JACK BENNY (A MÉNAGE EN TRAIN is honored to receive another award win! The ENCORE! PRODUCERS’ AWARD!! Which means we get ONE MORE PERFORMANCE July 2nd @ 8:00p (a version never before seen!) Click here for tickets Use code ‘Padua’ for a special discount WHAT AUDIENCES AND CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT JACK BENNY “SHARPLY OBSERVED SOCIOPATHY, […]
Residents Push For Affordable Housing For Artists
Amid Gentrification, LA’s Arts District Residents Push For Affordable Housing For Artists June 21, 2021 Joseph Pimentel, Bisnow Los Angeles The Los Angeles Arts District is starting to miss something: artists. With the Arts District undergoing a massive transformation from an artists haven to a vibrant trendy cultural neighborhood destination, many of the artists that […]
Padualab: Jack Benny and Double Double - This Friday May 25
Jack Benny (A Menage en Train) and Double Double: Macbeth in Angel City Sponsored by Department of Cultural Affairs - City of Los Angeles, and the LA County Arts Commission, and LADADSpace. A Paualabs Arts Commons Event Friday May 25th @ MorYork Gallery 4959 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 $10 Suggested Donation
Arts District Artists Gains Window to Affordable Housing
Tuesday, May 22, 2021 Arts District Artists, Residents, Fight Back for Affordable Housing for Artists, See Gains from Developers In just a couple of months, a grass-roots group comprised of handful of artists and residents from the Arts District and the Santa Fe Art Colony, concerned about the displacement of artists from downtown LA, has […]
Artists rally for affordable live work spaces
Artists rally behind new Arts District building with 122 live-work lofts designed for artists “It’s a milestone in restoring and preserving the community of artists” By Jenna Chandler@jennakchandler May 16, 2018, 1:00pm PDT Plans for 122 new live-work lofts on the southern edge of the Arts District have breezed through the Los Angeles Planning Commission, buoyed by the […]
Save the Citizens’ Warehouse!
Metro is asking the city if it can tear down another 20,000 square feet of the Citizens Warehouse, the structure at 100 Center St. just off Santa Fe that was once a thriving cultural center and home to dozens of artists. The city purchased it a decade ago to rip off the south end to […]
Letter to Friends, Neighbors and Arts District Stakeholders
Dear Friends, Neighbors, Arts District Stakeholders: Attached is a graphic history of Los Angeles Downtown Arts District Space. As most of you know, LADADSpace is a non-profit dedicated to preserving the Arts District as a true creative community by sponsoring gallery, theater and other projects that create opportunities for artists and advocating for affordable housing for artists. We are facing a crisis. In […]
Jack Benny a Menage in Train
Jack Benny, a Menage in Train at the ‘The Resident, an Arts District bistro’ February 12, 2021 Jack Benny, a Menage in Train is a darkly comedic, surrealistic cabaret performance that bewilders, challenges and surprises. It is distinguished by a smart Joycean text married to a brilliant, slapstick performance.
Welcome Back, ‘Ed Ruscha Monument’
Welcome Back, ‘Ed Ruscha Monument’ DTLA - Is it an overstatement to say that the return of the “Ed Ruscha Monument” mural feels like the return of a friend you haven’t seen for a decade? Many would scoff, and would point out, correctly, that it’s just a piece (albeit a large piece) of inanimate two-dimensional […]
Everywhere but Nowhere @ District Gallery - Augmented Reality Art
May 6, 2021 – May 20, 2021 District Gallery Artist Reception: Sat May 6 @ 7pm 701 E 3rd Street Artists employ the techniques and technology of augmented and virtual reality to create interactive works that go beyond the walls of the gallery. The works help us to explore our physical and social environments […]