Eventos Culturales Otoño 2008

Cultural Events Fall 2008

1) Suffolk University

 

9/12 to 11/28

 

Weekly Tertulia (Spanish Conversation Table).  Language Lab Annex in Fenton Building 5^th floor.  12:00-1:00 p.m.

9/18

Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Ceremony and Reception

  HHM Opening Ceremony Thursday, September 18, 2008

1:15pm–2:30pm, Donahue 403

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

 Featuring: Giovanna Negretti, Executive Director for Oiste: The Massachusetts Latino Political Organization who will be discussing why the Latino vote is critical to this year’s presidential election. She will be exploring the hot topics facing Latinos and why their vote will make a difference this year.  Also learn how you can get involved in getting out the vote and why it is critical for young voters to go to the polls.

9/19

ALANA Group: Share Your Story, 2:00pm Donahue 403

9/24

Cooking 101: Latino Flavors, 4:00pm-6:00pm Donahue Café

9/25

Participatory workshop: Roots of Latin Music & Dance Rhythms

Thursday, September 25, 1.15 – 2.10, Studio Theatre….all are invited.

Sol y Canto, 3 time Boston Music award winning music ensemble, will explore how African, European and indigenous traditions converge in the music and dance traditions of Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

10/2

Latin Flavors Buffet/Meeting, 1:00pm Donahue 403

10/8

SUHA Movie Night, 5:00pm-7:00pm Location TBD

10/9 & 10/16

SUHA General Meeting, 1:00pm Donahue 308

Date TBA

Speak Out: The Truth About Immigration, 1:00pm Room TBA

Looking Ahead !

10/17

ALANA Group: Share Your Story, 2:00pm Donahue 403

10/23

SUHA Nuestra Cultura, 7:00pm C. Walsh Theatre

11/1

Sol y Canto Presents: Noche de Muertos: Welcoming our Ancestors Home, 5:00pm & 8:00pm C. Walsh Theatre

Reception 7:00pm–7:45pm Donahue Cafe

Concert: Noche de Muertos – Welcoming our Ancestors Home

featuring Sol y Canto & Melodic Visions

Saturday, November 1, 5.00 & 8.00, C. Walsh Theatre

A limited number of discounted tickets will be available for members of the Suffolk community.

This concert will explore one of the most popular Mexicon holidays, Day of the Dead, when families gather to pay homage to beloved ancestors and poke fun at the grim reaper.   We are working to arrange other activities in connection with the concert, including a reception with traditional foods and a performance by the Xuchipilli Dancers, New England’s oldest folkloric dance company.

11/13

 

Film Screening and discussion of Spanish film VOLVER by Almodóvar with Sandra Barriales-Bouche, Assistant Prof. of Spanish.  4:30 p.m.  Large Conference Room, 6^th Floor, One Bowdoin Square (at the corner of Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets).  Refreshments will be served!

 

11/13

Image and Reality: Contemporary Spain William Chislett “Spain’s Elcano Royal Institute” www.WilliamChislett.com Recent Published Works: Spain Going Places, Economic, Political and Social Progress, 1975-2008 (2008) The United States and Spain: In Search of Mutual Rediscovery (2005) Spanish Direct Investment in Latin America: Opportunities and Challenges (2003)		Join us in welcoming guest speaker William Chislett on November 13, 2008! William Chislett Presentation: DATE: November 13, 2008 TIME: 1:00 PM LOCATION: McDermott Conference Room (Refreshments provided) William Chislett was born in Oxford in 1951 and reported on Spain’s 1975-78 transition to democracy for The Times. Between 1978 and 1984, he was based in Mexico City for The Financial Times and in 1986 he returned to Madrid. He has written books on Spain, Portugal, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Finland, El Salvador and Turkey for Euromoney Publications.Since 2004, he has written a monthly review for Elcano of Spain’s main developments and he writes a weekly column for the digital newspaper El Imparcial, as well as being a member of its Editorial Board. College of Arts and Sciences Suffolk Univ

11/19

Lecture by Prof. Marvin D’Lugo from Clark University “Women and Modernity in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver”  4:30 p.m.  Munce Conference Room (Archer Building 110).

11/24 

 

A concert of flamenco dance, music and song presented by Casa Patas, Spain’s foremost artists in the flamenco tradition:  Ida y vuelta (Coming and Going).

Monday, November 24 at 4:00, C. Walsh Theatre.  More detail to follow.  For reservations please visit, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/48382

Lecture/demonstration and master class with Casa Patas

Tuesday, November 25, 1.00 – 2.30, Studio Theatre.  More information to follow.

Blood Wedding

Next winter & spring, Marilyn Plotkins and professor/playwright Melinda Lopez will lead a group of students through an extended process to explore and adapt Garcia Lorca’s classic drama as a play with music.   More information to follow.

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2) Harvard Film Archive

2008  7^th Boston Latino International Film Festival

October 03-05

http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2008septoct/bliff.html

Three Films by Lucrecia Martel (Argentine filmaker)

October 11-13

http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2008septoct/martel.html

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3) Museum of the National Center of Afro American Artists

Merengue! Visual Rhythms / Ritmos Visuales

http://www.merengueboston.com/

August 15 to November 23, 2008, Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30am-5pm
(300 Walnut Ave, Roxbury MA 02119)

 

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4) Regatta Bar

Located in Cambridge

It has a lot of concerts with musicians from Spain and Latin America such as: 1) Mango Blue (Sept. 26), 2) Gregorio Uribe Big Band/ Colombia (Sept. 27), 3) Michel Camilo/Latin Jazz/Dominican Republic (Oct. 16-18), 4) Bernardo Monk Tango Quarter/Argentina,  (Oct. 31), 5) Egui Castrillo/Puerto Rico (Nov. 1^st).

http://getshowtix.com/regattabar/index.shtml

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5) Ryles

Located in Cambridge

It has a lot of concerts.  You can also take dance lessons/ salsa lessons.

http://www.rylesjazz.com/

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6) Mojitos

Located near Suffolk on Winter Street

It has some concerts and you can take dance lessons/ salsa lessons.

http://www.mojitosboston.com/mojitos.shtml

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7) Museum of Fine Arts

Check the calendar they always show movies and documentaries from Latin America and Spain.  Also they have some art of ancient Latin America in their collection as well of paintings from great Spanish masters.

http://www.mfa.org/index.asp

Also check the Boston Jewish Film Festival, Nov 5–16, 2008.  There will be some movies in Spanish from Latin America in the festival.

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8) Harvard University

There are always talks, movies, and other cultural events that are open to the public.  Most of them are also free.

Main page:

http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/

Events calendar for all activities:

http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/events/list

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9) Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

It has several exhibits on ancient art of the Americas and every year in November they do a Celebración del día de los muertos/ Day of the Dead Celebration

Check their schedule there are certain days and times where admission is free.

http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/current_events.html

These are some of the events for the fall.  Also check the permanent collection:

Lecture October 23 5:30 pm

Finding His Focus: The Extraordinary Robert Burkitt in Copán Elin Danien, University of Pennsylvania Museum

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10) Berklee College of Music

Eva Ayllón

Thursday, November 6, 8:15 p.m., Berklee Performance Center

The great African-Peruvian singer and “Queen of Lando” performs her music with a student/faculty group led by Oscar Stagnaro.

Tickets: $30 general admission

Purchase tickets online through Ticketmaster

 

 

11) Spanish Conversation table @ Schoenhof’s Bookstore

2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month, 6:30 p.m. (76A Mt. Auburn ST, Cambridge).