Tía Chucha’s 14th Annual Celebrating Words Festival

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.