Tia Chucha's Open Mic

Night of Music & Spoken Word

FRIDAYS 8-10pm

Tía Chucha's Open Mic is a welcoming, creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their thoughts, feelings and talents through various styles of expression. Whether it be a poem, story, song, joke, freestyle, or just something they feel the need to express. Everyone is welcome to be themselves. Hosted by Nery Boche. Free, donations welcomed.

Featured Artists for the Month of March:

MORE INFO COMING SOON!

Danza Temachtia Quetzalcoatl

Spring Equinox Ceremony

 Monday, March 21, 2011 at 6:30-9pm

Each time the season's change, our  circle hosts a ceremony to honor the gifts that will come with the new season.  We take time to recognize the delicate balance of the natural world and share these teachings with the community.

La Reina de Sylmar, Tapia Corel, a favorite of Tia Chucha’s Friday Open Mike series,  will be hosting a Womyn’s Words and Music Night, which will feature women singer/songwriters including, Tatiana Lamela-Rabell , Linda Alvarez and Vannessa Bryan. WWMN is intended to celebrate all facets of women’s lives, and so will be a multigenerational event.

We are excited to feature mother/daughter team Jonna and Tinley Von Holz. Jonna is a veteran of the entertainment field at various levels, and Tinley (13) a budding artist in her own right. They have developed a song Tinley composed, and will be supported by another singer/family friend for presentation of the song.

Joining the night of songs will be various poets and spoken word artists from In the Words of Womyn writing group, and Tia Chucha’s community for a powerful night of women’s voices and sentimientos, sharing of our spirit, talents and experiences.

Vivan las mujeries!

REELism Film Nights Presents:

Hasta el Ultimo Trago... Corazon 
Til The Last Drink... My Heart  

Miércoles/Wed. March 30, 2011

at 7:30-10:00pm

Hasta el Ultimo Trago... Corazon 

Una declaracion de amor a Mexico y sus raices a traves de las mujeres que han aportado su voz, pasion y esencia a la muscia mexicana. Con; Chavela Vargas, Lila Dowsn Astrid Hadad, Euegnia Leon, La Negra Graciana, Iraida Noriega y Chayito Valdez. 

Til The Last Drink... My Heart  
A declaration of love towards Mexico and its roots by the women that have given their voices, passion and essence to Mexicos Music. With; Chavela Vargas, Lila Dowsn Astrid Hadad, Euegnia Leon, La Negra Graciana, Iraida Noriega y Chayito Valdez. 

*Hosted by Erick Iñiguez.

*(En Español con Subtítulos en Inglés)
*(Film in Spanish with English Subtitles)
*$3 donacion/ $3 suggested donation

AUTHOR READING WITH LUIVETTE RESTO

SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH

1-3PM

Luivette Resto was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, but proudly raised in the Bronx.

Her first book of poetry Unfinished Portrait was published in 2008 by Tia Chucha Press. Unfinished Portrait is a collection of poetry focused on bilingualism, codeswitching, and the importance of documenting people, places, and events that haven't been documented or discussed enough. 

For more info check out her website.

Las noches de Canto y Poesía son un tiempo dedicado a músicos y poetas que expresan su arte en español o con influencia Latina. Esto incluye pero no es limitado a boleros, baladas, rock en español, folklórica, latinoamericana, ranchera, trova, canto nuevo, jarocho, huapango y poesias. ¡Todos están bienvenidos! Entrada es gratis; se aceptan donaciones. *Conducido por Alfredo Hidalgo.

Presentación Especial de

Antonieta Villamil:

Marzo 9, 2011

Frente a la experimentación técnica, encontramos en Villamil las huellas históricas de su país atormentado, o sea, la poesía comprometida. Sus poemas de crítica social e histórica están revestidos de un lenguaje denso, metafórico y paradójico. El mensaje no se oculta, sino que requiere la colaboración del lector.

Para mas informacion:

www.casadepoesia.com
www.antonietavillamil.blogspot.com

*Artistas invitados son bienvenidos. !Llamenos!*

Open Mic Nights

Fridays @ 8-10pm

Tía Chucha’s Open Mic is a welcoming, creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their thoughts, feelings and talents through various styles of expression. This can be a poem, story, song, joke, freestyle, or just something they feel the need to express everyone is welcome to be themselves. It’s FREE, participants sign up on arrival and donations are welcomed. *Hosted by Nery Boche

Featured Artists

for the Month of March:

Xitlalic Guijosa

March 18, 2011

Xitlalic Guijosa has been writing since she was old enough to tell a lie, to hide the truth. She writes to heal to escape, to create, and to share.

EYErie

EYErie is half of a duo called Guerrilla Queenz. Using palabra as their bullets & music as their weapon these wombmyn have led 4 years of a cultural revival with their arte’ n Resistencia; these mujeres are overflowing in musical messages which stem form an ever present resistance and solidarity for all indigenous struggles throughout the world. Currently working with Homies Unidos to develop cultural workshops for Teen Moms; she has also presented at multiple Universities and college campuses worldwide, around the subject of wombmyn of color and their roll in hip hop. EYErie will be publishing her first book of poetry & short stories later this year.

