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A little girl, mistletoe and destroying capitalism

[Author]by Jon Rappoport[/Author]
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The psyop works this way: label all criminal machinations designed to make the rich richer and the poor poorer “capitalism.”

The objective? Increase the power of government and its allied corporations to control the means of production and the distribution of goods and services.

“Well, freedom and the free market didn’t work. It was always corrupt to the core. So let’s kill capitalism and install a fair and equitable and humane system…”
Yes, and let’s have a rainbow every day, with fairies and elves dancing in the sky and parachuting food and money down to the masses. If you want something now, you can have it now. No charge. You didn’t like the vegetables that came from the sky with your package? We’ll send a drone to your home and deliver candy and ice cream and hot dogs.

Fairy tales aside, capitalism actually means: you produce something and you charge money for it. People who want it pay for it.

All by itself, that system doesn’t make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Hijacking that system creates the problem. Illegal coercive monopolies create the problem. Covert government favoritism creates the problem. The failure to prosecute these crimes creates the problem. Inventing so much money out of thin air decreases the value of the money you have, and that’s a problem. Saddling small businesses with so many regulations saps their money and energy and creates a problem.

Fascists telling an 11-year-old girl named Madison Root she can’t sell mistletoe in Portland, Oregon, but can beg for money in the park illustrates the problem. She can “ask for donations,” but she can’t sell.

The federal government can offer hundred of billions and even trillions of dollars to big banks, but a little girl can’t sell mistletoe.

On behalf of Monsanto and other biotech ag giants, the US government can send advance men around the world to promote GMO food, can try to drown Africa in toxic GMOs, but a little girl can’t sell mistletoe without a business license.

What’s next? SWAT teams invading garage sales and shutting them down? Oh, wait. Was Madison Root selling mistletoe on public property? Was that the crime? Public property means “government-controlled” and has nothing to do with the public, the people? Then why not call it government-owned land.

“Our top story tonight…Karl Marx walked into a park in Portland, Oregon, and explained to an 11-year-old girl why she couldn’t sell mistletoe. He said the dictatorship of the proletariat controlled the means of production, and since there was no government mistletoe factory, she was a criminal. Afterward, Mr. Marx chatted with a local student group carrying a banner emblazoned with the directive, Everything Should Be Free. He was overheard saying, ‘You people are very useful idiots. Keep on keeping on.’”

Giant pharmaceutical companies can sell government-approved toxic drugs that kill 106,000 people a year, like clockwork, in the U.S., without fear of criminal prosecution, but a little girl can’t sell mistletoe. (See Starfield, Journal of the American Medical Association, July 26, 2000, “Is U.S. health really the best in the world?”)

Pharma doesn’t operate according to the rules of capitalism; it operates on the basis of government protection in the service of poisoning the population, while racking up billions in profits.

Defense corporations can win taxpayer-funded government contracts to produce enough munitions to destroy the planet ten times over, but a little girl can’t sell mistletoe.

The defense corporations don’t operate according to the rules of capitalism; they operate on the basis of government-mandated imperial empire.

Producing and selling goods which are non-harmful isn’t the problem. Cronyism and hijacking and pirating that system are the problem.

Unionizing and striking and collectively bargaining to earn a livable wage aren’t the problem. Signing illegal globalist treaties that encourage the export of jobs overseas where labor is cheap is the problem. Relocating those jobs under the false rubric of free trade is the problem.

But a little girl can’t sell mistletoe during the Christmas season in Portland.

The U.S. government can create a trillion-dollar sector of the economy, by letting out contracts to companies to build a wall-to-wall Surveillance State, spying 24/7 on the American people…

But a little girl can’t sell mistletoe.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Jon Rappoport is Tte author of two explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED and EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, Jon was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch.

Top U.S. diplomat: Russia has betrayed the “New World Order”

[Author]by Paul Joseph Watson[/Author]

Top diplomat Christopher R. Hill says that Russia’s response to the Ukraine crisis means that Moscow has betrayed the “new world order” it has been a part of for the last 25 years.

In a piece for the influential Project Syndicate publication, Hill, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Korea, writes that Russia’s annexation of Crimea and “intimidation” campaign against Kiev has brought an end to a 25-year historical period, accusing Moscow of engaging in “regression, recidivism, and revanchism.”

