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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, July 25 through Sunday, July 31

Monday
The Echo, Sesac, and Origami Records present Monday Night Residency: Crystal Antlers, The Fuse!, The Lovely Bad Things, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ Echo
Races (Frenchkiss Records), Guests TBA, Pageants, The Neighborhood @ Bootleg Theater
Slutever, Crystal Antlers @ Origami Vinyl
Tom Tom Magazine Residency Every Monday @ Lot 1 Cafe

Tuesday
Wu Lyf @ Echo
Langhorne Slim, Henry Wolfe, Amanda Jo Williams @ Echoplex
La-Underground Presents: Peter Pants, Slutever, Cool Moms @ Pehrspace
Morgan Murphy, Deon Cole, Adam De La Pena, Morgan Nadler @ Bootleg Theater
Woolen Residency with Incan Abraham & Starving Daughters @ Lot 1 Cafe

Wednesday
Cults, Guards, Writer @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Paris Loves La, Victor and Penny, Leftover Cuties @ Bootleg Theater
Live Jazz every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Café

Thursday
Spaceland Under The Stars with Geronimo Getty, Judson @ Pershing Square
Pink Dreams Presents Upsilom Acrux, Kill The Capulets, Ghetto Blaster, Grand Elegance @ Echo
Heavy La @ Echoplex
Echo Park Jazz Benefit Show for 826la With Slumgum and La Sirene @ Lot 1 Cafe
Ben Sollee, Thousands, J Irvin Dally @ Bootleg Theater
The Exxtras, The Atomic Sherpas @ Taix Lounge

Friday
Rollo & Grady Present Those Darlins, White Arrows, Motopony @ Echo
Inc. plus special guests, DJ Total Freedom, Nguzunguzu, Sfv Acid and more @ Echoplex
Club Underground @ Echo
Body Parts (Record Release), Touché, Masxs, Geoff Geis @ Pehrspace
Tha Boogie, Dez, Kids and Explosions @ Bootleg Theater
Eleanor Friedberger @ Origami Vinyl
Moris Tepper, Joel Jerome, Lead vocal/guitar of DIOS @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Rock N’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles: Camper Showcase 2011 @ Echoplex
Lord Huron, DJ Boom Bip @ The Getty Museum
Echo, Iheartcomix, Media Contender present: Check Yo’ Ponytail 2 with Metronomy, Nite Jewel, Sisu @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Dntel, The One Am Radio, Geotic @ Echoplex
Seasons (Video Release), Spirit Vine, Saint Sea Hat, The Neighborhood @ Pehrspace
The Black Ryder (Mexican Summer), Eddie Berman @ Bootleg Theater
When I Was 12 @ Origami Vinyl

Sunday
Part Time Punks with Craft Spells, Seapony, Grave Babies, Young Prisms @ Echo
Bear Hands, Lesands @ Bootleg Theater
Les Blanks @ Origami Vinyl

Visit the venue websites 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.

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Video: Winehouse in Echo Park

LAist brings this 2007 video to our attention after the news of Amy Winehouse’s death. According to the article, the video titled “Tears Dry on Their Own” was shot in Hollywood as well as partly in Echo Park, so we’re posting it as well because, of course, Echo Park rules. Enjoy the video (see if you can spot our ‘hood anywhere, it’s brief) and enjoy your life being healthy and happy and appreciating the ones you love!

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Lotus Festival schedule for today, Saturday

No lotus flowers in the lake this year, but they are for sale to take home!

We headed down to Echo Park Lake early to get ahold of the Lotus Festival schedule, which is available to anyone at the information booth in the middle of the festival booths. After the jump: Saturday’s schedule and parking tips. You can read about the history of the Lotus Festival by clicking here.

Opening ceremony started at noon, but here’s the rest of the schedule (Sunday’s schedule will be available tomorrow):

2:00 pm: The Muay Thai School
Thai Boxing Demo

2:30 pm: Na Kapa Ku Hual Halau Kula Nui ‘O Kaleponi
Hawaiian and Polynesian music and dance

3:00 pm: Pacific Asian Club
Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian and Filipino Dances

3:30 pm: Wat Thai Temple of Los Angeles
Thai Rabam Dravat dance Mon style Read more

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Montana Cans celebrating one year anniversary

Take a break from the festivities at Echo Park Lake on Saturday, July 9, and stop by Montana Cans just up Sunset Boulevard for their one-year anniversary celebration!

From 12:00 noon to 10:00 pm at the store there will be a lot of sales going on, special give-aways for customers, and in-store appearances/signings (these guys know some cool people, so it will be worth checking out!).

