Echo Park

This Saturday: The Echo Park PDA Art Walk

J.L. Sirisuk | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Culture News, Art News, Echo Park, Community, Los Angeles, Echo Park PDA Art Walk, Echo Park Art Walk, La Art, La Around Town, LA Culture, LA Events, Los Angeles News

This Saturday May 19th is the Echo Park PDA (public display of art) Art Walk. Over 70 venues participate in this wonderfully eclectic and unique community, saturated with a diverse group of people, boutiques, galleries, coffee shops and cafes.

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La Vida Loca in Echo Park

J.L. Sirisuk | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: La Around Town, Echo Park Real Estate, Echo Park, Echo Park Attractions, Echo Park La, Echo Park Neighborhood, Echo Park Shops, Los Angeles Neighborhoods, Los Angeles News

Echo Park may be perceived as having a bit of a tough exterior, but it also possesses a creative spirit, a sense of humor, and ramshackle charm.

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Summer Beauty Rehab: 5 Fixes For Sun-Damaged Hair, Skin & Nails

| Heather Wood Rudulph | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Haircuts, Body-Scrubs, Summer, Hair Coloring, Spa, Echo Park, Koreatown, Beverly Hills, Westlake Village, La Around Town, La-Summer, Pedicures, Facials, Los Angeles News

Summertime and the livin' is easy. ... Until you look in the mirror in September. We're blessed with gorgeous summers in LA (so far), so we can't help...

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Cults Video Director Finds Muse In Jonestown Massacre

Turnstyle | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Aol Music, Boing Boing, Jonestown, Music Video, Cults, Jonestown Massacre, Director, Echo Park, Los Angeles, Music, Isaiah Seret, Jim Jones, Los Angeles News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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LA Film Fest, Starring Silverlake

Abe Schwartz | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Independent Film, Mumblecore, Echo Park, Horror Movies, Film, Horror, Los Angeles, Silverlake, Los Angeles Film Festival, Film Independent, Life Happens, How to Cheat Film, Krysten Ritter, Los Angeles News

I saw three different narrative features this past week at Los Angeles Film Festival that were set in the Silverlake area of LA. I live in the area, and it was cool to see familiar spots captured through different eyes.

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If You Know What a Hipster Is... You Are One

Steven Nereo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hip, New York, Williamsburg, Style, Hipster, Cool, Echo Park, Los Angeles, Fashion, Electroclash, Bridge and Tunnel Trap, Hipster Trap, Unintentional Hipsters, Los Angeles News

Do you remember electroclash? I do. I worked at a club doing sound when it was big, and my easiest night was electroclash night. I mostly just had to ...

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The Artist's Time and Place in Echo Park

Gordy Grundy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chelsea, Fine Arts, Echo Park, Arts, Greenwich Village, Artists, Venice Beach, Charles Rappleye, Pedro Kim, Metias Viegener, Street Art, Austin Young, Little Joy, Gordy Grundy, Shep Fairey, Artillery Magazine, Dave Burns, Mat Gleason, Tulsa Kinney, Fallen Fruit, Duce, Ball-Nouges, Gaston Nouges, Sharktoof, Modern Art, Los Angeles, Cryptik, Contemporary Art, Robert Morris, K-Town Cowboys, Keith Niles, Buffy Visick, Leslie and the Badgers, Ben Crowley, Leslie Stevens, Arts News

Right here, right now, Echo Park in Los Angeles is a mad bonfire of energy and passion, a white flame that can burn no brighter.

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AK-47 Toting Suspect Killed In Echo Park Shootout

ktla.com | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Echo Park, Echo Park Shooting, Echo Park Ak-47, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- There was a deadly shooting Tuesday between LAPD officers and a felony suspect who allegedly opened fire on them with an AK-47 a...

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Two Dead In Echo Park Pot Dispensary Robbery

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Echo Park, Echo Park Dispensary Robbery, Echo Park Shootings, Dispensary Robbery, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Police say robbery appeared to be the motive in killings at two medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles that occurred within...

