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Past Events
World Music Festival 2006
Saturday, September 2, 2006
Netherlands Carillon
Arlington's
First Annual FREE World Music Festival
celebrates our community's commitment to diversity in a concert featuring an
array of the most acclaimed artists on the world music scene!
Performers are Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars with Maracatu NY, Los
Mocosos, Niyaz, Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul and Oliver Mtukudzi and
Black Spirits, pictured at right.
For a pictorial recap of the concert, see
http://www.worldzone.citymax.com/PlanetArlington.html
The 2006 World Music Festival was sponsored
by Comcast, Marriott Key Bridge, Washington City Paper, WAMU 88.5 FM,
Putumayo World Music and the Rosslyn Business Improvement District (BID).
Film: The Lost Boys of Sudan
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Arlington Central Library's Cross-Cultural Cinema
Series
This documentary film follows two Sudanese
refugees from one of Africa's cruelest civil wars to the abundance and
alienation of contemporary suburbia.
The Cross Cultural Cinema series, a selection of films screened to
promote understanding and followed by discussion, is funded by The Friends
of the Library.
Film:
Life
Saturday, September 9, 2006
Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy
Street. Free Parking
The award-winning video series tackles
globalization and its effect on ordinary people in countries throughout the
world. The films suggest that everyone on this planet has a social
responsibility to everyone else, and that all should be afforded the same
human rights and a share in the fruits of the new world economy.
A discussion will follow with Carleton Jackson, Film
Studies Librarian, University of Maryland.
Film:
Control Room
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy
Street. Free Parking
Exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Al-Jazeera,
American journalists and the players at Central Command - the media's vital
role in writing history. A representative from Al Jazeera will be
there for the post-film discussion.
Film:
Justice for My People:
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy
Street. Free Parking
The film traces the rise of the Mexican
American civil rights movement from the 1920s to the 1980s through the
ideals, choices and actions of Dr. Hector P. Garcia, whose work produced
profound change in the treatment of Mexican Americans and earned him a place
among the most important leaders in the American civil rights movement.
Paul Winter
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Rosslyn Spectrum
1611 N. Kent Street
Paul Winter is an award-winning
saxophonist, bandleader, composer, explorer of the world's musical
traditions and founder of Living Music and the Paul Winter Consort. Paul
winter has been motivated for the past thirty years by the vision of a
musical-ecological community, and has followed a steady course towards his
unique "Earth Music", a vital celebration of the creatures and cultures of
the whole earth.
http://www.livingmusic.com/biographies/pwbio.html
Film:
Homeland, Four Portraits of
Native Action
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy
Street. Free
703-228-6340
The inspirational story of Native American activists is chronicled against
the backdrop of some of the country's most spectacular landscapes. With the
support of their communities, these leaders are actively rejecting the
devastating affronts of multinational energy companies and the current
dismantling of 30 years of environmental laws. They are dedicated to forcing
change - to save their land, preserve their sovereignty and ensure the
cultural survival of their people.
Film:
Born Into Brothels
Thursday, December 7, 6:30 p.m. Free
Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy
Street. Free
This inspiring Academy-Award winning film
documents the journey of photographer Zana Briski and the children of
prostitutes from Calcutta’s Red Light District. Briski gives the children
cameras and teaches them to take pictures, helping them view their world
with new eyes and find beauty in unlikely places. In Bengali and English
with English subtitles. Winner of 2004 Academy Award for Best Documentary
Feature. For more information, call 703 228 6340.
Roberto Juan Rodriquez
Saturday, January 6, 2007, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
1611 N. Kent Street
Tickets $20 through Ticketmaster (703-573-SEAT or
www.Ticketmaster.com)
Information:
703-228-1850
Seemingly
improbable yet thoroughly irresistible, the sounds of Jewish Klezmer and
Cuban Son are woven together in clave rhythm through the music of ROBERTO
JUAN RODRIGUEZ, who will perform with his quintet on SATURDAY
(8:00pm), JANUARY 6, 2007, at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, 1611 North Kent
Street, Arlington, Virginia.
http://www.robertojuanrodriguez.com/press_photos/index.html
Film: A
Peck on the Cheek
A film by Mani Ratnam
Thursday, January 25, 6:30 p.m.
