Get your tickets now for Taste of the Eastside
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It’s time for the second annual Taste of the Eastside – an event that includes taste-testing awesome treats from local restaurants in the area, including Silver Lake, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Los Feliz, Downtown, and Highland Park, and more importantly, Echo Park!
Last year we attended the first Taste of the Eastside and had a blast – beautiful weather plus tons of great Echo Park restaurants made it worth the ticket price. We enjoyed some incredible bread pudding from Delilah’s, vegan ceviche by Elf Cafe, Farro salad from Cookbook, Pho Beef Tacos from Xoia, and savory rhubarb galette from The Park. A memorable cup of coffee from Silver Lake’s Intelligentsia made us realize why the coffee shop is so packed all the time. Click here for our photos from last year.
This year we can expect some of the same restaurants from last year plus a couple of new additions from Echo Park, including The Park, Cookbook, Mohawk Bend, Xoia, and Pazzo Gelato. We know Xoia is serving up some homemade ice cream, which will be perfect for the wonderful 74 degree, sunny weather we can expect!
Tickets are a little more expensive this year, but includes unlimited tastings from the 30+ restaurants from the area. With each $35 ticket you get a unlimited food tastes, a $45 bar ticket adds a wine/beer flight, and a $65 VIP ticket a bunch of other goodies like seminars . Kids 2-12 are only $5, two and under are free!
Taste of the Eastside
Barnsdall Art Park, located at 4800 Hollywood Blvd
Sunday, May 6 from 1-5:00 pm.
Click here for the website
Cuban Music Festival postponed second year in a row
Flickr photo by Max Santa Cruz, May 2010
Around this time of year, our email inbox gets flooded with questions about if there’s going to be a Cuban Music Festival at Echo Park Lake. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we’ve confirmed with official organizers that there will not be a Cuban Music Festival this year.
The Cuban Music Festival is usually held annually at Echo Park Lake – this year would have been its 18th year. It celebrates Cuba’s Independence from Spain on May 20, and Cuban poet José Martí (you may have notice his statue at the corner of the park).
Last year’s festival was canceled due to funding issues. A representative from Duval Productions says they hope to come back next year when the lake rehab has completed.
Echo Park’s Week in Music
For the week of Monday, April 30 through Sunday, May 6
Monday
Tanlines, Rewards, Gothic Tropic @ Echo
Jon Benjamin Has a Tour @ Echoplex
Melpo Mene @ Origami Vinyl
Open Mic Night hosted by David & Jayson @ Tribal Café
The Fold NIght Market, The Downtown Train, Cuckoo Chaos, Gangi, Reighnbeau, Corridor @ Bootleg Bar
Motown Mondays @ The Short Stop
John Carpenter, Sketch Monster, The Crystelles, Dead Dawn @ Los Globos
Juke Joint Blues Duo (Tevis Hodge Jr. and Christopher Yarrow) at Stories Books & Cafe
Tuesday
OUTERNATIONAL @ Echo
Open Mic Night hosted by John Schneider @ Tribal Cafe
Ocha La Rocha, Gwendolyn, Dallas Don, Magic Mirror @ Bootleg Bar
Betty White, The New Room, Adult Books, LOLcats @ Lot 1 Café
Wednesday
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Willis Earl Beal with Emily Kokal @ Echo
Dub Club Presents: 2 Rooms Of Musical Madness With Peaking Lights, Secret Circuit, Deadly Dragon Sound System, Carl Meeks, Screechy Dan @ Echo & Echoplex