Hill’s definition of the “new world order” is Russia’s post-Glasnost involvement in “Western institutions, a market economy, and a multi-party parliamentary democracy.”

“This new world order held for almost 25 years. Except for Russia’s brief war with Georgia in August 2008 (a conflict generally seen as instigated by reckless Georgian leadership), Russia’s acquiescence and commitment to the “new world order,” however problematic, was one of the great accomplishments of the post-Cold War era,” writes Hill.

Hill, who is an advisor with the Albright Stonebridge Group, a “global strategy company” with tentacles deep within the White House and the State Department, goes on to accuse Moscow of reviving the days of the Soviet empire, adding that, “Russia….no longer seems interested in what the West has been offering for the last 25 years: special status with NATO, a privileged relationship with the European Union, and partnership in international diplomatic endeavors.”

Arguing that western sanctions are unlikely to have any impact, Hill asserts that NATO should prepare itself for the long haul, warning that Russia “will seek to make similar trouble among former Soviet “allies,” invoking the German invasion of Poland in 1939 to suggest that Moscow may launch aggression against other eastern European nations.

Hill’s assertion that Russia has turned its back on the “new world order” illustrates how Moscow is seeking to lead an alternate BRICS-aligned faction that will pose a major threat to the unipolar future envisaged by the United States and NATO.

In other words, whether Russia wants one or not, the western elite is digging in for a new Cold War and the world may be entering the most dangerous period of history since the Cuban missile crisis.

Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.

The mark: scientist claims human microchip implants will become “not optional”

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.… Revelations 13:16-17

Mac Slavo
SHTFPlan.com

Technologies designed specifically to track and monitor human beings have been in development for at least two decades.

In the virtual realm, software programs are now capable of watching us in real time, going so far as to make predictions about our future behaviors and sending alerts to the appropriate monitoring station depending on how a computer algorithm flags your activities. That is in and of itself a scary proposition.

What may be even scarier, however, is what’s happening in the physical realm. According to researches working on human-embedded microchips it’s only a matter of time before these systems achieve widespread acceptance.

Chances are you’re carrying a couple of RFID microchips now. And if you are, they’re sending out a 15-digit number that identifies you. That number can be picked up by what’s called an ISO compliant scanner. And they’re everywhere, too.

It’s not possible to interact with society in a meaningful way by not having a mobile phone. I think human implants are likely to go along a very similar route. It would be such a disadvantage to not have the implant that it essentially becomes not optional.

Your initial reaction to this idea may be one of disbelief. There’s no way society would accept such a device. Why would anyone want to implant this in their body?

Consider for a moment where we are right now. For decades Americans rejected the notion that they would submit to being tracked or recorded.

Yet, just about every American now carries a mobile phone. They’re so prevalent, in fact, that many consider it a “right,” prompting the government to actually provide subsidies to those who can’t afford one on their own.
Embedded in every one of those phones is an RFID chip that can track our every movement via GPS or cell tower triangulation. Moreover, those microphones and cameras that come standard on every phone can be remotely activated by law enforcement surveillance systems, a capability that has existed since the early 2000s.
But as intrusive as these devices are, they are accepted as the norm by billions of people world wide. Not only that, but no one had to “force” them on us. We are, it seems, the masters of our own enslavement. And we pay top dollar to have the best tracking device money can buy!
Granted, one can simply disconnect from “the grid” by throwing away their cell phone. But, the direction these new monitoring technologies are moving coupled with continued government expansion of surveillance suggests that microchip RFID technology will eventually be non-voluntary.
Michael Snyder of The Truth Wins asks What will you do when you can no longer buy or sell without submitting to biometric identification?
This technology is going to keep spreading, and it is going to become harder and harder to avoid it.
And it is easy to imagine what a tyrannical government could do with this kind of technology. If it wanted to, it could use it to literally track the movements and behavior of everyone.

And one day, this kind of technology will likely be so pervasive that you won’t be able to open a bank account, get a credit card or even buy anything without having either your hand or your face scanned first.

It’s difficult to imagine a populace that will freely submit to such digital bondage. But as has been the case with the degradation of personal privacy and rights in America, be assured it won’t simply become law over night.

First, the technologies will need to be generally accepted by society. It’ll start with real-time consumer based products like Google Glass. The older generations may reject it, but in a couple of years you can bet that tens of millions of kids, teens and younger adults will be roaming the streets while sporting cool shades, interactive web surfing and the capability to record everything around them and upload it to the internet instantly.

