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“Keeping the Flame Alive” — Online Panel

We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming virtual panel “Keeping the Flame Alive: An intergenerational conversation on sustaining activism and creativity under racial capitalism”!

Facilitated by the brilliant Sage Crump from the National Performance Network, and featuring artists, activists and cultural strategists from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, this panel focuses on how we can change our cultural and systemic conditions to ones that allow collaboration, creativity, and transformative justice be the foundations for a thriving future.

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“Fandango Jarocho in the Pandemic” — Online Video Premiere!

The Online Premiere of this short documentary is coming up on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7pm PST!

Click here to RSVP | Click here to join the event.

Watch the TRAILER below:

“Fandango Jarocho in the Pandemic” features the amazing work of the musicians from DíaPaSón, an ensemble that has been crucial in the task of maintaining the Mexican tradition of Son Jarocho alive in the Bay Area through performances, fandangos, community meetings, and education.

María de la Rosa, DíaPaSón’s artistic director, is a key cultural bearer in the Bay Area whose constant exchange with Veracruz (México) had to shut down in March of 2020, along with the many events & community jams that she’d continuously held at La Peña.

In this short documentary, we explore the creative ways in which a cultural tradition like Son Jarocho —specifically its Fandangos— can adapt to current challenges, re-thinking the power of physical gathering and finding new ways to build community while we take care of ourselves. All of this while we listen to beautiful sones and witness amazing dance performances!

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Video Credit:

Presented by La Peña Cultural Center

Produced by Jeremy Allen, Consuelo Tupper, and Bianca Torres

Special thanks to:

La Peña Cultural Center Staff; Gavin Jones, Duvateen Sound; Raul Varela, camera; Marina Romani, photography; Bethanie Hines, photography; Preservation Park, Oakland; William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.

“Fandango Jarocho in the Pandemic” — Online Premiere!

The online Premiere of this short documentary is coming up on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7pm PST!

Click here to RSVP  |  Click here to join the EVENT  |  Watch the TRAILER below:

 

 

“Fandango Jarocho in the Pandemic” features the amazing work of the musicians from DíaPaSón, an ensemble that has been crucial in the task of maintaining the Mexican tradition of Son Jarocho alive in the Bay Area through performances, fandangos, community meetings, and education.

María de la Rosa, DíaPaSón’s artistic director, is a key cultural bearer in the Bay Area whose constant exchange with Veracruz (México) had to shut down in March of 2020, along with the many events & community jams that she’d continuously held at La Peña.

In this short documentary, we explore the creative ways in which a cultural tradition like Son Jarocho —specifically its Fandangos— can adapt to current challenges, re-thinking the power of physical gathering and finding new ways to build community while we take care of ourselves. All of this while we listen to beautiful sones and witness amazing dance performances!

—

Video Credit:

Presented by La Peña Cultural Center

Produced by Jeremy Allen, Consuelo Tupper, and Bianca Torres

Special thanks to:

La Peña Cultural Center Staff; Gavin Jones, Duvateen Sound; Raul Varela, camera; Marina Romani, photography; Bethanie Hines, photography; Preservation Park, Oakland; William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Son Jarocho

Wednesdays, 6:15pm-7:45pm
At La Peña

Drop in: $20 per class
Half series (6 weeks): $90
Full series (12 weeks): $180
Flexible payment available – contact the instructor.

Son Jarocho is a community music that reflects the cycle of life in its poetic lyrics. Classes at La Peña focus instruction on jarana jarocha, singing (including poetry), and percussion (including zapateado dance), although all son jarocho instruments are welcome.

Emphasis is placed on learning basic rhythms that are the keys to the majority of the sones jarochos and working together in music to understand “how all the parts fit together”. Join us in this community building experience to build our resilience against the ever increasing stresses of our urban lifestyle.

Please bring your own instruments, hard-soled shoes (for zapateado), skirt. A few instruments are available for in class use.

Instructor: María de la Rosa
More information at mariadlr4@gmail.com.

Son Jarocho

Wednesdays, 6:15pm-7:45pm
At La Peña

Drop in: $20 per class
Half series (6 weeks): $90
Full series (12 weeks): $180
Flexible payment available – contact the instructor.

Son Jarocho is a community music that reflects the cycle of life in its poetic lyrics. Classes at La Peña focus instruction on jarana jarocha, singing (including poetry), and percussion (including zapateado dance), although all son jarocho instruments are welcome.

Emphasis is placed on learning basic rhythms that are the keys to the majority of the sones jarochos and working together in music to understand “how all the parts fit together”. Join us in this community building experience to build our resilience against the ever increasing stresses of our urban lifestyle.

Please bring your own instruments, hard-soled shoes (for zapateado), skirt. A few instruments are available for in class use.

Instructor: María de la Rosa
More information at mariadlr4@gmail.com.