Stop by Ballard’s Artwork Framing & Gallery tonight for the opening of their three-week long group show of “Local Music Photographers.” The show will feature portraits and performances, long with candid photos by Sterling Andrews, Jeff Koga and Laurie Scavo. The exhibit ends October 16.
The show opening show starts at 8:00 pm, and will include performances by Ferraby Lionheart and the Parson Red Heads (owner Aaron Ballard is a band member)
Ballard’s is located at 1568 Sunset Blvd.
Check out Waved Out 2 coming up on Saturday, September 25!
Aquarium Drunkard, in conjunction with the Echo, is holding its second all ages festival here in L.A. in Echo Park. Dubbed WAVED OUT, after Justin Gage’s favorite Robert Pollard solo album, this is the second recurring event featuring emerging national, local and international artists.
Featuring:
Dungen
The Entrance Band
Sharon Van Etten
Shannon And The Clams
Lord Huron
John Carpenter
Summer Darling
Hanni El Khatib
Origami Stage:
Gestapo Khazi
So Many Wizards
Young Prisms
Victoria Noll
The Zig Zags
Bowery Beasts
Plus Food Trucks, Tamales, Tarot card readers, Hit & Run silk screening on site, and more!
3:00 pm, $13, all ages. The Echoplex is located at 1154 Glendale Blvd
Want some free tickets? TheSceneStar.com is having a contest for free tickets, all you need to do is email them with you name and contact info at oscar@thescenestar.com before Friday, September 24 at 10 a.m. for your chance to win!
1650 Gallery in Echo Park will be hosting a charity event in October called “DOGS, DOGS, DOGS!” I have hundreds of photos of my cats, so I’m sure you have them of your dogs – this is your chance to submit those lovable photos to the gallery for the exhibit and help support Dogs Without Borders.
Make sure you submit your photos by Thursday, September 30, 2010. It costs $25 for up to five images, with $5 each for additional entries. 25-30 works will be chosen for the exhibit, with additional works for an online gallery. Opening Night Gala is October 23, 2010, 7:00 pm (exhibit ends November 27).
Dogs Without Borders is a 501(c) non-profit dog rescue that is dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned dogs from high-kill shelters in the Los Angeles area and to find them permanent and loving homes.
Click here for more info, submission guidelines, etc. 1650 Gallery is located at 1650 Echo Park Avenue.
If you’re interested about Echo Park pets, click here for our past story about Sonia Paulino’s photos of Echo Park’s dogs and their owners/walkers.
Oh yes, and if you’re an animal lover, discount days are going on now at the animal shelter through September 26. Dog adoption fees are only $78.50, cats are $50.50. The closest animal shelter for us is the North Central Animal Shelter at 3201 Lacy St.
Spiraling Orchard is one of those hidden secrets you never knew existed. Its colorful entryway stands out amongst the compact residential homes along Court Street in Echo Park, but what is it?
What used to be a big empty lot is a park once owned by LASUD, it was taken over and in 1996 made it into an outdoor classroom, and generally a place where kids can go to do homework, arts and crafts, and other programs through ACLA (Arts… Community… Land… Activism…). According to its website, “ARTScorpsLA (ACLA) projects teach people to care for their places: by actively engaging the parks – making them and then using them – people attain a genuine connection with these urban places.”
Some residents might remember Spiraling Orchard as the site where four-year-old Roberto Lopez was shot and killed while standing in front of the park in January of 2009. But things are still going on at the park, and we thought we’d update you on a few things to keep your eye out for.
Every Tuesday from 2-5:00 pm, kids can stop by for the graffiti club or homework help. This fall, ACLA started hosting art and drawing workshops led by Ayumi “SANO” Chisolm. Though the first workshop started in September and ends in November, the second section of the workshop starts in January and ends in the beginning of May. The workshop “utilizes elements of classical drawing methods with contemporary elements of Hiphop style graffiti art for at-risk youth and young adults.”
