"Dream Woods"
"An original Art form revealing the hidden beauties of the plant world

through composition and enhancement"

Art by: David Abhari

Curated by: Erica Friend

Exhibit Showing: September 4-October 1, 2011

Closing Reception: October 1, 2011 @ 1-3pm

Different components of plants and trees like branches, leaves, bark, and seedpods contain a hidden visual message for David Abhari. He sees trees as cathedrals of nature and aside from the apparent beauties of the form, structure and color, he sees each component as part of a composition that could conjure a personal story in viewers mind. Unveiling these hidden images through composition and enhancement became David's way to express his appreciation for the captivating beauties of the plant world.

****PRESS RELEASE****

Folk Art Everywhere Fifth artwork showing at Tia Chucha's from

August 5 - December 3, 2011

For more info: www.folkarteverywhere.com

It Calls You Back:

An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing
Author Reading & Book Signing

with Luis J. Rodriguez

Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 5-7pm 

 

Luis J. Rodriguez will read from his latest book, the long-awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing details the intense struggles Luis has had to be a writer, father, husband, revolutionary, and healer, including dealing with addictions, family abuse, and a son who did a total of fifteen years in prison. 

 "In this brilliantly jagged sequel to the gang-life classic, Always Running (1994), acclaimed journalist, poet and fiction writer Rodriguez... chronicles his struggle to leave behind a drug- and crime-ridden world that always threatened to 'call him back.' An acute political consciousness and powerful love of the written word ultimately saved the author from the lurking dangers of the street and the 'nothing life' to which most Latinos in East Los Angeles were automatically condemned... Raw, searing reading from start to finish."

--(Kirkus Review)

For more info check out Luis J. Rodriguez website!

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Congreso del Partido 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011 @ 12:30pm-4:00pm

La Raza Unida Party along with other organizations are trying to work together in issues that have kept our movement to a stand.  In efforts to bring our movement together including our community we invite people to come and discuss the problems along with the possible solutions.  Some of the issues that will be talked about are education, immigration, housing, and politics among others.

For more info visit there website!

Indigenous Solidarity Night!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 6-10pm

Join us on this night of honoring all indigenous struggles around the world. We will be screening the film ¡Viva Mexico! (2007) which documented the journey of Sub Comandante Marcos and the humble Mexican people on their alternative campaign to the 2006 National Elections which they named “La Otra Campaña.” This was a movement intended to promote indigenous rights, dignity and the “other” Mexico. A dialogue will follow after the film about this and other indigenous struggles. Please bring food to share with community. Aztlan Unearthed with be sharing beautiful music with us to close the night.

POSTPONED

The 2012 Elections & What it means to you

NEW DATE & TIME TBA

Predictions and analysis ramifications of the 2012 National and State Elections.

A panel of candidates for state associate congressional races and city council seats, candidate Richard Alarcon, Michael Powelson, Eugene Hernandez and Brad Sherman.

Film Screening

If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 7:30-10:00 pm

This film tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of this ELF cell, by focusing on the transformation and radicalization of one of its members.

Part coming-of-age tale, part cops-and-robbers thriller, the film interweaves a verite chronicle of Daniel on house arrest as he faces life in prison, with a dramatic recounting of the events that led to his involvement with the group. And along the way it asks hard questions about environmentalism, activism, and the way we define terrorism.

Drawing from striking archival footage -- much of it never before seen -- and intimate interviews with ELF members, and with the prosecutor and detective who were chasing them, IF A TREE FALLS explores the tumultuous period from 1995 until early 2001 when environmentalists were clashing with timber companies and law enforcement, and the word "terrorism" had not yet been altered by 9/11.

Watch the trailer!

Noches de Canto y Poesia

Miércoles @ 8-10pm
(Primer y Segundo miércoles)

Noches de Canto y Poesía son un tiempo dedicado a músicos, poetas y cantantes de la comunidad para que expresen su arte en español o con influencia Latina. Esto incluye pero no es limitado a boleros, baladas, rock en español, folklórico, latinoamericano, ranchera, trova, canto nuevo, jarocho, huapango y más. Todos están bienvenidos! Entrada gratis.

*Conducido por Victor y Alfredo Avina.

