You are cordially invited to attend
a reception and private viewing of the exhibition
FRANCACHELA :
Art of Latin America
Thursday, March 25, 2004, 6:00
- 8:00 p.m.
North Hall Rotunda, Queens Borough Public Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432
R.S.V.P, by Tuesday, March 23, 718-990-0143
Seventeen painters from Latin America
will show more than 40 artworks, offering a pan-cultural
view of contemporary painting in a show at the Queens
Library Gallery, "Francachela: Art of Latin America."
Artists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Mexico and Puerto Rico - some well-known, and some emerging
- present a variety of images, styles and techniques,
from figurative images to abstracts; from local to universal
themes. This is the group's first U.S. showing. Francachela
will be on display from March 15 - May 29, 2004. Admission
to the Queens Library Gallery is free.
The diversity of artistic expression
selected for this exhibition is according to Francachela's
democratic ideals: respect of freedom and pluralism
of human thought. Francachela, (in Spanish, meaning
a friendly and informal reunion) is an organization
that works towards the cultural integration of Latin
America, and represents an open invitation to bring
near all the countries through the universal language:
artistic creation. It was founded in 1996 by the Chilean
poet Carlos Aránguiz Zúñiga. Its
activities include: the publishing of a magazine (with
editorial teams in 11 countries); conferences; publishing
of books in Spanish and Portuguese; international fine
art and photography exhibits; literary encounters; musical
shows; staging of theater pieces; radio shows; exchange
cultural visits; founding of libraries, etc.
The Queens Library Gallery is located
inside the Queens Borough Public Library's Central Library,
89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY. The Gallery is
open 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, 10:00 a.m.
- 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays.
Call the Queens Library Gallery at 718-990-8665 for
more information. School and day-care groups are encouraged
to arrange for a visit, with age-appropriate activity.
Admission to the Gallery and all programs is free.
Will Vinson, alto & soprano saxes; Ramiro
Flores, alto sax
Tony Barba, tenor sax; Carl Maraghi, baritone sax
Jonathan Powell, trumpet; Matt Hilgenberg, trumpet
Ryan Keberle, trombone; Mike Fahie, trombone
Jess Jurkovic, piano; Jeff Davis, drums; Tony De Vivo, cajon
Sofia Tosello, voice
New
York City International
Tango Competition
for Professional Instrumentalist & Singers Presented by
Chamber Players International &
Argentine American Society Hosted by
Consulate General of Argentina in New York 12West 56 Street, NYC 10019
May 10-14, 2004 Competition information at: http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/nov03/
tango112803.htm
Competition entry form at: http://www.jamesarts.com/TANGO4APP.htm
Julie Paton's multidimensional poetics encompasses
Julibraries, (handmade books and altered texts), Julibrettos
(or improvoications) and Ju Ji Pulp-its & Con Texts (where
the body gets close to the hand turning the pages of the self
as a paper doll). Her performance notes for "dOur life
in the Ghosts of Bush" were publshed by Belladona as
Not so Belladona but a Deadly Nightshade, and Do Rag on and
on is forhcoming from Tender Bottons.
Lila Zemborain's fourth book of poetry, Malvas orquídeas
del mar, is forthcoming from Editorial Tsé-Tsé
in Buenos Aires. She is also the author of the book-length
essay, Gabriela Mistral. Una mujer sin rostro.. She is the
director of the Rebel Road Poetry Series, and the curator
of the KJCC Poetry Series at New York University.
The Poetry Project is located at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery
131 East 10th Street at Second Avenue
New York City 10003
Trains: 6, F, N, R, and L.
info@poetryproject.com
www.poetryproject.com
Admission is $8, $7 for students/seniors and $5 for members
(though now
those who take out a membership at $85
or higher will get in FREE
to all
regular readings).
We are wheelchair accessible with assistance and advance
notice. For more info call 212-674-0910.
join friends for dancing and fun in the elegant
Il Campanello Restaurant at
LA BOCA MILONGA
7:30 to 8:30 - beginners class with GAYATRI MARTIN
8:30 to 9:30 int. class Special Guest Teacher
CARLOS DE CHEY
PLUS! 9:30 dancing to the live music of: Hector
Del Curto’s
ETERNAL TANGO ENSEMBLE
HECTOR DEL CURTO – bandoneon
PEDRO GIRAUDO – bass
GUSTAVO CASENAVE – piano
Guest DJ: Beatriz Cisneros
Friendly people, one of the smoothest dance
floors!
