AFROMUNDO FESTIVAL: MAROONS, REBELS, DREAMERS, AND VISIONARIES
AFROMUNDO FESTIVAL: MAROONS, REBELS, DREAMERS, AND VISIONARIES
Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 12:00am - Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 11:59pm
April 13th through April 20th
Various Locations
Hosted by AfroMundo (WEBSITE)
FREE to the public
Join the AfroMundo team for a weeklong, arts and humanities festival that explores the histories, traditions, literature, rhythms, cultural practices and ethnic and racial complexities of Latinidad.
Narratives are foundational to history, religion, culture, class, race; as well as to political, economic, educational, environmental, health policies and more. Yet the narratives of Afro and of African Americans have historically been overlooked and are in danger of being erased from libraries and curriculums. AfroMundo’s idea is that nuanced humanities conversations can and should take place within community.
This year's Festival themed Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers and Visionaries, employs literature, folk traditions, films, panel discussions, and demonstrations of religious and cultural practices to share diasporic narratives. This year’s programs highlight the diverse heritage, traditions, histories, aspirations and current conditions of life for Black peoples in Columbia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and the USA. The festival seeks to promote a greater understanding of our shared humanity. All panels include question and answer sessions. Programs are in humanistic dialogue with others in the series to provide multifaceted perspectives.
For a comprehensive overview of the festival's array of events, we invite you to visit AfroMundo Festival 2024 and encourage your swift registration, as these events, while free and open to the public, are renowned for reaching capacity well in advance due to their wide appeal. Among the list of diverse programs and scholars, the festival concludes with distinguished musical artist Afro-Colombian singer and Grammy Nominee, Nidia Gongóra. You won't want to miss it or any of these events!
*CANCELED* RARAMURI: THE FOOT RUNNERS OF THE SIERRA MADRE
RARAMURI: THE FOOT RUNNERS OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 11:00am - 12:00pm
*CANCELED*
Presented by Diana Molina
April 20th, 2024, 11am. Hosted by Friends of Columbus Library (ADDRESS)
Raramuri, Uto-Aztecan for Tarahumara, are among the world's best runners from lives spent traversing the canyon walls and plateaus of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northern Mexico. In a personal narrative complimented by anthropological, ethnographic and scientific research, Diana Molina will feature the exceptional Raramuri culture, discuss the impact of modern society on their lifestyle and highlight the amazing expanse of the canyon environment with stunning photographs taken while living among the tribe for extended periods of time.
COMMUNITY IN CONFLICT: THE LEGACY OF THE SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP MARKER
COMMUNITY IN CONFLICT: THE LEGACY OF THE SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP MARKER
Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
April 20th, 1-4pm
Various Locations
Hosted by The New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League and the New Mexico History Museum
FREE to the public
The New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League (NMJACL), in partnership with the New Mexico History Museum, presents a symposium on the Santa Fe Internment Camp and its historical Marker. The program includes: 1) screening of the documentary film “Community in Conflict,” followed by an audience talkback with the director, Claudia Katayanagi; 2) dramatizations by the readers theater group, JACL Players, of stories from inside and outside the barbed wire of the Santa Fe Internment Camp and the opposition to the creation of a memorial to the camp more than 50 years later; 3) panel discussion on New Mexico’s efforts to preserve the legacy of Japanese American incarceration. Panelists include members of the 1999 Santa Fe Internment Camp Marker committee, the daughter of a Bataan Death March survivor, and city councilors present at the vote on the Marker. They explore both sides of the controversial Marker issue and parallels to current times.
For more information please contact project director Nikki Louis at: LouisNikki9@gmail.com.
