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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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Echo Park’s Week in Music

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, May 30 through Sunday, June 5

Monday
Monday Night Residency: The Bixby Knolls, Cannoneers, Wake Up Lucid, The Icarus Line @ Echo
Ark Sano (Jazz Piano) @ Dinner House M
Maniac, Y Luv, Hello Vegas @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
Oh My Rockness Presents: Eternal Summers, The Beets, Seapony @ Echo
Iheartcomix, Media Contender, LA Record present: Check Yo Ponytail 2 with Stereo Total, Giant Drag, Batwings Catwings, Scarlet Casanova @ Echoplex
Eternal Summers @ Origami Vinyl
Shinya Kano (Piano & Vocal) @ Dinner House M
Them Howling Bones & Santoros @ Lot 1

Wednesday
Gruff Rhys, Y Niwl, DJ Andy Votel @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Echo Park Juke Joint @ Lot 1
Eastern Block Party Featuring Ak and Her Kalashnikovs, The Shpil, Plotz!, Shoestring Trio, DJ Jason Savvy  @ Bootleg Theater
Live Jazz Every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafe

Thursday
Echo, Part Time Punks & Club Underground Present: The Undertones, Sweater Girls, Exploding Flowers @ Echoplex
Woodsman, Tape Deck Mountain, White Hinterland, Kissing Cousins @ Echo
Sister Rogers Residency @ Taix Lounge
Professor Calculus, Twin Steps, Wild Pack of Canaries, Vacation Dad @ Lot 1
Givers, Family of The Year, Caddywhompus @ Bootleg Theater

Friday
Gayngs, Dirty Beaches, Funky Sole DJs @ The Natural History Museum
KCRW, Echo, Club Underground present Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Ema, Oregon Bike Trails @ Echo
Abe Lincoln Story, Rough Church @ Taix Lounge
Rock Concert Teen Island, Socorro, The Seizure! @ Lot 1
Future Dancing Record Release, The Lonely Wild, Handshakes, Sea Of Cortez @ Bootleg Theater

Saturday
Bootie LL 6 Year Anniversary! @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
The Globes @ Origami Vinyl
Bumtech and Guests, Seeing Thingz @ Taix Lounge
The Bird and The Bee, Alek Fin @ Bootleg Theater

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo, Part Time Punks (14 Iced Bears, Phil Wilso, Aberdeen) @ Echo

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.

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For the week of Monday, June 6 through Sunday, June 12

Monday
Beatdrop with LLCOOLGEE @ Short Stop
The Moth Grandslam:VII @ Echoplex
Monday Night Residency with Dante vs. Zombies, Casual Knowledge, John Carpenter, Peg Leg Love @ Echo
Machine Fang, Raaats, Gothic Tropic @ Lot 1
Henry Wolfe & Oliwa, Amy Blashke, Band of Skulls, Rachel Goodrich @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
LA Record presents Cerebral Ballzy, Bastard, Ruptures @ Echo
Black Elephant, Buffalo Electric, Traps, PS @ Lot 1
Band of Skulls, Rachel Goodrich @ Bootleg Theater

Wednesday
KCRW Presents: Diego Garcia, Jenny O @ Echo
Dub Club Presents Freddie Mcgregor, Dawn Penn @ Echoplex
So Wrong, Peg Leg Love, Pot Luck Orchestra @ Lot 1
Echo Park Juke Joint with So Wrong, Peg Leg Love, Pot Luck Orchestra @ Lot 1
Sloan, Dearly Beloved @ Bootleg Theater
Axis:Sova @ Origami Vinyl
Live Jazz Every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafea

Thursday
Red Bull Em See – A Freestyle Battle Of Sight & Sound @ Echoplex
The Rumble, White Arrows, Milo Greene, My Goodness @ Echo
Lot 1 Comedy Crunch @ Lot 1
Sister Rogers Residency @ Taix Lounge
My Heart Is An Idiot, Electric Guest  @ Bootleg Theater
Atlantic/Pacific @ Origami Vinyl

Friday
Club Underground Vs Blow Up @ Echo
Dax Riggs, Slang Chickens/ Maxim Ludwig @ Echo
Bearracuda Pride Friday @ Echoplex
Johnny O’donnell And Sacramento, Ladytown, Simon Comber @ Taix Lounge
Flash Bang Grenada, Open Mike Eagle, Co. Fee, DJ Nobody and Trackstar the DJ @ Bootleg Theater
Seryn @ Origami Vinyl

