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Mission
The Centro's mission is to
create, preserve, promote and educate about Chicano, Mexicano, Latino
and Indigenous art and culture.
Directions
2125 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
Gallery Hours
Tues. - Sun. 12 - 4 pm
Tel.
619-235-6135
Fax 619-595-0034
E-mail: centro@centroculturaldelaraza.org
The
Centro is located on Park Blvd. and Inspiration Point Way
in San Diego's Historic Balboa Park
Easily Accessible from 12 &
C Trolley and # 7 Bus Line
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News
The Centro Welcomes Stephanie de
la Torre as New Executive Director! Read Press
Release
Seven
Year Centro Boycott Ends
RE:UNION
C/S Exhibit Opens Sat., June 30
Upcoming
Please click here to visit our
Calendar for exciting programs, exhibits and community events.
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What's
New at the Centro
Centro Cultural de la Raza presents:
Stream of Consciousness Open Mic
Every other Tuesday
8 pm to 11pm
Free expression for all
hosted by Los Able Minded Poets
Centro Cultural de la Raza's
Ballet Folklorico
Sunday Zapateado
Sponsored by Target
Sun., July 13 @ 2
pm. Free!
This is a FREE show for all to enjoy. This program is funded by Target.
Centro Cultural de la Raza Presents
Serenity: Exploring the Music of
John Coltrane
July 23 at 7pm
$7 Admission
Directed by reg e gaines and Featuring Ilex Beltran, Paul Lopez, Victor
Tapia, Dred Lion and Claudia Gomez-Vorce.
CENTRO CULTURAL de la RAZA Presents
SERENITY: Exploring the music of John Coltrane
Wednesday, July 23 7 PM, $7.00 donation
San Diego, CA – The Centro Cultural de la raza explores the
music of John Coltrane, in celebration of the 41st year of his passing,
Coltrane's music will be explored through Text/Sound, Tap Dance,
Afro-Cuban Drumming and Saxophone. Conceived and directed by reg e
gaines, artists include percussionists Paul Lopez (Agua Dulce) and
Victor Tapia(B Side Players), Saxophonist Dred Lion, and Tap Dancers
Claudia Gomez Vorce and thirteen year old Ilex Beltran. The ensemble
will use Coltrane melodies as suggestions for improvisations. gaines,
founder of "If Trane Wuz Here", with Savion Glover and Matana Roberts,
is winner of the 2003 NYC Downtown Urban Theater Festival's Best Play
Award for his jazz opera Other Aspects. A two time Tony nominee and a
Grammy nominee, his love of jazz is evident in his poetry, plays and
music. This project hopes to inform, educate and entertain while
focusing attention on one of the most important voices in the history
of jazz.
More than Meets the Mind
July 24 - July 26 7pm to 10pm
July 27 7pm to 10pm
Graffiti Art, Comic Book Art, Urban Vinyl Toys, FotoAktion, Short Films
and Animation and Music
Centro Cultural de la Raza Presents
Butchlalis de Panochtitlan's The Barber of East L.A.
August 15th and 16th @ 8:00 p.m.
$10.00 admission
The Barber of East L.A.
Written by Raquel Gutierrez and
Claudia Rodriguez
Don't miss this workshop production of the first full-length
play written by Butchlalis de Panochtitlan.
In this staged workshop performance, directed by MacArthur fellow and
Chicano theater legend, Luis Alfaro, the tricky trio calls Chicano
history into question while tipping its hat to the Chicano punk scene
and the rise of such grassroots spaces as Self Help Graphics.
Framed historically by the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War,
the death of Ruben Salazar and the impending election of Ronald Reagan
to the White House, The Barber of East L.A. weaves outsider narratives
into a striking tapestry and honors BdP's predecessors by sharing these
local histories as they collide with mainstream and underground records.
For more information, please visit http://www.myspace.com/butchlalis
Centro's Session 4 Class Schedule
CENTRO CULTURAL DE LA RAZA
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
SESSION #4 Class Schedule:
Saturdays:
10 – 10:30 Tap (Kids) Claudia Vorce
10:30 – 11:00 Swoop (Kids) – Giselle Anguizola
11 - 11:30 Bomba (Kids) Arieto Borincano - Jade Power-Sotomeyer
11:30 - 1:00 Bomba (adults)- Arieto Borincano
1:00- 2:00 Afri Belly (Adults) - Karen Tapia
2- 3:00 Salsa Beginning (Adults) - Angela Calvin
3 - 4:00 Afro Cuban Drumming - (Kids) - Victor Tapia
4:00 – 5:00 Afro Cuban Drumming (Advanced) – Victor Tapia
Mondays & Wednesdays
5:30 - 6:15 Ballet Folkorico Teens- Christina Perez de Lock
6:15 - 7:00 Ballet Folkorico Kids
7:00 - 9:00 Ballet Folkorico Company Rehearsal
Tuesdays
6:00 - 7:00 Beginning Guitar (kids) - Paul Hernandez
7:00 – 8:00 Salsa Intermediate- Miguel Melendez
Thursdays
6:00- 7:00 Afro Cuban Drumming – Beginning Adults
7:00- 9:00 Arieto Borincano Rehearsal
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
For class descriptions, please click Here.
REGISTRATION:
Full registration is required for Kids and teen classes.
Adult classes are available on drop in basis.
The cost of the classes is $5.00 per class.
The class session will end with a recital and performance.
Participation for children is the minimum age of 4 years old unless
otherwise noted by the instructor.
Please contact the Centro at 619-235-6135 for questions.
Welcome
to the Centro Cultural de la Raza
San Diego's Centro Cultural de la Raza was
founded in 1970 as a Chicano Community Cultural Center and functions as
an alternative space that encourages and facilitates artistic growth
and cultural interchange in the San Diego/Tijuana region.
With the specific mission of creating,
preserving and promoting Chican@, Mexican@ and Indigenous art and
culture, the Centro provides classes and features a dynamic
interdiscipinary schedule of events which includes exhibits, musical
performances, installation art, readings, receptions, Azteca dance,
Teatro Chicano, Ballet Folklorico, film screenings and other events. We
welcome you to visit the Centro and invite you to participate in the
exciting programs we have planned for 2008.
Website redesign by Victor
Payan and Jocille Flores
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