\nLani Love in conversation with filmm
aker and director Elizabeth Ai to discuss Ai’s current project\, New Wave
Documentary\, a project documenting and preserving the sociocultural influ
ence and impact of the popular 80s music genre\, New Wave\, on Vietnamese
diaspora. DJ Lani Love and filmmaker Elizabeth Ai as they chat about the o
rigins of Vietnamese New Wave and its cultural significance then and now.<
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WEEK 2 LINEUP
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LIVE WORKSHOP
\nMilagros: Live
\nDepartment of Cultural Affairs & the NEA Big Read ft. Ofelia Esparza
& Rosanna Esparza Ahrens. This session will explore the question\, ‘What i
s the miracle needed right now?’ We will tap into our artistic abilities a
nd create a Milagro to ourselves.
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TALK
\nA Conversation With
\nJonah Elijah
\nConversation with LA-b
ased artist Jonah Elijah\, His work encapsulates black life in America and
addresses controversial issues that actively affect the African American
community. Using materials to explore economic inequality\, displacement\,
or human rights Elijah’s artist practice embraces discomforting realities
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WORKSHOP
\nWelcome To My Neighborho
od!
\nJocelyn Ayala of the dA Center for the Arts
\nWe will take
a walk around Downtown Pomona\, note our most eye-catching features\, and
then replicate them onto a vision board for what we would like our neighb
orhood to look like post-covid.
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Recommended Supplies: Paper\, pencil\,
pen\, watercolors – and any other art supplies you have at home!
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TALK
\nChanging Landscapes (Isle of Eigg): Ta
lk
\nArthur King & AKP Recordings
\nThis interview and sneak pee
k at the Changing Landscapes (Isle of Eigg) Gallery Exhibition features Du
blab’s Alejandro Cohen in conversation with Arthur King’s Peter Walker. Th
ey discuss the multi-layered project that began on a remote Scottish islan
d\, and is now a record\, film\, and pop-up gallery installation in Los An
geles.
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WEEK 3 LINEUP
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LIVE TALK
\nMaking Our
Neighborhood: Live
\nSamanta Helou Hernandez & Jimmy Recinos
\nA
two-part informational livestream on how to “Make a Neighborhood” in resp
onse to gentrification in historically ethnic and working-class Los Angele
s communities. Part one will describe how Jimmy and Samanta first came tog
ether and conceptualized a discussion series for their community centered
on three themes: historic redlining\, current gentrification\, and present
and future housing affordability issues in the Virgil Village and East Ho
llywood areas. Part one will also describe the evolution of the discussion
series into a public art project\, an educational pamphlet campaign\, arc
hival research and blog storytelling\, and finally\, round-table discussio
ns with various community members affected by our series’ three major them
es. Finally\, Jimmy and Samanta will discuss the importance of language ju
stice and accessibility throughout the process of “Making Our Neighborhood
.” Part two will describe Jimmy and Samanta’s final installment for the se
ries\, Making Our Neighborhood: The Magazine\, discussing the importance o
f memorializing the findings of the discussion series in a tangible form f
or communities to access\, and telling the stories behind finding the vari
ous voices featured in their magazine. Part two will also touch on the nee
d to uplift art and literature in times of hardship\, noting how despite m
any resources “taken” by the pandemic\, including public schools\, public
libraries\, and other public spaces\, working-class communities can still
come together to voice and respond to ongoing struggles\, as we have done
so historically.
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PERFORMANCE
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Party In My Living Roo
m
\nThurz
\nIn an intimate setting from his living room\, Thurz\
, LA hip hop artist hailing from Inglewood\; will perform songs inspired b
y the experiences in his community. Thurz will be performing songs from hi
s ‘MORE THURZ ON THURZDAY’ playlist\, accompanied by Wali Ali Jr. on talkb
ox and a special band configuration TBD. In 2020\, Thurza released ‘MORE T
HURZ ON THURZDAY’ playlist\, a song per week\, every week of the year\, fr
om January through December.
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LIVE TALK
\nMusicians A
s Workers: Live
\nJosephine Shetty
\nThroughout the 20th and 21s
t centuries\, there are many examples of music workers building worker pow
er. However\, exclusionary union models\, individualism\, increasing inequ
ality\, and technological changes in the music industry have also hindered
music workers from massively collectivizing or uniting in solidarity with
the rest of the working class. This conversation dives into the meaning o
f positioning musicians as workers\, building broader movements of music w
orkers\, and how we can learn from an existing lineage of musicians organi
zing to build stronger movements of workers today.
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DANCE PIECE
\nRasquanchecias
\nPrimera Generación Dance
Collective
\n“Rasquachencias” showcases our collective’s past\, pres
ent\, and future works to consolidate a vibrant picture of our Mexican Ame
rican sociality. This piece explores the power of rasquache play\, engagin
g the possibilities in loud colors\, Latinx iconography\, and recycled jux
tapositions to highlight the creative survival strategies produced by the
brown\, working-class communities that we grew up in.
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DAN
CE PIECE
\nLove for the Prairie《苍穹之恋》
\nChinese Dance Company of
Southern California
\nThe Mongols have always regarded the world as
a component of nature\, and believe that man and the earth coexist and pro
sper\, and all the phenomena of nature are the products of the earth. “Lov
e for the Prairie” shows the Mongols’ love and reverence for their homelan
d and nature.
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蒙古人一向把天地万物看成是大自然的构成部分,认为人与天地万物共存共荣,大自然的一切现象都是天地的产物。《苍穹之恋》表现的就是蒙古人对大自然
的热爱和崇敬。
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\nMETRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC C
ENTER/GRAND PARK STATION\, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION
\nGrand Park is an LA County park powered by The Musi
c Center.
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