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Creative Writing Workshop Series
Ahua! Honoring the Dishonored: Declaring Who We Are v. Being Told Who We Are
MCC Lounge
This workshop will explore: self-identity vs labeling; the role of witness and giving voice to the forgotten; storytelling as an act of empowerment. Pat Alderete’s short stories are published in Joteria and PEN Center Journal, and anthologized in Hers 2 and 3; Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Latino Arts Anthology 1988-2000; A Geography of Rage; The Afro-Hispanic Review and Love, West Hollywood. She has written two one-act plays, Ghost and the Spirit, produced as a staged reading in 1997, and Love and Fire, produced as a staged reading by the Macha Theater in 2003; her one-woman performance, Tina Gets Married, was produced in 1999.
Registration required, RSVP to Marilou.Razo@sa.ucsb.edu.
Art Exhibition
Paz y Amor: Make Peace
MCC Lounge
Pasadena-based artist Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin honors her Mexican family and culture through art. Her work is vibrant, colorful, and highly personal: “Often I act on what moves me emotionally in an unjust world or in my personal life. Then I play on the canvas.” But not just on the canvas. She employs mixed media and assemblage; she makes altars, installations, etchings, and prints. “Of concern for me are struggling immigrant families and workers, abused women, children, and elders, and the destruction of the environment.
There will also be an Opening Reception for the artist in MCC Lounge: Tues, April 12, 6 pm. Free food, meet the artist, and mingle!
Welcome Week/Discovery Days
La Misa Negra
San Miguel Stage
La Misa Negra is a 9-piece band from Oakland, California that plays a unique blend of 1950's and 60's style cumbia and high energy Afro-Colombian dance music. Powered by horn and accordion-driven riffs, a fierce rhythm section, and a vintage Colombian sound, La Misa Negra delivers an electrifying performance that explodes with infectious dance grooves and punk rock energy.
Listen to their music: Misa de Medianoche
Resilient Love in a Time of Hate
AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD WITH SUNNI PATTERSON
St. George Family Youth Center (889 Camino del Sur, Isla Vista)
A New Orleans native, Sunni Patterson is a compelling dynamic, and internationally-known Def Poetry artist and activist who creates music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. She uses her gift to reach, teach, and heal.
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