June 13, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group – June 2023 Britannia Community Centre - Conference Room 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, B.C. VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with Britannia Community Services Centre, a reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. Join us on Tuesday, June 13th at 6:30 pm, at the Conference Room (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) for a discussion on the stories "Emma Zunz", by Jorge Luis Borges and "Vast Hell", […]
June 24, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm FESTA PLURAL: Brazilian Edition featuring amarElas and DJ André Brasil St. James Community Square 3214 W 10th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Join us Saturday, June 24th, when VLACC will launch FESTA PLURAL, an inclusive music and poetry event. This first edition will highlight Brazil’s music and spoken-word performance with amarElas, a female singers' band. Some special poetry reading and two sets from DJ André Brasil will make this an uplifting evening for all. Local Brazilian poet […]
July 8, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Screen Printing – Paper Printmaking Series with Yaimel López Vancouver, B.C. Join Vancouver-based Cuban artist Yaimel Lopez for this exciting introductory screen printing program. Students will learn to make stencils and use them to create compositions and typography. They will continue on their skills over the weeks to create posters, and prints. Yaimel also likes to show how these illustrations can be made into animations and […]
July 10, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Summer Camp – Explore Latin American Culture – CANCELLED Vancouver, B.C. Britannia is excited to include a Latin American inspired Summer Camp in partnership with Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre and Words in Motion. Explorations in music, language, arts & crafts, dance, and food. There will be time for outdoor fun and making friends. Please pack a lunch, nut free snacks, and water bottle. Dress for […]
July 20, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Lugares de Pertenencia Vancouver, B.C. La Libelula Cooperative is pleased to share the upcoming workshop "Places of Belonging" co-facilitated by Carolina Aguirre and Fiorella Pinillos. Places of Belonging is a series of free community engaged art workshops for newcomer Latin American youth aged 13 - 18. In these workshops we will explore our places of connection and refuge in the City of […]
July 28, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Descarga musical with Flor Curcio The Greenhouse Studio 1885 Venables St, Vancouver, British Columbia Join us on Friday, July 28, at 6:30 pm at the Green House Studio to enjoy a Descarga Musical with Flor Curcio. Curcio is an Argentinian composer, singer, musicology and producer visiting Vancouver. Discover Flor's compositions in a casual and intimate environment. Her music is built on Argentine folkloric roots and proposes a journey through […]
August 19, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Verano de Colores II [IN SPANISH] Vancouver, B.C. Después del éxito del pasado Verano de colores, nos complace poder ofrecer el segundo evento de la temporada. Acompáñanos el 19 de Agosto en el Victoria Park (1425 Victoria Dr., Vancouver) de 11:00 am – 12:30 pm para continuar celebrando el español. Ana Lorena Pérez (Ecuador) y Maria Helena Morales (Colombia), junto a la invitada […]
October 8, 2023 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm The Settlers (Los Colonos): Film Screening Vancouver, B.C. On the year we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chilean military coup, we joined VIFF to bring you a recent Chilean movie, The Settlers (los Colonos). In 1893, Segundo, a Chilean mestizo; MacLennan, an English army captain; and Bill, an American mercenary, embark on an expedition on horseback to delimit and reclaim the lands […]
October 12, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Mural Walking Tour – Latin American Edition Vancouver, B.C. A special mural tour created by the Vancouver Mural Festival. Please join VMF's Co-founder Adrian Sinclair for an in-person mural tour in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, which now features over 100 murals. The tour starts with a free cup of coffee, and the route is specially designed to highlight murals by artists of Latin American […]
October 19, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Noche de Teatro, a Carmen Aguirre New Play Sneak Peek Vancouver, B.C. Join Electric Company Theatre Core Artist, award-winning theatre maker and best-selling author, Carmen Aguirre, for an exclusive glimpse into her new play, Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project in advance of its premiere at the 2024 Chutzpah! Festival in November 2024. Carmen will read excerpts from her script, followed by Q&A moderated by the […]
October 20, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Latin Expressions in Three Conversations Vancouver, B.C. Celebrating international authors and discovering writers from different cultures is one of the many highlights of the Festival, and this year, we delve into works from Latin American writers. Each offers fascinating, heady insight into the lives of women. Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. The Book of Eve tells […]
November 4, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Open Doors to Art: Exhibition Visit with Francisco Berlanga Vancouver, B.C. Join us on Saturday, November 4, at Grunt Gallery for a guided exhibition visit of Enticed and Entangled en algo Antiguo by Francisco Berlanga. The artist will give us a walkthrough of his solo exhibition. This visit is part of our ongoing series “Open Doors to Art” in partnership with Curated Tastes. Due to the recent COVID-19 spread, we encourage […]
