Upcoming Events
There are currently 6 ongoing or upcoming cultural events in 2 categories:
- Cinema (5)
- Music (1)
- All cities
- Miami (2)
- New York (4)
Summer Camp: Independent Cinema
- Miami
- 08/02/2010 - 08/06/2010
- 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
This Summer Camp taught by Carla Forte and Alexey Taran is aimed at children between 14 and 16 years old. The pre-registration cost is $50 (non-refundable). Last day for registration is July 30th. Places are limited. Lunch by the Cultural Center of Spain in Miami.
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Screening: 'Mi Vida Dentro'
- New York
- 08/04/2010
- 6:00 PM
This screening is part of the Verano Tropical film series. Mi vida dentro (My Life Inside) is a documentary directed by Lucía Gajá (Mexico, 2007, 120 minutes). In January 2003, 21-year-old Rosa Estela Olera Jiménez, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico working as a nanny in Austin, Texas, is brought to trial for the homicide of 21-month-old Bryan Gutierrez, a young boy who died under mysterious circumstances while in her care.
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Screening: 'Hermanas'
- New York
- 08/11/2010
- 6:00 PM
This screening is part of the Verano Tropical film series. Hermanas (Sisters), directed by Julia Solomonoff (Argentina/Spain, 2005, 88 minutes), relates the story of Natalia and Elena Levin, two sisters forced to separate as teenagers in 1975, right after Natalia’s militant boyfriend Martin was disappeared by the military dictatorship. They reunite in 1984 in a country foreign to both of them.
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Screening: 'Hasta el último trago... corazón'
- New York
- 08/18/2010
- 6:00 PM
This screening is part of the Verano Tropical film series. Hasta el último trago... corazón (Till the Last Drop... My Heart), directed by Beto Gómez (Mexico, 2006, 90 minutes), is a declaration of love to Mexico and its cultural roots through the women who gave their voices and essence to Mexican music. This endearing documentary features the legendary Chavela Vargas, along with Lila Downs, Astrid Hadad, Eugenia Leon, La Negra Graciana, Iraida Noriega, and Chayito Valdéz, all of who share their intimacies, memories of their lives, their pain and feelings, and above all, their music.
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Musica y aparte: Cynthia Nilson
- Miami
- 08/19/2010
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cynthia Nilson began singing professionally with her father Carlos Nilson (composer and producer of TV music) in various songs for Argentinian television shows like Ritmo De La Noche with Marcelo Tinelli, and Jugate Conmigo with Cris Morena. In the 1990s she began performing with her own rock bands, such as Asociación Ilícita, Pony Express, and Apurados. In 1995 the Argentinian pop group The Sacados hired Cynthia Nilson to sing and play keyboards during their Colombian tour with Shakira.
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Screening: 'Días de Santiago'
- New York
- 08/25/2010
- 6:00 PM
This screening is part of the Verano Tropical film series. Días de Santiago, directed by Josué Méndez (Peru, 2004, 83 minutes), was selected by over 80 Film Festivals worldwide and won no less than a dozen prestigious awards. Josué Méndez' extraordinary debut explores the tragic impossibility of a war veteran to reintegrate into civilian life.
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