Dont miss this beautiful event! A través de mis ojos: Migrant children and their families through their own eyes.

A través de mis ojos features photographs taken by migrant children of their families and friends, places where they live and play, and religious icons and celebrations in their households and/or community. Viewers see the world of children – who and what delights them - through their own eyes.

Most of the children in this exhibit participated in a series of six-week photography classes facilitated by Neil Hollander and Dr. Natalia Deeb-Sosa at the Dixon, Davis, and Madison Migrant Center, and at Woodland’s Yolo Family Resource Center in 2009. The goals of the class were for children to learn the mechanics of taking photos using 35 mm cameras, developing and printing in a dark room, as well as to document, through photography, their experiences as children of migrant agricultural workers.

The exhibit will feature fifty framed photographs that will be available for purchase. A portion of the proceeds will go to the children, and the remaining portion will be used to set up a permanent darkroom for migrant children and their families at the Yolo Family Resource Center in Woodland, California.

A panel discussion with Dr. Natalia Deeb-Sosa, Neil Hollander and the participating photographers will take place on December 11, 2010 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Panelists will share their stories and talk about their photographs.

December 9 – 24, 2010

Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento

1519 19th St

Sacramento, CA 95811-5202

Panel Discussion: Saturday, December 11, 2010 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 11, 2010

For more information and a list of supporters please visit: http://www.ccasac.org/CCASExhibitions.htm

We're excited to see what this upcoming Second Saturday and art walk will bring to Midtown Sacramento. One event we're looking forward to is Verge at Axis Saturday December 11, 2010 from 9:00 to 11:00pm.

Verge resident artists will be featured in an exhibition setting. Featured artists include:

Jose Luis di Gregorio, Gioia Fonda, Ianna Frisby, Aleksander Bohnak, Interval Press, Erwo, Sheung Hei, Hongsun Yoon, Youngsuk Suh, Yelena Martynovskaya, Roma Devanbu, Andrew Patterson-Tutschka, Tricia Talle, Nathan Cordero, John Sanchez, Lisa Marasso, Patrick Marasso, Liv Moe, and Trisha Jeanne Rhomberg.

Axis Gallery is located at 1517 19th Street in Midtown Sacramento. Verge artists would like to thank Axis for the space! See you all at Second Saturday!!

Making its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Sin Nombre, a dramatic thriller from award-winning director Cary Fukunaga, will be featured at the CSUS Multi-Cultural Center Library 1010 Thursday, October 07, 2010 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM . The screening is free to attend.

Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaytan), joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang member, El Casper (Edgar M. Flores), who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts if they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives.

Discussion following screening facilitated by Professor Hellen Lee-Keller (English) and Professor Elvia Ramirez (Ethnic Studies).

For more information please contact:

Jeanette Plascencia

jplascen@saclink.csus.edu

(916) 278-6101

The grand event is around the corner! The Sacramento Latin Music & Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Cesar Chavez Park, during Hispanic Heritage Month. According to the Mexican Consulate, the Sacramento Latin Music & Arts Festival is the official Bicentennial celebration - marking 200 years of Mexico’s independence.

The event will feature:

• Headline performances by internationally acclaimed musician’s including The Spirit of Latin Rock with Jorge Santana & Abel Sanchez.
• Performance by Songs for Cesar Project with Abel Sanchez and Jorge Santana.
• A scene from the acclaimed musical, “Let the Eagle Fly,” based on the life of Cesar Chavez
• Delicious cuisines, art exhibits, family activities as well as various non-profit and service booths

Dont miss this one! Ticket Price: $15 in advance (here), $20 at the gate, $7.50 for ages 12 and younger.

Go to http://sacramentolatinmusicandartsfestival.com/ for more info =)

Celebrate 200 years of Mexican Independence in Midtown Sacramento Saturday, September 18, 2010 — A fun event celebrating culture and heritage all for a great cause.

The event will begin at 2:00pm and will end at 10:00pm. It will feature comedians, a fashion show and lauch the Mexican Consulate’s “Taste of Mexico” campaign offering an array of colorful dishes for all to try.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the nonprofit Raices de mi Tierra which preserves and celebrates traditional and contemporary Mexican dance.

General admission is $20. Tickets including admission and the “wine walk” are $30. VIP tickets, which include a special seating area and food and drinks are $50. Purchase tickets at inticketing.com, and if you'd like 30 percent-off VIP tickets, text MEX200 to 90210.

Teatro Espejo is proud to present "El Grito de Dolores" by Manuel Jose Pickett. The play celebrates the 200 year anniversary of Mexico's independence which will be September 16th, 2010.

Join us at the California Stage to enjoy this revolutionary drama at 7:30 PM on September 8, 9, or 10th. Tickets for the general audience are $15 and $10 for seniors and students. Seats fill fast, so please arrive at least 15 minutes early or purchase your ticket online at seeaplay.com. To reserve seats or for more information call the California Stage (916) 451-5822.

*The California Stage is located in Sacramento on 25th and R streets.

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There is unmatched power behind his lens. His photography is a mixture of community documentation and digital manipulation; he pushes colors to the limit to expose the emotions and humanity of the movement for social justice.

Pocho One Photography: The images of a movement. Video provided by New America Media.

About Pocho-One

International Liberation Photographer Pocho-one was born in Oxnard, California where his parents were union organizers for the UFW. At the age four, Pocho-one and his family moved to Santa Rosa, California where his parents organized the first all Latino fishery and factory workers union.

Disgruntled with poverty, mixed race identity and personal trauma, Pocho-one joined a gang at age 11. After four years and with the help from his family, he began to transform himself and began to fight for his communities leaving the gangs in his past. He moved  to LA to attend CSU, Northridge where he graduated with honors in Xicana/o Studies and History. He moved back to his beloved Bay Area to attend CSU, San Francisco to get a Masters in Ethnic Studies. In the fall, he will start his second Masters in teaching and teacher credential at the USC.

He resides in Oakland, California and is an educator in East Oakland teaching critical pedagogical English, History and Photojournalism.

Pocho-one says he still makes his mom cry, but not in terror like before, but now she cries in happiness for the positive life he leads and the youth he empowers.

For more information and to view his beautiful photography please visit http://www.facebook.com/pocho1.fotography.

(Image on the Right)
Title: Raza Mia
East Oakland - © Pocho1.Fotography 2010

(Image on the Left)
Title: Wrinkles Libre, La Dona Dolores Huerta
SF Mission District - © Pocho1.Fotography 2010

Nichole Camarillo is a young 26 year old Bay Area native of mexican decent. Her creativity is showcased not only in the powerful pieces she paints, you'll also find it in her drawings, designs, photography, writing and in video.

On her website she writes "my family, culture, relationships, sex, emotions, addictions, loves and losses all take turns illuminating their presence in my work. My hands and brushes take pride in telling stories of the most beautifully tragic pieces of life this soul has known."

This is a piece called "What's A Girl To Do." A beautifully illustrated piece and one of our favorites.

To learn more about Nichole and browse her online gallery please visit her website at www.nicholecamarillo.com. You can also follow her on Twitter www.twitter.com/dirtyprettynix.

Ever wonder what happens when Musica Norteña meets a modern techno beat? Simply put - iconic sound! This Friday, August 27, 2010 Nortec Collective Presents Bostich+Fussible as part of the Mondavi Center’s Summer Music series at UC Davis!

They’ve toured the globe, set trends and packed major shows including Vive Latino, known as Latin America’s Coachella, with more than 60,000 fans. The Grammy nominated group is set to release their new album, "Bulevar 2000," on September 14, 2010.

Trust me, it’s a show you don’t want to miss!! - UCD Quad opens at 6:30p. Find more details below.

Find more info at http://www.mondaviarts.org/.

