Category Archives: culture
Invitation to Mercado Artisano and Sopa – Nov. 25 at dA Center
Hi everyone, Just wanted to invite you to the Mercado Artisano and Sopa on Saturday, November 25, 2017. I will be selling my ceramic art and jewelry. There will be other artists selling their ware as well as local women selling their Pozole and Tamales. This is an Alternative Market of local art and artisans. Please let your friends and family know of this event. Hope to see you there.
PS. 50% of the profit of my artwork will be go to social justice organizations/causes
Rose Calderon
Mercardo Artisano and Sopa
The dA Center for the Arts
252 S Main St. Ste D.
Pomona, CA 91766
Invitation from Professor James Mestaz: Film Screening and Discussion this Thursday
Invitation to Film: Latino: The Changing Face of America with filmmaker Roxanne Frias – Nov. 16 – 6:30 – 8:30 PM (Claremont McKenna College Kravis Center Lower Court 62) Panel responders include James Mestaz, Jose Calderon, Tomas Sandoval, Martha Gonzalez, and Tony Jimenez.
James V. Mestaz
Visiting Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Fellow
History Department
Claremont Mckenna College
Invitation from PEOC for Event on Wednesday at Day Labor Center
Sé le invita a toda la comunidad!
2 de noviembre de 9 AM – 10:30 AM a celebrar el Día de los Muertos en el Centro Jornalero de Pomona.
Estan bienvenidos a traer flores y fotos de sus seres queridos que han fallecido para ser parte del altar. Tamales, pan de muerto, champurrado serán ofrecidos a los que participen.
Favor de acompáñanos!
Invitation to the community at large
November 2nd from 9 AM to 10:30 AM to celebrate the Day of the Dead in Pomona Day Labor Center.
You are welcome to bring flowers and photos of loved ones who have passed away to be part of the altar. Tamales, pan de muerto, champurrado will be offered to participants.
Please join us!
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Fernando Romero
Executive Director, Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
1682 W. Mission Blvd. Pomona, CA 91766
Tel: (909) 397 4215
Fax: (909) 622 9880
Invitation to three plays directed by Alma Martinez
Don’t miss —
Tres Actos:
The Militants, Vietnam Campesino & Los Vendidos
The University of La Verne Department of Theatre Arts presents three plays by internationally renowned playwright, theatre and film director Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit, La Bamba). Directed by Artist-in-Residence Alma Martinez, Tres Actos: The Militants, Vietnam Campesino & Los Vendidos performances run November 10, 11, 12 at 7:30pm, November 17, 18, 19 at 7:30pm, and November 20 at 2pm in the Dailey Theatre located on the main campus at 1950 3rd St.
La Verne, CA 91750.
The “actos,” or short plays, were first performed by Valdez’s theatre company, El Teatro Campesino. He founded the company in 1965 in the heat of the United Farmworkers union’s struggle to secure basic labor and human rights for the most vulnerable of the U.S. labor force. These “actos”, that are now classics of American agitprop theater, were performed by striking farm workers on picket lines, flatbed trucks, and at pivotal historic events such as the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and the 1966 United Farmworker Union’s march to Sacramento.
Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for staff, senior citizens and alumni, and $12 for general admission. Reservations can be made through Eventbrite at: http://tres-actos-tix.eventbrite.com
For more information go to (909) 448-4386, TheatreArts@laverne.edu, or visit the La Verne Theatre website at www.laverne.edu/theatre
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Thuy Tran (Angela)
Publicity and Marketing Manager
Theatre Arts Department
University of La Verne
Invitation to Ayotzinapa Anniversary Special Screening With Director at Pomona College
Monday September 26th marks the II anniversary of the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa students.
September 26th is an international day of solidarity and the II anniversary of the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa students in which the Mexican government is implicated.
Presentation by Renowned Artist Paul Botello
This is your invitation to a Gallery Talk Presentation by Renowned Activist/Artist Paul Botello on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 5 pm at the dA Center for the Arts (252 D South Main Street) in Pomona.
Paul has murals all over LA County including Pitzer College, Cesar Chavez Park and Pomona Day Labor Center in Pomona, and Vina Danks School in Ontario. PAUL BOTELLO was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He earned a BA and an MFA from Cal State University, Los Angeles, teaches art in the LAUSD school system and taught at the Claremont Colleges. In 1994 he traveled to Berlin, Germany where he collaborated on a giant mural titled “Global Chessboard.” Other recently completed murals include “Citizens of the World” at Esperanza School, and “In Unison” at the Maravilla Housing Facility. He also completed a large-scale mural on the Metro Gold Line construction fence that was located at First Street and Soto. Portions of the mural can now be found at the Pueblo del Sol Community Center in East Los Angeles. Botello lives and works in East Los Angeles, and exhibits his work in Los Angeles and abroad. He is a font of knowledge for the subject of art and activism.
Please join us for Paul’s Presentation and the Closing Aztlan Exhibit Reception between 6 – 8 pm
dA Center for the Arts and the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley
Your Invitation to Renowned Teatro Urbano on Friday and Saturday in Pomona
This is your personal invitation to the Renowned Teatro Urbano at dA Center in Pomona this Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. A small donation is asked for – but only if you have it. The important aspect is to invite your friends and come out to support this Teatro that has been giving their artistic talent back to the community for decades. Now, all they are asking – is take a few hours of your time to appreciate their creation.
Teatro Urbano presents
Detective Sanchez: The Ortiz Case
November 13 and 14th at 8 PM
Tickets $15 if you can. $12 for seniors, students, & Pomona Residents
“Los Angeles in the 1950’s was a smog filled city, but there was an air of innocence…”
Those are the words that open the Chicano Detective story. “Detective Sanchez, The Ortiz Case” written by Rene Rodriguez and Produced by Rosemary Soto Rodriguez and Ricardo Lopez.
The play opens to the sound of the Blues with a narration that sets the mood and rhythm by Raul Lopez, a onetime middle weight contender, who owns and operates, La Mecca, a bar in Boyle Heights.
Lopez quickly begins to tell the story of his friend and drinking buddy, Rudy Sanchez, or better known in the barrios of Los Angeles, Detective Sanchez. In the hot summer of 1950, Lopez defends a woman with a problem. Her son, Chuy Ortiz has been accused of murder. Sanchez has to prove the innocence of this young man, but one problem Sanchez is a drunk…le gustaba la borachara, as Lopez points out.
Support Theatre in Pomona !
Jose Zapata Calderon
Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies
1050 North Mills Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-6101
(909) 952-1640
Website: www.josezcalderon.com
Cal Poly Dia de los Muertos: Day of the Dead Celebration
Dia de los Muertos: Day of the Dead Celebration is an annual cultural event held in November. This program is a collaboration between the Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education and the Ethnic and Women’s Studies Department. The Dia de los Muertos Celebration has become an