Elysian Park

A Tour Through the L.A. That Could Have Been

Davy Rothbart: Professional Fool for Love

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Davy Rothbart sits at a picnic table in Elysian Park with a Discman in his pocket. Someone actually stopped him on the street recently while he was traveling on a book tour and ... More >>

Echo Park: Greatest Neighborhood in Los Angeles, Which has 87 of Them

By Hillel Aron Echo Park is, depending on your point of view: the poor man's Silver Lake, the rich man's Highland Park, the Williamsburg of the West Coast, a 40,455-personl working-class burg full of diversity and a wee bit of gang violence. Or, it's that strange little neighborhood you drive throu ... More >>

Mayan Apocalypse Parties

Things to do in Mexico when the world's ending

Our Review of a Dance Show Performed at a Respiratory Hospital, Including Dancing Lungs

Choreographer Heidi Duckler, in her ongoing tour of dance-making at little-known and under-appreciated historic corners of Los Angeles, has turned her keen eyes for movement and architecture to the Barlow Respiratory Hospital. The Barlow was built in 1902 in Elysian Park as a sanatorium for tubercul ... More >>

Dodgers Opening Day Will be Swarmed by Cops Hoping to Avoid Repeat of Bryan Stow

Cops are planning to swarm Dodger stadium and nearby Elysian Park on opening day tomorrow. If you remember last year's opening day, then you know why. Among the violence that broke out was the horrific beating of Giant's fan Bryan Stow, who was put in a coma. The LAPD today said it was prepared to ... More >>

Cyclists Plan to 'Crash' the L.A. Marathon

Bikes versus cars is a classic transportation battle in traffic-clogged Los Angeles. But bikes versus runners? Now there's a showdown we could get behind. Wolfpack Hustle, the uber-enthused cycling group most famous for racing an airplane across L.A. County during Carmageddon, has another sort-of s ... More >>

Five Artsy Things to See This Week, Including Big Holes and Female High Jumpers

This week's list offers artists making rules, breaking rules or trying to figure out what the rules even are. It also includes a walking tour. 5. War against the photograph Around 2004, painter David Hockney, famous for slick, smart renderings of SoCal swimming pools and uncomfortably posed sociali ... More >>

Sex Assault in Park Follows Victim's Twitter Broadcast of Her Location: LAPD Investigates

Al HerrmannA view from Elysian Park.​Updated at the bottom with more details from the LAPD. First posted at 7 a.m. A young woman who moments earlier tweeted her location was sexually assaulted in Elysian Park, police told the Weekly last night. It happened on Halloween afternoon to a woman i ... More >>

Santa Ana Winds Usher in L.A. Fire Season

The winds are upon us.​It may feel cooler and more wintery outside (OK, still in the upper 60s and 70s; sorry Denver), but don't be fooled: What has the potential to be SoCal's worst fire season ever is only just now settling in. We had a few scares back in the beginning of September -- inclu ... More >>

Gilbert 'Magú,' Luján, Chicano Art Icon: An Appreciation

Gil Ortiz​ Gilbert "Magú" Luján used to laugh when described as a Chicano art icon, but he is more than deserving of the title. His irreverent, playful work across a broad spectrum of media that included cardboard, metal, ceramic tile and organic material, among others, fused a distinct visu ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Ribfest, Soda Tasting, Food For Thought, Live & Dine LA ColLAboration Beer Garden

ColLAboration Beer Garden Forget Bastille Day. In honor of Belgian Independence Day (actually celebrated on July 21st), ColLAboration will theoretically have Belgian brews on tap at its third summer beer garden. Technically, ColLAboration is a members-only club. For members, admission is free f; f ... More >>

LA Donut Summit Returns: Deep-Fried Mayhem

With the highest number of per capita donut shops of any major metropolitan area in the United States, Los Angeles is the ideal locale for a donut confab. Following on the greasy heels of 2009's Hot Dog Death March and last year's inaugural Donut Summit, the 2nd LA Donut Summit will unite donut co ... More >>

BBC Commentator Blasts L.A.'s "Money-Hating" Hippies

Look at this fucking (hot) hippie ​"In Elysian Park, hippie tribes gather 20,000 strong ..." And so begins this hilarious BBC commentary on a love-in in L.A. that features the Steve Miller Band when they were The Miller Blues Band. "The money-hating flower children are paradoxically, produc ... More >>

Bone Bungling at Old Cemetery

Native Americans get short shrift as LA Plaza downtown opens under a cloud

Stolen SUV Turned Clown Car: 7 Women, 1 Man Detained in Freeway LAPD Chase

KTLAThe Big Eight​There was a bona fide party on the 110 South this chilly morning, when an SUV with stolen plates was pulled over after an LAPD chase on the 5 from Burbank. Guess who tumbled out?

Los Angeles: Why So Stressful? 10 Reasons

​Twice in the past month, different snooty national magazines have judged us the second most stressful city in the nation. Forbes judged our stress level on high unemployment, long commute times, long working hours, and bad health, while Portfolio also looked at heart disease, bad air, crim ... More >>

Another Animal Part (Maybe) Found Near Elysian Park

​Great story from Eastsider LA, combining freakishness, gore and bureaucratic lethargy. A dog walker was on the Corralitas Red Car trail when he saw an object that turned out to be something that resembled ... a stomach. The Eastsider reports the guy didn't think it appeared to be human.

