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Cheech Marin museum opens to cheers, cultural celebration in Riverside
6/18/22 at 11:00am
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After five years of planning and fundraising, comedian and actor Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum welcomed its first guests Saturday, June 18, with a street celebration to herald a venue that’s expected to put the city on the national arts map. About 10 a.m., Marin — wearing an orange cap with the museum’s logo — hopped out of a 1962 Chevy Impala lowrider and entered the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture. The museum was created as a home for Cheech Marin’s extensive Chicano art collection, which he began in the 1980s after finding fame with Tommy Chong in the comedy duo Cheech & Chong, followed by a movie career. The concept of a museum in Riverside began in 2017, when his collection was being exhibited at Riverside Art Museum, and then-City Manager John Russo and other civic leaders pitched the idea to Marin.
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/06/18/riversides-cheech-marin-museum-opens-to-cheers-cultural-celebration/
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