Carolina Chickadee @ Taix Lounge
Open Mic Night hosted by Victoria @ Tribal Café
Sophie Barker (Zero 7), The Janks, White Dove (formerly Monster) @ Bootleg Bar
Live Jazz every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Café
TV girl, wildcat wildcat, pageants @ Los Globos
DJ David Delano, Newage Dave, Jake Peterson, Sammy Max, Oscar Gerard, Mikey Made + more @ Los Globos
Tic Tic Boom! @ Lot 1 Café
Thursday
Origami Vinyl and Hit City USA present: Papa, LA Font, Busy Living @ Echo
Iheartcomix, Media Contender, The Echo & Spin Present: Check Yo Ponytail 2: Tiga, Damian Lazarus, Light Year, Franki Chan @ Echoplex
Cave Country EP Release, RT n the 44′s, Haroula Rose and Levi Strom @ Echo Country Outpost
Carina Round @ Origami Vinyl
Morris Tepper, 5 Track @ Taix Lounge
Joke Juice Comedy Night @ Tribal Café
Greenhorse, Tha Boogie, Planet Booty @ Bootleg Bar
Psych Garage Night @ Lot 1 Café
Friday
Noah and The Megafauna @ Echo
Friends of Friends present: ‘Salton Sea’ Release Party with Tomas Barfod, Shlohmo, Salva, Groundislava, Suzanne Kraft @ Echoplex
Le Couturier @ Origami Vinyl
Abe Lincoln Story, Spain @ Taix Lounge
Sinceras Collective Art Show @ Tribal Café
Ian Cooke, Shenandoah Davis, David Shane Smith @ Bootleg Bar
Boats and Birds @ Los Globos
Saturday
Allo Darlin’, The Wave Pictures, Yellow Red Sparks @ Echo
Bootie La @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Omar Perez, Jose Promis @ Taix Lounge
Open Mic Night @ The Fretted Frog
Stone Soup @ Tribal Café
The Pentimento Campfire Tour: Toh Kay (feat. Tomas from Streetlight Manifesto), Sycamore Smith, Dan Potthast @ Bootleg Bar
Drinko de Mayo Fest @ Los Globos
Colin Ambulance, Danny Bobbe, Amanda Frances, Nora Keyes art show @ ecos gallery
Sunday
Grand Ole Echo with Angela Bruyere, Brian Spence & The T.H.H., Grant Langston & The Supermodels/Hot Club de LA @ Echo
Part Time Punks @ Echo
Kick Everything @ Origami Vinyl
French Toast Comedy @ Taix Lounge
SoCal Hip-Hop and Electronica Showcase @ Tribal Café
The Pentimento Campfire Tour: Toh Kay (feat. Tomas from Streetlight Manifesto), Sycamore Smith, Dan Potthast @ Bootleg Bar
Super Soul Sunday @ The Short Stop
The LockWest @ Los Globos
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. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.
12th annual Festival of Childhood tomorrow
The 12th Annual Festival of Childhood held by the local Echo Parenting & Education takes place tomorrow, April 28, 2012 from 1-5:00 pm.
In conjunction with The Day of the Child, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and International Spank Out Day, the festival promotes parental self care as well as an understanding of child development:
The message of the Festival of Childhood is that violence is something that is learned. When we raise children with kindness and compassion, they grow to be kind and compassionate adults, who aren’t likely to use violence as a tool. It’s a day when families can experience the possibility of nonviolence in the world!
The event will include a rock climbing wall, face painting, gardening, clay play, button-making, music, story time, street painting, and more.
Live performances include Bob Baker Marionettes, Eco Hero Kids, Birdie’s Playhouse, Children’s Nature Institute, Tierra Blanca and expert parenting speakers.
The free festival will be held in the basement of the Echo Park United Methodist Church Building at 1226 N. Alvarado Street.
Email aortiz@echoparenting.org with questions.