Chicken Parts Found in Elysian Park After Last Week's Find Of Headless Goat

Goat with head. ​But it wasn't just a headless goat last week. Also a "bird of prey" -- this according to The Eastsider LA blog, which is all over the Elysian Park mutilated animals story. Apparently, last week two woman found what appeared to be a recently deceased baby goat and bird of prey ... More >>

LAPD Plans DUI Checkpoints For Cinco De Mayo And Beyond

​The Los Angeles Police Department is warning Cinco de Mayo revelers to keep it safe and sane, because they've got four DUI checkpoints planned through the weekend. "Cinco de Mayo has become a traditional time for many to celebrate California's rich cultural history," the department states on ... More >>

L.A. Public Sex On The Rise; Cops Crack Down

georgemichael.com​Occupancy at Los Angeles hotels was down almost 10 percent last year (PDF). Public, out-in-the-open sex, however, has been on the rise, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Coincidence? We don't think so! People are downsizing their sex budgets. More than 90 peopl ... More >>

EATLACMA Debuts This Weekend: A Year-long Project From LACMA and Fallen Fruit

EATLACMA is neither Joachim Splichal's latest museum café nor an art house monster movie, but a year-long project investigating the social role of food and art and the rituals of eating. The project is a collaboration between the LA County Museum of Art and Fallen Fruit, the LA-based artist collect ... More >>

Officer Was Drunk And Had Been Imbibing At Police Academy Before Fatal Crash

​A Los Angeles police officer who died in a motorcycle crash last week had blood-alcohol content "well over" the legal limit for driving and had been imbibing at a bar at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park as part of longstanding "payday Wednesday" festivities at the campus, police ... More >>

Inch By Inch: Gathering of Community Gardens at Farmlab This Weekend

If you find yourself considering the current state of your lawn, or questioning how best to garden during a drought, it might be a good idea to head over to the Gathering of Community Gardens conference in downtown LA for some fresh ideas on how to nurture a sustainable garden in the city of Los Ang ... More >>

We Want Healthy School Lunches: Peaceful Protest in Potluck Form

Brooke BurtonHelping kids to eat fresh food​Every day more than 30 million public school children in America, from both rich and poor communities, are served food made from ingredients that cost less than a dollar. That's based on a breakdown of the USDA's reimbursement budget to the National Scho ... More >>

Camilo Ontiveros: “I Want Your Washing Machine” at Steve Turner Contemporary

Tonight: Members of No Age, Germs, RTX Judge Dancers at the 'New York Night Train Soul Clap Dance-Off"

This looks like a frickin' party. The great L.A. Record is bringing New York Night Train to LA tonight to host its Soul Clap Dance Off at the Nomad Gallery, which is tucked between i-5 and the LA River just north of Elysian Park.

When Will Dodger Stadium's Makeover Begin?

LA DodgersThe future according to Frank McCourtToday's Eastsider L.A. looks at what's cookin' at the Ravine. Or rather, how quiet the L.A. Dodgers and owner Frank McCourt have been over plans to spend half a billion dollars to give  the team's ballpark a megaplex makeover, by developing it into ... More >>

WELCOME BAT, MANNY!

Get your French on during Bastille Day in Los Angeles

Our ears might still be ringing and eyes burning from the sounds and sights of exploding fireworks, but big national holidays aren't behind us yet. Next up: Bastille Day on Tuesday, July 14.

Newport '69 Remembered

Kevin Roderick recalls L.A.'s forgotten Woodstock, a three-day open-air concert in Northridge that still brings smiles to its participants. In his L.A. Observed entry, Roderick recalls that "Jimi Hendrix jammed with Buddy Miles on Sunday afternoon in a session still bootlegged around the Internet, n ... More >>

Weekend Agenda: Wine Festivals, Champers Galore, Sunday in the Park with Gauls

'Tis the weekend of competing wine events and food festivals. The mega LA Wine Fest happens at Raleigh Studios Hollywood on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with hundreds of wineries representing, and special educational seminars ($55 one-day pass, $100 weekend pass). The Wine House's Santa Barbara W ... More >>

Dogma: Is the Power of Now About Chasing Garbage Trucks and Peeing on Bushes?

The wisdom of Willa

Going to Blazes: Elysian Park's Red-Hot Fire Danger

The Fire Next Time Dept.: The Eastsider L.A. has a good profile of the fire dangers facing Elysian Park -- home to the Dodgers, family picnics and Sunday lowrider-car gatherings. The piece begins with a portentous look at a tiny, obscured patch of blackened grass -- spotted against the backdrop of S ... More >>

Today in Photographs: March 20, 1965

U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas addresses members of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park, which would successfully block city plans to build a convention center near Dodger Stadium.Photo: L.A. Times/UCLA CollectionClick image to enlarge

Track of the Cat: Echo Park Bob Sightings

Residents who live on the outskirts of Elysian Park know that their hill slopes and back yards have recently become outdoor kennels for roaming coyotes. Until the rains came, the feral canines could be spotted lolling on their backs in gardens or chewing up drip lines in search of water. The hearts ... More >>

Thank God It's Frightday

What to do, Halloween Week 2008

Banking on Disaster: A Day in the Life at the End of the World

What do you do when it seems as though you're the last man on Earth with a savings account?

Best Place to Tie the Knot: Marvimon

Parks and Wreck: L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Space

In search of the Emerald City

Along Came a Spider, a Poet and a Hip Aristocrat

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Best Anachronistic Bird Watching

The Bird Man of Elysian Park

Best Carpool-Tunnel Syndrome

Forget About Your Cares, it Is Time to Relax at the Junction (Sunset Junction)

Mi Casa, Su Casa

An experiment in public/private living

Revels Without a Pause

The backyard party life of teens

Will You Marinade Me?

Hot spots for barbecuing

11 Cool Views of the L.A. River

Lowrider Ergo Sum

The code and creed of the Ranfla Tribe

The Belmont Site Cannot Be Made Safe

It is both unique and uniquely dangerous