In case you missed it: Headlines from around Echo Park
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Amish journey from homespun to hipster – LA Times
How Refuge salon and Form Academy owner Miriam Jones went from an Omish upbringing to Echo Park.
Capping an era of L.A. oil exploration – LA Times
This week the city started plugging an old oil well just south of Glendale Boulevard and Rockwood Street to make way for a 45-unit apartment complex. Just up the street, where the Echo Park Pool is now, was the first oil well in Los Angeles.
Robert DeLong’s electronic dance music residency, Monday nights at Los Globos – Examiner.com
If only we didn’t have to work on the weekdays! The Examiner.com gives out rave reviews for Echo Park resident Robert DeLong’s Monday night residency at Los Globos: “He is salvaging what is left of everything great about electronic music and creating something fresh and so immediately appealing that you can’t help but start moving to the music as soon as he starts playing.”
Planning board supports Elysian Heights coffee house plan to serve wine and beer – The Eastsider LA
Fix Coffee in Elysian Heights is one step closer to serving beer and wine after an appeal failed to convince the planning board to block the application. The coffee shop will still need to obtain a state beer and wine license from ABC.
Alfredo Market on Glendale Boulevard gets a colorful makeover
Driving along Glendale Boulevard just got a lot more colorful!
LAist got the story on who’s behind the new colorful mural on the wall of Alfredo Market on Glendale Boulevard, between Alvarado and Berkeley. Street artist and Echo Park resident Kophns One (aka Koffinz) painted the mural at the end of December. According to The Site Unseen website, “Kophns is well-known within the LA street scene for his distinct and bold artistic style, dynamic characters and his always engaging art placement.” Hopefully a city-wide mural ordinance being debated won’t interfere with local art like this!
The Site Unseen uploaded this video of the mural process. Enjoy!
Kophns One: Kophenjoy from The Site Unscene on Vimeo.
Echo Park’s Week in Music
For the week of Monday, January 2 through Sunday, January 8, 2012
Monday
The Echo and LA Underground present Monday Night Residency with: Seasons, One Trick Pony, Count Fleet, Torches @ Echo
Princeton, Lesands, Red Pony Clock @ Bootleg Bar
Sean Carnage Monday Nights: Manhattan Murder Mystery, I.E., Nicole Kidman + Pawko, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and more @ Pehrspace
Motown Mondays @ The Short Strop
Tuesday
Beer and Bingo Tuesday with Olin & The Moon and Maxim Ludwig, Willoughby, Jeff Crosby @ Echo
Bikos, Lovers Drugs, Son Ark @ Bootleg Bar
Ray Argyle of Sunken Ships, Craig Elkins, Davd Shane Smith @ Lot 1 Café
Wednesday
Hepa, Titus with Virginia Reed, Dead Dawn, Kill Kill Kill @ Echo
Dub Club Featuring: Anthony B with His Band @ Echoplex
Hi Fashion, Professor Possessor, Actually, Waterlaso @ Bootleg Bar
Live Jazz every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Café
Thursday
Summer Darling, Birds & Batteries, Vice Cooler, The Hunting Accident, Baron Von Luxxury @ Echo
Stonefeather, King Devil, Bad Lamps @ Bootleg Bar
Friday
Backbeat- Northern Soul Dance Night with DJ Mark Morales @ Echo
Echo, Origami & Kxlu Present: Black Flamingo, No, Crooked Cowboy, Batwings Catwings @ Echoplex
Jacuzzi Boys and Hanni El Khatib, Marcus Very Ordinary @ Bootleg Bar
Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Voodoo Merchant, and more @ Lot 1 Café
Kate Earl, Patrick Park, Ema and Her Lady Parts, Tenlons Fort plus special guests @ Pehrspace
Saturday
Bootie La @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Salon Music Night with members of Shadow Shadow Shade, Henry Clay People, Jail Weddings, Square On Square, Just an Animal @ Bootleg Bar
Tenlons Fort, The Wildbunch, Avi Of Avi Buffalo, Will Courtney @ Lot 1 Cafe
Dream Homes, Foot Foot, Pek Pek, Dali’s Rose @ Pehrspace
Sunday
Echo, Grand Ole Echo & Art Fein Present: Elvis Presley Birthday Party @ Echoplex
Part Time Punks presents: David Bowie Nite with guest DJ Jose Maldonado (Sweet & Tender Hooligans) @ Echo
Coyol, Molly Marlette, The Mowgli’s @ Bootleg Bar
Elvis Brunch: Celebrate Elvis Presley’s Birthday With An Elvis-Themed Brunch, Karaoke, Live Music, Games, Special Guests, Bloody Marys, crazy surprises, and more @ Echo Country Outpost
Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included.
