August 2004
Monthly Archive
8.29.04
Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 | Tagged as: event, dodgers, echo park improvement association
Echo Park Night at Dodger Stadium is Friday September 7th, $17.00 tickets are discounted to $10. Tickets available at Thursday nights Echo Park Improvement Association meeting or by calling 323.882.4835.
8.28.04
Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2004 | Tagged as: eats, art, politics
Echo Park poet-extraordinaire Steve Abee along with actor Taylor Negron will be a part of the September 5th “Operation Artistic Freedom” fundraiser where all proceeds will go to the Kerry/Edwards campaign’s efforts in the battleground state of Arizona.
Masa Cafe & Bakery at Sunset and Lemoyne opened today. Stop in and check out this new locally owned business.
8.26.04
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 | Tagged as: eats, art, library
The new Edendale Branch library will finally open on Monday, September 13 at 10.30AM. The ELFS or Edendale Friends Library Society is working on a special all day community opening on an upcoming Saturday. If you are interested in joining and helping out contact Suzi: noelgr(at)aol.com
Check out today’s LA Weekly cover for a excellent aerial-view illustration of Sunset and Echo Park by local artist Chandler Wood.
It looks like the longtime Sunset Blvd cop and lawyer eatery the Saratoga is closing this week and reopening as an El Compadre restaurant.
8.15.04
Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 | Tagged as: art, landscape
Echo Park landscape architect Andy Cao, who became famous for his Glass Garden (45 tons in the backyard of his rented house) has joined an admired group of designers and artist at the Cornerstone Festival of Gardens in Sonoma. Mr. Coa’s entry “[Ninnananna] A Lullaby Garden,” is described by the New York Times as: use[ing] almost no glass, and yet the garden has a glasslike quality thanks to miles of glistening nylon monofilament that was hand-knit into carpets by 60 Vietnamese villagers working for three months. The carpets, in tones of faded gold and orange, are draped over a wildly undulating sculptured landform that descends at one point into a midnight blue vortex, from which the sounds of a Vietnamese lullaby emanate. Removing your shoes and wandering over Mr. Cao’s dreamlike landscape plays with the mind’s sense of proportion you feel like Gulliver striding across the Land of Lilliput.
8.4.04
Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 | Tagged as: music
Echo Park local and Grammy-winner Dave Alvin of Blasters, Knitters and X fame continues to make music and has a show at the Troubadour this Friday.
