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Echo Park resident and novelist Tempany Deckert is offering a Beginner’s Novel Writing Class on Wednesdays, starting October 6. While the class isn’t free, you will get to: Learn to write your very own novel in this fun, informative and inspiring class. Taught by eighteen time novelist, T. Deckert, you’ll learn how to develop characters, […]
Tonight is the Town Hall meeting where residents can meet and speak to the new LA Planning Director, Michael LoGrande. Echo Park has some stake in this meeting – at least two developments in Echo Park are being criticized by neighbors for developing buildings that breach our community planning guidelines: Avalon Street and the Sunset […]
Fretted Frog will be hosting an acoustic concert with Anthony Da Costa, a talented 19-year-old folk/rock/Americana/pop musician, on Saturday, September 25 at 7:30 pm. Opening acts include Micah, who has played twice in the open mics at Fretted Frog, and Elliot Smith (inspired rock/folk songwriter). The show goes until 10:00 pm, is all ages, and […]
Support the EPIA and the Chamber of Commerce and enjoy a Dodgers game with your neighbors! The annual Echo Park Night at Dodger Stadium is coming up on Saturday, October 2 at 7:10 pm, the Dodgers play the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tickets are ONLY $11 each (for $18 seats!) Get your tickets today! Email the EPIA […]
The Echo Park Historical Society is hosting its Echo Park Lake Walking Tour on Sunday, September 26 (originally scheduled for September 25). The tour starts at 10:00 am and will include some of the neighborhood’s most prominent landmarks, such as Jensen’s Recreation Center, Angelus Temple and, of course, the Lake. The tour takes about two […]
For the week of Monday, September 20 through Sunday, September 26 Monday Monday Night Residency: Vanaprasta, Pacific Hurt, Cue The Moon, The Hundred Days @ Echo New Music Monday With Young Mammals, Atomic Zeus, Deaf @ Echo Curio Sean Carnage presents Captain Ahab, Narwhalz of Sound, W.H.I.T.E. Hosannas (formerly Church from Portland) @ Perhspace Tuesday […]
Last Christmas, pigeons trumped coots 240 to 239 at the annual Echo Park Lake Christmas Bird Count. Will they win this round? The Autumn Echo Park Lake bird count takes place on Saturday, September 25 at 9:00 am (meet at the Boathouse!). Bird lovers in Echo Park have identified over 70 species of birds over […]
Oh-so-shiny and love those Chevy Malibus!
The Echo Center (formerly the Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting) is holding a Peace Day picnic at the Echo Park Recreation Center on Sunday, September 19 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. The International Day of Peace “provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared […]
Spend part of our final summer days this weekend at Echo Country Outpost’s “Paradise & Lunch” even on Sunday. Here’s all the info: Sunday, September 19th, 3:00pm $5 at the door $5 unlimited refreshment $2 Burgers and Dogs Live Music All Afternoon Walter Spencer at 3:30 pm Freaky Mountain at 4:20 pm Matt Van Winkle […]
The opening reception for DIY Gallery’s next art exhibit starts tomorrow (Saturday, September 18, 2010). Stop by after 7:00 pm for “Schultztember,” a collection of new work by the Schults Brothers, an art and music duo based in Los Angeles. From the DIY Gallery website: The Teller of Lore speaks of images … Speaks of […]
Park[ing] Day LA is tomorrow, so we’re feeling very eco-friendly lately! This Sunday, if you live in Echo Park you might be visited by someone from the LA Beyond Coal Campaign. They are canvassing the neighborhood to reach “10,000 Angelenos to ask them to support a coal-free LA.” It doesn’t look like they’ll be asking […]
Tonight (Thursday, September 16) is the opening reception for “Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art.” There will be a book signing with contributors Amanda and Shepard Fairey, Dave Kinsey, Jana DesForges of BLK/MRKT, Marsea Goldberg of New Image Art, Patti Astor, Retna and Saber. The signing will be following by the […]
In addition to the Park[ing] Day festivities throughout LA and the Echo Park Time Bank park up on Echo Park Avenue (which we wrote about yesterday), the Echo Park Film Center is hosting its 4th annual Park[ing] Day LA 2010 Ride-In Movie and Pot Luck Dinner at Echo Park Lake on Friday. Meet up on […]
The fourth annual Parking Day LA will be taking over a few of the city’s parking spots all day this Friday, September 17. The goal? To transform our parking spaces into small pockets of parks, and to change the landscape of LA from one day from a car-infested city into a sustainable (and pretty!) public […]
