Neighborhood Stories. Community. Fried Pork Skin. Explore Historic Filipinotown through the voices of the people who know it best! Experience The Chicharrón Chronicles Walking Tours, featuring stories from The Chicharrón Chronicles, a cross-cultural story-gathering project in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown exploring the colonial legacy of Spain and...
Neighborhood Stories. Community. Fried Pork Skin. Experience Historic Filipinotown through the voices of the people who know it best on Saturday, November 23rd - 10am-1pm. Join us for the launch of the The Chicharrón Chronicles Walking Tour, a free, mobile app-based tour featuring stories from The Chicharrón...
Images from the three The Chicharrón Chronicles events are now online! Catch up with what happened in Historic Filipinotown in the last few weeks. The Chicharrón Chronicles 01: Mobilize // Movilizar // Magpak The Chicharrón Chronicles 02: Magsalita // Speak // Hablar The Chicharrón Chronicles...
// public conversations // screenings // story-gathering // The Chicharrón Chronicles is a cross-cultural story- gathering project in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles. Teasing out the bonds that can form over fried pork rinds (chicharrón/chicharon/cracklins) and a shared Spanish colonial history, the project invites community members to...
Check out this information on property ownership from Love and Loss in Hi Fi, Chapter 2. "How Do You Find Home?" Many thanks to Río (jill contreras), Realtor® for increasing our shared understanding and spreading this information in their presentation. > PRESENTATION: Rio-Owning Land As Resilience?! ...
On Saturday, May 19, 2018, we concluded our “Love and Loss in Hi Fi” programming with an open-air question for the neighborhood: “How Do You House Party?” The event was an ode to the "backyard boogies" that brought folks together and the informal ways that the Hi...
On May 12, 2018, we hosted a Saturday night discussion for “Love and Loss in Hi Fi”. “What’s In A Name?” took us to the parish hall at St. Columban Church where guests got the low-down on the designation of Historic Filipinotown: how it came...
Taking the Hidden Hi Fi fun to the bar, we hosted our third episode of “Love & Loss in Hi Fi” at Genever on May 10, 2018 – “Who’s Your Neighbor?” The event was a twist on the traditional mixer, highlighting Historic Filipinotown’s history and...
Continuing our "Love & Loss in Hi Fi" programming, we hosted our second event, “How Did You Find Home?” at The Filipino American Service Group Inc (FASGI) on May 9, 2018. The conversation focused on sharing knowledge about housing and real estate, and talking about...
On May 6, 2018, we kicked off our “Love & Loss in Hi Fi” series starting with the first event: “Why Did You Keep it?” Guests and attendees brought personal items, memorabilia and family photos that demonstrated their connections to the neighborhood. Guests were also welcomed...