Due to all the holiday events, many organizations are using January to regroup for the coming year. For this reason there are not as many cultural events cited as usual. Tia Tenopia
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LOS ANGELES AREA
MEXICALI BIENNIAL
EXHIBIT
JANUARY 19 THRU APRIL 13, 2013
VINCENT PRICE MUSEUM
COMMUNITY FOCUS GALLERY
EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
1301 AVENIDA CESAR CHAVEZ
MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754
INFO: http://vincentpriceartmuseum.org
VPAM is proud to host the third MexiCali Biennial that will take place from January 19 to April 13, 2013 and includes the work of thirty-three artists. The theme of MexiCali Biennial 2013 is cannibalism. The cannibal is a creature that threatens the collapse of identity and ethics, and instills anarchy in the social order. Cannibalism in the New World was one of the central rationales for colonialism, but MexiCali also proposes it as the path forward for a new model of avant-garde practice. Cannibalism can open up radical new spaces in art for bodies and their environmental interactions, and push against the oppressive pressure of hegemonic Western cultural systems. These transformative possibilities can change our relationship with art, and perhaps with the world itself. (Va! –Tia Tenopia)
ART EXHIBITS
IN JANUARY
AVE 50 GALLERY
131 NORTH AVENUE 50
LOS ANGELES, CA 90042
INFO: http://www.avenue50studio.com
Ongoing exhibits in January. Check website for updated information.
CURRENT EVENTS
IN JANUARY
SELF-HELP GRAPHICS
DECEMBER 8, 2012
1300 EAST FIRST STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA
INFO: http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com
Check out the website for updated information about January events and doings.
EL GALLO BRAVO TO GO
JANUARY 7, 2013
FEATURING HECTOR ELIZONDO
LOS ANGELES THEATER
CENTER
514 SOUTH SPRING STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
INFO: http://www.thelatc.org
A FREE staged reading of a new play by Edward Pomerantz by acclaimed actor Hector Elizondo on January 7th at 7:30PM. For more information visit the website above or call (213) 489-0994.
PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES
JANUARY 22, 2013
PLAZA DE LA RAZA
3540 NORTH MISSION ROAD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90031
INFO: http://www.plazadelaraza.org
New classes in the School of Performing and Visual Arts begins its winter session on January 22, 2013. For other events in January at Plaza check out the website above.
ADVANCE WARNING
FEBRUARY, 2013
LAZARILLO DE TORMES
BILINGUAL FOUNDATION FOR
THE ARTS
421 NORTH AVENUE 19
LOS ANGELES, CA 90023
INFO: http://www.bfatheatre.org
The Bilingual Foundation for the Arts (BFA) is planning on producing a play Lazarillo de Tormes based on a story written anonymously in 1554 in Spain. Besides its importance in the Spanish literature of the Golden Age, Lazarillo de Tormes is credited with founding a new genre, the picaresque novel from the Spanish word pícaro meaning “rogue” or “rascal.”
OAXACA WOOD CARVING
THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2013
FREMONT GALLERY
812 FREMONT AVE.
SOUTH PASADENA, CA
INFO: http://www.fremontgallery.com
Authentic wood carving from Oaxaca, Mexico and Mata Ortiz Pottery from Chihuahua, Mexico.
JANUARY EVENTS AT
TEATRO FRIDA KAHLO
2332 WEST 4TH STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90057
INFO: (213) 382-8133 and http://www.fridakahlotheater.org
Check the website for events and classes in January at the Frida Kahlo Theater.
OPEN MIKE AT
TIA CHUCHA CENTRO
CULTURAL & BOOKSTORE
EVERY FRIDAY IN
AT 8PM
13197-A GLADSTONE AVE
SYLMAR, CA 91342
INFO: http://www.tiachucha.com
Tia Chucha’s Open Mic is a welcoming creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their thoughts and feelings through various styles of expression. Check the website for other events in January.
ADVANCE WARNING
CABE CONFERENCE 2013
FEBRUARY 13-16, 2013
LONG BEACH, CA
INFO: http://ww.bilingualeducation.org
The annual conference of the California Association of Bilingual Educators this year is in Long Beach.
JANUARY EVENTS
LA PLAZA DE CULTURA
Y ARTES AT OLVERA STREET
501 NORTH MAIN STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
INFO: http://www.lapca.org
Check the Plaza de Cultura website for events in January.
