Help clean up Atwater Village tomorrow!

Join neighbors, the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, Friends of Atwater Village and the Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce for a neighborhood cleanup of Glendale Boulevard tomorrow – Saturday, October 1, 2011.

There are two ways to join in on the improvement and empowering of our community:

1) Check in at Luis Lopez Automotive and pick up supplies [...]

Villagers come together to help Atwater school library

Recently, I received a gleeful phone call from my six-year-old nephew. He was so very excited to tell me about “library day” at his new school in Texas, at which he got “the biggest book ever, ever, ever” about jet airplanes. The kid told me things about the Concord I never even knew – imagine my [...]

Tomorrow is Autumn Nights on the Boulevard!

Summer’s officially over, and with the sun setting much earlier in the evening comes our last neighborhood night on the Boulevard tomorrow – Thursday, September 28, 2011.

Revo Cafe won’t be hosting live music this time around due to noise complaints from neighbors, but there will be live music in front of Kaldi Cafe.

Atwater Village Farm is [...]

Winner of the Atwater Village Salsa contest

Mitch O'Farrell of Garcetti's office judging salsa entries

The winner of Sunday’s annual Salsa Contest at the Atwater Village Farmers’ Market had some tough competition – 17 total entries were submitted, creating a colorful array of different types of delicious dips competing for gift certificates donated by local businesses.

Ben Callaway’s salsa, named “Buster”, took home a [...]

Tomorrow’s Frogtown Artwalk promises a festival-like atmosphere

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This weekend is full of festivals, artwalks, and plenty of celebrations around Northeast LA – after you’ve gotten your groove on nearby at the Echo Park Shop Hop and Art Walk, spend some time in Elysian Valley for the Sixth Annual Frogtown Artwalk!

The artwalk is a free, self-guided tour of art [...]

Submit your homemade salsa at the Atwater Village Farmers’ Market

Flickr photo via Worldharmony

Did somebody say salsa?

Salsa lovers and salsa makers come together this weekend at the Atwater Village Farmers’ Market for a competition of the sauces! Open to everyone, the annual salsa dip contest promises many winning prizes donated by local Atwater Village businesses like 55 Degree Wine and The Racket Doctor. Judges include [...]

Atwater Village brewery taps its first kegs

Atwater's own brewery, Golden Road Brewery, making beer!

The best part of the start of Fall? Forget the turning of the leaves, the changing of seasons – it’s Los Angeles, after all. The best part of fall is, of course, Octoberfest! And just in time for our favorite beer-filled month (including LA Beer Week), local Atwater [...]

Crime updates for Atwater Village

LA Times crime map 9/19/11

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 the LA Times online issued a crime alert for Atwater Village, citing an increase in property crime reports (crime reports are analyzed and issued based on the publication’s Crime L.A. database).

There were 10 property crimes reported in one week (September 11-17), compared to an average of [...]

Atwater Village history book signing at Potted

Join your Atwater Village friends, neighbors and fans for a book signing for the recently published Images of America: Atwater Village. The signing takes place at local nursery Potted in Atwater Village at 7:00 pm tomorrow – Thursday, September 15, 2011.

All authors will be present to sign your book, which includes Friends of Atwater Village board [...]

H&R Block vacates, 55 Degree Wine expanding?

A Public Hearing Notice posted recently in the parking lot of this Glendale Boulevard mini-mall indicates what we think is an expansion of our favorite Atwater Village wine & beer spot, 55 Degree Wine.

The notice for a conditional use permit, which has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, September 21, 2011, announces that the 1,438 square-foot former [...]