Echo Park’s Week in Music
For the week of Monday, April 23 through Sunday, April 29
Monday
KXLU and KSPC Present Monday Night Residency: So Many Wizards, Batwings Catwings, Moses Campbell, Body Parts @ Echo
Sean Carnage presents: Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk, Vehicle Blues, Kevin Greenspon, Bachsung @ Pehrspace
Monday Night Open Mic Night hosted by David & Jayson @ Tribal Cafe
Grace Woodroofe, Busy Living (feat. Mike Moonves of Chief), Lucy Schwartz, COYOL @ Bootleg Bar
Motown Mondays @ The Short Stop
Tuesday
Pageants, E.S.P @ Echo
Check Yo Ponytail 2: Hype Williams, Gatekeeper, James Ferraro, White Car, Slow Motion DJ’s @ Echoplex
Victoria Cordova’s Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe
State to State, Palace Ballroom, Echoes De Luxe, Battles Tapes @ Bootleg Bar
DJ Thergood, Yukmouth, Big Kush Jay @ Los Globos
Wednesday
Caveman, Henry Wolfe, So Many Wizards @ Echo
Dub Club with special guest DJ Rakkas Crew @ Echoplex
Automatik Eden @ Taix Lounge
Live Jazz every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm @ Downbeat Café
Open Mic Night hosted by Leo Margul @ Tribal Cafe
Manda Mosher, Merle Jagger, Scott Bartenhagen, Ralph Torrefranca @ Bootleg Bar
DJ JL, Android Cartel @ Los Globos
Thursday
Black Flamingo, Spirit Vine, Raw Geronimo, The Dignitary Loss of Richard Roe, Exploding Flowers @ Echoplex
Vetiver, Big Search, Bouquet @ Echo
The Authentic Sounds of Silverlake, AK & Her Kalashnikovs @ Taix Lounge
Dr. Lou’s Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe
Simone White, The Healing Machine, Brown and Blue, Sanglorians @ Bootleg Bar
Friday
Girl In A Coma, Pinta Protest, Sara Radle @ Echoplex
Aquarium Drunkard presents: Fruit Bats, Gold Leaves, A House For Lions @ Echo
Owls, House Boat @ Pehrspace
Fletchers Castorians, Creekbird @ Taix Lounge
Secure Sounds @ Tribal Cafe
The Bright Light Social Hour, Jonneine Zapata, The Violet Lights @ Bootleg Bar
Saturday
Footlong Development & Keistar Productions Present: The Original Prince & MJ Party Soul Slam 8 @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Electric Flower Group, Sleepy Owl, Last in Class, The Shrine @ Bootleg Bar
Mothers of Gut, Habits, Old Monk, Michael Rey and The Woebegones, Virginia Reed @ Pehrspace
Tim Russ, Artie Vegas Revue @ Taix Lounge
Edgar Ruiz & Friends, Juliett Rivas @ Tribal Cafe
Paul & The Kir, Fogelfoot @ Los Globos
Sunday
Adam Shenkman Presents: The Breakfast Show! @ Echo
Grand Ole Echo @ Echo
FYF & Iheartcomix Present: Tragedy, Nails, Skin Like Iron, Children Of God @ Echoplex
PART TIME PUNKS @ Echo
French Toast Comedy @ Taix Lounge
Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe
Sweet Hearts with Priscilla Ahn and Charlie Wadhams, The Parlour Suite @ Bootleg Bar
Super Soul Sunday @ The Short Stop
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. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.
Tomorrow is Record Store Day – Celebrate in Echo Park
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Hipsters rejoice! Tomorrow is the annual Record Store Day – where independently owned record stores across the country celebrate music with special vinyl and CD releases. Echo Park’s Origami Vinyl and Mono Records are participating this year with some special events of their own:
Origami Vinyl
Open at 8:00 am with coffee and snacks from Stories Books & Cafe. Shoppers will be allowed in ten at a time, and the first 300 people get an Origami Vinyl/Generic Surplus Record Store Day tote bag free with purchase. They’ll also have some more special give-aways, and you even go to The Echo patio to listen to your purchases or check in your bag at the “vinyl valet” while you enjoy the show.
Starting at noon on The Echo patio will be eight bands and guest DJs – but if you can’t make it to the show check out the live stream at radio.magicmonsterrecords.com. Bands include:
Big Black Delta @ 7:00 pm
Henry Clay People @ 6:00 pm
Electric Guest @ 5:00 pm
Races @ 4:00 pm
Zammuto @ 3:00 pm
Electric Flower Group @ 2:00 pm
Jenny O @ 1:00 pm
All Tiny Creatures @ Noon
Guest DJs spinning in Origami Vinyl:
Jason Kramer from KCRW
Shaun Koplow from Anticon
Jason from Dub Club/Punky Reggae
Matt & Patrick from Light in the Attic
Alyssa Bailey from KXLU
Angela Asistio from KXSC
Jen Ferrer from KXSC
Cristina Ramirez from KXLU
Chris Ziegler from LA Record
Check out the store’s Facebk page for more info.
Mono Records
This will be a great opportunity to finally get our butts over to the new Glendale Boulevard record store, which just opened a few months ago. They’ll have the STAX “Flipside of Stax” 45 boxes available, and of course a sale: All wax under $10 is 20% off, over $10 is 15% off the entire day. Store opens at 10:00 am.
There are a ton of other Los Angeles record store locations celebrating the day, check out LAist for the details.