Saturday
Dax Riggs, Bowery Beasts @ Echo
J. Period Live Mixtape Feat. Black Thought of The Legendary Roots Crew @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
The Tape & Terroreyes Present: J. Irvin Dally, Wonderful People, Mt. Broom @ Lot 1
Pine Mountain Casket And Friends @ Taix Lounge
Timber Timbre, Marissa Nadler @ Bootleg Theater

Matt Taylor & His Laurels Record Release Party @ Echo Country Outpost

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo with Dan Krikorian, Patrolled By Radar, Leo Rondeau, The Swamp Coolers (with Cliff Wagner) @ Echo
Part Time Punks: Creation Records Nite @ Echo
The Fuse!, LA Ghost, Fidlar, The Boom Bang @ Bootleg Theater

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.

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Update: Why Dinner House M is closing

 

Flickr photo via mikeywally

 

We ran an article late last week announcing the closure of 24-year-old Echo Park/HiFi club Dinner House M. Today, the LA Times reports the closure is due to one of two (or maybe both?) factors: A revoked liquor license, and/or increased and unaffordable rent.

Apparently, the liquor license issue revolves around multiple citations for serving after 2:00 am. Sgt. Fernando Garcia of the Rampart Division told the LA Times: “It was well known as an after-hours club. They had their license revoked, they appealed, and they lost the appeal.”

However owner Miki Saito denies the license is being revoked, and told the LA Times that a rent increase is the issue.

Either way, the final send-off (with a four-piece jazz band and Miki at the mic) is next week on Wednesday, June 8.

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, May 30 through Sunday, June 5

Monday
Monday Night Residency: The Bixby Knolls, Cannoneers, Wake Up Lucid, The Icarus Line @ Echo
Ark Sano (Jazz Piano) @ Dinner House M
Maniac, Y Luv, Hello Vegas @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
Oh My Rockness Presents: Eternal Summers, The Beets, Seapony @ Echo
Iheartcomix, Media Contender, LA Record present: Check Yo Ponytail 2 with Stereo Total, Giant Drag, Batwings Catwings, Scarlet Casanova @ Echoplex
Eternal Summers @ Origami Vinyl
Shinya Kano (Piano & Vocal) @ Dinner House M
Them Howling Bones & Santoros @ Lot 1

Wednesday
Gruff Rhys, Y Niwl, DJ Andy Votel @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Echo Park Juke Joint @ Lot 1
Eastern Block Party Featuring Ak and Her Kalashnikovs, The Shpil, Plotz!, Shoestring Trio, DJ Jason Savvy  @ Bootleg Theater
Live Jazz Every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafe

Thursday
Echo, Part Time Punks & Club Underground Present: The Undertones, Sweater Girls, Exploding Flowers @ Echoplex
Woodsman, Tape Deck Mountain, White Hinterland, Kissing Cousins @ Echo
Sister Rogers Residency @ Taix Lounge
Professor Calculus, Twin Steps, Wild Pack of Canaries, Vacation Dad @ Lot 1
Givers, Family of The Year, Caddywhompus @ Bootleg Theater

Friday
Gayngs, Dirty Beaches, Funky Sole DJs @ The Natural History Museum
KCRW, Echo, Club Underground present Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Ema, Oregon Bike Trails @ Echo
Abe Lincoln Story, Rough Church @ Taix Lounge
Rock Concert Teen Island, Socorro, The Seizure! @ Lot 1
Future Dancing Record Release, The Lonely Wild, Handshakes, Sea Of Cortez @ Bootleg Theater

Saturday
Bootie LL 6 Year Anniversary! @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
The Globes @ Origami Vinyl
Bumtech and Guests, Seeing Thingz @ Taix Lounge
The Bird and The Bee, Alek Fin @ Bootleg Theater

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo, Part Time Punks (14 Iced Bears, Phil Wilso, Aberdeen) @ Echo

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.

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Echo Park Night at Dodger Stadium smoked out

So we’re at the Echo Park Night at Dodger Stadium on the Reserve level, enjoying talking to locals like Bennett Kayser (who just won a School Board seat the other day), neighbors, and other EPIA members when all of a sudden this plume of smoke comes barreling down on us. Not too long after, an officer announces to our section that we should all move seats toward the other part of the stadium.

