Tomorrow, Saturday May 8, KHW Jewelry is going to be hosting a craft sale at Sargent Court lawn (1673 Sargent Court). You can peruse their selection of gladiator sandals, dinnerware decorated with doves and big bangles from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. They will also be serving quesadillas and Frank Fairfield will be playing bluegrass music!
This Sunday, May 9 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm, the Echo Park Film Center will be throwing a party of sorts at their new “Analog Annex” in Atwater Village. They will be hosting visiting experimental filmmaker Roger Beebe and christening their new space with food and drink. Call (213) 484-8846 or email them (info@echoparkfilmcenter.org) for directions to the space and to RSVP.
Through the absolute benevolence of relative strangers, we have been offered a 2,500 sq. foot warehouse to use for selected Film Center activities. This gift could not have come at a better time as we were truly bursting at the seams in our tiny 900 sq. foot storefront on Alvarado Street.
We will continue to use the Echo Park location as our main screening room, classroom and media arts center.
The new space has been dubbed the EPFC Analog Annex and will include:
– The majority of our 16mm and Super 8 film archive
– A 16mm animation stand
– An optical printer
– Traditional flatbed 16mm editing
– A large venue for film-related projects, screenings and eventsThe space is currently open only for special screenings, events and workshops. Due to staffing issues, there is no public access at this time.
Have fun celebrating Cinco de Mayo in the neighborhood, just drive safe! DUI checkpoints are planned “somewhere” in the Northeast division area between 6:00 pm and Midnight on Wednesday.
But, instead of driving, why not stay local? Here are some great places to check out some Cinco de Mayo drinks in Echo Park:
Dodger Stadium
And of course you can venture outside of Echo Park to nearby Olvera Street for festivities over the weekend (May 8-9). It’s incredibly easy to hop on a bus to get to Olvera Street, I highly recommend it.
Did we miss anything? Let us know.
Be safe!
May 4-9, 2010
Tuesday (tonight!)
Stephen Brower The Silent Majority @ Bootleg Theater
Wednesday
Dosh, White Hinterland, Baths @ The Echo
Eluvium, Bell Gardens, Benoit Piolard, Whale Fals @ Bootleg Theater
Thursday
Nicole Simone, Paige Stark @ Bootleg Theater
Spindrift, Nurses, Magic Mirror @ The Echo
Carlos Varela @ Echoplex
Friday
Hurricane Bells @ The Echo
Analog Rebellion, Mansions @ Bootleg Theater
Feed Your Head Second Anniversary Show w/ Seasons, Downtown/Union, George Glass, Radars To the Sky (Acoustic Set) @ Pehrspace
Saturday
Red Sparowes, Fang Island, Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound @ Echoplex (Late Show; 8:30 PM)
Gwendolyn and The Good Time Gang @ Echoplex (Early Show; 11 AM)
Warpaint, Priestbird @ Bootleg Theater
60-Watt Kid, The Fritz, Centipede Eest, French Ship @ Echo Curio
Sunday
Les Savy Fav, We Barbarians, LA Ghost @ Echoplex
Dave Gleason & The Golden Cadillacs, Mojo Monkeys, The Coals @ The Echo (FREE! Early Show; 5 PM)
Bonfire Madigan @ Bootleg Theater
Collisions, Verbs, Kid Infinity @ Echo Curio
Check out info on club nights and weekly musical events on our community resource pages.
Visit the venue website for more information on the cost and times of shows, that info can also be found on our community resource pages.
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.
The Filament Theatre Co. presents the L.A. premiere of “second” in Echo Park on Wednesday, May 6 at 8:00 pm.
While “the worst snowstorm in history” rages, a mysterious man touches a woman, seemingly brings her back to life – then disappears. The mystery and media frenzy instigates three sets of New Yorkers to question their faith in radically different ways. “Second” is a choreography of seven actors and three cameras unfolding through separate, concurrent scenes staged in a private home in Echo Park. The audience will be divided amongst three rooms: as one scene plays out live in the room, the other two scenes are captured by live cameras and presented cinematically, allowing each audience a unique experience while still sharing the same story.
“second” takes place at Laveta Villa in Echo Park at 1367 Laveta Terrace
Cost is $20 general admission (all ages)
The show runs through May 29, every Thursday and Saturday, as well on Wednesday, May 19 and May 26.
