Talk and Book Signing in San Diego, February 16

Catherine Kurland will be giving a talk, “From Álamos to Boyle Heights,” and signing copies of HOTEL MARIACHIon Saturday, February 16 36th Annual California Missions Conference in San DiegoPresented by the California Missions Foundation. For information, please see: www.californiamissions.org

Closing Reception 7–10 pm Friday, Sept. 7!

FINAL WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION! Hotel Mariachi: Photographs by Miguel Gandert CLOSING RECEPTION with Gallery Talk by photographer Miguel Gandert Jean Deleage Gallery at Casa 0101 2102 East 1st Street Boyle Heights 90033 (323) 263-7684 Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 AM–6 PM

Book Signing & Workshop, Sunday, Sept. 10

BOOK SIGNING and WORKSHOP Sunday, September 10, Los Angeles Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes 501 N. Main Street, (across from historic Los Angeles Plaza & Olvera Street) Workshop: “Historic Roots of Hotel…

Radio Interview

February 10, 2016, radio interview about Hotel Mariachi: Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles with Miguel Gandert, Enrique Lamadrid, and Catherine Kurland on Melanie Harth’s show, “Living from Happiness.”  

Fiesta de Santa Cecilia

The mariachis of Boyle Heights present their Santa Cecilia Fiesta on Tuesday, November 24. A neighborhood procession starts at 10 a.m., followed by a day-long celebration on Mariachi Plaza from 12 to 8 p.m. This is the local mariachis’ own day to…

1ST PLACE!

FIRST PLACE!  Hotel Mariachi: Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles won First Place at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards on June 27 in San Francisco. Co-authors Catherine L. Kurland and Enrique Lamadrid accepted the award from Latino Literacy Now at the…

Another great review!

“Hotel Mariachi is a small, yet elegant, presentation that reminds us how cultural space is made and remade.” —Daniel D. Arreola, Journal of Arizona History, Winter 2014  

Sept. 12 Santa Barbara Radio Interview

Here’s the link to the September 12, 2014, interview with Catherine Kurland and Anne Petersen from Elizabeth Stewart’s Arts and Antiques radio show on the Santa Barbara radio station KZSB. Thanks to the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation for making this recording…

Shutterbug review

We are grateful for this nice review in the photomagazine, Shutterbug. http://www.shutterbug.com/content/hotel-mariachi-urban-space-and-cultural-heritage-los-angeles

KSFR RadioCafe Interview Feb 11

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Radio Interview with Kurland, Lamadrid, and Gandert on Hotel Mariachi! Tuesday, Feb. 11, 8 am and 5 pm Mountain Time, on RadioCafe, 101.1 FM KFSR Santa Fe, NM. Here’s a link to the website and podcasts, or click the KSFR…