As it turns out, a “cinder block storage room away from public” on the upper level had caught fire, according to the LA Times. Thankfully, there was a helicopter nearby to shine its big bright light on the smoke. Soon thereafter, firefighters arrived – but at the 7th inning, the crowd was distracted, confused, and the Dodgers were losing 6-1 to the Marlins.

According to the announcement at the Stadium (just before we left due to the choking burnt plastic smell), the fire was under control. Thankfully, no panicking, no evacuation, but the Dodgers couldn’t pull it through. Hopefully the next Echo Park night out will be more successful!

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Long-time Echo Park/HiFi bar closing its doors

Flickr photo via mikeywally

A long-time Echo Park/Historic Filipino Town establishment has just recently announced it will be closing it’s doors in June after 24 years of service to our neighborhood. If you’re a late-night kind of person, you’d be here (and I mean LATE) amongst a mixed crowd of hipsters and long-time neighbors for jazz and well-known DJs. Know the bartender and you might be able to stay after they “turn off the lights.”

Founded in April of 1987 by jazz singer Miki Saito and her sister Maya, it’s not necessarily an attractive frontage (shady renters peering at you through curtains of the Knights Inn, and some unwelcoming patio furniture probably as old as the establishment out front), but inside is some surprisingly attractive 80’s decor you’ll enjoy as you sip an $8 cocktail from a plastic cup. It’s those little details you’ll probably miss a little, so make sure to get in some good times before the doors close.

Closing party is on June 8, check out the Dinner House M website for more details.

h/t LA Times Daily Dish

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, May 23 through Sunday, May 29

Monday
An Evening with The Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Echoplex
Monday Night Residency: The Bixby Knolls, Harlan, Future Ghost @ Echo
Love Inks @ Origami Vinyl
White Arrows, Milo Greene, Eulogies, Gardens and Villa @ Bootleg Theater
Captain Ahab, Dreamgoatz, Phaxanation & The Dust Kickers, Greenlander, Craig @ Pehrspace
rk Sano (Jazz Piano) @ Dinner House M

Tuesday
CB Brand, Robert Ellis, The Reflectacles @ Echo
Elizabeth Cook, Leslie Stevens @ Bootleg Theater
Shinya Kano (Piano & Vocal) @ Dinner House M

Wednesday
White Denim, Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits, The Allah Las @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Shane Alexander, Rie Sinclair, The Makepeace Brothers @ Bootleg Theater
Melody In The Round @ Taix Lounge
Live Jazz every Wednesday Night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Cafe
Grown with Total Freedom, S.F.V. Acid, DJ. Ashland @ Dinner House M

Thursday
Mia Doi Todd, Blank Blue, Janitor @ Echo
Agent Ribbons @ Origami Vinyl
The Red Paintings, Antenna The End @ Bootleg Theater
The Big Death Scene @ Taix Lounge

Friday
Gangi, SFV Acid, Baron Von Luxxury @ Echo
Joan As Police Woman, Rachael Cantu @ Bootleg Theater
Moris Tepper, Marcus Watkins Quintet @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Spring Beer Fest with The Dustbowl Revival, The Silent Comedy @ Echoplex
Dub Club Presents: Saturday Night Rub-A-Dub @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Lingonberries @ Pehrspace
Alias Means, Lovers and Poets @ Taix Lounge

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo @ Echo
Part Time Punks: Smiths/Morrissey Nite with guest DJ Jose Maldonado @ Echoplex
2nd Annual Fish Fry Jamboree: Matt Van Winkle, Kevin Killen, Judson, Tall Tales & The Silver Lining, Evan Aproberts, The Driftwod Singers, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Yellow Red Sparks, Stone Darling, Amanda Jo Williams, The Blank Tapes @ Echo Country Outpost
Walter Meego, High Highs, Seven Saturdays @ Bootleg Theater
Pro’s Jam Session, Zene Musa (Sax) @ Dinner House M

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.

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, May 16 through Sunday, May 22

Monday
Monday Night Residency: The Bixby Knolls, Tes Elations, LA Font, Queen Kwong, Harlan @ Echo
Brand X Presents LA Unheard, featuring: Airlines, Yoya @ Echoplex
Roses Jade Camellia (Goth Trannies), Penelope Edmund, David Liebe Hart Band, Dream Being @ Pehrspace
Stephen Kellogg, Tift Merritt @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
This Will Destroy You, Pure X, Sleepover @ Echo
Check Yo Ponytail 2 with Drop The Lime, Classixx, Mndr, Bosco Delrey, Samo Soundboy @ Echoplex
Cab 20, Moondog Orchestra, Them Howling Bones @ Lot 1 Cafe
The Death Set, Win Win, Hello Girls @ Bootleg Theater

Wednesday
Johnny Flynn & Sussex Wit, Caitlin Rose, James Mathe @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Patrick Park, Sara Lov, Vinnie Fera, Swimming in Trees, Nostalghia @ Bootleg Theater

Thursday
Tommy Santee Klaws, Rachel Goodrich, Daniel Ahearn @ Echo
Cody The Band, Count Fleet, Future Dancing @ Lot 1 Cafe
Julie Cain @ Taix Lounge

Friday
Love Inks, Black Elephant, Sister Crayon @ Echo
Bearracuda – One Year Anniversary @ Echoplex
The Lonely Wild, Liz Pappademas, Doña Nicha, Coyote @ Lot 1 Cafe
Art Opening @ Pehrspace
Vicky Hill, Pete Fahey @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Houses, The One Am Radio @ Ech0
Bootie LA Prom with DJ Paul V. and DJ Shyboy @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Rival Schools, Suedehead, Nations Afire @ Bootleg Theater
The Zermatts, Amanda Jo Williams, The Damn Sons @ Taix Lounge

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo @ Echo
Rhythm & Soul For Relief: Concert For Japan, Haiti & The World featuring: Dilated Peoples, Breakestra, Very Be Careful, Boogaloo Assasins, The Good Times Featuring Black Shakespeare, and more @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks – Krautrock Nite With Neu!, Can, La Dusseldorf cover bands @ Echo
Steve Earle (Reading) @ Bootleg Theater
Dunes (Mexican Summer), Turkks, Cold Showers (Mexican Summer), Night Control @ Bootleg Theater
Big Dick’s Final Show @ Dinner House M

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.

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Saturday: David Edward Byrd art show at Bedrock Studios

I might be too young to remember when these came out (okay, perhaps I wasn’t born yet), but I’m not unfamiliar with the poster artwork David Edward Byrd – the artist who brought you the original Woodstock poster, the “Tommy” poster for The Who, The Rolling Stones, and many, many more.

Bedrock Studios here in Echo Park is hosting a 70th Birthday Art Show and reception for David Edward Byrd on Saturday, May 7, from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm.

Original works and artist-signed prints will be available at the event, from affordable to collectible ($10 prints, on up to priceless originals). They’ll also be including the artwork on the new Bedrock online store, launching after the event at www.bedrockla.com

Pins & Needles (the vintage pinball arcade next door) are also setting up a “playroom” of vintage rock-themed pinball arcade games. There will also be food and drink, live music, and online specials for the new store.

Bedrock Studios is located at 1623 N. Allesandro Street

For more information, please contact Michael Caldwell at 213-413-7625

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What’s up with the Cuban Music Festival at Echo Park Lake?

Flickr photo by Max Santa Cruz, May 2010

My answer is simple: We have no idea!

But we’ve been getting a LOT of emails about this – like, a LOT. So we’ll try and clear things up for everyone excited for a day of congas and Cuba!

First off, the Cuban Music Festival is an annual event at Echo Park Lake – this year marks the 17th. It celebrates Cuba’s Independence from Spain on May 20, and Cuban poet José Martí (you may have notice his statue at the corner of the park).

The festival is usually held on the closest Sunday to that May 20th date – making this year’s Cuban Festival maybe on May 22, 2011. I have not gotten this confirmed by any event organizers, but would love to hear back from them soon and will let everyone know as soon as I know!

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, May 2 through Sunday, May 8

Monday
Battles, Holloys @ Echoplex
Chen Santa Maria, This Invitation, I Love You, and introducing NOW (new project from L.A./L.B. underground icon, Kevin Litrow Of 60 Watt Kid) @ Pehrspace
White Arrows, Lesands, Vanaprasta, Chain Gang of 1974 @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
Beach Fossils, Craft Spells, Sea Lions, DJ Michael Stock @ Echo

Wednesday
Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band, Funky Sole Djs @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Echo Park Juke Joint with The Downtown Train @ Lot 1 Cafe
The Donkeys, Social Studies, The Damn Sons @ Bootleg Theater
The Coal Porters @ Taix Lounge