CALL FOR POSTERS
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF
POLITICAL GRAPHICS
THROUGH EARLY 2013
8124 WEST THIRD STREET
SUITE 211
LOS ANGELES, CA 90048
INFO: http://www.politicalgraphics.org
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics has an open call for posters for a traveling exhibit in 2013 on the theme of Prison Nation: Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex.
WEST COAST TEATRO ENCUENTRO
ADVANCE WARNING
LATE SPRING 2013
LOS ANGELES, CA
A get together of the new coalition of California teatristas and others intersted in Latino theater.
16th ANNUAL NHMC
IMPACT AWARDS GALA
ADVANCE WARNING
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
BEVERLY HILLS, CA
The National Hispanic Media Coalition, a non-partisan, non-profit media advocacy and civil rights organization will hold its 16th annual awards dinner on February 22, 2013 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Among the awardees this year are Gina Torres (Suits, USA Network), Lana Parilla from ABC’s Once Upon a Time and Morena Bacarrín from USA’s Homeland series.
GRANTWRITING WORKSHOPS
FOR ARTISTS WITH LINDA VALLEJO
ADVANCE WARNING
FEBRUARY 16, 22 & 23, 2013
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
MARCH 2 & 16, 2013
OTIS COLLEGES OF ART & DESIGN
LOS ANGELES, CA
INFO: lmu (310) 338-1971 AND http://www.otis.edu
Acclaimed artist and fundraiser Linda Vallejo leads workshops on how to “Fund Your Passion” and “The Art of Non-Profit Fundraising.”.
ADVANCE WARNING
NALIP CONFERENCE 2013
JUNE 6-9, 2013
SHERATON UNIVERSAL
HOTEL,
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA
INFO: http://www.nalip.org
Save the date for the 2013 annual Conference of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. This year’s theme is The Evolving Latino Trillion Dollar Market.
SAN DIEGO
REPORTERO
FILM SCREENING
JANUARY 25, 2013
MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS
1649 EL PRADO
SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
INFO: http://www.balboapark.org
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival screens the celebrated film REPORTERO, focusing on human rights and the drug cartel violence in Mexico.
CHILDREN’S THEATER CLASSES
BEGIN JANUARY 8, 2013
CENTRO CULTURAL DE
LA RAZA
2004 PARK BLVD
SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
INFO: http://www.centroculturaldelaraza.org
Classes in theater begin in January and run through March, 2013. For information on enrollment and other January events check the website above.
SANTA BARBARA
CHICANA CHICANO STUDIES
COLLOQUIA SERIES
PERFORMING THE U.S.
LATINA/O BORDERLANDS
This is part of the on-going year round colloquia at the University of California at Santa Barbara sponsored by the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department. For specific location and times check the website.
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
JANUARY EVENTS
AT EL TEATRO CAMPESINO
PLAYHOUSE
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA,CA
INFO: http://www.elteatrocampesino.com
Check website later in the months for events in January.
SAN JOSE
ADVANCE WARNING
OCTOBER 2013
MACARIO
TEATRO VISION
365 S.MARKET STREET
SAN JOSE, CA
INFO: http://www.teatrovision.org
The novel, MACARIO is considered an iconic Mexican tale, whose characters include popular archetypes of Mexican culture – El Peón (indigenous person, worker), La Mujer Fiel y Valiente (the loyal and valiant woman), El Rico (the Rich), El Diablo (the Devil), El Peregrino (the Spiritual Pilgrim) and others.Written by the mysterious B. Traven (who also wrote Treasure of the Sierra Madre) and published in the 1940s MACARIO is set in pre-independence Mexico, a time when there was a strict cast system based on race, practice of Indigenous culture was subject to severe punishment and the Inquisition was in full force.
Teatro Visión is very excited to launch it’s new work initiative with MACARIO. Play development will involve a creative team led by Teatro Visión Artistic Director, Elisa Marina Alvarado, playwright Evelina Fernandez, Teatro Visión Artistic Program Associate, Rodrigo García, ethnomusicologist and master musician, Russell Rodriguez, choreographer, María de la Rosa and program manager, Dianne Vega. The team will work together to create large scale spectacle theater with music, dance and a rich and magical visual presentation.