Spacious, Elegant ambience,
Relaxing bar and lounging area
Cover $13 – includes classes, entertainment & milonga
IL CAMPANELLO BAR & RESTAURANT
136 West 31st Street. NYC
Reservations: 695 6111 (6-7 Avenues)
Next week, Boston will host a new edition of the premiere
tango event in
New England, The Boston Tango Festival. From Wednesday, June
23rd to
Sunday, June 27th, 2004, our city will receive some of the
best tango
singers, musicians and dancers in the US and Argentina. This
event is
being sponsored by the Tango Society of Boston and The Boston
Arts
Academy, among others.
As a tribute to tango, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has proclaimed
the day
of the festival opening, June 23rd, Boston Tango Day. In the
city's
first Tango Day, the Katie Viqueira Group will open the festival.
Please
join us in a celebration of Argentine tango with an international
flavor.
The Opening Ceremony (8:30 pm), to be followed by a Milonga,
will be
held at Mt. Auburn VFW Post (688 Huron Avenue, in Cambridge,
near
Harvard Sq.) For more information, please visit
www.bostontangofestival.com or contact the president of Tango
Society
of Boston: Vicky Magaletta (Vicky@bostontango.org ; ph. 781.641.1283).
For the opening night the cover at the door will be $35,
and the
advanced rate will be $25 (honored until Sunday June 22th).
Students
will receive a 20% discount on all rates (ID required.) Tickets
can be
pre-purchased online at
http://www.bostontangofestival.com/registration.htm
Hogar Collection is pleased to invite you to the opening
of
ENCOUNTERS
New Works by:
Florencia Bohtlingk, Rafael Bueno, Martin Reyna, Simone
Alessandrini, Liza Phillips, Cecilia Biagini and Todd Rosenbaum
Exploring painting, photography, furniture, textiles and
sculpture, Encounters brings together a group of artists whose
works vary from landscape and the purely abstract to the conceptual
fields of design.
Opening reception: Saturday June 26, 6-9p.m.
Closing date: August, 30
Permanent collection including:
Nicholas Furrow, Roy Kushner, Matt Castle,
William Nitzberg, Anthony Brozna, Rachel Gleeson,
Bennett Jordan, Polyflavor, Neil Seltzer, Mary Kuzma,
Happy Glass Works, Dahlia Fischbein,
Susan Deseyn and Ted Kersten.
Hogar Collection
Art, furniture, accessories and solutions for the home.
BOCCATANGO
The Joyce Theater
July 26 - August 14, 2004
U.S. Premiere
Julio Bocca and Members of Ballet Argentino Present A Program
of Contemporary Tango Featuring Live Music.
(New York, NY - May 17, 2004) BOCCATANGO, a riveting
full-evening program of contemporary tango dance with live
music, featuring JULIO BOCCA, the internationally renowned
dancer and American Ballet Theatre (ABT) principal, and members
of his acclaimed troupe Ballet Argentino, will have its U.S.
premiere at The Joyce Theater from Monday, July 26 through
Saturday, August 14, 2004. BOCCATANGO is presented by
ICM Artists, Ltd.
Evoking the irresistible atmosphere of Buenos Aires, the
90-minute program, choreographed by Ana Maria Stekelman and
featuring OCTANGO, an eight-piece orchestra, and singers Viviana
Vigil and Guillermo Fernandez, celebrates the sensual and
soulful dances and music of Julio Bocca's native Argentina
with tango classics by Astor Piazzolla and Carlos Gardel,
among others. Bocca will be joined by six male dancers and
two female dancers, including the mesmerizing Cecilia Figaredo,
from Ballet Argentino. Julian Vat is the production's musical
director. Jorge Ferrari is the costume designer. The lighting
design is by Omar Possemato.
Performances are Monday through Friday at 8 PM and Saturday
at 2 and 8 PM. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by calling
JoyceCharge at (212) 242-0800 or on its website at www.joyce.org.
The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th
Street, in New York City.
Julio Bocca has left an indelible impression in the world
of dance with his exquisite artistry. Born in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Bocca began his dance training with his mother
at the age of four and continued his studies at the Instituto
Superior de Arte del Teatro Colon where his teachers included
Gloria Kazda, Jose Pares, Ninel Jultyeva, Karemina Moreno
and Luis Aguilar. During that time, he danced with the Caracas
Ballet Company performing the title role in Le Spectre de
la Rose, among others. In 1983, Bocca joined the Ballet del
Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro as a principal dancer and,
in the same year, appeared with the ballet company at the
Colon Theatre and with the International Ballet of Caracas.
