Entries by Kelly

Comfort food, Tarot, and more at Stories Books & Café

Adding to their already delicious-looking menu, Stories Books & Café is now serving Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples (yum!). In addition to the breakfast item (which is making me hungry), Mondays are now “Mac N’ Mondays”, during which you can order their 3-cheese macaroni n’ cheese and green salad for $5.00 every Monday between 5-8:00 pm. […]

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Saturday: Haiti Benefit at El Cid

Leonard Gonzales of the Ear, Eye, Nose Candy blog will be collecting donations for Haiti at El Cid in Silverlake on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Former Sunday’s Best drummer and Kite Eating Tree guitarist Tom Ackerman, will be playing with his new project, Star Part (Margate is also on the bill). The band will be […]

826LA Adult Writing Seminar Series: Freelance

When: Thursday, February 04, 2010 from 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Where: 826LA East (Echo Park) Purchase tickets here ($25.00 + service charge) and soon! Tickets are limited. Event Description: Join us for a panel discussion featuring some of the best hired hands in the business. Four freelance writers will share stories and advice about […]

“Stand With Haiti” fundraiser in Echo Park

Stand With Haiti—LISTEN! DANCE! From the Tropico De Nopal website: A night of readings and music to benefit Partners in Health, providing medical care for Haiti’s poor before, during, and after the earthquake. Please join us and help raise urgently needed funds for medical relief efforts in Haiti. Proceeds will be donated to PARTNERS IN […]

Echo Park Art Hop

Echo Park Art Hop will feature over 20 artists plus fun workshops around Echo Park on Saturday, February 6 from 12 noon – 6:00 pm. From the Art Needs Freedom website: A one day event that will turn the neighborhood of Echo Park into a fun, playful and engaging artistic landscape! Imagine, gathering with your […]

Get your fruit and citrus trees today!

Free fruit and citrus trees will be handed out today (Friday, January 22) at the Echo Park Farmers’ Market. TreePeople staff will provide information on proper tree planing and care of the trees, some of which include apple, apricot, grapefruit, lemon, peach, tangerine, and more. 3pm-7pm, at the Echo Park Farmer’s Market, rain or shine […]

Rain, rain go away

Echo Park resident Andy Sternberg posted this photo this morning, “Rockslide onto Avon st near Baxter…” . Rockslide onto Avon st near Baxter near my house in echo park“

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Tonight: Echo Park Hospitality Night

Join Warwick and others for Echo Park’s monthly Hospitality Night, tonight starting at 9:00 pm. The event begins west of Alvarado, and continues east towards Dodgers stadium. Finish up the crawl at our good friend’s vintage shop, Warwick, for some good merchandise and good company. Click here for a list of participating businesses.

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Thank you EPIA!

We arrived at Delilah’s Bakery SUPER early to nab our own citrus tree at the EPIA Fruit/Citrus tree giveaway. Thank you EPIA for our very own Margarita tree…err Lime tree! There will be another give-away so make sure to reserve your tree and arrive early. And don’t forget the next EPIA Neighborhood Issues Committee meeting […]

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FungiFest 2010 at Machine Project starts today!

Machine Project in Echo Park is hosting FungiFest 2010 from January 16-23. “Everyone is strongly encouraged to bring mushroom specimens to the events, whether you find them growing in your yard, behind your toilet or in the woods. Our resident mushroom and mold expert, Bob Cummings of Santa Barbara City College, will be on hand […]

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Echo Park Fruit Tree Giveaway

The Echo Park Improvement Association (EPIA) will be distributing free fruit and citrus trees at Delilah’s Bakery in Echo Park on Saturday, January 16 from 2-5:00 pm. Trees can be reserved in advance, and need to be picked up by 4:30 p.m. Unreserved trees will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. The […]

Echo Park restaurant supporting the Haitian community

Jenny Burman from Chicken Corner stopped by TiGeorge’s Haitian restaurant today to check out all the commotion – a couple of camera crews out front. Owner George Laguerre is from Por-de-Paix, and has been in touch with friends and relatives in Haiti following the devastating earthquake. Click here to ready Jenny’s account on Chicken Corner. […]

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Echo Park theater may have a future

View Larger Map The old theater on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park has been collecting dust for 20 years, and according to The Eastsider LA may have a future as a new restaurant. According to the article, form CEO of music.com Tony Yanow is interested in turning the theater into a”150 seat restaurant called El […]