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Doors open at 8:00pm / Performances at 8:30pm 

$15 Advance / $20 at the Door

We hope you can join us for this special evening that gives voice to the hidden treasure of Venezuelan music with an original perspective! This concert hopes to create an intentional welcoming space for all immigrants and allies as we celebrate the fusion of Venezuelan folk music with adventurous North American jazz.

For this special concert, Venezuelan-born multi-instrumentalist Jackie Rago, an established Bay Area artist, has invited newcomer Venezuelan dancer and choreographer Juliana Mendonca, to perform with her established group V-Note Ensemble.

Plus, special guest vocalist Ana Maria Violich, from the Venezuela Music Project will also be collaborating in this unique presentation.

V-Note Ensemble is hailed for its spirited performances, original compositions, keen arrangements and great musicianship, to blend together to deliver a unique musical sound.

In preparation for their upcoming recording project, the group will be previewing new material that continues to explore the cultural fusion of Venezuelan folk music with adventurous North American jazz.

“We are totally inspired composing, arranging and rehearsing new music for our next recording project. ” – Jackeline Rago & V-Note Ensemble

The group’s upcoming recording is in collaboration with the Maginus Project,  an organization that supports outstanding musical artists in jazz, classical and other genres which tend to fall outside the bounds of the for-profit music industry.

FEATURING THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS:

Jackeline Rago (strings, vocals, percussion)
Donna Viscuso (flute, harmonica)
Dan Feiszli (bass)
Michaelle Goerlitz (percussion)

Special Guests include two outstanding Venezuelan artists:
Juliana Mendonca (dancer/choreographer)
Anna Maria Violich (vocalist)

*La Peña Cultural Center is wheelchair accesible.

Entrada Gratuita / Free Entry

*English translation below

El comité de TPS para la residencia permanente los invita a un Simposio de TPS el 29 de Abril del 2018 a las 5 pm en el Centro Cultural La Peña. En este Simposio tendremos varios recursos para personas con TPS, incluyendo información para conocer sus derechos legales, una feria de recursos, talleres, e información para personas LGBTQ+ con TPS.

Por favor compartir este evento y la información del evento con cualquier persona que usted conoce que tenga TPS o que sea aliadx de la comunidad TPS.

¡Entrada gratuita!

Habra refrigerio y cuidado de niños. Por cualquier pregunta, por favor mándenos un mensaje a: mejiaj979@gmail.com o llame a Alianza TPS al (510) 859-7413
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The TPS Committee for Permanent Residency is hosting a TPS Symposium on April 29, 2018 at 5pm at La Peña Cultural Center. We will have several resources for folks with TPS including “Know your rights”, a resource fair, workshops and information for LGBTQ+ people with TPS.

Please share this event and information about the event with anyone you know that has TPS or is an ally to the TPS community.

Entrance is free!

Refreshments will be provided and child care will be available. For more information or questions, please send a message to Jose Mejia: mejiaj979@gmail.com

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Featuring report-backs by Tito Matos & Defend Puerto Rico.

This report-back and fundraiser, produced by John Santos, showcases the urgent work being done by several groups to uplift and rebuild Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria that caused such widespread destruction in September of 2017. The dismal response by the trump administration has added considerably to the state of emergency that most of the island will be facing for a long time.

We will hear directly from people intimately involved in projects of aid on the island:

Tito Matos, visiting directly from Puerto Rico, will describe in detail the work he is doing on the island. Mr. Matos is considered one of the best requinto players (Plena music) of his generation. A member of the New York band Los Pleneros de la 21 and founder of “Viento de Agua”, he’s recorded and toured with well-known musicians Eddie Palmieri, David Sanchez and Ricky Martin. He also owns a restaurant in Calle Loiza called La Junta, which was demolished in the hurricane.

The Bay Area’s own Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi and Frankie Ramosspeak will speak on behalf of Defend Puerto Rico, a bi-coastal organization conducting considerable relief work on the island.

The funds raised by this report-back benefit these organizations and their relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

$10 Advance / $15 Day of Concert

La Peña Cultural Center and Discos Resaca present:
THE ORIGINS OF CUMBIA CONCERT

Colombian musicians, Kiko Villamizar y su grupo out of Austin Texas, are touring California to share their ancestral knowledge of Colombian cumbia, and also fusing Afro-Colombian, Reggae, and other Latin world beats.

Kiko Villamizar’s group, which recently put out an album called “Aguas Frias”, features some of the BEST traditional cumbia players from Colombia including: Shango Dely on tambor alegre (has toured with Carlos Vives & Santana) , Fabian Rincon on drum set, Cesar Valencia on bass, and Cesar Osorio on guitar.

For this VERY SPECIAL West Coast Tour, they will be traveling with two elders directly from Sahagún, Colombia who are Master Gaita players: Elber Alvarez and Jose Paternina of the group “Trapiche de Colomboy”. Gaitas are the traditional pre-Colombian instruments that were the foundation for original cumbias.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE: Opening for this amazing group is Discos Resaca Collective, a long time Bay Area Cumbia/Salsa/Tropical group who just released their first vinyl 45 and is known for getting the dance party started!

DJ Lautaro, a long time collector of Colombian & tropical music will be playing all vinyl Cumbia Folklórica between sets.

ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF CUMBIA: 
Cumbia is a traditional music form that dates back to the 17th century in Colombia. Since then, Cumbia has traveled the Americas and found a home everywhere, morphing into the sound that describes each culture it finds.

Cumbia was born of a cultural mix of African and indigenous backgrounds and is a musical tradition that symbolizes survival and resistance to colonization. This tradition is a symbol of black and brown unitiy that is a story of the past, present, and future!