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No plans to watch the Laker game tonight? Join your neighbors for the monthly Echo Park Improvement Association meeting to learn about what’s going on in the area. On the agenda tonight, CD1 and CD13 council reps will update us on any district news (for instance, Alejandra Marroquin, Field Deputy for Garcetti’s office, usually provides […]
Looking for a way to give back to community? The Echo Park Advisory Board (PAB) is a volunteer group that oversees issues and events at Echo Park Lake and the Recreation Center, including the annual Easter Spring Event, Breakfast with Santa, and Halloween events. The Board is an important component in supporting the center and […]
There’s a lot going on this weekend, and we thought it best to give it all to you in one concise post. Here goes: Saturday: Obesity Walk, 8:00 am – 12:00 noon at Echo Park Lake Silver Lake Jubilee, 10:00 am – 10:00 pm in Silver Lake Hot Dog Fest, 12:00 noon at Echo Park […]
The 16th Annual Cuban Music Festival is taking place on Sunday, May 23, from 12:00 noon – 7:00 pm at the Echo Park Lake. Performers include: Rumbankete, The Echo Park Project, Susie Hansen Latin Band, and DJ Saoco. The event is free! As usual in the park, there will be plenty of international food, crafts, […]
Saturday May 22 8am – 12pm. Echo Park Lake Free presented by St. Vincent Medical Center in Downtown Los Angeles St. Vincent Medical Center, in conjunction with the Aetna Foundation, will host a community walk to encourage healthy exercise and raise awareness among community leaders about obesity, a major public health threat to our multicultural […]
Your summer kickoff event this year might just have to include some bacon – most likely because the smell of bacon-wrapped hot dogs will lure you to Echo Park Lake in just a couple of weekends. Yelper Javier J. is well known for hosting such bacon-wrapped hot dog events, one at the Echo Park Lake […]
We picked this up from Chicken Corner today, so we thought it better to just share the info about the Big Sunday charity event on Sunday, May 2 at Echo Park Lake, directly from Jenny Burman: …on May 2 one Big Sunday charity event will be taking place at the rec center, just across the […]
Tonight is the monthly Echo Park Improvement Association’s Neighborhood Issues Committee. The meeting takes place at 7:00 pm at Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital (2000 Stadium Way). Here’s the current agenda for the meeting: Introductions and sign-in Schools: Van De Kamps/LACC-LACCD Update (Garsten) Land Use: Barlow Hospital-Proposed Entitlements and Development Update (Garsten) Jenson’s Sign Update (Hubert) […]
Militant Angeleno is reporting that the Lotus Festival will indeed return again despite another year of, well, a lotus-less lake. Last year the Lotus Festival was canceled due to budgetary cuts, and instead turned into the first Echo Park Community Festival. According the Militant Angeleno blog, L.A. Lotus Festival, Inc. filed the paperwork for the […]
On Sunday, March 28 at 2:00 pm at the Echo Park Lake, Cuba’s Ladies in White are leading a “march of solidarity” to bring awareness to human rights issues in Cuba. According to the Roots of Hope website, the event will include some celebrity supporters of the cause: Join Academy Award Nominee Andy Garcia, comedian […]
From an LAist article published today, titled: Watch Out Drunk Hipsters, Echo Park Might Get a Security Detail A proposal to create a Business Improvement District (BID) in Echo Park heads to a City Council committee (.pdf) this afternoon. Submitted by Councilman Eric Garcetti in January, it “would serve the local business community by providing […]
It’s a busy week for the involved citizens of Echo Park. Here’s your schedule for all the Echo Park community meetings this week: Echo Park Advisory Board Monday, March 15 at 7:00 pm (Every 3rd Monday) Echo Park Rec Center Update: Click here to view the agenda Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project Community Workshop Tuesday, […]
Huzzah! The Echo Park Historical Society has finally put up their 2010 tour schedule! And this year, come hell or high water, I am going to drag my ass out of bed before 10am on a Saturday morning and join them! On Saturday, February 27 Saturday, March 13 they’ll be touring the historic stairways of […]
L.A. Now posted a story this morning about the L.A. police search for a rape suspect. Here’s the story: Los Angeles police asked for the public’s help Thursday in finding the man who raped a 15-year-old girl in Echo Park on Christmas Day. The girl was walking in a secluded area near Echo Park Lake […]
The Echo Park Backyard Bird Count is coming up this Sunday, February 14, 2010. Meet fellow bird lovers at the Echo Park Lake Boathouse at 9:00 am (lasts about 2 hours), and discover the birds in your backyard, schoolyard or park. It’s fun, it’s free and it helps the birds. All ages and skills welcome. […]
