Goethe-Institut Los Angeles

09/04/2026

Wed, 09/09/2026, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
WOMEN IN PUNK
@ Tequila Mockingbird's Punk Museum

Join us on Wednesday, September 9th at the Goethe-Institut for a dynamic conversation about women’s lives in and through punk as music, culture, community, and resistance.

Moderator Jessica Schwartz, host of The Punkast joins punk pioneers Tequila Mockingbird, Pleasant Gehman, and Jula Bell Liebi in tracing their histories through the scenes, relationships, and creative practices they’ve helped shape, following these threads into a range of their new inspiring projects. Through these stories, we’ll explore how these women built the early LA punk scene through imaginative experimentation–reclaiming the Hollywood sign, stars and sounds through music, performance, and forging friendships that remain powerful modes of survival and resistance to this day.

Moving between these lived experiences and punk’s broader histories and contradictions, we probe ongoing punk scenes and solidarities as forms of protest and refusal, ways of navigating systemic constraints and injustices, spaces for outcasted belonging, and energetic hope amidst, connection amidst the isolation, alienation, and chaos of the modern world. A selection of Videos from the Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection of the UCLA Library Punk Archive will be included in the discussion. True to punk’s DIY/T ethos (Do It Yourself, Together), we invite you into this electric conversation, amplifying how women in punk–and our practices–continue to provoke meaningful transformations in art, politics, and beyond.

Videos from the Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection of the UCLA Library Punk Archive. Donated by Tequila in 2018, this compilation was made with digitized Umatic video masters of her two Los Angeles public access television shows Tequila TV and Dude Magazine that aired circa 1995. Compilation created by the UCLA Library Punk Collective.

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09/02/2026

Wed, 09/09/2026, 7:00 PM-9:30 PM
WOMEN IN PUNK @ Tequila Mockingbird's Punk Museum

Join punk pioneers Tequila Mockingbird, Pleasant Gehman, and Jula Bell Liebi in conversation with Jessica A. Schwartz

Goethe-Institut LA
1901 W. 7th St. Suite AB
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Language: English, Free admission
Part of the event series: Punk@50

Join us on Wednesday, September 9th at the Goethe-Institut for a conversation about women’s lives in and through punk as music, culture, community, and resistance.

Moderator Jessica Schwartz, host of The Punkast joins punk pioneers Tequila Mockingbird, Pleasant Gehman, and Jula Bell Liebi in tracing their histories through the scenes, relationships, and creative practices they’ve helped shape, following these threads into a range of their new inspiring projects. Through these stories, we’ll explore how these women built the early LA punk scene through imaginative experimentation–reclaiming the Hollywood sign, stars and sounds through music, performance, and forging friendships that remain powerful modes of survival and resistance to this day.

Moving between these lived experiences and punk’s broader histories and contradictions, we probe ongoing punk scenes and solidarities as forms of protest and refusal, ways of navigating systemic constraints and injustices, spaces for outcasted belonging, and energetic hope amidst, connection amidst the isolation, alienation, and chaos of the modern world. A selection of Videos from the Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection of the UCLA Library Punk Archive will be included in the discussion. True to punk’s DIY/T ethos (Do It Yourself, Together), we invite you into this electric conversation, amplifying how women in punk–and our practices–continue to provoke meaningful transformations in art, politics, and beyond.

Videos from the Tequila Mockingbird LA Punk Museum collection of the UCLA Library Punk Archive. Donated by Tequila in 2018, this compilation was made with digitized Umatic video masters of her two Los Angeles public access television shows Tequila TV and Dude Magazine that aired circa 1995. Compilation created by the UCLA Library Punk Collective.

Presented within the context of TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD'S PUNK MUSEUM as part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50, a project of the Goethe-Institutes in the United States and Mexico that marks the 50th anniversary of punk through exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and discussions that focus on punk as a subculture, protest movement, and catalyst for self-determination.

Admission is free w/ RSVP.
All ages are welcome.
Light refreshments provided

PROGRAM
6:30 PM Doors open -View the exhibition TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD'S PUNK MUSEUM
7:20 PM Introduction
7:30 PM Women in Punk: Pleasant Gehman, Jula Bell Liebi, and Tequila Mockingbird modersted by Jessica A. Schwartz.
9:30 PM End of Event

More info and RSVP link:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/kua/pun/ver.cfm?event_id=27339124

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08/30/2026

One of the many highlights from yesterdays opening of Tequila Mockingbird's Punk Museum at the Goethe-Institut:
CAVA's piping hot set - absolute stunner!

Catch them tonight 7:00pm at the before they head out on tour to the next stop at the .sanfrancisco !

360 Video by the prolific . Thank you Stephanie!

Special thanks to Phanie Diaz ( , Girl in a Coma)
John Walsh (OUTRAGE Radio/Luxuria) and In Fuzz We Trust
for pulling a rabbit out of their hat with the Redwood Bar booking!




 
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08/28/2026

08/27/2026

Fri, 08/28/2026, 7:30 PM
CAVA Live at The Redwood Bar w/ Groans, Ratas en Zelo, FEA

As part of Alle gegen Alles: Punk@50, Berlin-based garage-punk band CAVA kick-off their tour across America at the Redwood Bar in downtown L.A. as part of an extraordinary line-up featuring headliners Fea, and scene stars Ratas en Zelo along with q***r core darlings The Groans.

Emerging from Berlin's DIY music scene, CAVA has crafted a sound that is raw, experimental, and emotionally charged. Blending garage rock and punk influences with distorted guitars, feedback, and an unmistakable sense of urgency, their lyrics navigate personal narratives, social commentary, and contemporary life.