A little girl's search for her
biological mother who has abandoned her as a newborn is brought out in this
film. Amudha, adopted by Thiru and Indira and growing up with the couple's
twi sons, is blissfully unaware of her parentage until the couple decides to
tell her on her 9th birthday. At first shocked into disbelief, she then
expresses her determination to find her biological mother.
http://www.filmmovement.com
Film: A
Place of Our Own
A film by Stanley Nelson
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A bittersweet portrait
of the New England beach town of Oak Bluffs that
holds a special meaning for not only filmmaker
Stanley Nelson's family, but for many other upper
middle-class African-Americans.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/placeofourown/film.html
Kitsune Ensemble: Japanese Classical
with Modal Jazz Improv. Kaidan Suite "World Premiere"
Saturday, March 3, 2007, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
1611 N. Kent Street
Composer, drummer and percussionist Billy Fox
brings his diverse background - ranging from traditional Latin rhythms to
avant garde jazz - to the Kitsune Ensemble, which is comprised of New York
based Japanese and American musicians (Yayoi Ikawa, Yoshi Waki, Arei
Sekiguchi, John Savage, Gary Pickard, Christopher Hoffman and Tim Collins).
For more information http://www.kitsuneensemble.org.
Film:
Through Deaf Eyes
Special Pre-Broadcast Screening
Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A two hour documentary exploring nearly 200 years of
deaf life in America. It presents the shared experiences of American
history -- family life, education, work and community connections --
from the perspective of deaf citizens.
Film:
Blackboards KM 164: 40 Años Despues (40 Years Later)
A film by Samira Makhmalbaf
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A group of male teachers cross the
mountainous paths of the remote Iranian Kurdistan region. Carrying large
blackboards on their backs, they wander from village to village in
search of students, but everyone is too busy struggling to survive and
no-one wants to learn. http://www.leisurefeat.com/blackboards.html
February 19 - March 31, 2007
Film: Intipuca: 40 Años de Emigration (Intipuca: 40 Years of Emigration)
Wednesday, February 21, 7:30 p.m. FREE
Rosslyn Spectrum
Gallery
A photography exhibition by noted Salvadoran photographer Mario Ernesto
Quiroz-Servellon, featuring 40 black and white photographs of life in the
Salvadoran village of Intipuca, the place of origin for a large number of
Arlington County's Salvadoran residents. The photographs depict daily
life in the village 40 years after its sons and daughters began to
emigrate to the United Stages.
"KM 164" will be accompanied by a screening of a film: "Intipuca: 40 Años de
Emigration" (Intipuca: 40 Years of Emigration). It will be followed
by a discussion with the curator Hugo Salinas and photographer Mario Quiroz.
Lecture: A Social History of El Salvador,
1900 - 1950
by Stephen Grant
Wednesday, March 28, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Free
Arlington Central Library
1015 N. Quincy Street, Arlington
703-228-5990
Stephen Grant is an internationally
acclaimed author who has written about old picture postcards of Africa,
Asia, Central America, and now El Salvador. Through his articles, books,
exhibits and talks, Grant has opened the eyes of thousands of readers to the
magic of postcards as unsuspectedly rich testimony of bygone eras. In this
illustrated talk, he will describe his experience of writing an historical
book on El Salvador when he lived there from 1996 to 2000.
A Taste of Reims: An Evening of
Champagne and Conversation
Thursday, March 29, 2007, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
Arlington Sister City - Reims, France - is a
community of 200,000 in Eastern France. It is the home of Champagne and is a
city filled with historical and social significance. It is also home to
universities, a professional soccer team, industry and the heart of an
agricultural region. Join us as we explore Reims - through words and images
- and enjoy its most famous product, Champagne. Certified Wine Specialists
from Arlington's Curious Grape will lead an exploration of Champagne.
