Tia Chucha's Cafe Cultural Announcement Tia Chucha's being Displaced - Strategic Transition Plan Moving Ahead
Sylmar, Ca - Jan 08, 2007 The world-class bookstore/café/art gallery/performance space, Tia Chuchas Café Cultural, and its non-profit workshop, events and publishing center, Tia Chuchas Centro Cultural, are being displaced from the Glenoaks Village strip mall after more than five years of operating there and providing the Northeast San Fernando Valley with its first bookstore and comprehensive cultural center. Tia Chuchas will be leaving by February 28, 2007. Apparently some $8 million will be invested by a high- tech laundry company to replace Tia Chuchas. Its a shame that a vital and dynamic cultural space is being pushed out for machines, said Tia Chuchas co- founder and creative director, Luis J. Rodriguez. This is a reminder to the community of the nature of capitalist enterprise where money must follow money. In contrast, Tia Chuchas, while organized as a business to sell books and art, was not set up to benefit any one person or family. Instead, the purpose of Tia Chuchas is to provide a positive, cutting edge hub for community dialogue and growth. We invested tens of thousands of my familys money and others have given funds, time, and energy so that the community could have a space to enhance its creative, cultural, spiritual, political, and economic life. Despite this setback, Tia Chuchas organizers have set in motion a strategic transition plan until a new permanent facility is found in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. First there are several fundraising events in 2007, starting with Tia Chuchas 5th Year Anniversary Celebration at noon on February 17, 2007. The Center will also sponsor the 2nd Annual Celebrating Words: Written, Performed & Sung Festival" at Sylmar Park at noon on May 19, 2007 featuring poets, theater, bands, books, and more. And at 6 PM on July 29, 2007 there will be a Tia Chuchas Benefit Night at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. The goal of the ongoing fundraisers is to raise at least $250,000 towards the establishment of a permanent facility for Tia Chuchas. The community is urged to passionately support these efforts. Immediately, Tia Chuchas is in the process of locating a temporary space that can house our workshops in Aztec Dance, writing, music, Son Jarocho musical traditions, drumming, DJing, theater, film, art, and more. We will also continue to organize events with speakers, authors, artists, and others. And the publishing poetry project, Tia Chucha Press, will still publish two books of poetry a year; the CD recording label, Dos Manos Records, will continue to record and distribute; and the online Chicano magazine, Xispas, will still be on the Internet and used in schools. We are not going away, Mr. Rodriguez insisted. We are transitioning to a temporary location, to be determined soon, and are working on obtaining a permanent space that will also expand every aspect of our bookstore, café, art gallery, performance space, and workshop center. The thing to remember is that Tia Chuchas is a spirit of community empowerment. Its a state of mind, not about a particular building or site. Well take this spirit throughout the community. Eventually well have our permanent site. We will never lose the spirit, creativity, and unity nurtured at Tia Chuchas. We need the community more than ever. Tia Chuchas expects to announce the address of their next temporary location by their February 17th anniversary event, and will post website updates on all move-related efforts and upcoming events. 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