March 21, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Siete Poetas, Un Continente Vancouver, B.C. Acompáñanos el 21 de marzo a las 6:00 pm (hora del Pacífico) en la plataforma Zoom, para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Poesía. Este será un encuentro para disfrutar de la lectura de poemas en la voz de sus autores. La poesía será el pretexto para conectarnos como comunidad y compartir nuestras experiencias. ¡Esperamos […]
March 31, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Tertulia: Artist Book Publishing by American, Canadian, and Mexican Artists Vancouver, B.C. This presentation brings together American, Canadian, and Mexican creators who have recently produced artist books with Vancouver-based Light Factory Publications (LFP). Artists have been exchanging and collaboratively producing small publications for at least a century. Latin America and its diaspora have been particularly active in artist book publishing. These bilingual (Spanish, English) artworks consider the […]
June 23, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Tertulia: Cómo entender la poesía. Análisis de textos | EN PERSONA El día Jueves 23 de Junio a las 6:30 de la tarde acompáñanos a la Tertulia: Cómo entender la poesía. Análisis de textos en el LRC room del Britannia Community Centre (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) El poeta mexicano Jobyoán Villarreal compartirá sus reflexiones sobre qué es la poesía, de donde nace y para qué sirve, […]
October 19, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Latin American Brilliance Revue Stage at Granville Island 1601 Johnston Street, Vancouver, B.C. “One of the debut novels that most stood out this year in Latin America,” said the New York Times of Natalia García Freire’s This World Does Not Belong to Us. Claudia Castro Luna—an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow, Washington State Poet Laureate, and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet—joins us with Cipota under the Moon: […]
October 21, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Latin Expressions Short Stories Reading Group with Natalia García Freire Britannia Community Centre - 55+ Centre 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, B.C. Join us on Friday, October 21st at 7:00 pm at the Britannia Community Centre, +55, for this special Latin Expressions edition of our beloved Latin American Short Stories Reading Group. Our guest is Natalia García Freire, an Ecuadorian writer who will join us online from Ecuador and, Carmen Rodriguez, a Vancouver-based Chilean-Canadian author, who will facilitate this in-person conversation around […]
November 15, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | November 2022 Rink Mezz room, Britannia Community Centre 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, B.C. 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 November 15th, Professor Alessandra Santos will lead a discussion on the stories Admiral's Night, The Mirror, and The Fortune Teller by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. […]
January 17, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | January Vancouver, B.C. 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. Join us on Tuesday, January 17 at 6:30 pm, at the Conference Room (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) for a discussion on the stories “Small Time Property Owners” […]
February 15, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Re:Location Free Online Premiere Episode 2 Carmen Rodriguez Vancouver, B.C. Follow this video series about art, migration, identity, and transformation. Five master artists relate the highs and lows of integrating to Canadian life, while retaining their Latin American identities. Each free online premiere relates a relocation journey of a major Latin American artist, and how the transition from home country to Canada informed their visions […]
March 14, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Latin American Short Stories Reading Group – March Vancouver, B.C. 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. Join us on Tuesday, March 14 at 6:30 pm, at the Conference Room (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) for a discussion on the stories "Woman Hollering Creek" (1991) […]
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", […]
October 15, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm 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 […]
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 […]
