Actividades Culturales
Otoño del 2006Students in Intermediate Spanish Classes and higher
must attend at least 3 Cultural Activities per semester.
Please note:
-
To receive credit for each cultural
activity you attend, you must turn in to your professor a written (in
Spanish), typed, 1/2-page description
of the event you attended, including a description of the event and your
evaluation of it--did you enjoy it, etc. This must
be submitted within one week after the event takes place (not at the end of
the semester; submissions will not be accepted during exam week).
-
Additional Activities will be announced
and posted during the semester. Listen in class, and check this
webpage often. If you have information about a cultural activity,
please inform your professor so that it can be announced to others and added
to the webpage.
-
If you attend a cultural activity not on
the list, please turn in a program or other printed description of the event
along with your written paragraph to document the event.
-
Please plan your attendance at cultural
activities from the beginning of the semester; do not ask your professor
"what can I do?" at the end of the semester. Your professors
have planned and sponsored most of these events, and will not be able to think up a special activity just for you, especially at the
end of the semester.
-
If you are prevented from attending 3
cultural activities, and wish to petition for a substitution assignment, you
must give your professor by the end of the 11th week of classes written,
official documentation with dates to show why you were prevented from
attending events. Your professor will decide if your reasons justify a
substitution assignment (cultural research project, etc.).
Substitution assignments will be rarely granted. Plan to attend these
activities. After the 11th week of classes, professors will not
consider substitution requests except in extreme documented emergencies.
1. "Mercado" September 9, 2-7pm,
17th Street Farmer's Market, Richmond.
"Mercado" celebrates Latin America with bands, DJs, dancing,
authentic food, community outreach groups, English and Spanish lessons, and
children's activities. Admission free. Rain or shine.
Parking is available free of charge in our new 18th and
Grace Street lot during Thursday, Saturday and Sunday market hours. Directional
signs will lead the way.
Directions to the Market
2. ¿Qué Pasa? Latin American Festival, Brown´s Island. Sept.
16
.
.
,
Celebrating Hispanic Culture through music, food, arts and crafts.
Indulge in a day-long entertainment
line up of Latin sounds to include local favorite Bio Ritmo. Hispanic arts
and crafts, children activities, and folkloric dancing are all included. All
you need to bring is a big appetite, a pair of dancing shoes, and the family
to enjoy the myriad of events featured at the ¿Qué Pasa? Festival of
Virginia.
To purchase tickets and for sponsorship opportunites e-mail us at:
events@vahcc.com
For information:
http://quepasafestival.com/
804-378-4099, ext. 206
3. "Salsa Magic" Friday, September 22, 9:00pm, Lankford
Ballroom
Lancer Productions presents "Salsa Magic" on Friday, September 22nd at 9:00
p.m. in the Ballroom in the Lankford Student Union. Learn about the
background of Salsa music and dance. Performance and dance lesson.
Light
refreshments.
4. Festival Cubano en
Roanoke. Oct. 13 (durante Fall Break), 11am-2pm
Century Plaza,
Across from Fire Station One on Church Street, Roanoke.
Free admission!
The Cuban Festival offers
delicious food from “Paradisio,” Roanoke’s #1 Cuban restaurant.
Cuban music and dancing! You are invited to learn the dances, practice
your Spanish and have fun!
Exhibits,
art, and selling of Cuban jewelry and crafts!
www.localcolors.org
Sponsored by City of Roanoke
During the second Friday of each
month, enjoy traditional food, wares for purchase, demonstrations,
entertainment, dance, language lessons, and more for a cultural
representation of the Roanoke Valley! For more info, call Pearl Fu at
904-2234 or
Pearlfu@aol.com .
5. Virginia
Opera Production of Bizet's Carmen. Oct. 20
and 22.
www.vaopera.org
Experience the thrilling power of the world's most popular music as a
seductive gypsy dances dangerously with passion in the smoldering town of
Seville...
More info.
In French with English surtitles.
Richmond: October 20, 2006, 8:00 pm
and October 22, 2006, 2:30 pm
Buy Tickets Now
Ticketmaster at 804-262-8003 or buy
tickets online.
Landmark Theater
6 North Laurel Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
6. Events at the Latin Ballet of Virginia:
Check this website for events presented by the
Latin
Ballet of Virginia and The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
The
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road - Glen Allen (Richmond), VA 23060
Tickets:
www.latinballet.com
or call 804-379-2555
Information: 804-379-2555 or
804-261-6200
Macondo
(Oct. 27-29)
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 3pm and 8pm and
Sunday at 3pm.
Tickets $15 for Students, Seniors and Children; $20 for adults.
Macondo
is a
performing arts interpretation based on the novel “Cien Años de Soledad” (One
Hundred Years of Solitude) written by the Nobel Prizewinning author Gabriel
García Márquez, creator of "magical realism" in Hispanic literature.
Macondo is
the magical, natural and futuristic
story of an imaginary town in the northern cost of Colombia, South América.
According to Melquíades, an alchemist and Gypsy wizard, Macondo was founded by
the amusingly humorous Buendía family and lasted 100 hundred years of solitary
life.
Legend
of the Poinsettia
(Jan 5, 6, 7, 2007)
Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 3pm and 8pm and Sunday
at 3pm.
Tickets $15 for Students, Seniors and Children; $20 for adults.
We invite you to
share in a festive evening of dance and music celebrating the Hispanic spirit of
the season.
La Leyenda de la
Poinsettia, basada en una leyenda Mexicana, es la historia de una niña
que vivia en una pobre granja familiar en un pueblo de Mexico. La pequeña Maria
descubre el verdadero espiritu de dar. “Lo que das con tu corazon, es
recibido con Amor.” No teniendo un regalo para obsequiarle al
Niñito Jesus, La pequeña Maria recoge la hierba entre sus brazos, la cubre con
su manto y corre hacia la iglesia. Mágicamente la hierba se transforma en
resplandecientes estrellas rojas, la flor de Nochebuena.
La leyenda de la
Poinsettia muestra con elegancia las tradiciones de las Navidades en
Latin America. Las Novenas, los nueve dias de cantos y rezos al niñito
Jesus en conmemoracion al peregrinaje (posadas) a Belen. La espiritualidad de
las Navidades es combinada con las festividades de las alegres y tradicionales
parrandas llenas de danzas y canciones. Este año encontraran nuevas tradiciones
de diferentes paises como son Aguinaldos de Mexico; Porros y Cumbias de
Colombia; Gaitas de Venezuela; Parrandas Navideñas de Puerto Rico y Rumbas
Flamencas de España y Cuba
*Rumba
Latina:
Fridays:
November 2006 - January 26, 2007 - March 30, 2007 - May 18, 2007 -
July 28, 2007 - Nov 17, 2007 -
8:00 PM - 12:30
The Latin Ballet of Virginia invites you
to RUMBA LATINA! Feel the
Caribbean heat while dancing authentic Latin Dances such
as salsa, merengue, cha cha cha, tango, and more… RUMBA LATINA
will begin with a complimentary dance lesson, and then the evening will be open
for dancing and entertainment by the Latin Ballet artists. Bring a date or come
alone, either way dress to impress. Teens and adults are welcome.
The Ballroom at
The Cultural
Arts
Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road
. Glen Allen ,
VA
23060
Tickets available at:
The Latin Ballet of Virginia
(804) 379-2555
Cost: $10 per person
RUMBA LATINA is TU TU
HOT!!
