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Cine, Libros, Lecturas, Teatro y Mas
 Seattle Latino Film Festival
presents Madrid en Corto
The Seattle Latino Film Festival is proud to announce and present a special screening of the Madrid en Corto short film series for the first time ever in the Pacific Northwest. The event will take place March 26th at the Microsoft Auditorium of the Seattle Central Public Library (1000 4TH Avenue, Downtown Seattle). The screening, which is part of SLFF's 2011 Latino Film Series, is free and open to the public. Seating is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.
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"Vacaciones en Sunnyland"
por Javier Amaya
2 p.m. Saturday, April 9
Seattle Public Library (Downtown)
Level 4, Room 2
1000 4th Ave
(206) 386-4636
Writer Javier Amaya will read from his second novel in Spanish "Vacaciones en Sunnyland". This book tells the story of Arnulfo López, a young undocumented worker who crosses the border between Mexico and the United States in the early eighties looking for a chance to work and help his family. Arnulfo meets immigrants from other countries who share his destiny and tell their stories as together they strive to discover the "American Dream" even as they are confronted by acts of racism, cultural colonialism and discrimination all which push Arnulfo to redefine his priorities. This reading will be conducted in Spanish. ____________________ 
Flamenco en Las Americas
Friday, April 15 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Columbia City Theatre
4916 Rainier Ave S
Seattle Flamenco en Las Americas,
a night of flamenco in America. Al cante:
Vicente Griego " El Cartucho"
Al toque:
Gerardo Alcala
percusión:
Enrique Chavez " El Peru"
Al baile:
Savannah Fuentes
Veronica Barrera
tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door - click on image
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CHICHA
(Or How To Love A Fashionista
Chola Bulldyke)
Written by Gerald Alejandro Ford
Directed by Lonnie Tristan Renteria
Theater off Jackson
409 7th Ave South
Seattle
Opens April 27 at 8:00pm
Circumstantial evidence and industry jealousy land Chicha, international sensation Chola Bulldyke Fashionista in the slammer. A small kindness alters her view of the world and in the process, self-liberation. Through the use of traditional Latino story-telling and multimedia, the audience experiences cultural intersections both with humor and critical insight. ____________________
Mark your calendar!
No Word for Welcome
&
When the De la Cruz Family Danced
Book Release Party · All are most welcome!
June 21 - 6:30 pm
Vermillion Art Gallery and Wine Bar
1508 11th Avenue
(Capitol Hill) Seattle
Co-sponsored by La Sala.
No Word for Welcome
The Mexican Village
Faces the Global Economy
by Wendy Call
Release date June 1, 2011
Wendy Call visited the Isthmus of Tehuantepec-the lush sliver of land connecting the Yucatan Peninsula to the rest of Mexico-for the first time in 1997. She found herself in the midst of a storied land, a place Mexicans call their country's "little waist," a place long known for its strong women, spirited marketplaces, and deep sense of independence. She also landed in the middle of a ferocious battle over plans to industrialize the region, where most people still fish, farm, and work in the forests.
Call's timely and invaluable insights into the development battle shows that the people who have suffered most from economic globalization have some of the clearest ideas about how we can all survive it.
When the de la Cruz Family Danced A Novel by Donna Miscolta Release date June 2011 Signal 8 Press During his one and only return visit to the Philippines, Johnny de la Cruz, plagued by a sense of isolation, feels a glimmer of connection to the place of his birth and youth when he sees Bunny Bulong, the hometown Miss Sampaguita of 1946. Johnny succumbs to a quick sexual encounter with the attractive and beguiling Bunny. Years later, sick with cancer and faced with the possibility of dying, he regrets that he never had a son - a lack that has distanced him from his daughters and sometimes his wife. Miles away, nineteen-year-old Winston Piña has barely finished eulogizing his recently deceased mother Bunny, when he finds a letter she wrote, but never sent to Johnny de la Cruz, leading him into the lives of the de la Cruz family- a family to which he might or might not belong. The novel explores the ties within family and how circumstances of birth, immigration, and assimilation tug at those ties. ____________________
 Circo
Special Screening
Fresh off the festival circuit, acclaimed road documentary Circo will make its official theatrical debut next month, with a special screening engagement at Seattle's Landmark Theaters April 22. The film, produced by local filmmaker Jannat Gargi, captures a family of travelling Mexican circus performers and their struggles to carry on a century-old tradition in the face of dwindling audiences, mounting debt and simmering filial conflict. Hailed by LA Weekly as a "riveting patchwork of interconnected family dramas," the documentary aims to explore universal themes of family responsibility and the weight of cultural inheritance all while opening the viewer to a luminous yet oft-forgotten world. To learn more about the film and its theatrical release or to watch the official Circo trailer,click on the image. ____________________
Laura Rebolloso in Concert
Friday, April 29
Doors at 6:30p. Show at 7:30p.
Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle 1119 Eighth Avenue
(enter on Seneca St)
Laura Rebolloso is a 21st century poet and troubador rooted in the four-hundred year old Son Jarocho tradition from Veracruz, Mexico. She is a founding member of the internationally-acclaimed band, Son de Madera. This concert marks the debut of her own group featuring musicians from Seattle and Los Angeles. Also performing with Laura is Martha Gonzalez, powerhouse front woman for the East L.A.-based Chicano rock band, Quetzal. This Concert is made possible with support from the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, The Town Hall Community Fund, and the Seattle Fandango Project. ____________________ 
Latino Community Fund 2011 Nuevas Raíces: New Roots in the Northwest Gala
May 7, 2011
5:00 pm -11:00 pm
Northwest African American Museum, Seattle The Latino Community Fund is hosting its spring fundraising gala dinner, raising money to benefit local Latino non-profits through its annual grants program. The Gala will include a networking reception, access to the NW African American Museum exhibits, docent tours, silent auction, buffet dinner and drinks, and live entertainment, including dance lessons. Over 150 business leaders, government officials and young Latino professionals will be in attendance. | 
