Concierto de Reyes Coro Hispano de San Francisco
Directed by Juan Pedro Gaffney R.

Saturday January 7th, 2012, 2:00 pm in the 2nd floor Main Gallery
Refreshments & piñata – FREE admission / entrada GRATIS

A concert for kids – concierto para niños
En Celebración del dia de reyes “La Epifania”
A chorus of Spanish-speaking communities exploring Latino choral literature.

Founded in 1975, the Coro Hispano de San Francisco is a chorus of the Spanish-speaking communities of the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to exploring and performing the choral literature of the peoples of Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Ranging from the 12th through the 20th century, this repertory embraces both classical and folk music from all parts of the Hispanic World, as well as ethnic music in Amerindian tongues. Conjunto Nuevo Mundo is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists dedicated to the parallel repertory of vocal chamber music and solo literature of Iberian and Latin American composers. Performing together as a company, the Coro and Conjunto provide a rich and vibrant energy that makes every concert a celebration.

For more information about CORO HISPANO: http://www.corohispano.org/concert_2011.html

You Are Beautiful

Wednesday January 18th, 6:30 pm / Main Gallery
Main Gallery, Cash Bar and Light Snacks/ $5 admission

You Are Beautiful is a simple, powerful statement aspiring to create moments of positive self realization. The exhibition is an anonymous collective of community based projects and interventions, using drawings, photographs, found objects, sound, and installation to engage this fundamental concept in innovative and diverse ways. Also on view, is the You Are/ I Am Book Series, a global, collaborative project from the 2005 exhibit in Chicago.

Somos el 99%!:
Latino Artists Respond to the Call of the Occupy Movement

Thursday, January 19 / 7:00pm / Theater / $5

Since its inception last October, Latino Poets, screen printers, popular theater practitioners, musicians and dancers have focused their talents to proudly declare, "Somos (tambien) el 99%!" These artists have profoundly impacted the education and mobilization of thousands of everyday people participating in actions throughout the US. To celebrate their participation, MCCLA hosts a panel discussion of artists moderated by presente.org's Roberto Lovato. Featured artists include Melanie Cervantes, Silencio Muteado, xago Juarez and Yosimar Reyes. Audience Q and A follows the discussion!

Silkscreen Workshop

Saturday, January 28 / 2:00 - 5:00pm / $5

Join us for an introductory demonstration on silkscreen techniques, using an original image from the You Are Beautiful project. Each participant will create a print to take home.

Limited space, RSVP by Jan 21 to galleryasst@missionculturalcenter.org or 415.643.2755

El Güegüense

February 4 / 6:00pm / Admission $20 / MCCLA Theater

En conmemoración al fallecimiento de Rubín Darío. Segunda presentación de la obra danzante "El Güegüense" y noche Cultural a cargo del Ballet Folklórico Nicaragua Viva, El grupo “Hijos del Maíz” y los cantantes Carlos del Sol y Carlos Daniel. In commemoration of the death of Ruben Dario. Second presentation of the dance performance "The Gueguense", and Cultural night by the Ballet Folklorico Nicaragua Viva, the group "Children of the Corn" and singers Carlos del Sol and Carlos Daniel.

Info: www.chavalo.com

Phone: (415) 871-4613

Corazon del Barrio

Saturday, February 11 / 12:00 - 4:00pm / Lobby / FREE

Celebrating our 35th anniversary, we’ll sponsor a public screen printing workshop. Bring a T-shirt to print your own image inspired by the Mission. We’ll feature cumbia, salsa and Latin beats performed live in the MCCLA Lobby. And don’t miss the kick-off of Carnaval season with the MCCLA contingent’s first class of the year! All free and open to everyone.

Refreshments served all day!
12:00- 4:00 FREE Silkscreen Printing
(Bring a shirt or fabric and print our
version of the "Mission Loteria" on it!)

12:45 Sang Matiz Live in the Lobby
1:30 Orquesta Adelante Live in the Lobby
3:00 MCCLA's First Carnaval Class of 2012 (w/ choreographer Neo Garcia)
All events broadcast live with KIQI 1010 am, and radiobilingue.org

“Isn’t it what’s on the inside that counts?”

