We made our goal! Onward to the Fest!
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Check out TamalFest’s new logo by Frida Larios.
Last night our 116th backer pushed us over the top with a $50 contribution to the TamalFest! If you are a backer, thank you sincerely. We just added more $12 single tickets and replenished two-packs, three-packs and four-packs of tickets at the low online price. So if you haven’t backed us, online ticket sales are still open for another 26 hours.
We will suspend online ticketing tomorrow at noontime. You can still make your contribution and ensure your place at TamalFest DC 2016 by purchasing online tickets before we sell out again!
Now that we’ve reached our goal to cover the festival’s basic expenses, every dollar we receive will go into our online coverage of the TamalFest and to keep Hola Cultura operating in 2017. Earlier this fall, as we were hard at work to make TamalFest DC happen again this year, Hola Cultura found out that we had lost a key source of our funding. We have a big hole in our budget for 2017. We are resilient and have lost no time looking for new ways forward. But 2017 is going to be a difficult year for Hola Cultura. We are going to have to cut back on our programming, returning to our roots as an online publication, while we find ways to replace the lost funding and continue.
So your support of Hola Cultura is crucial! Please purchase your tickets online. Already have? Then please tell all your friends, family and tamal lovers. If you can afford to kick in a little more cash, every dollar will go into keeping Hola Cultura operating in the difficult few months ahead. We will use the funds to edit the ‘Tamal Stories’ we record from everyone who visits the TamalFest’s Video Booth. With your support, we will continue mentoring and editing the work of our terrific team of young writers, photographers and videomakers who help us keep this website updated with the interviews, reviews and stories of Washington’s vibrant Latino arts and culture. In these uncertain times, don’t you agree that D.C. needs an online site that counters negative stereotypes by showcasing the many vital contributions of Latino culture?
If you agree that knowledge is power—that understanding one’s culture and taking pride in one’s heritage can powerfully assist individuals to reach their aspirations and the entire community to thrive, please support us now by backing or increasing your support of our Kickstarter campaign. If you’d rather give a tax-deductible contribution via our PayPal account, please click here.
The brothers of “Los Hermanos”. Photo courtesy of the restaurant
Onward to TamalFest DC! We can’t wait to see you, so we are getting this party started early with more about the chefs that make this part fiesta-part cultural exchange possible. Today, we present Maria Villalta, owner and chef of the local Pica Taco chain, Drew Davis, the Union Kitchen chef behind Tamales Pachuca, and the Compres twins of “Los Hermanos” restaurant. Come back here later to watch interviews with them and read all the interviews on our sister site: https://holaculturamas.wordpress.com
Look! → The Washington Post wrote this wonderful story about TamalFest DC!
Please purchase your tickets online before Friday at noon and become a backer of TamalFest DC.
See you Sunday!
Thank you to our sponsors and partners!
Humanities DC, Panam International Supermarket, the DC Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs, Spanish Education Development (SED) Center, Carlos Rosario International Public Charter, and Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas
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