Community Calendar

Spring 2009

October 8, 2008 - February 1, 2009

Herejias by Pedro Meyer
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Art exhibit featuring Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's international exhibit Herejias.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org

October 26, 2008 - April 19, 2009

The Aztec World
The Field Museum, Chicago
Experience the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire through a magnificent exhibit of artifacts and works of art from that ancient civilization.
For more information, please visit: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/aztecs

December 5, 2008 - February 6, 2009

Herencia by Ramiro Rodriguez
Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee
Art exhibit featuring prints and paintings of Ramiro Rodríguez.
For more information, please visit: http://www.latinoartsinc.org

January 2-19 or June 12-29, 2009

Spanish Immersion Program in La Manzanilla, Mexico
UWM School of Continuing Education
Improve your Spanish skills through this immersion experience into Mexican culture and language in the small coastal town of Manzanilla.
(Beginning, intermediate, and upper level Spanish courses also offered through the UWM School of Continuing Education.)
For more information, please visit: http:// www4.uwm.edu/sce

January 16 - March 21, 2009

Personal Culture: New Art From Latin Americans
Frederick Layton Gallery, MIAD, Milwaukee
Part of MIAD's Culture in Transition series as an art exhibit that features five artists challenging assumptions of Latin America and its artworks.
For more information, please visit: http://www.miad.edu

January 23 - August 30, 2009

Miradas
Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
An extensive collection of art from both sides of the U.S. and Mexico border within the past eighty years.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org

February 19, 2009

De La Buena
9 pm
Gasthaus, UWM Union
2200 E Kenwood Blvd
Local Milwaukee Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz 10 piece band.
For more information, please visit: needabreak.uwm.edu.

February 20, 2009

William Cepeda’s Puerto Rican Music Explosion
7:30 pm
Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee
Composer and trombonist, William Cepeda, will share interpretations of danza, bomba, plena, and jíbaro folk music.
For more information, please visit: www.latinoartsinc.org

February 20-March 20, 2009

La Plena Inmortal by Antonio Martorell
Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee
Latino Arts, Inc.
Artist Antonio Martorell, talks about his thoughts on fear, art, and freedom in lecture series and exhibits his colorful tapestries.
For more information, please visit: www.latinoartsinc.org

February 25, 2009

Saul Williams featuring Rosemond Jolissaint
7:30 pm
Wisconsin Room, UWM Union (2200 E Kenwood Blvd)
UWM's Distinguished Lecture Series features Saul Williams, one of the nation’s youngest widely respected poets, and Rosemond Jolissaint, one of Haiti's up and coming musical stars telling of political instability, economic hardship, and violence in Haiti through his music.
For more information, please visit: needabreak.uwm.edu

March 26, 2009

Nilo Cruz, Fifth Annual Distinguished Visiting Author
7:30 pm
Stackner Ballroom, Carroll University, Waukesha
Talk with Pulitzer Prize winning Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz.
For more information, please visit: www.cc.edu/newsevents

April 4, 2009

La India Canela
7:30 pm
Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee
Lidia María Hernández, a.k.a. La India Canela (The Cinnamon Indian), plays her unique style merengue music of her native Dominican Republic.
For more information, please visit: www.latinoartsinc.org

April 4-June 5, 2009

Merengue
Visual Rythms/Ritmos Visuales
Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee
Art exhibit of meringue music brought to life through a myriad of artistic styles.
For more information, please visit: www.latinoartsinc.org

April 17, 2009

Un Sueño Nuevo-A New Dream
Otteson Theater, Carroll University, Waukesha
Play by the Carroll Players
For more information, please visit: www.cc.edu/newsevents

May 8, 2009

Regina Orozco
Sor Juana Festival
7:30 pm
Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee
One-woman act, Regina Orozco, displays her versatile acting and singing talents, combining cultural identity with strength and intelligence.
For more information, please visit: www.latinoartsinc.org

May 28-31, 2009

What Moves Us: 2009 World Dance Alliance-Americas Conference & Festival
UW-Madison
Discover what moves people today in dance through practice, performance, scholarships, and discussion.
For more information, please visit: www.lacis.wisc.edu/outreach.html