2 EVANGELINE SHOWS ADDED!! — FRI/SAT JUNE 1 & 2 @ 7PM

Evangeline Music Night! Saturday, May 26 – Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA Experience an explosion of East L.A. and 60s Sounds in celebration of the Evangeline Premiere Run!

Come groove on CAVA’s soulful voice and original Latin music. She’ll be joined by the legendary Little Willie G (of Thee Midnighters), and Mark Guerrero (Chicano music trailblazer and son of the late Lalo Guerrero).

Opening is Thee Commons – 60s style folk rock!

“Evangeline, The Queen of Make Believe” is a collaboration between Louie Perez of Los Lobos and About Productions creators Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo. The Multimedia presentation will feature the songbook of Hidalgo and Perez, and is inspired by their song “Evangeline.”

Evangeline… a devoted daughter by day, a Hollywood go-go dancer by night. A journey of self-discovery by a young Chicana, who’s neighborhood roots and make believe world collide when she experiences the West Side art scene and the music of the Sunset Strip, is set against the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A. and the flight for equal education and civil rights. A nearly three year development process is about to come to fruition. “Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe” begins performances May 3, with the official opening night scheduled for May 12 at the Bootleg Theater, in Los Angeles, CA.

Official Premiere May 12 – to May 27, all seats $32.

For more information, go to: http://www.bootlegtheater.org/

Amigos,

Welcome to the brand, spanking new Playpix Gallery!

I hope that soon this store will get popular enough so I can add visual artists that I like, and give them the opportunity to sell their work and make a little dough.

Nobody is going to get rich off this, but it can add a little bit of needed green to some deserving wallets, and at the same time, showcase great art to peeps that don’t normally browse fine art galleries or websites.

I know some very firme artists out there that are doing cool, interesting pictures and sculptures, that you might find appealing and may, if you like, find their way onto a flat surface in your office, living area or sleeping quarters.

For starters I’m going to put up some of my own things… I know, I know, here’s another rock and roller that suddenly fancies him or herself a painter to fuel some maniacal ego trip. Look, I’m not a guy who just because he’s in a cool band and writes some moderately entertaining and occasionally insightful songs, who one night discovers as he lays in bed that he can do anything.

I’ve been doing art all my life and I love it. I intentionally stayed away from showing this side of me for a long time because of that rock dude/I’m an artist now stigma.

Sheesh! Okay, enough with the disclaimer, here’s the deal:

I did six drawings that hang together under one mildly amusing theme and reproduced them as a series of hand signed and numbered limited edition prints that I’ll sell real cheap. (I can get you on original drawings and other stuff later).

I found a really great printer in Austin TX who did a fantastic job of inkjet printing on Strathmore 400 80lb acid free paper, (laser and inkjet is quickly becoming a legit printing method among fine artists).

The size is 8 1/2” x 11”, so they’re not a big investment in framing and don’t require a lot of wall space, so you won’t have to take down sis’s high school graduation picture to accommodate them.

Take note: They will NOT be reprinted after the run is sold out, meaning that you can rest assured that what you get might one day become valuable after I’m dead. Your investment will be secure as long as you don’t use them as coasters or placemats.

That’s it. So if you like ‘em, buy up and I’ll make more. This is gonna be fun.

Click here to see art!  http://playpix.retailrapp.com/products

Sincerely yours,

Louie Perez

“Evangeline, The Queen of Make Believe” is a collaboration between Louie Perez of Los Lobos and About Productions creators Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo.

The Multimedia presentation will feature the songbook of Hidalgo and Perez, and is inspired by their song “Evangeline.”

Evangeline… a devoted daughter by day, a Hollywood go-go dancer by night. A journey of self-discovery by a young Chicana, who’s neighborhood roots and make believe world collide when she experiences the West Side art scene and the music of the Sunset Strip, is set against the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A. and the flight for equal education and civil rights.

A nearly three year development process is about to come to fruition. “Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe” begins performances May 3, with the official opening night scheduled for May 12 at the Bootleg Theater, in Los Angeles, CA.

Low Cost Previews: May 3-11, all seats $22

Official Premiere May 12 – to May 27, all seats $32.