Next, as we’re already seeing from early adopters, RFID chips will be voluntarily implanted under our skin for everything from access to high security buildings to grocery store purchases.

Eventually, once the concept is generally accepted by the majority, it will become our new “social security number.”

To gain access to official services, you’ll need to be a verified human. Without verification you won’t even be able to purchase a six pack of beer, let alone get medical care or a driver’s license.

Whether we like it or not this is the future. Every purchase you make and every step you take will be tracked by a tiny 15-digit passive microchip, meaning that the only way to “turn it off” will be to physically remove it from your body.

In essence, we’ll soon live in a world of Always On Monitoring.

Our children and grandchildren – at least most of them – will likely not only submit to implantation, they’ll gladly pay the costs so that they, too, can “interact with society in a meaningful way.” Infowars.com.

Are black-budget ops creating new meta-crímenes?

[Author]by Jon Rappoport[/Author]
[url href=”www.nomorefakenews.com”]www.nomorefakenews.com[/url]

The Surveillance State has created an apparatus whose implications are staggering. It’s a different world now. And sometimes it takes a writer of fiction to flesh out the larger landscape.

Brad Thor’s novel, Black List, posits the existence of a monster corporation, ATS, that stands along side the NSA in collecting information on every move we make. Adaptive Technology Solutions or ATS’ intelligence-gathering capability is unmatched anywhere in the world.

On pages 117-118 of Black List, Thor makes a stunning inference that, on reflection, is as obvious as the fingers on your hand:

“For years ATS had been using its technological superiority to conduct massive insider trading. Since the early 1980s, the company had spied on anyone and everyone in the financial world. They listened in on phone calls, intercepted faxes, and evolved right along with the technology, hacking internal computer networks and e-mail accounts. They created mountains of ‘black dollars’ for themselves, which they washed through various programs they were running under secret contract, far from the prying eyes of financial regulators.

“Those black dollars were invested into hard assets around the world, as well as in the stock market, through sham, offshore corporations. They also funneled the money into reams of promising R&D (research and development) projects, which eventually would be turned around and sold to the Pentagon or the CIA.

“In short, ATS had created its own license to print money and had assured itself a place beyond examination or reproach.”

In real life, whether the prime criminal source is one monster corporation or a consortium of companies, or elite banks, or the NSA itself, the outcome would be the same.

It would be as Thor describes it.

We think about total surveillance as being directed at private citizens, but the capability has unlimited payoffs when it targets financial markets and the people who have intimate knowledge of them.

“Total security awareness” programs of surveillance are ideal spying ops in the financial arena, designed to suck up millions of bits of inside information, then utilizing them to make investments and suck up billions (trillions?) of dollars.

It gives new meaning to “the rich get richer.”

Taking the overall scheme to another level, consider this: those same heavy hitters who have unfettered access to financial information can also choose, at opportune moments, to expose certain scandals and crimes (not their own, of course).

In this way, they can, at their whim, cripple governments, banks, and corporations. They can cripple investment houses, insurance companies, and hedge funds. Or, alternatively, they can merely blackmail these organizations.

We think we know how scandals are exposed by the press, but actually we don’t. Tips are given to people who give them to other people. Usually, the first clue that starts the ball rolling comes from a source who remains in the shadows.

What we are talking about here is the creation and managing of realities on all sides, including the choice of when and where and how to provide a glimpse of a crime or scandal.

It’s likely that the probe Ron Paul has been pushing—audit the Federal Reserve—has already been done by those who control unlimited global surveillance. They already know far more than any Congressional investigation will uncover. If they know the deepest truths, they can use them to blackmail, manipulate, and control the Fed itself.

The information matrix can be tapped into and plumbed, and it can also be used to dispense choice clusters of data that end up constituting the media reality of painted pictures which, every day, tell billions of people “what’s news.”

In this global-surveillance world, we need to ask new questions and think along different lines now.

For example, how long before the mortgage-derivative crisis hit did the Masters of Surveillance know, from spying on bank records, that insupportable debt was accumulating at a lethal pace? What did they do with that information?

When did they know that at least a trillion dollars was missing from Pentagon accounting books (as Donald Rumsfeld eventually admitted), and what did they do with that information?

