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Tacos La Brooklyn
In “Tacos La Brooklyn,” Chino, a Korean American, seeks to expand his taco stand into a restaurant. Accused of cultural appropriation, he must prove his cultural authenticity to a diverse Los Angeles community while navigating gentrification. This multilingual drama explores the complexities of cultural appreciation versus appropriation in a vibrant City of Angels. Thursdays – Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 4:00 p.m.
The Travelers by Luis Alfaro
In a nearly abandoned Catholic monastery, a man shot through the heart disrupts the lives of a small group of Brothers. “The Travelers” explores brown men seeking connection and heart in California’s Central Valley. In the original voice of the Latinx/Latiné world, Alfaro’s writing breaks through religious dogma, recognizes cultural connections, and offers solace for communal souls. Thursdays – Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 4:00 p.m.
Hermanos Gutiérrez
The children of a Swiss father and Ecuadorian mother, Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez play guitar with the kind of intricate, unspoken intuition you’d expect from a pair of brothers. Their instrumental guitar music is informed by expansive plains and rough wildernesses, saguaros and surf, the spaghetti western drama of Ennio Morricone and the surreal psychodrama of David Lynch. On their latest album, El Bueno Y El Malo, produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, they show off the depths of their…
Día de los Muertos Activity Book by Self Help Graphics
Download our free digital Día de los Muertos activity book and build your own paper ofrenda activity. The “Mi Ofrenda” activity illustrated by Cynthia Navarro is a fun activity to teach your children about the significance of this holiday and special season. Download the Ofrenda base and page with graphics, then print them out. Next, color your images and cut out sections with scissors to assemble on your ofrenda!
Boyle Heights: How a Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American Democracy
This is an in-depth history of the Los Angeles neighborhood from early contact between Spanish colonizers and native Californians to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the hunt for hidden Communists among the Jewish population, negotiating citizenship and belonging among Latino migrants and Mexican American residents, and beyond. The residents of Boyle Heights have maintained remarkable solidarity across racial and ethnic lines, acting as a unified polyglot community even as their tribulations have become more explicitly racial…