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Your neighborhood council (GEPENC) is teaming up with Clifford Elementary School for a cleanup on the corners of Glendale Blvd. and Allessandro Street (right by the 2 Freeway Terminus) in Echo Park. The area is riddled with trash and needs some love! Join your neighbors and help out your neighborhood on Saturday, October 23. Meet […]
Last night’s Echo Park Improvement Association Neighborhood Issues Committee meeting brought out well over 30 people to Williams Hall at Barlow Hospital to discuss community concerns about CRES#14, an LAUSD school being built near the busy intersection of Alvarado and Sunset Blvd. Chieko Rupp, now retired from the LAUSD, spoke at the meeting as the […]
After a few weeks of trying to get a Cafe-Entertainment license in order for the space to host music shows on a regular basis, it looks like the Echo Curio might have run out of luck as an entertainment venue. According to the Echo Curio blog, after attending orientation meetings and running around the Department […]
We’ve been trolling the Missed Connections posts on Craigslist for a long time now, and we’ve always hoped people find who they are looking for when it comes to a chance at l-o-v-e. Earlier this week, we posted this missed connection from October 8: Joshua Tree Knot Tying Tim – w4m Dear dream man named […]
Artisanal LA is a weekend long event in downtown aimed at helping us all become more sustainable eaters and shoppers by purchasing from local vendors and crafters. Coming up soon (this weekend!), you can expect nearly 100 up-and-coming food and beverage “artisans” to grab your local, healthy and sustainable ingredients that you can’t, for the […]
Yum, brains! I mean beer! Er, beer and zombies at City Sip on Halloween! Get your trick or treat on for ages 21 and over – City Sip is hosting an evening of Zombies and Beer. Author Ben Tripp is launching Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller, and to get you in the creepy, Halloween mood […]
At tomorrow’s Echo Park Improvement Association (EPIA) Neighborhood Issues Committee meeting, a representative from the LAUSD will attend to discuss the future of CRES#14, a new school being built near Alvarado and Sunset Blvd. A rep failed to show at the last EPIA meeting, prompting a re-scheduling of the meeting, and tomorrow (Wednesday, October 20), […]
Back in May, we mentioned an Eastsider LA article on a set of random sculptures in parts of Elysian Park that had been taken down by Rec and Parks because of the lack of permits. As it turns out, the “random” totem poles and other sculptures covered in colorful paint, stuffed animals, and toys are […]
September 30 Cruisin’ on Sunset Blvd from Echo Park to Silverlake – w4m – 24 Hi! October 4 You’re going back to New York – w4m And I didn’t even get to thank you for that water gun. It made my day! October 8 Joshua Tree Knot Tying Tim – w4m Dear dream man named […]
Silver Lake resident Billy Kostka recently moved his filming/recording business, Anchortapes, to the Echo Park/Silver Lake area from Long Beach. He films and records bands around the area at various locations, including some really tight squeezes! In the video above, Brothers Brandon and Richard Laws of the band called Hosannas are filmed and recorded by […]
For the week of Monday, October 18 through Sunday, October 24 The Echo Curio is also closed down for the time being, we will update the progress on their permits as soon as we have more info! Monday Monday Night Residency: Evan Voytas, Pizza!, Halloween Swim Team, The Sweet Hurt @ Echo Clark 8 (7” […]
Yep, it’s already getting close to the holidays and time to start thinking about Christmas shopping for your favorite Dodgers fans. This $35, two-slice toaster from Pangea is on my holiday wishlist for sure – and when my family from Northern California (those darn Giants fans) come to town I will happily serve them breakfast […]
Join Echo Park residents and crafters for the second Echo Park Share Fair. Bring whatever you care to share: treasures you’ve outgrown, your keen wit, leading of a craft project, edibles… a bike maintenance demo perhaps? Or just go hang out and meet fellow residents! Click here for the Facebook page and event info. Sunday, […]
This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Echo Park Farmers’ Market! Going on right now – live Music by Dueto Internacional Martín y Martinez, cooking demos, and, as always, fresh seasonal and local produce. At 5:00 pm get your free cake from The Farmer’s Kitchen! Judging for the 4th Annual Seize the Sizzle Salsa […]
A mention in the most recent Echo Park Improvement Association’s newsletter (EPIAn Ways) this month caught our interest – it’s been a whole ten years since the Central City Action Committee (CCAC) cut the ribbon on its current location in Old Fire Station No. 6 on Edgeware Road in Echo Park. Citing an article from […]
