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Time Travel Mart Hosts a Tour of Curious Los Angeles Locales

Where we’re going, we don’t need roads…

As part of Obscura Day (a day of exploring hidden places in cities across the world), The Time Travel Mart will be hosting a tour of several of Los Angeles’ more obscure and hidden locations. The bus takes off from the Time Travel Mart (1714 W. Sunset) this Saturday, March 20 promptly at noon. Tickets are $30 (you pay when you get there), and a bagged lunch will be included.

More juicy details:

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart and Atlas Obscura are teaming up to lead a special bus tour of some of Los Angeles’ most time-specific places. We will travel back to the days of cane sugar sodas, panoramic paintings, and whimsical marionette performances.

John Nese, soda afficionado and owner of Galco’s Soda Pop Stop, will share some of his favorite bubbly beverages of yesteryear. Box lunches will be provided at Griffith Park’s Old Zoo, where we will picnic among the spirits of the apes and climb into abandoned animal cages from the 1930s.

Travel from one extreme locale to another at the Velaslavasay Panorama, where we will trek into a 360-degree display of the arctic north and explore a carnivorous plant garden. Finally, witness a puppetry performance and backroom tour of Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater, the longest-running of its kind in North America.

Go here for more info and to reserve your spot!

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Los Angeles Marathon to Start at Dodgers Stadium

Don’t expect to go anywhere this Sunday morning, as Echo Park is going to be the starting point for the Los Angeles Marathon. Aside from the actual marathon on Sunday, Dodger’s Stadium will be hosting the Los Angeles Marathon Expo on Friday, March 19th (from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm) which all of those thousands of marathon runners will have to visit in order to pick up their numbers and swag. Saturday, March 20th is the second day of the expo as well as the Los Angeles 5K.

The Los Angeles Marathon will begin at 7:24 am on Sunday, March 21st. Road closures will begin at 5:00 am and go until 10:00 am. It looks like the route goes down Elysian Park then heads east on Sunset before curving around and going back up Temple and Bellevue to Glendale. The route then runs up Glendale and past the lake before hitting Sunset again and going west.
View 2010 LA Marathon Course in a larger map

Regarding parking for the event, the Manager of Neighborhood Relations for the Dodgers says that “all-day parking is not allowed on the Stadium and all participants are being discouraged from parking in the immediate community. Additionally, the Department of Transportation will be posting signs prohibiting event parking around the Stadium.” Let’s just hope the runners take advantage of the shuttle bringing them to Dodger’s Stadium from Santa Monica.

It sounds like I’m complaining about this, doesn’t it? As if I’m ever out of bed before 10:00 am on a Sunday anyway. But honestly, good luck to all the runners! It’s gonna be painful, but you can do it! As for the rest of us? If you’re willing to wade through a sea of people, you could totally walk into the expo on Friday and Saturday and score some free PowerBars, water bottles, t-shirts and bananas.

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Rampart Booster Spring Luncheon

Photo by Faith Crawford

Rampart Booster Association 2010 Spring Luncheon

At Saint Anne’s, 155 N. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles

Wednesday, March 24, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

$15.00 per person
Tables of 10 are available

Join us for lunch, drawings, and acknowledgment awards.

Donations/Proceeds Benefit:
Rampart Police Station
Rampart Police Activites League
Rampart Explorer Post #628

RSVP by phone to Booster’s President, Bertha Wooldridge at (213) 384-6886

For more information, contact Rampart Community Relations Office Officer Gering at (213) 484-3068

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Chickens in Love – An 826LA Mini Music Festival

Chickens in Love refers to several things:

Chickens in Love is an online pledge-a-thon, where you can support 826LA by voting with dollars for your favorite song. All the songs are written by 826LA students and covered by local bands. Pledge now because the polls close on April 30.

All of the songs are available on the full length album Chickens in Love. Artists including She & Him, Fiona Apple, Cold War Kids, Tim and Eric, The Happy Hollows, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Dum Dum Girls, and Crystal Antlers. It’s available on limited-edition vinyl, CD, and iTunes.

Chickens in Love is also the name of 826LA’s mini music festival which will be going down this Saturday, March 6 at the Echoplex. Performers will include The Submarines, The Pity Party, Summer Darling, The Happy Hollows, The Growlers, and more! The show is all ages and goes from 1pm to 7pm (doors open at noon). You can purchase tickets here.

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Events & Classes At The Library

There are a lot of events for kids and adults coming up at the library. Did you know the library offers computer classes as well as classes for online job hunting and resume writing? There is even a web design class. Bring your kids around on March 2nd for Dr. Seuss day or to one of the library’s numerous art classes!

Adult

  • Mar 03 – Crochet & Knitting Class
    5:00 PM
    A crocheting and knitting class for all adults – beginners always welcome! For information call, 213-250-7808.
  • Mar 06 – Life Story Writing
    10:30 AM
    Learn how to turn your memories into vivid writing for inner exploration, to share with friends and family or to prepare for publication. No writing experience necessary.
  • Mar 16 – Music and Munchies
    6:30 PM
    Step outside your busy schedule and into an evening of lovely, live music with the UCLA GLUCK STRING QUARTET. Refreshments provided.
  • Mar 20 – Life Story Writing
    10:30 AM
    Learn how to turn your memories into vivid writing for inner exploration, to share with friends and family or to prepare for publication. No writing experience necessary.
  • Mar 24 – Community Health Plans – Learn Your Options
    6:30 PM
    The State of California provides free and low-cost health plans for families who can’t afford health insurance. Representatives from these services will be here to explain the different programs and how to access them. Get your questions answered.
  • Apr 21 – Crochet & Knitting Class
    5:00 PM
    A crocheting and knitting class for all adults – beginners always welcome! For information call, 213-250-7808.

