by the El Reportero’s staff
Once called the “Steve Jobs of clean energy,” Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Better Place, will describe his vision to chart a different course in the race to transform automobiles. He aims to build a network of battery swap and charge stations that would expand the range of all-electric vehicles. But are Agassi’s innovations climate solutions? What will Better Place do with a $350 million capital injection from HSBC? Agassi will receive Inforum’s 21st Century Visionary Award for his pioneering work with electric vehicles and his help developing a clean-energy environment.
Better Place, an electric vehicle services provider based, claims their robots “can replace a dead battery faster than you can fill your fuel tank.” Taxi companies in Tokyo and corporations in Israel are deploying thousands of Better Place cars. China’s largest independent auto maker, Chery Auto Co., recently signed a deal to start making cars with swappable batteries.
On Monday, July 12, 2010, at the Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St. 2nd Floor, San Francisco. $15 Members, $25 Non-members.
Colombian salsa great from Colombia Joe Arroyo
Joe Arroyo, a former member of leading salsa band, Fruko y sus Tesos, he recorded with The Latin Brothers, and in 1981 founded his own group, The Truth, to blend musical influences. Celebrating the independence of Colombia, Arroyo will play at Club Roccapulco on July 16, a night that promises to 6be an unforgettable one. At 3140 Mission Street, SF.
6be an unforgettable one. At 3140 Mission Street, SF.
Rafael Manriquez, a guitarist and vocalist, specializing in Nueva Canción (New Song), and various other Latin American rhythms and styles, will perform his original songs and songs composed by many beloved Latin American folk artists.
On July 17, 2010, at the Art House Gallery & Cultural Center 2905 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA 94705.
40TH Anniversary Show for Malo
Remenber Suavesito? Reserve the date now, folks, because the legendary band, Malo, is resuscitating from the dead. Don’t wait to purchase your tickets, or your
opportunity to watch this historical Latin rock group will be dead.
At the Great America Music Hall, on July 31, 2010 7 p.m. Cover $22 advance, at the door $25. Buy your tickets now at www.latinrockinc.com or visit www.gamh.com for more info. www.roccapulco.com
Alamar: a bond be-tween father and son which demonstrates ex-quisite poetry and sophis-ticated craft
Alamar Pedro González-Rubio’s effort- lessly beautiful fi lm about a Mayan father and young son spending a summer working (and playing) along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, opens at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
The fi lm sets amid the Mexican Caribbean’s spec- tacular natural beauty and sleepy coastal villages, and Alamar is a crowning ex- ample of the renaissance in Mexican independent fi lm, and a memorable testament to the fact that cinema still can draw inspiration from, and dare to capture, the simplicity of happiness.
Alamar, winner of new directors prize. Opens at San Francisco International Film Festival, on Friday, July 30 on SFFS Screen, at the Kabuki Theater, at 1881 Post Street, SF.
