SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The Echo & The Echoplex
1822 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
$2
more info
Enjoy breakfast with Santa at the Echo Park Recreation Center on Saturday, December 19, 2009
9am-11:30am at the Echo Park Recreation Center (1632 Bellevue Ave.)
Breakfast will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, and your choice of OJ or coffee. Tickets are $3 for youth and $5 for adults. The first 100 kids will receive a FREE stocking with goodies!
There will also be a toy give-away. Tickets for the toy give-away will be given first come, first served to kids who are under 15 years-old and have a Breakfast with Santa ticket.
For more information contact the Echo Park Recreation Center at (213) 250-3578 or (213) 250-8946.
Nance Klehm is leading a “wild medicine foraging expedition” in Echo Park on Wednesday, December 9. The expedition focuses on identifying common wild plants that can be used in herbal remedies.
The Machine Project is sponsoring the event, which takes place from 7-8:30 pm on Wednesday. The cost is only $15!
Here’s Nancy’s bio from the Machine Project website:
Nance Klehm is a radical ecologist, designer, urban forager, grower and teacher. Her solo and collaborative work focuses on creating participatory social ecologies in response to a direct experience of a place. She grows and forages much of her own food in a densely urban area. She actively composts food, landscape and human waste. She only uses a flush toilet when no other option is available. She designed and currently manages a large scale, closed-loop vermicompost project at a downtown homeless shelter where cafeteria food waste becomes 4 tons of worm castings a year which in turn is used as the soil that grows food to return to the cafeteria.
More information on Nance can be found at her website, here: http://www.spontaneousvegetation.net/
Nothing to do Friday afternoon? Get in your car and visit your neighbors to the north for the annual tree lighting. Stores will be celebrating on Glendale Blvd. all evening.
Echo Park Chamber of Commerce is doing a Toy Drive for the ages of 9 to 18 years old.
All toys will be donated to Central City Action Committee on December 17, 2009.
The Toys need to be unwrapped, and one particular wish item that the teenagers had was a skateboard, but any presents are always welcome.
Toy Drive starts on November 30 and runs to December 17, 2009
Silverwood Properties has graciously offered to allow their premises to be used as a drop-off site for this season’s toy drive. So, if it makes it easier for you to take advantage of this location then go ahead and drop off unwrapped toys at Silverwood Properties anytime Mon through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
You can often drop stuff by on Saturday’s too, but call ahead if you want to make a Saturday delivery to make sure someone is in the office to receive it.
Silverwood Properties is located at 1545 Echo Park Ave, 90026, and phone number is 213-250-4404, ask for Ken.
Visit Tavin’s website for more info.
Echo Park businesses declare December 12th 2009: Echo Park Holiday Shop Hop. Come to Echo Park for a day of holiday cheer with shopping specials, performances, and workshops throughout the neighborhood. Don’t miss this fun-filled day of events in Echo Park- you can do your holiday shopping, enjoy great food, drink and entertainment, and support local businesses!
The Echo Park Holiday Parade begins at noon, but other festivities start as early as 10 a.m., with happenings all day and night until 2 a.m.! All girl doo wop group, the Damselles, will be caroling at each establishment throughout the day.
In addition to the festivities, businesses participating in the Echo Park Holiday Shop Hop will be collecting donations for the following local charities (corresponding numbers are next to the supporting business name):
[1] Central City Action Committee http://centralcityaction.com: Toys (new, packaged)
[2] Echo Park Animal Alliance http://echoparkanimalalliance.org: Make a $ donation and get a dog cookie stocking
[3] Good Shepherd Center-Languille Emergency Shelter for Women and Children http://gschomeless.org: New/gently used Clothing and Toiletries
[4] 826LA http://826la.org: Make a $5 donation and get a book written by Echo Park kids
Participating businesses:
826LA/Echo Park Time Travel Mart [3][4]
1714 W Sunset Blvd. 213 413 3388.
- Hours: 12PM-10PM
- Free gift with a purchase of $25 or more, Purchase $100 or more and get a signed copy of Dave Eggers’ The Wild Things (while supplies last) for $10.
- 3-3:30PM: A Guy Walks Into an 826LA…A stand up comedy performance by 826LA students.
- 8PM: Dead Author Reading with Charles Dickens
1320 Echo Park Ave 213-481-0454
- Hours: 11-3 and 5:30-11
- 11AM-3PM Get a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of soup for $7.
- Free Christmas Cookies for Children of All Ages!
2150 W. Sunset Blvd 213-483-9463
- Hours: 5PM-Midnight
- Holiday Wine Tasting! 3 wine flight for $12 per person and
- 10% OFF retail purchases
Future [3][4]
1814 W Sunset Blvd. 213-568-3002
- Hours: 12PM-1AM
- Finger Painting/face painting
- Photo Exhibit
Masa of Echo Park [1][2]
1800 W Sunset Blvd. 213-989-1558
- Hours: 8AM-MIDNIGHT
- Toy Drive for Central City Action Committee
- Dog Cookie Stockings to Benefit the Echo Park Animal Alliance
- 15% off (Dine In Only) with your Program from the Echo Park Holiday Parade
Origami Vinyl [4]
1816 W Sunset Blvd. 213-413-3030
- Noon-2AM
- 1-4PM: Learn How to Fold Origami
- 7PM: Correatown Live In-Store Performance
1724 W Sunset Blvd
- Hours: 10AM-7PM
- TIME TBD: Toy give-away
- Visit from Santa
1161 Logan St
- Hours: 8:30PM-2AM
- 8:30PM-2AM “lover” presents…”golden eyes” fashion + art extravaganza
- Tickets $20 at the door Special Deal (TBA) for Shop Hop attendees.
Stories Books & Café [2][3][4]
1716 W Sunset Blvd.
- 10AM-10PM
- Free cup of regular coffee with any book or card purchase over $10
- $1 off any sandwich
- $ 1 drip coffee
- 4PM: The Damselles Live In-Store Performance
- Time TBD: Visit and photos with Santa
The Clinic of Echo Park
1832 W Sunset Blvd.
1822 W Sunset Blvd
- 10AM-6PM Bust Magazine Craft Fair
For more information contact: Christina at 826LA.org
It started with one person, Echo Park resident Barry Walker, who cooked and delivered Turkey Day meals to the homeless in his neighborhood… and now a group of friends in Echo Park have shown up to help cook and deliver meals for the past 10 years – the first year, 28 homeless were fed! The next year more showed up and over fifty meals went out. The following year, we reached the 100 mark and last year we were able to feed over 1,500 homeless in our neighborhood and leave them with t-shirts, beanies, shoes, sweaters, and tooth brush kits. Gobble Gobble Give is a community event and has become an incredible example of what a community can do to make change.
Gobble Gobble Give is looking for volunteers on every level who can give food, money, or clothing and those who can donate their time this upcoming Thanksgiving day (Nov 26th) by cooking, warming, packaging and delivering food to the homeless in Echo Park and Downtown LA. Every little bit helps
those in need, so show some love and give a friend a reason to be thankful.
Click here to donate money to Gobble Gobble Give for supplies and food.
Click here to donate your time on Thanksgiving Day.
GGG is also taking DONATIONS IN ADVANCE of clothing (specifically, gently used sweaters, jackets, shirts, socks, and hats for men, women, children), blankets, and supplies for toiletry kits toothbrush/toothpaste, soap and shampoo. All clothing, supplies and toiletries can dropped off in advance this Saturday, Nov 21st and Sunday, Nov. 22nd from 1-4 PM at Raven Spa (2910 Rowena Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039-2042 / ph: 323-644-0240).
Here’s the rundown on how THANKSGIVING DAY will work:
Everyone arrives at 10 a.m. SHARP Thanksgiving morning at The Echo night club in Echo Park. The address is 1822 Sunset Bl. 90026.
