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![Lucky 'M' Pool Hall, 1973.](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: IH 056Format: CDProducers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Al Robles recites a spoken word comparing music, poetry, art, and life. Next Al Robles interviews a group of manongs in the famed Lucky M pool hall. The interview begins with a group of manongs complaining that ignorant people think that the I-Hotel should be demolished. If this historical landmark is gone, many have no place to go. During the interview Al mainly talks to manong Duvera. Coming to America in 1917, Duvera got a Job as an apprentice barber in the famed Tino's barbershop. He explains the vibrant culture and music that was in the barbershop. Currently working at the Lucky M, Duvera reminisced of the good old days leading to lucky M's closing on March 1st, 1973. Along with other vanishing businesses, Lucky M was the last Filipino pool hall in Manilatown.
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