Flowers and Fireworks???

You knew --it was coming, right after July 3rd, but couldn't get it together to see fireworks July 4Th? Cheer up, Binky, the Universe giveth --a beautiful Second chance: Friday July 11 and Saturday July 12.

Lotus Festival

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22416013@N06/

--will catapult you & yours into Summer...force you to shut off the 'Berry, the cell, the puter --leave the virtual world for the real, this week-end, right here in the 'hood' at "the lake."

Echo Park Lake: lotus flowers (will open in time?), Dragon Boat Races, Saturday and Sunday, and

• Live music, dance and entertainment


• Health Fair lectures on holistic fitness


• Art Show, across the street from the boathouse, at Cathedral Center of St. Paul, 850 Echo Park Avenue


• International Boutiques


• Children's Courtyard


• Food Booths of Asian and Pacific Islander cuisine


• Demonstrations - paper-cutting, hand painted scrolls, calligraphy, plant & flower expertise

• Fireworks over Echo Park Lake: both Friday and Saturday night




Lotus Festival

Echo Park Lake - Park Avenue between Glendale Avenue & Echo Park Boulevard, just north of Hollywood (#101) and Pasadena (#110) freeway junction, near Dodger Stadium

*Friday July 11, 2008 - 5:00 to 9:00 PM Friday - Night Jazz Series
*Saturday July 12, 2008 - 12 noon to 9:00 PM - fireworks display over Echo Park Lake both nights
*Sunday July 13, 2008 - 12 noon to 8:30 PM

Details:
http://www.laparks.org/grifmet/lotus.htm

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