"Rumba
Latina" is a Fundraising Event for the LBV, a non profit performing arts
organization
7. Obras dramáticas, Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington,
DC:
Valor, agravio y mujer
28 de septiembre a 22 de octubre, 2006.
jueves, viernes y sabado - 8pm; domingo - 4pm
de Ana Caro (España); Dirigida por Hugo Medrano; Traducción
original por Amy Williamson
In
this 17th Century comedy by one of the few women
playwrights of Spain's Golden Age, a female
protagonist takes hilarious revenge on Don Juan,
stripping away his honor and glory and turning
the Spanish "macho" upside down. This
production gives another twist to this story,
setting it in more modern times.
En
colaboración con la Asociación Nacional del
Teatro Clásico Español, y con el auspicio de la
Embajada de España.
In
Spanish with English surtitles.
COMPRE BOLETOS
Cri-Cri: The Singing Cricket. October
7, 14, 21, 2006. A bilingual musical education
program, based on the unforgettable songs of the Mexican
composer Francisco Gabilondo Soler. It will delight
children of all ages. Featuring mezzo-soprano Anamer
Castrello and pianist Mari Paz in repertory. For times
call (202) 234-7174.
Séneca, the Library Mouse. February 10, 17,
24, 2007. A new musical play for children by
renowned Chilean playwright Jorge Díaz. This mouse is no
ordinary rodent: he devours the books in the library and
outsmarts his compañeros of the barrio. In
Spanish. For times call (202) 234-7174.
Las Paredes
1-25 febrero, 2007.
jueves, viernes y
sabado - 8pm; domingo - 4pm
de Griselda
Gambaro (Argentina). Dirigida por Gabriel García.
US premiere
of this sharp and deeply ironic play by Argentine Griselda
Gambaro, one of Latin America's foremost contemporary and
controversial playwrights. When a man is kidnapped by
two eccentric civil employees who inexplicably charge him
with a crime, he is locked in a well-furnished room where
the walls begin to collapse on him. Gambaro
brilliantly uses drama and dark humor to portray the
individual's inability to rise up against abuse and
psychological terror inflicted by a totalitarian state.
In
collaboration with Washington Performing Arts Socieity.
In Spanish with English surtitles.
COMPRE BOLETOS
Second Annual Flamenco Fest: Fuego
Flamenco II. December
8-10, 2006.
Heat up your holidays with a sizzling
exploriation of the diversity and depth of this time-honored
Spanish art form. GALA and Madrid's famous Casa Patas
tablao raise the roof with an international exchange bringing
Washington audiences the best in flamenco. Edwin Aparicio,
critically acclaimed dancer and choreographer, adds his unique
flavor and talent to this fest. In collaboration with the
Embassy of Spain and the Washington Performing Arts Society.
For times call (202) 234-7174.
Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington, DC
Precio estudiantes: $20 jueves y domingo; $26 viernes y
sábado
Entradas: (202) 234-7174 o (800) 494-TIXS o
http://www.galatheatre.org
Gala Theatre-Tivoli
3333 14th Street, NW at Park Road (Columbia Heights metro)
Washington, DC 20010
Parking garage behind theatre in the Giant lot, entrance on Park Road.
8.
El día de los muertos. 28 de octubre, 10:00 am - 12:00pm.
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts "Mexican Celebration".
For details, call 434 395 2206
9. El día de
los muertos. 2 de noviembre. 6:00pm.
La Milpa (restaurante Mexicano)
Altar con comida típica, artesanía, pan de muerto, bailes
típicos.
6925 HULL
STREET RD Teléfono:
(804) 276-3391
RICHMOND, VA
23224-2547
10. Película: Temporada de Patos (Duck
Season). 15 de noviembre, 7pm.
General Education Film Series (GEFS)
will show the movie
Temporada de Patos (Duck Season),
Directed by Fernando Eimbcke,
November 15 at 7 p.m. in the
lower level of the LCVA. Critics and audiences praise the film for its
quirky charm, quick humor, and touching exploration of adolescence. This
film is co-sponsored by General Education and the LCVA. En Spanish with
English subtitles.
Duck Season offers a glimpse of
the life of two fourteen-year-old boys in Mexico on what begins as an
ordinary Sunday afternoon. Flama and Moko
have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need
to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents,
videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. But the
electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven
seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a
horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what
promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents'
divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship,
as well as frustration in adult life. "Temporada de Patos" is a movie that
shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars. Rated R
11.
La
Parota Mexican Restaurant
(or other authentic Hispanic restaurant) only if you speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers.
You must speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers to be able to count
this as an "Actividad Cultural." Go as often as you like, but count as an
"Actividad
Cultural" only once. Propinas: Please remember to tip at
least 15% and if the service is very good and the waiters have spoken Spanish
with you, think about tipping 20%, which has become the going rate for good
service these days. Write up your experience, including who you were
with, what you talked about, what you ate, etc.
12.
Misa católica en español (Catholic Mass in
Spanish):
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.
(804) 232-8964. 1415 Perry St., Richmond. Domingos, 11:30am y
1:00pm
St. Augustine. (804)
275-7962. 4400 Beulah Rd. Richmond. Domingos 1:00 pm.
St.
John. (804) 737-8028. 813 W. Nine Mile Rd., Highland Springs.
Domingos 9:15 am
Más información: Diocese of Richmond, (804) 369-5661
www.diocric.org
Actividades Culturales
Primavera del 2006
1. Obra dramática, Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington,
DC:
"El rufián Castrucho"
("Castrucho the Hustler") de Lope de
Vega, dirigido por Hugo Medrano. Música original por Fahir
Atakoglu. "¡Audaz ... Cómica!" In Spanish with English
surtitles.
23 de febrero - 19 de marzo, 2006: jueves, viernes, sábados 8pm,
domingos 4pm
"An infamous rogue leads bawdy soldiers and under-cover women in amorous
adventures." "Un despliegue de coloridos personajes y cómicos enredos
en un campamento militar."
Precio estudiantes: $18 jueves y domingo; $24 viernes y
sábado
Entradas: (202) 234-7174 o (800) 494-TIXS o
http://www.galatheatre.org
Gala Theatre-Tivoli
3333 14th Street, NW at Park Road (Columbia Heights metro)
Washington, DC 20010
Parking garage behind theatre in the Giant lot, entrance on Park Road.
2. Películas en español. en
Grainger 207 a las 7:00 pm
Miércoles, 1º de marzo: La Historia Oficial
Grainger 207, 7pm
Miércoles, 29 de marzo: Mar adentro
Grainger 207, 7pm
Sinopsis
Ramón (Javier Bardem) lleva casi treinta años postrado en una cama al
cuidado de su familia. Su única ventana al mundo es la de su habitación,
junto al mar por el que tanto viajó y donde sufrió el accidente que
interrumpió su juventud. Desde entonces, su único deseo es terminar con
su vida dignamente. Pero su mundo se ve alterado por la llegada de dos
mujeres: Julia (Belén Rueda), la abogada que quiere apoyar su lucha y
Rosa (Lola Dueñas), una mujer del pueblo que intentará convencerle de
que vivir merece la pena. La luminosa personalidad de Ramón termina por
cautivar a ambas mujeres, que tendrán que cuestionar como nunca antes
los principios con que rigen sus vidas. Ramón sabe que sólo la persona
que de verdad le ame será la que le ayude a realizar ese último viaje.
Miércoles, 12 de abril: Flores
de otro mundo
Grainger 207, 7pm
Información
3. VCU Intercultural Festival Week events,
March 31-April 9:
VCU Intercultural Festival Week displays an array of
cultural flavors with special speaker panels, demonstrations, and fun ethnical
activities from the VCU ICF Planning Board as well as other organizations at VCU.
