From Green Beacon. More info here:
“Cool Vegetables for Fall Gardens”
Saturday, September 26th
2pm-4pm
($25)
Gardening isn’t just a spring fling! Here in Southern California, it’s a year-round opportunity to harvest the earth’s bounty. Join Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd.com for a 2-hour workshop that will get you ready to grow a successful fall garden. Learn how to grow your own salad greens, broccoli, peas, root vegetables and more. Get your hands dirty as you plant seeds in the Green Beacon garden, and discover the best techniques for designing your own fall garden that will keep you well-fed through February.
This workshop will cover the basics of starting veggies from seed, and will introduce heirloom varieties so you can customize your garden to your liking. The Gardenerd will show you the best placement for your favorite crops, and give you the confidence to get started now! Don’t miss out. Space is limited so reserve your spot today!
The second Echo Park Hospitality Night will take place this Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 6:00 pm – 11:00 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.
On Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Monticello De Leo Polito in Elysian Park, check out the mouth-watering 33rd Annual Mississippi Picnic LA sponsored by the Mississippi Cultural & Heritage Society of California.
The menu includes fried catfish, BBQ Ribs, and even beer. Food and live bands will entertain you from 1-8:00 pm.
Buy tickets here ($20 – not bad for all the yumminess)
Learn more about the event at the Mississippi Picnic LA website.
ECHO PARK HOSPITALITY NIGHT!
August 19 from 6p-11p (time may vary depending on business)
What: EP local businesses will keep their doors open later than usual so stop by after work!
Where:
Start just west of Alvarado and head east towards Dodgers stadium (don’t forget to stop under the bridge on Glendale to check out participating businesses under Sunset!). Finish up the crawl at Warwick around 9p for live musical performance by local Echo Park band Whiskey Circus then finish off the night with a drink at Shortstop! And don’t forget it’s $2.50 Margarita night at Barrigan’s!
Why? Because it’s about time.
Participants:
Lemon Frog Shop
Artillery and Ammo
For more information on Echo Park Hospitality night please contact info@warwickshop.com or visit us at www.ephospitality.com
The F Yeah Fest has announced this year’s lineup. The fest is on September 5th at the Los Angeles Historic State Park. Apparently the Echo had enough. Last year got so big that people with tickets couldn’t get back into some of the venues for the evening performances. Visit their website for more details. Tickets got on sale tomorrow.
The Black Lips
Lightning Bolt
Tim & Eric
Lucero
Converge
F* Up
The Thermals
No Age
Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio
Japanther
Times New Viking
Darker My Love
Carbonas
Peanut Butter Wolf
Crystal Antlers
AA Bondy
Mika Miko
Nobunny
Glass Candy
Telepathe
Cold Cave
The Strange Boys
Katie Stelmanis
Dios
NinjaSonik
Kurt Vile
Eat Skull
Avi Buffalo
+ More to be artists and comedians to be announced
Check out your neighborhood gallery/venue this month for lots of shows. Echo Curio is located on the corner of Sunset and Laveta.
The following was posted by the Echo Curio myspace.
ARE YOU CURIOUS AUGUST 2009
Tuesday, August 4th – ART DROP for IMAGINARYLAND : RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS exhibition
Friday, August 7th – IMAGINARYLAND : RAINBOWS and UNICORNS opens
Saturday, August 8th – RAVEN AMERICA + MOTH EATEN + MERMAID + BASTIDAS + ANUS KINGS + LAS SANGRONAS Y EL CABRON
Read more for the whole month’s events and summaries!
From Machine Project:
Public Fruit Jam 2009! Our Fourth Annual Jam with the Fallen Fruit Collective.
Sunday, August 2
10am to 1pmYesiree, it’s that ripe time of year again! Making jam and getting into sticky situations with Fallen Fruit collective is one of our favorite summertime traditions! Bring along your home-grown or public fruit and any clean, empty glass jars you have. At the end everyone will leave with a jar of communal jam. If enough people bring surplus, even the empty handed will leave with jam. Vats of fun for all!
The kinds of jam we make will improvise on the fruit that people provide. The fruit can be fresh or frozen. Fallen Fruit will bring public fruit. We are looking for radical and experimental jams as well, like basil guava or lemon pepper jelly. We’ll discuss the basics of jam and jelly making, pectin and bindings, as well as the communal power of shared fruit and the liberation of public fruit.
From Machine Project:
Waffle Shop meets Porta Hedge
Tuesday July 28th, 2009
8pmIf you’re driving past Machine today and see it in its usual spot, don’t freak out! We haven’t gone anywhere, there’s just a portable hedge parked in front of us.
The Porta Hedge is a mobile artificial hedge with a hidden interior observation lab, replete with video surveillance, peep holes, chalkboards, and prerecorded bird audio. Justin Shull and his team are traveling the country with the Porta Hedge this summer, siting it in as diverse landscapes as possible, using the interior observation space (mainly as a defense during overnight stays at rest stops) – and trying to lend it out for other people to use. Along the way they’re also installing it at museums, colleges, and other art related venues for open house days.
Coincidentally, we also have a guest in town, our friend Jon Rubin, who’s just opened an experimental restaurant/talk show venue in Pittsburgh called the Waffle Shop. Both Jon and the Porta Hedge are here for a limited time, so please join us TONIGHT, Tuesday July 28th, at 8pm for Waffle Shop meets Porta Hedge. A brief presentation by Jon about the Waffle Shop will be followed by a talk and show-and-tell by Justin about the Porta Hedge.
Machine Project is located at 1200 N Alvarado.
Learn about that Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan (LARRMP) and provide your input at today’s 5:00-7:30 pm workshop.
The meeting takes place at:
Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
The Atrium in the California Building
570 W. Avenue 26
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Click here for more information about the meeting/workshop.
Make sure you head over to the Griffith Park Composting Education Facility at 5400 Griffith Park Drive for its monthly Composting Workshop and Bin Sale.
Residents can learn about backyard composting, worm composting, types of compost bins, grasscycling, and other smart gardening techniques at the City’s free backyard composting workshops. In addition to the workshops, special discounted compost bin sales events are held throughout the year. The workshop takes approximately 60-75 minutes.
Click here to learn more!
On Saturday, August 15, 2009, from 8PM-Midnight, you can treat your loved one, family, or birthday girl/boy to a spectacular evening in the high desert. “The Integration” is hosting a Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party near Joshua Tree, benefiting the Mojave Desert Land Trust. Each $35 ticket will get you live projections from deep space telescopes, a “Dark Skies” presentation, dessert, beer and wine, and of course, a perfect view of the gorgeous annual meteor shower that us city-folk will likely miss.
For an extra cost ($25) you can also camp overnight and receive a continental breakfast in the morning. Doing either sounds worth it for a special occasion.
Their website request that you pre-register by calling 760-366-5440 or email Leslie at leslie@mojavedesertlandtrust.org
On Saturday, July 25 from 7 to 9 PM, the Echo Park Historical Society and the Echo Park Film Center will be hosting an outdoor presentation and silent film screening at Echo Park Lake to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first film studio in Edendale (a section of what is now Echo Park where most of LAs first film studios were located). The presentation begins at 7 PM and will be followed at 8 PM with a screening of silent film shorts. The event is free and open to the public.
