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Don’t expect to go anywhere this Sunday morning, as Echo Park is going to be the starting point for the Los Angeles Marathon. Aside from the actual marathon on Sunday, Dodger’s Stadium will be hosting the Los Angeles Marathon Expo on Friday, March 19th (from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm) which all of those thousands […]
There will now be shuttle buses running between Dodger’s Stadium and Union Station before, during and after Dodger games. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich secured a $300,000 grant from from the Mobile Sources Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee to run the service. The fleet will be comprised of “state-of-the-art 40-foot clean-burning compressed natural gas buses.” The […]
We’ve been toying around with the idea of re-posting any Missed Connections that occurred in Echo Park for a while now, but they can be few and far between. Well, I found a couple of gems from the past few days and thought I’d give them a little bit more exposure… and maybe help destiny […]
Readers, you will be proud to know that I ingested one too many caffeine and guarana infused vodka drinks on Friday night all in the name of bringing you in the inside scoop on the Echo Park Independent Co-op. You’re welcome. Of course, I didn’t do it alone. Kelly and Faith and I all put […]
At last! Literary happenings at 826LA geared towards grown-ups! 826LA will be hosting book clubs at both their Echo Park and their Venice locations. They’ll be reading one book per month beginning this month. The first meeting of the 826LA East Book Club will be on Thursday, March 25 from 8:00 to 9:30 pm. This […]
This Sunday, March 14 the Los Angeles Wheelmen will be hosting their several-ish annual Fargo Street Hill Climb. Legend has it that Fargo Street in Echo Park is the steepest street in L.A. with a 32% incline. For many years now the Los Angeles Wheelmen have been challenging riders to see how many times they […]
Perhaps some of you have noticed the sign on the corner of Sunset and Echo Park Ave. that reads “Leo Politi Square”? I myself just noticed it about a year ago and then promptly forgot about it until my roommate asked me what it was all about last week. It turns out that neither of […]
You heard it here first, folks. This Saturday, March 13 at 7:00 pm, Artillery & Ammo will be holding an opening reception for their BEST GROUP SHOW EVER. The show will feature over 25 artists from LA and elsewhere and will be up until April 6. At Artillery & Ammo, an opening reception pretty much […]
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 […]
Chickens in Love refers to several things: Chickens in Love is an online pledge-a-thon, where you can support 826LA by voting with dollars for your favorite song. All the songs are written by 826LA students and covered by local bands. Pledge now because the polls close on April 30. All of the songs are available […]
E.P.I.C or Echo Park Independent Co-op will be celebrating their grand opening tonight (February 26) Friday, March 12 from 7 to 11 pm at 1712 Sunset (inside the Jensen Recreational Center Building). The store is the creation of Rhianon Jones and Tristan Scott and features the work of local fashion designers and artists. In their […]
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 25 at 8pm, the Echo Park Film Center will be celebrating the release of their film “Sister Aimee: The Musical.” The film was created out of a free EPFC youth filmmaking class that introduced the kids “to the musical genre as they learned about one of Echo Park’s most dynamic historical figures: […]
Huzzah! The Echo Park Historical Society has finally put up their 2010 tour schedule! And this year, come hell or high water, I am going to drag my ass out of bed before 10am on a Saturday morning and join them! On Saturday, February 27 Saturday, March 13 they’ll be touring the historic stairways of […]
Echo Park Yoga just commenced classes at a studio in the Jensen Recreation Center (1161 Logan St.). They offer a wide variety of yoga disciplines including Hatha, Kundalini and Vinyasa. They offer classes in the mornings and evenings, Sunday through Friday all at a very reasonable price ($12 per class). You can view their schedule […]
There’s this lovely little community that’s formed over the past year or so underneath the Sunset bridge. It includes a gallery (Artillery & Ammo), a vintage and modern clothing boutique (Haute Olive) and a clothing store (Them Atelier). The business-owners and their friends just hang out in their respective spots and wait for people to […]
