Despite the fact that fireworks are banned in Los Angeles and many of its sister cities, they really know how to do the Fourth of July right.

My wife loves firework displays. In LA alone, we've seen fireworks from the Colorado St. bridge in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl show and from the deck of a home in the Palos Verdes hills watching the panorama from Carson's Home Depot to San Pedro's Queen Mary.

We watched with neighbors from a bridge over Ballona Creek for…

With 37 local teens, Echo Park artist Anne Bray created two two dozen films that will be shown on Metro Buses for five minutes each hour on this week  and again for two 45-minute sessions per day on June 18 and 19.…



The World Naked Bike Ride hangs in Echo Park today as riders take off their clothes and ride bikes to protest…

The first project we tackled Marlton Square in South Los Angeles. This 20-acre redevelopment disaster has been neglected, mired in legal disputes and mismanagement for nearly 20 years. But in the last year, it became an issue. in the City Council race and in the community. The Leimert…

Fresh off an East Coast tour, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Firehose and now leading the Missing Men will be at intimately cool Bootleg Barfresh off an East Coast tour.

They take the stage at 10, just before the garage-punk trio Le Butcherettes, led…

The Electric Lawn Mower Exchange Program allows residents to turn in their working gas-powered lawn mower and purchase a new cordless rechargeable electric mower at a discounted price. Using a typical gas mower for one year…

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…