Weekend Events!

Image of “He Practiced Every Day” by Luis Camntizer via El Museo del Barrio

Well, the weekend is finally here so why don’t you check out the following events that will be occurring between today and Sunday:

Friday

The Museo Alameda located in San Antonio, Texas opens tonight with a free concert by Linda Ronstadt and a fireworks exhibit. The museum’s aim is to “tell the story of the Latino experience in America through art, history, and culture” and is affiliated to the Smithsonian Institution, whose president is from Latin America. (Hat tip: VivirLatino).

However, if you’re in the Chicago area why not head off to the Congress Theatre to check out Julieta Venegas. The Mexican rockera (who’ve we discussed far too many times) is currently on a brief tour of the U.S. and will make future stops in Miami (April 14) and San Antonio (April 19).

Saturday

The weather in New York City is going to be god awful from Sunday until the middle of next week, so Saturday would be a prime day to go out. New York University’s Latino Studies department will be hosting an all day conference entitled “The Lived Experience of Latino Immigration”. If that’s not your cup of tea then why not catch a movie during the opening weekend of the Havana Film Festival New York which features movies from around Latin America including Peru, Uruguay, and Puerto Rico.

Sunday

In response to our post on International Women’s Day last month, someone at the International Museum of Women informed us of an online project they are doing now called “Motherhood”. As the name implies, the exhibit looks at the multiple facets of motherhood around the world and includes documentaries from Brazil and art from Mexico.

If you can make it before the storm hits, head off to El Museo del Barrio for its exhibition called “Los Desaparecidos.” It focuses on the thousands of people which vanished without a trace during repressive regimes in countries like Chile and Argentina. Some of the artists highlighted in the exhibit had strong connections to those who “disappeared” such as having close family members kidnapped by governments and tortured.

Links- VivirLatino, Museo Alameda, The Latin Americanist, Julieta Venegas, Congress Theatre, Gothamist, New York University, Havana Film Festival New York, International Museum of Women, El Museo del Barrio