Click here for the Filament Theatre Website, and here to purchase tickets online. Purchasing your tickets ahead of time will ensure you get a seat as there is limited seating (cash only at the door).
Fliament Theatre is “A Los Angeles based performance ensemble working to create fresh contact with classic texts, new works, and emerging ideas. Our community spans beyond the boundaries of Theatre into all mediums of art that shape our cultural reality.”
This week’s H&M fashion video features Echo Park fashion designers and businesses, including Olga Nazarova from Them Atelier, Andrew Selna of The Clinic of Echo Park, and David Hershberger of Front Street. Check it out!
Basic Tee
Lady's Babydoll
Now you can announce how much you “Luv” Echo Park everywhere – on your shirt, with your coffee, and even on your car bumper. Local artist Bill Rangel is 16-year resident of Echo Park. According to his website, “The light, the physical beauty, the people, and the diversity of Echo Park all play a role in the paintings of Bill Rangel… Now you can have a slice of Bill Rangel’s life in Echo Park on a canvas print or poster, a mug or a t-shirt.” Remember, Mother’s Day is fast approaching!
Click here to buy your I Luv Echo Park t-shirts and other goodies online.
Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 pm – Julie Kausner reads from her new book I Don’t Care About Your Band. It charts a distinctly human journey of a strong-willed but vulnerable protagonist who loves men like it’s her job, but who’s done with guys who know more about love songs than love. This is the girl’s version of High Fidelity. By turns explicit, funny, and moving, Klausner’s debut shows the evolution of a young woman who endured myriad encounters with the wrong guys, to emerge with real-world wisdom on matters of the heart.
Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 pm – Reading/Signing Party for Record Store Days. Stories celebrates independent record stores and the release of authors Gary Callomar and Phil Gallo’s book, “Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again.” We want it to be party and want you there! Independent pop culture was born in indie record stores and book stores across the country and we want you to hear about it! Complimentary beer and wine and snacks while they last. Special dj set from Neil from Origami Vinyl.
Here are some new workshops and panels hosted by 826LA. For the grown-ups they’ve got…
826LA Adult Writing Seminar Series: Comedy Writing on Monday, May 3 at 8:00 pm with Bob Odenkirk, Jen Kirkman, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, and Jill Soloway! Moderated by Marc Evan Jackson! Our panelists will discuss comedy writing: how they got started, what inspires them, and the dark, dark place comedy comes from. We will also be screening some shorts written by our panelists. Takes place at Busby’s East (5364 Wilshire Blvd.). Click here to buy tickets.
And a couple of youth workshops…
Advertise! – Saturday, May 1 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm Students will receive a brief primer on the components of print advertising-layout, copy, and graphics-and immediately put their knowledge to work. The products at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart need to be advertised. Working with volunteer instructors from the worlds of advertising and television, students will write copy and lay out the graphics for the Time Travel Mart products of their choice, creating actual print advertisements. Taught by ad folks from TBWA\Chiat\Day and TV folks from “Deadliest Catch” and “Mad Men.” For students ages 8 to 12. Takes place at 826LA East (1714 W. Sunset Blvd). Cost is FREE. Go here to sign up!
Improv: Comedy and Character – Sunday, May 2 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm This workshop introduces participants to the core concepts of improv comedy: group mind, space work, character, and, of course, fun! Participants will play games, write character monologues, and create scenes using their characters. For students ages 8 to 13. Takes place at UCLA’s Armand Hammer Museum. Cost is FREE but PLEASE NOTE: this workshop is full. If you’d like to be included on a waiting list, email julius(at)826la.org
Hamlet, Prince of PuddlesApril 10th – May 9th
Saturdays and Sundays at 11am
$9.99, $5 for children
“Hamlet, Prince of Puddles is an all ages adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic play opening at the Bootleg Theater on April 10 at 11am. All tickets are priced $9.99 and under (kids are only $5) with the hopes that the economy and cost will not prevent families from exploring the wildly imaginative world of live theater.
Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, but after the untimely death of his kingly father, his mother Gertrude hastily marries his uncle Claudius. When Hamlet learns who is to blame for his father’s death, he struggles to take action and becomes known as the Prince of Puddles! Find out why in this all-ages adaptation of the Bard’s classic.
