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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., […]

Navegando los cambios como una Nube

Vancouver, B.C.

Free Event in Spanish for kids and families “The Adventures of Nubit” is a short illustrated story about a brave cloud on an auto-discovery journey. Follow Nubit’s adventures at a […]

Art and Identity in Transit: a conversation between Faune Ybarra and Josema Zamorano

SFU Downtown Campus Policy Room 515 West Hastings Street Policy Room Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3 515 West Hastings Street Policy Room, Vancouver, B.C.

Misplacement, impermanence, a constant need for intercultural dialogue, and a longing for belonging. These are some conditions immigrating artists experience while in transit in so-called "Canada". Join interdisciplinary artists Faune Ybarra […]

Folil Trafün (Joining Roots) Festival – Connecting Through Indigenous Films from Latin America

Vancouver, B.C.

Folil trafün (Joining roots) is a showcase of Indigenous and Afro-diaspora films from Latin America (with English subtitles), followed by dialogues to deepen understanding of the films and their relationship with local realities. We will also provide culturally relevant food, from the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm Nation to share. The showcase will launch with two-hybrid (online and in-person) […]

Beyond Dance: A Movement Workshop with Carla Alcántara 

Vancouver, B.C.

This warm and energetic workshop is designed to offer self-reflection, discovery, and an inspiring human connection experience. We will warm up our bodies from the inside out with exciting Latin music and play with movement dynamics that will create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone to enjoy and dance. This workshop will honour our […]

Boiling bodies: street carnival dances from the northeast of Brazil

Vancouver, B.C.

Join Brazilian dance artist Luciana Freire D’Anunciação for an intro class into a few Brazilian dances from the northeast region: frevo, côco, and ciranda. With a somatic approach, we will play with various steps, improvisation scores and short choreographies for a taste of street carnival parties outside of Rio’s circuit. This is an all-levels workshop. […]

Sensorial Visualities: embodying together and alone with Guadalupe Martinez

Vancouver, B.C.

Guadalupe Martinez’s workshop will share tools from her newest work Sensorial Visualities: embodying together, and alone; a process of learning and making art that stems in sensorial awareness and inquiry. In part, Sensorial Visualities emerges as a desire to articulate the sensorial lived experience made palpable through movement, collaboration, and through writing. The workshop will […]

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 […]

Chile, Obstinate Memory screening and Q&A

Vancouver, B.C.

To mark the sombre 50th anniversary of Salvador Allende’s overthrow, join us at a screening of Chile, Obstinate Memory by Patricio Guzmán, truly a living legend of documentary cinema. One of the best docs ever produced by the NFB, Chile, Obstinate Memory revisits the country’s coup d’état through Guzmán’s eyes, as the director returns to […]

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 […]

Remembering the Future: Chile 1973 – 2023 An Evening of Music, Poetry, and Art

The Orpheum Theatre 601 Smithie Street, Vancouver, B.C.

Latin Expressions’ spotlight event this year will be a live concert, Remembering the Future: An Evening of Music, Poetry, and Art, featuring local group Sumalao. A 50th-anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Chilean military coup, the concert brings 17 talented performers to the Orpheum stage, celebrating the arrival and impact of Chileans in Canada. This powerful […]

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 […]