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10258 Foothill Blvd.
Lake View Terrace, CA 91342
(818) 896-1479
Fax: (818) 896-1489
info@tiachucha.com
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New
Hours!
Mon-Thurs
12pm-8pm
Fri
2pm-10pm
Sat-Sun 12-4pm
www.tiachucha.com
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Tia
Chucha's will be closed SUNDAY Aug. 3, 2008 but join us
at our 2nd Annual Ford Benefit Event at The Ford Amphitheatre
at 7pm. Support Tia Chucha's!
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July 10, 2008 Young Warriors will be meeting at the pacoima
community center parking lot to be picked up to go to the
Van Nuys Court house @ 5:00 p.m. Young Warriors will be
joining LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a new Economy) in
the Proteus to stop fresh&easy on sepulvida from
obtaining a liqueur licenses. More info information about
the subject will be provided when YW arrive. For more
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Tia
Chucha's will be closed FRIDAY July 4th. Visit us this
day at The Farce of July
at
1221 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(near the Staples Center in Downtown LA--Metro Blue Line,
Pico/Chick Hearn exit)
Live music, DJ's, Speakers, Food, Vendors, Teatro, Poetry,
Art, Danza
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Tia
Chucha's will be closed SATURDAY June 28th
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Tia
Chucha's will host a booktable at The 6th Annual Feria del
Libro: A Family Book Fair on Sunday, June 7th at E. First
Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Come visit our booth (#1603)
for great books and a chance to meet Charles Campbell, author
of The Magic Coin, Ray Elizondo, author of The Last Pachuco,
and Luis Rodriguez, author of Always Running!
for
more info: www.feriadellibro.net
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Tia
Chucha's Centro will be closed SATURDAY June 21st but come
see us at The 3rd Annual Celebrating Words Festival in this
day from 12pm-7pm!
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REELism
film night: Into the Wild scheduled for June 19th has
been postponed. It is rescheduled for THURSDAY, July 3,2008
at 7pm
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Author
Reading with Charles Campbell May 31, 2008 has been postponed.
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Author
reading with Paul Krehbiel, originally scheduled for SATURDAY
May 24th at 2pm has been postponed. We will give updates
when the event is rescheduled.
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Back
by overwhelming demand, the new pride of the Eastside,
straight out of Garfield High School, cumbia-ska funksters,
Upground have been added to our line up at the Ford Benefit
Concert
August
3rd at 7pm! Support Tia Chucha!
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TÍA
CHUCHA'S 2ND ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT – “A CELEBRATION OF
COMMUNITY & CULTURE – SÍ SE PUEDE! / YES WE
CAN!”
SUNDAY
August 3, 2008 7pm at Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood
Legendary
and emerging Angelino artists who
will unite for this
electric cross-cultural evening
include counter culture icon
Cheech Marín who will provide
high jinks and songs ; renowned
funk masters Charles Wright & The Watts 103
rd Street Rhythm Band ;
back by overwhelming demand, the new pride of
the Eastside, straight out of Garfield High School, cumbia-ska
funksters Upground ;
award winning author
and co-founder of Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural
, Luis J. Rodr í
guez ;
celebrated singer/ performer/activist
Nobuko Miyamoto ; hilarious new political
sketch comedy troupe OPM (Opening People's
Minds); and Olmeca , an inspiring new
Chicano consciousness
hip hop artist. Temachtia Quetzalcoatl ,
Tía Chucha's resident Aztec danza group, will open
the event with a special ceremonial blessing and fast
rising new comedian Ernie G. is
back to MC another exciting
crowd pleasing show.
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Tia
Chucha's will close at 5p.m. Monday December 31st and will
be closed all day
Tuesday
January 1, 2008. Have a blessed New Year! |
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a look out for Tia Chucha's 2nd Annual Benefit Concert Celebrating
Community
& Culture!
Musical
line up and ticket sales available soon. |
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will close at 5:00 p.m. on Monday December 24th 2007 in
recognition of Christmas Eve and will be closed Christmas
day, Tuesday December 25th. |
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Chucha's would like to thank all artists who painted our
community support murals. We are pleased to have your art
bless our performance stage.
We
would like to recognize the following artists:
Ricardo
Ortega, Vincent Ortega, Christine Vega, Ingrid
Mares, Christina Tacata, Kathy Kennedy,
Arlene
Mejorado, Juan Martin, and Tony Tovar.
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"REELISM"
Look out for our NEW Film Nights kicking off Thursday January
3rd!
It
will be a bi-weekly event every month with a featured film
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Tia
Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore will be closed
Thursday November 22, 2007 |
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| Tia
Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore
will
be closed
Monday
September 3, 2007 in recognition of Labor Day
3:30
PM PDT August 30, 2007 |
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Tia
Chucha's Benefit at the Ford: A Victory for Community
Arts
12:45
PM PDT August 14, 2007
On
July 29, 2007 Tia Chucha's first benefit event at the
1200-seat Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood became an
amazing success. Despite a major 13-car pile up on
the 101 freeway just where the Ford Theatres are located
(the back up lasted for 11 hours), we almost packed the
place--and we were able to raise more than $22,500 (including
from our generous donors). All the acts came through
like champs and then some--we had two encores for
the bands Upground and Tierra, both of whom had people
rocking in their seats or dancing in the aisles.