Ve Me would like to recognize Roxana Reyes Borrego for her continued dedication to the community. Her leadership and commitment to education and the arts make Roxana our Featured Powerful Latina.

About Roxana

Roxana Reyes Borrego began studying Folklorico at the age of five and began teaching at the age of 19. Since then, she has dedicated herself to enriching the Sacramento Community with the art for the past 20 years. Mrs. Borrego has worked to implement cultural arts in local schools and colleges, she has worked with several performance groups in our area, and is the founder and director of the nonprofit organization Raices de Mi Tierra and the Sacramento Cultural Arts Center.

In 1997, Roxana founded the group Flor del Corazon at Sacramento High School. She served as its instructor for 6 years and established it to be the first college preparatory Folklorico class recognized by the Regents of the University of California.

She is one of the founders of Grupo Folklorico Raices de Mi Tierra (raicesdemitierra.com) and has served as the Artistic Director for the past 15 years.

She is currently the Artistic Director of Danzantes del Alma at UC Davis, and serves as adjunct faculty at CSU Sacramento in the department of Theatre & Dance.

Ms. Borrego is the owner and director of the Sacramento Cultural Arts Center (sacculturaldance.com) which was awarded Non-Profit of the year by the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2007.

In 2008, she was recognized as part of KVIE’s Latino Heritage Celebration for her community service work and volunteerism in our Capitol City.

In 2010, Roxana was awarded an outstanding service award for Women’s History month organized by Much Lov 2 Give Foundation, ERI Inc., and Destiny Calls.

In the same year, Roxana was also recognized for her excellence as a performing arts educator and was awarded for preserving culture through dance by the International Association for Women of Color Day.

This year, Roxana is a nominee for Arts Educator of the Year by the Arts Business Council of Sacramento.

Roxana completed her Masters Thesis titled “Ethnic Identity Development Through Traditional Mexican Dance,” and is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist currently working at UC Davis in Counseling and Psychological Services. She is the proud mother of two, and hopes to earn her PhD in Cultural Studies in the near future.

He’s painted, he’s inspired, he’s conquered. David Garibaldi paints with passion and purpose.








Learn more about David at www.garibaldiarts.com and follow him on Twitter www.twitter.com/garibaldiarts.

A timeless favorite: English con Salsa by Gina Valdes. It seamlessly blends culture, creativity and comedy into a fun, enjoyable piece.

English con Salsa by Gina Valdes 

Welcome ESL 100, English Surely Latinized
ingles con chile y cilantro, English as American
as Benito Juarez. Welcome, muchachos from Xochicalco,
learn the language of dolares and Dolores, of kings
and queens, of Donald Duck and Batman. Holy Toluca!
In four months you’ll be speaking like George Washington,
in four weeks you can ask, More coffee? In two months
you can say, May I take your order? In one year you
can ask for a raise, cool as the Tuxpan River.

Welcome, muchachas from Teocaltiche, in this class
we speak English refrito, English con sal y limon,
English thick as mango juice, English poured from
a clay jub, English tuned like a requinto from Uruapan,
English lighted by Oaxacan dawns, English spiked
with mescal from Mitla, English with a red cactus
flower blooming in its heart.

Welcome, welcome, amigos del sur, bring your Zapotec
tongues, your Nahuatl tones, your patience of pyramids,
your red suns and golden moons your guardian angels,
your duendes, your patron saints, Santa Tristeza,
Santa Alegria, Santo Todolopuede. We will sprinkle
holy water on pronouns, make the sign of the cross
on past participles, jump like fish from Lake Patzcuaro
on gerunds, pour tequila from Jalisco on future perfects,
say shoes and shit, grab a cool verb and a pollo loco
and dance on the walls like chapulines.

When a teacher from La Jolla or a cowboy from Swantee
asks you, Do you speak English? You’ll answer, Si, yes
simon, of course, I love English!

And you’ll hum
A Mixtec chant that touches la tierra and the heavens.