Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Museums of the Arroyo Day: A fun and free peek at L.A. history

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Get your history for free this Sunday, May 19 when the annual Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day welcomes visitors to check out a slice of SoCal life from way back when. Three Highland Park museums and Heritage Square in Montecito Heights team up with two ... Read More »

Anyone know the lyrics to “Echo Park”? Forgotten L.A. sheet music gets an encore performance

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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 »

Highland Park council seeks support for outdoor movie nights

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The Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council is trying to drum up community support for an outdoor movie series, with the first film, the family-friendly “Finding Nemo,” scheduled to be screened on Saturday night at the Highland Park Recreation Center.  Whether there will be  more “Movie Under ... Read More »

Another Starbucks maybe brewing on York Boulevard

If you can’t go very far without stopping for a Starbucks fix then you will like what a Highland Park property owner has in mind for a York Boulevard burger stand. The owner of the Classic Burger property on the eastern edge of York Boulevard near ... Read More »

Northeast L.A. bike lane battle spreads to business community

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Signs in favor of  saving auto lanes  have popped up in some store and restaurants windows across Eagle Rock and Highland Park as the city considers replacing traffic with  bike lanes on Colorado Boulevard and Figueroa Street. On Saturday, some of those merchants may find their ... Read More »

Where to go for flavorful Asian fast food in Northeast L.A.? Look for the Bruce Lee statue

While pupusas, tacos, mariscos and Jumbo Jacks abound, vegetables are hard to come by on the strip of Figueroa Street where Cypress Park meets Highland Park. Enter: Ayta Grill. The small Japanese “Teriyaki House & Tea Room” (Note: I didn’t see any actual tea on my ... Read More »

Sunday in the dungeon with Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne shares stories about his Highland Park family home during a stop in the dungeon. /Photo by Martha Benedict From a bell tower and chapel to a pipe organ and a dungeon-like basement, the nearly century old Abbey San Encino, a Highland Park landmark clad ... Read More »

Always Up For A Dance: Very Be Careful at Mr. T’s Bowl

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Richard Guzman of Very Be Careful at Highland Park show/Nathan Solis Story and Photos By Nathan Solis The crowd came prepared to dance  at Friday night’s Very Be Careful show at Mr. T’s Bowl, the atmosphere at the Highland Park club thick with cumbia rhythms. Very ... Read More »

Highland Park gets down to business

A cruise down Figueroa Street and York Boulevard will reveal many new businesses across Highland Park.  On Saturday, those newcomers and long-time Highland Park business owners (with and without storefronts) will get a chance to meet, greet and exchange business cards during a small business mixer ... Read More »

Save The Date: Highland Park Medieval-style landmark open for tours

By Nicole Possert A rare glimpse inside a Medieval-style landmark of Arroyo Culture – the Abbey San Encino in Highland Park – will be available  to the public this coming Sunday, April 21, as part of a  fundraising  for Highland Park Heritage Trust.  This private home  built ... Read More »

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