Eventos culturales primavera 2009

Cultural Events Spring 2009

1) Movies In Spanish
SIN NOMBRE by Dir. Cary Fukunaga
Opens on Friday April 3rd @ Kendall Square & Independent Coolidge Corner Theatre 2
Watch trailers here:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810048928/info

To read an article from March 29, 2009 from the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/03/29/how_to_turn_an_iffy_prospect_into_gripping_film/

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2) Suffolk University

A) 1/23 to 4/17

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

B)

~~~~~~~~~SALSA LESSONS~~~~~~~

If you don’t feel like dancing, you can come and watch instead!

Dates & Location:
*Tuesday, March 24th from 1 to 2:15 PM in the C. Walsh Theatre

*Thursday, March 26th from 6-7 PM in the Donahue Cafe

*And on Friday, bring your salsa skills to the dance floor to Noche Caliente

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=56123342860

Salsa lessons brought to you by Suffolk University Hispanic Association and the Program Council

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C)

Department of History invites you to a lecture by The Alternative Winter Break 2009 Students, Julia Collins of the Moakley Archives, and Christopher Rodriguez of the History Department El Salvador: Building Communities and Democracy after Civil War

With a special discussion of the historic March 15th Elections

Thursday, March 26th at 1:00 p.m. Large Conference Room, 6th floor, One Bowdoin Square Refreshments will be served! For more information, please contact Christopher Rodriguez rodriguez@suffolk.edu. This talk is part of a series of monthly History Department lectures.

D)

Omar Sierra, Consul General for Venezeula (and a sociologist) will be speaking to the Sociology of Globalization students.  The title of his lecture is: Challenging Corporate Globalization: ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for our America) and Venezuela’s Policies for Regional Integration.  ALBA is an emerging economic and political organization which many leftist Latin American countries are joining (I believe there are now five member states).

They are in the process of developing a currency, the Sucre.  Please join us to hear more!  The lecture is on March 27th at 11:00 in Sawyer 1134.

E) “Enemies of War” Film Screening and Discussion with the Filmmakers: presented by the Moakley Archive and Institute

Event Details:

Come to a screening of the film “Enemies of War” and meet the filmmakers Esther Cassidy and Rob Kuhns. The documentary filmed on location in El Salvador, Mexico City and Washington, D.C., examines El Salvador’s brutal civil war, US Congressman Joe Moakley’s investigation into the murder of six Jesuit priests and the struggle of El Salvador’s people as they try to pick up the pieces after the war’s end in 1992.

More about the film: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/enemiesofwar/

Where: Donahue Building Room 311

Date: Friday, April 3rd

Time: 4:00-5:30pm

Free event, pizza and soda will be provided

Hope you can make it! — Julia

F) Blood Wedding

April 2-5, 2009
Thursday-Saturday 8PM
Saturday & Sunday 3PM
Studio Theatre
In a new translation/adaptation by Melinda Lopez, Marilyn Plotkins directs Federico Garcia Lorca’s classic drama of desire and repression. The production will include original music by Claudio Ragattzi.

G) Integrating Immigrants and Refugees in Massachusetts: Policy Dilemmas

The Challenges of Immigration: The Case of Spain Dean Sebastián Royo & Maria Baldarelli
Presented by Asociación Cultural Española ACE Spanish Cultural Association Event Sponsor RSVP by April 12th to Carrie Baldassari, cbaldassari@suffolk.edu 617-573-8570		DATE: April 23, 2009 TIME: 6:00 PM LOCATION: 41 Temple Street Donahue 128, McDermott  Conference Room Boston, MA 02114 *Refreshments will be provided. This presentation will examine the challenges and opportunities associated with international migration. It will focus on Spain, which over the last decade has experienced one of the most spectacular migratory transformations in the world. From a traditional country of emigrants it has become a net recipient of people from all over and has welcomed over 4 million immigrants. This development has had profound cultural, economic, social and political implications.

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3) Cutler Majestic Theatre

Located in the Theatre district. Contact SUHA. They usually have group rates to attend the Flamenco Festival.

http://www.worldmusic.org/concerts_eventlist.php

“Tango: Historias breves” Jan 30-Feb 1^st, 2009.

“Flamenco Festival 2009: Isabel Bayón” Friday Feb 13^th, 2009.

“Flamenco Festival 2009: Noche flamenca and Soledad Barrio” Feb 14-15, 2009

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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) Obbini Tumbao (March 7).

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. (Students enrolled in SPAN 302 can also attend Brazilian Jazz concerts)

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 (such as La Leon and Empty Nest in Jan and Feb & Art of the Americas Tour in April). 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

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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. Please check out the Spanish Film Series. There are many films and talks offered throughout the semester.

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. 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 on March 19^th @ 5:30 p.m. “Itza and Kowoj: Conflicts and Factions in the Last Maya Kingdom”

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10) Berklee College of Music

Here are some of the concerts:

http://www.berklee.edu/events/

Florencia Gonzalez

Thursday, January 29, 8:00 p.m., Calderwood Pavilion

A composer, arranger, and saxophonist, Florencia Gonzalez is inspired by the rhythms of her native Uruguay to create a visionary style of jazz-infused bossa nova that evokes Leonard Bernstein’s score for West Side Story. She performs two shows, 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Read more.

Tickets: $15, $10 with Berklee I.D.

**Note only for SPAN 302 STUDENTS- Marcus Santos and Bloco AfroBrazil / The People’s Republic

Thursday, January 29, 8:00 p.m., Cafe 939

