by Magdy Zara
After a time away from the Bay Area stages, renowned jazz singer Alexandra Rieloff returns with her trio to delight the San Francisco public with a wonderful repertoire.
Alexandra Rieloff, who was born in Brooklyn and is of Chilean descent, is a well-rounded artist, as she: she is an actress, choreographer, dancer, filmmaker, broadcaster, photographer and a masterful jazz vocalist.
Rieloff will be performing with her jazz trio on Saturday, Oct. 7 and 14 at Scopo Divino, starting at 4 p.m.
Scopo Divino is located at California Street @ Divisadero San Francisco. For reservations through tim@scopodivino.com.
San Francisco host of the 2023 Litquake Festival
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, organized the “Litquake 2023” literary festival, which will take place starting October 5 of the current year, offering two full days of in-person wind.
This year at the Gardens, Litquake Out Loud will feature prominent writers and thought leaders from the Bay Area, ensuring representation of all people are included in the creation of and access to the historic and thriving Bay Area art scene.
The festival will take place between Oct. 5 and 21, with Saturday the 14 and Sunday the 15 being the central days.
The event will be held at its Esplanade location, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd and 4th Sts. San Francisco; from 12 noon, admission is free.
Day of the Dead is commemorated with several events
Migrations always entail changes, not only for those who leave or change countries, but also the families that disintegrate, the cities that are left without their citizens, as well as the cities that receive them.
Such is the case of the commemoration of the Day of the Dead, which, being a Mexican tradition, has spread throughout the American continent, wherever a Mexican citizen resides and California is no exception. Below, several of the events that have been organized to remember this important date:
Lila Downs, presents “Día de los Muertos” for a special night of music with folk dances, a mariachi band, impressive thematic-inspired visual projections, among others.
Downs stands out for being an opera singer, a specialist in Mexican folklore, and stands out for her vocal and emotional range. She will perform this Sunday, Oct. 15, at 6:30 p.m., at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, tickets range from $40 – $115.
For its part, Redwood City presents Danzas De Fantasmas: Un Día De Los Muertos Cuento De Dos Mundos, this is a dance production, based on a love story that travels to the world of the living and the dead, full of ancestral rituals and a trail of marigolds.
It will feature a group of excellent artists from the Peninsula Ballet Theatre, the Mexican Folkloric Ballet of Carlos Moreno and Calpulli Tonalehqueh (Aztec dancers).
The public is invited to dress up for Halloween, tickets are $60, $45 and $35.
There will be two presentations, one on Oct. 27 and 28 starting at 7 p.m. m., in the
Fox Theater 2215 Broadway, Redwood City.
The 26th Festival and Procession will also be held, the SJMAG’s annual Day of the Dead parade in collaboration with the San José Art Museum.
According to the organizers of the activity, this will be a day for the community, to share with the family, as it will be full of live entertainment, cultural demonstrations and an eclectic combination of artistic experiences, this will be a truly intracultural and multigenerational event!
Among the scheduled activities are the decorating of sugar skulls, which will be adorned with brightly colored icing often used to decorate ofrendas or altars, celebrating those we have lost; as well as making paper alebrijes, among others.
To kick off this festival, the procession gathers at 11:30 a.m. m. at City View Plaza, corner of Market Street and San Fernando, the procession begins at 12:20 p.m., and travels through César Chávez Park to the San José Museum of Art corner of Market and San Fernando streets, on Saturday, the Oct. 28, the activity will be from 11 a.m. until 5 pm. Admission is free all day.
