So for my next trick…I host BERTHA Radio on @kpbj.fm ! Episode 5 airs tomorrow at 7am & pm. In the holy grail month of live Dead music, tune in and support community radio coming from Shadow Hills, California.
**shows are available to listen after they air, everything’s archived online at KPBJ.fm ⚡️
We have the 5/29 fundraiser event w/ Paul McCarthy tix available in the link in bio. All proceeds go to installing a site tower and building out the KPBJ studio.
🎨art: @krystalyn_jade
@kpbj.fm is having a fundraiser! Tickets available in bio ⚡️
@paulmccarthyyy@dotgovgov@jazzygirl______@psylox.la
412 Bauchet St. / Doors 7pm / Show 8pm $30 🐞 free drinks!
All proceeds go to building out the studio and broadcast tower.
SUPPORT COMMUNITY RADIO!
Viva Artistas! Mind blown @mbellasartes Thanks for representing Chicano art and including so many Los Angeles artists - and friends! It’s so exciting for everyone showing their work in the historic and beautiful Palacio Bellas Artes! It was fun to make new friends and a shout out to the SF crew ✊🏾 so incredible to hang with the elders of the CDMX graffiti scene with Chaz. I have so much respect for their decades of letter styles evolving in close proximity. Precious moments all week long! Grateful ⚡️
Aztlán: Túnel del Tiempo is on view: March 25 - August 23, 2026
Curated by: Rubén Ortiz Torres & Jesse Lerner
Curatorial assistance: Rita Gonzalez
Logo design: Chaz Bojórquez
Visual identity: Alejandro Magallanes
Tune in today for our first episode of The Burning Giraffe radio show! Wednesday 9-10am & pm on @kpbj.fm your host Trina Calderón @trinaluz and special guest LA artist Patrick Martinez @patrick_martinez_studio play the music that inspires his practice.
Join us!
Patrick’s exhibition LEFT IN RUINS is now showing at @charliejamesgallery through April 11, 2026.
The Burning Giraffe is a reference to a painting Salvador Dali made in 1937 when he feared fascism on the rise in his beloved Spain, his home. 🔥🦒
Do you read?
Pull up a chair and check out my interview with LA icon, the legend, photographer @tmpgaryleonard ! Did you know that Robert McNamara, orchestrator of evil in Southeast Asia, Secretary of “Defense” signed Gary’s draft card? 🫠 Gary had a 4F classification thanks to his awesome anti-war mom. Read all about it on www.TheBurningGiraffe.art
Reading helps you learn to think for yourself.
The Burning Giraffe is a reference to a painting Salvador Dalí made in 1937 when he feared fascism on the rise in his beloved Spain, his home. 🔥🦒
Transition won the Audience Award at @lifefestla !! Congrats to our rad cast and crew! 🫶🏽 Thank you to all our fans, friends, and family who voted for us. There were 63 incredible films, and I'm so grateful to be included and recognized. xo
🎥🎞️⚡️🛹 stay tuned!
We had a terrific night at last night’s premiere of our short film Transition! We celebrated Latina independent cinema, laughed, cried, and there was even some awesome grind house horror in our block (@irisalmaraz rules!) Thank you @lifefestla 💜🎥✨ So much fun and great to hang with some of our cast and crew. The screening was sold out⚡️ Thank you for coming! I’m so grateful and happy to finally show the film on the big screen and share it with an audience. My heart is full and we can’t wait to share more Transition with you soon! Stay tuned 🛹
@fabianalomarofficial@lacristinafrias@anthonynotgarcia@dianaromo21@chelsearendon@artbonilla10@mapachejewelry@futuroscopeusa@eltexmex
Thank you @nicolee.macias and @delosangelestimes for giving the @lifefestla some love. I appreciate your acknowledgement and your article is damn right. We’re living in a Hollywood apartheid and every little bit of encouragement goes a long way.⚡️ Latinos make up more than half of Los Angeles yet our stories are gatekept. Aren’t people bored of watching films about white people all the time? Doesn’t it get old watching a tokenized character in a movie? Dr @anachristinaramon and @ucla are about to put out their Hollywood Diversity Theatrical Report on March 12th and I can’t wait to see that data. Their analysis proves we’re in a Hollywood apartheid and I just hope anyone working in the business can make some better decisions when packaging projects. I have hope and am determined to show people how much richer their lives would be if they were exposed to more American films that actually represent our communities. Not every film has to be lead by a white male narrative. Aren’t you bored? How can we get these men to share the spotlight or step aside once in awhile?!! There’s plenty of movie theater screens for everyone. ❤️
I have a huge amount of gratitude for @josefinalopezrwhc@iamcristinanava@irisalmaraz and their work on this terrific festival. I went to my first director’s dinner last night and I sat in a room with at least 40 other brown female directors and it was so empowering.
Our short Transition is screening this Friday night at 8pm in Boyle Heights. It’s Block 3, tickets are available here:
/LatinaIndependentFilmExtravaganza-1/tickets
We have an incredible cast and crew and we’ll see you Friday! 🎥🎞️✨✨
@victorbarreiro@fabianalomarofficial@lacristinafrias@chelsearendon@eltexmex@artbonilla10@futuroscopeusa@frantastic2000@nataliamoscoso@anthonynotgarcia@omg_its_lindsayyy@odincontreras@traceytheartist@instasayonara@divadoll14@t_gibbzter@sofiamutandis@chueymartinez@dianaromo21@melissa_befierce
And many more amazing humans!
Kids! I have a new radio show on the air on @kpbj.fm It's called BERTHA RADIO and episode 2 airs tomorrow, Wednesday 2/25 at 9am and again at 9pm on KPBJ.fm
That's right, a Grateful Dead live music show, hosted by yours truly. xo
It's a pre-recorded show for the moment that streams online at KPBJ.fm as we are in the midst of fundraising for an antenna that will be installed on a hilltop in my hometown, Shadow Hills, and we build out a local studio. Basically, it's my DJ dream come true...and soon we will be on 95.9FM!
If you're interested and can spare some change to support freeform independent radio, please visit KPBJ.fm and make a donation and/or become a member.
THANK YOU for your eyeballs and ears on this.
***My show tomorrow is Bobby heavy, because he is missed!
(And btw EP 1 is archived on the site, just click on the shows tab and then find Bertha Radio)
Watch Transition by Trina Calderón at LIFE!
Block 3
Ticket link in bio or
Bio:
Trina Calderón is a filmmaker from Los Angeles. She is a Project: Involve screenwriting fellow and began her career producing comedy variety TV shows at G4TV. Trina wrote the feature Down For Life which premiered at LALIFF in 2009 with critical acclaim. A published journalist and author, she’s worked with many incredible visual artists making documentaries and writing
articles, essays, books, and museum and gallery exhibitions. Her collection of essays on the origins of American graffiti writers is featured in WALL WRITERS: Graffiti in its Innocence and she recently published Once Upon a Time on Grateful Dead Tour, a short story collection based on her real-life counterculture adventures.
#LIFEfilmfestival #LatinaIndependentFilmExtravaganza #LIFE2026
