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Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD)

Founded in 1985, LAPD is made up of people who make art and live and work in Skid Row...

 

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Performance, visual art and community conversations. It's an epic history of Skid Row!...

 

Festival for All Skid Row Artists

LAPD's yearly arts festival at Gladys Park in Skid Row...

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Exhibition @ Skid Row Museum

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Welcome to the Covid Hotel 3/9-14/12

Welcome to the Covid HotelUnveiling unexpected lessons about healthcare for the homeless that emerged from LA County-run quarantine sites during the Covid crisis. Exhibition: March 9 – December 14, 2024Open: Thu, Fri, Sat: 2-5pm A series of panel discussions happening at the Museum on Wednesdays at 6:30pm, March 27: Adversity…
LA Poverty Department
February 19, 2024

Events

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15th Festival For All Skid Row Artists: Oct. 26 & 28

GET READY FOR THE 15th FESTIVAL FOR ALL SKID ROW ARTISTSON OCTOBER 26 & 27, 2024 FROM 12-4PM EACH DAY IN GLADYS PARK.If you’d like to perform, exhibit your artwork or do a workshop write us an email us at [email protected] or call 213-413.1077Performers have time slots of 5, 10 and 15 minutes.Or…
LA Poverty Department
September 27, 2024

Movie Nights at The Museum

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Tokyo Uber Blues 10/4

FREE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM Friday, October 4, 2024, 7pmFREE Movie Screenings, Free popcorn, Free Coffee & Free Conversation Screening: Tokyo Uber BluesWritten and Directed by Taku Aoyagi and Kazuo OsawaRun Time 60 min Shot with a mix of smartphones and GoPros from a first person perspective, filmmaker Taku Aoyagi takes us…
LA Poverty Department
September 27, 2024
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The STRONGEST MAN 10/18

FREE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM Friday, October 18, 2024, 7pmFREE Movie Screenings, Free popcorn, Free Coffee & Free Conversation Screening: The STRONGEST MANWritten and Directed by Kenny RichesRun Time 99 min.Q&A with Kenny Riches The Strongest Man is a Miami-centric comedy about an anxiety-ridden Cuban - American man, who fancies himself the strongest…
LA Poverty Department
September 27, 2024

Workshops

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Theater workshops

Performance workshops / rehearsalsEach Tuesday from 2-5pm and Thursday from 7-9pmat the Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 South Broadway, Los Angeles CA 9001 We create theater performances from scratch and with creative input from everyone involved. Improvise, write and perform with us. Skid Row’s original creative group continues…
LA Poverty Department
April 20, 2023

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