COMMUNITY IN CONFLICT: THE LEGACY OF THE SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP MARKER
COMMUNITY IN CONFLICT: THE LEGACY OF THE SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP MARKER
Sat, Apr 20, 2024, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
April 20th, 1-4pm
Various Locations
Hosted by The New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League and the New Mexico History Museum
FREE to the public
The New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League (NMJACL), in partnership with the New Mexico History Museum, presents a symposium on the Santa Fe Internment Camp and its historical Marker. The program includes: 1) screening of the documentary film “Community in Conflict,” followed by an audience talkback with the director, Claudia Katayanagi; 2) dramatizations by the readers theater group, JACL Players, of stories from inside and outside the barbed wire of the Santa Fe Internment Camp and the opposition to the creation of a memorial to the camp more than 50 years later; 3) panel discussion on New Mexico’s efforts to preserve the legacy of Japanese American incarceration. Panelists include members of the 1999 Santa Fe Internment Camp Marker committee, the daughter of a Bataan Death March survivor, and city councilors present at the vote on the Marker. They explore both sides of the controversial Marker issue and parallels to current times.
For more information please contact project director Nikki Louis at: LouisNikki9@gmail.com.
EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA V.19.8
EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA V.19.8
Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:00am - Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:59pm
In person — April 23rd-27th, Virtual Viewing — May 4th-18th
Guild Cinema (ADDRESS)
Hosted by Experiments in Cinema
General admission $10 per day
Experiments in Cinema is an annual, transnational festival celebrating the current trends and history of international cinematic experimentation. Experiments in Cinema is a non-competitive festival produced by Basement Films. This year we are celebrating our 19th anniversary with a host of unique screenings (100 films from 30 countries). EIC also features special lectures, discussions and curated programs. The goal of Experiments in Cinema is to bring the international community of moving image artists to New Mexico to then inspire a new generation of movie makers to recognize the value of their media-voices and create films in ways we never imagined possible.
For more information and a full schedule, click here.
GATHERING OF NATIONS POWWOW
GATHERING OF NATIONS POWWOW
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 12:00am - Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:59pm
April 26th and 27th, times TBA (Mid-Morning—Early Afternoon)
Expo New Mexico State Fair Grounds (ADDRESS)
Hosted by Gathering of Nations Limited
Admission $25 (TICKETS)
Learn, share, and enjoy a truly unique international cultural exchange. The Gathering of Nations Powwow is hosting an International Cultural Exchange with Aboriginal Australians and individuals from tribes in New Mexico and across the United States. This is an opportunity for the public and all groups to share and participate in deepening the understanding of shared First Nations cultural practices, social issues, sacred land protection and other topics.
Join our International Speakers:
Nicole Brown — Larrakia First Nations of Australia
Amber Shepard — Larrakia First Nations of Australia
Jaynaya Winmar — Noongar/Balladong Tribes of Western Australia
Matthew Bonson — Gurindji, Jaywon & Torres Strait Tribes of Northern Territory, Australia
Dante Rodrigues — Tiwi Tribe of Northern Territory, Australia
Jahdai Wilson-Vignoa — Tiwi Tribes of the Northern Territory, Australia
Shannon Motlop — Indigenous from Northern Territory, Australia
More Speakers TBA
More information will be available at www.GatheringOfNations.com or contact project director, Melonie Mathews at: Melonie@GONMail.com.
Open to the Public at the Gathering of Nations Powwow – Admission for the event $25.
THE WANDERING BALLAD
THE WANDERING BALLAD
Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Presented by Johanna and Scott Hongell-Darsee
April 27th, 2024, 2pm. Hosted by the Santa Fe Public Library (ADDRESS)
People have sung stories since times immemorial as a way to memorize and record history and myths. A kind of stone age database. The songs we today call medieval and traditional ballads have their roots among Nordic epic sagas, French romantic lays, Celtic lore and World mythology. As the songs have traveled, they have metamorphosed and melted into various musical traditions, weaving a world of fantasy and mystery.
Scott and Johanna Hongell-Darsee are a duo who perform early traditional ballads, songs and tales from Scandinavia, The British Isles and other parts of the world. Their performances blend both modern and traditional instruments in unique, original arrangements.
Their wanderings have led them from Finland and Iowa respectively - through Europe, Scandinavia, India, and North America. On the way they have picked up tales and songs that they perform together with the stories behind them, in particular exploring the links between these story singing traditions.
