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Free rain barrel with class on conserving water in Hollywood

Los Angeles residents can help conserve water by using rain barrels that collect run off from gutters that can then be used for landscaping.



The Hollywood Beautification Team, working with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation's Watershed Protection Division is… Continue

Added by Eddie North-Hager on March 17, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

City Sip LA asks Echo Park to put their best spray can forward and show Banksy what street art can be

City Sip LA, Echo Park's favorite wine bar, is putting a call out to all graffiti artists. 
The restaurant/gallery on…
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Added by Eddie North-Hager on March 9, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

There's still time to vote - polls close at 8

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…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on March 8, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Brando Skyhorse wins Hemingway Foundation/Pen Award for 'Madonnas of Echo Park'

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."…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on March 7, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Slake, the lit journal for Los Angeles, holds a salon at Stories, the lit location for Echo Park SATURDAY night

"Los Angeles is Slake’s city, but Echo Park is our neighborhood," reads the entry at Slake.la, the literary journal for Los Angeles.

 

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…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 18, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Filmforum presents experimental filmmaker Fred Worden at the Echo Park Film Center; Legendary artist screened at the Whitney Biennial, NY Film Festival

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…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 17, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments

Learn Final Cut Pro at the Echo Park Film Center and celebrate living in Screenland

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…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 16, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Brando Skyhorse and "The Madonnas of Echo Park" *Updated with video

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 (…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 15, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Tony Gault and Elizabeth Henry screen their films, whcih Film Threat calls poetry and slant calls perferce at Echo Park Film Center

Thursday, February 17 – THE CAGE WE ARE TRICKED INTO – 8 PM

Collaborators for fifteen years, experimental filmmakers Tony Gault and Elizabeth Henry screen a body of work that examines the human impulse toward dualism and narcissistic command of the planet Earth.

 

Their films create "a cinematic poetry of paranoia as a higher state of consciousness"- Film Threat, and "illustrate the perverse means by which narrative shapes…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 15, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Save Echo Park history and learn a little Echo Park history in the process

EPHS schedule of 2011 Tours



Echo Park Historical Society announces the schedule of the 2011 Tours:


April 23rd 10am – Elysian Park West Biking Tour

May 28th 10am – Echo Park Stairway Tour

June 25th 10am – Echo Park Lake Tour

July 23rd 10am – Elysian Park East Tour

August 27th 10am – Echo…
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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 14, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Lot 1 music showcases causing a ruckus, just like their mimosas

Lot 1 Cafe - a founding member of EchoParkOnline.com - has gotten quite a following since the restaurant and bar traded in its knick knacks for a stage.



The small room that adjoined the Lot 1 Cafe, Ecos, where you once could buy velvet…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 6, 2011 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Today - SATURDAY - all day music at the Echo Country Outpost! Yee haw!

Saturday, February 5 · 3:00pm - 11:30pm

Location Echo Country Outpost…
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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 5, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Echo Park Cycles benefit and closing party Saturday

 

Saturday, February 5 at 1:00pm - February 6 at 3:00am

Echo Park Cycles 1932 Echo Park Avenue and Duane, Los Angeles, CA

 

Sadly Echo Park Cycles  announced they will close Feb. 10.

 

Until then they'll be having a closeout sale of 50% off everything.

 

They have one of the best signs/murals in the city. We just bought a bicycle light from there.…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 2, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

Echo Park motorcycle Ts now at Walmart

My friend Emily sent me this photo from a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania
"Surprised to see Echo Park t-shirts for sale in the Wal-Mart in Harrisburg, PA," Emily wrote on her Facebook post. "You familiar with this line? Made by something called Gonzales…
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Added by Eddie North-Hager on February 1, 2011 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Fan Farm Fresh to You and local Schools get $1



Farm Fresh delivers organic produce from the central valley to my doorstep every other Tuesday. They send a newsletter with recipes for the sometimes exotic fruits and…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on January 26, 2011 at 11:56pm — No Comments

Another Echo Park original, Echo Park Cycles will be no more

EchoParkNow.com reports that Echo Park Cycles  will close Feb. 10.

 

Until then they'll be having a closeout sale of 50% off everything.

 

They have one of the best signs/murals in the city. We just bought a bicycle light from there. Remember to shop local.

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on January 18, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Grand theft autos down 24 percent in Echo Park! Thanks LAPD and vigilant neighbors

This just in, thanks to a story on Echo Park Patch: Grand theft autos down 24 percent in Echo Park.

 

The only problem is the story and the headline focused on the fact that:

Grand Theft Autos Still an Issue in Echo Park

You had to read eight paragraphs into the story to…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on January 17, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

How do you celebrate having MLK Day off? With a parade, a celebration and reflection in Leimert Park

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade is one of the most important community events in Los Angeles and celebrates one of the most important men in American history.

 

It also happens to be one of the most fun.

 

The Kingdom Day Parade starts at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Ave. turns left at Crenshaw and curls back up Leimert…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on January 13, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Celebrated Peruvian chef to open new place on Echo Park Ave.

Mario Orellana of Lazy Ox Canteen and Mo-Chica (a Jonathan Gold fave) and Jason Michaud of Silver Lake's restaurant Local are planning to open a restaurant in the Phoenix Bakery space across from the Allston Yacht Club in Echo Park, according to Jessica Gelt…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on January 13, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Crime in Echo Park at historic lows

Los Angeles ended the year with less than 300 killings – something that hasn't happened since 1967, when the population was almost 30% smaller.

 

Imagine in 1992, there were more than 3 homicides a day. In 2001 there were two every day. Last year there was less than one. (Great graphics from the LATimes.com below.)…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on January 3, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

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