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Zombiethon 2009 Brain Cancer Fundraiser

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“Zombiethon is a community FUN run/walk event held on Halloween, Saturday October 31, 2009, from 4-6:00 pm, along the recreation trail around Silver Lake Reservoir in Los Angeles, California. This event is organized to raise donations for Brain Cancer Research. All of the proceeds will be donated to the local charity, City of Hope, to find a cure for this devastating disease. Your $10 donation will grant you a numbered participation bib and goodie bag! This is a family-friendly event, and everyone is encouraged to arrive in their finest zombie attire. If you don’t have access to zombie make-ups, don’t worry, for an additional donation of $5, you may have your make-up applied by professional special effects make-up artists on site! Not a runner? Don’t worry! It’s not a formal race, just a chance for everyone to get out there and have some fun while supporting a very important cause! Hope to see you all there!”

Check out their website for tips on makeup, costumes, and other zombie-ralated activities!

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Wednesday: Echo Park Hospitality Night

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The third Echo Park Hospitality Night will take place this Wednesday, October 21 from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm.

The event begins west of Alvarado, and continues east towards Dodgers stadium. Finish up the crawl at our good friend’s vintage shop, Warwick, for some good merchandise and good company.

Click here for a list of participating businesses.

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Tonight at Echo Curio

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Pit er Pat w/ Neal Morgan, Whqles & Conncet9 are playing tonight at the Echo Curio (1519 Sunset Blvd.) starting at 9:00 pm. $5 at the door (not to mention BYOB).
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Brains! (in Echo Park!)

Photo courtesy of radnerd.com

Don’t get worried if you see some staggering, moaning, crazed looking people on Sunset tonight, a group of live humans will be dressing up and taking the streets for a “Zombie Walk.” Many will be meeting up tonight at the lake Echo Park – don’t forget the fake blood!

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Hang The DJs Fall Dance Party

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email hangthedjsloveme@gmail.com for directions.

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Tonight: Eddie Izzard benefit for 826LA

Tonight at 7:00 pm, Eddie Izzard will be performing at the Echoplex for an 826 LA benefit.

Looks like there still may be tickets!

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Tribal Cafe hosts “Summer Harvest”

Starting October 11 through November, Tribal Cafe will be hosting “Summer Harvest,” with live music, artists, vendors and food.

Tribal Cafe, which features a cafe-style menu featuring raw and vegan dishes, fresh squeezed juices and smoothies, is located at 1651 W. Temple Street, 90026.

For booking info and other questions visit the Summer Harvest website.

Here’s the lineup:

October

The Wilson Heights Gang
The Downtown Train
Mark Noel Miller
Dustbowl Revival
Diana Lozano
BellHaunts
Son Ark
Coyote

Vendor/Artist: Dubin Art

November:

Peace of Mind
BellHaunts

December artists and vendors:

TBA

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Dodgers Geared Up for Game 1 of NLDS

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Be on the lookout for some Dodger Stadium traffic around Elysian Park as the Dodgers play the Cardinals in game 1 of the NLDS (we’ll be there!). And, as an LAist post points out, the Mayor has bet some L.A. favorites as tradition.

So far, Villaraigosa has bet:

  • Dodger Stadium garlic fries
  • El Tepeyac’s Manuel burrito
  • The LA Times
  • A case of Bud

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Here’s Mayor Slay’s response.

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Pic of the Day

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Not sure what this beauty is, but it was a pleasant surprise as I huffed and puffed my way up Parmer Avenue in Echo Park. Measuring about 3-4 inches in diameter, it decorates a basic fence along someone’s yard.

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Midnight Ridazz Full Moon Bicycle Ride Tonight

This will help work of the Friday night pizza and beer: a full moon bicycle ride around LA!

Where: Meet at the Echo Park Boat House on the lake

When: meet at 8:30 pm, ride starts are 9:45 pm

Extras: Noisemakers encouraged

Destinations: Echo Park, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Westwood, with stops along the way. Some parts of the route pass by areas where cars have hit cyclists and ran (hit and runs), some of them killed.

Check out the route map here.

For more info, call (213) 622-0554 or email courier@braydon.com, the Midnight Ridazz also have a website where you can find info.

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AYC Diners can support 826LA Tonight

If your Saturday dinner plans involve eating out at the Allston Yacht Club on Echo Park Blvd., 20% of your check can be donated to 826LA if you mention it to your server.

826LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. They offer tutoring for the kids Monday through Thursday from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

Allston Yacht Club is located here.
You can learn more about 826LA on their website.

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Garden Workshop: So. Cal Natives

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October Echo Curio Schedule Announced

From the Echo Curio Myspace:

Thurs, Oct 1st – PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS presents BENEFIT SHOW for
NIGHT LIGHT with DOMINIC MASSARO and THURLOW performing

This Thursday Plays Well With Other presents FUTURA, a benefit event that will be an impactful night
made up of music and art, with the main focus of bringing awareness to a particular non-profit
organization called Nightlight. This Electronica night will consist of DJ Righteous Trash, Thurlow and
featuring the LA artist Massaro. Massaro’s songs will seduce you with his haunting, beautiful, broken
vocal melodies sung over a brick wall of sea-sick droning guitars. The art will be donated by Sam
Gallagher, Dominic Massaro, and Lawton Outlaw, which scale from a combination of color field paintings
and mixed media paintings to Gary Baseman meets Andy Warhol; surreal cartoon like content that is fun
for the whole family. All of these amazing artists are coming together for the sole reason to help
Nightlight. Nightlight rescues women out of prostitution / sex trafficking in Bangkok, Thailand. A very
prevalent problem with these rescued women is that have been trafficked often fall back into
prostitution. This occurs because they aren’t given the opportunity or resources to learn other skills to
make a living and survive. That’s where Nightlight comes in. They teach the women how to make jewelry
then Nightlight sells it in places like the United States and through that funding, these women are given
the chance at a new life.

www.myspace.com/thurlowmusic
www.myspace.com/massaromusic
www.nightlightbangkok.com

Fri, Oct 2nd – SHELLEY SHORT + ALEXIS GIDEON + ERIN MUIR + QUEEN
VICTORIA

Sat, Oct 3rd – CMG and the NIGHT (pre-record release party) + THE LITTLEST
VIKING + THE BLACK HEARTTHROBS + the art of Paul Kaloper and Carrie
Sweet

www.myspace.com/cmglovesyou
www.myspace.com/theblackheartthrobs
www.myspace.com/thelittlestvikings
www.thegoldstate.com/art.htm
www.carriesweetart.com

Sun, Oct 4th – SAD HORSE + BUGS + DEVON WILLIAMS + ALLAH LAS


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Will your winter garden be above ground or in the ground?

In Los Angeles, planting edibles in the ground can be a bit precarious. A fabulous L.A.-based blog, Homegrown Evolution, has done all the heavy lifting when it comes to whether to plant the green beans, tomatoes, and all the other goodies above ground, or in the ground. As the Homegrown Evolution blog points out, most counties provide this service, just not LA. The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences does it cheaply – $9-13 for a standard test.

Check out their post here and remember to test your soil before you plant your winter veggies!

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EP Time Travel Mart Co-Creator takes on Jeopardy!

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Jon Korn, originally from Concord, MA and the co-creator of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, has appeared two nights in a row on the popular game show Jeopardy! On Wednesday, September 23, his one-day cash earnings totaled $25,602.

Among other things, Jon Korn is also a Programmer for Outfest 2009. You can check out his “shout-out” on the Jeopardy! website.

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