ACSMR M.E.Ch.A./Community
Events February 2000 Third Root Tuesday February 8, 2000 Café con Libros Pomona, CA 7:30 to 10:30 pm $3 donation
THIRD ROOT - 7:30 to 10:30
pm. Rappers, slam poets and all types of spoken words are welcome. Café
con Libros, Pomona.
For more information, call
(909) 623-4492 or go to http://www.ubwenge.org
Ricardo Lemvo &
Makina Loca Tuesday February 8, 2000 Mamagaya 401 N. La Cienega Blvd West Hollywood, CA
RICARDO LEMVO & MAKINA
LOCA - Regulars on Tuesdays. Also, DJ's spinning salsa, merengue, mambo
and Latin pop. Mamagaya, 401 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood. (310)
659-4999. Cover.
Orquesta La Palabra Wednesday February 9, 2000 Mamagaya 401 N. La Cienega Blvd West Hollywood, CA
ORQUESTA LA PALABRA - Band
plays every Wednesday. DJ spins salsa, merengue and a little bit of mambo.
Mamagaya, 401 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood. (310) 659-4999. Cover.
Lysa Flores Wednesday February 9, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 9:00pm - 11:00pm $5 Cover
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
Xicana/o Rock de Lysa Flores, Maria Elena Fernandez, Linda Gamboa, &
Jen & Paul From Ceramic Holiday.
For further information
and directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
Exposure @ Zero
Hour / Expuesto En La Hora Cero Art Talk Thursday February 10 - February
20, 2000 Self Help Graphics 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue East Los Angeles
EXPOSURE @ ZERO HOUR, EXPUESTO
EN LA HORA CERO - 7 pm. Artists' talk for the photography exhibit.
Galeria Otra Vez at Self Help
Graphics, 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, East Los Angeles. (323) 881-6444
http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com
Rosalba And The
Llaveros Family Theater Thursday February 10 - March 5,
2000 Los Angeles Theater Center 514 S. Spring Street Downtown Los Angeles
ROSALBA AND THE LLAVEROS FAMILY
- Award-winning comedy by Emilio Carballido. Los Angeles Theater
Center, 514 S. Spring St., Downtown.
Hosted by Bilingual Foundation
of the Arts. (213) 225-4044.
A Chingona's Guide
to Dating Valentine Special Friday February 11th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 11:55pm - ??:??am $12 General $10
students w/ ID
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
A Chingona's Guide to Dating Valentine Special back by popular demand.
$12 General $10 students w/ ID Buy pre-sale tix @ Espresso.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
Alex Rivera Saturday February 12th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 9:00pm - 11:00am Free
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
the comedy and satirical art of Alex Rivera. In the style of Lalo
Lopez's La Cucaracha.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
Lysa Flores &
Frankie Estrada Wednesday February 16th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 9:00pm - 11:00pm $5 Cover
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
Xicana/o Rock de Lysa Flores & Frankie Estrada.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
Elizabeth Martinez Thursday February 17th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 8:00pm - 10:00pm Free
Meet Elizabeth Martinez author
of 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures & De Colores Means All
of Us. Discussion and signing to follow.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
The Chola, The
Cha Cha, & The Catholic School Girl: Millennium Metamorphosis Friday February 18th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 8:00pm - 10:00pm $5 Cover
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
The Chola, The Cha Cha, & The Catholic School Girl: Millennium Metamorphosis.
A Night of Spoken Word featuring Linda Gamboa, Consuelo Flores & Maria
Elena Fernandez.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
California Statewide
Latino Leadership Summit On Higher Education Saturday February 19th, 2000 University Heights Middle
School 1155 Massachusetts Avenue Riverside, California 9:00am - 5:00pm
Latinos from the various UC,
CSU, and community college campuses from throughout California will meet
for a one day Leadership Summit on the topic of "Latinos in Higher Education."
The meeting is being facilitated and co-sponsored by the University of
California, Riverside Department of Ethnic Studies, the Ernesto Galarza
Public Policy and Humanities Research Bureau, Chicano Student Programs,
and M.E.Ch.A.
Registration is $10 for faculty,
administrators, staff, and organizational and community representatives
and $5 for undergraduate and graduate students. Meeting attendees will
be given a program packet which will include an Agenda, Report Card on
the Status of Latinos in the UC system, and a Roster of meeting attendees.
