Entries by Kelly

Where are we now?

Echo Park Now has been a joy and a pleasure, but with other jobs and busy lives we have been able to take the time to write full articles on EchoParkNow.com Instead we invite you to join us on social media where we share news and information about all things Echo Park! Find us on Facebook […]

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Zumbathon Fundraiser October 25

Central City Action Committee, which is a nonprofit organization here in Echo Park, is in dire need or repairing its facility’s broken elevator. The facility, which is the old fire station on Edgeware in Angelino Heights, is two stories and needs this elevator! CCAC handles all the graffiti removal in the neighborhood and also organizes […]

Road closures in Echo Park for Ciclavia

For the first time since its start in Los Angeles four years ago, CicLAvia (a free, open streets event in which streets are closed in favor of bicycles and pedestrians) will be coming to Echo Park this Sunday. The No Parking signs are already posted for the street closures along Glendale Boulevard and Bellevue, just […]

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Movie Night at Echo Park Lake

Please join Council District 13, the Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Echo Park Historical Society for a free screening of the classic Hollywood film “Sunset Blvd.” compliments of Paramount Pictures. The Echo Park Film Center will start the evening with a few of their student shorts and then the feature production. Pack a […]

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Echo Park Lake Lotus Festival is back!

This is very exciting for Echo Park… the Lotus Festival has returned! The 34th Lotus Festival takes place this weekend, July 12 and 13. This year’s host country is the Philippines. This is not only the first year since the park was closed and renovated, it’s been a few years since there have been actual […]

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Questions about city services? Ask Councilmember O’Farrell on Saturday

Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell presents: “Councilmember in your corner – Echo Park” Join business and community leaders, meet with neighbors and learn about city services. Councilmember O’Farrell and will also walk the neighborhood, going door-to-door to speak with residents about important city services. Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 9:30am-Noon Echo Park Lake (Glendale Boulevard & Park […]

Echo Park Neighborhood Council upcoming candidate forums

Get involved, vote informed! Neighborhood Council elections for the Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council (GEPENC) takes place on Saturday, April 12, 2014. The Echo Park Improvement Association is hosting a candidate forum on Thursday, April 3 where all those running for a position have been invited to introduce themselves. When to vote: Elections are Saturday, April 12, […]

Rummage sale + fundraiser at CCAC Echo Park

Mark your calendars: The Central City Action Committee (in charge of that graffiti removal in our neighborhood as well as after school programs for kids) is having a rummage sale! They get some awesome, I mean FANTASTIC donations to help raise money for its programs. We’ve heard of prizes that were not collected from The […]

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Music video: Can you spot Echo Park?

We’re pretty sure – pretty sure – Echo Park is in Pharrell’s music video, “Happy,” quite a bit. After all, there’s definitely Atwater Village, Downtown Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Highland Park…. And while we’ve only watched the short version of the music video shown below (there’s a 24 hour long version), a few months ago […]

A little bit of Echo Park in a Super Bowl commercial

Notice the vintage boomboxes in the background of the RadioShack commercial aired during the Super Bowl yesterday? The items on the shelf in the background had to look a little more like the ’80s for the commercial’s throwback theme (remember those music playing devices called a “boombox”?). A few of these items on the shelf […]

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Echo Park storefronts transforming

A wave of recent restaurant and storefront closures (Villainy, Barragans, and more) in Echo Park has many wondering about the changing face of the neighborhood. But there’s been some new activity in those sad, dusty storefronts that will hopefully make Sunset Boulevard feel a little less empty. Former Nuvia’s This restaurant space, formerly Nuvia’s and […]