Featured Featured November 14, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Celso Machado and Guests – Jongo, Choro, and Afro-Samba: Roots & Branches of Brazilian Music Online Celso Machado and Guests – Jongo, Choro, and Afro-Samba: Roots & Branches of Brazilian Music Acclaimed guitar virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Celso Machado explores the African, Indigenous, and European origins of his art in a special, one-time livestream event at Vancouver’s fabled Orpheum Theatre, as presented by the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC). This […]
November 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 11:25 am Recurring Event Volando por Latinoamerica – Storytelling in Spanish on Facebook Live 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 […]
December 5, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 11:25 am Recurring Event Volando por Latinoamerica – Storytelling in Spanish on Facebook Live 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 […]
December 17, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Art in Times of Crisis: Tertulia with Jairo Salazar Vancouver, B.C. For anyone who is interested in exploring and learning about the role of art in times of crisis, this virtual event, presented via Zoom, is for you. Join Jairo Salazar as he explores the crucial role art has served in negotiating and coping with the devastating effects of a global crisis. Our current times require […]
December 19, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 11:25 am Recurring Event Volando por Latinoamerica – Storytelling in Spanish on Facebook Live 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 […]
December 20, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 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 […]
December 22, 2020 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 […]
January 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm 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
January 19, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 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
January 21, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 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 […]
January 28, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 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 […]
February 9, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 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 […]
