More than 500 pieces from his personal collection now make up the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in Riverside, Calif., which has two traveling shows. Michael Puente recently ...

Cheech Marin dedicates the 2025 Arts Award “to all the artists” who’ve made Chicano Art. Cheech Marin dedicates the 2025 Arts Award “to all the artists” who’ve made Chicano Art that allowed “The ...

Zachary Roman tours the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture with TODEC, an educational group for children of Coachella Valley farmworkers. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In 2022, the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “The fame of the museum is spreading far and wide, and people are coming from all over the United States,” says ...

In 2022, the iconic L.A. comedian Cheech Marin opened an art museum with the hope of inspiring a Chicano art renaissance. "I looked around and said, 'This could be the next big art town' — because the ...

California helped catapult Cheech and Chong into the stratosphere of marijuana celebrities. Their 1978 movie, “Up in Smoke,” chronicled the comedy duo’s hijinks across Los Angeles and invented the ...

Stoner comedy legend, actor and Chicano art curator collector Cheech Marin will be honored this year at the 38th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation named Marin as a ...

“This isn’t just a win for our brand – it’s a win for cannabis beverages everywhere,” said Cheech Marin, co-founder of Cheech & Chong’s Beverages. “To see cannabis welcomed onto one of the biggest ...

Los Angeles City Councilmembers proclaimed Friday, June 20, to be "Cheech Marin Day," honoring the comedian and actor at a City Hall ceremony. Marin, of Cheech & Chong fame, is not only known for his ...

The Los Angeles City Council proclaimed June 20 "Cheech Marin Day" to honor the Chicano comedian, actor and art collector, coinciding with the third anniversary of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The city council has proclaimed June 20 "Cheech Marin Day'' in Los Angeles to honor the Chicano comedian, actor and art collector, coinciding with the third anniversary of The ...