The outdoor plays and festivals of Summer may have ended, but East Hollywood's jewel on the hill, Barnsdall Art Park is no less buzzing with activity this month.

The weekend of October 9th through the 11th saw the Beyond Eden Art Fair, a multi-gallery, multi-artist exhibit at the Municipal Art Gallery. Hundreds flocked to the event that weekend, which featured new works from several Los Angeles galleries, including East Hollywood's own La Luz De Jesus and Synchronicity Space. The event wasn't only a feast to the eyes but to the tastebuds as well, as several popular food trucks made their presence at Barnsdall that weekend.

Though a rainstorm put a damper on things, the Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center Farmer's Market returned on October 14 after a couple weeks' hiatus. The weekly market, which takes place on the street-level parking lot on Hollywood Blvd every Wednesday from 12 to 6 p.m., now features fruits and vegetables currently in-season for the Fall.

Seventeen youth artists were recognized on October 17 at the Junior Arts Center gallery for their participation in LA Commons' utility box mural project over the summer. The installation, entitled, "People Tie Places Together: The Other Hollywood/East Hollywood Stories" brought a diverse group of John Marshall and Helen Bernstein high school students together, under the direction of public artists Jose Lozano and Gloria Alvarez, to decorate four AT&T utility boxes along Hollywood Boulevard, as well as on Vermont Avenue. The youths shared personal and cultural reflections of growing up in East Hollywood and expressed them through images painted on the utility boxes and through poetry. Each youth received a $200 stipend for attending the youth mural workshops at Barnsdall over the summer, and for painting the boxes themselves.

The East Hollywood Neighborhood Council is a sponsor of LA Commons' utility box mural project.