Did they discover precisely where the trillion dollars went? Did they discover where billions of dollars, in cash, shipped to post-war Iraq, disappeared to?

When did they know the details of the Libor rate-fixing scandal? Press reports indicate that Barclays was trying to rig interest rates as early as January 2005.

Have they tracked, in detail, the men responsible for recruiting hired mercenaries and terrorists, who eventually wound up in Syria pretending to be an authentic rebel force?

Have they discovered the truth about how camclose or how far away Iran is from producing a nuclear weapon?

Have they collected detailed accounts of the most private plans of Bilderberg, CFR, and Trilateral Commission leaders?

For global surveillance kings, what we think of as the future is, in many respects the present and the past.

It’s a new world. These overseers of universal information-detection can enter and probe the most secret caches of data, collect, collate, cross reference, and assemble them into vital bottom-lines. By comparison, an operation like Wikileaks is an old Model-T Ford puttering down a country road, and Julian Assange, reviled as a terrorist, is a mere piker.

Previously, we thought we needed to look over the shoulders of the men who were committing major crimes out of public view. But now, if we want to be up to date, we also have to factor in the men who are spying on those criminals, who are gathering up those secrets and using them to commit their own brand of meta-crime.

And in the financial arena, that means we think of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as perpetrators, yes, but we also think about the men who already know everything about GS and Morgan, and are using this knowledge to steal sums that might make GS and Morgan blush with envy.

Jon Rappoport The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX

Seven mistakes that could worsen chronic fatigue

[Author]by Cindy L.[/Author]

Sufferers of chronic fatigue often find themselves both frustrated and helpless. Many of them have tried explaining their condition to their doctors, but they are either not taken seriously or not given much useful advice on the cause(s) or effective treatment(s) of this ailment.

With little help coming from conventional doctors, some sufferers decide to take things into their own hands and start adopting some general healthy living tips in the hope of alleviating their condition. While they may encounter some improvements, the gains may be short-lived or limited.

These are the mistakes they may be making:

1. Not getting enough sleep

Research suggests that most adults require about 8 hours of sleep each night for physical and emotional well-being. But the average American gets only about 6.7 hours of sleep each night. This means that many Americans are chronically sleep-deprived. Consequently, their fatigue could simply be a signal from their bodies to get more sleep.

2 . Feeding their hunger with refined sugars and flour

Consuming refined sugars and flour (in confectionery products, sweetened beverages, processed snacks, etc.) can cause wide fluctuations in one’s blood-sugar levels. That is why, after a sugar high from consuming refined foods, many people suffer an energy crash. If they attempt to counter it by consuming more “energizing” sugary or floury foods, they actually create a vicious cycle, which worsens their chronic fatigue.

3. Trying to get away with poor nutrition

Many alternative health practitioners are recognizing nutritional deficiencies as one of the major causes of chronic fatigue. This is because the body is not provided with many essential nutrients, such as iron, magnesium, potassium and germanium, as well as vitamins B, C and D (amongst others), which it requires to produce energy. Sometimes, the body is loaded with substances that actually deplete its important nutrients (e.g., sugar metabolism depletes B vitamins). It is thus no wonder that the body simply does not function as it is supposed to.

4. Using coffee to perk themselves up

To counter fatigue caused by poor nutrition, chronic stress and lack of sleep, many people resort to downing loads of coffee every day, making matters worse. This is because coffee stimulates the already overworked adrenal glands to produce more adrenaline to perk the body up, leaving the body even more overworked. The root issues are not resolved, and a vicious cycle is established.

5. Thinking that their amalgam filling has nothing to do with their fatigue

According to experts like Edward Arana, D.D.S., President of the American Academy of Biological Dentistry, California, one of the problems that mercury amalgam fillings bring is chronic fatigue. This is because mercury poisoning is linked to conditions like inability to concentrate, confusion and depression, which are also symptoms of chronic fatigue.

6. Using antibiotics frequently to deal with common infections

The rampant use of antibiotics upsets the micro- floral balance found in the intestinal tract, leaving users more susceptible to systemic infections like candidiasis and parasite overgrowth. And such infections are found to be major contributors to chronic fatigue, as the immune system becomes exhausted from fighting infections that have gone out of control.

7. Thinking that there is one single cause for their fatigue

Medical researchers and doctors often look for the solution of chronic fatigue in a single place (e.g., treating a specific infection). Such efforts, however, often end in poor treatment outcomes.