Saturday, February 11, 2-5p / Inti Raymi Project Gallery / FREE

Guest Artist, Porous Walker, creates dynamic iterations of the You Are Beautiful message in the form of an interactive, on-going installation in the MCCLA Project Gallery. Porous invites “YOU” to (re)activate his work by bringing it into the streets! For more information and to confirm participation Please RSVP to galleryasst@missionculturalcenter.org or 415.643.2775

For more information please visit our You Are Beautiful section in our gallery page.

Sol del Amor
w/ Carmen Vicente, curandera de Ecuador

Tuesday, February 14 / 7:00pm / $5, no one turned away

Following the popular demand from last year’s ceremony, Sol del Amor is a celebration and community conversation with Carmen Vicente, followed by a South American "Blossoming" Ceremony and a choir of ceremonial singers guided by Chilean folksinger Natalia Contesse. Carmen Vicente is a Medicine Woman from the border of Ecuador and Peru. For nearly 50 years, she has advocated for the autonomy of traditional practices and teachings. She has worked principally with traditional peoples in the Amazon, and homeless and incarcerated communities in Quito. Please bring one red carnation to participate in the ceremony.

You Are Beautiful

Ends Saturday, February 25
Main Gallery

You Are Beautiful is a simple, powerful statement aspiring to create moments of positive self realization. The exhibition is an anonymous collective of community based projects and interventions, using drawings, photographs, found objects, sound, and installation to engage this fundamental concept in innovative and diverse ways. Also on view, is the You Are/ I Am Book Series, a global, collaborative project from the 2005 exhibit in Chicago.

2012 Bay Area Beatshop

Begins February 7 / Audio Production Studio, 3rd floor / $ 5 per Class

BeatShop Bay Area is a unique music program for aspiring Bay Area musicians who want to explore the technological side of music-making. This educational program covers the use of audio recording software including sequencing, MIDI, synthesizer and drum programming, sampling, equalization, compression, delay, reverb, song structure, mixing, and much more. No prior experience required and all are welcome to join the class at anytime. This 12-week program will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays (5-7pm) $5.00 per class (Limited space, so sign up today!)

Digital Photography

Begins Monday, February 13, 7 - 9pm / Studio D
$150 (paid in advance for 12hr/6wk)

Digital Photography Fundamentals is a 12 hour Workshop taught by Mercedes Romero. This class is designed for beginning photographers. It will cover the principles of composition and lighting, basic settings and functions, understanding ISO, f/stops, shutter speeds, lenses, exposure basics, flash and color temperature, and do's and don'ts in picture taking. All types of cameras, compacts, and DSLR are suitable.

Mercedes Romero's Biography and Class Information

“A Leap Forward!: Poetry for All”

Wednesday, February 29 / 7:07pm / Theater / FREE

Tonight we celebrate the leap year with a poetry reading in response to the call from the World Poetry Movement. Similar readings will be held in 131 countries around the world. Locally, we look to the guidance and organizing prowess of two veteran poets: Jack Hirschman and Nina Serrano from the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. After this reading, there will be no going back.

Poets reading: Devorah Major, Mary Rudge, Avotcja, MamaCoatl, Jorge Argueta, Jack Hirschman, Nina Serrano, Adrián Arias and Anais Azul.


For more information click here A LEAP FORWARD PAGE

Musa del Sol en Concierto EVENTO EN ESPANOL

DIRECTAMENTE DESDE EL SALVADOR

Saturday, March 3, 7 pm THEATER Gen Adm: $15
Student and Senior tickets available day of event at box office: $10

La artista de voz, Musa del Sol, presentará “De Mi Corazon Al Tuyo,” un recital íntimo. La noche tambien cuenta con presentaciones del grupo de Danza Azteca “Kalpulli Kiaketzalli” y de la bailarina de “Belly Dance,” Ms. Karen Lara.

