At the Highland Park zine-making workshop at Pop-Hop Books and Prints, all I could think about was kindergarten, when as a child I had an endless thread of creativity. A few minutes before I was stuck in L.A. traffic, nudging along the streets. Now the sound ... Read More »
The past several years found photographer Martin Cox obsessed with his new subject: Echo Park Lake. After living within sight of the lake for many years, Cox began to actively document images of the historic heart of the neighborhood in 2004. “I began taking pictures around ... Read More »
With the opening of “Entertainment System” last Friday, the Echo Park gallery space iam8bit celebrates the home video game console and all the characters that it has spawned over the decades. It was a colorful show and a thrilling opening night, with hundreds of adults who ... Read More »
Welcome to The Listening Station, The Eastsider’s dose of must-listens from local bands. Get to know your community by getting to know the music they are making. Feel free to let us know what Eastside bands or performers – in any genre- you are listening to ... Read More »
The eighth annual Lummis Day on Sunday, June 2 will celebrate the arts, culture and history of Northeast L.A. with a wide variety of musical and dance performances as well as poetry readings and family-friendly activities. Lummis Day – named in honor of Charles Lummis, an ... Read More »
On the parking lot next to the Cypress Park Home Depot, in the shadow of an elevated section of the 5 Freeway, the Cypress Park Community Job Center usually draws a crowd of day laborers seeking work. This morning, however, the center attracted a group of ... Read More »
The life of an artist is difficult. The art scene is fickle. Rafael Serrano of Highland Park knows that first hand. “I should be much further ahead in my career today. If only I didn’t drift away for those twelve years,” artist Rafael Serrano says inside ... Read More »
Never heard of the song “Echo Park” by Buzz Clifford? How about the “California Polka” by Miss Julia W. Pomeroy? Know the tune to “Take Me Out to Venice” by Tess Hankinson and Martin G. Van Bergen? If you are not familiar with these rather obscure ... Read More »
Saturday night saw the grand opening of one of Northeast L.A.’s most unusual art spaces: a Cypress Park pedestrian tunnel under Figueroa Street. Eastsider contributor Nathan Solis, who wrote about the tunnel last week, returned Saturday night for the opening show. Yancey Quinones, owner of Antigua ... Read More »
Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, but now, thanks to Quinones, it’ll soon be reopened this Saturday night – ... Read More »