For more information, go to: http://aboutpd.org/evangeline/evangeline-the-queen-of-make-believe

To bring this show to your community, contact: Kimiko Tokita at Kimiko@whitecrowe.net.

The Three Louies takes it’s show on the road to the Aspen’s Solazu Writer’s Conference on June 21, 2012.

For more info, click here! 

The David Hidalgo and Louie Perez Songwriter Show is back!

Check out the dates below and for more info go to:

http://latinplayboys.org/blog/shows/

Jan 12 – Seasons Performance Hall, Yakima, WA
Jan 13 – Edmonds Center For The Arts, Edmonds, WA
Jan 14 – Cascade Theatre, Redding, CA
Jan 15 – The Center For The Arts, Grass Valley, CA
Jan 17 – Laxson, Chico, CA
Jan 18 – Van Duzer Theater, Arcata, CA
Jan 20 – Lancaster Performing Arts Center, Lancaster, CA
Jan 21 – Downey Civic Theatre, Downey, CA

The Three Louies - Luis J. Rodriguez, Louie Perez, Luis Torres

Remembrances and reminiscences about growing up on Los Angeles’ Eastside will take center stage in a group performance by a member of Los Lobos, a renowned Chicano writer and an award-winning Chicano journalist.

The iconoclastic trio Chicano known as The Three Louies will perform at the Crawford Family Forum in the auditorium of KPCC Radio in Pasadena on January 5 at 7:00 pm. The performance is part of the ongoing Town Hall for the 21st Century series. The address is 474 S. Raymond Avenue.

For more info go to: http://www.scpr.org/events/

The performance is open to the public and there is no charge for admission.

The Three Louies recently performed to a standing-room-only crowd at the Vincent Price Museum on the campus of East Los Angeles College where they received a standing ovation.

The Three Louies comprise a group that is difficult to define. Their presentations are part performance art, part comedy and part social satire. The group features three Chicanos whose roots are on Los Angeles’ Eastside and who have individually pursued successful careers in music, literature and journalism. They carry on an unscripted conversation and “invite the audience to eavesdrop.”

The performance evokes something like a mixture of Spalding Gray and a Chicano version of the Marx Brothers.

The members of the Three Louies are Louie Perez of the musical group Los Lobos, nationally renowned writer Luis J. Rodriguez and award-winning journalist and broadcaster Luis Torres.

“I’m really looking forward to performing in Pasadena as part of The Three Louies,” says musician Louie Perez. “Considering what’s going on in the world around us, a public display of silliness is way overdue,” he jokes.

He explains The Three Louies, who are longtime friends, have a conversation in front of an audience, with the audience essentially eavesdropping on the conversation. Topics range from “growing up Mexican” to overcoming discrimination and dislocation and persevering in professional careers – all with a satirical wink at life in America.

“It’s politics, it’s poetry, it’s every topic under the sun,” says writer Luis J. Rodriguez. “The Three Louies makes the Three Stooges look smart,” he jokes. “But on the serious side, it’s what three vatos from East L.A. can do with little to work with but family, community, determination and lots of headaches,” he adds.

Says Rodriguez, “We sit down and share our stories – stories that should wind through any audience and wake them up to their own stories.”

“We’ll begin with our take on the latest perversities in the news headlines,” says Luis Torres. “But our conversations – punctuated by anecdotes and reminiscences – will cover a range of ideas and experiences about growing up on the eastside of L.A,” says the former KNX/CBS reporter. “It’s as if the three of us were just chatting at a party, and we invite the audience to listen in – and maybe add some recollections of their own.”

The performance is free and open to the public.

Luis J. Rodriguez’ latest book is a memoir titled “It Calls you Back.” Louie Perez is currently on a nationwide tour with the rock band Los Lobos. Luis Torres, formerly of CBS/KNX Radio, is the author of a forthcoming book examining the 1968 East Los Angeles high school student walkouts and the work of educational reformer Vahac Mardirosian. He frequently contributes book reviews and feature stories to the San Gabriel Valley Newspapers and writes for national publications.