*Artistas invitados son bienvenidos. !Llamenos!*

Noches de Canto y Poesia
Wednesdays @ 8-10pm

(1st & 2nd Wednesday)

Noches de Canto y Poesía is a time dedicated to musicians and poets that express their art in Spanish, with Latin influence. This includes, but is not limited to, boleros, ballads, Spanish Rock, folklorica, latin american, ranchera, trova, new song, jarocho, huapongo and poetry. Everyone is invited! Entry is always free, but we do accept your generous donations.
*Conducted by Victor y Alfredo Avina.
*All Artists are invited, contact us!*

Open Mic:

Night of Music & Spoken Word
Every Friday 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. Donations are accepted. *Hosted by Nery Boche

Open Mic is Proud to Present:
Featured Artists for the Month of October!

BK Bomar

October 7, 2011

I started storytelling at the age of ten around campfires, family gatherings as well as with friends.  Storytelling was our source of entertainment and is how we dealt with some of the hardships of life.

I grew up in the town of Camden, in the backwoods of Tennessee in the 70s.  We lived on 500+ acres of land in a region where supernatural events were a part of everyday life.  The fun and exciting stories that I share are family-oriented stories, which include my kin, my friends and my experiences.

For more info visit his website!

El Nido 'Skits by Youth'

October 14, 2011

Vicki Juditz

October 14, 2011

Vicki Juditz is best known for Teshuvah, Return, her solo theater piece about her journey to Judaism, for which she received a Drama-Logue Award, an L.A. Weekly nomination for Best Female Solo Performer, and an Ovation Award nomination for Best Writing of a World Premiere.  Other solo shows include Life After Life and Where Do Babies Come From?       She has performed her extensive repertoire of original stories at theaters and festivals across the country and has been a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN.  On TV, she played Hayden’s secretary on Coach, and guest-starred on Storytime, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name is Earl, and Yes, Dear.   Several years ago she became obsessed with the fate of the planet.  Her most fervent hope is that her listeners will devote countless hours to phone-banking for their local green candidates.  Her personal essays on environmental matters have appeared in the online publications Mad As Hell Club and Eco-Perks.

Janet Gonzalez

October 21, 2011

Janet Gonzalez is a mixture of cultures, being Mexican born and transplanted to Puerto Rican turf in the North side of Chicago at the age of ten.  She learned at an early age what racism looked like from her own kind, getting laughed at in school for not speaking the language. After a fourteen year love affair with the Windy city Janet relocated to the City of Angels to follow her dream of acting unexpectedly falling in love with spoken word. She has made it her purpose to tell the hidden stories of Immigrants, the stories no one cares or wants to tell for fear or shame. Trying to raise awareness on immigration, gang violence and drug abuse Janet  has been featured at prestigious  universities like UCLA, USC, Cal  State Poly, and  Redlands University to name a few. Janet  Gonzalez has become the voice for thousands of crying souls that go unnoticed, those who are only talked about when the government or media need someone to blame for an economic crisis.  Janet does not consider herself a writer or a poet, as she says she’s only a work in progress.  

Chiwan Choi

October 28, 2011

For more info visit his websites:

www,chiwanchoi.com
Facebook
Follow him on twitter!

Womyn’s Words & Music Night:
Howlin' and Bewitchin' the Moon
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 @ 7:30-10:00pm

La Reina de Sylmar, Tapia Corel, will be featuring musical guests Ramekega and Justefanie Strachan in our third night of Womyn's Words & Music Night. Ramega is composed of three sisters, Melissa, Kellie and Gabrielle Pozon, who have been performing across Southern California since officially joining their voiced in 2007. They are a fresh, fun and beautiful up-and-coming LA girl band sure to tickle your ears and eyes. Justefanie has likewise been performing and writing music up and down the California Coast for more years than she'd care to count. When not singing and playing keys with her group "Twirling Bettys," she hosts the Open Mic at Guitar Merchant in Canoga Park, and is a featured artist in any number of showcases across The Valley and West LA.

The night will begin with Tapia sharing a few of her own new tunes, followed by poetry and essays from Tia Chucha's own writers, "In the Words of Womyn," which will include Jenuine, Fe Montes and Xitlalic Guijosa Osuna. Ann Buxie and Ellen Cohen, who made their debut in June, will be returning as our invited guests. 