Please come visit our ICF Tables in the University Student Commons and in the
Shafer Court Dinning entrance for special demonstrations and events, April 3-April
7 from 9am-3pm.
Visit the VCU
Intercultural Festival website for the entire schedule and details,
including location and directions.
Here are some Spanish-related events:
| Tuesday, April 4, 2006
|
| 9:00am - 3:00pm |
ICF Tables
Free cultural ice-cream in Shafer Court. Piñata hitting every hour on
the Student Commons Lawn
VCU Student Commons & Shafer Court |
| 7:00pm |
Alisa Veldes-Rodriguez - Latin American Novelist
About
Alisa Veldes-Rodriguez
West Grace Street Theater |
| 7:00pm |
MOVIE:
All About My Mother - Spanish Film
Richmond Salon 1 & 2 |
| Sunday, April 9, 2006
|
| 11:00am - 6:00pm |
VCU INTERCULTURAL FESTIVAL DAY
University Student Commons Plaza |
4. Events at the Latin Ballet of Virginia:
Check this website for events presented by the Latin
Ballet of Virginia and The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
The
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road - Glen Allen (Richmond), VA 23060
Tickets: www.latinballet.com
or call 804-379-2555
Information: 804-379-2555 or
804-261-6200
*Rumba
Latina:
Fridays: March 31,
May
26, July 28, 2006
8:00 PM - 12:30
The Latin Ballet of Virginia invites you
to RUMBA LATINA! Feel the
Caribbean heat while dancing authentic Latin Dances such
as salsa, merengue, cha cha cha, tango, and more…
The Ballroom at
The Cultural
Arts
Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road
. Glen Allen ,
VA
23060
Tickets available at:
The Latin Ballet of Virginia
(804) 379-2555
Cost: $10 per person
RUMBA LATINA is TU TU
HOT!!
"Rumba
Latina" is a Fundraising Event for the LBV, a non profit performing arts
organization
*Amoramérica:
Performing Arts Interpretation of Poems by Pablo Neruda.
March 24-26, 2006
AMORAMERICA is
based on Canto General, the historical poems written by
Pablo Neruda, and the European and African
influences in our culture, music, and dance to America today.
Between the inspiration and the note, between the
rhythm and the dance, between the individual and a culture, amidst the
Americas.. There lies Spain.
Friday,
March 24 at 8 pm
Saturday, March 25 at 3 pm and 8 pm
Sunday, March 26 at 3 pm
Ticket Cost: $20 Adults. $15 Children, Students and
Seniors. Group discount available.
Tickets available at: The Latin Ballet of
Virginia (804) 379-2555
5. Noche de Juegos: Lankford
Ballroom, 19 de abril, de 6:30-8:30pm
6. La
Parota Mexican Restaurant
(or other authentic Hispanic restaurant) only if you speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers.
You must speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers to be able to count
this as an "Actividad Cultural." Go as often as you like, but count as an
"Actividad
Cultural" only once. Propinas: Please remember to tip at
least 15% and if the service is very good and the waiters have spoken Spanish
with you, think about tipping 20%, which has become the going rate for good
service these days. Write up your experience, including who you were
with, what you talked about, what you ate, etc.
7.
Misa católica en español (Catholic Mass in
Spanish):
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.
(804) 232-8964. 1415 Perry St., Richmond. Domingos, 11:30am y
1:00pm
St. Augustine. (804)
275-7962. 4400 Beulah Rd. Richmond. Domingos 1:00 pm.
St.
John. (804) 737-8028. 813 W. Nine Mile Rd., Highland Springs.
Domingos 9:15 am
Más información: Diocese of Richmond, (804) 369-5661
www.diocric.org
Actividades Culturales
Otoño del 2005
Students in Intermediate Spanish Classes and higher
must attend at least 3 Cultural Activities per semester.
Please note:
-
To receive credit for each cultural
activity you attend, you must turn in to your professor a written (in
Spanish), typed, 1/2-page description
of the event you attended, including a description of the event and your
evaluation of it--did you enjoy it, etc. This must
be submitted within one week after the event takes place (not at the end of
the semester; submissions will not be accepted during exam week).
-
Additional Activities will be announced
and posted during the semester. Listen in class, and check this
webpage often. If you have information about a cultural activity,
please inform your professor so that it can be announced to others and added
to the webpage.
-
If you attend a cultural activity not on
the list, please turn in a program or other printed description of the event
along with your written paragraph to document the event.
-
Please plan your attendance at cultural
activities from the beginning of the semester; do not ask your professor
"what can I do?" at the end of the semester. Your professors
have planned and sponsored most of these events, and will not be able to think up a special activity just for you, especially at the
end of the semester.
-
If you are prevented from attending 3
cultural activities, and wish to petition for a substitution assignment, you
must give your professor by the end of the 11th week of classes written,
official documentation with dates to show why you were prevented from
attending events. Your professor will decide if your reasons justify a
substitution assignment (cultural research project, etc.).
Substitution assignments will be rarely granted. Plan to attend these
activities. After the 11th week of classes, professors will not
consider substitution requests except in extreme documented emergencies.
1.
¿Qué Pasa? Festival of Virginia
Música, bailes, artesanías, concurso de arte, más
17 de septiembre, 12-6pm, Brown's Island
$8 in advance, $10 ese día
para info:
http://www.quepasafestival.com/
2.
Hispanic-Latino Awareness Program and Celebration
martes, 20 de septiembre, 7 pm Wygal Hall
Video and panel discussion with local Latino residents, including:
Guillermo Gray, Olivia Acosta and Dr. Consuelo Alvarez of Longwood University.
3. Pre-Columbian Art from the Mississippi Museum of
Art
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
Bishop Gallery, Main Street, Farmville
until November 19, Monday-Saturday 11am - 5pm
4. "Somewhere in La Mancha: Four-Hundred Years of Don Quixote"
September 22, opening reception; September 29, 30, symposium and
fesitval.
Exhibition through November 11.
http://www.hsc.edu/museum/exhibits/quixote/
The Atkinson Museum of Hampden-Sydney College, in
cooperation with the H-SC departments of English and Modern Languages, is
proud to present, "Somewhere in La Mancha: Four-Hundred Years of Don Quixote,"
an exhibition honoring one of the greatest literary figures of Spain, and
father of the modern novel, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) by
featuring his most famous work, "Don Quixote de la Mancha" and its world-wide
influence over the past four-hundred years.
An opening reception will be held Thursday, September 22nd, at 4:30p.m.
until 6:30p.m. at the Atkinson Museum on College Road, Hampden-Sydney
College, which is "free" and open to the community. Enjoy live music by
one of Longwood's own talents, Dr. Joe Garcia, Associate Professor of
Geography, who will play classic Spanish melodies on the guitar.
"Somewhere in La Mancha" will run concurrently with a six-week seminar
in English for the 2005 Fall semester that will culminate in a two-day
symposium and festival celebrating the 400th anniversay of Don Quixote
(September 29 and 30). The Symposium, festival and museum exhibition are
free and open to the public. For more information on the seminar, symposium
or festival, please contact Dr. Susan Smith, Associate Professor of Modern
Languages, at 434-223-6986 or Dr. Sarah Hardy, Elliott Associate Professor
of English at 434-223-6239.
