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.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
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
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
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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
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
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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.
**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.
Friday, May 11, 2007
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
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
Monday, May 7, 2007
COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS
WITHOUT AMNESTY & WITHOUT ANIMOSITY. YES!!!
BY ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ
MAY 7, 2007
"Without Amnesty & Without Animosity."
When I heard the president utter those words, I said to myself,
""Yes!!!"
Apparently, I had not been paying attention too closely because when
he gave his rehearsed punchline, I thought he had been giving a sober
assessment of how to approach the issue of lawbreakers within his own
administration – of how to treat them: fairly, but firmly.
"Yes," I had said, "That's how Impeachment has to proceed."
Instead, it turns out he was speaking about the hardest working sector
of the economy. On the issue of immigration, his cute phrase makes
about as much sense as his "Mission Accomplished" banner of four years
ago.
Truthfully, if anyone needs amnesty, it's the career criminals within
his own administration, not people working double time to feed their
families. And in regards to animosity, he is the one who has made it
socially acceptable to blame all the nation's problems on those whose
sole crime is to be working in a country that begs for their labor,
exploits them, and refuses to treat them as full human beings (this
can be accomplished through a simple accord).
Again, I thought he had been talking about Impeachment as its case has
already been made in regards to the waging of an illegal war against a
nation that has never posed a threat to the United States… a war that
has caused the death of tens of thousands of Iraqis and close to 3,500
U.S. military personnel. Arguably, his entire War Cabinet could also
be subjected to such proceedings, as well as many members of Congress
that continue to green-light this criminal war. And yet, is it
possible to also impeach the journalists and pundits that functioned
as stenographers or cheerleaders for the administration's falsehoods,
and the media outlets that heavily censored dissenting views?
One thing about criminal behavior; there is no statute of limitation
for waging an illegal war. The war does not become legal or moral
simply because Congress refuses to properly investigate. Virtually
everything about the war is illegal; from how it was sold, to how it
has been conducted (in disregard to the Geneva Conventions), to how
the administration has waged a war on the rights and privacy of its
own citizens. In fact, the administration's current smearing of his
opponents with a brush of disloyalty and even treason – itself
arguably constitutes an impeachable offense. Yet the mainstream media
continues to facilitate the war by failing to question the
administration's current propositions, that:
• Failure to support the president's war funding means failure
to
support the troops.
• Failure to support the troop surge is to hand victory to the
enemy.
• A call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is a call for defeat
and surrender.
• Disagreement with the president is an act of disloyalty and
brings
aid and comfort to the enemy.
• Disagreement with the president is to go against the
commanders on the ground.
• The troops cannot leave until their mission has been
accomplished.
• The president's detractors are simply tax & spend
liberals
who have
no interest in protecting the homeland.
The mainstream media could respond in this manner:
• Supporting the troops has nothing to do with where they are
stationed; bringing them home is a sign of support.
• Failure in Iraq corresponds and falls squarely on the
shoulders of the
president's failed policies.
• Similarly, defeat and surrender correspond to the
administration,
not to those who call for the war's end.
• Disagreement is not a sign of disloyalty; it is a
Constitutional duty.
• The commanders on the ground take orders from civilians, not
the
other way around. Also, the ones who disagree with this president have
all been purged.
• The mission, whatever it may be, is not sanctioned or
supported by
the United Nations nor the vast majority of Americans.
• The war is the biggest tax upon Americans in a generation.
Tens of thousands continue to die in an immoral war; and the
President, Congress and the media would rather get tough on
lawbreakers? Yes. Let's begin with the ones that attacked the
immigrant rights' marchers in Los Angeles and the ones waging that war
in Iraq: Without amnesty and without animosity.
(c) Column of the Americas 2007
Rodriguez can be reached at: Column of the Americas PO BOX 5093
Madison WI 53705 -- XColumn@gmail.com or 608-238-3161
It is archived at: hometown.aol.com/xcolumn/myhomepage/
BY ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ
MAY 7, 2007
"Without Amnesty & Without Animosity."
When I heard the president utter those words, I said to myself,
""Yes!!!"
Apparently, I had not been paying attention too closely because when
he gave his rehearsed punchline, I thought he had been giving a sober
assessment of how to approach the issue of lawbreakers within his own
administration – of how to treat them: fairly, but firmly.
"Yes," I had said, "That's how Impeachment has to proceed."
Instead, it turns out he was speaking about the hardest working sector
of the economy. On the issue of immigration, his cute phrase makes
about as much sense as his "Mission Accomplished" banner of four years
ago.
