About this Event
Saturday, September 19 at 2pm
ALOUD in Community: The LAPL Mixtape, On Wax
Verse 1: Gospel Testimonies
with Tyree Boyd-Pates and Calvin B. Rhone
Eighty-five years after the Second Wave of the Great Migration, Black Angelenos transformed Los Angeles into a hub of musical innovation, from gospel and jazz to hip-hop. Across neighborhoods and generations, these sonic traditions carry memory, migration, and cultural authorship.
In partnership with ALOUD and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, LAPL Mixtape, On Wax celebrates this living archive through a series of genre-focused Stack Sessions, vinyl listening experiences hosted in library branches. Participants gather among the stacks to share records, read liner notes, and explore how Black Southern sound traditions took root in Los Angeles and continue to influence the nation's cultural landscape.
- September 19: Verse 1: Gospel Testimonies — In conversation with Calvin B. Rhone of GMWA LA at Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library
- October 17: Verse 2: Jazz Chronicles — Featuring the Hefflin Family at Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library
- November 7: Verse 3: Hip-Hop Cuts — Dialoguing with DJ R-Tistic at Baldwin Hills Branch Library
- Dec 5: Encore: The LAPL Mixtape, On Wax — Culminating celebration with Gospel Music Workshop of America, Los Angeles Chapter at Central Library
Special thanks to our sponsors
ALOUD is made possible thanks to support from: Judith and Steve Krantz Foundation, Hearst Foundations, Humanities Endowment Fund, Gregory Peck Literacy Endowment, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Sharon Oxborough Endowed Fund for ALOUD
Additional support generously provided by the Los Angeles Public Library and by donors and members of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.
Event venue & nearby stays
Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch, Los Angeles Public Library, 3900 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, United States
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