BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Eventin//Event Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c45bf5cfdcc578f910bf787cc29434e4@latineventsbc.ca SUMMARY:Remembering the Future: Chile 1973 – 2023 An Evening of Music\, P oetry\, and Art DESCRIPTION:Latin Expressions’ spotlight event this year will be a live c oncert\, Remembering the Future: An Evening of Music\, Poetry\, and Art\, f eaturing local group Sumalao. A 50th-anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Chilean military coup\, the concert brings 17 talented performers to the Or pheum stage\, celebrating the arrival and impact of Chileans in Canada. \n\ n\n\nThis powerful concert will address the contributions of Chileans to Ca nadian society and recall how refugees found a safe haven in Canada. Five p ercent of tickets will be offered free of cost to Indigenous groups and und erserved communities. \n\n\n\nGeneral admission tickets are on a sliding sc ale of $20\, $25\, and $30. \n\n\n\nGroup tickets are available (in limited quantities) in 6-pack at $100 and 10-pack at $150. \n\n\n\nShort Bios from creators: \n\n\n\nCarmen Rodríguez (carmenrodriguez.ca) \n\n\n\nChilean-C anadian bilingual writer\, educator\, journalist and activist Carmen Rodrí guez came to Canada as a refugee following the military coup of 1973 in her native country. She is the award-winning author of Guerra Prolongada/ Prot racted War\, a volume of poetry\; and a body to remember with\, a collectio n of short stories (finalist\, Vancouver Book Awards)\; De cuerpo entero\, its Spanish counterpart (Honorary Mention\, Santiago Literary Prizes)\; Ret ribution\, a novel (second place\, Most Popular Novel category\, Internatio nal Latino Book Awards)\; and most recently\, Atacama\, a second novel (Hon orary Mention of the International Latino Book Awards in the Best Historica l Novel category). \n\n\n\nRodríguez’s writing has also appeared in peri odicals and anthologies\, been the subject of myriad reviews and analytical studies\, and included in high school and university curricula. Carmen Rod ríguez has taught a range of disciplines in a variety of settings – from literature\, languages and cultural studies to creative writing\, basic li teracy and teaching methodologies in colleges\, union halls\, shanty towns\ , schools\, universities and First Nations’ communities. As well\, she ha s released numerous research studies and instructional publications in the fields of adult literacy and popular education. \n\n\n\nWorth mentioning is her Educating for Change: Community-Based/Student-Centred Literacy Program ming with First Nations Adults\, a handbook and documentary video for instr uctors of aboriginal literacy\, which has been used extensively across Cana da. Her career as a journalist includes working as correspondent for Radio Canada International for twenty-two years and being part of a collective th at created and published Aquelarre\, a Latin American women’s bilingual m agazine. \n\n\n\nRodríguez has served on the Writers’ Union of Canada’ s National Council (an elected position)\, and as juror for The Canada Coun cil for the Arts\, the BC Arts Council\, the CBC’s short story competitio n and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. In 2019\, the Canadian Association o f Spanish Language Scholars and Creators dedicated its annual Homage and Ex hibition to her work and in 2020 she was nominated for a YWCA Women of Dist inction Award in the Arts\, Culture and Design category. In 2021\, the Vanc ouver Latin American Cultural Centre inducted her as the organization’s i naugural “Honorary Elder.” \n\n\n\nHugo Guzmán and Sumalao \n\n\n\nChi lean-Canadian composer\, multi-instrumentalist\, singer\, director and musi c producer Hugo Guzmán came to Canada in 1987. In his native Chile he led award-winning musical groups such as Marea Alta and Sumalao\, a band that b etween 1979 and 1985 performed Guzmán’s original compositions as well as iconic pieces from the New Song Movement\, which had been banned by the di ctatorship. Often these presentations were in support of political prisoner s and human rights organizations\, such as Amnesty International. He left C hile in 1986 and for one year lived in Mexico City\, where he led the Camil o Torres Ensemble. This group performed in myriad venues\, including the pr estigious Annual Folkloric Convention at Chapultepec Park. \n\n\n\nShortly after settling in Vancouver\, Hugo Guzmán became a well-known musician in the Latin Community performing at numerous venues including the most presti gious festivals in BC. In late 1991\, Guzmán created a Canadian version of the original Chilean ensemble Sumalao\, with the purpose of developing a n ew sound inspired by Latin American rhythms\, but also incorporating elemen ts of jazz and African music. Sumalao is a Quechua word that means “beaut iful place\,” which he envisioned as a musical coming together of diverse beats and melodies. \n\n\n\nSumalao has recorded two albums: Encuentros (E ncounters) and Fiesta de la luna (The Moon’s Festivity)\, which was recor ded live and released by the CBC. The band has also performed at myriad ven ues\, including the Vancouver Folk Music Festival\, the Vancouver Jazz and Blues Festival\, the Toronto Jazz Festival\, the Cultures Canada Festival i n Ottawa\, the Montreal Jazz Festival\, The Northwest Folklife Festival and Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle\, to name a few. As well\, Sumalao was fea tured regularly on CBC’s Disc Drive Live. Between 1990 and 1994\, Guzmán worked for CBC Radio and Television as programmer\, producer and performer . In that capacity\, he arranged and directed Sumalao in the creation of an Andean version of the Disc Drive theme\, a daily radio program conducted b y Jurgen Gothe. He also conceived and produced a national World Music serie s called “Out of this World\,” which was hosted by Salvador Ferreras. \ n\n\n\nOther work includes composing and performing music for the Knowledge Network’s documentary film “Elwy Yost Tribute” and the CBC French Te levision documentary film “Le Territoire de L’autre – Une Chilienne e n Saskatchewan.” In addition to her professional work as a writer\, educa tor and journalist\, Carmen Rodríguez has been a music aficionado for most of her life. As a child and a young woman\, she studied piano\, musical th eory and composition at Chile’s Music Conservatory and as an adult she ha s sung\, played guitar\, charango and small percussion instruments with mus ical ensembles in both Chile and Canada. Noteworthy is her participation in Cormorán and Resistencia\, the first two ensembles that introduced the Ch ilean and Latin American New Song to Vancouver\, Western Canada and the Pac ific Northwest. Currently\, she is a member of Canto Vivo\, VLACC’s choir . LOCATION:Online DTSTAMP:20260509T064712Z DTSTART:20231016T023000Z DTEND:20260509T044500Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR