mushroom-themed short films and more!

Saturday January 23rd, 8pm (mushroom walk in the morning) – At Machine Project
Guided mushroom walk (time and place to be announced), mushroom ID session, special mystery guest, harvesting and cooking of oyster mushrooms, mushroom music.

For more information, check out the Machine Project website.

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Echo Park Fruit Tree Giveaway

The Echo Park Improvement Association (EPIA) will be distributing free fruit and citrus trees at Delilah’s Bakery in Echo Park on Saturday, January 16 from 2-5:00 pm.

Trees can be reserved in advance, and need to be picked up by 4:30 p.m. Unreserved trees will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. The trees will be for Echo Park residents only.

You can reserve a tree by emailing EPIAmail@yahoo.com or by calling the EPIA hotline at (323) 882-4835. Please include your name, phone number and type of tree you would like.

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Echo Park restaurant supporting the Haitian community

Jenny Burman from Chicken Corner stopped by TiGeorge’s Haitian restaurant today to check out all the commotion – a couple of camera crews out front. Owner George Laguerre is from Por-de-Paix, and has been in touch with friends and relatives in Haiti following the devastating earthquake.

Click here to ready Jenny’s account on Chicken Corner.

Tomorrow night (Thursday, January 14th), TiGeorge’s Chicken will be hosting a benefit on behalf of victims. Proceeds from food sales will go to relief efforts.

The event starts at 5 p.m. at TiGeorge’s on 309 Glendale Blvd. in Echo Park.

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Echo Park theater may have a future


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The old theater on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park has been collecting dust for 20 years, and according to The Eastsider LA may have a future as a new restaurant.

According to the article, form CEO of music.com Tony Yanow is interested in turning the theater into a”150 seat restaurant called El Camino, featuring craft beers, regionally grown food and two stages for dinner theater.”

Click here to read the full article from The Eastsider LA.

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Tonight: Check Out the Echo Country Outpost

Stop by the Echo Country Outpost for a fun night of shopping (and drinking) tonight at 9:00 pm. Golden Birthday from Chicago will be playing, and donations are welcome at the door for entry and for booze.

Echo Country Outpost is located at 1930 Echo Park Avenue.

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Volunteering at 826LA

On Saturday, January 16 at 12:00 noon, the Echo Park location of 826LA will be holding a New Volunteer Orientation for those who are interested in volunteering at 826LA. The Orientation is the first step for anyone interested in becoming a volunteer, and lasts between 30 minutes and an hour.

Here are also some upcoming Orientations:

Saturday, 1/16, 12pm, 826LA East
Thursday, 1/21, 6pm, 826LA West
Friday, 1/22, 3pm, 826LA East
Friday, 1/29, 6pm, 826LA West
Tuesday, 2/2, 6pm, 826LA West
Monday, 2/8, 1pm, 826LA East & West
Tuesday, 2/16, 11am, 826LA East

You can also view more upcoming dates by clicking here: 826la.org/calendar

Please email iwanttohelp@826la.org to RSVP, and bring a photo ID and your friends!

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Truck and Bus Collide Monday Night on Glendale Boulevard

The commotion and sirens a few people heard last night were in response to a truck/bus accident on Glendale Boulevard near the 2 Freeway. Here are the details according to a CBS2 online news report:

5 Hurt When Truck, Bus Collide In Silver Lake

LOS ANGELES (CBS) – Authorities said five people were hurt Monday night when a truck crashed into a Metro bus in the Silver Lake area. The crash, which was reported at 9:05 p.m. Monday, occurred in the 1800 block of North Glendale Boulevard, according to Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The driver of the truck hit a guardrail, went through a red light and slammed into the bus, Sgt. Gregory Hoyte of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Traffic Division said. The driver of the truck remained hospitalized early Tuesday, Hoyte said. No arrests have been made. Four people from the bus and one from the truck were transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, Scott said.

Be careful out there everyone!

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