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Volando por Latinoamerica – Storytelling in Spanish on Facebook Live

Vancouver, B.C.

Volando por Latinoamérica is back on Facebook Live. This popular live video series in Spanish brings Latin American storytelling and music, puppets, rhymes, riddles, and different curiosities to kids of all ages. This time around presenters Maria Helena and Ana Lorena will be together on 25-minute presentations. Join us for fun games and magic tricks […]

Descarga Musical de Navidad with Miguelito Valdés & Family

Vancouver, B.C.

Meets us on our Facebook page for this live concert on December 20th at 5pm. We're not going to be able to gather in person this Christmas season, but we can still enjoy an unforgettable afternoon of music in the company of our family. Join us for the last Descarga Musical of the year with […]

Casa: What Home Means During a Pandemic

Vancouver, B.C.

The Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC), the Consulate General of Mexico, and the Consulate General of Brazil are proposing a crowd-sourced film project called Casa: What Home Means During a Pandemic. We invite people 18 and older, living in B.C, Northeast Territories, Yukon, and Saskatchewan, to submit videos that reflect their experiences in finding […]

Puro Cuento: Taller de escritura creativa

Vancouver, B.C.

This event is in Spanish. Creative writing workshop series. Registrarse en Eventbrite. Este taller virtual con seis reuniones, está abierto tanto a principiantes como a personas con experiencia en la escritura creativa, te ofrecerá la oportunidad de desarrollar y afinar tus capacidades narrativas, y completar uno o dos cuentos cortos bien logrados. Durante la primera […]

CAD$60

Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | January

Vancouver, B.C.

We look forward to seeing you on January 19th! VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with UBC’s Latin American Studies program, a reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. This January 19th, Brianne Orr-Álvarez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Teaching, Spanish at the University of British Columbia, will […]

Free

Art Talk: Latin American art? Art in Latin America?

Vancouver, B.C.

This is a FREE event but registration is needed. Get your free ticket at Eventbrite. What do we mean by Latin American art? Are we referring to art produced on Latin American soil? Or is it art created by people born in Latin America? To explore these questions further, join us on Zoom on January […]

To Write is to Resist. To Write is to ReCreate.

Vancouver, B.C.

A panel discussion featuring Anna Marie Sewell, Alejandro Saravia, and Ava Homa, and moderated by Carmen Rodríguez. “In an incarcerated society, free literature can only exist as denunciation and hope.” Eduardo Galeano, 1976. Join us for our upcoming panel discussion held online on Thursday, January 28th, "To Write is to Resist. To Write is to […]

Latin America Short Stories Reading Group | February

Online

VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with UBC’s Latin American Studies program, a reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. On February 9th, Dr. Alessandra Santos, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of British Columbia, will present and facilitate a discussion about stories by […]

Art Talk: Modernity, Progress, and the Avant-Garde: Rupture, Academy, and Tradition.

Online

Rupture. Tradition. Continuity. These themes will emerge in our upcoming art talk on February 18th as Jairo Salazar leads us in discussion about the diverse ways in which pioneering Latin American artists integrated their academic training and experiences in modern Europe while also embracing their local imaginaries. The work of artists such as Saturnino Herran, […]

Tertulia “Qué es la poesía y cómo entenderla”

Online

¿Te gusta la poesía sí o sí? Acompáñanos en la primera Tertulia de este año el próximo jueves, 25 de febrero a las 6:30 por la plataforma Zoom. El poeta culiacanense Jobyoán Villareal, facilitará un encuentro donde conoceremos cómo ha cambiado la poesía a través del tiempo, así como los desafíos que la poesía y […]

Descarga Musical with Sara Magal

Online

We'll be celebrating International Women's Day with music from Brazilian singer-songwriter Sara Magal. Tune in to our Facebook page for a live concert on March 6th at 5pm. Sara Magal is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. From Bossa nova, jazz, blues and rock, her taste of music is so diverse that she is always creating […]

Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | March

Online

VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with UBC’s Latin American Studies program, a monthly reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. On March 9, Professor Ramón Antonio Victoriano-Martinez (Arturo), will present and facilitate a discussion about the story "The Night We Became People" by author José Luis Gonzalez. […]