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Soundcrash: The Art Movement of Hip Hop

Carmen Zella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Openings, Art, Los Angeles-California, Graffitti, Los-Angeles-Art-Show, Echo Park, Crew, Grafitti-Artist, Events, Music, Live Music, Hip-Hop, Los Angeles, Djs, Arts News

Hip hop is an art movement. But where are you going to go to experience a true celebration of the visual impact of hip hop in its anti-establishment form?

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In Search of LA: 'Sherman, Set the Way-Back Machine...' (PHOTO)

Jim Stevenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Echo Park, Los Angeles Music, Tim Presley, White Fence Band, White Fence Album, Tim Presley White Fence, Los Angeles News

He resists the word "psychedelic", but the music on Echo Park musician Tim Presley's first solo album White Fence is, in many ways, a time tunnel straight back to 1967.

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Keeping the "Fun" in Fundraising: Chickens in Love

Joel Arquillos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chickens in Love, Origami, She & Him, 826la, Crystal Antlers, Fiona Apple, Echo Park, Judd Apatow, Cold War Kids, Tim & Eric, The Submarines, Fundraising, Echoplex, Impact News

Students created their own bands, wrote the lyrics to a song, and recorded a video of themselves performing their composition with the help of musically-inclined tutors.

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PLAN ForYourArt, February 4-7

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lacma, Art, Alexis Rochas, Machine Project, Museums, Hammer Museum, Echo Park, Fallen Fruit, Artists, Art Walk, Eric Owen Moss, Los Angeles, Sci-Arc, Los Angeles News

Every week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.

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Chef Speak: Scott Zwiezen

Heather Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Zwiezen, Recipes, Echo Park, Elf Cafe, Los Angeles News, Los Angeles Restaurants, Los Angeles, Best of La, Los Angeles News

In the hands of Scott Zwiezen at Echo Park's cozy Elf Cafe, humble ingredients are transformed into something rich and completely delicious -- as with his recipe for Risotto-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms.

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Some People Walk in LA

Steven Nereo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Echo Park, Sunday, Walking, Volkswagen, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Someone recently asked me "what's it all about?" and for some reason it reminded me of a recent walk.

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Haiti for the Long Haul: An Interview With TiGeorges

Tom McNalley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minustah, Papa-Doc-Duvalier, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Echo Park, Carrefour, TiGeorges Chicken, TiGeorges LaGuerre, Creole, Tigeorges, Los Angeles News

TiGeorges LaGuerre, the proprietor of TiGeorges Chicken: "People always say that Haiti is the poorest country this and that, but in cuisine we really take care of business."

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Living Through the Recession (Video)

Sparrow Songs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Echo Park, Documentary, Video, Unemployment, Los Angeles, Recession, Los Angeles News

What is reality of being out of work or living with serious financial uncertainty? We set up a backdrop at a Walgreen's in Echo Park and spoke with the people who passed by.

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10 Things Los Angeles Lost In 2009

franklinavenue.blogspot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Army Archerd, Echo Park, Los Angeles, The Derby, William Bratton, Angeles National Forest, Chili My Soul, Paul Moyer, Los Angeles News

It was another rough year for farewells in Los Angeles, where frequently there's truth to that old cliche that nothing here is ever permanent. A fe...

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Java Tour: Seven Top Coffee Shops on LA's Eastside

Pamela Ezell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cafe Tropical, Coffee, Stories, Coffee Shops, Intelligentsia, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Onyx Cafe, Free Trade, Figaro Bistrot, Downtown Los Angeles, Organic, Los Feliz, Latte, Urth Cafe, Cappuccino, L.A. Eastside, Silver Lake, Dtla, Lamill, Swork, Los Angeles News

This holiday season, venture beyond the multi-national latte when you're out and about on LA's Eastside.

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