On the other hand, when alternative health practitioners take a multidisciplinary approach and help patients address their specific health issues, they have better success in dealing with the problem. This means that, when it comes to chronic fatigue, there is no simple answer — a holistic approach is a must.

Sources for this article include: Trivieri, Jr., Larry, and Anderson, John W. Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide. 2nd ed. New York, USA: Celestial Arts, 2002. Print. Larson, Joan Mathews, PhD. Depression-Free, Naturally: 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life. NY, USA: Ballantine Books, 1999. Print. By Natural News.

The many health benefits of milk thistle even herbalist may not know

[Author]by Reuben Chow[/Author]

Milk thistle is most well-known and widely-studied for its benefits on liver health. However, milk thistle also has numerous other proven health benefits not many know about.

Milk thistle boosts overall liver function and health, protecting the liver from damaging toxins, detoxifying it, regenerating its cells, and giving it a glutathione boost.

Research has also shown milk thistle helps with various liver conditions, including cirrhosis, poisoning, hepatitis (viral or alcoholic, B or C), sluggish liver, liver congestion, fatty liver, jaundice, and other liver issues related to drug use and alcoholism.

Boosting the liver results in other benefits:

Milk thistle’s positive effects on liver health have a direct impact on a number of bodily functions and health conditions.

• It helps those attempting to recover from substance addiction, including drugs and alcohol.

• By boosting the liver’s ability to deal with environmental triggers, milk thistle can help those suffering from chronic allergies, especially multiple-chemical sensitivity.

• Milk thistle increases bile production by the liver, which then helps the body to remove via bowel movements the testosterone by-products that cause acne. Further, by boosting liver function, milk thistle helps to remove harmful toxins in the blood which can cause skin flare-ups. Along the same vein, this makes milk thistle also helpful for other skin conditions like chronic rashes, eczema and psoriasis.

• Increased bile production helps to relieve constipation.

• The additional bile helps to protect the intestinal lining, which then aids in alleviating Crohn’s disease symptoms.

• Milk thistle also helps to relieve intestinal inflammation, and it has been used for inflammatory bowel disorders.

• By protecting the liver, milk thistle protects the body against the potential harmful effects of long-term prescription medication use and harmful toxins in the workplace.

• This herb has been successfully used against deathcap mushroom poisoning.

• Traditionally, naturopathic physicians and herbalists have used milk thistle to help deal with hemorrhoids and varicose veins. A clogged or sluggish liver does not process blood very well, and that tends to cause blood to back up in the leg veins and rectum. Thus, with a healthier liver, these conditions can be improved.

• A cleaner and better functioning liver is better able to process and deal with various hormones in the body, promoting better hormonal balance.

• This makes milk thistle helpful for premenstrual syndrome and prostate enlargement.

• Some healing modalities, eg. Traditional Chinese Medicine and French folk medicine, see the liver as closely tied to emotional well being. This makes sense because the liver metabolizes neurotransmitters and hormones and thus has great influence on the overall biochemistry of the human body. A toxic or unhealthy liver can cause emotional discomfort, frustration, anger and even depression. By detoxifying and improving the health of the liver, milk thistle can thus help with emotional issues.

Other benefits:

Silymarin in milk thistle is a potent antioxidant, while milk thistle can also increase the levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione, other strong antioxidants. Other health benefits of milk thistle include helping to:

• stabilize blood cholesterol levels, reducing total cholesterol levels and helping to convert LDL cholesterol to HDL cholesterol.

• stabilize blood sugar levels; used to help with type 2 diabetes.

•improve appetite and digestion, including fat digestion.

• improve gallbladder disorders, including dealing with gallstones.

• boost immunity.

• alleviate some symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, including heartburn and constipation; increased glutathione levels also help slow the disease’s progress.

• improve adrenal disorders.

• prevent altitude sickness.

• prevent and/or fight against certain types of cancer.

• slow atherosclerosis development by preventing plaque formation on artery walls.

Sources for this article include:

Stengler, Mark, ND. The Natural Physician’s Healing Therapies: Proven Remedies Medical Doctors Don’t Know. New York, NY: Prentice Hall Press, 2010. Print.
Balch, Phyllis A., CNC. Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-to-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies. New York, NY: Avery, 2002. Print.