ASSEMBLING THE PIECES
JANUARY 16-MARCH 16, 2013
MACLA
510 SOUTH FIRST STREET
SAN JOSE, CA 95113
INFO: (408) 998-2783 OR http://www.maclaarte.org/
MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana is pleased to present Assembling the Pieces: Reconstructing Memory & Hybrid Identity, featuring new work by San Jose-based artists Tessie Barrera-Scharaga and Samuel Rodriguez. The work presented in Assembling the Pieces address themes of transformation, identity, memory, and the human experience. Barrera-Scharaga and Rodriguez are among San Jose’s most industrious and innovative artists; this exhibition highlights their significant contributions to our artistic landscape.
OTHER JANUARY EVENTSAT
MACLA
510 SOUTH FIRST STREET
SAN JOSE, CA 95113
INFO: (408) 998-2783 OR http://www.maclaarte.org/
For otherJanuary events at the Moviemiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose visit their website later in the month.
SAN FRANCISCO
LATIN JAZZ YOUTH
ENSEMBLE
JANUARY 5, 2013
BRAVA THEATER
2781 24TH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
INFO: http://www.accionlatina.org
The Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble returns to the Brava Theater Center for an alumni concert and fundraiser. After an electric set at the Mission Latin Jazz Festival, BRAVA is pleased to have the young musicians on our Mainstage to help us begin the new year with a Latin Jazz explosion! Don’t miss this exciting concert and wonderful way to bring in 2013.
INTERNATIONAL
GUITAR NIGHT
JANUARY 26, 2013 8PM
BRAVA THEATER
2781 24TH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
INFO: http://www.accionlatina.org
International Guitar Night is North America’s premier mobile guitar festival. Sponsored by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, it is the only production of its kind to have grassroots origins. Ever since its beginning in 1995 in a converted laundromat in the California Bay Area, IGN has featured the best performing guitar composers from around the world. Since the beginning, audiences have cherished the friendly informal ambiance of the performances. Participants have relished the chance IGN affords to express reverence for one another, and to collaborate rather than compete. The unique brand of “guitar positivity” the forum provides has helped make IGN the most successful guitar showcase of its kind. This year the featured guitarists are: Martin Taylor, Solorazaf, Guinga and Brian Gore.
JANUARY EVENTS AT
THE MEXICAN MUSEUM
THROUGH DECEMBER 16, 2012
FOR MASON CENTER, BLDG. D
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
INFO: http://www.themexicanmuseum.org
For updated events at the Mexican Museum check their website above.
LOS FOUR
END OF CHRISTMAS
& CAPRICORN CONCERT
JANUARY 6, 2013 8PM
LA PEÑA
3105 SHATTUCK AVE
BERKELEY, CA 94705
INFO: http://www.lapena.org
Dos Four (Leyder Chapman) is an impressive performer with a unique sound and powerful lyrics. Each show is delivered with incredible energy and will have the entire audience on their feet moving by the time he is ready to start the second song. The music itself, written and created by Dos Four, is a unique fusion of current and traditional rhythms from both Cuba and the U.S. – a distinct blend of hip hop, reggaeton, salsa, and mambo as well as many other rhythms. And when you listen to this artist’s list of influences, you begin to understand why: Benny More, Los Van Van, Charanga Habanera, Munequitos de Matanzas, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Snoop Dog and Jay-Z just to name a few.
THE LAND TRIO
JANUARY 10, 2013 8PM
LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER
3105 SHATTUCK AVE
BERKELEY, CA
INFO: http://www.lapena.org
The Land Trio uses Tabla, Kamanche, Charango, Coco-banjo, Requinto Jarocho and Guitar. The musicians gathered in The Land Trio come from different cultures and various latitudes, and so does the music they play. Based on the idea that communication is able to free music from cultural and national frames, The Land Trio mixes instruments that come from different traditions, allowing them to play together and to find new ways of communication through sound while keeping their traditional idiom. The trio is comprised of Saba Alizadeh, Jxel Rajchenberg and Javad Butah.
RAMANA VIERA
ENSEMBLE
JANUARY 11, 2013 8PM
LA PEÑA
3105 SHATTUCK AVE
BERKELEY, CA
INFO: http://www.lapena.org
Ramana’s rich, musical artistry combined with her unconventional original style has transported audiences throughout the world with highlights that include receiving being quoted in the New York Times about her influences and fado music. “Amália Rodrigues is in my DNA, but so is Kate Bush, and I started out in a new-wave band,” Ms. Vieira said before a recent performance in New York. “My purpose is to open up the fado and keep exploring it. My group doesn’t have a traditional fado configuration, so we’ve had to evolve.”