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Echo Park Independent Co-op Grand Opening

E.P.I.C or Echo Park Independent Co-op will be celebrating their grand opening tonight (February 26) Friday, March 12 from 7 to 11 pm at 1712 Sunset (inside the Jensen Recreational Center Building). The store is the creation of Rhianon Jones and Tristan Scott and features the work of local fashion designers and artists.

In their own words, “It is their goal to be a community leader and a social bridge for the community in fashion, art, music, visual artists, and environment.Everything in the store will be presented in a gallery-like setting. All items are carefully selected and locally designed, and in most cases locally produced.”

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“Sister Aimee” DVD Release Party at Echo Park Film Center

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 25 at 8pm, the Echo Park Film Center will be celebrating the release of their film “Sister Aimee: The Musical.” The film was created out of a free EPFC youth filmmaking class that introduced the kids “to the musical genre as they learned about one of Echo Park’s most dynamic historical figures: ‘Sister’ Aimee Semple McPherson.” The film features all original sets, costumes, songs and choreography created by the students. Screening is free and open to the public. Q&A with the filmmakers and refreshments to follow the screening!

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Echo Park Cleanup/Beautification on Saturday

Join the office of Council President Eric Garcetti for the first Echo Park Clean Up Effort of the year on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 8:45 am.

Council President Eric Garcetti’s Office and staff would love your participation, enthusiasm and action on as we prepare to do a nice clean up and beautification effort of “downtown” Echo Park.

If you would like to participate, meet up at the Echo Park Walgreens at 8:45 am for refreshments and instructions followed by 2 hours of some beautification labor all for the purpose of continuing to make Echo Park a little brighter and welcoming for our friends, neighbors and patrons.

Please contact Field Deputy Alejandra Marroquin of the LA City Council at Alejandra.Marroquin@lacity.org, or call 323-957-4500 for more information.

UPDATE:
This event has been postponed due to rain, we will let you know when it has been rescheduled.

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Know New Taxes

“Join us on the 27th for a day of knowledge! we will be hosting a tax seminar with Bruce Anderson of BTA! this class is designed fo the independent money maker that wants to get the most out of the tax year! learn to not be scared of this time of the year and all the options that are available to you! SILENUS”S EGO MICROBREW will also be providing a keg of one of their signature beers and GOG with RONIN AND BTA will provide each attendant with a limited tshirt! please email to info@theroningallery to reserve a seat.

$10 fo each attendant!

WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE
PEOPLE FOLLOW IGNORANCE!”

For more info: http://andersencpa.com/

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New Echo Park Tours Schedule from Echo Park Historical Society

Huzzah! The Echo Park Historical Society has finally put up their 2010 tour schedule! And this year, come hell or high water, I am going to drag my ass out of bed before 10am on a Saturday morning and join them!

On Saturday, February 27 Saturday, March 13 they’ll be touring the historic stairways of Echo Park. From their website: “The Echo Park Stairways tour includes the Baxter Stairs (possibly the city’s longest) as well as Fellowship Park, Red Hill and the modernist Harwell Harris house.” The tour begins at 10am and it will begin at the Elysian Heights Elementary School, 1562 Baxter St.

Here are some of their other upcoming tours:

Elysian Park Tour – Saturday, March 6

Echo Park Lake Tour – Saturday, April 24

Echo Park Stairways Tour – Saturday, May 22

Reservations are required, email ephs(at)historicechopark.org or call (323) 860-8874. Cost is $5. All tours start at 10am.

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This Weekend’s Event Flyers


Here are a sampling of event flyers for this weekend. The post would be very long so I’ve split it up. Click the link below to see the rest. Have a good weekend!

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Tonight At Echo Curio

Mon, Feb 15th – NEW MUSIC MONDAY with PETER WEISS (featuring DSS and
NICK DEWITT) + JOSH KLINGHOFFER + BLACK CHURCH

Ok, tonight is yet another of the increasingly insanely amazing nights curated by
Mr. DAVID SCOTT STONE , and while he is not presenting one of his amazing solo
performance, he is performing with the infamous PETER WEISS (of Thelonious
Monster fame) who is presenting musical poetry along with an all star band.
Recent Red Hot Chili Pepper addition, JOSH KLINGHOFFER is gonna present an
undetermined solo set as well, and we’re pretty excited for that too.  And local
looper BLACK CHURCH holds mass for us as well… remember these nights start
early and end early, so be here at 9p to see all the action.

www.myspace.com/joshklinghofferunofficial
www.myspace.com/blackchurchplus

1519 Sunset Blvd at Laveta

9pm

www.echocurio.com

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Family Dance Party and Fundraiser

The Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting presents FAMILY DANCE PARTY & FUNDRAISER

@ Echoplex

enter through Sunset Entrance
1822 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

2pm / all ages

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Derby Dolls In Echo Park

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