by Magdy Zara
The San Francisco Public Library offers a series of fun and educational activities for this spring break, among which is the staging of the play Dancing at Home.
Dancing at Home is about two cousins: Margie and Lupe, both 5th grade students learning about family, dance, and themselves. Margie is proud to have been born in the United States. Her family is from Mexico and her cousin, Lupe, comes to California to live with them. Meanwhile, Lupe struggles with a new country and language.
This work will be exhibited next Tuesday, March 28, at the SF Main Library Children’s Center, at 2 p.m.; Wednesday, March 29, at 4 p.m., at the Bernal Heights branch; and on April 1 at the Portola branch, at 2 p.m.
To make reservations for school groups, call (415) 557-4554 in advance to reserve space.
Santos: Skin with Skin will be presented soon in California
Santos Piel con Piel, is a film production that seeks to recognize the life and work of John Santos, who is an excellent percussionist, a native of San Francisco, California, folklorist, community activist, and seven-time Grammy nominee.
This documentary will premiere at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, next Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. After the projection of this masterful work there will be a live musical show with Santos and Friends.
Tickets will cost $15, for people over 65 $13 and for young students under 21 $7.50.
MNC commemorates César Chávez’s birthday
This March 31 is the birthday of César Chávez, so the MNC invites the community in general to a breakfast and the screening of two films to commemorate this important date.
The films Si Se Puede and Fighting for Our Lives will be screened. Both powerful documentaries that captured the real story of the farm worker movement in the United States.
The activity will take place at 362 Capp Street, San Francisco, California, on Thursday, March 30, at 8:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Carmen & Frida: Folkloric Ballet
Within the framework of the 55th anniversary of the Peninsula Ballet Theatre, the Ensemble Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco of the artistic director, Zenón Barrón, presents two magnificent dance works, Carmen & Frida.
This is the story of two women, one fictional and one real, but both immortalized, told through dance and music that will awaken your passion, touch your heart and inspire your courage.
The act will be presented on April 1 and 2, at 7 and 3 p.m. respectively, at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, located at 600 N Delaware St.San Mateo, CA. Tickets will start at $25 and are now available for purchase online at peninsulaballet.org.
