HOTELS IN CRISIS (AGAIN) PANEL – What if we bought an SRO hotel? 7/22
7/22 WEDNESDAY 7PM ~ HOTELS IN CRISIS (AGAIN) PANEL - What if we Bought it?DISCUSSION WITH WENDY PEDERSEN AND VANCOUVER’S DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE SRO COLLABORATIVE Vancouver, British Columbia's downtown has historical similarities to LA's Skid Row, including a significant affordable housing stock of SRO hotels. Learn how community organizers are…
LA Poverty DepartmentJuly 5, 2026
Hotels in Crisis (Again) exhibition
Exhibition: April 25 - December 26, 2026Open Thu, Fri, Sat, 2-5pm Opening reception, Saturday, April 25, from 5-8pmHotels in Crisis (Again) See link for more info. about panel conversations and events. WALK-THROUGH with Rosten WooThe opening reception will feature a 30-minute performance by the Los Angeles Poverty Department addressing the…
LA Poverty DepartmentApril 2, 2026
FREE Movie Nights at The Museum
Clinica de Migrantes 7/17
Screening Clinica de MigrantesFriday, July 17, 2026, 7pm Runtime: 40 min.Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin A Short Doc on the creation of Motherland by Teatro Almas Libres Teatro Almas Libres: A theatre troupe made up of women farmworkers in Sonoma County. And an unprecedented look into the workings of one of the only health…
LA Poverty DepartmentJuly 5, 2026
Workshops
Filmmaker class 7/17
Film Lover to FilmmakerEvery 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 3:30 - 5:30 PM at the Skid Row Museum. Free class For The Skid Row Community.Presented by Skid Row StoriesAward winning filmmaker and long time Skid Row resident Adam F. Johns will teach you how to make Short…
LA Poverty DepartmentJune 25, 2025
Sock Puppet making Workshop. 7/31
Sock Puppet Making Workshop from 2-5pm on the last Friday of the month.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…
LA Poverty DepartmentOctober 31, 2023
Theater workshops – Tue, Thu, Fri.
Performance / Theater Workshops > we're taking a break in July > see in August!EVERY Tuesday 2:30 - 5 PM and Thursday 5 - 7 PM@ Skid Row History Museum & Archive / 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 EVERY Friday: 1 - 3pm @ Skid Row Care Campus /…
LA Poverty DepartmentApril 20, 2023
OPEN MIC from 5-7:30pm 7/31
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
Projects – Info
SKID ROW ARTS ALLIANCE (SRAA) 7/9
The Skid Row Arts Alliance (SRAA) Community Meeting is every 2nd Thursday of the month from 10-11:30am. July 9: Join us for a Special Art Workshop with Crushow and The Sidewalk Project Check out the SRAA ARTS ZINE The SRAA Micro GrantThe Skid Row Arts Alliance (SRAA) Microgrant Program is…
LA Poverty DepartmentDecember 4, 2024
LA Tenants Union Downtown
Every Wednesday from 7-9pm: LOS ANGELES TENANTS UNION – DOWNTOWN LOCAL Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, before the meeting of the Los Angeles Tenants Union Downtown Local, Max and Hannah will facilitate a "Self-Empowerment Circle" Do you need repairs in our unit, but the landlord ignores you?Did…
LA Poverty DepartmentSeptember 27, 2024
Skid Row Now and 2040
Next SRN&2040 meeting is March 26, 4pm at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive. 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…
LA Poverty DepartmentApril 20, 2021
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, because of…
LA Poverty DepartmentFebruary 24, 2020
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 6-8pm Exhibition is open to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 2-5pm and by appointment. Skid Row Archive open for research on Monday, Tuesday,…
LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 23, 2017
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SRAA community Meeting
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SRAA community Meeting
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Jul 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
The Skid Row Arts Alliance (SRAA) Community meeting is every 2nd Thursday of the month from 10 – 11:30am. March 12 at 10-11:30 am at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 S. Broadway. Find out what’s happening with Arts in the neighborhood Hear from past microgrant recipients Create...
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THEATER WORKSHOP
@ Skid Row History Museum & Archive
THEATER WORKSHOP
@ Skid Row History Museum & Archive
Jul 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Open THEATER WORKSHOPS Skid Row History Museum & Archive 250 S. Broadway, Los Angels CA 90012 Each Tuesday: 2:30 – 5pm and Thursday: 5 – 7pm NEW: theater workshops at the Skid Row Care Campus 442 S Crocker St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Each Tuesday and Friday: 12 – 2pm...
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Theater workshop at Skid Row Car...
@ Skid Row Care Campus
Theater workshop at Skid Row Car...
@ Skid Row Care Campus
Jul 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
At the Skid Row Care Campus, we are performing the stories of the people who are in the mural at the campus and who were honored in our first Walk the Talk project in 2012. Together, they tell the history of our neighborhood, and there is always someone at the...
