by the El Reportero’s staff
An scene from the play Don Bartolomé died virgin.
Andrea Contreras presenta SABROSA DOMINGOS.
With Salsa, Rock Latino and more. Join us Every Sunday from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. At MAXWELL’S, 341-13th Street (between Webster St. & Harrison), Oakland. For our Calendar Phone call at 415- 994-5195. Catch BART to 12th Street, Oakland. Plenty of street & garage parking.
$10 Cover, 21 + Grown, Sexy & Classy. No Sports Attire. Includes Dance Lessons by the hottest Dance Instructor Eduardo Vargas, who will get you ready to put your new moves in motion for a night of Latin Dance Music followed by Live Performances – DJ KOOL KYLE Spinning A Variety of Latin Classics Nueva Música.
In theater, Don Bartolomé Died Virgin
A theatrical comedy with touch of Mexican history. Don Bartolomé Died Virgin is an adaptation created by director Verónica Meza. The work, which was inaugurated on May 1, will keep on showing on May 8, 15, 22, 29 at 7 p.m., in the Auditorium of the National Hispanic University, 14271 Story Road, San Jose, CA 95127.
Also it will be exhibited on June 12 and 19 at 7 p.m., in the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, 2868, Mission Street, San Francisco.
Grupo Raíz in Concert
With its great repertoire of Latin-American music and of the world, the Grupo Raíz returns to the stage where 30 years ago was born to celebrate its 35 anniversary at La Peña Cultural Center. They will give tribute to the main voices of the Nueva Canción (New Song) and to celebrate with its sounds of strings and wind the legacy of the movement of solidarity of the Bay Area.
Group Raíz in Concert performed in la Peña and it went on tours along the country and internationally during the 80s. The group meets in the stage of La Peña to play in celebration of its 35 anniversary and to be introduced inducted into the Hall of Fame of La Peña.
On Saturday, May 15, at 8 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. At La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-849-2568. http://www.lapena.org/event/1454.
JFK Advisor Ted Sorensen at the Commonwealth Club
Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel & Presidential Advisor to John F. Kennedy in conversation with David Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University.
John F. Kennedy’s most trusted advisor, Theodore Sorensen, will break his decades of silence to recount in detail his experiences through some of the most dramatic events in American history, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, the decision to go to the moon, and his significant input into JFK’s most memorable speeches. Sorensen will give an inside look at the legacy of the Camelot Era, when some of the most important decisions in American History were made.
As special counsel to the president, Sorensen had an intimate professional and personal relationship with JFK unlike any of his colleagues. Kennedy once referred to Sorensen as his “intellectual blood bank.”
Early in his career, Sorenson helped Kennedy research and draft Profiles of Courage, which credited JFK as the author. It has now been establish that Sorensen had done much of the writing. Throughout the Kennedy administration, Sorensen served as JFK’s primary speechwriter as well has his Special Counsel & Adviser. He is perhaps best known for his work on President Kennedy’s inaugural speech which included the now indelible words, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
On May 17, 2010, at 6 p.m., and at 7 p.m. book signing. At the Club Office, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco.