Fall 2010 will see the return of Lisa Nuñez’s “Food Justice & Culture” workshops for elementary school-aged kids. They also have an annual Dia de los Muertos dinner and celebration in October, but no date has been scheduled yet. This fall they also hope to dedicate the mural that Spiraling kids along with families from all over California have been painting for almost a year under lead artist Wenceslao Quiroz, located on Court and Bixel.
And of course, anyone can always use the space for youth bands to practice, or to host your workshops.
I really recommend going and checking it out, it’s a really interesting part of town and the park itself is just an incredible gift to Echo Park.
For more information about anything I mentioned above, you can contact the ACLA at ACLA213@gmail.com or (323) 474-6905.
Spiraling Orchard is located at 1246 Court Street.
I’ve been by the new Montana Cans store a few times and have yet to see it open, so now it makes sense! The Grand Opening for the store takes place on Friday, September 24th starting at 5:00 pm.
There will be a special live painting with Germany’s Ma’Claim team (AKUT, TASSO, CASE) and some of LA’s finest street artists. There will be a taco truck, a special event sale, and free giveaways.
Montana Cans is located at 1528 1/2 Sunset Blvd
Hours are Thursday through Monday 12-00 noon pm – 7:00 pm
Flickr photo by Menetnashté
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, plot, structure and most important of all, have the discipline to complete your very own work of art. Anyone can write, but not many people can navigate their way through the entire novel writing process. In this class you’ll not only learn the tricks of the trade, but you’ll complete your very own book over the course of 8 weeks.
Cost of the class is $260, and class size is restricted to so sign up fast!
To reserve your spot, email tempanydeckert@gmail.com
Flickr photo via The Fretted Frog
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 FREE! (donations, however, are accepted).
RSVP by emailing info@thefrettedfrog.com
Fretted Frog is located at 1200 N. Alvarado St.
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
The Parson Red Heads, Red Cortez, The World Record @ Echo
KROQ Locals Only presents The Funeral Party, The Belle Brigade, Italian Japanese @ Bootleg Theater
Wednesday
What Laura Says, Skybox @ Echo
The Dø (Finland), Mia Maestro, Paul Dempsey, (Something For Kate) @ Bootleg Theater
Neo, Tribraco, Glass Goblins, plus guests @ Echo Curio
Live Jazz every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafe
Thursday
Dub Club @ Echopex & Echo
Jim Jones Revue, The Bellrays, Coasting @ Echo
Down and Derby Roller Disco @ Echoplex
Wet & Reckless @ Origami Vinyl
Cassorla, Strangers Family Band, Slang Chickens @ Echo Curio
Friday
Unidentified Tasting Object @ Echo Patio
Club Underground with Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits @ Echo
Cantora Live and The Fold present: Rumspringa, (Debut Record Release), Gamble House, Superhumanoids @ Bootleg Theater
Swagger Sticks, The Shakers, Z/schnee & The Bleeding Livers, Mad Planet @ Echo Curio
Hydroplane, Khalija, Knobgoblin, Wake @ Perhspace
Saturday
Waved Out II: Dungen, Entrance, Sharon Van Etten, The Fresh & Onlys, Shannon and the Clams, John Carpenter, So Many Wizards, Summer Darling, Young Prisms, Gestapo Khazi, Victoria Noll, The Zig Zags and more @ Echoplex & Echo
Funky Sole @ Echo
Heather Woodbury’s As The Globe Warms, Halloween Swim Team Release Party with Laco$te And 60 Watt Kid @ Echo Curio
Torches in Trees, The Fay Wrays, The Record Year @ Perhspace
Sunday
Grand Ole Echo @ Echo
Part Time Punks With Frankie Rose [Slumberland Records LP Release Party], Hunx & His Punx @ Echo
For more information on weekly musical events like club nights, see our community resource pages.Visit the venue website for more information on the cost and times of shows. This list may not represent all the musical events happening in Echo Park this week – feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time. New events announced for the week after this posting may not be included.
