Movie Night in the Book Nook at Tecolote — After Hours

CHAVELA

Red poncho. Tequila. A voice that could break your heart.

Chavela is the story of Chavela Vargas, the Costa Rican-born singer who arrived in Mexico as a teenager, made the country her home, and proceeded to sing rancheras entirely on her own terms.

She wore trousers, smoked cigars, carried a pistol, refused to change the pronouns in love songs traditionally sung by men—and turned raw vulnerability into an unmistakable musical style. Her extraordinary life crossed paths with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and decades later filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar became one of the champions of her remarkable comeback.

Through archival footage, performances and intimate interviews, Chavela traces the whole unruly arc: fame, love affairs, alcoholism, disappearance from public life and an astonishing return to the stage in her seventies.

It's a music documentary. It's a Mexico story. It's a portrait of an artist who spent a lifetime refusing to become anyone other than herself.

Come upstairs. We'll turn the lights down.

Movie: Chavela (2017) 1hr 33min
Date: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Doors: 6:30pm
Film: 7:00pm
Location: The Book Nook — Upstairs at Tecolote Bookstore

Only 20 tickets available — $6 USD

For Tuesday Movie Night, our upstairs Book Nook becomes a tiny after-hours cinema for independent films, documentaries, cult discoveries, music, classics and stories that belong in an independent bookstore.

Fresh GMO-free Amish popcorn and cold beverages will be served. Come early and browse—the bookstore stays open after hours exclusively for Movie Night guests before the film.

Private. Curated. Ticketed. 20 seats.

Advance tickets are recommended. There are only 20 places in the Book Nook.

This is a digital ticket. Your name will be on the guest list at the door. All Sales Final.