Storytelling and Music: An Evening with Eugene Rodriguez and Robert Mailer Anderson
Date and Time
- Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024 6:30pm
Location
Mechanics' Institute
57 Post St
Details
Join writers Eugene Rodriguez and Robert Mailer Anderson for an evening of conversation and music at Mechanics’ Institute. Longtime collaborators and friends Rodriguez and Anderson will intersperse stories and discussion with a mini acoustic set.
Eugene Rodriguez is the founder and executive director of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, a nonprofit based in San Pablo, California. Rodriguez has produced over thirty albums and numerous films for Los Cenzontles, and he has collaborated with Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Los Lobos, Lalo Guerrero, Ry Cooder, the Chieftains, and Taj Mahal. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR. He is the author of Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging.
Robert Mailer Anderson is a writer, producer, activist, father of four, and 9th generation Californio. He was born in San Francisco and graduated high school in Boonville. His latest graphic novel, My Fairy Godfather (2004 Fantagraphics) is dedicated to The Castro Theater. He is also the author of the novel Boonville, co-writer/producer of the films Windows on the World (also a graphic novel) and the cult horror classic Pig Hunt. He was appointed by Governor Newsom to the California Humanities Board in 2020, is a board member of PEN Oakland, and is on the advisory board of Los Cenzontles. As a music producer, he has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and won two NAACP Image Awards.