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Next Stop for the Popwagon…

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The culmination project for a college course on post-modern theatre.

Free Cupcakes!
May 2, 2012 at 7PM
8343 Creighton Avenue
Los Angeles 90045  (MAP)

A plethora of postmodern jargon all mixed up in one night of theatre, film, art, and song… There might even be cupcakes.

Featuring these artists:

  • Rainer Barrett
  • Michael Bernieri
  • Patrick Buchanan
  • Veronica Coe
  • Mara De La Rosa
  • Adam Dlugolecki
  • Julian Garcia
  • Jordanna Harris
  • Luc Hediger
  • Cale Honda
  • Steven Jones
  • Jenn Kirk
  • Julie Kocher
  • Joy Mamey
  • Melissa McIntosh
  • Nelia Miller
  • Vivian Miranda
  • Cha’nel Mitchell
  • Amanda Navarra
  • Nigel Neumeier
  • Tom Nieboer
  • Olivia O’Neill
  • Rachel Rosenstein
  • Molly Rotschild
  • Shayna Sorrentino
  • Arden Tse

Visit the Facebook Event Page for more info.

 

Join Us for Our Grand Opening!

We’re pleased to announce that the Popwagon will be having it’s grand opening on Saturday, April 28! We’ll be parked downtown at Figueroa and 7th street taking part in the opening festivities for the Metro Expo line.

Help us cut the ribbon, then stick around for some artistic surprises curated by long-time Trade City collaborator Paloma Parfrey.

  • A dance performance by Movement Movement -choreographed by Mecca Vazie Andrews
  • Some Low-Fi Disco Punk by Sister Mantos
  • Experimental percussion and environmental jazz by Corey Fogel
  • Rio Parfrey playing classic children’s folk music on appalachian dulcimer
  • Solar beats by SYCONS
  • Street Buddy – an Anti-Rock entity of shifting shapes and perspectives
  • Puppetry by Coral & Sherry
  • A Performance by Paloma Parfrey

Here’s the Facebook Event Page.

Popwagon Production Meeting

Last Sunday, a group of us met at the Popwagon to go over the details for our big grand opening. In honor of  CicLAvia, (which was on the same day) curator Paloma Parfrey, musician Oscar Mantos and performance artist  Lila de Magalhaes rode their bikes from Silverlake and covered the entirety of the Expo line.

The grand opening will take place on April 28,2012 as part of the inaugural celebration for the Metro Expo line. More details to come.

Thanks to The Metropolitan Industrial Power Company (Alexander Wiske) for the photos.

Call for artists and volunteers

Hey Los Angeles artists!

We’ve started planning our first season of programming for the Popwagon. We really want to make this a community-driven project and a”vehicle” for all the great ideas zooming around in the minds of our fellow Angelenos. If you’ve got an idea for a project that would work well in a 20′x 8′ mobile space, fill out the submission form, and we’ll do our best to figure out a way to bring it to the public.

Hey volunteers!

We’re going to need some help getting the Popwagon rolling. If you’ve got some special skills, or if you’re an enthusiastic, helpful kind of person, we’d love your help. Introduce yourself by filling out the submission form.

No matter what, be sure to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook to stay up to date.

Popwagon Fact Sheet

Interesting Things Appear Here

Everything you could ever want to know about our fancy new mobile stage…

LENGTH: 23′

STAGE LENGTH: 16′

WIDTH: 8.5′ closed / 17′ open

HEIGHT: 10′

WEIGHT: 3500 lbs

POWER: External generator (3500 watts max.)

EQUIPMENT: A full suite of lighting, sound and video equipment is available.

HOW IT WORKS: The side door is supported by two cables attached to winches and lowered using exterior winch controls. The door/floor can be used with the cables attached, or else three jacks can be placed in position to bear the weight when the cables are removed. The floor can also be lowered to ground level to act as a ramp.

SETUP TIME: Less than five minutes to park, detach the tow vehicle, and lower the stage.

BUILT: January 2012

Meet the Popwagon

The Trade City Popwagon

Rather than waste a perfectly good bottle of champagne, we’re christening the mobile stage right here on the website! The official name is… “The Trade City Popwagon.” Special thanks to everyone who participated in the naming survey. We had many many great names to choose from, but this one seemed to encapsulate everything we’re going for. Let’s see where it takes us!