Our
host was the incomparable Ernie G., one of LA's rising
young Latino comedians. He was right on all night, and
for his 15-minute monologue he had everyone in stitches.
We also featured Tia Chucha's own Aztec Danza group, Temachtia
Quetzalcoatl , which opened the event. We had the
agit-prop comedy theater of the world famous Culture Clash
(they were fantastic). We also had the conscious indigenous
Hip Hop of Xela, formerly of Chihuatl Tonalli (Woman's
Energy), and El Vuh ("The Book" in Mayan). And
besides the amazing Chicano Ska sounds of Upground and
the Old School Chicano R&B sounds of Tierra, we had
Ollin perform an exciting and innovative set combining
Mexican, Irish, German, and who-knows-what-else music
that wowed everyone. I also read a poem after my wife
Trini and I greeted the audience. And we had a special
performance from Tia Chucha's long-time friend John Densmore
(of the Doors), who did poetry with another drummer that
truly brought home the meaning of Art and Culture as the
path to peace, unity, and deep understanding.
It
was a victorious evening for community-based and neighborhood-rooted
cultural spaces and independent bookstores. Lately in
Los Angeles --but also around the country--we have lost
many vital bookstores and cultural venues to big
development, gentrification and high rents. In February,
Tia Chucha's was forced to move from the space we had
for five years after the landlords practically tripled
our rent to make room for a multi-million dollar laundromat.
But we decided not to give up. We are now in a temporary
location in Lake View Terrace sponsoring workshops in
music, Aztec Dance and Mexikayotl indigenous thought,
while we also feature Open Mic nights, film nights, author
readings, community dialogues, and more). And we are working
diligently to find and establish an even bigger, better
and permanent Tia Chucha's.
The
community deserves the best. It deserves more. We want
to be an example of what authentic cultural expression
and truly liberating holistic literacy are all about. We
aim to impact our communities with the fullness
of intelligence, creativity, imagination, and knowledge
that is possible when all community members are treated
as full and complete human beings.
We
want to thank all our many supporters, friends and family
who showed up on July 29 (I know we had people from as
far away as the Bay Area and even Italy). We also want
to thank LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and the
LA County Arts Commission staff who showed up as well
as the LA City Department of Cultural Affairs and the
Community Redevelopment Agency for their ongoing support.
We want to thank our many funders such as the DCA, CRA,
LA County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the
Arts, the Panta Rhea Foundation, the Thrill Hill Foundation,
Attias Family Foundation, Middleton Foundation, Youth
Can Service, the Center for Cultural Innovation, Not Just
Us Foundation, Toyota Sales, the Liberty Hill Foundation,
the Border Book Festival, among others. In addition, we
give thanks to our many individual donors, notably Bruce
Springsteen, John Densmore, Dan Attias, the Luis and Trini
Rodriguez Family (Andrea, Ruben, Luis, and Catalina),
Suzan Erem, Cynthia Cuza, Mel Gilman, Dave Marsh, Denise
Chavez, John Randall, David Sandoval, Jesus Trevino and
many others.
We
want to thank our many collaborators, including LA Commons,
Northeast Valley Health Corporation, El Centro de Santa
Ana , the Council of Venues, Teatro Chusma, Tres Chingazos
Theater Collective, the EARTH Theater Company, John Trudell,
the many LAUSD and LA County schools who've come for field
trips to Tia Chucha's, and others.
A
special shout out to our founding partner Enrique Sanchez,
and his family, as well as our amazing staff: Melissa
Sanvicente, Silverio Pelayo, Arlene Mejorado, Blanca Boche--and
our past staff members over the years (too many to name
here). Also our numerous volunteers (including Melba Hayes,
Walter Little and our former program coordinator, Mike
Centeno) and instructors: You're all the best. And we
wouldn't be here if not for our hard-working board members
and fellow co-founders Angelica Loa and Victor Mendoza.
Also
a special thanks to Tia Chucha Press and all our
wonderful authors and volunteers who have made this one
of the most important cross-cultural poetry small presses
in the country.
In
addition, a big GRACIAS to Ruben Guevara--our
benefit event producer and long-time friend--as well as
John Cantu and George Rodriguez for recording the event,
and Antigua Café for providing backstage coffee
and fresh fruit tea. We want to thank the Ford staff (tech,
sales, office, marketing, books, and more), in particular
Community Bridges and the tremendous efforts of Lissette
Alvarez.
And,
finally, a most heartfelt thanks to the whole San Fernando
Valley community, but also to our many friends in East
LA, South Central LA, Pico Union, the Westside, the Harbor,
San Gabriel Valley, and beyond. We will continue. We will
not give up. Tlazhokamati ...
Muchas Gracias ... Thank You.
