Start Your Weekend Here!
A look at what’s going on around the Eastside this weekend — and your Eastside weather.
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⭐ Featured Events
⭐ Blessing of the Animals at Echo Park Lake. All creatures great and small are invited to a Blessing of the Animals at Echo Park Lake on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 4 p.m. Pets will receive a blessing and St. Francis medal. Saturday, Oct. 3. Details (Sponsored)
⭐ Blessing of the Animals at St. Mary of the Angels. A free outdoor blessing of animals following Sunday mass, honoring St. Francis of Assisi. Please bring your beloved pets, (suitably restrained of course), to the front courtyard. Sunday, Oct. 4 Details (Sponsored)
Saturday, October 3
Angelino Heights—Explore L.A.’s Secret Victorian Neighborhood through a walking tour with the Los Angeles Conservancy. 🏘️👟
Boyle Heights—Hang with creatives at Las Fotos Project’s Night to Network. Plus enter to win prizes and gift cards. 🤝📸
5 – 8pm | Free (RSVP) | Ages 13 – 26
Boyle Heights—Stop by The Paramount for Heritage Night. See a lineup of artists presented by The SoCal Sound & Bilingual Sounds. 🎶🎊
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Eagle Rock—Make a reservation for The Halloween Movie Cookbook — Authors’ Chat and Book Signing at the Women’s Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock. Learn new recipes for the season from the authors. 🧑🍳🎃📖
🧑🧑🧒🧒Echo Park—Bring your beloved pets to the lake for Blessing of the Animals. Receive a blessing and a St. Francis medal by the Holy Spirit Community and St. Athanasius Church. ⛪🐶🐱🐦🐍
Glassell Park—See a lineup of musical performances through Huffima Production’s The Tapeworm Presents: Night Coffee II at Ponder. 🎶
🧑🧑🧒🧒Griffith Park—Gather your coven and head to The Autry for a Street Food Cinema screening of Hocus Pocus (1993). 📽️🍿🧙
🧑🧑🧒🧒Historic Filipinotown—Adopt a kitten or cat while shopping for books and food at A Good Used Book’s Saturday School: Kitten Rescue LA Edition. 🐱🛍️
Sunday, October 4
D.T.L.A.—Register for Urban Milpa to learn about Medicinal Teas in time for the fall season at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. 🫖🌿
Eagle Rock—Pair your writing skills with spooky season at the Center for the Arts. Sign up for Horror Writing with Sandy Grossman who will teach the basics of the horror genre. ✍️🧟👻🧛
4 – 6pm | $125 | 4-week workshop
Los Feliz—Take a Private Tour of the Magical Workshop & Automaton Collection of John Gaughan at the Philosophical Research Society. 🎩✨
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