March 2025

We are THRILLED to tell you that thanks to the strong support of our community over the last five months, our building campaign is 90% to our goal of $2.4 million. Now, we need your help to get across the finish line, the final 10%.

WAYS TO DONATE:

• PAYPAL, CREDIT CARD
  
  
• CHECK
  Please make checks payable to:
  Les Blank Films  or Arhoolie Foundation
  10341 San Pablo Avenue
  El Cerrito, California
  94530 
  Memo: “Building Fund”
  
  
• WIRE, STOCK TRANSFER, OTHER 
  Contact: Les Blank Films President Harrod Blank or Arhoolie Foundation President Adam Machado. 

Our vision is to make 10341 San Pablo Avenue a gathering place for music, film, and roots culture. Inspired by the work of our founders Chris Strachwitz and Les Blank, who spent their lives documenting and sharing culture, we see the building as a living museum, event space, and music store. It will be a place where our community can come together for film screenings, performances, exhibitions, and classes. The Arhoolie Foundation, Les Blank Films, and Down Home Music Store are working together to make this vision a reality.