Photo: RIP Dick Clark
A couple of candles and flowers decorate the Dick Clark mural on Glendale Boulevard, under the Sunset Bridge, in Echo Park.
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All-breed adoption event at BlueCollar this weekend
Thinking about bringing home a new best friend? You’re in luck! Fur Baby Rescue is hosting an all-breed adoption event at BlueCollar in Echo Park on Sunday, April 22 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Fur Baby Rescue is a non-profit, no-kill shelter located in Downtown LA. BlueCollar is located at 1533 Echo Park Avenue.
Tomorrow is Record Store Day – Celebrate in Echo Park
Hipsters rejoice! Tomorrow is the annual Record Store Day – where independently owned record stores across the country celebrate music with special vinyl and CD releases. Echo Park’s Origami Vinyl and Mono Records are participating this year with some special events of their own: Origami Vinyl Open at 8:00 am with coffee and snacks from […]
Echo Park area library happenings: GED, poetry, and art classes
There are a lot of things going on at the Echo Park and Edendale Library branches, click here for a review of ongoing classes and events. But there are a lot of other great things happening in the next couple of months that we try to keep up on, including: Poetry Collage program at Edendale […]
How many 7-11s can you fit in Echo Park?
Apparently a lot! Glendale Boulevard at Berkeley is getting a new 7-11, and a presentation at the last week’s neighborhood council Planning & Land Use Committee revealed plans for another location at Alvarado Street and Beverly Boulevard. The map above is a screenshot of several 7-11 stores in Echo Park and the immediate area, with […]
Eat In-N-Out = Support Elysian Heights Elementary kids!
Time is running out to purchase your tickets to the Elysian Heights Elementary School Family Fun night! In N Out burger will be serving up your pre-purchased meals at the school on Monday, April 23 at 6:00 pm as part of a fund raiser benefiting the 6th grade field trip to Catalina Island Marine Institute […]
Brite Spot closed for film shoot, celebrity sightings ensue
Echo Parkians who crave the late-night diner food at The Brite Spot are out of luck for a couple of more days – filming continues on Stand Up Guys, a comedy starting Christopher Walken and Al Pacino. The Daily Mail describes the film as a comedy where “the legendary duo have come together to play […]
Thursday: Echo Park Chamber of Commerce mixer at Taix
The Echo Park Chamber Of Commerce is hosting a Spring Mixer on Thursday, April 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm. Join fellow business-owners in Echo Park at the event at Taix Restaurant, bring your business cards to network and your happy faces!
Lotus Festival returning in 2012, sans Echo Park Lake
We’ve suffered through Lotus Festivals without dragon-boat races, and the past few years without the lotus blossoms themselves – but a Lotus Festival with no lake? Planned for July 14-15, this will mark the 34th Lotus Festival in Echo Park – the past couple of years have been “scaled back” versions of the festival (it […]
Echo Park’s Week in Music
It’s Coachella time, so expect a LOT of shows between the event’s two weekend shows. For the week of Monday, April 16 through Sunday, April 22 Monday Ghiant, Kim Deal, David Mayfield Parade, Driftwood Singers At Outpost KXLU and KSPC present Monday Night Residency: So Many Wizards, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Magick Orchids, Jon Barba @ Echo […]
Young Echo Park bicycle activist hits the road
Jackson Huang is Echo Park’s newest bicycling activist – at 13 years old (soon to be 14), he’s taken up a cause that will be beneficial to the neighborhood and beyond. Jackson, who also happens to be our neighbor, gained some notoriety recently with a letter he wrote to Councilmember Ed Reyes (CD1) after his […]
What’s for dinner: Atwater Village’s new brew pub
Published today on our sister website, Atwater Village Now Normally for tax season, we’d be heading to the H&R Bloc next to 55 Degree Wine for some yearly tax preparation. Last night, we went to the same spot, but to drink beer! Located in the former H&R Bloc in a small strip mall off of […]
Photo of the day: Dodgers Stadium after the storm
Hello Dodger Stadium, and WOW. This amazing shot came up on Flickr tonight from Elysian Park. Bravo Carlos, bravo.
New Echo Park salon celebrating opening with Saturday block party
Sticking around Echo Park this weekend instead of roughing it up at Coachella? There’s a brand new salon in town that wants to celebrate its opening with you – Folklore Salon just opened up its doors on Mohawk Street near Sunset Boulevard. They are kicking it off with a block party on Saturday, April 14 […]
El Clasico offering $13 tattoos for Friday the 13th
If you’re not the superstitious type, and you live to save a buck, and you’re down for some ink, head to El Clasico Tattoo. Today is Friday the 13th, so you can get a pre-designed tattoo for just 13 bucks. What does a $13 Friday the 13th tattoo look like? How about a spooky black […]