Amazones: Woman Master Drummers of Guinea
Saturday, March 31, 2007, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
How does one save traditional African rhythms
from oblivion and preserve a rich musical legacy that also tells stores and
recounts history? Each "Amazone" has chosen to break with the uncertainty of
a precarious social situation - lack of education, undesired pregnancy,
domestic violence or poverty - to become a djembe drummer and dignify
herself by dignifying her instrument. With the "Amazones", a brave new
adventure is beginning - a socio-cultural and economic departure from
tradition recalling the bravura and courage of the intrepid warrior-women of
the ancient kingdom. Equally daring is their goal to "demystify" the djembe,
an instrument historically reserved for male players and for many years,
an instrument without nobility or notoriety.
http://www.amazoneswomandrummers.com
The Gaia Theory -
Its Implications for Energy, Global Warming and
Other Challenges
Presented by
Martin Ogle, Chief Naturalist of the Northern
Virginia Regional Park Authority
Monday, April
16, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
The Gaia
Theory is the scientific explanation of how our
planet functions as a single living and
self-regulating system. Rocks, soil, oceans,
atmosphere and living things are all seamlessly
connected in a manner that allows, for instance, our
planet to maintain stable temperatures despite the
fact that our sun heats up over time.
Balkan Beat Box: Techno Fusion Gypsy Circus
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 8 p.m.Rosslyn Spectrum
1611 N. Kent Street
Israeli-born Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskrat are
the minds behind this patched together sonic reaction of musicians who want
to erase political borders (our ears don't have them, why should we?).
Balkan Beat Box is a magnificent mash-up -- melding music from every
conceivable corner of the globe and its history. French heavy metal samples,
Balkan horns, Arabic lyrics, Bulgarian female vocals, Middle Eastern
rhythms, turntables, electronic beats, big fat power chords, kitchen
utensils, even a language made up for just one song -- instead of gazing
into the navels of other cultures, BBB's musical mélanges pull the whole
weight of the world forward, always forward, into an unpredictable gypsy
circus that's sure to turn Planet Arlington on its ear.
For more information:
http://www.balkanbeatbox.com
NPR article on Balkan Beat Box
Cambodian
New Year Celebration
Saturday, April
29, 2007, 8 p.m.
Theatre One at Gunston
Celebrate Cambodian New Year with Cambodian
American Heritage. Choreographer and master teacher Madam Sam-Oeun Tes, a
1998 NEA National Heritage Fellow, leads the dancers and musicians in this
stunningly beautiful celebration of Cambodian artistry, history and culture.
Featuring the drama and passion of Cambodian classical dance rescued from
the tyranny of the Pol Pot regime, alongside lighthearted folk dance and
traditional music, the ensemble ranks among the most
acclaimed in the United States.
Film: A State of Mind
A film by Daniel Gordon
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
The film follows two North Korean
schoolgirls and their families in the lead up to the "Mass Games" and in the
process reveals more of North Korea than ever before. Following the success
of the 2002 award-winning documentary The Game of Their Lives, VeryMuchSo
Productions was granted permission from North Korea to make a second one, an
observational film following two young gymnasts and their families for over
8 months in the lead up to the "Mass Games", involving a cast of thousands
in a choreographed socialist realism spectacular -- the biggest and most
elaborate human performance on earth. The film crew was told that "no-one
has ever been allowed to see, let alone film, what you are witnessing".
Western eyes, for the very first time, have a unique insight into North
Korean society, its people, way of life, and total devotion to their leader
and ruler, Kim Jong Il. For more information, see
http://www.astateofmind.co.uk
Film: Death
of a Shaman
A film by
Richard Hall & Fahm Saeyang
Thursday, May 24, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
Follow the young Mien
woman, raised in California, as she travels back to
her roots in Thailand to come to terms with her
father's death and her sister's murder.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/deathofashaman
Film: Occupied
Minds (2005)
Directed by Jaman Dajani & David Michaelis
In English, Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles
Thursday, June
28, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
The film
takes viewers on an emotional odyssey with
Palestinian-American journalist Jamal Dajani and
Israeli journalist David Michaelis as they travel
together to Jerusalem, their mutual birthplace,
offering intensely personal insights into the
divisive Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://www.arabfilm.com/item/392/
In Focus: Mongolia in Arlington
Over the
last 15 years, Mongolians have immigrated to the
Washington region from their home country in a
steadily growing stream. Today, we estimate that
there are over 1,200 Mongolian-Americans living in
Arlington, making it one of the largest Mongolian
communities in the United States.