For more information on the exhibit, please visit the museum's website:
http://www.hsc.edu/museum/exhibits/quixote/
5. Obra dramática, Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington,
DC:
"Te quiero, muñeca" by Ernesto Caballero,
directed by Harold Ruiz
15 de septiembre - 9 de octubre: jueves, viernes, sábados 8pm,
domingos 4pm
"What is a man to do when he just can't find the ideal woman? In the case of
luckless film critic Andrés, he has her built. But no number of modifications
seem to match poor Andrés' idea of "perfection" and even a robotic woman can
only take so much... Echoes of Frankenstein, A Doll's House and Pygmalion
resonate in this humorous reflection on modern love (and its not-so-modern
precedents) from one of Spain's leading contemporary dramatists."
In Spanish with English "surtitles"
Precio estudiantes: $18 jueves y domingo; $24 viernes y
sábado
Entradas: (202) 234-7174 o (800) 494-TIXS o
http://www.galatheatre.org
Gala Theatre-Tivoli
3333 14th Street, NW at Park Road (Columbia Heights metro)
Washington, DC 20010
Parking garage behind theatre in the Giant lot, entrance on Park Road.
6. Película. Lankford Ballroom, miércoles 12 de
octubre, 6pm.
7. Concierto: "Solazo" Latin American band,
Hampden-Sydney College, Crawley Forum, October 27, 8:00 pm.
"Hailing from Cuba,
Argentina and Chile, the five members of this extraordinary band are now
making their third US tour. Solazo delivers a unique blend of
Latin contemporary dance music and soulful ballads that appeal to all
ages and cultures. Their newest CD, "Mindful Journeys," is an
exciting compilation of original music inspired by traditional styles
borrowed from Spain, Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Layered with sensual Cuban rhythms
and spiked with the unusual flavors of Andean sounds (panpipe, charango,
and mandolin), the unique and artful arrangements move fluidly from
flamenco to mambo within the course of a single song, creating a rare
blend of Latin folk and dance music.
The concert, free and open to the
public, will begin at 8 pm in Crawley Forum on the campus of Hampden-Sydney
College. This program is part of Hampden-Sydney's continuing
commitment to the intellectual and cultural enrichment of the Southside
community." (From the Farmville Herald, Oct. 21, 2005, page 9A)
8. Speaker,
Tuesday,
November 8, 4:00 – 5:00 pm in Hull Auditorium 132:
“Literature and Life in Vázquez
Montalbán’s Barcelona during the Transition to Democracy in Spain.”
Presentation by
Dr. José
Vicente Saval Fernández,
Biographer of Spanish novelist Manuel Vázquez
Montalbán. Following the
presentation, there will be informal
discussion in Lancer Café for all interested.
Dr. Saval is the author of the
following books:
·
Carlos
Barral, Entre el esteticismo y la reivindicación
·
La ciudad
de los prodigios de Eduardo Mendoza
·
Manuel
Vázquez Montalbán, El triunfo de un luchador incansable,
as well as many articles in scholarly
literary journals on 20th Century Spanish fiction and society.
9. Obra dramática, Teatro de la Luna, Arlington
Justo en lo Mejor
de mi Vida
de
Alicia Muñoz
(Argentina); dirección
Mario Marcel (Argentina)
Oct. 20 - Nov. 12,
Jueves 8 PM, Viernes 8 PM,
Sábados 3 PM y 8 PM.
(Traducción
al inglés proyectada)
"Todo lo que no se supo hacer, todo lo que se debió
hacer, todo lo que se hizo... Todo se resume en ese momento en que podemos
constatar nuestro pasado, revisar el presente y conformarnos con el
futuro. Así de simple, como la vida misma, es la vida que no vemos y dejamos
pasar y todo - siempre - JUSTO EN LO MEJOR DE MI VIDA.
Entradas:
Jueves y Sábados Matinée $20 (regular), $15 (estudiantes y mayores de 60
años)
Viernes y Sábado Noche $25 (regular), $20 (estudiantes y mayores de 60 años)
Teatro de la Luna
Gunston Arts Center
http://www.teatrodelaluna.org/direcciones/gunstonartcenter.htm
2700 South Lang Street
Arlington, VA 22206
10. Ciclo de Teatro para Niños en el
Instituto de México
2829 16th St, NW, Washington, DC 20009
(próximo a Columbia Heights metro station -- Green Line)
Entrada General $8; Gratis para menores de 12 años
"La Caja de Sorpresas"
de Juan E. Acuña (Costa Rica/Argentina); dirección Agustín Núñez
Sábado 17 de Sep.-11:30 am
Los más pequeños, gozando y participando, comprobarán que todo se consigue
trabajando, actuando con buen ánimo y predisposición. In
Spanish Only
"La Bella Durmiente"
Adaptación y dirección de Jacqueline Briceño
Sábado 24 de septiembre - 11:30 am
...hermoso
y romántico... el joven Príncipe luchará ayudado por las Hadas buenas contra
el Hada mala, rescatando a la Bella Durmiente y juntos con el pueblo
festejarán el triunfo del bien sobre el mal. In Spanish
Only
"Las Aventuras de Pinocho" Adaptación
y dirección de Jacqueline Briceño
Sábado 1 de
Oct. - 11:30 am
Un viaje inolvidable por el circo mágico con Pinocho y sus amigos Pepe
Grillo, el Hada Buena, la Gata y el Zorro, todos de la mano de Papá Gepetto.
In Spanish Only.
11. Película.
Tacones lejanos (una película de Pedro Almodóvar).
Lankford Ballroom, jueves, 10
de noviembre, 7:00 pm.
12. ¡Noche de Juegos! Game Night!
miércoles,7 de diciembre, 6:00-8:00pm, Lankford Ballroom.
13.
LCVA Film Series:
Casa de los Babys December 6,
7pm, free. Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Main Street.
Six American women from
varying backgrounds travel to a South American country to adopt a baby.
Once there, they find out that they're required by law to live in the
country. Rated R. In English and Spanish.
14. Events at the Latin Ballet of Virginia:
Check this website for events presented by the Latin
Ballet of Virginia and The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
The
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road - Glen Allen (Richmond), VA 23060
Tickets: www.latinballet.com
or call 804-379-2555
Information: 804-379-2555 or
804-261-6200
15. La
Parota Mexican Restaurant
(or other authentic Hispanic restaurant) only if you speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers.
You must speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers to be able to count
this as an "Actividad Cultural." Go as often as you like, but count as an
"Actividad
Cultural" only once. Propinas: Please remember to tip at
least 15% and if the service is very good and the waiters have spoken Spanish
with you, think about tipping 20%, which has become the going rate for good
service these days. Write up your experience, including who you were
with, what you talked about, what you ate, etc.
16.
Misa católica en español (Catholic Mass in
Spanish):
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.
(804) 232-8964. 1415 Perry St., Richmond. Domingos, 11:30am y
1:00pm
St. Augustine. (804)
275-7962. 4400 Beulah Rd. Richmond. Domingos 1:00 pm.
St.
John. (804) 737-8028. 813 W. Nine Mile Rd., Highland Springs.
Domingos 9:15 am
Más información: Diocese of Richmond, (804) 369-5661
www.diocric.org
Actividades Culturales
Primavera del 2005
Students in Intermediate Spanish Classes and higher
must attend at least 3 Cultural Activities per semester.
1. Latin Dance workshop and Concert!
Friday, February 11,
3:00-4:00pm and 7:30pm in Willet Dance Studio, Longwood
The Longwood Company of Dancers invites you to attend a Latin Dance workshop
with the Latin Ballet of Virginia on Friday
February 11th at 3pm until 4pm in Willet Dance Studio. This is a free event.