Portlandia coming to Echo Park
Did you know…. In Portland you can go to a record store and sell your CDs?
That’s right – we’re talkin’ Portlandia. They’re coming to Echo Park on January 17, 2012 and well, let’s face it – you could re-name the show EchoParklandia and it’d basically be the same show. I have to say, I’m a fan!
The event at The Echo is one of six city tours (dubbed Portlandia: The Tour), and features co-creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. They’ll be performing live music, talking about the show, and playing clips from the show’s second season, which premieres on January 6, 2012. Here’s a little sneak peak of what you can expect (from the show’s website):
Tickets are $20.00 advance BUT here’s the deal – it looks like it’s already sold out. You might be able to get the $26.00 tix on the day of the show, if there are any available.
Echo Park’s Week in Music
For the week of Tuesday, December 27 through Sunday, January 1, 2011
Tuesday
Violent Vickie, Hanin Elias (Atari Teenage Riot), Miata @ Pehrspace
Wednesday
The Growlers, Tomorrows Tulips, The Abigails @ Echo
Dub Club @ Echoplex
2nd Annual Holiday Pehrgeant and Open Bar Mitzvah @ Pehrspace
Monte Mar December Wednesdays with Spencer Livingston @ Lot 1 Cafe
Live Jazz every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Café
Upground, Lilo, Fernanda Ulibarri @ Bootleg Bar
Thursday
We Did It Fest With Shlohmo, Jonwayne, Groundislava, Rl Grime, Juj, D33j, Melonious Drunk, hosted by Zeroh @ Echoplex
The Growlers, Dante vs. Zombies, Thee Rain Cats @ Echo
Franklin Bruno @ Origami Vinyl
Programmed2thrash, The Obsidian Fortress, Rabble/Rabble @ Lot 1 Cafe
Yo Mammas House – Holiday Edition Pt. 2 @ The Short Stop
Snuffaluffagus, Korey Dane, Joey Dosik, Maston @ Bootleg Bar
Friday
Matthew Sweet Performing “Girlfriend” – 20 Year Anniversary @ Echoplex
The Growlers, Allah-Las, Trmrs @ Echo
Weyou, Nate Wood Band, TBA @ Pehrspace
Mack Marquard & The Slim Pickins’ play Rebecca Balin’s Residency @ Lot 1 Cafe
Mini Mansions, Deap Vally, Harriet @ Bootleg Bar
Saturday
Bootie LA NYE 2012 @ Echoplex
Funky Sole NYE with Breakestra @ Echo
Italians do it Better Dance Party: Glass Candy, Chromatics, Desire, and DJ set from Goddollars @ Los Globos
Sunday
Nothing on the calendar yet, we’ll all be recovering from New Years.
Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included.
Echo Park Community Parade in photos
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We hate to admit this is only our second Echo Park Community Parade that we’ve been able to attend, but so far it’s our favorite!
There were over 60 entries in this year’s parade, themed “‘Tis the Season.” In addition to local schools, drill teams, cheer squads, and elected officials, there were a few Echo Park businesses and organizations participating in the parade lineup. Amongst those were The Echo Park Time Bank, Edendale Library Friends Society (ELFS), The Warehouse and The Classroom, Mi Alma, 826LA, and others. Maryanne Hayashi of the Central City Action Committee was accompanied by three generations of her family – her daughter, grand-daughter, and her two-year-old great grand-daughter!
Community members that have greatly contributed to our Echo park were give special recognition as ambassadors. Mitch O’Farrell from Eric Garcetti’s Office was honored as the Grand Marshal. Parade Ambassadors included Holly Calhoun of the Echo Park Farmers’ Market, the Echo Park Improvement Association, Masa of Echo Park Bakery & Café, and Albert Torres of Recreation & Parks.
And, as parade committee members told me today, everyone was a winner! All entries received a trophy for participating. It would have been hard to pick any winners, all the entries were fabulous!
Check out our photos below:
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