Brazilian percussionist Marcus Santos and his group Bloco AfroBrazil will tear the roof off Cafe 939. This 20-piece percussion ensemble guarantees a spectacular show combining traditional Brazilian grooves like samba and axé with rock, jazz, and even hip-hop. Santos has been featured in the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival and PASIC, and has played all over the world. His debut CD Batukaxé will be sold at a special discounted price. The slammin’ funk band the People’s Republic opens the show.

Tickets: $10 general admission, student discount available at Berklee Performance Center box office

Silvina Moreno

Monday, February 23, 4:00 p.m., Berklee Recital Hall

All the way from Argentina, vocalist Silvina Moreno will present original songs and covers in English and Spanish. Her main influences are tango, pop, rock, and blues. Band members include Jorge Reygadas, Carlos Ricaurte, Alonso Bentin, Giancarlo Castillo, Santiago Uribe, Magda Giannikou, Juan Andres Ospina, Tit Garcia, and Tais Alvarenga.

Arturo Pena

Wednesday, March 4, 4:00 p.m., Berklee Recital Hall

Drummer Arturo Pena presents a repertoire of original compositions with a touch of the Dominican rhythm and jazz.

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11) The Museum of Science

Amazon ***Note*** Only for SPAN 302 students

Schedules:

February 13, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm
February 14, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm
February 15, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 6:00 pm
February 16, 2009: 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 17, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 18, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 19, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 20, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm
February 21, 2009: 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm
February 22, 2009: 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 23, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 24, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 25, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 26, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm
February 27, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm
February 28, 2009: 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm
March 2, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm
March 3, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:00 pm

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12) The Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center

http://www.cmacusa.org/HTML/performingarts.htm

Check out the concerts:

***Only for SPAN 302 STUDENTS “The Anita Coelho Brazilian Ensemble” on Feb 13^th @ 9:30 p.m.

Marta Gómez on April 10^th @7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

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13) Spanish Conversation table @ Schoenhof’s Bookstore

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

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14) UMass, Boston
A) Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum to Speak at UMass Boston

Chancellor J. Keith Motley announced today that the University of Massachusetts Boston, in partnership with the Organization Maya K’iche, will host an address by the Indian-rights activist, 1992 Nobel Prize laureate, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Rigoberta Menchú Tum on April 6. Organization Maya K’iche represents thousands of members of the Maya K’iche ethnic group now residing in New Bedford that fled Guatemala in the 1980s and 1990s due to the imminent dangers of civil war and genocide.
Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum – who is also a world-renowned author, presidential candidate in 2007 for the Encounter for Guatemala party, and the head of her own international foundation – will address students, faculty, and staff at UMass Boston from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the Ball Room, located in the third floor of the Campus Center. She will speak on recent events in the areas of indigenous rights, ethno-cultural reconciliation and citizen participation in environmental issues in the Americas.
Dr. Menchú is known worldwide for encouraging collaboration among local, national, and international human rights organizations in order to denounce human rights violations committed against Native American populations. During her presentation, she will also discuss the treatment of hundreds of members of the Maya K’iche community (to which she belongs in Guatemala) after being detained during an immigration raid executed by U.S. government-enforcement agencies on the Michael Bianco factory in New Bedford in March 2007.
To reserve a seat for Dr. Menchú’s address, send your email to gissell.abreu@umb.edu or call 617-287-7132.

B) TWO BILINGUAL READINGS WITH MEXICAN POET
April 1, 2009

BILINGUAL READINGS WITH MEXICAN POET DAVID HUERTA

David Huerta will read from Before Saying Any of the Great Words: Selected Poems of David Huerta

with his award-winning translator, Mark Schafer, at Jamaicaway Books and Boston University.

Huerta is one of Mexico’s most important living poets. He is the author of 19 collections of poetry, a

professor of literature at the Autonomous University of Mexico City, a columnist, scholar, and cultural activist.

Schafer has translated the poetry, novels, stories and essays of many Latin American writers. He is also a visual artist and co-coordinator of the Spanish/English Certificate Program at UMass Boston.

Saturday, April 11

Jamaicaway Books

3:00 pm

Location: 676 Centre St

Jamaica Plain, MA

(between Burroughs St & Seaverns Ave)

Contact: Valerie Stephens

617 983-3204

Tuesday, April 14

Boston University

5:15 pm

Location: CAS, Room 200

725 Commonwealth Ave.

(”B” Green Line, “BU Central” stop)

Contact: Dept. of Romance Studies

617 353-6216

These readings are made possible with support from the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston, the Romance

Studies Department and the Geddes Lecture Series at Boston University, the Mexican Cultural Institutes of New

York and Washington, D.C., the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the Secretaría de Relaciones

Exteriores.