In addition, the Latin Ballet will present a concert at 7:30pm in the Dance
Studio.
Admission is $3 for students with proper I.D. and $5 for faculty, staff and
the general public.
This is a fundraiser for the Longwood Company of Dancers. The company is the
resident performing dance organization at
Longwood University. The company explores all areas of dance including
African, Jazz, Modern, Hip-hop and Lyrical. The
company would greatly appreciate your continued support.
Come share your love of dance with us and learn how to SALSA! For more
information call Rodney Williams at 395- 2548.
2. "Selections/Selecciones: 20th
Century Latin American Art in the VMFA Collection."
Through April 17, 2005
At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Info: (804) 340-1405.
Selections / Seleccíones
will feature paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture by artists from the
Americas and the Caribbean. Works by Fernando Botero, Manuel Alvarez Bravo,
Rafael Ferrer, José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and Helmice Saforcada span
the decades from the mid-1920s through the 1980s in the VMFA permanent
collection. The exhibition presents an array of styles including Art Deco,
Social Realism and abstraction, while highlighting portraiture and printmaking
techniques. Selections / Seleccíones will feature bilingual text panels
and labels in English and Spanish and will be the last exhibition in the West
Wing Focus Gallery before VMFA begins its major expansion project this fall.
Señor de Papantla (Man from Papantla), 1934-35, by Manuel Alvarez Bravo
(Mexican, 1902-2002); silver print; 9¼ x 7-1/8 inches. (Photo © 2004 Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts()
ADMISSION: free ($5 donation suggested)
HOURS: Wednesday through Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
LOCATION: Boulevard at Grove Avenue, Richmond.
Info: (804) 340-1405 http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/selections.html
ORGANIZER: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
CURATOR: Tosha Grantham, assistant curator of Modern and Contemporary art, VMFA
3. Ciclo de Cine en español: Celebrando el IV
Centenario de Don Quijote de la Mancha. Wednesday, February 23,
7pm,
Lankford Ballroom.
Don Quijote de la Mancha en dibujos animados (cartoon!)
Parte I.
Each
movie counts as one Cultural Activity. There will be discussion before the
movie, and in most cases a sheet of questions to turn in for the Cultural
Activity credit.
4. Carnaval en Hampden-Sydney.
Thursday, February 24, 7pm, in Tiger Inn, Hampden-Sydney College.
Hampden-Sydney German Club, French Club, and Spanish Club, in addition to
clubs from other schools in VA (Sweet Briar, Randolph Macon, perhaps Randolph
Macon Woman's, and many others) will bring together the German Karnival
tradition with the French concept of Mardi Gras and the Colombian concept of
Carnival.
Students will give short powerpoint presentations on these cultural events,
there may be a live drum player and a lot of international music, a procession
and some political satire in the Karnival tradition. There will be cool
costumes, good food, good fellowship, and very festive decor. The
Hampden-Sydney clubs hope that there will be a coeducational element (so they
would love participation from other universities).
For information: Wes Sholtes, El Presidente de "Spanish Club"
Hampden-Sydney, e-mail:
SholtesW@hsc.edu
or phone
(434) 223-6987.
5. Tres Vidas. Wednesday, March 9,
8pm, Jarman Auditorium.
An evening with
singing actresses and chamber music based on the lives of 3 legendary Latin
American women: Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran peasant activist Rufina
Amaya and Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni. A great evening of wonderful
music and dance. Visit this site
for more info!
6. "Solazo". Saturday,
March 19, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
"Musical performance layered with the rhythms of Cuba
spiked by the spirit of the Andes."
Admission $10.
Information (804) 340-1405
7. Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington, DC.
Feb. 7-March 13, 2005.
Thursdays thru Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 4 pm.
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Yerma
February
17 - March 13, 2005
Thursday-Saturday, 8pm & Sunday, 4pm
By Federico García Lorca (Spain)
Directed by Hugo Medrano
Theatrical Opening of GALA at the Tivoli. In Spanish with English
supertitles.
Caught
in a torrent of rural passion and honor, the childless, longing woman
of Lorca's imagination causes a storm of her own in Hugo Medrano's
flamenco-framed staging of the tragic spectacle. Featuring, for the
first time in DC, NY-based Ana Verónica Muñoz and Miriam Cruz.
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"vivid mixture of poetry, prose and song."
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The New York Times |
Gala Hispanic Theater at the Tivoli, 3333 14th Street, NW,
Washington, DC. For ticket information:
email:
info@galatheatre.org | All
Rights Reserved © 2003 GALA Theatre
P.O. Box 43209, Washington, D.C. 20010 | Tel. (202) 234-7174
Fax (202) 332-1247
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8. Fiesta Latina! April 7,
7:00-10:00pm, Lankford.
9. Ciclo de Cine en español: Motorcycle
Diaries. Monday April 18, 7pm,
Lankford Ballroom.
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his
youth that showed him his life's calling.
Rated R. Spanish with English subtitles.
10. Noche de Juegos! Game Night!
Tuesday, April 26 , 6:00-8:00pm, Lankford.
11. Events at the Latin Ballet of Virginia:
Presented by the Latin
Ballet of Virginia and The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
The
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road - Glen Allen (Richmond), VA 23060
Tickets: www.latinballet.com
or call 804-379-2555
Information: 804-379-2555 or
804-261-6200
• “The
Legend of the Poinsettia”
January 7-9, 2005
A performing arts interpretation of Mexican legend representing the Hispanic
spirit of the Season.
• “Winter
Rumba”
Friday, January 28, 2005
–
8 PM to 12:30 AM
Dance off the winter chill and feel the
Caribbean
heat at WINTER RUMBA!
Complementary Latin Dance lesson, open dancing, and entertainment by the Latin
Ballet artists (Fundraising event)
• “Rumba
Latina
”
Friday, March 25, 2005
-
8 PM to 12:30 AM
Complementary Latin Dance lesson, open dancing, and entertainment by the Latin
Ballet artists (Fundraising event)
• “Lo
Mejor (The Best)”
April 15-17, 2005
The best scenes from the Latin Ballet’s historical and cultural productions
such as AmorAmerica, Alma Latina, Son Corazon, NuYoRican, Macondo, Mujeres and
the Day of the Dead.
12.
Gala Hispanic Theater, Washington, DC. May
5-29, 2005.
Thursdays thru Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 4 pm.
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Real
Women Have Curves
May
5-29, 2005
By Josefina López (USA)
Directed by Abel López
In English.
The
tenderness and fortitude of five L.A. Latinas are put to the test in a
particularly rough day at the sweatshop.
In
collaboration with Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS)
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excerpted from poster art by Ernesto García Cabral. Used by
permission of Agrasánchez Film Archive. |
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"One
of the most important Chicano plays"
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The Village Voice |
Gala Hispanic Theater at the Tivoli, 3333 14th Street, NW,
Washington, DC. For ticket information:
email:
info@galatheatre.org | All
Rights Reserved © 2003 GALA Theatre
P.O. Box 43209, Washington, D.C. 20010 | Tel. (202)
234-7174 Fax (202) 332-1247
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13. La Parota Mexican Restaurant
(or other authentic Hispanic restaurant) only if you speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers.
You must speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers to be able to count
this as an "Actividad Cultural." Go as often as you like, but count as an
"Actividad
Cultural" only once. Propinas: Please remember to tip at
least 15% and if the service is very good and the waiters have spoken Spanish
with you, think about tipping 20%, which has become the going rate for good
service these days. Write up your experience, including who you were
with, what you talked about, what you ate, etc.
