by the El Reportero’s staff
The event will take place with the special presentation of his son, the Film maker Cuban – Salvadoran: Jorge Dalton. There will be poetry, video, and dance with Orquesta Los Caracoles, and DJ Mombacho. An afternoon with food and drinks.
On Saturday, May 9, from 7 – 12 p.m. Tickets are 12 $ in advance – 15 $ at the door, at the Women’s Building, at 3543 18th St (Valencia @ Guerrero St.), San Francisco.
This event is sponsored by Piñata Art Gallery, Brigade Roque Dalton, Base Committee of the FMLN of San Francisco/Aida Linares. For more info call (925) 435-3910 or visit www.fmln-sf.org.
An exhibition of African presence in Mexico: from Yanga to the present
For nearly 500 years, the existence and contributions of the African descendants in Mexico have been overlooked.
Africans arrived in Mexico in 1519 and Yanga, an African leader, founded the first free African township in the Americas (January 6, 1609).
Since then, Africans have continued to contribute their artistic, culinary, musical, and cultural traditions to Mexican culture through the present day.
The exhibition showcases the history, artistic expressions, and practices of Afro-Mexicans, and includes a comprehensive range of artwork from 18th Century Colonial Caste paintings to contemporary artistic expressions. The event was organized by the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago.
It was curated by Sagrario Cruz-Carretero & Cesáreo Moreno. On view at the Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, California. From May 9 to August 23, 2009. http://www.museumca.org/12exhibit/exhi_apim.html.
Ten basic rules for saving troubled Arts organizations Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and author of the new book Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations will share his ten basic rules for saving troubled arts organizations.
He will also engage the audience in a Q & A discussion on how the nonprofit arts can survive in tough economic times. Co-sponsored by the San Francisco Arts Commission, Center for Cultural Innovation, and the San Francisco Foundation, in partnership with The Commonwealth Club of California.
As a friend/grantee/affiliate of the Arts Commission, we are offering you a special discount ticket price of $8.
Monday, May 11, 2009, at :4:45 p.m. wine/networking, 5:15 p.m. program (1 hour), at The Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco.
Call (415) 597-6705 for Reservations.
City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees to meet
The Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Community College District. (City College of San Francisco) will hold a study session on May 14, 2009 at 5 p.m. in the Auditorium at the College’s 33 Gough Street facility.
The board will hold its action meeting on May 28, 2009 at 6 p.m., in the Auditorium at the College’s 33 Gough Street facility. The public is invited to attend. This meeting will be videotaped and telecast Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. on EaTV Cable Channel 27, beginning June 3.
For further information, visit the City College of San Francisco website at www.ccdf.edu.