Bratman, Steve, Dr. Complementary & Alternative Health: The Scientific Verdict on What Really Works. London, UK: Collins, 2007. Print.

Gaby, Alan R., MD. The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, 2006. Print.

Murray, Michael, ND. The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines: Vitamins, Minerals, Nutritional Supplements, Herbs, And Other Natural Products. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2002. Print. http://www.insights-on-health.com

About the author: Reuben Chow has a keen interest in natural health and healing as well as personal growth.

Subscribe to his natural health newsletter or follow his health websites on Facebook.

His main health websites Insights on Health and All 4 Natural Health focus on being healthy naturally, while his other health websites cover topics such as cancer, depression, holistic depression help, as well as omega 3 fatty acids. He also owns self improvement and inspirational websites like Inspiration 4 Living, allinspiration.com, Life Changing Quotes, and 101 Inspirational Ideas. Through his network of sites at The Journey of Life, he hopes to help improve people’s lives. Natural News.

San Francisco Cinco de Mayo celebración returns to the Mission

[Author]Compiled by El Reportero’s staff[/Author]

The San Francisco Cinco de Mayo celebration will return to the heart of the Mission District on Valencia Street. Mission Neighborhood Centers’ 10th annual Cinco de Mayo, an alcohol-free, family friendly celebration is being planned on one of the Mission’s new trendy, main thoroughfares, occupying Valencia Street.

The celebration will showcase the very best of Mexican and Latin American cultures with a diverse array of Mexican and Latino foods, music, dance and artistry for the entire family to enjoy. Attendees will enjoy rich cultural experiences and activities focused on retaining cultural traditions in its community.

Over 75 vendors will participate providing their delicious, diverse foods, showcasing their arts and crafts and empowering the multi-cultural community through greater awareness of their products and services.

Proceeds from the event benefit Mission Neighborhood Centers, who has been providing multi-generational, multi-cultural safety-net services to children, youth, seniors and families throughout San Francisco for over fifty-five years.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is within walking distance from the 24th Street BART and easily accessible via MUNI.

57th San Francisco International Film Festival Film Competition

Eleven Narrative Features Contend for $10,000 New Directors Prize; eight Documentaries Contend for $15,000 in cash prizes.

The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival runs from April 24 – May 8. For more information and to purchase CineVoucher packages, visit sffs.org.

Latin Dance Fusion with Tika Morgan at Dance Mission Theater Tika’s Latin Dance Fusion brings together the music and basic steps of many Brazilian Dances, Salsa Suelta, Reggaetón and more into an accessible, high energy class. Experience the depth, beauty and power of these culturally rich movements founded in the African Diaspora. Class begins with body alignment, isolation’s, and stretching. You will learn choreography as you move by working in half time and through repetition. This class doesn’t stop and is a workout for the body and soul! YOU WILL SWEAT! Open Level – Shoes Optional. On Tuesdays 6:30 – 7:45 p.m., May 6 – June 10. Only 6 classes! All Levels $13/class or $60 for all six (class passes accepted).

CCSF presents special guest artist, on trumpet from New York: Eddie Allen

City College Of San Francisco Music Department and Concert and Lecture Series present “The Spring Jazz Concert” Featuring the Advanced Jazz Band And The Jazz/Rock Improvisational Workshop Directed by David Hardiman, Jr., Master of Ceremonies, David Hardiman Sr.

On T uesday, May 13, 2014, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. at City College of San Francisco’s Diego Rivera Theater, Ocean Campus, at 50 Phelan Avenue San Francisco, Free!! Open to the public.

New voices in Latin American Cinema at 57th SF International Film Festival

[Author]Compiled by El Reportero’s staff[/Author]

The San Francisco International Film Festival this year specially features the program New Voices in Latin American Cinema, which brings stories from different corners of the world (All About the Feathers from Costa Rica and Bad Hair from Venezuela) to screen in San Francisco.

All About the Feathers: An impoverished security guard struggles to care for his new fighting rooster. Slyly absurdist and quietly observational.

Bad Hair: A 10-year-old boy’s desire to straighten his kinky hair causes outsized conflict with his unemployed, harassed single mother.

All About the Feathers: BAM/Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley. April 25, 6:30 — Sundance Kabuki Cinema, San Francisco. April 27, 8:45 and April 29, 6:15. Bad Hair: Sundance Kabuki Cinema, San Francisco. May 1, 9:15— New People Cinema, San Francisco. May 4, 6:15— BAM/Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley. May 7, 6:30.