Recently, Ramana and the Ensemble were introduced by Dr. Nuno Mathias, Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco in a featured concert at U.C Berkeley. In front of a standing-room only crowd, the band performed three Fados that paid tribute to the great Amália Rodrigues, as well as Ramana’s own composition “Este O Meu Fado” from the album “Lágrimas De Rainha” (which reached #43 on the world music charts). Soon after, the group traveled to the Oregon for a pair of performances, including a sold-out show at the beautiful Cohelo Winery in Amity.
A Sunday afternoon of rumba with audience participation of the Rumba.
HENDERSON, NEVADA
CHILEAN MINERS MURAL
& LETTERS
MCCAW SCHOOL OF MINES
GORDON MCCAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
57 LYNNE LANE
HENDERSON, NEVADA
INFO: (702) 799-8930
On exhibit at the McCaw School of Mines in Henderson Nevada is a new mural depicting the plight of the Chilean Miners along with letters they wrote to their loved ones. Parents and students are welcomed to view this mural of the Chilean Miners. You can call the Executive Director Clyde Caldwell at 702 799 8930 to set up a time to see the mural and letters. This will help because they do a tour of the mine that takes over an hour. Our thanks to Larry Rush for this posting.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
CHAS BOJÓRQUEZ
FROM STREETS TO THE CLOUDS
THROUGH JUNE, 2013
NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF MEXICAN ART
1852 WEST 19TH STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
INFO: http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/This new exhibition features Los Angeles artist Chas Bojorquez.Forty years ago he embraced the “cholo” graffiti writing of his neighborhood inspiring him to create his own unique style. For other events in January check the museum website later in the month.
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
REVOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL
THEATER FESTIVAL
GUERRA: A CLOWN PLAY
JANUARY 17-20, 2013
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
INFO: http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org
A satirical physical comedy, Guerra: A Clown Play combines slapstick, clown, dance, bouffant, and farce to tell the story of a military outpost desperate for recruits, and the cannon fodder that a hapless General sends to war. Created by Mexico City company La Piarra in collaboration with writers/directors Seth Bockley and Devon de Mayo, this universal story of war’s inhumanity is given a darkly humorous edge through the medium of clown.
Performed in three languages, the touring performance was developed through Theater Communication Group’s “On the Road” grant and first presented at the In The Works showcase series in Chicago’s Millennium Park in 2012.
REVOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL
THEATER FESTIVAL ‘79fjord
JANUARY 23-25, 2013 8PM
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
INFO: http://www.nationalhispaniccenter.org
A story of adventure and courage from Denmark’s Teatret OM, told with strong images, music and humor, and set in an igloo that embraces both audience and actors. “There, deep inside the cave, where the dark always stays broad and mature under the green like round ceiling-there someone is sitting and dreaming! It as if thoughts float around me, as if someone has a power on me there in the dark, someone who takes my will and my mind. It is adventure!” -Achton Friis, member of the Danmark Expedition.
LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO
19TH ANNUAL BORDER
BOOK FESTIVAL
ADVANCE WARNING
APRIL 19-21, 2012
The annual Border Book Festival organized by author Denise Chavez will take place at the Casa Camino real in its new home at 314 South Tornillo Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
DENVER, COLORADO
POETIC MYTH OF
TONY SHEARER
JANUARY 3, 2013 6:30PM
SU TEATRO CULTURAL &
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
721 SANTA FE DRIVE
DENVER, COLORADO 80204
INFO: http://www.suteatro.net
We begin 2013 with XicanIndie Thursday (January 3, 6:30 p.m. – $5) and the film, The Poetic Myth of Tony Shearer – a documentary by Su Teatro Film Fest Director Daniel Salazar. The film examines the life, extraordinary contributions and contradictions of the late Tony Shearer: a Denver native (Westsider), poet, activist and storyteller who gave our local movement veteranos their first insights into Meso-American spirituality.
More good news: Su Teatro collaborator Daniel Valdez will be actively involved in our spring programming and beyond! Stay tuned for details on Daniel’s residency and all of our upcoming programming.