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 date. It was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly.” The picnic is an opportunity for Echo Center families to connect.
At The Echo Center, we will comemorate this special day of peace and nonviolence by having a super fun Peace Day Picnic this Sunday! This is a fun-filled, casual way to connect with other Echo Center families.
The picnic will take place at the Echo Park Recreation Center at 1632 Bellevue Ave.
The Echo Center/CNVEP will provide water, games, art activities provided by the Art Zone, and “empathy.”
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 at 5:30 pm<
Cave Country at 6:30 pm
The Driftwood Singers at 7:30 pm
RT N’ The 44s 8:30 pm
Echo Country Outpost is located at 1930 Echo Park Ave
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 dreams … Speaks of sights and sounds of this world and others. Some understand the messages in the symbology represented on these visions , while others seek the knowledge hidden in them. Some fear the gifts they are given while others embrace the responsibility at hand. There are those who see the light as a beacon to guide them through the darkness and others who embrace the shadows knowing the blinding dangers of the light. Water to quench the summer thirst, fire to warm the winter hearth. Nor summer nor winter, Schultstember is upon us.
Closing reception is October 16, 2010.
DIY Gallery is located at 1549 West Sunset Boulevard
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 opening reception for Shepard Fairey’s exhibit of printed work, titled “Printed Matters.”
Subliminal Projects is located at 1331 W Sunset Blvd. For more info visit subliminalprojects.com
Gestalten and Subliminal Projects Book Signing and Reception
Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Signing from 7–8:00 pm
Exhibit from 8-11:00 pm
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 Park and Logan, the event starts at 6:00 pm with some tasty eats, and the screening at 7:00 pm.
The Echo Park Film Center will be screening “Breaking Away” on the side of their FilmMobile, the eco-friendly cinema and film school on wheels. Reclaim great public space and join the EPFC as they regenerate the long and noble tradition of itinerant cinema.
Just in case you missed it: “Park themes range from Shakespeare in the Park[ing] to Dog Park[ing], from a Western Hoedown to a country picnic, from a Pedestrian Plaza to a Village Square. Park-ticipants include activists, artists, architects and all sorts of folks who simply want to engage the community in a discussion of public space and how it’s allocated.”
See you there!
Stop by Stories Books and Cafe on Saturday for a party and signing for “Art Time Punks,” the 98-page “fanbook” that covers five years of Part Time Punks (every Sunday at The Echo), including original artwork by Michael Stock from the past few years.
More info from Stories:
Promoter, artist, troublemaker Michael Stock creates flyers that use the dada/punk rock aestetic and are still done in the real time cut and paste format. Expect DJs, live music, kids in skinny jeans and Zola Jesus t-shirts and hearing The Fall’s “Totally Wired” or Wire’s “12XU.”
Echo Park Books will also be debuting a new book published by Echo Park Books called “Can’t Stop Winning,” a limited-edition “chapbook of psycho-philosophical meanderings by Sweaters.”
Art Time Punks signing and party
Saturday, September 18 at 8:00 pm
Stories Books & Cafe is located at 1716 Sunset Blvd
This Sunday, September 19, at Dodger Stadium is the annual Viva Los Dodgers “La Gran Fiesta.” Throughout the season, every Sunday, the Stadium has hosted a smaller version, but this weekend is the big fest. The Dodgers are playing the Colorado Rockies.
From 10:00 am-2:00 pm (with a sound check starting at 9:00 am) in Lot 6 of the Stadium parking lot, you can expect some booths by sponsors Hyundai, Coca Cola, and Time Warner Cable, along with a beer garden and other fun activities for families. There will also be some live musical events, and last year there were even some former players signing autographs.
Viva Los Dodgers started in 1998 to “help more Hispanic fans come to Dodger Stadium.” Last year about 10,000 fans attended the festival, so get your tickets soon!