Lunch and continental breakfast are also included as part of your registration
packet. Registration due by Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Registration: Please make
checks payable to UC Regents and mail back to: Department of Ethnic Studies,
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521
For further information and
how to get involved: Contact UCR Department Of Ethnic Studies @ 909-787-4577,
Ext. 1821 or 1822
WEEK OF RAGE AGAINST
PROP.21 February 22nd - 25th,
2000 All Schools
For further information check
out http://www.schoolsnotjails.com or http://www.noprop21.org
WEEK OF RAGE AGAINST
PROP.21 ACTION February 22nd - 25th,
2000 East Los Angeles College 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez Monterey Park, CA
In the front of the college
from 12:00pm - 2:00pm and 5:00pm - 7:00pm everyday!
Poets, Youth, ACLU, Music,
and Information on Prop. 21
February 26th @ Self Help
Graphics in East Los Angeles: Edu-Entertainment Festival - "SCHOOLS NOT
JAILS"
For further information contact
Erika at (323)918-1700 or E-Mail @ xicana_501@hotmail.com
Sabor Wednesday February 23rd, 2000 Club Gitana 260 East Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, CA 8:30pm - 1:30am
Celebrate the release of LA's
own salsa dance magazine with performances by Son Mayor, Johnny Polanco
and Conjunto Amistad, three dance companies (Seon Stylists, Salsabor y
Cache and Joel Guzman and Co.), with special guest Oscar Abadia from K-LOVE.
For further information call
(818)846-4400 or E-Mail @ sabormagazine@hotmail.com
Lysa Flores &
Paul Saucido Wednesday February 23rd, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 9:00pm - 11:00pm $5 Cover
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
Xicana/o Rock de Lysa Flores & Paul Saucido.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
Ozomatli Thursday February 24th, 2000 El Rey Theatre 5515 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 8pm - ??:?? $15.00
Ozomatli with El Pus at the
El Rey Theatre. Tickets available at http://www.ozomatli.com/tickets, Premiere
Aztlan (Montebello) and other locations.
For further information call
(323)414-3343 or E-Mail @ theovenbird@hotmail.com
Al Borde En Vivo Thursday February 24th, 2000 Salón Corona 11700 Victory Boulevard North Hollywood, CA 8:30 pm - ??:?? $10.00
A Beneficio de Damnificados
de Venezuela con Hijos del Sol, Bayú, Félix & The Katz
and Adelitas Sound System (ex-Los Olvidados).
21 and over
E.C. Orozco Chicano
Scholarship Fundraiser Friday February 25th, 2000 1972 Strathmore San Gabriel, CA 8:00 pm - ??:?? $3.00 Donation
Directions: From the 10 fwy
North or South: Exit Del Mar go NORTH on Del Mar, Right on Marshall and
right on Strathmore.
For further information: E-Mail
@ XicanaPwr77@aol.com
Fragmentos Para
Dominar el Silencio Poesia Friday February 25th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 8:30pm - 10:00pm Free
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
"Fragmentos Para Dominar el Silencio". Poeisa de Ylonka Nacidit-Perdomo
y Antonieta Villamil.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
March 2000 Rock The Vote! Tuesday March 7th, 2000 Your Local Voting Booth 9:00am - 7:00pm Free
Remember to Vote YES! on Prop.
1A, and NO! on Prop 21 & Prop 22!
The Politics of
Chicano Liberation Saturday March 24th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 9:00pm - 11:00pm Free
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
author Olga Martinez who will read from and sign her book "The Politics
of Chicano Liberation". She will speak on the current struggle for
Chicano liberation in the midst of capitalism's world disorder.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
Seventh Annual Pasadena
City College M.E.Ch.A. High School Conference Friday March 24th, 2000 Pasadena City College 1570 East Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, California 91106-2003 8:00am - 3:00pm
M.E.Ch.A. de PCC presents
their 7th Annual Raza High School Leadership Conference. Keynotes,
Workshops, & College Fair are the content of the Conference.
Complementary lunch and free parking pass will be provided for Conference
participants. Seniors will be eligible to win scholarships and there
will be drawings for all conference participants.
For further information and
how to get involved (Workshops, Entertaiment, Vendors): Contact PCC M.E.Ch.A.
@ (626)585-7905 or E-Mail M.E.Ch.A. @ MEChAdePCC@aol.com
When Skin Peels Saturday March 24th, 2000 Espresso Mi Cultura Books & Coffee 5625 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 8:00pm - 11:00pm Free
Expresso Mi Cultura presents
the CD Release Party for When Skin Peels, spoken word poetry of Elba Rosario
Sanchez y Olga Angelina Garcia Echeverria. Sponsored by the pride
of San Diego, Calaca Press.
For further information and
directions: Exit Hollywood Blvd. from the 101 Fwy, east 2 blks to Gramercy
Pl. Free parking in rear of clock building. Contact (323)461-0808
or E-Mail @ XicanoBks@aol.com
