by the El Reportero’s staff
Flamenco dancer Lakshmi “La Chimi” will perform at la Peña on April 9. (For more info see below in the calendar.)
Come and enjoy a truly performing arts event with Balanced, a group of artists dedicated to the search of talent in the Bay Area. This events are organized to promote and show the community the beauty of the art by the different type of artistic expressions that exist.
The repertoire inlcudes poetry with Arturo “Arte” Delgado and Charles Castillo, in the visual arts with Alejandra Campos, Leicester “eLe” Huezo, Christo Oropeza and Javier Vallin, and in the performing arts,with The Alegre Sisters, Arturo “Arte” Delgado, Damaris E. Ortiz, Juliet Gómez and Theatrical Souls.
At the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Misison Street, San Francisco, April 3, at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m.
Jazz In Focus – The Photography of Scott Chernis
Celebrate Jazz Appreciation month in April at the Berkeley Public Library. San Francisco photographer, Scott Chernis, exhibits black and white photographs from his series “Jazz in Focus” in Berkeley Public Library’s Central Catalog Lobby, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley, from April 5th through April 30th.
In this series Chernis focuses on details of jazz performances emphasizing the interplay of musicians and their instruments. Chernis’ photographs closely examine the inherent beauty of ephemeral moments in musical performance. Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Mon. 12 – 8; Tues. 10- 8; Wed. – Sat. 10 – 6; Sun. 1 – 5.
For more information, call 510-981-6100 or connect www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.
Tickets for birth of impressionism at the de Young
Tickets for Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay go on sale on Tuesday, April 6. This spectacular exhibition features nearly 100 paintings from the collection of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the repository of the world’s finest collection of Impressionist art, and opens to the public at the de Young Museum on Saturday, May 22.
Each ticket to Birth of Impressionism also includes complimentary, same-day admission to Impressionist Paris: City of Light, a companion exhibition at the Legion of Honor presenting 180 prints, photographs, drawings, illustrated books, posters and paintings that transport the visitor back to Paris during the time of the Impressionists. Impressionist Paris: City of Light opens to the public on June 5.
Golden Gate Park 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco, CA 94118. For info call 415.750.3600 or visit www.deyoungmuseum.org,
Gypsy Flamenco from Jérez, Spain
The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership in collaboration with La Peña Cultural Center presents Flamenco dancer Lakshmi “La Chimi” with guest artists from Jérez de la Frontera, Spain, José Galvez, Kina Méndez and Antonio de Jérez on Friday, April 9, at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave. in Berkeley,
The evening of music and dance promises a rare opportunity to see flamenco in a more intimate, less programmed and structured environment that is closer to its true nature. “It will be an intimate, ‘rancio’ (aged, like a fine cheese or wine) program, as opposed to a commercial show,” La Chimi says.
On Friday, April 9, at 8 p.m., at the Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave. in Berkeley. For info call Nina Méndez, artistic director The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership. (510) 444-2820, nmenendez@sbcglobal.net.