14.
Misa católica en español (Catholic Mass in
Spanish):
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.
(804) 232-8964. 1415 Perry St., Richmond. Domingos, 11:30am y
1:00pm
St. Augustine. (804)
275-7962. 4400 Beulah Rd. Richmond. Domingos 1:00 pm.
St.
John. (804) 737-8028. 813 W. Nine Mile Rd., Highland Springs.
Domingos 9:15 am
Más información: Diocese of Richmond, (804) 369-5661
www.diocric.org
Actividades Culturales
Otoño del 2004
Students in Intermediate Spanish Classes and higher
must attend at least 3 Cultural Activities per semester.
1. La Fiesta del Pueblo.
Saturday and Sunday, September 11, 12, 2004.
North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC.
The 11th Annual La Fiesta del Pueblo, the largest Latin
American festival in North Carolina, will take place in 2004 on Saturday,
September 11th from 12 - 8 pm and Sunday, September 12th, from 12 -6 pm at the
NC State Fairgrounds. Entrance is $1 for adults and free for children under the
age of 12. Last year, over 60,000 festival-goers enjoyed the variety of
offerings incuding:
- Two food courts of over 30 booths with cuisine from many
different Latin American countries.
- Housing, Employment and Health Fairs with free information
in Spanish and English.
- Three stages of music: Main Stage, Children’s Patio, and
Café Teatro.
- A Cultural Art Exhibit with over 12 Visual Artists- half
coming from outside of the United States.
- Information and Educational Resources from the over 230
organizations who offer their materials to participants.
- Niñolandia, the much anticipated children’s carnival
with special guests: Remi, the Puerto Rican Clown; Harry the Dragon, and
Ronald McDonald.
- A Dance Stage in the center of the festival featuring
traditional and popular dance groups.
- Opportunities to Register to Vote and to speak with elected
and appointed officials.
Please note! La Fiesta del Pueblo is an alcohol-free event. Also,
no dogs are allowed at the festival.
For maps and driving directions and other information: http://www.elpueblo.org./
The Fairgrounds are probably about a 3-hour drive from Farmville.
2. Consuelo Navarro, Storyteller.
September 15, 7:00 pm.
Wygal Auditorium. Latin
American Legends and adaptations of Latin American Short Stories. She will
tell some stories in English and some stories in Spanish.
3.
Spitfires, Latin Lovers and Bandidos: The Latino Image in Film, Stereotype
to Reality. September
15, 7:30 pm, Crawley Forum, Hampden-Sydney College.
Who created the Latino stereotype and
why? Why are images of bandidos, maids and talking Chihuahuas offensive
to the Latino community? Do film and TV have an obligation to defuse
stereotypical images of Latinos?
Come
hear the answers to these questions and more during Ms. Martínez's
presentation. She will address some stereotypes and infuse every detail
of her presentation with personal and insightful perspectives garnered from
over 25 years in the entertainment business. Ms. Martínez is currently
an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is a
Ph.D. candidate in drama at Stanford University. Her area of research
includes the intersection of Chicana/o political theaterof the 60's and 70's
with political theaters in Mexico and Latin America.
4. ¿Qué pasa? Latino Cultural Festival.
September 18, 11am - 8pm.
17th Street Farmer's Market, Richmond. Info.: (804) 646-0477.
Free!
Despite the ravaging effect of Gaston, particularly in Shockoe Bottom, the
Third Annual Qué Pasa Hispanic Festival of Virginia will take place Sept. 18
from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the 17th Street Farmers’ Market.
¿Qué Pasa? will be celebrating its 3rd year on Saturday, September 18th
from 11 am – 8 pm at the 17th Street Farmers’ Market, in the historic
river district. The festival includes Children’s Performers, Art &
Activity Tent, Hispanic “Chefs on the Market,” Soccer Workshops, Dance
Performances & Workshops, Puppet Show, Live Music, Spanish Lessons,
Hispanic foods and much more.
There were over 17,000 visitors to the previous festivals in 2002 and 2003.
The attendees include families with children of all ages. This festival hosts
a diverse group of locals and tourists.
Mariachi Mi
Tierra
Schedule of performances:
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Mariachi Bustamante
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12:00 noon - 1:00pm
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Bio Ritmo
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1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Salsa y Mas
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3:00pm - 4:00pm
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JCJ
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4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Latin Ballet
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Luisito Rosario |
For more information or for directions, visit the Qué
Pasa Festival of Virginia website.
5.
Situación en Colombia. September 27, 7-9pm.
Thompson Building at College Church, Hampden-Sydney College.
Kelly Wesselink, a member of Partners in
Peacemaking, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, will speak about the situation in
Colombia, and discuss peacemaking education, including non-violence
training. Learn how to bring peace to our violent world.
6. "Selections/Selecciones: 20th
Century Latin American Art in the VMFA Collection."
September 1-March 13, 2005
At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Info: (804) 340-1405.
Selections / Seleccíones
will feature paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture by artists from the
Americas and the Caribbean. Works by Fernando Botero, Manuel Alvarez Bravo,
Rafael Ferrer, José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and Helmice Saforcada span
the decades from the mid-1920s through the 1980s in the VMFA permanent
collection. The exhibition presents an array of styles including Art Deco,
Social Realism and abstraction, while highlighting portraiture and printmaking
techniques. Selections / Seleccíones will feature bilingual text panels
and labels in English and Spanish and will be the last exhibition in the West
Wing Focus Gallery before VMFA begins its major expansion project this fall.
Señor de Papantla (Man from Papantla), 1934-35, by Manuel Alvarez Bravo
(Mexican, born 1902); silver print; 9¼ x 7-1/8 inches. (Photo © 2004 Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts)
ORGANIZER: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
CURATOR: Tosha Grantham, assistant curator of Modern and Contemporary art, VMFA
ADMISSION: free
Info: (804) 340-1405 http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/selections.html
7. Hispanic
Heritage Program. October 7, 8pm
Hampden-Sydney College, Crawley Forum.
Hampden-Sydney College Presents:
Sandra y Vladimir, International dance couple
"Come and Enjoy Latin American Refreshments"
8. "México:
Noches bohemias--Bohemian Nights" presented
by Gala Hispanic Theater and the Cultural Institute of Mexico,
Washington, DC. October 7-17, 2004.
(Longwood students will not go as a group to Washington
this semester, but look for the group trip next semester. This semester
you may go on your own.)
A
World Premiere Musical, Text by Alberto Domingo, Directed by Abel López.
Gala's first show of the season, "a panorama of musicians, thinkers,
drifters and their nightclubs." Reserve your seat at one of our
cabaret-style tables for drinks and the stories, gossip, photos, films and, of
course, music of the artistic and intellectual scene of Mexico City circa the
1960s. Gala brings together the stories, celebrities and hotspots of
Mexico City's dolce vita during the unforgettable '60s through live
music, narrative and the cultural evidence recorded in photographs, films and
audio recordings. A humorous, tender and revealing evening of gossip and
music. Presented in a cabaret-style setting with drinks and atmospheric
table seating. In Spanish and English. Presented in collaboration
with the Cultural Institute of Mexico.
Admission
is a $28 donation, which includes two free drinks during the show.
Discountas are available for groups of 10 or more.
For
information and reservations, call (202) 728 1628
This
performance is presented at the Cultural
Institute of Mexico, 2829 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
Thursday through Saturday at 8pm (no performance Oct. 14), Sunday at 4pm.