Buy tickets online at: festival.sffs.org. Win 2 Tickets: Send name, phone #, & preferred film & screening time to programming@SFLatinoFilmFestival.com.

Open call for: Entries for next yr’s festival: Accepted through May 10.

Open Call for: Volunteers & interns volunteers@SFLatinoFilmFestival.com.

Please consider: A monthly tax-deductible gift to the community, which may be matched by your employer to double your contribution.

Our rainbow-streaked streets: The Mission District Series art exhibition at Alley Cat

Anthony Holdsworth has made it his mission to depict the Mission— the colorful streets and personality of the people— in vibrant portraits of paint.

Stop by the exhibition at Alley Cat Books Gallery, 3036 24th Street, S.F. now to April 28.

San Francisco Cinco de Mayo Celebration returns to the heart of the Mission District

The San Francisco Cinco de Mayo celebration will return to the heart of the Mission District on Valencia Street. Mission Neighborhood Centers’ tenth annual Cinco de Mayo, an alcoholfree, family friendly celebration is being planned on one of the Mission’s new trendy, main thoroughfares, occupying Valencia Street.

The celebration will showcase the very best of Mexican and Latin American cultures with a diverse array of Mexican and Latino foods, music, dance and artistry for the entire family to enjoy. Attendees will enjoy rich cultural experiences and activities focused on retaining cultural traditions in its community.

Over 75 vendors will participate providing their delicious, diverse foods, showcasing their arts and crafts and empowering the multi-cultural community through greater awareness of their products and services. Proceeds from the event benefit Mission Neighborhood Centers, who has been providing multi-generational, multi-cultural safetynet services to children, youth, seniors and families throughout San Francisco for over fifty-five years. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is within walking distance from the 24th Street BART and easily accessible via MUNI.

At Valencia Street between 21st and 24th Streets, San Francisco. May 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Águila or Sol (Head or Tail): A celebration of art and good fortune

[Author]Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff[/Author]

A retrospective exhibition by Yvette Fuentes resulting from 15 years of artistic efforts that aims to provide the viewer with a feast of color and movement.

Yvette Fuentes presents a variety of artworks in media that ranges from indian ink to sophisticated mixed media and from figurative to abstract art. “Aguila o Sol” (Heads or Tails) is a phrase that expresses Yvette Fuentes’s artistic philosophy and her perception of the art world. “Aguila o Sol” refers to the notion that artists and their work are subject to whims of Lady Fortune.

As long as artists are able to transform their creative energy into works of art they will be rewarded. “Believing in hard work, and believing in ourselves is the best way to achieve our goals”, she asserts, adding “I am not good with words, let my paintings speak for me.”

At SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street (at 9th St.), San Francisco. April 18, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – April 20, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more info contact http://yvettefuentes.com/.

A Cuban Musical Celebrationebration with Orquesta Aragón of Cuba and more

The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) is joining with the School of Music & Dance at San Francisco State University to present an exclusive Bay Area engagement with the legendary Cuban music ensemble Orquesta Aragón from Havana. Aragón brings the musical genius of generations of musicians to the Bay Area dedicated to sharing their rich musical heritage with both young and old music fans throughout the world.

In addition to the Sunday night performance, on Monday April 21 Aragon will lead a musical master class for SF State music students, while the Latina/o Studies Dept will conduct a special symposium on U.S. Cuba relations to coincide with the visit.

SFIAF director, Andrew Wood said of the engagement, “It has been over a decade since I was complicit in a U.S. tour by the great Aragón, so it is wonderful to have them back in town again. Music and Latina/o faculty member John Calloway, who directs the University’s Afro-Cuban ensemble, said the visit by one of Cuba’s most beloved cultural ambassadors demonstrates the ongoing connection the university has had with Cuban music and culture over the last 10 years. Also featuring the Afro-Cuban Ensemble of SFSU & the City College of San Francisco Charanga Orchestra.

Sunday April 20, 6 p.m. Pre-performance reception with the Artists 4 p.m. At SF State, McKenna Hall, San Francisco, 1600 Holloway Road, San Francisco. Reserved Seating: $40 – $60. Pre-Performance Artist Reception $20.

