22nd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce, Atwater Village Neighborhood Council on Thursday, Dec. 5 6 PM at  Wells Fargo Bank, 3250 Glendale Blvd.

The Tree In the median of Glendale Blvd as it passes thru Atwater Village towers a 50-year-old California Redwood Tree. At 80 feet tall, this tree can be seen as far away as the Hyperion Bridge to the West, and serves as a distinct landmark for those traveling from the East along Atwater’s “main street”…

Neighbors, 

As a member of the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council I’ve been invited to join the GlendaleHyperionAdvisoryGroup. Our first meeting will take place December 12, 2013; if anyone would like to pass on their thoughts and ideas regarding the BridgeProject please contact me at sergio@atwatervillage.org . All input will be…

After deep frying your Thanksgiving main dish, save the sewers by transporting your fatty dross to our local repurposing station. L.A. will reuse it as fuel. Our closest destination will also accept other household toxic chemical substances. A short drive up the 5 freeway, exit on Colorado as if you're going to the Galleria, then hang a right at Edendale exit and a left on Colorado and a right at…

The holidays are upon us and historic El Cid, continuing its celebration of 50 years of Flamenco, presents LA’s most exciting and authentic Flamenco Dinner Theater every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. El Cid, the historic Spanish-inspired restaurant and live music venue, located in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake Sunset Junction neighborhood brings these highly festive performances filled with dynamic rhythms from internationally and locally recognized artists. El Cid is…

El Cid turns into Honky Tonk Hacienda on Thursdays with bands, songwriters and musical instigators tearing it up in Outlaw Country, Roots, Old Time and Americana territory. In this special Wednesday night edition of Thursday’s Honky Tonk Hacienda, El Cid hosts a Pre-Thanksgiving Roots Community Hoedown with Triple Chicken Foot and a cavalcade of special guests. Honoring the tradition of roots music as a community-based experience - playing and singing for each other – the roots community…

El Cid continues its Tuesday Jazz Series this holiday season with Hot Club of Los Angeles performing gypsy jazz, a style of music pioneered by the Belgian guitar virtuoso and composer Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), on November 26, December 3, 10, and 17.

The seven members of the Hot Club of Los Angeles are all esteemed southern California-based musicians with backgrounds as sidemen and band leaders in a wide array of musical styles, including jazz, blues, country, rockabilly, jump…

Bringing in pitch hitter, Rev. Stephen McAlprin, was one of the keys to the Silver Lake team coming out ahead of Los Feliz and Atwater Village at Tuesday's Mixer Royale event. He's pictured here dropping a cookie from his forehead to his mouth with Atwater's representative Andy Hasroun. Co-sponsored by Atwater Village Chamber, Silver Lake…

You are invited to join the Silver Lake community and El Conquistador lovers everywhere for a farewell commemoration of this very special Mexican restaurant. The event will be held on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2 – 3 pm, at the Polka-Dot Plaza just across from El Conquistador (3701 Sunset Blvd., 90026), at the intersection of Edgecliff Dr. and Griffith Park Blvd. The occasion of course will be bittersweet, as El Conq (as the place is fondly known), which closes its doors for good on Dec. 22 after 40…

Join the Silver Lake Chamber and Atwater Village Chambers and Los Feliz Village Business Improvement District for Mixer Royale  Tues., Nov. 19^th 2013 – 7pm. Meet by Golden Road Brewing, Northland Village Church, 4520 Cutter Street, Los Angeles, CA 90039 (in North Atwater Village, access via Doran St). Bring business cards and a friendly sense of…

Check out the LA Weekly blog below -- re the Music Box Steps (and that's me, in the Indiana Jones hat, next to L & H) --

http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/11/free_things_to_do_hikes_bike_paths.php?page=3

Vince

El Cid turns into Honky Tonk Hacienda on Thursdays with bands, songwriters and musical instigators tearing it up in Outlaw Country, Roots, Old Time and Americana territory.

The inaugural monthly "throwback-Thursday" edition of the roots night, The Coyote Club, debuts on Thursday, November 21^st and will…

Local artists' homes will be open for tours this weekend from noon to 5 PM. Self-guided tour allows for intimate conversations with artists in their studios. Here is a map: …

“You can’t choose your family but you can choose your friends” Pre-holiday Community Mixer

 at Cliff’s Edge Saturday, November 9th 3-5 p.m. $35 per person The Friends of Micheltorena and Cliff's Edge have teamed up to host a get together for us: the business owners, neighbors and families in and around our neighborhood. This is our chance to get to know one another, while enjoying a sampling of the special flavors of our special…

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Thanks to Friends of Atwater Village for passing on this information. Bridge painting at Trader Joe's Silver Lake,

The City of Los Angeles has extended the public comment period on the current proposal to restore and retrofit the Hyperion Viaduct until …