XICANIDIE FILM FESTIVAL
ADVANCE WARNING
APRIL 4-7, 2013
SU TEATRO
721 SANTE DE DRIVE
DENVER, COLORADO 80204
INFO: http://www.suteatro.net
Su Teatro’s annual film festival features films of the Chicano, Mexicano and Indio experience.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
ESTAMPAS
DE LA RAZA
THROUGH JANUARY 27, 2013
MCNAY MUSEUM OF ART
6000 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
INFO: http://www.mcnayart.org
(210) 824-5368
“Estampas de la Raza” introduces recent gifts of contemporary Mexican American and Latino prints to the McNay from collectors Harriett and Ricardo Romo. More than 60 prints by 44 artists reveal the richness of a mixed cultural heritage, with depictions of Frida Kahlo, lowriders, tattoos, and the Virgin of Guadalupe. The exhibition focuses on aspects of the Latino experience in the United States: the celebration of a mixed “identity”; the Chicano Movement’s “struggle” to achieve sociopolitical equality; “tradition, memory, and culture” in the everyday lives of Latinos; Latino “icons”; and “other voices” suggesting the diversity of the community. Many images are larger than life, serving up a colorful, visual feast.
ADVANCE WARNING
CINEFESTIVAL 2013
FEBRUARY 23-MARCH 2, 2013
GUADALUPE CULTURAL
ARTS CENTER
1301 GUADALUPE STREET
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78207
INFO: http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
The 35th Annual CineFestival en San Antonio will be held February 23 through March 2, 2013 in the historic Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe Street. The eight day event will feature national and international film screenings, Q & A sessions, panels and informal discussions.
THIS RIVER HERE
EXHIBIT
JANUARY 11-MARCH 2, 2013
GUADALUPE CULTURAL
ARTS CENTER
1301 GUADALUPE STREET
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78207
INFO: http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
The Guadalupe investigates the powerful interconnection between word and image by asking artists to visually realize the words of San Antonio’s Poet Laureate, Dr. Carmen Tafolla through her poem This river here. The exhibition runs January 11-March 2, 2013. Guadalupe Gallery, 723 S. Brazos. Free. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 5 p.m.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
SPRING SEMESTER
OF ART CLASSES BEGINS
JANUARY 14, 2013
MECA
1900 KANE STREET
HOUSTON, TX 77007
INFO: http://www.meca-houston.org
The Spring semester of classes for youth in art, dance and theater begins. For January events at MECA visit their website above.
DALLAS, TEXAS
TIMELESS MEXICO; THE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUGO
BREHME
LATINO CULTURAL CENTER
2600 LIVE OAK STREET
DALLAS, TEXAS
INFO: http://www.dallasculture.org
The exhibit “Timeless Mexico: The Photographs Of Hugo Brehme” runs from January 1, 2013 through March 3, 2013. On loan from the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University- San Marcos, Timeless Mexico: The Photographs of Hugo Brehme features 60 real photo postcards and hand-tinted photographs of early twentieth-century Mexico. One of that country’s first modern photographers, Brehme focused on iconic subjects ranging from the Mexican Revolution to scenic landscapes, colonial architecture, and the everyday life of indigenous peoples.
THE DREAMERS TRILOGY
LATINO CULTURAL CENTER
2600 LIVE OAK STREET
DALLAS, TEXAS
INFO: http:www.brownpapertickets.com/event/265483
This workshop performance is in anticipation of the final production for the One Act Play festival scheduled for May 31-June 15,2013. Part One of The Dreamers Trilogy focuses on the experience of women who travel from El Salvador in their quest to reach the United States.
EDINBURG, TEXAS
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
ADVANCE WARNING
FEBRUARY 21-23, 2013
NACCS TEJAS FOCO
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
PAN AMERICAN
1201 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE
EDINBURG, TX 78539
Recent attacks on Chicano@ and Ethnic Studies programs are reminders of the need for more spaces to produce knowledge in and about our communities. This is a call for proposals for a conference to focus on ways in which academic research, creative activities and pedagogy can directly affect and become embedded in these communities. The conference will take place February 21-23, 2013. Pre-Conference registration deadline is January 21, 2013.
MIAMI, FLORIDA
HISPANICIZE 2013
ADVANCE WARNING
APRIL 9 THRU APRIL 13, 2013
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA INFO: www.hispanicizeevent.com/
The fourth Annual Latino events for film, music, social media, blogging, advertising and PR has gotten the attention of the biggest brands now sponsoring the event (Target, Univision, UH
McDonalds).