PLUS our favorite part – our good friends Whqles are playing a show at 8:00 pm. And they rule. Seriously.

Montana Store LA is located at 1528 1/2 Sunset Boulevard.

See you there!

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The Warehouse patio hosting brunch on the weekends

Tomorrow (Saturday, July 9) marks the first of weekend “Brunch Jams” at The Warehouse. Feeling the need for some more brunching variety in Echo Park, owner Justin Warwick was inspired to team up with a food truck to host the morning fiestas from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays on the vintage store patio in Echo Park.

Here’s the scoop: Grab some brunch from the food truck (especially useful on those hangover mornings), stir up a Bloody Mary or Mimosa, and enjoy the serenades of a live Beetles jazz trio. Yep, it all starts tomorrow!

And lastly, your sneak peak of The Jade Chef menu:

SWEET MORNINGS

  • The Classroom Cakes: (2) blueberry pancakes, organic maple syrup, sweet cream butter
  • Hot Red Velvet Cakes: (2) cream cheese drizzle, sweet cream butter, fresh seasonal berries
  • Yogurt sweetened with agave (add $2.00 fresh fruit)
  • Toast and artisanal jam choice breads, Laura Ann’s Jam of the day, sweet cream butter
  • French Quarter Beignets: (3) dusted with confectioners sugar (add cup of hot coffee or tea for $2.00)

FI”EGG”STA

  • Breakfast Burrito -scrambled eggs, monterey cheese, black beans, potatoes, salsa (add $2.00 bacon or veggies)
  • Breakfast Quesadilla – scrambled eggs, monterey cheese, salsa, sour cream, (add $2.00 bacon or veggies)

WHICH WAY DO I EGG? omelet-scramble-fried

  • Three eggs served with toasted artisan bread ad country potatoes (add $2.00 for artisanal jam)
  • Sammy bacon, fried egg, cheese, choice bread
  • The Warehouse: peppers, basil, tomato, onions, cheddar cheese, Jade pesto

Sounds great! We’re already in the mood for a tasty Bloody Mary!

The Warehouse is located at 1197 W Sunset Boulevard. Check out their Facebook page for event details and updates.

UPDATE:

The Warehouse announced Friday night that brunch has been canceled this weekend due to permitting issues.

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Echo Park Pool the stage for underwater music video

An NPR blog post published yesterday calls attention to this cool music video complete with some stylish underwater shots. The location for those shots? Our very own Echo Park Pool!

The video is for the Los Angeles-based group Warpaint. Director Ted Newsome told NPR, “We all agreed that the surface world would be void of color and unstable and underwater would be vibrant, dreamy and fluid. A few days later, we shot for three days straight, and the video was in the can…. The dreamy water world was obviously the hardest part of the video, and there’s a behind-the-scenes video to prove it.”

Newsome, by the way, is one of the founders of 2HeadedHorse, which has a building on Glendale Boulevard in Echo Park. Hopefully the behind-the-scenes video from him will come out soon!

Check out the video below!

 

 

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New to the ‘hood: deKor’s Swedish stylings

Echo Park resident Isabelle Dahlin opened up her new store, deKor, at the end of June just next door to the new restaurant Mohawk Bend on Sunset Boulevard. Promising a variety of candles, pottery, furniture, art, pillows and miscellaneous items, the theme is an eclectic array of Swedish stylings that will make you want to redecorate.

On her blog, Isabelle writes: “Ever since I was a child, I have always felt that your living environment greatly impacts how you feel about your life and how you treat those around you. This space is a reflection of my Scandinavian roots, my travels and my beautiful life in Los Angeles.”

Isabelle told us that not only does she live in Echo Park, but she’s in LOVE with Echo Park. “I wanted my store here because I love the people that live here and deKor is a very eclectic place so I think it fits with this amazing neighborhood,” she said in an email.

Prices range from $20 for the little stuff, and up to $4,000 for the larger furniture items (hey, it’s art!). Her favorite piece in the store? Reclaimed swings designed by deKor that can decorate your home on the inside or the outside.

By the way, LOVE those potted succulents outside the store!

Store Hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Owner: Isabelle Dahlin
Phone: 213.375.7627
www.dekorla.com

Related articles:

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Video: How the Echo Park Time Bank works

Multimedia Journalist and Los Angeles resident Emily Frost sent us this video she shot recently documenting the Echo Park Time Bank.

Having heard about such projects on the East Coast, she discovered the Echo Park Time Bank and decided to start filming. Emily told us, “It’s a great organization – I loved hanging out with them while shooting.”

Check out Emily’s video below!

If you’re interested in time banking, check out the organization’s website.

The next time banking workshop is a Beekeeping class on Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. Learn from Echo Park Time Bank member Leonardo Chalupawicz about how to maintain a colony of your own! The workshop takes place at the Micheltorena School Community Garden, 1511 Micheltorena St. Contact info@echoparktimebank.com for questions.

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Tuesday, June 28 through Sunday, July 3

Tuesday
The Echo & Future Sounds presents: The Postelles, Kitten, Pageants, Pan Am @ Echo
J Scott Bergman, Holly Gleason, Nightmare And The Cat @ Bootleg Theater
Jack Littman, Nikki Lang, Dez Hope, Elas & Celeigh Chapman @ Lot 1 Cafe
Open Mic Night @ Fretted Frog

Wednesday
Alela Diane, Parson Redheads, Yukon Blonde @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Sarabeth Tucek, Twilight Sleep, Magic Mirror @ Bootleg Theater
Live Jazz Every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafe

Thursday
Johnny O’donnell, John Carpenter, Corridor, Residual Echoes @ Echo
Heavy La @ Echoplex
Vandaveer, Cheyenne Marie, Luluc @ Bootleg Theater
Paleo @ Origami Vinyl
Los Angeles Loves @ Lot 1 Cafe
Sister Rogers Residency @ Taix Lounge
Emily Lacy, Claire Cronin, Adrian Tenne, Folk Ladies @ Echo Country Outpost

Friday
Echo & Club Underground Present Jessica 6, Love Grenades, Vice Cooler @ Echo
Echo & Check Yo’ Ponytail2 Present: Blonde Redhead, The Luyas, Bass Drum Of Death, Turquoise Wisdom @ Echoplex
Dan Bern With Common Rotationc @ Bootleg Theater
Sunshine Factory, El Camino Real, The Health Club, Morose @ Lot 1 Cafe
The Functionaries, Abe Lincoln Story @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Bootie La @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @
Venus Illuminato, Sabrosa Purr, Amusement Parks On Fire @ Bootleg Theater
Gwendolyn and friends @ Taix Lounge
Southern Tornadoes Benefit: Sue Scrofa and Friends @ Echo Country Outpost

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo @ Echo
Trannyshack La @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks – David Bowie Nite with guest DJ Jose Maldonado @ Echo
Man Your Horse @ Origami Vinyl

Visit the venue websites 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.

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Filmed in Echo Park: Mamitas at the LA Film Fest

We allllmost missed this on the radar, but this is the last weekend for the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival, and there are still quite a few amazing films still scheduled for screenings.

One of those films is Mamitas, which has gotten some pretty rave reviews and awards since its release in 2007, was filmed all over Echo Park. Directed by Nicholas Ozeki, the film is about a young casanova trying to teach his friends how to hit on girls. Here’s the synopsis from the LA Film Fest website:

“At school, Jordin is a cocky but charming Latino firebrand; at home he is a doting grandson who can’t seem to please his perpetually cranky father. On the day he’s suspended for insulting a teacher, Jordin meets Felipa, a bookish, no-nonsense New York girl who sees past the swaggering facade. The two immediately embark on an unlikely friendship that inspires Jordin to find out who he really is.

“Beautifully shot in Echo Park and against Los Angeles’ downtown skyline, this beguiling coming-of-age romance introduces two phenomenal young actors in EJ Bonilla and Veronica Diaz-Carranza and a remarkable new talent in first time feature filmmaker Nicholas Ozeki.”

And Echo Park looks gorgeous, as always!

You can still get tickets for the two remaining screenings at the festival for tonight’s 10:20 pm showing and tomorrow’s 12:00 noon showing. Click here for tickets and more info.

We managed to track down a trailer for your sneak peak!

Related articles:

“Los Angeles Film Festival: ‘Mamitas’ continues a coming-of-age tradition.” LA Times, June 22, 2010

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Middle and High School Summer Camps from 826LA

Straight from 826LA volunteers, they’ve got some great activities for middle and high school kids for summer, located at the Time Travel Mart on Sunset. And they’re free!

’ZINE, DEFINED Ages 14–18

’Zine: a publication our high school students dream up, piece together, and publish. Join us as we collect writing, drawing, and everything else and compile it as a xeroxed, homemade ’zine. Each issue focuses on a different theme, and attendees act not only as contributors, but also as editors and designers.

