Mexican Heritage Plaza Names Honorees, Unveils New Season; Silicon Valley Latino Arts Center Presents Multicultural Performances and Exhibits.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- San Jose's Mexican Heritage Plaza The Mexican Heritage Plaza is a museum and cultural center in San José, California, USA that opened in 1999. It is operated by the Mexican Heritage Corp., which has sponsored the International Mariachi Festival and Conference every summer since 1992 (MHP MHP Multimedia Home Platform (consumer electronics) MHP Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (Turkish: National People's Party) MHP Mobile Home Park (district) MHP Maximum Human Performance ) launches an innovative new season of visual and performing arts redefining its cultural and arts programming at the First Annual "Una Noche de Honor"--"Evening of Honors, presented by Comcast" on March 29, 2006. Una Noche de Honor will pay tribute to the lifetime endeavors of ten distinguished honorees who have set a standard of excellence in support of Latino and multicultural arts in the region and nationally. Leadership honorees include Former San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer Susan Hammer was the mayor of San Jose, California from 1991 to 1998. She was voted best local politician six times.[1] Hammer was born in Altadena, California on December 21, 1938. She attended the University of California at Berkeley. and MHP co-founders Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado and San Jose attorney Fernando Zazueta. Visual Arts honorees are Susan and the late Luis Cervantes, founders of Precita Eyes, the vanguard San Francisco mural arts group. Performing Arts honorees are San Jose's nationally renowned Chicano theatre company Teatro Vision and Mariachi Azteca, who pioneered the sound of mariachi music in Silicon Valley. Arts Education honorees are Dr. Susan Cashion and Ramon Morones, founders of Los Lupenos de San Jose, a pioneer team leading the nation in celebration of folklorico ballet. The Plaza's Honors gala is an unparalleled evening. For millions of Silicon Valley and Bay Area arts lovers it will be one of the year's crowning events, paying tribute to our region and nation's preeminent Latino and multicultural arts leaders. New Programming at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Mexican Heritage Plaza's new season consists of six new programming categories. 6 New Programming Categories: Insightful, innovative multi-disciplinary arts programs including: Performing arts (Club San Jose)--music, dance and theater Visual arts (Luminarios)--gallery exhibitions Arts and lectures (Salon de Mexico)--conversations with artists, writers, performers, and public figures Media arts (Cine del Mundo)--film series; Community festivals (Festival Bellas Artes) Arts education (Ensenazas) 2006 Season Highlights On the Plaza Main Stage, the New Season kicks off with two productions by the Plaza's resident theatre companies -- SJMAG/Tabia present "The Dance on Widow's Row" February 17-26, 2006 and Teatro Vision opens the first quarter with Playwright Luis Alfaro's take on Sophocles' Electra, transforming the kingdom and lords of ancient Greece into the barren streets of a Central Valley barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. in Electricidad, on the Plaza main stage March 9-April 2, 2006. In La Galeria, the first West Coast museum exhibition of internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Wosene Worke Kosrof Wosene Worke Kosrof (b. 1950) is an Ethiopian painter and mixed-media artist. Kosrof was awarded his BFA from the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa in 1972, and received an MFA from Howard University in 1980. will open on April 22, 2006. This will be the first exhibition at the MHP to focus exclusively on the work of an African/Ethiopian contemporary artist in a Latino context. Featuring over 35 paintings created in the United States over the past three decades, the exhibition will be curated by Stanford University Assistant Professor of Art History Dr. Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz and Dr. Allyson Purpura purpura Presence of hemorrhages in the skin, often associated with bleeding from natural cavities and in tissues. Major causes include damage to small artery walls (as in vitamin deficiency or allergic reaction) and platelet deficiency (in association with such disorders as Assistant Professor at George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. and will trace Wosene's personal journey which will resonate with the broader concerns of multiculturalism and identity in the Bay Area. In our Pavilion, the Festival Bellas Artes de Cesar Chavez, is a month-long celebration of Cesar Chavez' legacy and his love of the arts, highlighting the Sounds of Cesar Chavez' Music Library--A Special Big Band "Double-Play" featuring a concert by one of Cesar's favorite groups--The Glenn Miller Orchestra The Glenn Miller Orchestra was originally formed in 1937 by Glenn Miller. It was arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three other saxophones played the harmony. , at the MHP Theatre April 7, followed by the contemporary Latino big band Tito Garcia y Su Orquesta Internacional on Saturday, April 8. On April 23, 2006 the Plaza Presents--A Celebration of Cesar Chavez' Love of Literature--A Family Literacy Fair, co-hosted by Grail Family Services, at the MHP, with a special appearance by noted Children's Book Author and Performer Jose Luis Orozco. In our Plaza courtyard, our new concert series, Pachanga! kicks off the Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. holiday with Mexico's super hit duo Sin Bandera--fresh off the best seller charts and on tour performing selections from their hit album, Manana ma·ña·na adv. 1. Tomorrow. 2. At an unspecified future time. n. An indefinite time in the future. [Spanish, from Vulgar Latin . Multi-disciplinary Arts Programming at the Mexican Heritage Plaza The Plaza's multi-disciplinary artistic program blends in-house productions with collaborative partnerships to create a rich palette of theatre, concerts, film and gallery offerings to San Jose, Silicon Valley and Bay Area audiences. The Plaza celebrates Mexican culture and illuminates and explores both the diversity within Mexico, the influence of Mexican culture on other communities worldwide, as well as international communities on the culture of Mexico The culture of Mexico reflects the complexity of Mexico's history through the blending of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican civilizations and the European culture, imported during Spain's 300-year colonization of Mexico. , through the visual, performing and media arts. MHP programming illuminates the passionate cadence of Mexican music, the complexity of Mexico's history and diversity, and the unique contributions of a culture, which both literally and figuratively forms the underlying architecture of present day American life. |
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