In May 1985, Bocca won the Gold Medal at the Fifth International
Ballet Competition in Moscow. He has toured the former U.S.S.R.,
appearing with the ballet company in Novosibirsk, where he
danced the Prince in The Nutcracker and Basil in Don Quixote,
and with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Leningrad-Kirov
Ballet, again dancing in Don Quixote.
Bocca joined ABT as a Principal Dancer in 1986. His roles
with the Company include the title role in Apollo, Solor in
La Bayadère, a Stepsister in Cinderella, the Duet from
Concerto Six Twenty-Two, Conrad in Le Corsaire, Basilio in
Don Quixote, Albrecht and Hilarion in Giselle, Des Grieux
in Manon, Danilo in The Merry Widow, the pas de deux Other
Dances, Arthur Saint Léon in Pas des Déesses,
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Désiré in
The Sleeping Beauty, Misgir in The Snow Maiden, Prince Siegfried
in Swan Lake, James in La Sylphide, Petruchio in The Taming
of the Shrew, the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, the fourth variation
in Variations for Four and leading roles in Drink To Me Only
With Thine Eyes, Études and Theme and Variations. Bocca
created the leading role in Brief Fling. In 2000, he made
his Broadway debut in Fosse.
In 1990, Julio Bocca created his own company, Ballet Argentino,
to present, in his own country and abroad, the artistic and
technical quality of young Argentine dancers. Originally under
the direction of Lidia Segni, the company, now under the artistic
direction of Bocca, gave its first performance in the city
of Mar del Plata in the summer of 1990. In addition to touring
annually throughout the Republic of Argentina, the company
has also performed in Australia, China, Colombia, Brazil,
Egypt, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore,
Spain, Thailand and Venezuela. The company launched its fourth
tour of the United States this past spring with the premiere
of "The Man in the Red Tie" commissioned by The
Cerritos Center, University of Texas - Austin, National Dance
Project and the Houston Society for the Performing Arts.
Praxis International Art is pleased
to announce an exhibition " Como caracol"
by Ana Fabry (Argentina, b. 1963).
The exhibition will be on view from June 30th through July
30th.
Please join us for the opening reception that will be held
onWednesday June 30th,
from 6 to 8 p.m. in our gallery located at 25 East 73rd Street,
4th Floor
Praxis International Art
25 East 73rd Street, 4th. floor
New York, NY 10021
ph.(212) 772-9478
fax (212) 772-0949 www.praxis-art.com
29 July 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE .......................Contact:
Jeffrey Lependorf, Music Omi Director
.........................................................................(917)
609-7112 / JeffreyL@pipeline.com
Improvisations and Collaborations from Music Omi
Music Omi International Music Residency Presents Free Concert
at the Consulate General of Argentina in New York on August
16th
New York, NY-Music Omi International Music Residency Program
at Art Omi presents a free concert of new music created by
contemporary musicians from around the world during the Music
Omi 2004 session (July 29th - August 15th). Music Omi, now
in its eighth year, offers improvising and experimental musicians
from around the globe a unique opportunity to work collaboratively
and intensively in a spectacular setting. Musicians from the
widest possible background come to Art Omi to share ideas
and test new waters; they then take what they've learned back
with them to share with others. Audiences have the opportunity
to experience thrillingly unique instrumental combinations
and convergences of diverse musical sensibilities at a free
culminating concert. The Consulate General of Argentina in
New York will host this year's concert, in celebration of
the 2004 Music Omi special guest curator, Argentine composer/conductor
Laura Andel.
This summer's fifteen residents, who were selected through
a competitive review process, include everything from a Brazilian
bossa nova duo to an experimental trumpet player from Lebanon.