9. Película en español. Wednesday, October 13, 6:30 pm.
Lankford Ballroom. "A
mi madre le gustan las mujeres"
Each
movie counts as one Cultural Activity. There will be discussion before the
movie, and in most cases a sheet of questions to turn in for the Cultural
Activity credit.
10.
"The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Hispanism in the United States and their
Legacies." Rolena Adorno. October 15, 2004,
4:00 pm.
University of Virginia, Harrison Institute Auditorium at the new Small Library
(Special Collections)
Third annual Faculty-Student Colloquium, a joint effort between professors
and students,
this event aims to provide an intellectual meeting ground for established
and emerging scholars
in our field, across disciplines and from neighboring institutions.
The speaker, Professor Rolena Adorno, is Post Halleck Professor of Spanish
at Yale University. Her presentation will start at 4:00 p.m. in the
Auditorium of the Harrison Institute at the new Small Library (Special
Collections), and a
reception will follow at a approximately 5:20 p.m.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Pettinaroli at
pettinaroli@virginia.edu
11. "Latinas: Women of Latin
America." October 22, 8pm,
George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC.
Putumayo World Music presents three extraordinary divas
in a cross-section of contemporary and traditional Latin American music.
Presented in partnership with WPAS. For tickets call 202-785-9727.
This performance is supported inpart by the National Endowment for the Arts.
12. "From the Streets to Neruda."
October 29 and 30, 8pm,
at Warehouse Theater Second Stage, 1019 7th Street, NW, Washington,
DC.
Gala Theater and Sol and Soul present Spoken Resistance,
winner of the 2002 Mayor's Art Award for Outstanding Emerging Artists,
performaing with Gala's Paso Nuevo Youth Program. These ensembles are
known for their innovative blend of poetry, music, rap, song and monologue,
along with insightful social commentary. Made possible with generous
support from the DC Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs. For information,
call Gala Theater, 202-234-7174.
13. "Fiesta Latina" y "El Día de los Muertos".
Friday, October 29, 2004. pm.
Presented by the Latin
Ballet of Virginia and The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
The
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road - Glen Allen (Richmond), VA 23060
"Fiesta Latina" Sat. Oct. 30
(11:00am - 5pm) and Sun. Oct. 31 (1pm - 5pm).
(Festival)--admission free.
Spend Halloween with the Latin Ballet, experiencing traditions of the Latin
American Day of the Dead Holiday. Families
will enjoy live music, dancing, arts & crafts, food, sweets and various
art exhibits.
"El Día de Los Muertos" performance
Sat. 8pm; Sun. 3pm. Admission $15-$20.
(Production)
A celebration of one of the most traditional Mexican festivities: “The Day of
the Dead.” This Aztec ritual and commemoration started at least 3,000 years
ago. It is a festive interaction with both the living and the dead as an
important social ritual that embraces the cycle of life and death. The three
cultures: Mesoamerican natives, African-American and Spanish blend their
traditions during the Day of the Death celebration.
Tickets: www.latinballet.com
or call 804-379-2555
Information: 804-379-2555 or
804-261-6200
Events for next semester at the Latin Ballet (Plan
ahead!):
• “The
Legend of the Poinsettia”
January 7-9, 2005
A performing arts interpretation of Mexican legend representing the Hispanic
spirit of the Season.
• “Winter
Rumba”
Friday, January 28, 2005
–
8 PM to 12:30 AM
Dance off the winter chill and feel the
Caribbean
heat at WINTER RUMBA!
Complementary Latin Dance lesson, open dancing, and entertainment by the Latin
Ballet artists (Fundraising event)
• “Rumba
Latina
”
Friday, March 25, 2005
-
8 PM to 12:30 AM
Complementary Latin Dance lesson, open dancing, and entertainment by the Latin
Ballet artists (Fundraising event)
• “Lo
Mejor (The Best)”
April 15-17, 2005
The best scenes from the Latin Ballet’s historical and cultural productions
such as AmorAmerica, Alma Latina, Son Corazon, NuYoRican, Macondo, Mujeres and
the Day of the Dead.
14.
"Don Juan Tenorio--A Staged Reading." November 4,
at the Cultural Institute of Mexico,
2829
16th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
The
traditional reading of the José Zorrilla classic of sin and redemption in
honor of the Mexican Día de los Muertos.
15. Película: Un día sin un
mexicano (A day without a Mexican).
November 11, Lankford Ballroom, 7:30 pm.
One day, in California, all the Mexicans
disappear. ¿Qué van a hacer? A movie between
comedy-drama.
16. Genocide and the Americas:
From Columbus to Chiapas. Speaker: Bobby González, sponsored by
the Office of International Affairs, Hampden-Sydney College. November 11,
7:30 pm at Crawley Forum, Hampden-Sydney. Info: R. Williams, phone
223-7138.
17. "Mendieta,
cuerpo y tierra." November 14 (3pm) & Dec. 9 (7pm)
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden.
A tribute in word, music and movement to Cuban
American visual artist Ana Mendieta, performed within an exhibit of her
pioneering work. Conceived and choreographed by Heidi Rauch, produced in
conjunction with the Exhibition Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and
Performance 1972-1985, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. For more information on this
event, visit: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/upcoming.asp
Information:
visit the Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden
18. Película en español con Spanish
Club of Hampden-Sydney. Thursday, November 18, pizza at 7:00 and film
at 7:30. in Lankford A and B rooms.
19. Noche de juegos (Game
Night). December 8.
Lankford
Ballroom. 7:00-9:00pm.
Play Monopoly, Scrabble, Go Fish, Trivial
Pursuit and
more--in Spanish! Music, snacks, fun. All in Spanish.
20. La Parota Mexican Restaurant
(or other authentic Hispanic restaurant) only if you speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers.
You must speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers to be able to count
this as an "Actividad Cultural." Go as often as you like, but count as an
"Actividad
Cultural" only once. Propinas: Please remember to tip at
least 15% and if the service is very good and the waiters have spoken Spanish
with you, think about tipping 20%, which has become the going rate for good
service these days. Write up your experience, including who you were
with, what you talked about, what you ate, etc.
21.
Misa católica en español (Catholic Mass in
Spanish):
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.
(804) 232-8964. 1415 Perry St., Richmond. Domingos, 11:30am y
1:00pm
St. Augustine. (804)
275-7962. 4400 Beulah Rd. Richmond. Domingos 1:00 pm.
St.
John. (804) 737-8028. 813 W. Nine Mile Rd., Highland Springs.
Domingos 9:15 am
Más información: Diocese of Richmond, (804) 369-5661
www.diocric.org
Actividades Culturales
Primavera del 2004
1. Winter Rumba. Friday, January 23,
8:00-12:30pm.
The
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road - Glen Allen (Richmond), VA 23060
A
festive evening of dance
and song: authentic Latin Dances such as salsa, merengue, cha cha cha,
tango, and more …
One Hour Complimentary
Dance Lesson: 8-9 PM
Plus! Entertainment by the Latin Ballet Artists. Open
dance 9 PM
Cost per person $10 (this is a fund-raising
event for the Latin Ballet of Virginia).
Cash Bar - No partner Required
- Dress to impress - Teens Welcome
For
more information
2 Película en español.
Thursday, February 19, 7:00 pm.
Lankford Ballroom. Joining us will be the Spanish
Club from Hampden-Sydney College. Come enjoy chips and salsa and a
pre-viewing discussion about the movie (so everyone will understand it more
easily). Movie title: "Lucía, Lucía".
3. Paco de Lucía. Tuesday,
February 24, 2004. 8:00 pm.
At the Warner Theatre, Washington,
D.C.