There will also be a few "special guests" to add a little spice and perspectives, so come out for the howls and bewitchin,' and you're sure to leave with a tummy full of laughter and maybe some candy corn.

For more info visit:
http://www.ramekega.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TwirlingBettyBand?sk=info   

POSTPONED

Green Sustainable Living, Tips,

Training & Resources

TBA

Ed Tellis completed the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) Resource Management Certificate program, and he will share some of what he has learned from the program, and his own hands on experience in gardening, composting, and utilizing reuse facilities like Habitat for Humanity. Learn about all the free resources and how you can start participating in this movement, at home, work, and/or school.  At the end of this presentation, participates will know about Zero Waste, Methane Gas, and ways improve the quality of life of our communities and create a healthy planet and eco system.

Los de Abajo Printmaking Collective

¡Viva la Revolución!

Art Showing: September 11-October 23, 2010

Los de Abajo’s mission as a group is to promote the love and appreciation for fine art prints and to explore new ways of approaching printmaking. To the group’s delight, this wonderful medium is regaining popularity and breaking new ground in the visual arts today.

The works produced for this series rather than just commemorate the 1910 Revolution, attempts to analyze, deconstruct and explore images and icons that have become embedded in our collective history. The revolutionary spirit that spread like fire over a century ago still burns today in the struggle of the Zapatistas in Chiapas, the teachers in Oaxaca, and in the hearts of all those who believe in justice and solidarity for all.

The following Los de Abajo members produced this exhibition:

Kay Brown

Poli Marichal

Don Newton

Victor Rosas

Marianne Sadowski

Bromeliad Plant Show & Sale 2010

Saturday, Oct 2, 2010 11am - 4pm

Growing epiphytic and terrestrial Bromeliad plants in Southern California. A plant of the America's occupying dry environments to rainforests. Can be found in nature at sea level to high elevations. The San Fernando Valley Bromeliad Society will be holding this year’s show and sale at Tia Chuchas. 

*No charge, admission and parking is free
 *DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Bryan Chan @: Bcbrome@aol.com   

Tattoos on the Heart:

The Power of Boundless Compassion

Author Reading & Book Signing with

Father Greg Boyle From Homeboy Industries

Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 1-3pm

Father Gregory Boyle - but call him Father Greg, Greg, or even G – is the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention agency in the country.  He provides jobs and counseling to reformed gang members but, perhaps most importantly, he offers hope when all hope is lost, as is chronicled in his book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.

*Spanish edition also available.

*$5 Donation at the door (No one will be turned away for lack of funds)*

For more info. go to:

www.homeboy-industries.org

or become a fan of Homeboys Industries on Facebook!

Latino Heritage Month Music LA: Orientation

Register for FREE 8-week Music Classes!

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at 6-8pm

Click here for more info!

Returning from Chiapas, the delegation will share their experiences becoming aware of the Zapatista movement, its history, forms of organizing, dialogue, and build strategies to attend to the socio-political issues people of color struggle with, in the United States.

Journey To Mictlan

Saturday, Oct 9, 2010 6-8pm

Come and experience the origins of this very special ceremony from the indigenous perspective in a presentation of music, stories, and songs. In this presentation you will hear things that touch your heart and at times seem very familiar.  This is the ancient voice that you hear intuitively speaking to you from the past through your heart.  Some of the information revealed in this presentation may surprise you, and some may validate an intuitive understanding you possess and have contemplated. This program will also include an introduction to the philosophical indigenous concepts of Duality and its relationship to the cycles of nature and life and death.  You will also hear an ancient oral traditional story on the great journey to Mictlan – the story of what happens to us once we leave this world of the living to our place of rest and transformation. *Presented by Michael Heralda.

For more info. go to:

www.aztecstories.com

African American Experience in Mexico

Wednesday, Oct.13, 2010 at 7-8pm

Myself and Eight other African Americans set out to see the Mexico rarely seen on TV.  This adventure was primarily to experience, the African component of what is Mexican culture and history.  Rather than being something distinct, and obvious, the African component is so integrated into what is inherently Mexican, that at times it was the process of elimination that indicated the African presence. When native populations were decimated, Africans replaced this lost labor due to skills in mining and farming, and then infused their cultures into what would become Mexican culture. Can you identify the African component in Mariachi music? It's a little more than looking for a drum. Come out as I relive my trip to Mexico by viewing some of the photos from a layman's point of view. It was a great experience! ¡Viva Mexico!

