Alexander will present, “The Great Thoroughfare: A Spiritual Adventure from the Time of Genghis Khan” from his work in progress, Paths of Joy: Adventures in Spirit and Therapy.
Michael Alexander, UC-Riverside Religious Studies professor and author of Jazz Age Jews. Intellectual stimulation: The Dao in Downtown, an evening with Dr. Michael Alexander and Guitarist Jason Golday. Peters and Skid Row advocate Kevin Michael Key will engage the audience in conversation on issues such as possible similarities between the Bureau of Indian Affairs controversial Urban Relocation Program and current gentrification efforts in Skid Row. Peters, LEGACY OF EXILED NDNZ (11mins), which documents the lives of young Native Americans currently living in Los Angeles. This will be followed by a short film by Pamela J. First, a rare opportunity to see Kent Mackenzie’s THE EXILES (72mins), a 1961 film about young Native Americans living in L.A.’s Bunker Hill district. Two films on the Native American experience in Los Angeles. Rob Ochshorn talks about interacting with digital archives in the physical world and his process designing the Blue Book / Silver Book exhibition. Thursday, May 14, 7:00 pm ‘Global Gentrification? Hipster Los Angeles in Johannesburg’Ī presentation by Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor in the International Institute at UCLA.
Monday, May 4, 6:30 PM Skid Row activist General Jeff and cultural and political theorist Fred Dewey, who was involved in the beginning of the neighborhood councils movement, talk about the formation of the Skid Row Neighborhood Council.
Kenneth Marcus from the University of La Verne will touch on the history of Rent Parties, which developed during the Harlem Renaissance, and discuss the music scene on L.A.’s Central Ave. Saturday, May 2: 1st RENT PARTY will feature Skid Row’s own Alex Rodriguez Quartet and Prof. Tuesday, April 28, 3-5 pm: poetry workshop by Carmen Vegaįriday, May 8, 6:30-8 pm: poetry readingsįriday, May 15, 6:30-8 pm: poetry readingsįriday, May 22, 6:30-8 pm: poetry readings + PRIZE + party Tuesday, April 21, 3-5 pm: poetry workshop by Melvin Johnson READING by members from LAPD and Dramastage-Qumran Friday, April 17, 6:30-8:00 pm: ‘If the SHU Fits ‘ (Voices from Solitary Confinement)Ĭompiled by Melvin Ishmael Johnson and Andy Griggs
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