King & Queen Competition for Carnaval 2014 Who will lead the 2014 Carnaval Grand Parade?

Watch King and Queen contestants compete in a 3-minute dance in Carnaval costumes, sometimes accompanied by other dancers and musicians.

Although primarily a dance competition, performers can also play instruments and sing. The winners are selected based on many criteria, such as performance ability, authenticity of cultural form, choreography, costume, and audience reaction. Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m., Open to all ages. At the Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, S.F., Admission $15, under 16, $10.

Boxing

Boxeo

 

The Sport of Gentlemen

 

Saturday, May 24 – Montreal, Canada –

Light heavyweights: Adonis Stevenson (23-1, 20 KOs) vs. Andrzej Fonfara (25-2, 15 KOs).

Saturday, May 25 — at Montreal, Canada

WBC light heavyweight title: Chad Dawson vs. Jean Pascal.

Saturday, May 25 — at London, United Kingdom

WBA super middleweight title: Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler.

Saturday, May 31

– Macao, China – featherweights: Simpiwe Vetyeka (26-2, 16 KOs) vs. Nonito Donaire (32-2, 21 KOs).

Musical based on life of Gloria Estefan to debut on Broadway in 2015

[Author]by the El Reportero’s news services[/Author]

 

The musical based on the life of Gloria Estefan will debut on Broadway in 2015 and will be preceded by a TV show to choose the actresses who will play the Cuban-American singer.

“It’s going to be daunting, but I have no doubt whatsoever that we are going to be able to do it and so much fun to be a part of the processes,” Estefan told the New York Daily News.

The musical entitled “On Your Feet” will reflect the life of the singer and her husband, the musician, producer and entrepreneur Emilio Estefan.

The project will be preceded by a television program that will search the world for actresses to play the singer in the different stages of her life.

The bilingual musical will focus on Estefan’s first years in Miami and her recovery from the almost fatal accident she suffered in 1990.

Gloria Estefan, with seven Grammy Awards, several Billboards and more than 100 million albums sold, won fame with hits like Conga, The Rhythm is Going To Get You and 1, 2, 3, among others.

Emilio Estefan, for his part, not only managed his wife’s career, but those of other Latin music stars like Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Jon Secada.

Cuban musician and band leader Juan Formell dies at 71

Cuban musician Juan Formell, leader and founder of Los Van Van, died in Havana, state television reported. He was 71.

His son, drummer Samuel Formell, told Efe that his father died from complications of a liver disease that kept him hospitalized for the past week.

“His liver was really not functioning well, there was bleeding and a low hemoglobin count,” Samuel, one of the artist’s six children, said.

“I still can’t believe it – yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon he was listening to music with me, but then he got worse,” the late musician’s son said, Misiónadding that his father’s remains will be cremated.

Juan Formell was a composer, double-bass player and guitarist with a long artistic career.

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Born on Aug. 2, 1942 in Havana, Formell first studied music with his father Francisco, a flutist, pianist and arranger, after which he continued to learn as a self-taught student.

In his studies as a composer and guitarist he was guided by such musicians as Felix Guerrero, Rafael Somavilla, Armando Romeu, Antonio Taño and Orestes Urfe.

After 8 Year Absence Tenor Jose Carreras Make Triumph Return in Spain

Spanish tenor Jose Carreras has made a triumphant return to opera in “El Juez” by Austrian composer Christian Kolonovits.

The 67-year-old Carreras, known as one of The Three Tenors, thrilled opera fans from Bilbao and 15 countries Saturday night at the Teatro Arriaga.

The Spanish tenor showed the power of his voice, hitting notes across the musical range in a masterful performance.

More than 1,200 people packed into the Teatro Arriaga for the world premiere of the work, which deals with the theft of children during Spain’s Franco regime.

Carreras, who had not performed in a full opera in more than eight years, carried the Kolonovits work, with a libretto by Austrian playwright Angelika Messner, for two and one-half hours.

The Barcelona-born tenor played the judge consumed by his role in covering up the scandalous theft of children.

Carreras was joined in the cast by Italian bass Carlo Colombara and Spanish singers Jose Luis Sola, Sabina Puertolas and Ana Ibarra.

“El juez (Los niños perdidos),” co-produced by Teatro Arriaga and Kupfer Kultur & Media, will be staged again on Tuesday and Friday.

The opera will be performed in Austria at the international festival in Tyrol in August.