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"I write poems on walls that crumble and fall
I talk to shadows that sleep and go away crying.”
Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008)
Rudo y Cursi
El Mundo Zurdo Conference
What: El Mundo Zurdo Conference, an international conference on the life and work of Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Where: University of Texas at San Antonio (downtown campus), Buena Vista Building, 501 W. Durango Blvd.
When: May 15-17
Registration: $75
For more: http://colfa.utsa.edu/English/mundozurdo.html
What: El Mundo Zurdo art exhibit
Where: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave.
When: 7 p.m., May 16 (exhibit runs through June 30)
For more: Call (210) 228-0201 or visit their Web site esperanzacenter.org
Cost: Free and open to the public
What: Tardeada de Poesia
Where: Trinity University, One Trinity Place, Northrup Hall Room 040
When: 3 p.m., May 17
Cost: Free
Click HERE for more details
Conjunto Alert!
Save the Date. 28th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2009, May 5-9. Click on the award-winning TCF poster by Rigoberto Luna for the complete schedule of performances and workshops in the button accordion and bajo sexto.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is also set to release two historic CDs: 20th Anniversary of the Best of the 8th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival 1989 and Best of the 27th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival 2008. From Narciso Martinez to Esteban Jordan jamming with Queen Ida captured live. 26 performances including Valerio Longoria, Roberto Pulido y Los Clasicos, Tony De la Rosa con Joe Ramos, Ruben Vela, Los Dos Gilbertos, Flaco Jimenez, y muchos mas. CD Release Party, Wednesday, May 6, 7-9pm, at the Guadalupe Theatre. Free admission, free music, free food, free vironga, y muchos de los musicos who are on the CD. We’ll also induct Angel Flores and Laura Canales into the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame this evening. Spread the word. Gracias.
en conjunto carnalismo,
juan
El Parche
It’s too simplistic to call him the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion. He’s as brooding and brilliant as Miles Davis, as distrustful and temperamental as Chuck Berry and flamboyant, hedonistic and mystical as Keith Richards. The return of Jordan to the 28th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio is the story — among some really great ones ~San Antonio Express News writer Hector Saldana
May 5-9, Schedule at GCAC website
Related:
28th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio
Chac-Mool: Sitting with accordion king Steve Jordan by Austin Chronicle’s Margaret Moser
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