*Presented by Ed Tellis

Destination 2012 Presentation

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 at 6-8pm

This presentation will introduce the cosmic connection of Mayan, mysticism, its calendar, science, religion, prophecies, and E.T.S in ancient and modern times.

*$20 Donation ( No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

*Presented by Maxa: Mayan timekeeper, healer and teacher.

 For more info check out:

www.lamayacentral.com

Film Screening:

Macario

Miercoles/Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at 7:30-10pm

Durante el Día de Muertos, después de que su esposa le cocine un guajolote a Macario, el Diablo, Dios y la Muerte se le aparecen para pedirle que lo comparta. Solamente le da a la Muerte y ésta a cambio le entrega una botella de agua que cura cualquier enfermedad. Pronto gana mucho más dinero que el doctor del pueblo, pero también llama la atención de la temida Santa Inquisición.

Peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

*En Español con subtitulos en Ingles/Spanish with English Subtitles

*Donación sugerida/Donation suggested

Reelism Film Nights Presents:

Corazon de Tiempo

Miercoles/Wednesday, Oct. 27, 7:30-9:30pm

Las cosas se complican cuando Sonia, una joven alineado con las communidades autonomas del los  zapatistas se enamora de Julio, un insurgente, cuando ya esta comprometida con Miguel, un lider en la comunidad. La pelicula enseña como la comunidad trata con el dilema romantico.

Things get complicated when Sonia, a Zapatista civilian supporter living in an autonomous community, falls in love with Julio, an insurgente (rebel fighter), because she is already promised to Miguel, a young community leader. The film shows how the community deals with this romantic dilemma.

*Hosted by Erick Iñiguez.

*En Español con subtitulos en Ingles

*Spanish with English Subtitles

*$3 Donación sugerida/$3 Suggested donation

Everyone is cordially invited to an exhibition completed by students as part of Tía Chucha's Digital Photography seminar lead by Juan Pacheco. Join us in celebrating this exciting work while listening to live music by Gilbert Chavez! Photos will be on display and for sale. Complimentary refreshments will be available.

Juan is a Fine Arts Photographer that teaches photography to LA residents from working class areas. He has taught at Homeboys Industries, one class to wheelchair bound teen victims of shootings; Dolores Mission, to day workers who sleep at the church; and at public housing for the residents of various locations.

Latinos in Lotusland

Author Reading & Book Signing

SATURDAY Oct. 3rd, 1pm-3pm

REELism Film Nights presents:

Rojo Amanecer / Red Sunrise

MIERCOLES / WEDNESDAY Oct. 28, 8pm-9:30pm

In Spanish / En Espanol.

Suggested donation $3 / Donacion Sugerida $3

Musica y canciones de protesta en vivo por

Juan Pueblo y Francisco Rodriguez.

Octubre 2, 1968 Ciudad de México faltan solo diez días para las olimpiadas y una pequeña revuelta entre un grupo de estudiantes universitarios se a tornado en un desorden político de grandes proporciones, una manifestación se llevara a cabo ese día en Tlatelolco (el complejo de vivienda mas grande de la ciudad) la situación se ha tornado demasiado tensa, una típica familia mexicana de clase media, se vera trágicamente envuelta en los sucesos cuando la manifestación es brutalmente interrumpida por el ejercito matando a miles de estudiantes en frente de su edificio de departamentos. En uno de los días mas negros en la historia política de México October 2, 1968 in México City.
It’s only ten days for the Olympic Games and a small student's protest has turned into a major political turmoil. A meeting will be carry out that day in Tlatelolco (the largest housing complex in the city) and the situation is extremely tense. A typical middle-class Mexican family (living in Tlatelolco) will be tragically involved in the events, when the meeting is brutally interrupted by the army and thousands of people are killed in the square in front of their apartment building.

Tlatelolco video

Peña Cultural

Cada MIERCOLES 8pm-10pm

(excepto cada 4to miércoles)

Open Mic:

Night of music & spoken word

FRIDAYS 8pm-10pm