Your daily dose of Chicano poetry
"I write poems on walls that crumble and fall
I talk to shadows that sleep and go away crying.”
Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008)
National Poetry Month
Sheryl Luna posted this video of Diana Garcia on Writing Poetry the other day. It’s fitting for NPM.
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement
What: Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement
When: Through June 14
Where: Museo Alameda
‘Phantom Sightings’ about the ‘phantom (Chicano) culture‘, San Antonio Express News
LACMA revolución takes the Alameda, San Antonio Current
“The Chicano Movement still moves, hereabouts, and in the Alameda’s galleries it hauls ass, from Los Angeles to the Frontera Wall, and clear into outer space.” ~Sarah Fisch
Photo Credit: Carlee Fernandez
Cesar Chavez March for Justice
What: 13th Annual Cesar Chavez March for Justice
When: Saturday, March 28
Where: [San Antonio] Assembly and community program: 11 a.m., Avenida Guadalupe, 1321 El Paso March begins at 1 p.m. from Avenida Guadalupe to the Alamo
Grand Marshall: Arturo Rodriguez, President of the United Farm Workers of America
Find a Chavez march near you
Sign the petition for a National Cesar E. Chavez Holiday HERE
Lila Downs in concert, free
If you are out and about in San Antonio tonight, there’s a free concert at the Sunken Gardens with Lila Downs at 8pm. You won’t regret going. She sings the most beautiful spanish/mexican/mestizo roots music ever. Azul, Mariachi Las Altenas and Las Tesoros del Westside also perform.
XicanIndie FilmFest XI
What: XicanIndie FilmFest XI: Latino World Cinema
When: April 2 – 5, 2009
Where: Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway in Denver.
Includes a tribute to Chicano film producer Moctesuma Esparza (Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Milagro Beanfield War, Selena, Walkout) followed by the Denver premiere of Amexicano.
Visit La Bloga or XicanIndie FilmFest for more info.
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