by the El Reportero’s staff
Grupo Malo
You will be exposed to two rooms of DJ music of Juana, Mana, Molotov, and more and salsa, bachata, cumbia, merengue and reggaeton at Circulo Lounge. At 400 Florida @ 18th and Bryant street, SF. Every Friday night.
Domingo de Rumba at La Peña
Community participatory event. There are three basic types of rumba in Cuba: yambu is a slower, simpler style; the guaguanco,a moderate to fast style where the rhythm can be more complex, and the columbia, the fastest style danced by solo males who perform to demonstrate their strength, agility, and sense of humor. Sunday, July 4 & 18, 3:30-6 p.m. Free.
Also at La Peña, Tanaóra. Led by singer-songwriter Cecilia Engelhart, pianist Bob Karty, and percussionist Michael Spiro, the sextet Tanaóra plays a compelling blend of Latin and Brazilian jazz from their recent CD Dia Real & new originals. Accompanied by band members David Belove, bass, Colin Douglas, drums, and Harvey Wainapel, saxes. On July 8, from 8 p.m. $10 gen. $7 students.
If you’re in or around the area and no real plans for July 4th, then you’re invited! Bring your family, friends, associates and enjoy a full day of fun, music, dance & Fireworks!
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 San Pablo, Ca. once again turns up “An Award Winning Event”, ( San Pablo Parks & Recs was awarded earlier this year by The California Parks & Recreation Society for Best community event program/s & July 4th Event).
There will be arts/crafts,7food, and children activities along with a enjoyable fun and powerful line-up of entertainment! Including a FIREWORKS Show! All FREE!!
Almost all will be making their first East Bay Area debut via San Pablo, Ca. Visit www.sanpabloevents.com for details and more. call 510-215-3204 or Kentara@Kentara.info
Event co-sponsored in part by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, City of San Pablo, Jamba Juice, Davis Park Senior Center, Suki’s Country Kitchen and San Pablo Supermarket
40TH Anniversary Show for Malo
Remenber Suavecito? 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 American 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.
Alamar: a bond between father and son which demonstrates exquisite poetry and sophisticated craft.
Alamar Pedro González-Rubio’s effortlessly beautiful film 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 film sets amid the Mexican Caribbean’s spectacular natural beauty and sleepy coastal villages, and Alamar is a crowning example of the renaissance in Mexican independent film, 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.