As a community, Arlington's Mongolian population
works to remember their home country, celebrate
their heritage, and educate their children
throughout the year. In the summer of 2007, Planet
Arlington and the Mongolian community present three
programs that feature an array of music, dance, song
and sport in celebration of this new and vibrant
part of our cultural fabric.
Mongolian Children's Festival
Sunday, June
10, Noon - 6 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
Free. 703-228-1850
Featuring young performers, art competitions,
language demonstrations and other activities by and
for children of all ages, the Mongolian Children's
Festival is a celebration of culture and a look into
the future of the Mongolian community in America.
In Recital: Shuree
Saturday, June 16, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum FREE
Celebrated pianist and Arlington resident Shuree
presents an evening of western classical and
Mongolian piano music in this program co-sponsored
by the Embassy of Mongolia and Arlington Cultural
Affairs.
The program will include music by Beethoven, Chopin
and Bartok, and Mongolian composer Birvaa Munkhbold,
and classical and Mongolian folk songs by Saran and
Natasha. Special guests Zulsar and Demitbaatar will
be perform the traditional Mongolian throat and lung
songs.
Naadam Festival
Sunday, July
15, Noon - 6 p.m.
Barcroft Park, 4100 S. Four Mile Run Drive,
Arlington
Free. 703-228-1850
An
event with an 800 year old history, making it one of
the longest running cultural celebrations on earth.
Mongolians gather each summer to celebrate their
cultural traditions, music, dance and sport. Join us
for Mongolian wrestling, acrobatics, throat singing
and much more.
Film: Maxx
(2005)
Directed by
Saman Moghaddam
In Persian with English subtitles
Thursday, July
26, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A
smash hit in Iran, this delightful musical comedy of
mistaken identity stars a cast of fresh faces,
including Farhad Ayish in the title role. Maxx, a
performer in a Los Angeles nightclub, receives an
invitation to participate in a musical festival in
Tehran. Little does he know that the invitation was
originally intended for a prominent symphony
conductor with a similar name.
TRANSFORM/NATION
Contemporary Art of Iran and its Diaspora
June 22 - August 4, 2007
Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 21, 6 - 9 p.m.
Panel Discussion:
The Power of a Cliché,
Thursday, July 19, 7 - 9 p.m.
Persian Classical Music Ensemble:
Thursday, July 12, noon - 1
Ellipse Arts Center, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington
703-228-7710.
Presented by Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) and the
Ellipse Arts Center, with curators Leyla Pope,
Maryam Ovissi,
Narges Bajoghli and
Nikoo Paydar.
TRANSFORM/NATION
offers the unique opportunity for these communities to
interact with one another via simultaneous exhibits in Washington, DC and
Tehran, Iran, bringing the individual experience to a global conversation about
identity, nationalism and Iran's place in the world. The artists selected
represent communities across the U.S., Europe and Iran.
Film: Black Gold (2006)
Directed and
produced by Marc Francis & Nick Francis
Thursday, August 23, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
The
film asks us to face the unjust conditions under
which our favorite drink is produced. It traces the
tangled trail from the two billion cups of coffee
consumed each day back to the coffee farmers who
produce the beans. In particular it follows Tadesse
Meskela as he tries to get a living wage for the
70,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers he represents.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blackgold
http://www.blackgoldmovie.com
Lila Downs in Concert
Friday, August
31, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
1611 N. Kent Street, Rosslyn
Latin Grammy winning/Oscar nominated
Mexican-American vocal powerhouse Lila Downs will
present an evening concert prior to her appearance
in the Planet Arlington World Music Festival.
Her distinctive voice defies easy characterization.
It combines formal vocal training in the Minnesota
University setting of her anthropologist father with
study in Oaxaca, Mexico, tapping the indigenous
Mixtec traditions of her mother.
