Tía
Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore is proud to
invite you to the 14th Annual Celebrating Words
Festival: Written, Performed, and Sung, the longest running literacy and
arts festival in the San Fernando Valley. We are excited to continue this
celebration in Pacoima and provide an outdoor space that encourages creativity
and imagination, where artistic expression can thrive, and where we can come
together to support intellectual growth and emotional healing in the vital and
unique ways that arts and literacy can.
Opening Ceremony by Tía
Chuchas’ resident mexihca dance group, Danza Temachtia Quetzalcoatl.
Free Books from ages
toddler - 12th grade! Supplies are limited, so please arrive early.
Stage:
Yesika Salgado author of
“Tesoro” and “Corazón”
The Chuchas
The Little Jaraneros
Mariachi Los Cachorros
from Telfair Ave. Elementary School
Poetry by From Trauma to
Transformation students
Breakdancing by The
Gr818ers
Mexican Folklore by Plaza
Comunitaria Sinaloa
Tia Chucha Press Poets
Folklorico Macuilxochitl
YOUNG WARRIORS
Creative Workshops:
Guided Painting with
DesiBoo Creations
Screen printing with
Cultivarte Studios
Plantitas with Nature
Parkway
Birthday Counts with
Mexicayotl
Tia Chucha Press zine
making
La Troka by LA Plaza de
Cultura y Artes
Toddler Jam Sessions with
Friends of the Family
Free vegetable plants from
Sylmar Horticulture Club
Exhibits:
Environmental Justice by
YUTEP of Pacoima Beautiful
Tia Chucha Student Art
Class showcase
Resource Fair:
Plaza Comunitaria Sinaloa
El Nido Family Center
Association
CHIRLA
GR818ers
GRYD
Pacoima Beautiful
Sponsors Tabling:
Los Angeles Educational
Partnership
Pacoima Nenighborhoor
Council
Food Trucks:
Los Ruizeñores Restaurant
More TBA
Hearts & Hands
Mercadito (1 Block Away)
at Pacoima Arts Incubator
13456 Van Nuys Blvd,
Pacoima, CA 91331
Confirmed Vendors:
Tarjetitas Con Amor
Dora’s Tiendita
Casa Papalotl
Kalli Arte
Sin Fin Designs
Skillful and Soulful
Culto.Origenen
@rabbitheartceramics
@xicaliproducts
Ertll Publishers
Hood Herbalism
Sarah’s Tesoros
@lagrimas.de.oro
Semillas Artes
@luna_inspirations
With Food by Vegatinos
Thank You to our Sponsors for supporting the vision of
Celebrating Words Festival:
California Arts Council
Los Angeles Department of
Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles Educational
Partnership
First 5 LA
Pacoima Neighborhood
Council
Councilwoman Monica
Rodriguez
Class of, LLC
Myke’s CafeCafe
The Wild Plum – Holistic
Spa & Yoga Center
Mi Pueblito Mexican
Restaurant
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The mission of Tía
Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore is to transform community in the
Northeast San Fernando Valley and beyond through ancestral knowledge, the arts,
literacy and creative engagement.
Tía
Chucha’s began as a café, bookstore
and cultural space owned and run by former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J.
Rodríguez,
his wife Trini Rodríguez, and their brother-in-law Enrique Sánchez. Tía Chucha’s provides year-round on-site and
off-site free or low-cost arts and literacy bilingual intergenerational
programming in mural painting, music, dance, writing, visual arts, healing arts
sessions (such as reiki healing) and healing/talking circles. Workshops and
activities also include Mexica ("Aztec") dance, indigenous
cosmology/philosophy, and two weekly open mic nights (one in Spanish, the other
in English). Tía Chucha’s host author readings, film screenings, and art
exhibits as well.
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