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Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / June 22, 2023

This week’s program will feature a nicely curated playlist featuring and highlighting some well known and not so well known female duetos.  Female Duetos existed across many musical genres in the Frontera Collection eco system.  Many of these duetos borrowed from the American pop scene by teaming up with their sisters to form a vocal group and others paired up to complement individual voices.  These pioneering recording artist songs went beyond the typical unrequited love declarations, but also lent their talent and vocal stylings to corridos which we will also play in this episode.  Some of the duetos that will be highlighted will be Las Hermanas Mendoza, Las Jilguerillas, Dueto Rio Bravo, and Las Hermanas Padilla among other less known duetos.  This is not to be missed!

El programa de esta semana contará con una lista de reproducción muy bien seleccionada que presenta y destaca algunos dúos femeninos bien conocidos y no tan conocidos. Los dúos femeninos existían en muchos géneros musicales en el ecosistema de la Colección Frontera. Muchos de estos duetos tomaron prestados de la escena pop estadounidense al asociarse con sus hermanas para formar un grupo vocal y otros se emparejaron para complementar voces individuales. Estas canciones de artistas pioneros fueron más allá de las típicas declaraciones de amor, pero también prestaron su talento y estilo vocal a los corridos que tambien tocaremos en este episodio. Algunos de los dúos que se destacarán serán Las Hermanas Mendoza, Las Jilguerillas, Dueto Rio Bravo y Las Hermanas Padilla entre otros duetos menos conocidos. ¡Esto no se puede perder

 

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Dear friends, 

We’re thrilled to announce that the Arhoolie Foundation and Les Blank Films are joining together to purchase our longtime home at 10341 San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito. 

The decision to buy the building comes after several months of thoughtful consideration and a strong response from our community. It has become clear to us that continuing our work in the place where Chris Strachwitz originally conceived it is the best way forward for the organization. Staying in our longtime home preserves an important part of Arhoolie’s cultural legacy, prevents the disruption that moving would cause, and—most importantly—opens up possibilities for closer collaboration with Les Blank Films, Down Home Music, and our local East Bay community.

Now comes the hard part. While we are under contract to buy the building, we need to raise $2.4 million to meet the purchase price by April 15. Here are two ways you can donate to our cause:

  • The GoFundMe page for the capital campaign
    (donations to this fund are shared by all three of the tenants).

  • Direct tax-deductible donations/securities to either of the two non-profits who are buying the building:
    Contact Harrod Blank at Les Blank Films https://lesblank.com/contact/;
    or Adam Machado at Arhoolie Foundation, adam@arhoolie.org.

As we begin this capital campaign, we will continue our normal operations in the building while forging a closer institutional bond with Les Blank Films and taking modest, collaborative steps to bring more public programming into Down Home Music. We plan to revive Les Blank and Chris’ tradition of in-store film screenings and will host more informal, free performances and gatherings in the store as part of our outreach work. We believe this collaboration will result in a vibrant community gathering place dedicated to music, film, and deep roots culture. 

We’re grateful for your support. We look forward to updating you on our progress in the coming weeks and months.