The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is coming to our neighborhood and we're all invited.

One of Southern California’s most cherished and engaging weekend celebrations kicks off its 16th storied year in a new home on USC’s University Park campus April 30 and May 1.

Here are the…

Echo Country Outpost says: "Celebrate in fun, friendly and responsibly drunken fashion with the Outpost."

Friday Night, April 22

8pm 

$5 Door

Cheap Beer, Snacks…

Our friends and Two Boots tell me: "From 4 to 6 Free Slices of The Dude pizza + Big Lebowski screening all night long at Two Boots Echo Park! Happy 420!"

Two Boots Pizza in Echo Park - The Larry Tate…

Don't let the name fool you - the Brewery Artwalk is focused on showcasing the art in one of the largest art colonies in the world. The cool thing is that it's in the old Pabst Brewery just northeast of downtown Los AngelesOne of the best events of the year in Los Angeles happens this weekend.

This unguided tour is a maze of artists' lofts like you've never see. There's a restaurant on the sprawling campus that serves beer and wine. There's a library and a…

The Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council, the Historic Filipinotown Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Historic Filipinotown are getting together Saturday to clean up Hi-Fi.

They'll meet at Lake Street Park, 227 N. Lake St., on Saturday, April 9th, 2010 from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.

For more information about the…

Stories Books & Café is having the “Another Man’s Treasure” used book sale - 20% OFF ALL USED BOOKS - through April 8. And if you refer four friends to join EchoParkOnline, you get agift certificate to Stories!

The sale is just one event in a busy April for our…

City Sip LA, Echo Park's favorite wine bar, is putting a call out to all graffiti artists. 

The restaurant/gallery on…

I was one of only 62 that made it to my polling place today.

I asked how that compares and the nice poll worker ladies said - There are about a 1,000 registered voters.

I'm no math major but that's about 5 percent. Not enough.

People are dying in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and lots of other places for the right to…

Please take a moment and vote for me for best wedding photographer on the Los Angeles "Hotlist" (or just best photographer), but the only section they have is under weddings... you can still vote.

If you don't have a yahoo account, you may need to make one to vote. Thank you for your support in advance. Reviews on these website really help my business grow in the web world. So again, thank you.

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The 2011 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award goes to Brando Skyhorse and the "Madonnas of Echo Park," edging out Patricia Engel for "Vida" and Suzanne Rivecca for "Death Is Not An Option."…

EchoParkOnline…

They've only had one Issue 2, but already we wonder how we ever got this far without. Where have you been all my life Slake?

Saturday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m.

The list from Slake.la -

• John Albert (Wrecking Crew) on Van…

Sunday, February 20 – FILMFORUM PRESENTS FRED WORDEN: ILLUSIONS AND ALTERCATIONS – 7:30 PM

Los Angeles is proud to welcome one-time Angeleno Fred Worden with the first of two programs of his work in film and digital video, spanning four decades of moving image making.

Fred Worden has been making experimental film since the mid 1970s. His films have been shown in the 2002 Whitney Biennial, The Museum of Modern Art , The Centre Pompidou, The…

Saturday, February 19 – INTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO – 1 TO 5 PM

Calling all interested adults (ages 20+) looking to learn the beauty and grace of digital editing! All equipment and materials provided by EPFC. Instructor: Will O’Loughlen. Class held at the EPFC Analog Annex; limited to 10 students; tuition is $60/$50 members.

Echo Park Film Center is a non-profit media arts organization located in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los…

The video, produced by Simon and Shuster and released yesterday on YouTube, unveils the new cover for the acclaimed novel about growing up and living in Echo Park.

Though the book has been mentioned a lot in LA (…