Everyone is asked to bring the following:
1. A DISH. “ALREADY HEATED” This is a potluck event. It can be as little as a side of vegetables or it can be three large bowls of your grandma’s famous “cranberry walnut stuffing”. We can always use Turkeys and main course items. Side dishes are great as well. Veggies, Veggies, Veggies. Mashed potatoes, yams, vegetables, greens, etc. Of course desserts are always awesome. If you are bringing a main dish like an entire turkey or ham etc. please email us at turkeycrew@gobblegobblegive.org and let us know so we can tabulate what we need as we get closer to the big day.
2. FIVE (5) SMALL TOILETRY KITS. that include a: toothbrush/toothpaste, soap and shampoo. You can get these items very inexpensively at $0.99 stores.
3. CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. Please bring any used blankets and/or gently used sweaters, jackets, shirts, socks, shoes, beanies/hats for men, women,
children.
At 10:15 we begin a large “conveyor Belt” of food and with the help of everyone we put the meals together. We box them up together with care packages of tooth brushes, soap, clothes, etc..
At around 11: 00 a.m. the first vehicles begin to roll out. For those of you who have a car and want to drive you will be known as drivers. We will put a few people in your car with you and you will go out in two or three car teams. We hit the riverbeds, the alleys, the freeway overpasses. sometimes we discover small villages of people in dirt fields and empty lots. The vehicles return after delivering all the meals. We are always done by 1:00 p.m..
How is Los Angeles defined? Is it a city, a state of mind or an identity? Hollywood backdrop? What makes it unique? Or is the answer something altogether different? Los Angeles as a Character is a screening that will showcase narrative, experimental and documentary short films and videos with the city of Los Angeles as a peripheral or central, theme, backdrop or character. FILMMAKERS AND CURATOR CHARLES DORAN IN ATTENDANCE!
Click here for more information on films being shown.
1200 N. Alvarado (at Sunset)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
8:00 pm
$5.00 at the door
Them Atelier and Endovanera will be hosting an opening for artist, Daniel Hipolito on Friday, November 13th. Drinks will be served at 9:00 pm. They will also be having a sale during the day starting at 12:00 pm.
1154 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 413-6666
Echo Park residents beware! The LA Marathon will start at Dodger Stadium next year on March 10 and run through Echo Park and Silver Lake. Plan ahead (and hope parking near your home won’t be an issue)! Check out the map here (mile markers haven’t been added yet):
View 2010 LA Marathon Course in a larger map
Photo via LAist
Brooklyn-based artist Dan Witz has put up pieces of his artwork throughout Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood and West Hollywood.
Seth Carmichael, co-owner of Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art where Witz’s art show is currently running, told LAist, “For him, it’s about not being seen by everybody except for those people who deserve to see it, and those who are the people he cares about.”
Check out the full LAist article and more photos of his work here.
On November 7, 2009, from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Bedrock (sponsored by AVID) is hosting the College Battle of the Bands LA Regional Finale.
The top bands will battle at Bedrock Studios from 1:30 – 4:30, and then move on to the Echoplex for the evening, with the winner opening up for special guest The Crystal Method.
RSVP here.
Check out more online at the College Battle of the Bands website and the Bedrock website.
When: Saturday, November 7 at 2:00 pm
Meet Boze Hadleigh
Writer of 18 books and featured on T.V. shows as Entertainment Tonight, Larry King Live, will culminate our celebration of “Dia de los Muertos”
“Celebrities, Chocolate, Chihuahuas, Etc.—What Mexico Has Given the U.S.”
Interesting “unknown” facts:
Why is there a worm in a tequila bottle?
What are Mexican jumping beans?
What is Cinco de Mayo?
Learn about famous Latino celebrities and other facts on Latino Culture!
Echo Park Branch
1410 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 250-7808
Refreshments will be served.