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Dec 20, 2017 Save Music at ArtCenter

by Martin Wong

Just a couple of months ago, I received a message from an ArtCenter student. She was in Chinatown doing research for a project, picked up a free Wapow! magazine, and read the article I contributed about the Save Music in Chinatown fund raising concerts that my family have been organizing to support the music program...

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Oct 04, 2017 Saving the arts in LA public schools with Artists’ Political Action Network at The Smell

by Martin Wong

I can talk until the end of the day about enjoying the process, being content with doing one's best, and stuff like that. But it's also pretty cool when something you work on and care about is recognized, and even cooler to be asked to talk about it in front of a crowd that is...

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Sep 13, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 13 recap with CH3, Neptunas, and 16 Again

by Martin Wong

On Sunday, Wendy and I embarked on our fifth year of putting on all-ages matinees to raise money for the public elementary school in Chinatown where our daughter attends fourth grade. Even after thirteen shows, it still hasn't gotten old--maybe because I see so many friends and family and only ask bands that I love...

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Sep 05, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 13 with Channel Three, The Neptunas, and 16 Again

by Martin Wong

This may sound like a broken record, but it's a really good one--a scratchy slab of vinyl that you scored at a thrift shop with that killer song that was on a lost mix tape or perhaps last heard on Rodney on the Roq decades ago when you were a kid. Anyway, for the thirteenth...

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May 24, 2017 School’s out for summer and public education is not dead yet

by Martin Wong

Summer is almost here and most teachers and kids are counting the school days that remain. Me, too. It's the end of my first school year as the president of Castelar Elementary's booster club and I could use a vacation. I had never thought about leading or even joining a PTA-type group, but Wendy and I...

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May 10, 2017 Looking back at four years of Save Music in Chinatown, and looking ahead too

by Martin Wong

Sunday's Save Music in Chinatown fund raiser might have been the most packed, fun, and exciting all-ages matinee we've had so far. Turning friends, family, and guests onto the garage rock upstarts The Schizophonics and all-star super power trio Tabitha was just as much of a blast as having first-generation L.A. punks The Alley Cats,...

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May 02, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 12 preview with Alley Cats, Tabitha, Schizophonics, My Revenge, and Alice Bag

by Martin Wong

I'm as shocked as anyone that we've reached the twelfth Save Music in Chinatown show at the end of four school years without flaming out, burning out, or being defeated in any number of ways. Putting on all-ages punk rock matinees to raise money for Castelar Elementary's music program is actually more fun than ever....

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Feb 01, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown’s not dead!

by Martin Wong

I felt a little stupid trying to get people to attend last Sunday's benefit concert. Making phone calls, writing post cards, marching in the streets, and gathering at the airport--there were plenty of things that friends were doing to protest the White House's crusades against women, minorities, LGBT, immigrants, public education, the environment...

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Nov 30, 2016 Announcing Save Music in Chinatown 11: Rikk Agnew Band, Ford Madox Ford, Rough Kids, The Side Eyes

by Martin Wong

Bands have descended from much larger stages and arrived from much farther away to play Save Music in Chinatown benefit shows. But the lineup for our eleventh all-ages matinee fundraiser, which will take place on Sunday, January 29, is one of the most exciting for me because it's the closest aligned to the Hong Kong...

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Sep 20, 2016 Imprint Presents: Underground Bands from Beijing preview with Alpine Decline

by Martin Wong

I was stoked when Tanya and Julia gave me a green light to set up an Imprint event featuring underground bands from China. I had booked them to play a benefit for music education at my daughter's school in Chinatown but how cool will it be for cool and noisy artists like Carsick Cars, Chui...

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Dec 20, 2017 Save Music at ArtCenter

Oct 04, 2017 Saving the arts in LA public schools with Artists’ Political Action Network at The Smell

Sep 13, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 13 recap with CH3, Neptunas, and 16 Again

Sep 05, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 13 with Channel Three, The Neptunas, and 16 Again

May 24, 2017 School’s out for summer and public education is not dead yet

May 10, 2017 Looking back at four years of Save Music in Chinatown, and looking ahead too

May 02, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 12 preview with Alley Cats, Tabitha, Schizophonics, My Revenge, and Alice Bag

Feb 01, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown’s not dead!

Nov 30, 2016 Announcing Save Music in Chinatown 11: Rikk Agnew Band, Ford Madox Ford, Rough Kids, The Side Eyes

Sep 20, 2016 Imprint Presents: Underground Bands from Beijing preview with Alpine Decline