Thursday
Cinco de Mayo: Calexico with Mariachi Luz De Luna, Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta @ Echoplex
The Rumble Presents: Apex Manor, The Fling, The New Division @ Echo
Ever Isles @ Origami Vinyl
Them Howling Bones, The Lexingtons, The Blank Tapes, DJ Sir Franko @ Lot 1 Cafe
Timur and The Dime Museum, Dorian Wood @ Bootleg Theater
Madame Pamita, Skip Heller @ Taix Lounge
Bloody Death Skull Cinco de Mayo: Music, Bloody Marys, Mayonnaise Wrestling, and Friends @ Echo Country Outpost

Friday
J Mascis (Solo), Black Heart Procession, Rachel Fannan (Sleepy Sun) @ Echo
Echo & Club Underground Present: Dirty Vegas, The Hundred In The Hands, White Apple Tree, Polaris At Noon @ Echoplex
Chuck Dukowski Sextet, The Kris Special, Sanglorians, Stellaluna @ Pehrspace
Mike Stinson, Tony Gilkyson @ Bootleg Theater
Cave Country, Fort Wilson’s Riot, Crooked Paw @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Benefit For The Matt Cwiertny Foundation with The 88, Taylor Locke and The Roughs @ Echo
Saturdays Off the 405 With Avi Buffalo, DJ Kevin Bronson @ The Getty
Bootie La @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
The Outdoors @ Origami Vinyl
Underground Railroad to Candyland, Old Lumps, Simon Lebron, Peter Pants, Colleagues @ Pehrspace
King Devil @ Bootleg Theater
Cat Hair Ensemble, Marissa Gomez and The Ghosts Of Echo Park, Kim D and The Killer Bees @ Taix Lounge

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo Presents Tony Gilkyson @ Echo
E Minor God Ent. Presents: Noche De Los Psychos Featuring: The Meteors, Hentchmen, Kat Killers, A.Y., Slash-O-Matic @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks: Christian Death Reissue Party With 45 Grave, Death Party, Special Surprise Guests! @ Echo
Ancestors, Tweak Bird, War Widow @ Bootleg Theater
Booker T. Jones guest DJ set and listening party @ The Short Stop

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.

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Meeting Wednesday to discuss Fix’s beer/wine application

Flickr photo via Stuart Fingerhut

The Eastsider LA reported today that there will be a forum at Fix Coffee on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:00 pm to discuss the coffee shop’s impending application for a beer and wine license.

While they claim to hold over 2,000 signatures in support of the business’ license, there are a handful of opponents – some of whom are not only long-time community members but also direct neighbors.

Some of the issues are obvious: It’s a quiet neighborhood, directly across from an elementary school, and they are also asking for extended hours until 11:00 pm. Add existing parking pressures, it’s understandable why neighbors would feel concerned.

The Eastsider LA article quotes neighbor Susan Borden, a long-time resident and activist, as saying:

This is the first step in turning our neighborhood from a residential one into a commercial one.  When he moved in three years ago Marc Galucci (FIX owner) could see that this is a residential not a commercial neighborhood.  He wants to change it.  All along Echo Park Avenue businesses will try to get alcohol licenses and bring the club-goers up from Sunset.  Some people will enjoy that—they are [usually] the ones who are not adjacent to the businesses and don’t have to deal with the noise and trash. Most of us like the non-commercial nature of our canyon.

And this is a major concern for neighbors – that even if Fix respects the neighborhood, keeps things quiet, the beer/wine license might open the door for even later hours and entertainments licenses (either by current owners or future owners) at that location and in the area that is unwelcome by some neighbors. Rumor mill has it that more restaurants and businesses serving alcohol will start popping up along Echo Park Avenue, so this just might be the start of it.

Owner Marc Galucci is hoping to listen and respond to such concerns at the meeting on Wednesday, and, as he said in a response to Susan on The Eastsider LA article, “I am sincerely trying to be empathetic to our neighbors but unfortunately, as you know, you can’t make everyone happy but I will always continue to try.”

While we do look forward to grabbing a beer and perhaps dinner on the lovely patio at Fix, we aren’t the neighbors who will be directly affected by this change.

Do you think Fix will be granted its beer and wine license by the city? Would you support the business if they serve beer, wine and dinner?

And, more importantly, do you see Echo Park Avenue as benefiting from bars and restaurants, or should it remain a quieter hub for schools and residences?

Click here to read the full Eastsider LA article and the letters from Susan and Marc.

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Tonight: EPIA social event at Taix!

I am very much looking forward to the meeting/social/fundraiser/mixer tonight for the Echo Park Improvement Association (as a committee member, I’ve been involved in the organization and this event).