Truthfully, if anyone needs amnesty, it's the career criminals within
his own administration, not people working double time to feed their
families. And in regards to animosity, he is the one who has made it
socially acceptable to blame all the nation's problems on those whose
sole crime is to be working in a country that begs for their labor,
exploits them, and refuses to treat them as full human beings (this
can be accomplished through a simple accord).
Again, I thought he had been talking about Impeachment as its case has
already been made in regards to the waging of an illegal war against a
nation that has never posed a threat to the United States… a war that
has caused the death of tens of thousands of Iraqis and close to 3,500
U.S. military personnel. Arguably, his entire War Cabinet could also
be subjected to such proceedings, as well as many members of Congress
that continue to green-light this criminal war. And yet, is it
possible to also impeach the journalists and pundits that functioned
as stenographers or cheerleaders for the administration's falsehoods,
and the media outlets that heavily censored dissenting views?
One thing about criminal behavior; there is no statute of limitation
for waging an illegal war. The war does not become legal or moral
simply because Congress refuses to properly investigate. Virtually
everything about the war is illegal; from how it was sold, to how it
has been conducted (in disregard to the Geneva Conventions), to how
the administration has waged a war on the rights and privacy of its
own citizens. In fact, the administration's current smearing of his
opponents with a brush of disloyalty and even treason – itself
arguably constitutes an impeachable offense. Yet the mainstream media
continues to facilitate the war by failing to question the
administration's current propositions, that:
• Failure to support the president's war funding means failure
to
support the troops.
• Failure to support the troop surge is to hand victory to the
enemy.
• A call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is a call for defeat
and surrender.
• Disagreement with the president is an act of disloyalty and
brings
aid and comfort to the enemy.
• Disagreement with the president is to go against the
commanders on the ground.
• The troops cannot leave until their mission has been
accomplished.
• The president's detractors are simply tax & spend
liberals
who have
no interest in protecting the homeland.
The mainstream media could respond in this manner:
• Supporting the troops has nothing to do with where they are
stationed; bringing them home is a sign of support.
• Failure in Iraq corresponds and falls squarely on the
shoulders of the
president's failed policies.
• Similarly, defeat and surrender correspond to the
administration,
not to those who call for the war's end.
• Disagreement is not a sign of disloyalty; it is a
Constitutional duty.
• The commanders on the ground take orders from civilians, not
the
other way around. Also, the ones who disagree with this president have
all been purged.
• The mission, whatever it may be, is not sanctioned or
supported by
the United Nations nor the vast majority of Americans.
• The war is the biggest tax upon Americans in a generation.
Tens of thousands continue to die in an immoral war; and the
President, Congress and the media would rather get tough on
lawbreakers? Yes. Let's begin with the ones that attacked the
immigrant rights' marchers in Los Angeles and the ones waging that war
in Iraq: Without amnesty and without animosity.
(c) Column of the Americas 2007
Rodriguez can be reached at: Column of the Americas PO BOX 5093
Madison WI 53705 -- XColumn@gmail.com or 608-238-3161
It is archived at: hometown.aol.com/xcolumn/myhomepage/
Telling Tongues Experience:
Telling Tongues Experience:
Amazing flow of energy in Madison Wisconsin
Margarita E. Pignataro
(As requested by Roberto Pachecano)
Energy shifting
Proclamation
Telling Tongues Writers
Dali lama
all in
Madison, Wisconsin
Cinco de Mayo weekend
celebration
victorious Mexicans
contra franceses
in the town of Puebla
Victorious Chicanos
consciousness of Browness
declaring oneness
welcoming strangers
into their wholeness
in a capitol called
Madison, Wisconsin
Dali Lama emotion
gathers all together
we learn
to transform
universe
We focus togetherness
erase otherness
Amazing flow of energy in Madison Wisconsin
Margarita E. Pignataro
(As requested by Roberto Pachecano)
Energy shifting
Proclamation
Telling Tongues Writers
Dali lama
all in
Madison, Wisconsin
Cinco de Mayo weekend
celebration
victorious Mexicans
contra franceses
in the town of Puebla
Victorious Chicanos
consciousness of Browness
declaring oneness
welcoming strangers
into their wholeness
in a capitol called
Madison, Wisconsin
Dali Lama emotion
gathers all together
we learn
to transform
universe
We focus togetherness
erase otherness
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Poet/Painter Ken Haynes had an art opening before the Telling Tongues reading
(L-R) Gallery Night patron, Jamie O'Dea and Ken Haynes
Madison Center for Creative and Cultural Arts
(L-R) Poet Reymundo Saudia, a recent transplant from Texas, Louis Mendoza, Roberto Pachecano, Toni Nelson Herrera and Margarita Pignataro
Authors at MCCCA
(L-R) Louis Mendoza, Roberto Pachecano, Toni Nelson Herrera, Margarita Pignatara, Oscar Mireles
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