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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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Tasty Echo Park foods in the news

Last week we noticed a splurge of articles circulating the Internets about food – but not just any food, Echo Park food! Makes me hungry just reading about it. Here are some excerpts from the LA Weekly and the LA Times blog articles that caught our eye:

30 Scoops in 30 Days: Kind Kreme (Day 10)

By Elina Shatkin, June 14, 2011 – LA Weekly

The local mini-chain has three locations: Studio City, Pasadena and Echo Park, where it shares space with Sage Vegan Bistro, in the former home of ill-fated Mooi, a raw vegan restaurant known mostly for its tiny portions, expensive prices and piss-poor service. The Dr. Seuss decor and bad attitudes are gone. In its place is a friendly café that seems to be bustling with life. Like most newfangled Echo Park eateries, it’s filled with skulking hipster cliches: skinny genes in skinny jeans, un/ironic 1980s fashions and asymmetrical haircuts. But the staff at Kind Kreme wants to make sure you to enjoy their ice cream, whether or not you’re a vegan.

Click here for the full article.

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Billie Stone of Sothrifticated.com

An Echo Park resident, Billie Strong’s blog has some pretty incredible recipes and cooking tips and tricks. This is one of quite a few Echo Parkian blogs we subscribe to, and are looking forward to trying out her latest recipe – panko crusted fish. Yumm!

Recently, the LA Times also ranked her California Turkey Burger recipe in the top 20 burgers in “Battle of the Burgers.” You can try it at the LA Times Test Kitchen, and winners will be featured in the 4th of July Food Section.

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Jambon beurre sandwich

June 14, 2011 – LA Times Blog

Lately, I’ve been making a pit stop at Cookbook in Echo Park for baguettes (some of the best in town). One Sunday I got there early (it opens at 8 a.m.), and the woman behind the counter was making up what looked very like a jambon beurre. “Yes, it is,” she said. But made on the most slender ficelle (super-skinny baguette).

Cookbook's Jambon beurre sandwich / LA Times

On Monday, I picked up a sandwich for lunch. The ficelle is wonderful, slathered with sweet butter and enclosing a single slice of prosciutto. Perfect if you’re headed for a hike in Elysian Park.

Click here for the full article.

And speaking of Cookbook, the food boutique/grocer just started summer programs (from food to painting and floral design) this month at the store. Check out the schedule below:

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Former Echo Curio space remains empty

It’s been a few months since the Echo Curio closed its doors, but the retail space at Sunset Blvd. and Laveta has yet to get new renters.

It seems the space has been plagued by problems since the LAPD started cracking down on the entertainment venue last year for its unofficial BYOB problems, and then for permitting issues as a performance space (which ended up being the final death-blow). Other food and/or entertainment businesses interested in the space might run into the same issues – there’s no parking (the city has ridiculous parking rules) and it’s not permitted for pretty much anything (other than commercial/office space).

For those brave enough to try and open up this great space in a great location in Echo Park can check out this Craiglist post leasing out the location:

Up for lease is this wonderful store-front commercial space in the heart of Echo Park along Sunset Blvd. This is a very visible space with lots of pedestrian traffic.

The space itself is divided between two rooms. The front room is just under 500 interior sf and the back room, which includes the bathroom is just over 300 interior sf.

This is perfect for retail, commercial, office or studio. It is not currently suitable for food services.

This space is being offered at $1750/month with a 2 year lease (with option to renew). Lease includes one off street parking spot.

Call or email to schedule an appointment for viewing.

Check out the Craigslist post here.

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It wasn’t all fun and games during the World Naked Bicycle Ride

This is one of those times you just have to ask: What is wrong with people?

The World Naked Bike Ride (we wrote about the event last Friday) is a yearly event that promotes the use of bicycles as an alternative to cars. The naked part was meant to demonstrate “the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against car culture.”

Unfortunately, not everyone “got it.” A fight broke out on Saturday during the ride near the Echo Park/Silver Lake border along Sunset, during which a couple of men in a car in traffic got out of the car and started beating up two cyclists. The Eastsider LA has the scoop, sent to them by someone who was filming the cyclists when the fight suddenly broke out:

 

And from the witnesses themselves, via The Eastsider LA:

While driving down Sunset, we came upon on a nude bike ride that looked like a protest of some sort. People were having fun it seemed, we took a video to document the fun things that happen in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, some guys behind us in traffic, got out of their car to beat up the riders. I don’t know what provoked them to do such a thing. All I heard them yelling was “faggot” at the riders.  In the shaky video, its hard to see, but one of the guys picks up a bike and slams it into a rider.  It happened so quick, but we got the license plate info.

The cyclists were okay and declined medical attention, but the perpetrators won’t get off easily as the beating is being investigated as a hate crime because they yelled the “f-a-g” word.

Lt.Wes Buhrmester also provided a description of two male suspects:

The first suspect is described as a male, 20 years old, black hair, brown eyes, 5-8, 180 pounds, wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. The second suspect is a male, late 20s, black “buzz cut” hair, dark complexion, 5-10, 200-250 pounds, wearing a blue shirt with blue jeans. If anyone has information, you can either call or e-mail me at the addresses below (confidentiality will apply, other than me referring your information to detectives), or call Rampart Detective Division at (213) 484-3450. Refer to DR No. 11-0212143. There are some leads upon which detectives are acting.

