LAist + KCET ARTBOUND Screening Series: Chinatown Punk Wars
- Grand Performances, 350 S. Grand Ave., Downtown L.A.
On September 22, join us for the kick off of the LAist + KCET ARTBOUND Screening Series with a free screening, conversation, and performance in downtown LA. The inaugural event will be hosted in partnership with Grand Performances, and will start with the premiere screening of the new documentary Chinatown Punk Wars, which digs into how two Chinatown restaurants became the implausible heart of LA’s burgeoning punk scene in the 1970s. Following the screening, Antonia Cereijido (she/her), host of the Imperfect Paradise podcast from LAist Studios, will lead a discussion with all-girl, LA-based punk band The Linda Lindas and musician/author/punk rock trailblazer Alice Bag (she/her) and Jessica Schwartz (she/her), associate professor, music industry; musicology at the The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The event will conclude with a special live performance by The Linda Lindas. It’s all free and open to the public!
An audience participation activity will be facilitated by Chicas Rockeras South East Los Angeles.
Hear from The Linda Lindas about their debut album in this NPR interview.
ABOUT THE FILM “Chinatown Punk Wars” – Premieres Wed., Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. on KCET / Fri., Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. on PBS SoCal
In the late 1970s, two Chinese restaurants became the unlikely epicenter of L.A.’s burgeoning punk scene. The emerging music form featured fast-paced songs and hard-edged melodies with anti-establishment messaging. As told through interviews with John Doe (X), Alice Bag (The Bags), Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag), and Martin Wong (Save Music in Chinatown) featuring music from current performers such as The Linda Lindas and more.
ARTBOUND is supported in part by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture and Creative Recovery LA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other generous institutional funders.
ABOUT ARTBOUND
ARTBOUND is the award-winning series that captures the spirit of the arts and culture community in Southern California and beyond. The Original series explores and illuminates the cultural issues of our times, providing critical in-depth analysis of how arts and culture affect society. ARTBOUND recognizes the need for access to the arts, arts education and connecting local artists with audiences and in fact, acts as Southern California’s largest stage. Utilizing public media as a space to find quality arts and culture programming, ARTBOUND reveals cultural touchstones that have shaped the fabric of the region’s communities and a nation whose story is indelibly linked to the arts.
ABOUT PBS SOCAL and KCET
PBS SoCal and KCET are both part of the donor-supported community institution, the Public Media Group of Southern California. PBS SoCal is the flagship PBS station for diverse people across California and delivers content and experiences that inspire, inform and educate. PBS SoCal offers the full slate of beloved PBS programs including MASTERPIECE, NOVA, PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, and a broad library of documentary films with works from Ken Burns; as well as educational content including PBS KIDS programs like DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and CURIOUS GEORGE. KCET showcases the best of PBS and is a leading source for arts, culture, and news in Southern California. Through innovative storytelling, KCET explores and expresses our dynamic local communities helping residents understand and connect with the region's diverse communities and ideas. For additional information about both KCET and PBS SoCal productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org and pbssocal.org KCET Originals and PBS programming are available to stream on the FREE PBS App on iOS and Android devices, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO SmartCast TV. KCET is also available to watch live on YouTube TV.
ABOUT GRAND PERFORMANCES
Grand Performances is non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire community, celebrate diversity, and unite Los Angeles through free access to global performing arts. Hailed as the "Best Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series" by Los Angeles Magazine and called "a grand gift to the public... democracy in musical action" by the Los Angeles Times, Grand Performances presents an annual season of free events featuring local and global artists in music, dance, theatre, poetry and more at the breathtaking California Plaza in the heart of Downtown. Launched in 1987 during a time of redevelopment in downtown Los Angeles, Grand Performances (GP) is SoCal’s longest-running presenter of free global and local performing arts. Over the years, Grand Performances has nurtured artists from L.A.’s own neighborhoods, often providing early career opportunities. In addition, a longtime commitment to presenting contemporary artists from Latin America, Africa, and Central/East Asia has brought important world-class touring artists to our community and has ensured the stage reflects the many faces of Los Angeles. Grand Performances strives to create transformative experiences that spark a greater appreciation of the arts, enrich and broaden understanding of global cultures, and encourage audiences to interact with the world around them. Visit us at grandperformances.org.
ABOUT ANTONIA CEREIJIDO
Antonia Cereijido has served as Executive Producer at LAist Studios and was the host of the LAist podcast Norco '80. She was a producer for six years on NPR’s Latino USA and hosted her own segment, The Breakdown. She has hosted podcasts for Mic and Slate. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR’s Code Switch, and All Things Considered.
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