"One of the greatest living
flamenco guitarists performs this captivating art form."
Información: GALA Theatre, P.O.
Box 43209, Washington, D.C. 20010
Tel. (202)234-7174 Fax (202)332-1247
4. Gala
Hispanic Theater, Washington, DC. February
29.
Longwood students will go as a group to Washington to see a play and to eat in Hispanic restaurants.
Sign up in your Spanish class or with a Modern Language Club sponsor (Grainger
312). Cost is free for Longwood students who are members of the Modern
Language Club. Students who are not members of the Modern
Language Club may go also, but will have to pay for their lunch and ticket to
the play ($15). Reservation deadline (and $10 deposit) for members and
non-members: February 6.
GALA Hispanic Theatre &
Washington Performing Arts Society
Present
La dama duende
(The Phantom Lady)
By Pedro
Calderón de la Barca (Spain)
Directed By Hugo Medrano
Duels! Deceit! Miraculous escapes!
In Calderon's cloak-and-dagger play, a young widow's love for a brave
stranger is thwarted at every turn. A comic classic of the Spanish Golden
Age.
"...Los
equívocos y las dudas, el humor, las apariencias y los engaños hacen de La
dama duende una gozada..."
- El Mundo (España)
Schedule,
February 29, 2004:
9:00 am: Leave from the Wygal Parking Lot in a Farmville Area Bus
12:30 pm: Arrive in Washington, DC, Adams Morgan area. Lunch in
Hispanic restaurants, strolling and window shopping. You will find
everyone speaking Spanish in this area.
3:00 pm: Back to the bus, and head to the Gala Hispanic Theater.
4:00 pm: Show starts.
7:00 pm: Leave Washington, stop somewhere for fast food.
11:00 pm (approximately): Arrive at the Wygal Parking Lot.
Also playing from January 29 - March
7, 2004 (We will go on February 29, but you can go on your own other
dates)
If
you are in Washington on other dates, go to the play without us! Address and
directions:
Gala (Warehouse Theater), 1021 7th Street, NW (7th y New York
Ave., between L Street and NY Avenue), Washington, DC.
Información: (202) 234-7174
5. Cine en español:
March 17, 8:00 pm. Lankford Ballroom.
La Gran Vida.
Each
movie counts as one Cultural Activity. There will be discussion before the
movie, and in most cases a sheet of questions to turn in for the Cultural
Activity credit.
6. Gala Internacional: March 24, 7:30 pm. Grand Dining Hall.
Free. Performances from other cultures, free international cuisine.
There will be singing, dancing, and lots of music. Sponsored by
International Affairs, Multicultural Affairs, the International Student
Advisory Committee, Women's Studies, the Modern Language Club, Lancer
Productions, Raymond Cormier, and the Student Government Association.
7. "Mujeres".
March 26-28, 2004
. Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen.
8 PM
(Friday and Saturday)
3 PM
(Saturday and Sunday). More information soon.
An homage to extraordinary women who made a difference in
Spanish and Latin American history, such as Evita Peron, Manuela Beltran, La
Carmen, and La Llorona.
8. Latin Music Concert. March
30, 7:30 p.m. Wygal Recital Hall.
9. Masters of Mexican
Music. March 31, 7:30 pm
$29.50 and $27.50.
From the National Council for the
Traditional Arts, this event will feature "the Dancing Cowboy",
Mingo Saldivar, on conjunto accordion with his band, Los Cuatro Espadas.
Mariachi musician Nati Cano and jarocho musician José Gutiérrez from
Veracruz, México, will also perform. More information will be posted
soon.
Sponsored by Phillip Morris
10.
Rumba Latina. Friday, April 2, 2004
Ballroom, Cultural
Arts
Center
at Glen Allen
8 PM to 12:30 AM
11. "Courtly Art of the
Ancient Maya" and "Cubist Works of Diego Rivera".
April 4 - . National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
This exhibition brings together 130 works of Mayan royal art, from stone
panels to jade masks and jewelry. Most of the artifacts were created
from A.D. 650 to 800 in major cities, with an emphasis on recent
discoveries made in Palenque. Most of the artifacts will be appearing
in the U.S. for the first time.
In addition to this rare collection, the gallery will premiere twenty
cubist works of Diego Rivera inspired by a recent gift of a little-known
still life, "No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole." As the first
Rivera show
at the National Gallery, it features a selection of his work developed
between 1913 and 1915.
12. Noche de juegos (Game
Night). April 19. Lankford
Ballroom. 7:00-9:00pm.
Play Monopoly, Scrabble, Go Fish and
more--in Spanish! Music, snacks, fun. All in Spanish.
13. La Parota Mexican Restaurant
(or other authentic Hispanic restaurant) only if you speak Spanish with your
companions during the meal and with the servers. (Go as often as you like, but count as an
"Actividad
Cultural" only once.)
Actividades Culturales
Otoño del 2003
1. Lecture and reception, September 15,
7:00-8:30 pm, Wygal Auditorium:
"The Rapid Population Growth and Market of
Hispanics in Virginia"
Michel Zajur,
Founder/President and CEO, Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Sponsor: Assistant Professor Mitchell Adrian, of Management and Business & Economics,
College of Business
2. Video, The Lemon Grove Incident,
September 15, 11:45 am.
Lankford B room.
Produced by Paul Espinosa of KPBS in San Diego , 1986 58:22
minutes
- "The Lemon Grove Incident" is the story of the nation's
first successful legal challenge to school segregation, 14 years before the
Supreme Court outlawed separation by race in the landmark case Brown v.
Board of Education. Using a combination of dramatized scenes, archival
footage, and personal recollections, the program examines the response of
the Mexican-American community, along with the anti-Mexican climate prompted
by the Depression era."
--Jesus Rangel for the New York Times, 1986
Sponsors:
The Multicultural Advisory Committee, The International Student Advisory
Committee and International Studies Hall
Information: Lonnie Calhoun 434 395-2395
3. Chamber Music Series
Concert. September 16,
7:30 pm, Wygal Recital Hall. FREE.
Pianist Lynne Mackey, of Staunton, VA, will perform a program of Spanish and
Spanish-influenced music, including pieces by Isaac Albéñiz, Mauricio Ravel,
Enrique Granados, and Alberto Ginastera.
4. Chrysler Museum of Art Hispanic Heritage Month
(September).
The Chrysler Museum of Art will host a variety of
cultural activities in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. The arts-related
programs are open to audiences of all ages and shed light on the art and
culture of Hispanic peoples from various geographic locations. All events are
open to the public and free with Museum admission.
Music of the Americas
Sunday, September 21, 2003; 2 – 4 p.m.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we will present a special Sunday Surprise
focusing on the Museum’s collection of Pre-Columbian art. The
nationally-recognized Latin American trio Katari will perform time-honored
music of the Americas. Experience the sparkling sound of indigenous flutes,
the sweet chords of string guitars, and the vibrant energy of the drums. Try
your hand at these traditional instruments that produce the haunting melodies
of the Andes, and hear how the Museum’s Pre-Columbian objects shed special
light on civilizations that existed for thousands of years before the arrival
of the first Europeans.
Film Series: each Saturday from 1:00-3:00
pm.
September 6
• Siqueiros: Artist and Warrior (1998, 59 minutes)
The life of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) was one of
passion, political commitment and controversy, perilous adventure, and
prolific artistic achievement. Together with Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco,
Siqueiros was a leader in the Mexican mural movement and the most politically
active of the three. Siqueiros was forced into exile on several occasions
because of his political activities in various countries. He spent some time