The Los Angeles Times says "Downs captures some
of Mexico's many voices, she is captivating in every
sense. Blessed with a pliable voice and an
exceptional range, she invests her songs with an
artful array of sounds and manners. Imagine Edith
Piaf singing in Spanish and you have the idea of the
soulful sound of Lila Downs."
World Music Festival 2007
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Netherlands Carillon/Iwo Jima Memorial Grounds. RAIN OR SHINE
Information: 703-228-1850
4 p.m.
Skatalites
5:30 p.m.
Cyro Baptista
6:30 p.m.
Benny Jones Sr. & the Treme Brass Band
7:15 p.m. Lila Downs
8:45 p.m. Hugh Masekela
Emceed by
Kojo Nnamdi of media partner
WAMU 88.5 FM
4 - 6:30 p.m. Putumayo's Word Playground
Performance Schedule:
Bakithi Kumalo with Robbi K: 4 - 4:40 p.m.
Phil Melancon: 5 - 5:40 p.m.
Asheba: 6 - 6:40 p.m.
Arlington's
Second Annual FREE World Music Festival celebrates our community's commitment to diversity in a concert featuring an
array of the most acclaimed artists on the world music scene!
Performers are
Hugh Masekela
(Legendary South African Trumpeter), Lila Downs (Latin
Grammy winning/Oscar nominated Mexican-American vocal powerhouse), Cyro Baptista (avant garde Brazilian percussionist), Benny
Jones, Sr. and the Treme Brass Brand (New Orleans Street Band)
and The Ska-talites (Ska/Reggae- Jamaica's Greatest Band).
Additionally, as part of the Children's area, Putumayo Kids provides a second stage
of family performances with Asheba, Phil Melancon and Batikhi
Kumalo with Robbie K.
There will also be a children's craft area
from 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. with a Musical Safari (instrument petting zoo),
Global Closet (costumes from around the world), and animal face
painting and mask making.
During the breaks, the crowd will be entertained by an international
magician, a mime and juggler, lion dancers, belly dancers, drummers and
more! Bring the family, bring a picnic and enjoy entertainment for the whole family!
Planet Arlington is
presented by Arlington, Virginia, which thanks the following for their
support: Main Stage sponsor Virginia Lottery,
Comcast,
Putumayo Kids,
WAMU 88.5
FM, Washington City Paper,
Rosslyn BID, and partially supported by the
Virginia Commission for the Arts and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
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Film:
Viva Cuba (2007)
A film by Juan
Carlos Cremata Malberti
In Spanish
with English subtitles
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet,"
the friendship between two children is threatened by
their parents' differences. Malú is from an
upper-class family and her single mother does not
want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his
background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's
mother, a poor socialist proud of her family's
social standing, places similar restrictions on her
son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense
strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. When
the children learn that Malú's mother is planning to
leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side
of the island to find Malú's father and persuade him
against signing the forms that would allow it.
http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=114
Speedy Tolliver Fiddle and Banjo Fest
Sunday,
September 23, Noon - 4-ish
Lubber Run Amphitheatre
FREE 703-228-1850
Once
again Arlington Cultural Affairs, with support from
www.Bluegrasscountry.org, honors old time music
master Speedy Tolliver with his very own event: The
Speedy Tolliver Fiddle and Banjo Fest. The event has
become a tradition in Arlington, a tribute to
Speedy’s lifelong achievements and dedication to
traditional music, and this year will again feature
a category for banjo players as well as fiddlers. A
respected presence at any American roots music
gathering, Speedy Tolliver, at age 89, is known for
his versatility, having mastered various fiddle and
banjo styles including old time, bluegrass,
Dixieland and swing. In Speedy’s book, anyone who
plays music—be they master or novice-- is “all
right,” so, in the spirit of the man, the Fest isn’t
really a contest at all, but rather a
non-competition that invites fiddlers and banjo
players of any traditional style to perform in
celebration of their love for traditional music.
