Dr. Jorge Leal (UC Riverside) will deliver our opening keynote address, discussing A Great Day in East L.A.: Celebrando the Eastside Sound alongside award-winning photographer and filmmaker Piero F. Giunti, whose photographic portraits and oral histories of musicians document East LA’s musical identity and history. Singer, songwriter, musician, and exhibit co-curator, Mark Guerrero (son of legendary musician Lalo Guerrero) joins the conversation. Dr. Leal will share exhibit artifacts in a show and tell you won’t want to miss!

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Sounds of the Underground, Cal State LA Library’s annual research symposium and community archives collection preservation initiative, returns with a dynamic three-day series featuring Los Angeles-based musicians, music scholars, cultural workers, and scenesters to unpack the underground sounds and deep cuts of LA’s popular music soundscapes. Our theme this year—Making Sound, Making Vision—centers on the impetus music creators, lovers, and thinkers activate to bring forward new and more just worlds through activism, memory-making, and community projects. 

We thank our sponsors: Special Collections and Archives of the University Library at Cal State LA, the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, the Department of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, and La Plaza de Cultura Y Arte.