Many signature street sounds and smells of Boyle Heights come from local businesses and street vendors. The street vendors and small businesses in Boyle Heights are a tight-knit community full of different flavors, recipes and origin stories. There are local vendors who sell everything from tacos and corn to ice cream and fruit. During the pandemic, Eva, Martha, and Margarita documented the narratives of some of the local businesses and street vendors in their neighborhood who have been impacted by the pandemic.
A chat between mariachis about the tradition, struggles, and the evolution of the music.
Listen to the ConversationTwo Chicanx songwriters discuss their connection to the visual, sonic, and political landscape of Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo traditional musicians share their love songs to Boyle Heights, singing of gentrification, cultural loss, and what remains.
Listen to the ConversationTwo generations of women songwriters Lysa Flores and La Marisoul unpack love, decolonization and sanctuary space in Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo versatile artists take us through the multiracial history of Boyle Heights from redlining to the Jewish Bakers Union to the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Listen to the ConversationA chat between mariachis about the tradition, struggles, and the evolution of the music.
Listen to the ConversationTwo Chicanx songwriters discuss their connection to the visual, sonic, and political landscape of Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo traditional musicians share their love songs to Boyle Heights, singing of gentrification, cultural loss, and what remains.
Listen to the ConversationTwo generations of women songwriters Lysa Flores and La Marisoul unpack love, decolonization and sanctuary space in Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo versatile artists take us through the multiracial history of Boyle Heights from redlining to the Jewish Bakers Union to the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
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