{"id":1427,"date":"2015-03-18T09:43:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T04:06:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"songs-from-skid-row-a-fundraising-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/2015\/03\/18\/songs-from-skid-row-a-fundraising-event\/","title":{"rendered":"SONGS FROM SKID ROW | a fundraising event"},"content":{"rendered":"

THESE<\/span> DAYS<\/span>, MORE<\/span> THANNE<\/span> and GAME<\/span> GIRLS<\/span> are hosting an event connecting the new and old Downtown Los Angeles. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be celebrating the launch of the Game Girls <\/span>Indiegogo Campaign<\/a>, where we seek your support to complete a unique documentary about the female experience in skid row. We have already raised $7,800 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which is amazing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but we need your help to meet our goal of $20,000. Together, WE CAN<\/span> DO THIS<\/span>!<\/p>\n

Game Girls<\/em> is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A poetic take on Skid Row\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Game Girls<\/em> re-imagines what the documentary film genre can be.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d -Shana Nys Dambrot for KCET<\/span> Artbound.<\/p>\n

We want to share some of what our team has learned and discovered along our journey making Game Girls!<\/em> And trust us, you NEED<\/span> TO SEE<\/span> THIS<\/span>.<\/p>\n

See Downtown Los Angeles through director Alina Skrzeszewska\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes. She has been making films in Skid Row for nearly a decade. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be screening her award winning documentary Songs From The Nickel<\/a><\/em> in Indian Alley from 7:00 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 8:30PM. The film is comprised of 8 vignettes that will take you into the small flophouse rooms of an era since passed, into the old King Eddy Saloon, to underground tunnels of LA and street corners that have since drastically changed\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Pop in and out, grab a drink and meander from the screening in Indian Alley to THESE<\/span> DAYS<\/span> store & gallery to view the late Carl Ramsey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beautiful portrait series Women of Skid Row<\/a><\/em> and other urban landscapes. Visit More Thanne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s special vintage sale, where 15% of the profit will be donated directly to Game Girls.<\/em> More Thanne will also feature exclusive, unreleased clips from Game Girls!<\/em> Listen to a live set of eclectic \u00e2\u20ac\u0153soul ethnique\u00e2\u20ac\u009d tunes by Gaio, straight from Marseille, France! And get inspired by a soulful, healing musical presentation by Downtown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very own Charles Porter. Snacks and Drinks generously provided by our wonderful neighbors at Blossom and The Must.<\/p>\n

Your donations will help fund the completion of Game Girls.<\/em> Please donate what you can \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we suggest a $20 or more contribution \u00e2\u20ac\u201c every dollar counts. Our goal through this campaign is not only to raise money to move the film forward, but also to build awareness. We can do this together!<\/p>\n

If you cannot make it to the event, please consider donating directly to the GAME<\/span> GIRLS<\/span> Indiegogo Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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THESE DAYS, MORE THANNE and GAME GIRLS are hosting an event connecting the new and old Downtown Los Angeles. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be celebrating the launch of the Game Girls Indiegogo Campaign, where we seek your support to complete a unique documentary about the female experience in skid row. We have already raised $7,800 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which is amazing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,11,13,14,17,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}