Add her on her facebook or

on GUERRILLA QUEENZ facebook!

Soñar con Jardines – Seven Women Artists

at Tía Chucha’s Cultural Center 

March 15 – April 30, 2010

diana vieyra • elizabeth martínez • kim hejna • luzelena rodríguez

michelle kim • michele martínez • renée m. martínez

 Closing Reception: Sunday, April 25    12:00 to 4:00 pm

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Soñar con Jardines – Seven Women Artists

"Soñar que pasea por un jardín significa que lo tiene todo en esta vida…"  " Dreaming of walking in a garden means you have everything in this life…"– Diccionario de Interpretación de los Sueños   (Dictionary of Dream Interpretation)

This exhibit is about the intimate art of looking within, and the special ability that women have to find strength and sustenance in the interior spaces of the psyche.  In celebration of International Women’s month, Soñar con Jardines highlights seven women whose journey through the garden of dreams produces a vision for the here and now. 

Homeboy Press and its literary magazine, The Homeboy Review, serves as a voice for the poets and writers of Homeboy Industries, as well as a forum to publish both under represented and established writers from around the globe. Join us in this afternoon of poetry presenting Robert Juarez, Joseph Holguin, Fabian Montes and other writers and contributors to the Homeboy Review. Special Guest Luis J. Rodriguez.

For more info: www.homeboy-industries.org

Poetry Reading with Melinda Palacio

Folsom Lockdown

Saturday, March 27th, 1-3pm

Folsom Lockdown is that rare literary song that jars the heart, the memories, the pains, as well as what's good in all of us. Prison is not just that place far away where your loved ones may be--the razor wire structures have now reached into our homes, our thoughts, our feelings, our psyche. Somehow, we're all behind bars. And Melinda Palacio's poems are a welcome reprieve that dares to illustrate how poetry and art are the only real keys to all our liberations. This is a poet for our time, in hard times, when so many are doing time.

Her poetry book Folsom Lockdown won Kulupi’s 2009 Sense of Place cash prize and publication. Her work has been published in a wide variety of journals and anthologies.

For more info: www.melindapalacio.com

Las noches Noches Bohemias son un tiempo dedicado a músicos y poetas que expresan su arte en español o con influencia Latina. Esto incluye pero no es limitado a boleros, baladas, rock en español, folklórica, latinoamericana, ranchera, trova, canto nuevo, jarocho, huapango y poesias. ¡Todos están bienvenidos! Entrada es gratis; se aceptan donaciones. *Conducido por Alfredo Hidalgo.

Invita do Especial:

Marzo 10, Carlos Díaz y su guitarra. Nativo de Mexico, extraordinario folklorista recopilador de todas las corrientes musicales de la república Mexicana. Venga a reír, llorar y a enamorarse de esta tan versátil guitarra de Carlos Díaz.

*Artistas invitados son bienvenidos. !Llamenos!*

Open Mic:
Night of Music & Spoken Word

Every Friday Night 8pm-10pm

Tía Chucha’s Open Mic is a welcoming, creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their thoughts, feelings and talents through various styles of expression. This can be a poem, story, song, joke, freestyle, or just something they feel the need to express everyone is welcome to be themselves. It’s FREE, participants sign up on arrival and donations are welcomed. *Hosted by Nery Boche

Open Mic is Proud to Present:
Featured L.A. Area poets for the

Month of March !

March 12th, William Archila, asks readers to engage with a subject seldom explored in American poetry: the unrest in El Salvador in the 1980s and its impact on Central American immigrants who now claim this country as home. In language that is poignant and often harrowing, the poet takes us on a journey from Santa Ana, El Salvador, to Los Angeles, California. Archila bridges race, class, metaphor, and reality with astuteness, mingling humor and pain with a skill that denigrates neither.

The Art of Exile is the recent winner of the Emerging Writer Fellowship Award from the Writer’s Center and is also currently featured in “First Things First: The Fifth Annual Debut Poets Roundup” — the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Poets & Writers.

Womyn’s Herstory Month

March 19th, Jessie Dawson Wilson, this poetanthropologist, mission is simple: “To awaken a soul, To awaken another soul, is my goal.”

March 26. Xitlalic Guijosa, born and raised in Maywood, CA. Has been writing since the age of 7 and sharing her poetry for the past 5 years. She is also a featured poet in the Mujeres de Maiz Collective and The Sela Collective.

March 26. Cyn da’ poet focuses on taboo
subjects that our community hides behind. A woman who’s mission is to unite cultures and become the voice of those who have remained silent.

*Featured artists are always welcomed! Contact us!

Tia Chucha's Open Mic

Night of Music & Poetry

Tia Chucha's Open Mic is welcoming, nurturing and healing. It is a creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their thoughts, feelings and talents through various styles of expression. Whether it be a poem, story, song, joke, freestyle or just something they feel the need to express. Everyone is welcome to be themselves .