After all contestants have performed Speedy himself
will play several tunes, and then will present
ribbons. With Katy Daley of WAMU's Bluegrass Country
as emcee, the 2007 non-judgemental judges are Stevie
Barr and Jerry Correll.
North American Festival of Traditional Arts (NAFTA)
Saturday,
October 13, 2007, 8 p.m.
Theatre One at Gunston
2700 S. Lang Street, Arlington
Tickets: $20, available through
www.ticketmaster.com, 202-397-SEATVirtuoso music and
percussive dance from Mexico, Quebec and the
Southern Appalachians with Grupo Mono Blanco
(left)
from Veracruz, Mexico, the old-time Appalachian
string band Heidi Clare (right) and AtaGallop,
and French Canadian music and dance by
Rapetipetam.
Film: The Mother
Road (2006)
A film by Lauren Cardillo
Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
Just in time for the 80th anniversary of Route 66
comes a touching one-hour documentary that is part
travelogue, part human interest and part rock ‘n’
roll road trip all wrapped up in a mother-daughter
experience. The Mother Road celebrates Route
66, from Chicago to Los Angeles, where the
filmmaker, Lauren Cardillo, and her 80-year-old
mother, Irene, take the road trip of their lives in
a Mustang convertible. Shot over three weeks, the
program spans eight states, three time zones and
more than 2,400 miles, showcasing fascinating people
along the way while capturing the nostalgia of the
highway. Viewers see the start of Route 66 in
Chicago; Ted Drewes’ ice cream stand and the Red
Cedar Inn in Missouri; the Ribbon Road, the Blue
Whale and the Coleman Theatre in Oklahoma; the
Cadillac Ranch in Texas; the Jackalope and Tucumcari
in New Mexico; the Jack Rabbit Trading Post, Oatman
and the Grand Canyon in Arizona; and the end of the
pavement on the California coast in Santa Monica.
http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/the_mother_road
Japanland (2006): A
Year in Search of Wa
A film by Karin
Muller
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
What do twenty-three 350-pound sumo
wrestlers, thirty-seven drunken, naked fishermen,
thirty-four firewalking ascetics, and one
63-year-old geisha have in common? They all help
American Karin Muller discover the ancient heart of
modern Japan - and gain new insight into her own
life. Looking to gain a competitive edge in her judo
practice as well as some fresh perspective, Muller
embarked on a year long quest to deepen her
appreciation for such Eastern ideals as
unquestioning commitment and single-minded devotion
to detail. The film is the story of Muller's quest
for harmony -- or wa -- and sometimes
hilarious adventures along the way.
A 60 minute film segment, from
the 4 hour film documentary, will be screened.
Firelight Productions, Inc.
http://www.japanlandonline.com/
DO-Theatre
Russian Movement-based Theatre from Germany
Saturday, January 19, 2008, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
$20: www.ticketmaster.com,
703-573-SEAT
This exciting cultural exchange brings you the opportunity to see
"HANGMAN/Game Theory", a sinister, noir-tinged 1920s gangster dance theatre
piece that recently won the DO-Theatre troupe a coveted "Fringe First Award"
at Scotland's prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007! The five
performers use Aurora Nova to create a world that is part Charlie Chaplin,
part Chicago the musical and part film noir. "This beautiful, precisely
executed work is full of astonishing images...Words fail me." (Lyn
Gardner, The Guardian, London). Rooted in the extreme physicality of
post-communist Russia's movement-based theatre traditions, the DO-Theatre is
now based in Aachen, Germany, one of Arlington's Sister Cities.
The international cultural exchange with the Do-Theatre is sponsored in part
by
Artisan Confections, 4825-B Lee Highway, Arlington, VA.
http://www.dotheatre.com
http://myspace.com/dotheatre
Inch'Allah Dimanche
(2001)
A film by
Yamina Benguigui.
In French with English subtitles
Thursday, December 13, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
In
the aftermath of World War 2, France attempted to
replenish its weakened work force by recruiting men
from North Africa. In the mid-1970's, the French
government relaxed its immigration policy to allow
the families of Algerian men to join them.
