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New Latin American music from Bululú and very old (new) Sephardic music from Kat Parra

By Andrew Gilbert – BerkeleySide.com – Photo: Eric Thompson. Photo: The nine-piece East Bay band Bululú brings its trópico-Venezuelan sound to BrasArte on Saturday. The creative frisson sometimes kindled by cultural diversity isn’t a one-size-fits-all...

Beloved Los Angeles Arts Space Buys a Place of Its Own

By Serena Maria Daniels – NextCity.org – Photo: Self-Help Graphics. Photo: SHG Board Members, staff, legacy artists, co-directors and City of LA Councilmember Huizar take a moment in front of artist Ofelia Esparza’s Dia de los Muertos altar (built...

The Altons Fuse Genres To Create A Unique Southeast L.A. Sound

By Juan Gutierrez – OCWeekly.com – Photo Credit: Sade de la Espriella. The Altons sound was never supposed to be a blend of funk, blues, and rock. It’s only when they met singer Adriana Flores that everything changed. The Altons are a five-piece band from...

How a Jewish Youth Camp Birthed the 1968 East L.A. Chicano Student Walkouts

By Gustavo Arellano – TabletMag.com – Video Capture: YouTube. On March 1, 1968, about 250 students led by drama kids upset that the principal canceled an upcoming performance of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park tried to walk out of Wilson High School in...

East L.A., 1968: ‘Walkout!’ The day high school students helped ignite the Chicano power movement

By Louis Sahagun – LATimes.com – Photo: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA; Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times. Photos: David Sanchez, founder of the Brown Berets, in 1968 and today. In the older photo, he is second from left. In the newer one, he is seated...