826LA East: Seven Wednesdays, June 22 through August 3 6:30 pm–8:00 pm

PLAYWRITING CAMP Ages 10–16

Students will write and revise with volunteers and fellow playwrights, as well as workshop with actors in Shine! LA’s Youth Theatre, to write intertwined works that explore the essence of the City of Los Angeles. The resulting plays will be staged near the end of summer.

826LA West: Thursday, July 7, and six Tuesdays, July 12 through August 16 4:30 pm–8:00 pm

ROCK OPERA CAMP Ages 10–16

Working with writers, performers, and musicians, students will develop a basic three-act play, along with dialogue, music, and lyrics. Students will also have the chance to hone their performance skills and perform the play with volunteers at the end of the camp.

826LA East: Six Thursdays, July 21 through August 25 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

JOURNALISM WORKSHOPS Ages 6–18

Students work with professional journalists to research, write, and produce their own newspapers—The Venice Wave at 826LA West and 826LA Good Times at 826LA East.

826LA East: Monday Evenings, July 25 through August 27 (skipping 8/22) 7:00 pm–8:30 pm

826LA West: Wednesday Evenings, July 27 through August 31 (skipping 8/24) 7:00 pm–8:30 pm

WORDS, SPOKEN Ages 13–18

In this intensive five-day workshop, high school students will have the opportunity to examine what makes words perform, what it means to speak and embody text, and what we can do to harness our personal histories, our identities, and voices. The workshop culminates in a spoken word event where everyone has their say!

826LA East: Monday through Friday, August 22 through August 26 Time TBD

826LA West: Monday through Friday, August 22 through August 26 5:00 pm–9:00 pm

Visit workshops.826la.org for or information, or call (310) 305-8418

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Wednesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 26.

Wednesday
Dub Club Presents Horace Andy @ Echoplex
Early Winters (featuring Carina Round), Nicole Eva Emery, Haroula @ Bootleg Theater
Live Jazz Every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafe
Juke Joint: 4 Bands plus The Downtown Train e.p. release party @ Lot 1 Cafe

Thursday
Hipsters Heart Hip Hop presents: Free the Robots, Darkhorsemen, Nocando, Labwaste, Zackey Force Funk, Ages, surprise guest @ Echo
Heavy La @ Echoplex
War Tapes, Dead Sara, The Drowning Men, Last American Buffalo @ Bootleg Theater
Sister Rogers Residency @ Taix Lounge
Outernational @ Origami Vinyl

Friday
Club Underground with College Battle of the Bands, presented by Chegg, featuring: Land of Pines, The Mohicans, Old Abram Brown, The John King Band, Rozzi Crane @ Echo
LA Record presents Middle Class, Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds, Grant Hart, The Urinals @ Echoplex
Amy Kuney, John Bobek, Alex Dezen @ Bootleg Theater
Abilene Fawn, Gothic Tropic, RT N’ The 44s @ The Fretted Frog
Lovers and Poets, Karmakoda @ Taix Lounge
John Schrifer, Princess Pangea, The Violet Lights, Elemenopy @ Lot 1 Cafe
The Prids @ Origami Vinyl

Saturday
Mucho Paradise Presents: El Conjunto Nueva Ola, Bam Bam @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
A Benefit for Solomon Perry: Dirt Dress, Cosmonauts, Siblings, Traps, Ps, Junghaus, Hello My Name Is Red, Peter Pants @ Pehrspace
Ian Fays, Fogelfoot @ Taix Lounge
Manzan Records presents: Little Desert, Sue Scrofa, Seanshan, Peter Pants @ Lot 1 Cafe

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo with Jackson Tanner, Funeral Club, Kip Boardman @ Echo
Part Time Punks: Factory Records Nite @ Echo
Shalants, Moomaw, Gracious Calamity, LA’s Own Fort King @ Echo Country Outpost
Frank Fairfield @ Origami Vinyl

Visit the venue websites 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.

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Echo Park’s week in music

For the week of Monday, June 13 through Sunday, June 19.

