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An Evening of Rhythms from Central and South America’s Caribbean Coast with Buyepongo
MCC THEATER
Buyepongo is one of LA’s finest and vibrant young bands representing the rich musical heritage of Latin America and Africa. en agrupación draws inspiration from the cumbia and vallenato music of Colombia, punta music of Honduras and Belice, son andguaguancó of Cuba, merengue of La República Dominicana, kpalongo of Ghana , and voudoun of Benin and Nigeria. The sound produced is a natural blend of upbeat poly rhythms and joyous melodies. A sure shot for any dance floor. 'Esto ta' dedicado, sólo para ti!'
Tickets $5 UCSB students/$15 general. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
Cup of Culture
Memories of Underdevelopment
MCC THEATER
Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends flee to Miami. Sergio looks back over the changes in Cuba from the Castro revolution to the Cuban missile crisis, the effect of living in an underdeveloped country, and his relations with his girlfriends Elena and Hanna.
Discussion with Professor Colin Gardner of the Department of Art following the screening. Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 97 min., Spanish with English subtitles, 1968, Cuba.
This film will also be discussed at the panel, 'The Fight to Stay Put: Social Lessons through Media Imaginings of Urban Transformation and Change,' on Tuesday, February 1, 4 pm in 6020 HSSB.
Art Exhibit
A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST Malik Seneferu
MCC LOUNGE
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet, and illustrator, Seneferu is the founder of Aesthetic Ascension art social network. The purpose of his compositions is to elevate the social, political, environmental, and spiritual issues of people deeply challenged by oppression and to capture the Black experience in America. His work traveled to Durban, South Africa's War against Racism in 2001, as well as to Kenya, Haiti and Italy.
Cup of Culture
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
MCC THEATER
In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in the small Mississippi county of Neshoba – the infamous 'Mississippi Burning' murders. The young men, two Jews from New York and an African-American from Mississippi, were in the Deep South helping to register African-American voters during what came to be known as the Freedom Summer. Although the killers bragged about what they did, it took the State 40 years to indict the mastermind, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old Baptist preacher and notorious racist.
Discussion with Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Associate Professor in Chicana and Chicano Studies, following the screening. Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano, 87 min., English, 2010, USA.
