American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music is the first interpretive museum exhibition to tell the story of the profound influence and impact of Latinos in American popular music. Rich with artifacts, instrument interactives, listening kiosks and films, American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music opens at EMP|SFM October 13, 2007.

The 5,000-square-foot exhibition focuses on five major centers of Latino popular music production in the post-World War II United States—New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Antonio and San Francisco—which represent the diversity of Latino music. Each city section draws visitors into the broader histories and cultures that shaped these musicians’ contributions through artifacts, hands-on instrument interactives designed to teach key concepts, highly produced listening kiosks that allow critical listening and learning, three films created for the exhibition and interpretive text presented in English and Spanish.

Sponsor: Experience Music Project
Contact: http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=910

Spanish Class - Intermediate level with emphasis in reading literature selections and conversation or discussion of the materials read. Textbook is either Pasajes Literature or En Contacto, Lecturas Intermedias (5th edition). You will read Marquez, Allende, and other famous authors and learn strategies to better understand the reading. Also you will learn new vocabulay and confidence speaking in a small group. Min. 3 students and max. 4 students. For details call 206-522-5118 or www.spanishinseattle.com
Sponsor: Spanish In Seattle
Contact: Urania Perez 206-522-5118

From the resurgence of tango and salsa to the success of Buena Vista Social Club, the popularity of "Latin" music with a broad American public is as unmistakable as its distinctive rhythms and styles. But Latino contributions to the history of American popular music go much deeper. U.S. Latino musicians have served as interpreters of Latin American genres like salsa, mambo, and conjunto, and as innovators within "American" genres such as rock and roll, R&B, jazz, country/western, and hip hop. We will listen to the unique contributions of Latino communities across the country and to various artists, from Tito Puente and Celia Cruz to Carlos Santana and Linda Ronstadt. Through the music and the stories behind the music, the course will also highlight the social struggles, language differences, and generational changes that have shaped the lives of Latinos in the Americas.

This course is team taught.

Shannon Dudley is Associate Professor and head of the University of Washington's Ethnomusicology program, as well as chair of the Seattle Partnership for American Popular Music (which includes the UW, the Experience Music Project, and KEXP radio). Dudley specializes in the music of the Caribbean.

Michelle Habell-Pallan is Associate Professor of Women Studies at the University of Washington and adjunct Associate Professor of Music. She is author of Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicano and Latina Popular Culture.

Dates: 4/2, 4/16, 4/30, 5/14, and 5/28

Registration is $80/person

To register, visit www.lectures.org or call us at 206.621.2230, ext 10
Sponsor: Seattle Arts & Lectures
Contact: http://www.lectures.org/wed.html

On Friday, May 9th, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, the most beloved salsa band in Latin America, will perform in the Sky Church at the
Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum in Seattle Center. The event is sponsored by the University of Washington, in celebration
of EMP/SFM's new exhibition, "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music." Doors open at 8:00pm, and admission to the exhibit is included with the ticket price. $40 in advance, $50 at the door.
Sponsor: University of Washington
Contact: Call 206.770.2702 to order tickets

Rafael Ithier and members of el Gran Combo de Puerto Rico will talk about their music and demonstrate for UW jazz studies students. Open to the public.
Sponsor: University of Washington
Contact: lasuw@u.washington.edu

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, the most beloved salsa band in Latin America, will perform in the Sky Church at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum in Seattle Center. The event is sponsored by the University of Washington, in celebration of EMP/SFM's new exhibition, "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music." Doors open at 8:00pm, and admission to the exhibit is included with the ticket price. $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Agers 21 and over.
Sponsor: University of Washington
Contact: http://www.empsfm.org or Call 206.770.2702 to order tickets

What would happen if all 14 million Latinos in California disappeared? Come see the film, "A Day Without a Mexican," a comedic satire to find out. Monday, May 12th, food and drinks at 4:30pm, movie begins at 5pm. Lively discussion on immigration to follow. Where: Ethnic Cultural Theatre, 3940 Brooklyn Ave. Free event sponsored by the Latino Policy Association.



Sponsor: Latino Policy Association
Contact: mbeach2@u.washington.edu

The Cervantes Workshop will analyze the book “El túnel” published in 1948 by Argentinean writer Ernesto Sábato. The novel received positive critique and recognition from world figures in literature like Thomas Mann and Albert Camus.
The book is a psychological test on the inner thoughts of a painter who meets a woman and becomes obsessed with her. For many, with this novel, Sábato initiates a form of Latin American existentialism in literature.
It is recommended that participants read the book, in preparation for the discussion.
This workshop is conducted in Spanish by local instructors Eugenia Toledo-Keyser, Carolyne Wright and Javier Amaya
Sponsor: Latino Cultural Magazine
Contact: Eugenia Toledo at eutore-keys@comcast.net