Let’s hope these guys get what they deserve!

UPDATE:

Suspects were arrested on Wednesday, June 22, according to an article published by The Eastsider LA.

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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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The Eastsider LA gets a nod from the LA Weekly & fans

LA Weekly’s Web Awards were published yesterday – celebrating the best of Los Angeles’ Twitterers, Flickr pools, business websites, activists websites and everything in between. Echo Park’s own community website, The Eastsider LA, picked up an award for the Best Neighborhood Blog! Here’s what the LA Weekly had to say:

“The Eastsider LA” were the first words out of pretty much everyone’s mouth when we mentioned this category. Jesus Sanchez covers the northeast corner of Los Angeles like only someone born in Boyle Heights could. His take on news and events in Echo Park and beyond give one of the city’s most bustling areas a decidedly small-town feel.

Congratulations to Jesus, and the entire team!

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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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Dodgers’ Throwback Days to kick off with WWII flyover

photo from the Dodgers website

Next Wednesday’s game (June 15) vs. the Reds at Dodger Stadium will kick off the first day of Dodgers Throwback Days, where the team will sport a rendition of the 1940s Brooklyn uniform (we say rendition, because it’s not quite an exact replica of the originals). To tempt you further – the stadium is also offering half off all food and drink that do (and no, alcohol doesn’t count).

Prior to the start of the game, which is 12:10 pm, will be a flyover by several World War II planes in conjunction with Throwback Days.

As usual, there are a few tickets for neighbors in the Echo/Elysian Park and Solano Canyon communities. They are on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can email the Neighborhood Relations Manager Noel Pallais at noelp@ladodgers.comwith your name, the number of tickets you want, your address and phone number. If you want free tickets – make sure to send your request by noon on Friday, June 10th!

If you have any issues with the Stadium, call the Neighborhood Focus Line at (323) 224-2636.

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Man threatens suicide, surrenders safely

According to The Eastsider LA, a man threatened suicide at the Citibank building on Sunset Blvd. in Echo Park earlier this morning. Reports of fire trucks under Sunset bridge began around 8:30 am. More from The Eastsider LA:

Police units have converged on the Citibank office tower in Echo Park this morning and closed off nearby streets after a man reportedly threatened to commit suicide. Early reports from police and residents indicate the man is threatening to jump from a balcony on the property or the Sunset Boulevard bridge that crosses Glendale Boulevard.

*Update: The man has surrendered to a firefighter, said Lt. Wes Buhrmester with the Rampart Division. Authorities are now reopening streets that had been blocked off during the incident.

Glad everyone’s okay!

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Zooming in on Echo Park: Early 1900s Los Angeles maps

Automobile Club of Southern California

It’s always interesting to find some historical pieces of Los Angeles on the big Internet, this one comes from Big Map Blog. It’s a 1915 road map of the entire Southern California area, commissioned by the Automobile Club of Southern California. And it’s a pretty big map – so we’ve zoomed in on the Echo Park area to show you our little area almost 100 years ago. Funny thing is, if you compare this map with a current-day Google map, it doesn’t look a whole lot different. But the landscape sure is: what was once a bunch of fields and open space now is one of the city’s most populated areas.

Another interesting map from the same blog – credited to Birdseye View Pub. Co.’s – of the Los Angeles area circa 1909. Incredible detail on this one – here’s the zoomed in version on Echo Park below:

Birdseye View Pub. Co.'s birdseye map of Los Angeles, California in 1909.

Both very, very large maps are made available for download on the Big Map Blog. See if you can find your house!

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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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RIP our favorite Echo Park laundromat

About a month ago, we return from the honeymoon to the real world – lots of laundry and an empty refrigerator. Now, you might be a fan of Lucy’s – tempting you with Starbucks and Subway sandwiches and all. But we have a different routine along Sunset Boulevard. Sandwiched between Stories Books and Out of the Closet is (rather, was) a reliable 24-hour place to do the laundry. Better yet, its proximity to some of our favorite bars and restaurants gave us the excuse to have dinner and a beer or two at Masa while the our delicates spun in the washer.

But this time we arrive to a shuttered laundromat, and seeing the vending machines had been removed and mail piling up near the front door, we had a feeling it was for the long run.

Now, a month later, the favorite laundromat is still closed and collecting dust. No word on why it closed or what’s going to happen with the empty space, and our routine will have to change a little bit.

It’s not that there aren’t enough laundromats in Echo Park, but we’ll miss the routine of grabbing a beer in between loads. Perhaps someone should take over the space and turn it into a combined bar and laundromat (Like the ones they have in San Fran?)? The hipsters would LOVE it.

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Community Arts Fest at Gabriella – happening now!

We’re a little late on the announcement for this event, but happening right now, from noon to 4:00 pm, Gabriella Charter School is hosting a FREE Community Arts Festival!

The event promises a lot of family-filled fun, including face painting, student performances, activities for toddlers, music, art and more.

There’s also a Spanish version of the flyer, which you can view here.

Gabriella Charter School is located at 1435 Logan Street. Entrance to the festival is on Lemoyne between Montana and Scott.

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