LINE UP
7:30 PM - DOORS OPEN
8:00 PM – CAVA
9:00 PM – GROANS
10:00 PM – RATAS EN ZELO
11:00 PM - FEA

Presented in partnership with In Fuzz We Trust, this concert is part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50, a project of the Goethe-Institutes in the United States and Mexico that marks the 50thanniversary of punk through exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and discussions that focus on punk as a subculture, protest movement, and catalyst for self-determination.

More info and ticket link: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/kua/pun/ver.cfm?event_id=27333641

For more info on the entire program and the CAVA tour: www.goethe.de/usa/punk50

Mighty props to Fea, In Fuzz We Trust, LuxuriaMusic The Redwood Bar for the invaluable help with this booking!

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08/21/2026

Do., 27.08.2026, 19:00–21:30 Uhr
Exhibition Opening:
TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD'S PUNK MUSEUM
Multimedia Installation

Join us and Tequila Mockingbird, fellow punks, artists, partners, and friends on Thursday, August 27, 2026, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM for the opening reception of Tequila Mockingbird’s Punk Museum, a multimedia exhibition featuring an artist talk, unexpected encounters, and plenty of surprises.

Drawn from the extensive archive of artist, curator, and long-time punk historian Tequila Mockingbird, this immersive exhibition showcases an extraordinary collection of punk art, memorabilia, photographs, flyers, zines, posters, records, and rare ephemera that trace the evolution of one of the most influential cultural movements, drawing connections to the punk scenes in Europe and Germany.

Accompanied by a series of events including film screenings, discussions, and more, Tequila Mockingbird’s Punk Museum serves as a space for artists, musicians, fans, and community to gather and celebrate the creativity, DIY ethos, and enduring legacy of the LA punk scene—from its underground beginnings to its continued impact on art, music, fashion, and activism today. Whether you are an old-school punk or simply punk-curious, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the energy, irreverence, creative energy, and cultural history of punk up close.

Admission is free w/ RSVP.
All ages are welcome.
Light refreshments provided

TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD'S PUNK MUSEUM
is on view at the Goethe-Institut from August 27th - OCt 7th, 2026

During Office Hours:
August 27th - OCt 7th, 2026
Tuesday–Thursdays: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fridays: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Secure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at
674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057

Public transport is possible with the red line to MacArthur Park/Westlake stop. Using carpool or ride-share options are appreciated.

TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD'S PUNK MUSEUM is part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50, a project of the Goethe-Institutes in the United States and Mexico that marks the 50th anniversary of punk through exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and discussions that focus on punk as a subculture, protest movement, and catalyst for self-determination.


Tequila Mockingbird
is a real person and a seminal figure in the Los Angeles punk scene—an artist, journalist, producer, and cultural archivist whose work has documented and preserved L.A.’s underground music and art for decades. She is widely known for her punk scene coverage, her pioneering television work, and for founding the LA Punk Museum, a pop-up, immersive art experience dedicated to punk history.

More info and RSVP Link: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/de/sta/los/ver.cfm?event_id=27316178

and check out goethe.de/usa/punk50 for details on the entire Punk project!

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08/20/2026

Happening right now! Tune in to dublab for THE YEAR WAS:1982 with the evervescent Annett Scheffel Annett Scheffel and special guest Tequila Mockingbird Denise Brown chatting about Punk at 50 and then some, chock-full of tunes from 1982. Quite the treat!

Dublab.com ... Go there.

08/20/2026

That's on right now! Tune in to dublab for THE YEAR WAS: 1982
The evervescent Annett Scheffel Annett Scheffel has Tequila Mockingbird Denise Brown as a guest, talking about Punk at 50 and then some. Quite the treat!

Dublab.com go there!

08/18/2026

Thursday August 20, 2026, 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Live radio:
Annett Scheffel w/ Tequila Mockingbird – The Year Was: 1982

"The Year Was" takes you on a journey through time. In each show, Annett travels back in time to explore a different year. What did music sound like around the world, across different genres and scenes of pop culture? What else was happening at that time? And how does that resonate today?

This show is the first part of a special four-part radio series produced in partnership with dublab.de and the Goethe Institute Los Angeles for their "Alle gegen alles – Punk@50" (goethe.de/usa/punk50) project. The series weaves together music and voices from both sides of the Atlantic to shed light on punk's significance, impact, and legacy in different historical contexts, and its connections to today. We start with the year 1982 and Annett's guest Tequila Mockingbird, an artist, journalist, producer, cultural archivist, and founder of the LA Punk Museum.

By 1982, punk had transformed into something harder and louder, but the angry lyrics of Flipper's debut album proved that you could be sloppy and still make a point. All while arcades buzzed and synths shimmered, E.T. wanted to phone home, Michael Jackson released "Thriller", Prince was particularly fearless on "1999", and the first player for a shiny disc called CD was launched.

TUNE IN!

Info and station link: https://www.dublab.com/schedule/2qf04df19jkskfi64gee7c44b2_20260820T210000Z/annett-scheffel-w-tequila-mockingthe-year-was:-1982

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08/17/2026

Eventseries
"ALLE GEGEN ALLES - PUNK AT 50"
Fifty years ago, punk declared itself against everything and everyone. This fall, eight Goethe-Instituts across the US and Mexico mark the anniversary with three months of exhibitions, films, concerts, and conversations — a transatlantic answer to one question: what does punk mean now?

At a Glance
8 cities: Major North American Cities
3 months: September through November 2026
1 movement, two continents: Exhibitions, concerts, films, and talks, locally curated and globally connected

Look what punk we have in store for you:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/kua/pun.html

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