At this particular meeting, the EPIA will have representatives from CD1, CD13, and the Northeast and Rampart Divisions to provide updates on community issues. Oftentimes there will also be input from other community members for event announcements and other comments. In between those agenda items, there will be cocktails, raffles (lots of great stuff from local eateries and businesses), and other goodies. It’s a great way to get involved!

Hope to see you tonight at 7:00 pm at Taix!!

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, March 21 through Sunday, March 27

Monday
Monday Night Residency: Spirit Vine, Mi Gu, Wet & Reckless, Sister Crayon @ Echo
Slumberland and Origami Vinyl Present: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Belong premiere party @ The Echo Patio
Honeyhoney, The Dead Trees, Yellow Red Sparks @ Bootleg Theater

Tuesday
Aquarium Drunkard, FYF and the Echo present:  the Strange Boys, Fresh & Onlys, Natural Child @ Echo
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Nico Stai @ Echoplex
Esben and the Witch, Julianna Barwick, Native Fauna @ Bootleg Theater
Open Mic Night @ The Fretted Frog
The Health Club, Best Supporting Actress, K-Tel’79, Evan apRoberts @ Lot 1 Cafe

Wednesday
Liam Finn, The Luyas @ The Autry
O’death, David Dondero, Franz Nicolay @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
Ponderosa, Black Apples @ Bootleg Theater
Echo Park Juke Joint: Downtown Train @ Lot 1 Cafe

Thursday
Wye Oak, Callers @ Echo
Appleseed Cast, Muscle Worship @ Echoplex
Aaron Roche, Chris Schlarb @ Origami Vinyl
The Hours, Army Navy @ Bootleg Theater
La Underground Presents: Saint Sea Hat, Fort Wife, Hot TV, Time Of Wolves @ Lot 1 Cafe
EZ Tiger @ Taix Lounge

Friday
Say Hi, Parson Redheads, Yellow Ostrich, Blair @ Echo
Passion of the Weiss Presents Rainbow Arabia, Spoek Mathambo, Matthewdavid, Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Echoplex
Tecumseh, Rale, Pedestrian Deposit, Ezra Buchla @ Pehrspace
Duzheknew, Cousins @ Origami Vinyl
Bobo House Sessions: Kissing Tigers and DJs @ Dinner House M
Moondog Orchestra, the Ross Sea Party, Dead Dawn @ Lot 1 Cafe
Azalea Snail, Rough Church @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Los Angeles Aussie BBQ Showcase with Maniac, Andy Clockwise, Dan Brodie and The Grieving Widows, Grand Atlantic, The Level Spirits, The Boat People, Wagons, Dogs, Dash and Will, Novocaines, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Sampology @ Echo
Men, Psychic Friend, DJ Paul V @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Sunshine Factory, Seasons @ Origami Vinyl
Art vs Science, American Royalty, Florrie, DJ set by Scribbly Jim @ Bootleg Theater
Jaxart presents: Cousins, Duzheknew, Birdhand, Basement Babies @ Lot 1 Cafe
Lawndale, Sylvia Juncosa @ Taix Lounge

Sunday
Variedades @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks: Factory Records Night with a live performance By boy Division (doing Joy Division covers) @ 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.

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Celebrating St. Patty’s Day in Echo Park

AYC's Chef Mike D. Photo courtesy of AYC.

Allston Yacht Club

AYC is open at noon today, serving up house-cured corned beef to get you in the mood for St. Patty’s Day. Sandwiches are $7 throughout the day, $10 for dinner (includes corned beef and cabbage). Guinness is $5 all day!

Masa of Echo Park

Starting at 5:00 pm, Masa will have a Corned Beef Brisket with Colcannon special (cabbage and potatoes), and Rhonda is baking her family’s Irish Soda Bread.

Barragan’s

Green beer, apple martinis, and $5 Jameson shots. Happy hour goes from 3:30 to 7:00 pm, with a DJ from 6:00 pm – midnight.

City Sip

It might be a wine bar, but they also have beer!

Lot 1 Cafe

“Kewl Beanz” Opening Ceremony and St. Patrick’s Day Celebration starting at 7:00 pm

The Park

Murphy’s Irish Stout on special for $5, and since it’s Thursday all bottles of wine are half price.

We’ll update this posting throughout the day as we hear about more St. Patty’s Day festivities. Click here for the week in music article if you’re hankering to go out on the town for some live music.

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