List/Grid Monthly Archives: March 2010
Echo Park Arts
This year’s Echo Park Artists Festival–which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10– will expand its offerings to include dance and spoken word performances. Local writers Steve Abee and Gordon…
Facadism in Echo Park?
More than two dozen Echo Park residents equipped with cameras and notebooks roamed Sunset Boulevard on a recent Saturday morning to identify the problems and discover the potential of the…
LADY OF THE LAKE RESTORED AND RETURNED TO ECHO PARK LAKE
Through the tireless lobbying efforts of The Echo Park Historical Society, Lady of the Lake, an art deco sculpture that graced the shores of Echo Park Lake for more than…
Echo Park History Day
Come learn about our neighborhood’s heritage on Saturday, Nov. 6! That’s when the EPHS will hold the third Echo Park History Day, an all-day event celebrating our neighborhood’s past with…
Echo Park Historical Society
The Echo Park Historical Society was founded in the Fall of 1995 to promote interest in Echo Park’s heritage, to preserve and protect natural sites and buildings of historic significance…
A Brief History of Echo Park
Echo Park and its lake have always been a touchstone for the community that grew up around it. Initially, the area we now know as the park was a natural…
Artartart in echo park
On Echo Park Avenue is a mural Aaron Donovan painted in homage to a man across the street who has bunnies, chickens and a pony—and at one time, a cow—in…
MADE IN ECHO PARK
Need a graphic designer to create your business cards? Or a musician to help you complete a composition? Then look for the upcoming “Made in Echo Park: A Directory of…
Love Hurts
Fototeka Gallery will present during the month of February “Love Hurts,” a solo exhibit of the recent works of photo-collage artist Carlos Batts. The artist’s photo-manipulations, lush and brimming with…
INTERNATIONAL METAL SUPPLY
Echo Park based International Metal Supply consists of Paul B. Cutler, who was involved in the early punk and post-punk scenes in Los Angeles, and Jean-Pierre Bedoyan, a former soloist…