{"article":{"id":215215,"heading":"LA vs WAR","author":"Elzo Rillo","created":"2008-03-17 15:01:35","modified":"2013-11-11 00:53:09","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:53:09","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Produced by John Carr &amp; Yopeace.org, this four-day event is will take place in Downtown Los Angeles. <br><br> LA vs WAR highlights the travesty of a senseless war now going into its 6th year, giving LA artists a platform to exercise their freedom of speech. Hundreds of artists representing our diverse communities unite in delivering a universal message of peace and understanding, and offering resistance and opposition to the US government&rsquo;s war policies. <br><br> LA vs WAR highlights: <br><br> - Yo! What Happened to Peace?: posters on display from the international touring peace poster exhibition; <br>  <br> live anti-war poster screen-printing demos <br>  <br> - Hit &amp; Run + Mark of the Beast: live t-shirt printing; display of corporate-jammed logo spoofs <br>  <br> - Crewest Graffiti &amp; Stencil Art Garden: graffiti artist network doing live graffiti and stencil painting <br>  <br> - Center for the Study of Political Graphics: a display from the United States&rsquo; <br>  <br> premier political poster archives of anti-war themes <br>  <br> -Artwork Exhibition: handmade creations by over 20 independent local artists <br>  <br> - Universal Peace Altar: a memorial to lives lost in the war created by Ofelia Esparza <br>  <br> - Dublab.com: music selections created by DJs from the web radio collective, DubLab <br>  <br> - Lost Film Festival: film and video celebration of culture jamming and illegal art <br>  <br> - Staged Works: theater performances &amp; spoken word <br>  <br> - Laser Graffiti Video Projections: interactive entertainment provided by Todd Lazer <br><br> LA vs WAR schedule: <br><br> Wednesday, April 9, 2008: special sneak preview, 7-11 p.m. <br>  <br> Thursday, April 10, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. <br>  <br> Friday, April 11, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. <br>  <br> Saturday, April 12, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. <br>  <br> Sunday, April 13, 2008: 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. <br><br> LA vs WAR at The Firehouse, 710 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90021.  <br>  <br> All ages are welcome and admission is free. Street parking will be available and shuttle vans will also carry visitors to and from a Little Tokyo parking lot located at 1st Street and Central on specific dates\/times. <br><br> lavswar.com &bull; myspace.com\/lavswar &bull; yopeace.org <br><br> art show unites community around anti-war message<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/lavswar.com\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"The Los Angeles art community is uniting April 10-13, 2008 for an unmissable event: LA vs. WAR. ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2008\/03\/lavswar-front.jpg","filesize":"110.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2008\/03\/215215.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2008\/03\/lavswar-front.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2008\/03\/lavswar-front.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2008\/03\/lavswar-front.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}