--Luis
Rodriguez, President of the Board and Creative Director,
Tia Chucha's Bookstore & Centro Cultural
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New
Location
February
18 2007, Tia Chucha's no longer operated out of its Sylmar
location but instead re-locatd to a new space situated
at 10258 Foothill Blvd.,
Lake View Terrace CA, 91342 . Our new
location is only 15 minutes away from our old space
and can be easily reached by taking the 90 &
91 metro bus line which will drop you right in front of
the Center (Click
Here For Bus Schedule) . We have changed phone
numbers and you can now reach us at
(818)896-1479 . We will continue
facilitating our workshops, book sales, and events but
will no longer operate as a full fledged cafe. We are
open now and ready to serve the community.
(Please be on the look
out for our grand opening announcement coming soon!!!)
There's
a video of our
Tia
Chucha's 4th Anniversary Celebration!
Click
Here!
Now
you can check us out on Myspace!
www.myspace.com/tiachuchascafe
Special
Announcement!
Hearts
& Hands -- A Pathway to Authentic Community
I am pleased to report that Hearts & Hands: Creating
Community in Violent Times will be the core curriculum
in a newly certified staff training program for State
of California juvenile detention centers, halls, and camps.
More
Info at :
www.luisjrodriguez.com/blog
Where
Art and Minds Meet--For a Change
Featured
Articles
Welcome to Tia Chucha's Café Cultural's official
website. Tia Chucha's Café Cultural is a multi-arts
cultural and technology center in the Northeast San Fernando
Valley section of Los Angeles. We feature a bookstore,
full coffee bar, art gallery, performance space and Internet
café. Opened in December 2001, we held a Grand
Opening on January 13, 2002 with some 400 participants.
Since then we've had great musical acts, poetry, Hip Hop
and spoken word expression, representatives from all the
visual arts, comedy, storytelling, dance, theater, films,
bands of all types and sounds, author readings and book
signings, art receptions, and a documentary film project.
Grand
Opening
Some of the fantastic performers who have graced our space
since opening are East LA's famed band Quetzal; Father
of Xicano Music, Lalo Guerrero; authors Sandra Cisneros,
Victor Villaseñor, Ruben Martinez, Jose Montoya,
Adrienne Rich, and Yxta Maya Murray; storyteller Antonio
Sacre; Native American poet John Trudell; musician John
Densmore of the Doors; the Xicana rhythm and poetry group,
Chihuatl Tonalli; the Xicano comedy theater group, Chusma;
performance artist Raquel Salinas; the bands Candela,
Ollin, Slowrider, Domingo Siete, Hip Hop Logia from Chile,
and Los Cojolites from Veracruz, Mexico; the poetry group,
En Lak Ech; musician and master flute maker, Erik "Wildcat"
Sevilla; storyteller and mythologist Michael Meade; Ernie
Perez and Rock A Mole's Music and Art Festival--and so
much more.
Culture Clash
Jose-Luis Orozco
We now have regular events at Tia Chucha's including a
Danza Azteca practice group on Monday nights; a film night
sponsored by Elusive Minds Film Productions on Wednesday
nights; an Open Mic/Spoken Word night on Friday, hosted
by Victor E of the Xicano Conscious Hip Hop Group, El
Vuh; a Peña Cultural geared to the Spanish-speaking
community on the last Friday of the month; author readings
and signings; and throughout the week and on Saturdays
we have workshops on art, music, theater, literature,
poetry, folk art and much more.
Resident groups and artists at Tia Chucha's not-for-profit
arm, Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural, include the E.A.R.Th.
Theater Company; Danza Azteca; Tonantzin del Valle, a
holistic women's natural healing circle; Jovenes Nobles,
a young man's healing circle; the Hazze Hip Hop Dream
Center's cultural workshops; Elusive Minds Film Productions
that trains youth on film and produces independent films;
artist/poet Juan Pueblo and musician Alejandro Laborde.
Chusma
In two years, we've been strongly embraced by the mostly
Xicano, Mexicano and Central American communities of the
Northeast San Fernando Valley. We've also had support
from communities throughout California and other states
(as far as New York and Florida). People from all ethnic
groups and skin colors have visited and contributed with
their hearts, their minds and myriad of talents.
Articles on Tia Chucha's have appeared in The Los
Angeles Times, the Daily News, North Valley Magazine,
Los Angeles Magazine, LA Times Magazine, People en Espanol,
Criticas magazine, LA Weekly (Pick of the
Week), as well as a special on PBS-TV's "Realidades" show
and KCET's "Life & Times in LA." In September of 2003,
Tia Chucha's founding partners--Enrique Sanchez, Trini
Rodriguez and Luis Rodriguez--were designated as "Local
Heroes of the Community" by KCET-TV and the Union Bank
of California.
Explore our website. Go to our links. Check out our Centro's
activities, including links to our special projects: Tia
Chucha Press (a poetry publisher), Dos Manos
Records (producing CDs of music and poetry), and
our very own online magazine, Xispas .
And don't forget to visit Tia Chucha's--take part in one
of the most innovative and imaginative cultural spaces
in the world.
Featured
Articles
September
2005 issue of
Latina
Magazine
(Vol.
10 No.2, Featuring Eva Mendes on the Cover)
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