For more information on Huerta, Schafer, or Before Saying Any of the Great Words, visit www.beforesaying.com

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15)

EUROSPECTIVE … a series of conversations with European artists and writers The “Eurospective” series is organized by the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University as part of its new European Commission funded project “Getting to Know the European Union: European Cultures in Focus.” The project proposal, authored by Elizabeth Amrien, was inspired by the Institute’s popular “Poetry and Politics” series and builds on our previous EU sponsored project,  “Getting to Know the European Union: Member States in Focus.” The new project is being carried out in collaboration with the Center for International Relations at Boston University, Center Director Vivien Schmidt, Center Fellow Chandler Rosenberger,  the literary journal AGNI, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), and Zephyr Press. Dr. Chandler Rosenberger, who assisted with the proposal, is editing the series for publication. Please find a detailed description here>>

Monday, May 4, 2009 Please join us for a reading and conversation with Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga and Mexican-American intellectual, essayist, lexicographer and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans. This event celebrates the release of AGNI 69! Bernardo Atxaga (Jose Irazu, Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, 1951) belongs to the young group of Basque writers that began publishing in his mother language, Euskera, in the Seventies. His first short story, “Ziutateaz” was published in 1976 and his first book of poetry, Etiopía, in 1978. Both works received the National Critics Prize for the best works in the Basque language. He cultivates most genres: poetry, short stories, novels, lyrics, etc. His national, and soon after, international recognition arrived with Obabakoak which, among other prizes, was awarded with the Spanish National Literature Prize in 1989 and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. His last novel, The Accordionist´s Son, has just been published in the USA by Graywolf (2009). Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His books include the best-selling The Hispanic Condition (1995) and On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language (2001). He is also the editor of The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories (1998), The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (2003) and the 3-volume set of Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories (2004). Stavans has been called by The New York Times “the czar of Latino culture in the United States” and the Washington Post has described him as “Latin America’s liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast.” The San Francisco Chronicle said: “Ilan Stavans may very well succeed in becoming the Octavio Paz of our age.” Moderator: Mark Feeney Boston Globe Living Arts Reporter and winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.  Free and open to the public | Reception to follow 7:00 PM Boston University Photonics Center 8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th floor Directions: MBTA Green Line “C” train to St. Mary’s Street stop or “B” train to BU Central stop Pay on entry parking is available at Warren Towers Garage. Funded by the European Commission Delegation in Washington DC. Co-sponsored by the Center for International Relations at Boston University, the literary journal AGNI, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and Zephyr Press.

Links More upcoming events Institute for Human Sciences home Facebook Twitter Contact Information Elizabeth Amrien, Managing Director | eamrien@bu.edu | 617-358-2778 (phone) | 617-358-3584 (fax)

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16) More Flamenco

Mavi Dance presents “Flamenco Blood on Tour” (Sangre Flamenca en Gira) Boston in the middle of winter may be one of the coldest times of the year, but come January 2009, experience the fiery passion and heat of Flamenco as the show Sangre Flamenca En Gira (“Flamenco Blood On Tour” in spanish) comes to town presented by Clara Ramona and Co…with guest artists Isaac and Nino de Los Reyes. This is no ordinary flamenco show but a significant one, as the title indicates, as this phenomenal mother and sons’ team shares their lifelong family heritage in dance. DATES: Friday, January 23, 8:00 pm Saturday, January 24, 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm LOCATION: Boston University Dance Theatre 915 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA Tickets: $40, $30 students/seniors (call 617.358.2500) Parking: http://www.bu.edu/fitrec/membership/services/parking.html Event info: http://www.bu.edu/fitrec/programs/dance/events.shtml More artist info: http://www.clararamona.com

The show promises not only to entertain but to celebrate both a homecoming and a reunion. This will be first time Clara Ramona and her sons will share the stage together again in the United States since 1996, nearly 12 years ago. Since then, they have traveled and performed around the globe, individually acquiring international recognition. But now that journey has been brought full circle to bring them back to their roots again. A fact probably not well known in Spain’s flamenco scene is that Isaac and Nino are native Bostonians, both born and raised in our own backyard. And their mother, Clara Ramona, herself took her “first steps” in flamenco back at the Boston Conservatory. So the city of Boston can take much pride in such homegrown talents that have gone on to earn global acclaim. Sangre Flamenca En Gira will showcase an array of authentic and traditional Spanish dances and Flamenco, with a brilliant cast of gifted and multi-talented musicians and Clara Ramona’s dancers.

Flamenco dance workshops at MIT The MIT-Spain program is sponsoring a serise of IAP Flamenco Workshops on Friday January 16th, 23rd, and 30th from 7:30pm-8:30pm in MIT rooms 57-168 and 57-170. Please send questions and RSVP to mit-spain@mit.edu. More information regarding the event can be found here: http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-8184.html Location : http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=57-168&mapsearch=go