by Magdy Zara
“More Than Cars: Celebrating Lowrider Culture” is a partnership with Pajaro Valley Arts, featuring more than 50 artists and Lowrider club members.
From photography to sculpture, witness the creativity and history of lowrider culture in a stunning display of talent and inspiring resilience.
The exhibition will be open until June 30 and will feature additional events including video screenings, panel discussions and youth arts activities.
Independent filmmaker Consuelo Alba, when asked about this exhibition, stated “with the Lowrider Film Festival and Exhibition, we are recovering our stories, our culture, highlighting the experiences lived by Latinos in the US, portraying ourselves in more authentic than those that the main media have historically represented to us.”
Then the director of the Watsonville Film Festival added “this year we will honor the resilience and creativity of Lowrider culture and the powerful, often unheard, voices of Latino filmmakers.”
The exhibition began last March 10 and ends next June of the current year.
The exhibition is held at the PVA Porter Building, 280 Main Street, Watsonville, admission is completely free.
“Festival of Life and Colors” Exhibition in Women’s Month
As part of the celebration of Women’s Month, the muralist Mama Meg, shows through her Exhibition “Fiesta de Vida y Colores” the experience of Latin motherhood, tropical colors and birds.
This exhibition is comprised of new works and timeless classics, highlighting Ms. Megs’ decades as a Mission artist, street craftswoman, community and religious leader.
This exhibition – inauguration, will coincide with the “Women of the Resistance” Art Walk in March, which celebrates women who resist silence and create to bring peace.
This event is being organized by Acción Latina, and will be shown at the Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, located at 2958 24th St, San Francisco.
Fiesta de Vida y Colores opened its doors to the public on March 19 and ends on April 10, 2024, during gallery hours.
Woman: history, voice and dreams
To learn about stories of prosperous and entrepreneurial women, the event “Woman: History, Voice and Dreams” has been organized, in which you will learn about wonderful experiences of strength that will serve as inspiration to achieve your dreams.
“This will be a vibrant meeting that celebrates the unique essence of each woman with many activities and surprises, to share and vibrate together in this space full of love and connection,” said the organizers. “This will be a vibrant meeting that celebrates the unique essence of each woman with many activities and surprises, to share and vibrate together in this space full of love and connection,” said the organizers. To request more information you can do so through info@prosperacoops.org.
This activity will take place next Wednesday, March 27, starting at 5 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Square – Uptown Station 1955 Broadway Oakland. Admission is free.
Omar Sosa and his American Quartet perform at Yoshi’s
Seven-time GRAMMY-nominated Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa is on tour to celebrate the release of the documentary Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums and a soundtrack LP of the same name.
Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the current scene. He fuses a wide range of jazz, world music and electronic elements with his Afro-Cuban roots to create a fresh and original urban sound, all with a Latin jazz heart.
The latest turn in Sosa’s creative journey is his Quartet Americanos, a group based on the formative relationships he forged in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1990s. The quartet is made up of Sheldon Brown, Josh Jones and the drums and Ernesto Mazar Kindelán on baby bass.
The documentary captures much of Sosa’s work as a composer, bandleader and recording artist and highlights the rich tapestry of his styles and cultures, from solo piano to big band, from Mother Africa to Cuba and ancestry communities. from the diaspora, and from jazz. and a variety of folk traditions to Western classical music. The vinyl soundtrack includes music from eight Omar Sosa albums, including three GRAMMY-nominated titles.
Omar Sosa and his quartet will be performing on March 29 and 30, at Yoshi’s, located at 510 Embarcadero Oeste, Oakland, tickets cost between $34 and $84.
