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2220 Arts + Archives
@2220arts.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary, volunteer-run cultural center in LA hosting film, music, literature, performance.

A community living room for autodidacts, explorers and ordinary intellectuals championing art, experiment and imagination.
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EVIDENCE
by Lee Anne Schmitt
LA premiere @2220arts.bsky.social • Feb 24 • Q&A w/ Schmitt & Athina Rachel Tsangari

This personal-political essay traces the rise of conservative think tanks through the dealings of chemical and munitions manufacturers. Music by Jeff Parker. 🎶 link.dice.fm/i7ba79cb61f7
February 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The next seven days at 2220: heedless but full of heart. 10 events in one week!
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
A week dense with musical innovators from Beirut to Berlin to SF to LA.
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Tonight at 2220.
January 31, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This week at 2220.
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Los Angeles friends! Tonight, 1/21 at 8pm @2220arts.bsky.social, Mezzanine is presenting one of our top ten films of all-time, director Bill Forsyth's 1984 comedy, Comfort and Joy! Back in 2020, Generoso wrote a piece on it for @ink19.bsky.social.
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Comfort and Joy – Ink 19
With just a few short days before Christmas in Glasgow, morning drive time disc jockey, Alan “Dickie” Bird finds himself caught in the middle of an absurd ice cream war in Bill Forsyth’s masterful 198...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Announcing! 📣

On Feb 24 @2220arts.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to welcome Lee Anne Schmitt for the LA premiere of her personal-political essay film EVIDENCE, which traces the impact of conservative think tanks on modern America. 🇺🇸

Q&A w/ Schmitt and Athina Rachel Tsangari! link.dice.fm/i7ba79cb61f7
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Coming this week to 2220.
January 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This week at 2220.
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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heads up… this is happening next wednesday @2220arts.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Los Angeles friends! One of our favorite films of 2019, Fire Will Come (O que arde), screens tonight, 1/6, at 7:30pm @2220arts.bsky.social! Director Oliver Laxe (Sirāt) will be there in person to deliver an extended introduction to tonight's screening!
One week from today! 🔥

Join us Jan 6 @2220arts.bsky.social as we welcome SIRĀT director Oliver Laxe for the belated Los Angeles premiere of his extraordinary 2019 feature FIRE WILL COME!

One night only! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/Y8c1ebf044af
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
2026 begins at 2220 Arts + Archives.
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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For those in LA, we have a record release show on Feb 8th at @2220arts.bsky.social thanks to Pehrspace! We'll be with Jen Boyd and Ki Oni's wonderful Underwater Garden Ensemble, who are too many to name! Kate Lain will also present 16mm film loops made during the 2020 fires. Hope to see you!
Ian Wellman (Album Release), Underwater Garden Ensemble, Jen Boyd Tickets | $15 | 8 Feb @ 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles | DICE
**pehrspace** presents an album release concert for Ian Wellman, with additional performances by Underwater Garden Ensemble and Jen Boyd. ∆ **Ian Wellman**...
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January 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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One week from today! 🔥

Join us Jan 6 @2220arts.bsky.social as we welcome SIRĀT director Oliver Laxe for the belated Los Angeles premiere of his extraordinary 2019 feature FIRE WILL COME!

One night only! 🎟️: link.dice.fm/Y8c1ebf044af
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This week at 2220 – our final events before a two week winter break, featuring an adventurous Lebanese-Egyptian duo's take on Chicago blues, an innovative book launch and group reading, and a quartet of holiday videos from legendary Bay Area experimentalist George Kuchar!
December 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Saturday night, we welcome a 75 performer community orchestra into the Archives to take on a Gavin Bryars gem!
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This week at 2220: more events than days to come!
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This week at 2220!
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Next up, Ted Hearne's wild hyperpop folk opera FARMING, playback and performance, Thursday night.

Tix: link.dice.fm/n5a5e6b3877d
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Master Scottish piper Brigdhe Chaimbeul at 2220 Arts on Saturday night.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Felicia Atkinson live at @2220arts.bsky.social (11/15/25) @shelter-press.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This week at 2220, a quartet of high concept performances and screenings, spanning hyperpop confrontations vs settler colonialism, a radical docufiction on the Sri Lankan civil war, plus two nights of deep listening and environmental/object-oriented performance. See you soon!
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight at 2220, a special installment of Braided Sound, featuring an ensemble comprised of Patrick Shiroishi, Jesse Perlstein, Sanaya Ardeshir, AshTreJinkins, and Jason Adams, who will perform a graphic score designed by Jesse Perlstein.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Tonight! 🔥

Join us as we welcome director Marta Mateus for a double bill of her acclaimed debut FIRE OF WIND and the new restoration of a rare short from 1969 by Portuguese master João César Monteiro—8pm @2220arts.bsky.social .

🎟️ 🔗: link.dice.fm/L66ddbe88ef5
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM