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    2019 Apr 12

    Puente Musical: Celebrating Chucho Valdés

    8:00pm to 10:00pm

    Location: 

    Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street

    Harvard University Jazz Master in Residence Chucho Valdés in concert with Harvard Jazz Bands

    A concert featuring pianist Chucho Valdés, the 2019 Harvard University Jazz Master in Residence, with the Harvard Jazz Bands. The Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is one of the most influential figures in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Latin Grammy Award Winner. Born into a family of musicians in Quivicán, Havana province, Cuba, Dionisio Jesús "Chucho" Valdés Rodríguez, has distilled elements of the...

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    2019 Apr 11

    Chucho Valdés: Narrativas Musicales

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Leverett Library, 25 Mill Street

    Chucho Valdes 1Speaker: Chucho Valdés, composer and pianist

    A través del diálogo entre el pianista y compositor Chucho Valdés y el Prof. Yosvany Terry, Narrativas Musicales ahondará en la vida y obra artística de Valdés, su concepción del Jazz y la música en general, sus contribuciones a la...

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    2019 Apr 03

    Student Workshop with Peruvian graphic artist Cherman

    3:30pm to 4:30pm

    Location: 

    Art Study Center, Harvard Art Museums, Level 4

    In this informal workshop, Peruvian graphic artist Cherman will offer insights about his own creative practice and discuss the artists that have inspired him using works from the Harvard Art Museums’ collections. Admission is free and open to Harvard students. Capacity is limited to 15 and registration is required through this link.

    Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the program to allow sufficient time to sign in at the Art Study Center...

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    2019 Mar 13

    Screening of "La Negociacion/The Negotiation" with Director, Margarita Martinez

    6:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street

    la_negociacionThe Negotiation tells the story of the peace dialogues between the government of Colombia and the Marxist FARC guerrilla, the oldest insurgency of the hemisphere after more than half a century of war and three failed dialogue attempts.
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    2019 Mar 11

    Panel Discussion: Central American Migration and Cultural Exchanges

    5:30pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street

    The proposed panel discussion is part of the supporting programing for the exhibition Arquitectura del vaivén: Diasporic Building(s) in Central America’s Northern Triangle, organized by DRCLAS Arts and the Central America and the Caribbean’s programs during the academic year 2018-2019, and curated by Gabriela Poma, Harvard University Doctoral student in Romance Languages and Literatures. The panel responds to interest in the study of...

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    2019 Mar 11

    Central America & the Caribbean Film Series: Cárcel de árboles / Prison of Trees (Guatemala, 2015)

    12:30pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street

    Carcel ImageA film by Guillermo Escalón y Rodrigo Rey Rosa

    Chained and tortured, dozens of youths from the United States and from prominent Guatemalan families were held captive in the depths of the Guatemalan jungle in the 1970s and 1980s. With the complicity of the military high command that governed Guatemala at the time...

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    2019 Feb 20

    Movie screening: "La Sala Enseña" de Enseña Chile

    6:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Askwith Hall, Longfellow, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

    Después del documental conversaremos con Tomás Recart (Director Ejecutivo de Enseña Chile) y Franco Mosso (Director Ejecutivo de Enseña Perú) sobre cómo las salas de clases impactan la vida de los alumnos en distintos contextos latinoamericanos.

    2018 Dec 14

    The Last Dream: Stories Created and Performed by the Children of TPS

    7:00pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal, Comité TPS, and Boston Experimental Theatre for a performance of The Last Dream: Stories Created and Performed by the Children of TPS. The play features the children of parents with Temporary Protected Status, a federal immigration status in danger of being canceled. The production is a dramatic representation of the struggles and joys of children of immigrants, including members of the Harvard community, and the pain of threat to one’s way of life.

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