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Press conference at UCLA with Los Tigres del Norte

Frontera presss conference at UCLA

We held a press conference at UCLA with Los Tigres del Norte celebrating the completion of digitizing the 17,000 – 78 rpm discs in the FRONTERA COLLECTION.This press conference was held on the UCLA campus and was well attended by Spanish-speaking media, NPR and the Los Angeles Times among others. Also in attendance were all the members of Los Tigres del Norte, UCLA’s chancellor, students, Chon Noriega of the UCLA Chicano Research Center, Tom Diamant, Antonio Cuellar and I from the Arhoolie Foundation and all kinds of interested folks.

Dear friends,

On Giving Tuesday, we announced the capital campaign to purchase our building at 10341 San Pablo Ave in El Cerrito — home to the Arhoolie Foundation (and before that Arhoolie Records), Les Blank Films, and Down Home Music Store since 1976. We’ve been heartened by the community’s response to our fundraising announcement. To all who have donated so far: thank you. We couldn’t do this without you.

Now, while there is a contract in place to buy the building in partnership with Les Blank Films, we need to raise $1.2 million — our half of the purchase price — by April 15. Donations to the campaign can be made via the link below, by check, or by bank transfer. (To make a bank transfer, please email us at info@arhoolie.org).

In the new year, we look forward to collaborating with Les Blank Films and Down Home Music to bring more public programming to our community. We plan to revive Les Blank and Chris Strachwitz’s 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.

If you’re interested in donating and would like to discuss our plans for the building, please don’t hesitate to email director Adam Machado at adam@arhoolie.org.

Thank you for your support as we begin this exciting new chapter!

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