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This Week
Click on the title for more details.- Seattle Fandango Project
Mon Sep 28, 2009 - Mon Jun 7, 2010
All Events
November 2009
Screening of Amores Perros, Part III
Tuesday November 17, 2009
1:30 pm
Savery 138
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Sergio de la Mora lecture: Abjection and Violence in Contemporary Mexican Cinema
Thursday November 19, 2009
1:30 - 3:20 pm
Savery 138
Sergio de la Mora's Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film (2006) was a finalist for the LAMBDA Literary Award in the category of Art and Culture. His current book project, on Lucha Reyes, the pioneer ranchera song performer from the 1930s-40s, examines the transnational flow of culture between Mexico City and Los Angeles and the contributions of queer artists to classic Mexican popular music.
De la Mora will examine how the canonical Mexican directors Arturo Ripstein and Alejandro González Iñárritu, working at the cutting edge of the Mexican film industry in the 1970s and the 1990s, respectively, have approached the issues of aesthetic form, genre, and social critique. His analysis will give particular attention to gender, sexual identity, and violence, as exemplified in Ripstein’s El lugar sin límites (The Place Without Limits,
1977) and Iñárritu’s Amores perros (Love’s a Bitch, 2000).
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Michoacán Minister of Culture at CWU Campus
Thursday November 19, 2009 to Friday November 20, 2009
Central Washington University & Yakima Valley Community College
The Honorable Jaime Hernández Díaz, Minister of Culture of the State of Michoacán, Mexico, and Professor of History at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, will be at Central Washington University and at Yakima Valley Community College, November 19-20, 2009.
Minister Hernández Díaz is coming to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between CWU and the Secretariat of Culture of the State of Michoacán (SECUM), to reach out to the Michoacán-born residents of Washington State, and to kick off a joint 2009-10 speaker series entitled “Mexico 1810-1910-2010: Everyday Life in Michoacán during Mexican Independence and the Revolution.”
Thursday, November 19 begins with a signing ceremony to formalize the MOU between CWU and the SECUM, a partnership that aims to educate students and communities in central Washington about Michoacán and its peoples’ history and cultures, and the lives of immigrants in our region who come from Michoacán. Scholars and artists from Michoacán will share their knowledge and experience with CWU students and our region as a whole.
Later that day from 7-9pm in the lobby of Dean Hall in front of CWU's Museum of Culture and Environment, Minister Hernández Díaz will present “Images of Valladolid (Morelia) through Travelers’ Eyes,” the inaugural event of the Mexico 1810-1910-2010 series.
On Friday, November 20, 2009, the 99th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution will be celebrated with a community fiesta hosted by the Spanish-language radio station Ke Buena (96.9FM) at the Yakima Valley Community College Hopf Union Building (HUB). The celebration, which includes music and dancing and begins at 4pm, will be followed by Minister Hernández Díaz’s presentation at 6:30pm.
The minister's talks and the fiesta in Yakima are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
www.cwu.edu/~la_studies/Michoacan/
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December 2009
Jaco Abel Flamenco Electrico
Thursday December 3, 2009 to Saturday December 5, 2009
8 pm
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater, 2322 2nd Ave
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ed by both Spanish and International audiences as the leading guitarist playing flamenco music forms from the Spanish Gypsies on electric guitar. He has created his own and unique style while continuing the flamenco tradition taught to him by his uncle and Gypsy legend, Pepe Habichuela.
Joining him in his first public appearance in Seattle is percussionist/vocalist, Luis Amador and local dancer, Savannah Fuentes.
December 3rd and 5th at 8 pm. Tickets are $25 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com.
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January 2010
MOVIE: Like Water for Chocolate [Como Aqua Para Chocolate]
Thursday January 21, 2010
7:00 PM
Kane Hall 210, UW Seattle campus
A feast for the senses, this magical romance from director Alfonso Arau tells the story of passionate Tita (Lumi Cavazos) who is in love with Pedro (Marco Leonardi), but her controlling mother (Regina Torne) forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro instead marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking--and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares. Mexico, 1992, 113 minutes; Spanish with English subtitles.
This screening is preceded by a brief introduction by MariaElena Garcia, Assistant Professor, Comparative History of Ideas and Jackson School; and Jose Antonio Lucero, Assistant Professor, Jackson School of International Studies.
Part of the SMAK 2010 International Film Series (See Movies at Kane) showing every Thursday night January 14 -March 18, 2010.
No tickets required / Free and open to the public
All showings at 7:00 PM, Kane Hall Room 210, University of Washington, Seattle
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“Beyond Walls and Wounds” (1): Panel on the Borderlands
Monday January 25, 2010
4:00 - 6:00 pm
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February 2010
Mariano Plotkin lecture
Tuesday February 2, 2010
3:30 - 5:00 pm
TBA
Mariano Plotkin's public talk is part of the “Global History of Social Science Speaker Series.”
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Bret Gustafson lecture: "After Neoliberalism, 'Living Well': Natural Gas and the Cultural Politics of Redistribution in Bolivia"
Wednesday February 17, 2010
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Thomson 317
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Carlos Aguirre lecture
Friday February 26, 2010
3:30 - 5:00 pm
TBA
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April 2010
"Beyond Walls and Wounds" (2): Panel on the Borderlands
Monday April 5, 2010
4:00 - 6:00 pm
TBA
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May 2010
Sonia Alvarez lecture
Tuesday May 25, 2010
5:00 - 7:00 pm
TBA
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June 2010
Seattle Fandango Project
Monday September 28, 2009 to Monday June 7, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Every Monday
UW School of Music room 313
See Simpson Center for the Humanities Calendar |
Building Community Through Music
The Fandango traditions of Veracruz, Mexico, use music, singing, and dancing to generate a spirit of convivencia—of living and being in community. For a decade, musicians in Veracruz and in California have built a movement of convivencia through Fandango Sin Fronteras (Fandango Without Borders). The Seattle Fandango Project brings
this movement to Seattle with local workshops, concerts, and public discussions with guest artists Son De Madera, as well as
community members, organizers, and educators. Come experience and learn!
Son De Madera, a quartet from Veracruz, Mexico, is known for its powerful music arrangements in the Son Jarocho tradition. They
will be in residence in Seattle during the month of October.
All events are free and open to the public.
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