2022 Fall Propagating Cultural Power: Outward Mobility in the Age of Late-Stage Capitalism
Fandango por La Humanidad: Jarochicanos
Jarochicanos is a music collective based out of Chicago dedicated to the practice and preservation of traditional Afro-Indigenous Son Jarocho music from southern Veracruz, Mexico. They began in 2008 as […]
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Dancing Through Prison Walls
Dancing Through Prison Walls is a California-based dance and performance project whose mission is to dance with, choreograph with, and tell stories within embodied carceral landscapes and beyond, amplifying voices […]
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Ethio Blue: Concert & Conversation with Meklit Hadero
Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and former refugee, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural activism. Meklit’s performances have taken her to renowned […]
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Art & Resistance Among Immigrant Children
Based on ten years of work with immigrant children in two different border states — Arizona and California — Drawing Deportation gives readers a glimpse into the lives of immigrant children throughout […]
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It’s OVAH! A Ballroom Extravaganza
Join us for a night of education about Black/Latinx Queer Ballroom culture, skills workshopping in key Ballroom categories, and friendly competition in a mock Ball! “It’s OVAH! A Ballroom Extravaganza” […]
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Stringing Ourselves Back Together: Storytelling and Paper Mache Doll Making Workshop
The paper-mache doll is a distinctive traditional craft that became the dear play object and companion for many children in central Mexico. Today, this tradition is struggling to survive, being […]
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100 Years From Mississippi
Tarabu Betserai Kirkland – Director/Producer Tarabu’s background as a Media Artist, Producer and Administrator includes twenty years in Public Radio having served as General Manager of radio station KPFK-FM in […]
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Bámbula and Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba: Re-remembering the Place of Dance in Latinx Life
Dr. Jade Power-Sotomayor is a Cali-Rican educator, scholar and performer who works as Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego. Her research interests include: […]
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The Womxn Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities
Michelle Habell-Pallán, Professor, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at, University of Washington, is Director of the Certificate for Public Critical Race Scholarship and co-directs the Womxn Who Rock: Making Scenes, […]
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Feminista Frequencies: The Cultural Power of Producing and Archiving Community Radio
Community radio, led by Chicanas and farmworkers in rural areas, has a history of connecting more isolated communities with the world around them. Dr. Monica De La Torre’s book Feminista Frequencies: […]
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Great Leap’s FandangObon
Founded by Nobuko Miyamoto and Quetzal Flores, Great Leap’s FandangObon convenes into one circle the participatory music and dance traditions of Fandango of Veracruz, Mexico rooted in African, Mexican and […]
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Son de Madera Concert
Son de Madera is an artistic group who specializes in the interpretation and composition of one of the traditional musical genres of southern Mexico: the Son Jarocho. Formed in 1992, […]
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GET UP, STAND UP !!!
My Mother always told me stories. I began telling stories formally when I was in high school in Chicago (St. Ignatius) in the 60’s, stories of Africa and the struggles […]
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where the horizon meets the earth: An Artist Talk
Virginia Grise will discuss the evolution of her career as a theatre artist, from blu to her most current project, Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind, inspired by Helena María Viramontes’ epic novel Their Dogs […]
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LAnded: Diaspora and the Southeast Asian Refugee
LAnded: Diaspora and the Southeast Asian Refugee Phung Huynh will present her art projects that are deeply informed by her experience as a Southeast Asian refugee of Cambodian, Vietnamese, and […]
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Beyond the Wall: Fronteriza and Feminist Imaginaries
This talk offers an alternative mapping and framing of the U.S./Mexico border through the documentation and analysis of feminist projects in the borderlands. I use these examples to ask how […]
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Featuring Vijay Gupta & Dominic Cheli: Practicing Change
Vijay Gupta is a violinist, speaker and citizen-artist dedicated to creating spaces of wholeness through music. Vijay’s work embodies his belief that the work of artists and citizens is one: […]
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Armonía Cuscatleca – Musical and Creative Peacebuilding in Rural El Salvador
Pablo Méndez Granadino is a professional violinist and community music workshop leader. His career as a freelance musician has landed him recordings and performances with the Mariachi Divas, Emmanuel, Rumbankete, […]
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La Ofrenda: How Sacred Space Creates Connection
When creating an ofrenda – we are creating a sacred space. This space reflects what is known – a confidence. It represents identity (personal, emotional and cultural). The ofrenda offers […]
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Dancing Against Erasure: Armenian Dance in Diaspora as Cultural Reclamation and as Radical Politics
Natalie Kamajian is a Ph.D.student in Culture and Performance at UCLA. She is a practitioner and teacher of Armenian vernacular dances, which are largely understudied within the fields of both […]
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