Zouina
(Fejria Deliba in a richly emotional performance) is
a woman who is torn from her home in Algeria. With
her three children and her abrupt mother-in-law,
Aicha (Rabia Modedem), she rejoins her husband in a
foreign and unaccommodating land. She finds herself
feeling imprisoned between a distant husband who
scorns her, a hostile mother-in-law and a neighbor
(a comedic France Darry) who is afraid of Fejria's
otherness. But Zouina's finally begins to feel a
sense of acceptance when she meets a cosmetics
factory worker who sparks in Zouina an interest in
French culture and her new world. This curiosity,
and her longing for freedom and experience, drives
Zouina to take secret excursions with her children
on Sundays, the one day that her husband and
mother-in-law are out of the house. Through these
little adventures, she comes to terms with the
difficulties of immigration, change, and adaptation
to a new culture.
http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=8
A film by Klaus
Härö
Finnish and
Swedish with English subtitles
105 minutes
Thursday, January 17, 6:30 p.m.
During World War II,
more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to
neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. This film
tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of
9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly feels
abandoned by his biologocal Finnish mother and yet
not attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. When he
is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.
Talk:
Didier Rousselet's Walk from Paris to Berlin
Tuesday, January 29, 7 p.m.
Free
Shirlington Library, 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington
From March 21 - May 6, 2007, Didier Rousselet
hiked from Paris to Berlin, keeping a travelog of his experiences to chart
the cultural and historical ties linking France and Germany, which he sent
back to Arlington at regular intervals. Trekking approximately 20 miles a
day, Rousselet crossed Champagne, Argonne, the battlefields of Verdun and
Jena, the Rhine Valley and the historic city of Potsdam before reaching
Berlin 40 days later. On the way, he also visited two of Arlington's Sister
Cities, Aachen, Germany and Reims, France. The founder of Le Neon,
Arlington's French theatre, Rousselet plans to transform his travelog into
an exhibit illustrating the French-German bond that inspired him. To learn
more about his person-to-person diplomacy, please join the conversation at
the Shirlington Library.
Aachen to Arlington:
Imaging the Distance
July 31 -
September 22, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7, 6 - 9 p.m.
Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA
703-248-6800
http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org
Curated by Harald Kunde, Director of the Ludwig
Forum for International Art, the exhibition features
German artists Tobias and Raphael Danke, mixed
media; Irmel Kamp-Bandau, photography; Andreas
Magdanz, photography; Stephan Mörsch, drawings; and
Hans Niehus, painting.
Arlington to Aachen: Imaging the Distance
November 9,
2007 - January 13, 2008
Ludwig
Forum for International Art
Aachen, GermanyCurated by Claire Huschle, Arlington Arts Center
Executive Director and Carol Lukitsch, Director of
Exhibitions, the exhibition presents the following
American artists: Caroline Danforth, painting;
Chawky Frenn, painting; Maria Karametou, mixed
media; Evan Reid, sculpture; Mona Sfeir,
installation; and Amy Glengary Yang, lightboxes.
Ricardo
Lemvo & Makina Loca
Congolese Salsa Sensation
Saturday, March 15, 2008, 8 p.m.
Rosslyn Spectrum
$20: www.ticketmaster.com,
703-573-SEAT
African Salsa?...Anachronistic to the
uninitiated, devotees know that the elegant polyrhythms of Afro-Cuban music
are direct descendents of traditions brought to the Caribbean by West
African slaves. The African Diaspora comes full circle through the music of
Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loka, one of today's most admired Salsa bands.
Lemvo was born in the Congo and grew up listening to the Cuban greats -
Orquesta Aragón, Arsenio Rodríguez, Sonora Matancera and Abelardo Barroso.
As far back as the 1950s, Congolese musicians such as Franco, Dr. Nico and
Tabu Ley were re-interpreting the African-rooted sounds of Mambo,
Cha-Cha-Cha and Guaguanco upon their return to the Motherland. After moving
to LA, Lemvo founded Makina Loca in 1990 to create his own blend of Cuban
and Congo music that is as popular in Cuba as it is among Salseros world
wide!
http://www.makinaloca.com
