Teatro Nahual showcases children’s play

by Rigo Hernandez

El Fantasmita, Teatro Nahual photo courtesy Teatro Nahual

Renowned Theater, “Teatro Nahual” will feature El Fatasmita Pluft, a children’s play in Spanish, directed by veronica Meza and written by Clara Machado.

The play will feature live music by Jesús Magaña along with fi ctional and real characters designed to captive its audience. The play is about a pirate who kidnaps a captain’s granddaughter in hopes of finding treasure, but is confronted by a family of ghost led by Pluft, the mother ghost, who inspires kids to follow their dreams.

The play will be performed on March 15, 16, and 22 at 2.:00 p.m. at the Tatro Nahual at 510 S. First St, San Jose, CA 95113. Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for children, for more info call (650)-669-2949.

Women’s Night of live art at the Mission Cultural Center

Poetry, dance, videos, and songs will be featured at, Luna Negra: a Night of Women’s Live Art, at the Mission cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA).

Highlights of the show include, poets Nina Serrano and Mamacoatl, Jackeline Rago will present a fusion of jazz and Venezuelan , ALJIBE Flamenco dance company directed by La Tania, and OJALA, six women percussionists performing Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms, song and dance.

The event will be at MCCLA at 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 on March 26 starting at 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. General admission is seven dollars and fi ve dollars for students and seniors. For more info call, (415) 821-1155.

Literary Corner at SF Public Library

Chelis López, journalist and newscaster of shows such as Pájaro Latinoamericano and Andanzas at San Francisco’s KPOO FM 89.5 will be the moderator for El Rincón Literario or the literary corner.

The book discussion will center of El Olvido Que Seremos by Héctor Abad Faciolince, a novel which tells the history of Colombia and their struggle against those who wish to violently silence those who wish for a different Colombia.

The book discussion will on Wednesday, March 26, third fl oor of the Main San Francisco Library at 6:00 p.m. For more info call Álvaro Sanabria at (415) 557-4430.

Artist events in Oakland

The Corazon Del Pueblo in Oakland will feature Painted impressions of the Anza Expedition by David Rickman. The exhibition will run from March 2 to March the 30.

The reception will be on the last day from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with the Calicanto Singers and the Maidu-Miwok Dancers; the Corazon del pueblo is located at 4814 International Blvd. For more info call 510-532-9142 or email info@peraltahacienda.org.

Also in Oakland, University of California, Davis Prof. Vladimir Guerrero author of The Anza Trail will talk about the Cultural Assimilation and Racial Make-up of Spanish California. The event will be on March 29, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeview branch of the Oakland Public Lirbrary at 550 El Embarcadero. For more info call 510-238-7344.

Guerrero will also hold a talk about The Anza Expedition and the Settling of California. This event will be on March 31 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hayward Area Historical Society 22701 Main St. Hayward.

To learn more about the Anza Expedition, Garate, Anza re-enactor and author of Juan Bautista de Anza will speak about it at the San Leandro History Museum and Gallery at 320 W. Estudillo Ave. in sanSan Leandro. For more info call 510-577-3990.