Madison Center for Creative and Cultural Arts

The Madison Center for Creative and Cultural Arts is proud to announce an evening of art and poetry on Friday, May 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Join us for the opening of a mixed media exhibit, Stairway to Belize: Photos and Paintings by Ken and Teresa Haynes. The exhibit features works inspired by a recent visit to Belize.

The evening also features readings from Telling Tongues, a compilation of poems edited by Chicano Studies Professors from the University of Minnesota, and published by Calaca Press in California. Oscar Mireles of Madison will read his poetry from the collection, and sign copies of the book, as part of Madison’s Cinco de Mayo celebration. Other poets and the book’s editors Toni Herrera and Louis Gonzales will also be part of the evening’s celebration of culture and art. Refreshments will be served. A donation is appreciated.

Kumquats for Bambi: An evening of sketch comedy. This latest production of the Rabid Badger Theater Company is scheduled for Saturday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. The cost is $10 for general admission and $5 for students. The website for Rabid Badger is: www.rabidbadger.org.

Family Connections of Wisconsin, Inc., Voices Beyond Bars and ARC House are hosting Children are the heart...Families are the hope an evening of awareness of their agencies on Thursday, May 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The event features the blues music of the Bobby Bryan and the Original Downtown Players. Sheriff Dave Mahoney and Cheri Maples will join other speakers who will briefly talk about the importance of these agencies and what they do in our community. Hors d’hoeuvres and beverages will be available. A raffle will be held. The entire community is invited to this event. A $20 donation is suggested.

Brian Donihi performs solo classical guitar on Saturday, May 19th at 8:00 p.m. His repertoire includes works by J.S. Bach, Fernando Sor, Mario Giuliani, John Dowland, Oscar Chilebotti, Francisco Tarrego and Miguel Llobet. Admission is $5.

Call the MCCCA at 251-2787 for more information.

Videos of Austin reading

Intro to Resistencia Bookstore:

Celeste Guzman Mendoza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgPHL9WXjE

Roberto Pachecano I : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ6Zx6tlmts

Roberto Pachecano II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ07-U94vs8

Toni Nelson Herrera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKLcYzHY7M

Radio Show at Resistencia Bookstore

An edited version of the Allen Campbell, KOOP Radio recording will air on my program _People United_ on Friday, June 1, 1:00-2:00 pm Central Time, 91.7 FM KOOP Austin .

You can listen on the web by clicking here (glorious stereophonic for broadband) or here (punchy monaural for any connection). Or, you can start at http://www.koop.org/?page=streaming

Photo shot at MCCCA in Madison

 






(L-R) Roberto Pachecano, Margarita Pignataro, Oscar Mireles, Louis Mendoza, Toni Nelson Herrera

Article in the Capital Hues, Madison Wisconsin

 

To read article, just click on the photo.

Telling Tongues reading in Texas

Sunday May 20 - Red Salmon Arts presents a reading & book signing of Telling Tongues: A Latin@ Anthology on Language Experience (co-published by Red Salmon Press & Calaca Press) featuring Rudy Garcia, Celeste Guzman Mendoza, Roberto Pachecano, raulrsalinas, Liliana Valenzuela, along with editors Louis G. Mendoza & Toni Nelson Herrera. With the cyclical waves of anti-immigrant bashing, Latin@s are regularly targeted & labeled as outsiders. The writers in this collection speak against the simplistic notions upon which thse public debates rely, & demonstrate the complexities of life as manifest in languare by Latin@s. 4pm


**Con mucho orgullo, we are honored to announce the release of:

Telling Tongues:
A Latin@ Anthology on Language Experience
Edited by Louis G. Mendoz & Toni Nelson Herrera
(Calaca Press & Red Salmon Press)

With the cyclical waves of anti-immigrant bashing, Latin@s are regularly targeted & labeled as outsiders.

The writers in this collection speak against the simplistic notions upon which these public debates rely, & demonstrate the complexities of life as manifested in language by Latin@s.

Big shout out to Louis "El Profe" Mendoza, Toni Nelson Herrera, & Brent Beltran for all the support & hard work.

El Quinto Sol Amaneció en Madison, Wisconsin

Telling Tongues converged in
Madison, Wisconsin.
Tongues bleeding from being
Cut in half by parents that
Wanted Americano children.

Wisconsinites chose to listen more
To the Dali Lama, a Tibetan who
Shaved his head and draped himself
In orange robes like the color of faded
Blood on the Shroud of Turin

Dali Lama spewed words of peace
Much like the now split tongues
Of nuestra gente del Quinto Sol.
But unlike the Isthmus splitting Madison,
Telling Tongues grow whole.

El Quinto Sol amaneció en Madison el
Cinco de Mayo dos mil siete,
And beamed a ray of light and hope
For barrio people not to Dali Lama,
But to dalé Shine y dalé fuerte!


Hijas y Hijos, Chicanos y Chileanas,
Aymara y Azteca, Vatos y Vatas
Oscar, Manuel, Tony y Rey,
Claim the sullied streets of Madison
Bring back El Capitan Tomas!

Reversed assimilation in
Conquered lands should never be
Required of proud people with
Telling Tongues, or forever fear
The sound of the razor’s cutting.


by Roberto Pachecano