by Rigo Hernández
Yolanda López’ exhibition at Mission Cultural Center thru March 29
The San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network will be doing a free workshop on what to do in case that the Immigration Customs Enforcement (I.C.E) raid your home and help make a plan in case someone in your family is detained by I.C.E.
Immigration attorneys will be there to answer questions and give private consultations. The workshop will act possible scenarios as well as give information on what to do in case of animmigration emergency. There will be spanish, tag along and arabic translators and a free diner will also be provided.
The workshop will be on Thursday, March 6, at 5:30p.m. at the Judith Baker Childcare Center, at 685 Natoma St.,San Francisco, CA 94103. For more information contact Terry Valen at (415)-333-6267.
Colombian film to show paramilitary violence
The Bay Area Colombia Working Group and Fellowship of Reconciliation plans to educate people in the United States about violence in Colombia and the involvement of the U.S. in the confl ict by showing a film about paramilitary violence, Hasta la Ultima Piedra.
Hasta La Ultima Piedra a documentary fi lm, depicts the massacre of a village in San José de Apartadó that chose not to side with any group and remain peaceful.
The showing of the fi lm will be on Thursday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts at 2868 Mission St. San Francisco, Ca 94110. For more info go to www.missionculturalcenter.org or www.forcolombia.org, or by email at mariacarolinaguerrero@gmail.com or events@missionculturalcenter.org.
Nicaraguan-American Chamber of Commerce celebrates Women’s Day
The Nicaraguan-American Chamber of Commerce of Northern California is inviting you to celebrate with them their annual gala commemorating International Women’s Day.
Outstanding women in business and renounced bay area community leaders will be awarded. Special guest appearances will include the international show of Martha Vaughan, singersongwriter Sergio Tapia, maestro Héctor Silva, and other artist.
The event will be on Friday March 7, starting at 7:00 p.m. at the State Room, 306 Baden Ave. So. San Francisco, CA 94080. Formal dress required. Tickets are $20. Call (415)-259-1498, (510)-329-5778, or (415)-678-7372 for more info.
Salvadorian artist showcases art
Salvadorian artist Victor Cartagena will host a solo art exhibition titled The Invisible Nation/ La Nacíon Invisible.
The exhibition will include sculptural works, video and sound installations, as well as a public digital mural, which will be displayed at Galeria’s Bryant Street billboard. There will also be an artist talk with Cartagena and Roberto Varea, Director of El Teatro Jornalero and Chair of the Performing Arts Program and Social Justice Center at University of San Francisco.
The artist talk will be on April 26 at 2:00 p.m. at the Galeria De La Raza at 2857 24th St, San Francisco. Also at the Galeria, the opening reception will be on March 7, at 7:30 p.m. Galeria hours will be from Tue.-Thur. Noon-6.00 p.m.
International film festival will show over 220 films
Over 220 films from more than 90 countries will be screened in the 7th edition of the International Tiburon Film Festival in Tiburon, CA from March 13-21.
There will be special tributes to directors, John Wayne (The Searchers), Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther Strikes Again), Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Places). The opening film will be a comedy called Twins for President directed by Spanish director Miguel Angel Calvo Buttini.
For ticket information and schedules call (415)-789-8854 or visit info@tiburonfilmgestival.com.