The show is a coming out party for new theatre group l’Enfant Terrible. The company is dedicated to creating family friendly plays for all ages and reaching a variety of communities throughout Los Angeles. By making its work accessible to adults and kids L’Enfant Terrible aims to create new theatre lovers while pushing the boundaries of children’s theatre.” – Bootleg Theater
The Bootleg Theater is located at 2220 Beverly Blvd.
The Echo Park Historical Society is hosting its Echo Park Lake Walking Tour tomorrow, Saturday, April 24 at 10:00 am.
According to the EPHS website, the tour 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 hours to complete and includes several stairways. Building interiors are not included. Reservations required. The tours are free for EPHS members; we ask a $5 donation of all others.”
Make your reservation by calling (323) 860-8874, or e-mail your name, the number of people in your group, your phone number and the name and date of the tour.
The tour starts at the Echo Park Lake Boathouse, located at 751 Echo Park Ave.
Friday, April 23rd
8:00 pm
Origami Vinyl will be premiering ‘Together’ by The New Pornographers
Free drinks and goodies.
Stop by for your chance to win tickets to see the New Pornographers at the Music Box on July 20th.
RSVP: gettogetherla@gmail.com
Join Warwick vintage store tonight for Echo Park Hospitality Night, starting at 8:00 pm. Warwick is launching a few new lines of vintage wear, including jewelry by Dark + Dawn and Birds of a Feather. In addition to the new lines, the store will feature art by Cody Comrie and music by Patrick Melcher.
Click here to view the Facebook event page.
In honor of Earth Day, the Echo Park Film Center will be presenting the film Earth by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko. Earth is a 1930 Soviet film about an insurrection by a community of farmers, following a hostile takeover by affluent landowners. “One of the undisputed masterpieces of the cinema, no single viewing of Earth will ever reveal all of its poetic brilliance… The story itself is secondary to the visually stunning and incredibly moving images that Dovzhenko creates.” Thursday, April 22 @ 8:00 pm
Also playing soon at the Echo Park Film Center:
Saturday, April 24 @ 8:00 pm – FLORESTINE COLLECTION FUNDRAISER
Helen Hill was an experimental filmmaker and film teacher who made many fun, inspiring, and original short films. At the time of her murder in New Orleans in January 2007, Helen was working on The Florestine Collection, a thirty-minute animation and live action documentary about 100 hand-sewn dresses she found in the trash on the side of the road. Her husband Paul Gailiunas decided to finish the movie as a 16 mm film and needs to raise funds for the last steps in the filmmaking process. Please join us to see a ten-minute preview of The Florestine Collection, as well as other short experimental films by Helen, and several of her filmmaking friends. Treats provided! Admission is $5.
Thursday, April 29 @ 8:00 pm – GIRLS N’ GHOULS
Feminism isn’t dead – it’s undead! EPFC, along with EdibleBrains Productions, presents an evening of female voices in zombie film, zombie music and zombie art. “The Dead Walk in Brooklyn” zombie film trilogy will be presented with live musical accompaniment by local Echo Park band PioneerShips. EdibleBrains is a bicoastal, female centric production company dedicated to pieces written and produced by women in the science fiction and horror genres for film, theater and multimedia art. Go here for more info.
McSweeney’s Issue #34 Launch Party at 826LA and Stories
Monday, April 26th, 2010
There will be food, drink and a discussion and signing with McSweeney’s contributors Nick McDonell and Teddy Wayne. The musical guest for the evening is The Blasting Company.
826LA East / The Echo Park Time Travel Mart and Stories
8:00 pm
Free
RSVP and reserve your copy here (McSweeney’s Quarterly #34 is $20+tax at Stories).
Issue 34 features new stories of shipwrecks, kidnappings and bad vacations, by (among others) Anthony Doerr, Daniel Handler, and T. C. Boyle. Also included are new letters about wine and Hawaii from John Hodgman and Sarah Vowell, twenty-one dead-on self-portraits drawn by the likes of Michael Martone, Michel Gondry, and Sarah Silverman, and, beyond all this, in a standalone volume, Nick McDonell’s stunning exploration of the latest iteration of the war in Iraq-a ground-level account from within the 1st Cavalry Division. The whole thing weighs in at just under 400 pages, and comes in its own custom-made double-sleeve. Purchase it on Amazon.
826LA is located at 1714 W. Sunset Blvd.
Stories is located at 1716 W Sunset Blvd.