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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, November 14 at 6:30 pm, at the Conference Room (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) for a discussion on the stories "The Mystery of Survival" […]
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the heart of Samba with the guidance of Carine Fortunato, the visionary director of Samba Fusion. With pulsating rhythms and rich cultural fusion of the foundational steps of "samba no pé," immerse yourself in the vibrant history and significance of this Afro-Brazilian dance that arose from the spirited favelas […]
We are pleased to invite emerging artists and creatives from Latin America to Punto de Encuentro, an evening of creative community-building through art making. Join us on Saturday, December 9, at 6:00 pm at the Canucks Family Education Centre at Britannia Community and Services Centre. Punto de Encuentro invites you to bid adiós to 2023 […]
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, December 12 at 6:30 pm, at the Conference Room (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) for a discussion on the seven short stories by Luís […]
VLACC is pleased to support the screening hosted by The Vancouver Film Festival (VIFF) and Iberoamerican Images of the film 'Memories of My Father' or 'El Olvido que Seremos' on Sunday, January 7 at 8:15 pm. When: Sunday, January 7th at 8:15 pm Where: VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre Tickets: https://viff.org/whats-on/memories-of-my-father/book/5SPYTKwkE1/ Directed by […]
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