Monday
Monday Night Residency: Dante vs. Zombies, Double Negatives, Vows, The Icarus Line @ Echo
Brand X presents: LA Unheard featuring J. Irvin Dally and Big Moves, The One AM Radio @ Echoplex
Backseat Bingo, Eyes Lips Eyes, Bikos @ Lot 1
Henry Wolfe, What Laura Says, Monstre, Olin and The Moon @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
Mona, Mind The Gap @ Echo
Open Mic Night @ Fretted Frog
Buzz Bands LA presents: Luz Elena, Chris Accardo, Mark Lane @ Lot 1

Wednesday
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Traindodge @ Origami Vinyl
Echo Park Juke Joint: Burroughs, The Downtown Train @ Lot 1
Carolina Chickadee presents: “Melody in The Round” @ Taix Lounge
Live Jazz Every Wednesday Night at 7:00 PM @ Downbeat Cafe

Thursday
Meat Puppets, Trotsky Icepick @ Echo
Echo & Dublab presents: Ford and Lopatin, Telepathe, Sun Araw, DJ Frosty (Dublab) @ Echoplex
RFSL presents: A Surprise Bash for Joe Fielder @ Lot 1
Sister Rogers Residency Thursdays @ Taix Lounge

Friday
The Wooden Birds, A House For Lions, Daniel Ahearn and The Jones @ Echo
…And You Will Know Us by The Trail Of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr, Follow That Bird @ Echoplex
Club Underground: Joy Division vs. The Cure night @ Echo
Miracle Parade @ Origami Vinyl
Fort King, Tommee Santee Klaws @ Taix Lounge
Elevaters, Brit Manor @ Bootleg Theater

Saturday
Pangea, Them Howling Bones, Images, Delabre @ Echo
Friends of Friends Anniversary Show featuring: Baths, Mexicans With Guns, Salva, Shlomo, Ground Is Lava, Anenon, Jonwayne @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
The One Am Radio, Dreamtapes @ Origami Vinyl
Sarah Bradford, Gina Maria, Emily Clibourn @ Taix Lounge
Watts Ensemble, Graham Reynolds and Golden Arm Trio @ Bootleg Theater

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo with Skip Heller, David Serby, The Dirt Poor Folklore, Ted Russell Kamp CD Release Party, Mark Lennon @ Echo
Swervedriver, The Black Watch @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks: NDW Nite (AKA Neue Deutsche Welle Nite AKA German New Wave Nite) with Horrid Red and German Army@ Echo
Bruteheart @ Origami Vinyl

Visit the venue websites 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.

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The nude and barely clothed to descend on Echo Park… with bicycles

Another exciting Saturday for Echo Park tomorrow as our community hosts (unofficially, of course) the start of the World Naked Bike Ride. The idea isn’t to just flash Echo Park, downtown, Silver Lake, and the other communities the ride will take the brave bicycle riders through, but to demonstrate “the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against car culture.”

And this is, you guessed it, a world-wide event, not affiliated with similar concepts like CicLAvia, and brings some very creative folks out for the ride. To participate, you aren’t required to be naked – they’re just happy you’re helping spread the word that bicycling is much better than driving.

Yet the biggest question is, wouldn’t that be… uncomfortable? You know, riding naked? The wiki page has an answer for us:

Suprisingly, for both women and men, riding naked isn’t especially less comfortable than riding clothed. When riding with clothes on you’re often rubbing against the seams, so in some ways naked riding is comfier! Ride routes will often be chosen with less experienced cyclists in mind, so will avoid hills and be more leisurely in pace, increasing comfort.

I think I’ll pass, but it looks like it will be fun from the sidelines!

To join a ride, you have to sign up and contact the organizers directly. Check out the World Naked Bike Ride website for more details, and if you have young children and you’re concerned about the extra skin being exposed … maybe avoid the area where they’ll be gathering. Departure time is planned for 2:30 pm from Echo Park (click here for details).

There’s also a Facebook page for the Los Angeles ride, which you can check out here.

If you missed it last year, click here for a slideshow from last year’s bike ride via the LA Weekly.

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Saturday: The Classroom LA grand opening party

We are very excited for the grand opening for The Classroom LA – a recreational class space created by Echo Park resident and uber entrepreneur Justin Warwick. Also a friend of ours, Justin is the man behind Warwick Vintage store, which used to be along Sunset Blvd., and now The Warehouse – a large vintage and DIY space filled with tons of treasures. If you haven’t checked it out – now’s your chance!

The Classroom offers inexpensive (only $25 each) classes from jewelry making and sewing to terrarium building. They also host private events should you want to take a private class as a group.

Gift certificates for both the store and the classroom are available for $35 – they include a unique and really cute terrarium. We got a peak at these last Saturday at the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park annual banquet, where two of them were donated and raffled off – they were pretty awesome!

The Classroom LA grand opening party takes place tomorrow, June 11 from 4-11:00 pm at the Warehouse, located at 1197 W. Sunset Blvd.

Please contact us (213) 482-4089 or info@theclassroomla.com for more information.

See you there!

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