Sit down first for great poetry and performance and then head to La Estrellita afterwards for great music & revolutionary politics to dance with FUGA! and La Colectiva guest performers!
IN BERKELEY
La Peña Immigration Series Presents
Nicolas Valdez & Maria Ibarra: "Mi bandera es la tierra"
Friday December 12, 2008
$10 adv. $12 dr. - 8pm
A poetic journey through a seasonal landscape of vivid dreams & nightmares. Written and performed by Nicolas Valdez and Maria Ibarra. Mi Bandera es la Tierra is a project born out of La Pena's Hecho en Califas Festival of 2006. Originally a 20 minute collaboration between long-time friends and creative partners, Maria Ibarra and Nicolas Valdez, Mi Bandera has taken on a life all it's own. As a multi-disciplinary work its themes cover a wide range of political, cultural, and social issues that ebb and flow with the natural rhythms of the four elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) that bind it together. An experiment in "organic creative process," Mi Bandera pushes the boundaries of contemporary "Latino" Theater by skillfully weaving together contemporary issues with universal themes of balance and wellbeing. Rooted in the age-old traditions of storytelling, Mi Bandera follows the journey of two characters as they attempt to connect with the Great Spirit and bridge the gap of the historical disconnect between the masculine and feminine while simultaneously addressing current issues of globalization, environmental racism, immigration, and health. Told through poetic dialogue, indigenous chanting, live instrumentation, choreographed movement, and projected imagery, Mi Bandera resonates with an intoxicating compassion creating a shared emotional frequency that will surely move your heart and inspire you to proclaim Mi Bandera es la Tierra!
IN OAKLAND
Benefit Show for Fuga!
On Jan. 30 2009 El Paso/Oakland band FUGA! will release it's second album "Relatos Rebeldes/Rebel Stories" and embark on 3 Month US/Mexico tour.
The tour will take their music throughout the US southwest along the border then cross into Mexico to play Mexico City, Veracruz, Chiapas, and Oaxaca among others. Fuga! is independently run and owned by the musicians themselves and are hosting an end of the year benefit for their tour next year. We invite you to come sing and dance with FUGA! and special guests son/cumbia/salsa band La Colectiva this FRIDAY, DEC. 12 in Oakland. For more information check out website and flier below. See you there!
FUGA!
w/
La Colectiva
Friday, Dec. 12th, 2009
At LA ESTRELLITA Restaurant
446 E. 12th ST.
OAKLAND,CA
La Estrelliita is a few blocks east of Lake Merritt BART Station.
*I'll be doing a poetry set at La Peña to open before the "Mi bandera es la tierra" performance.
arnoldo garcia
música humana blues y poesia
www.lacarpadelfeo.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/arnoldogarcia
www.nnirr.org
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