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THE COVID HOTEL WELCOMES YOU TO THE FUTURE – performance

PRESS RELEASE:This Skid Row theater group is using art to address the healthcare crisis for the unhoused, even in the face of funding cuts. Los Angeles Poverty Department combines theater and public discussions to push for a recuperative care model proven successful during the Covid-19 pandemic.Now, government cuts threaten to…

LA Poverty DepartmentNovember 27, 2024

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July 2025 CALENDAR

LA Poverty DepartmentNovember 6, 2024

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Walk the Talk 2014 -2024 exhibition

Walk the Talk 2014 -2024 exhibitionJuly 10 – August 23 open Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 2-5pm.OPENING RECEPTION on Thursday, July 10, 5pm – with music by Marco Garay.The portraits of the honorees of the first Walk the Talk parade / performance in 2012, were created by Mister Brainwash. You can see all 36…

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 25, 2025

FREE Movie Nights at The Museum

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Minari 7/18

July 18, at 7pm: Screening MINARIDirected by Lee Isaac ChungRuntime: 1 hr. 55 min. A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed,…

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 24, 2025

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Menashe 8/1

August 1, 7pm: Screening MenasheDirected by Joshua Z WeinsteinRuntime: 1 hr. 22 min. Shot in secret entirely within the Hasidic community depicted in the film, and one of the only movies to be performed in Yiddish in nearly 70 years, Menashe is a warm, life-affirming look at the universal bonds between father…

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 24, 2025

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Sew Torn 8/15

August 15, 7pm Screening : SEW TORNDirected by Freddy MacdonaldRuntime: 1 hr. 40 min. A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 24, 2025

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MOONLIGHT 9/5

Friday, September 5, 2025, 7pmScreening MOONLIGHTDirected by Barry JenkinsRuntime: 1 hr. 51 min. A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. At…

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 25, 2025

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MAST Community Grief Circle 7/24 +

Session 01: Grief in Service of SolidarityThursday, July 24 7-9PM Grief in Service of Solidarity is an exercise in relying upon our communities and comrades during difficult seasons of life, and imagining our networks to be expansive and generative sources of support. Together, we will engage in ritual to encourage our…

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 25, 2025

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Filmmaker class 7/18 +

Film Lover to FilmmakerStarting Friday, July 18, 3 - 5PM and then every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at the Skid Row Museum. Free class For The Skid Row CommunityPresented by Skid Row StoriesAward winning filmmaker and long time Skid Row resident Adam F. Johns will teach you…

LA Poverty DepartmentJune 25, 2025

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Sound Bowls & Tacos – 6/30

Sound Bowls & Tacos with Ptah Ahochi Tehuti Eil. Every Last Monday of the month, from 11 am -1pm.Meditation & Healing, food for body and soul.

LA Poverty DepartmentApril 17, 2025

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Documentary Photography Working Group

Hosted by the Public School Los Angeles1st and 3rd Monday from 7-9pm, starting March 17.The Documentary Photography Working Group aims at creating a space for LA photographers to collectively reflect on their work and the status of documentary in our contemporary era. Discussion will be guided around the history of…

LA Poverty DepartmentMarch 6, 2025

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SKID ROW ARTS ALLIANCE (SRAA) 7/10

The Skid Row Arts Alliance (SRAA) Community meets EVERY 2ND THURSDAY o0 the month from 11am -12:30pm at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive. Our July Community meeting is on Thursday, 7/10 at Studio 526 at 11 am. We'll catch up on what's happening in the arts in Skid…

LA Poverty DepartmentDecember 4, 2024

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MUTUAL AID SELF / SOCIAL THERAPY (MAST) – 6/28

Each 4th Sunday of the month, 2-4 pm MUTUAL AID SELF / SOCIAL THERAPY (MAST) with Mel Butler - hosted by the Public School Los Angeles. MAST was originally developed by the Jane Addams Collective in order to address the growing need for mental health support for radical organizers. This…

LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 31, 2024

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Sock Puppet making Workshop

Each Last Friday of the Month at 3pm --- just before the OPEN MICLearn how to make your own SOCK PUPPET with Marilyn Irizarry. In December of 2022 Marilyn began making “Sock Puppets” and she's been offering the workshops at the Skid Row History Museum with other community members since…

LA Poverty DepartmentOctober 31, 2023

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Theater workshops

Performance workshops / rehearsalsWe're taking a break!Staring back up in September > each Tuesday from 2-5pm and Thursday from 6-8pmat the Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 South Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90012 We create theater performances from scratch and with creative input from everyone involved. Improvise, write and…

LA Poverty DepartmentApril 20, 2023

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Creative Writing workshop 7/15

Every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 10:30 - 12 / noon.Join Ivy Pochoda and Hayk Makhmuryan, who are leading the creative writing workshop at the Skid Row Museum. It's FREE, a lot of fun and the coffee is fresh and free as well. In March and April the Creative…

LA Poverty DepartmentApril 19, 2023

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OPEN MIC from 5 – 7:30pm

Every last Friday of the month from 5 -7:30pm.DTLA OPEN MIC with Lorinda bringing the Open Mic, which she and Hayk started at Studio 526, full circle at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive. A Skid Row neighborhood party!Snacks - Coffee - Bdays - Collaboration - Reconnections - Celebration…

LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 13, 2023

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LA Tenants Union Downtown

Every Wednesday from 7-9pm: LOS ANGELES TENANTS UNION – DOWNTOWN LOCALDo you need repairs in our unit, but the landlord ignores you? Did you get an eviction notice?Let us know! Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, before the meeting of the Los Angeles Tenants Union Downtown Local, Max…

LA Poverty DepartmentSeptember 27, 2024

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Year End Letter 2024

Year End Letter 2024 Dear Friends of LA Poverty Department, Like it or not 2025 is about to arrive. Believe it or not there is good news. And Los Angeles Poverty Department is focused on augmenting the positive impact of good things that are happening. Our main project this year…

LA Poverty DepartmentDecember 3, 2021

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Skid Row Now and 2040

Skid Row Now & 2040 is a coalition of Skid Row grassroots groups and residents, including Los Angeles Poverty Department, United Coalition East Prevention Project, Los Angeles Catholic Worker, Los Angeles Community Action Network and other Skid Row residents and leaders, which has been in dialogue with the Los Angeles Department of…

LA Poverty DepartmentApril 20, 2021

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Walk The Talk website

Walk the Talk is no ordinary walk. It’s a biannual parade! LA Poverty Department brings Skid Row to life with performances along the parade route that pay tribute to neighborhood initiatives and the men and women whose contributions to the community call for a big, blaring celebration! On May 30, 2020 we celebrated…

LA Poverty DepartmentFebruary 24, 2020

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Skid Row Arts Alliance

The Skid Row Arts Alliance is a consortium of artist-driven arts organizations, comprised of people living and working in Skid Row, working to create art and community in Skid Row. The purpose of Skid Row Arts Alliance is to knit the fabric of the Skid Row neighborhood through the creation…

LA Poverty DepartmentSeptember 23, 2019

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Skid Row History Museum & Archive activities

Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Performance workshops are open to everyone, on Tuesday 2-5pm & Thursday 7-9pm Exhibition is open to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 2-5pm and by appointment. Skid Row Archive open for research on Tuesday, Thursday and…

LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 23, 2017