Aesthetic approaches span classical to jazz to experimental
to folk backgrounds-the resulting collaborations can't be
predicted! They are: Ralph Beerkircher (Germany) guitar; Phil
Bywater (Australia) saxophone; Fernanda Ferrar (Brazil/Germany),
voice, objects, accordion, computer; Taylor Ho Bynum (US)
cornet; Joel Harrison (US) voice, guitar; Shigero Kanno (Japan/Germany)
piano; Leonel Kaplan (Argentina) trumpet, guitar; Mazen Kerbage
(Lebanon) trumpet, prepared trumpet; Paul Rucker (US) bass,
piccolo bass, cello; Chico Mello (Brazil/Germany), guitar,
piano, voice, clarinet; Qasim Naqvi (US) electronics, percussion;
Amy Platt (US) clarinet; Giancarlo Scarvaglieri (Italy) guitar;
Matthias Shubert (Germany), saxophone; Deborah Weisz (US),
trombone.
The 2004 Music Omi fellows will be joined in performance
by Argentine composer/conductor Laura Andel, special guest
curator of this summer's program, and composer/shakuhachi
player Jeffrey Lependorf, Director of Music Omi.
The concert will take place:
..........................................7:00-9:00
PM
..........................................Monday,
August 16th, at the Auditorium of the
..........................................Consulate
General of Argentina in New York
..........................................12
West 56th Street,
..........................................New
York, NY 10019
Free admission (Argentine wines will be served at the reception)
For more information: www.artomi.org,
or (212) 206-6060
General articles on Music Omi are welcome - contact Jeffrey
Lependorf at JeffreyL@pipeline.com, or at the number above
to arrange an interview or site visit.
STRONG PRESENCE OF ARGENTINEAN CINEMA AT THE
THIRD ANNUAL LACINEMAFE FILM FESTIVAL, AUGUST 11 - 23, 2004
The 3rd Annual LaCinemaFe Film Festival in New York is here!
From August 11th to 23rd, 2004 more than 80 of today's best
Latin filmmaking will be screened including premieres from
Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Puerto Rico, Perú,
Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, as well as a rich selection
of great shorts and documentaries from Latin American and
Spain. Filmmakers will be on hand to introduce their films
and participate in panel discussions.
Argentine cinema will have once more a strong presence at
the Third Annual LaCinemaFe Film Festival of New York. Fifteen
Argentinian movies will be featured during the twelve days
of the Festival, August 11 - 23, 2004 at the CLEARVIEW
CINEMAS located on 62nd and Broadway.
El Favor (The Favor) NEW YORK PREMIERE Dir.
Pablo Sofovich, Argentina, 2003, Fiction, 82 min. El Polaquito (The Little Polish) NEW YORK PREMIERE
Dir. Juan Carlos Desanzo, Argentina, 2003, Fiction, 92 min. …En fin, el mar (…Finally, the Sea)
NEW YORK PREMIERE Dir. by Jorge Dyszel, Argentina/Cuba, 2003,
Fiction, 102 min. Afroargentinos (Afroargentines) USA PREMIERE
Dir.Diego Ceballos, Jorge Antonio Fortes, Argentina, 2003,
Documentary, 75 min. Almas navegando en soledad (Lonely Souls in the Web)
NEW YORK PREMIERE Dir. Néstor Sánchez Sotelo,
Argentina, 2003, Documentary, 70 min. Los Fusiladitos (The Executed) USA PREMIERE
Dir. Cecilia Miljiker, Argentina, 2003, Documentary, 57 min. Lesbianas de Buenos Aires (Lesbians from Buenos Aires)
NEW YORK PREMIERE Dir. Santiago García, Argentina,
2003, Documentary, 82 min. Sociedad anonima NEW YORK PREMIERE Dir. Adriana
Man, Argentina, 2003, Documentary, 28 min Cielo azul cielo negro (Blue Sky Black Sky)
WORLD PREMIERE Dir. by Paula de Luque, Sabrina Farji, Argentina,
2004, Fiction, 90 min. El Sol en Botellitas (The Sun in Little Bottles)
NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE Dir. Edmund Valladares, Argentina,
1985-2003, Fiction, 87 min. Global tango WORLD PREMIERE Dir. Marta Noemí
Bautis, USA, 2004, Documentary, 46 min. Public / Private USA PREMIERE Dir. Christoph
Behl, Argentina, 2003, Fiction, 15 min.
