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Squeezebox Stories: Accordion Music & Immigration Discussion | SF

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Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
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California Historical Society | 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA

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When Carlos Mendoza immigrated to California from Oaxaca in the 1980s to work in the fields outside Madera, he brought his beloved Chilena music along with him.

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Now a full-time musician, Mendoza will play some of these traditional Oaxacan songs and talk with producers Julie Caine and Marié Abe about the role the accordion has played in carrying culture to a new land.

Squeezebox Stories is an award-winning public radio documentary that uses the rich history of the accordion to tell immigration and migration stories to California. Produced by radio journalist Julie Caine and Boston University ethnomusicologist Marié Abe, this project is supported by the California Council for the Humanities and the Arhoolie Foundation.

During this event, we’ll hear the story of some of rural California’s newest residents, and learn how their journey north has given new life to traditional music that embodies cultural pride in a new land. The most recent wave of Mexican immigrants to California are mostly indigenous people from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca–many of whom don’t even speak Spanish as their first language, and who are often discriminated against within mainstream Mexican culture for their indigenous heritage.

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Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP is required.
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Address: 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA