Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
Freight & Salvage and Edgardo Cambon (Candela) are producing this special show presenting two sets of very danceable Mambo, Guaracha, Cha-Cha, Son, Bolero, SALSA DURA, in tribute to the Latin music of 70s, featuring a 10-piece Salsa Orchestra, plus special guests!
The repertoire will consist of re-known songs of artist like: Héctor Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, Los Van Van (Cuba), Johnny Pacheco and others, as well as some original compositions of Edgardo, inspired on the 70s-style Salsa.
As a special feature, two very unique “Candombe” songs (music from Uruguay) played with the traditional drums and full orchestration will be also presented.
At Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, on Thursday, Aug. 29, doors open 7 p.m. / Show: 8 p.m. Cover charge $20 ADV / $24 DOOR (plus fees).
Check out Films at The Freight: Buena Vista Social Club
Come celebrate a new screen and projector while enjoying our superb sound system composed of speakers and amplifiers exclusively designed and installed by Meyer Sound Labs of Berkeley with the Films at The Freight!
Buena Vista Social Club
This documentary by lauded German filmmaker Wim Wenders follows renowned guitarist Ry Cooder and his son, Joachim, as they travel to Cuba and assemble a group of the country’s finest musicians to record an album. Among the artists included in the project are singer Ibrahim Ferrer and pianist Rubén González, who are both interviewed and featured in studio footage. Eventually the ensemble travels to the United States to perform in front of rapt audiences.
Folk dancing Nicaraguan street kids in the Bay to highlight genocide in Nicaragua
Street kids from Nicaragua, as a part of talent development group “The Nicavangelists,” are currently in San Francisco and performing over the next couple of weeks! The Nicavangelists are at-risk youths from the streets of Managua, and through their talent-development program, receive food, housing, clothing, an education and the chance to develop skills in performance arts such as Miskito Folkdance.
The Nicavangelists seek a bright future and to share their hope, talents and culture with the world. They will be performing in the BAY AREA a street theatre production based on the current socio-political crisis in Nicaragua. The production incorporates culturally unique traditional Miskito Folkdances, Tricking (Afro-Caribbean) and Breakdance, which are prevalent dance forms amongst Nicaragua’s youth culture.
The youths (from 9 years old) come from gangs, are orphans, have been prostituted, trafficked, started working before they were 10 years old, haven’t finished school, etc.
The Nicavangelists will be performing at the following time/location:
6-10 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, Aug. 29 – 31 of at Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto; 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1100 Shasta Ave, San Jose.
Contact for further information: (510) 309-6826 Office@Nicavangelists.com.
Learn to improvise with different styles of music!
Salsa in the Mission with Emilio Pérez and Tito Thumas and group New Caní
Come and celebrate summer time a great and hot salsa and Latin jazz band with salsa, and tropical music for the soul – on the dance floor with Grupo New Caní.
Featuring in congas Emilio Pérez, timbales Tito Tumas, singer (Cuban) Fidel Hernández González, vibraphone Dan Neville, bass Edilson Martínez, trombone Lizeth Martinez, saxophone Steve Marshall, plus other unexpected guest musicians.
At Cavas-22 Restaurant. Full bar and Mexican and International food, at 22nd Street @ Bartlett – across the street from Café Revolution. Fridays and Saturdays, from 8 to 11:30 p.m.
Détente – Oakland Premiere
Détente investigates displacement, the words meaning, and impact. Through dance, video, and story, performers experiment with the act or process of displacing, and what it means to be removed from home.
The Oakland premiere includes a special film screening of the documentary, Alice Street, and a post-show discussion on gentrification and housing rights with organization Causa Justa: Just Cause.
Dance Show Alert!! Premiere in Oakland! Choreography by Cherie Hill. Featuring Rose Rothfeder and Andreina Maldonado.
On Thursday, Aug. 22 & Saturday Aug. 24, 8 p.m., at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland. Cover $10-20 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Tickets: https://detente-oakland.brownpapertickets.com/ More info: http://www.iriedance.com/deacutetente.html