Ticket information
Screenings: All foreign language films are subtitled in English
Venues: Clearview Cinemas 62nd Street and Broadway
1187 Broadway New York, NY (212) 265-7655 www.clearviewcinemas.com
El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street
New York, NY Tel. 212. 831. 7272 Email: info@elmuseo.org
Prices:
Clearview: Adults: $9 Seniors / Children ages 5-12:
$6
.................Film Festival
Pass A $60.00 (12 Films)
.................Film Festival
Pass B $30.00 (6 Films) Museo del Barrio: Adults: $7
.................Seniors / Students
/ Members of Museum: $5
.................Special Combo
ticket for 2 movies $10
Tickets available at respective Box Offices, through Clearview
Cinemas Website: www.clearviewcinemas.com
& Ticket Web.
For further information visit www.lacinemafe.org
or call at 212.281.5786 Starting August 11 call us at (212)
265-7655. For press related issues contact Diana Vargas at
press@dianavargas.com | 718 478 1015
ARGENTINE MOVIES @ THE AUDITORIUM OF THE
CONSULATE GENERAL OF ARGENTINA
12 West 56th Street, New York City
SERIES PRESENTED BY THE INCAA*
Free Admission. Due to limited seating,
seats are available on a first arrived, first seated basis.
*Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales.
PROGRAM
October, Friday 8, 6 pm. Alma Mia / Dear Alma. Directed by Daniel Barone; 1999;
105 m; Spanish with English subtitles. Starring Araceli Gonzalez
and Pablo Echarri. The lives of Alma and Leo were far from
destined to mix. She, a baker from La Boca neighborhood, lived
with her family and had a long time boyfriend. He, an architect,
had already fixed his wedding date with Valeria. And then
one night, destiny brought them together, and this unexpected
encounter will not go unnoticed. Both Alma and Leo cannot
be indifferent to what happens between them.
October, Friday 15, 6 pm. El dia que me amen. Directed by Daniel Barone; 2003;
110 m; Spanish with English subtitles. Starring Adrian Suar
and Leticia Bredice. At 31 years of age, Joaquin is still
living at his parents house immersed in his own world suffering
from the lack of his mother who left and under therapy. Nobody
can help him to overcome his depression, not even Balbis his
therapist who recommends his admission to a mental institution.
Mora is an actress who comes back to Buenos Aires after been
living abroad for a couple of years. She comes back running
away, but nothing is the way it was before not even her mom,
her house, her memories but, when Mara and Joaquin meet again
something in their lives will change.
October, Friday 22, 6 pm. Felicidades. Directed by Lucho Bender; 2000; 100 m;
Spanish with English subtitles. Starring Gaston Pauls, Pablo
Cedron and Alfredo Casero. On Christmas Eve, Buenos Aires
prepares for the festivities in its normal fashion. The characters
are obliged to gather, be thoughtful to each and be happy.
But that conduct imposed by the Christmas spirit has a new
face in the forms of unknown selfishness and distrust. However,
there are always those few shining souls.
October, Friday 29, 6 pm. Acrobacias del corazón / Leaping Hearts. Directed
by Teresa Constantini; 1999;
98 m; Spanish with English subtitles. Starring Teresa Constantini,
Virginia Innocenti and Cecilia Dopazo. The set is in Buenos
Aires. A film director is ready to shoot a film. Her husband
has written the screenplay. Her ex husband is going to write
the music. Her best friend, a famous actress, will play the
leader. But she betrays her and while divorce approaches a
young pregnant girl, torn between two lovers, will play the
part. The male role is finally given to a wonderful trapecist,
maybe the baby's father. As in life characters start over,
forgive, forget and let go their leaping hearts.
November, Friday 5, 6 pm. Oscar Aleman, una vida con swing / Oscar Aleman a swinging
life. Directed by Hernan Gaffet; 2002; 110 m; Spanish
with English subtitles. The legend of Oscar Aleman, the acclaimed
Argentine musician, dancer, film actor, and eccentric has
largely been forgotten by history, but he was a seminal figure
in the history of the guitar in jazz, and of jazz in Europe
and South America. Yet behind his dazzling musical ability
and his flamboyant personality lies a story of personal tragedy
and the will to carry on that took Aleman on an incredible
trajectory. Documentary.
November, Friday 12, 6 pm. La Cruz del Sur / The Southern Cross. Directed by Pablo
Reyero; 2003; 87 m; Spanish with English subtitles. Starring
Leticia Lestido, Luciano Suardi and Humberto Tortonese. A
first feature from Pablo Reyero (winner best young director
at Cannes Festival). A drug addict, her drug-running lover
and his transvestite brother orchestrate an ill-fated heist
that has unpleasant ramifications for all concerned.
