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On Sunday, December 30, 2012, bird-lovers took a walk around Echo Park Lake with notepads in hand for the annual Christmas Bird Count. According to organizer Judy Raskin, Echo Park Lake saw three new species – acorn woodpecker, common raven and bufflehead – despite the total number of species declining (the lake is still under construction). Over […]
We’ve finally finished processing all the photos from the Echo Park Community Parade, which took place on Saturday, December 8, 2012. It was a lot of fun photographing the event, and everyone did a great job. Click here to view the full photo gallery on our Facebook page!
If you’re shopping locally like we are for the holidays, the Echo Park Craft Fair this weekend is a required shopping destination. Although featuring many Echo Park artists, the fair has grown out of its backyard diggs of the past and to a new location in downtown. Started three years ago by Beatrice Valenzuela and […]
No longer do you have to use your car (if you brought one) as a dining table while you munch on your late-night grub at Echo Park’s popular taco truck, Taco Zone. It just got a little easier to drunkenly juggle those tacos and burritos at the Vons-adjacent taco truck with the addition of “modular” […]
Little Joy on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Portia has undergone many exterior paint jobs over the years. From green to black, and covered in colorful murals, the dive bar now dons a purple-ish blue shade. The exterior facelift is just one of the new changes that new owners Joaquin Reyna-Donaldson and Donald Andes […]
Although owners Charles Kelly and Bill Didonna closed four-year-old Allston Yacht Club in September, the duo have been remodeling the space to reopen a new restaurant under a new name. “Allumette” (French for matchstick) will reopen some time in early 2013 under chef Miles Thompson, who oversaw the pop-up Vagrancy Project at AYC. Zagat has […]
Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park today just got a little more festive – some new holiday decor was installed along the corridor earlier today. The Echo Park Chamber of Commerce sponsored an “Adopt-a-Pole” drive, which a number of businesses participated in along with Council District 1 and 13, as well as Senator DeLeon’s office. It […]
Celebrate the holiday season with Echo Park and neighboring communities – the annual Echo Park Community Parade takes place this Saturday on December 8, 2012 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. Santa will be there! Parade Grand Marshals include: Los Angeles Police Department Captains William A. Murphy, Captain III (Northeast Community Police Station) & Steve […]
The annual Echo Park Shop Hop takes place before, during and after the Echo Park Community Parade. Businesses and restaurants all over Echo Park are offering special discounts for shopping local, check out all the details for each after the jump!
Holiday parties are certainly aplenty this time of year! And if you can’t make it to the Echo Park Chamber of Commerce mixer tonight at Fix Coffee at 7:00 pm, be sure you drop by the Echo Park Improvement Association’s annual Holiday Potluck on Thursday. Hosting a holiday mixer or event for your business or […]
This weekend is the annual Pet Photos with Santa, benefiting the Echo Park Animal Alliance. Bring your dog, or even your cat (we did!), or any other mellow pet of yours (fish? turtle? chicken?) and take a photo with Santa himself. Prints are $10 each or three for $25, and home baked dog biscuits area also […]
Colorful murals are not only a common sight in Echo Park, it’s something the neighborhood takes a lot of pride in (depending on the artwork). While we’re not sure the erasure of a mural along Mohawk Street at Sunset Boulevard will capture the protests from the community like the Quinceañera mural did earlier this year, the whitewashing […]
Gobble Gobble Give, Echo Park The 14th annual Gobble Gobble Give event is looking for volunteers as well as donations of food and/or money. Held on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 22, 2012), volunteers cook for and collect donated items for the needy – they’ve actually served over 4,000 meals to homeless at The Echo. They […]
If you’re a fan of the ’90s David Lynch TV series Twin Peaks like I am, Echo Country Outpost is the place to be on Thursday night. Here are the deets via LA Record: There’s a bucolic little town called Twin Peaks, where nothing is as it seems and even the cherry pie carries secrets. […]
For the week of Monday, October 22 through Sunday, October 28, 2012 Monday The Moth GrandSLAM @ The Echoplex Monday Night Residency with Superhumanoids, VUM, Cayucas @ The Echo Kera and the Lesbians, Summer Twins, Jeans Wilder @ Bootleg Bar Motown Mondays @ The Short Stop Tuesday San Cisco, Tom Lark, Miner @ The Echo […]
