Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
The South San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to present the fourth annual Concert in the ParkThis fun and free family-oriented community event will feature fun music performances and a variety of activities for all ages. More details to come, please check back soon!
El Camino High School Jazz Band
12:15 p.m. South San Francisco High School Jazz Band
MALO on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the soccer field at Orange Memorial Park, located on West Orange Avenue at Tennis Drive in South San Francisco.
For directions and FAQ’s, visit www.ssf.net/concert
Collaborative solutions to combating human trafficking
Join us Sept. 25 for a full day conference with law enforcement, businesses, survivors, service providers and volunteers as we explore good practices and policy solutions in anti-human trafficking collaboration. Learn about effective partnerships and innovative programs aimed at eradicating modern-day slavery across the Bay Area. Share your experience and network with other professionals and volunteers fighting this heinous crime.
California State Building, Milton Marks Conference Center, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. On Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A mayoral forum, addressing the main issues facing Oakland
Mayoral candidates will address pivotal issues like housing and affordability, homelessness, traffic and transit, education, and more before an audience of voters. This forum will be livestreamed and will include questions from community members.
Oakland is in a critical turning point when it comes to housing and affordability, homelessness, traffic and transit, education, police violence, community safety, and and more. Voters need to be educated on the positions and strategies the candidates espouse so they can make fully informed choices in the voting booth come November.
At First Presbyterian Church, 2619 Broadway, Oakland, on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Mariachi Flor De Toloache New York City’s first and only all-women’s mariachi group
The Mariachi Flor de Toloache, the Latin Grammy Award-nominated group lauded for its fresh and flavorful take on traditional Mexican music.
The first and only all-female mariachi group in New York, Mariachi Flor de Toloache’s diverse members come from a variety of backgrounds including Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Australia, Germany, Italy, and the United States. While careful to preserve the centuries-old traditions of mariachi, this unique mix of cultures and personalities allows the band to offer a modern push to the genre and bring mariachi music to new audiences.
Featuring a lively blend of modern talent and diversity, Mariachi Flor de Toloache made New York City history in 2008 as its first all-women mariachi band.
At the Oshman Family JCC – Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.
For tickets ($35 general, $30 JCC members and J-Pass holders, $25 students with ID) and more information, visit paloaltojcc.org/mariachi or call (650) 223-8649.
Los Lupeños 50th Anniversary Season kick-off concert
Los Lupeños de San José, is one of the earliest Mexican folkloric groups in the United States.
The dance company has traveled and performed in México, England, Ireland, and all around the United States in a variety of venues, large and small.
As with all dance companies, there are ups and downs, high times and hard times, exciting adventures and lost opportunities. The common thread through the years has been the passion of the dancers, directors, students, instructors, family members, and collaborators that have kept the original vision alive for over 45 years.
Los Lupeños was founded in 1969 by Susan Cashion and Ramon Morones.
Cashion was exposed to Mexican folk dance at the University of Guadalajara where she was studying under a Fulbright Scholarship. Morones was a talented painter studying his craft at the university where male students were quickly recruited into the university folk dance company. Cashion brought Morones back with her to the Bay Area with the idea of seeing whether there was enough interest to form a local Mexican folk dance company.
The response was overwhelming! With the help of the Consul General of México in San José and civic leader Guadalupe Suárez, Los Lupeños was born.
At the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 and 2 p.m. Sunday Sept. 30, 2018. $25-$30.