“Mujeres de Arena” (Women of Sand)

Saturday, March 10, 7 pm THEATER, Gen Adm: $15
Student and Senior tickets available day of event at box office: $10

Ciudad Juárez, a border city located in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is known internationally because of the homicides that have put it on the map of injustice and violence against women. Since 1993, hundreds of women, many of them young and poor maquiladora workers, have been brutally murdered or have disappeared.

The play “Mujeres de Arena” written by the Mexican dramaturg Humberto Robles and based on texts by Antonio Cerezo Contreras, Denise Dresser, Malú García Andrade, María Hope, Eugenia Muñoz, Marisela Ortiz and Juan Rios Cantú, is a testimony about the women in Ciudad Juárez.

Collagraph Workshop for Women and Transgender People @ Mission Grafica

Saturday, March 24th / 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$30 for advance registration, class limited to 8 students

In honor of Women’s History Month, Mission Gráfica hosts a Collagraph Print Workshop for Women and Transgender People. Collagraph is a collage based printmaking technique where printable matrices are created by gluing various materials to a cardboard base. Instuctor: Mission Gráfica Coordinator, Marsha Shaw.

An Evening with Santiago de Radio Venceremos

Sunday, April 1 / 2:00 pm / Theater / Free


During the Civil War from 1980-1992 Carlos Henriquez Consalvi, aka “Santiago,” was the most recognized voice in El Salvador. Broadcasting on the FMLN’s “Radio Venceremos,” his courageous tone kept people’s spirits up as he denounced the daily violations of human rights committed by the Salvadorian military. Join us for this compelling discussion on historic memory and the role of community media.

"Precious" (2009)

Wednesday, April 4 / 7:00 pm / Theater / Free


Precious (2009) Executive Produced by Lisa Cortés, Directed by Lee Daniels Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Precious is a 2009 American drama film, an adaptation by Geoffrey S. Fletcher of the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. The story follows the life of Precious, who, in Harlem, is an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child. She is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. See the trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx-3jYJkUWQ

(FREE admission for all screenings, in MCCLA Theater. Space is limited, RSVP to 415.643.2775 or galleryasst@missionculturalcenter.org)

Project House with Jenay

Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:30pm / Studio A
8 Week Performance Workshop beginning
February 15, 2012 through April 4, 2012

$10/class (13-17 yrs old), $12/class (18+ yrs old)

An 8-week performance workshop series for ages 13 and up. In project house we will explore basic house foundational footwork, different rhythmic patterns, practice in repetition, engage in movement across the floor and learn fun and dynamic choreography and most importantly introduce the element of freestyle. This will be an 8 week workshop and ending with a Spotlight Performance on April 6, 2012.

Jenay's Biography and Class Information

Hip Hop Performance Workshop with Momo! (Winter Session)

February 16 - April 5 / Thursdays 6:00 - 7:30pm / 10$/12$ / Studio B

8 Week Workshop beginning February 16, 2012 through April 5, 2012

$10/class (13-17 yrs old), $12/class (18+ yrs old)

Challenge yourself to be the best you can be in this dynamic, fast-moving, hip hop dance workshop. Learn fresh choreography, pick up fun new dance moves, and showcase what you've got at an end-of-session Spotlight Performance in the MCCLA Theater! You'll be learning from Momo, a ‘So You Think You Can Dance” Vegas Finalist whose personality and upbeat teaching style will inspire you to jack it up on stage! Don't miss out...sign up now and come prepared to DANCE! All levels are welcome! Teens (13+) & Adults. Kids younger than 13 yrs. with dance experience are welcome to participate, subject to teacher’s approval. There will be a Spotlight Performance after the 8 week workshop. Details TBA. Advanced registration is encouraged and students should attend all 8 classes if they want to perform.

Momo's Biography and Class Information

DIGIT@L D@NCE

Friday, April 6 / 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm / Theater / $5


Join us for this energy-packed revue of recent Master Workshops in hip-hop, house dance, digital music composition and digital photography. This performance features instructors Momo, JenAy, the Beatshop, Mercedes Romero and special guests Mix'd Ingrdnts, Starr Studded Entertainment, Bay Area Steppers, Yeni Lucero.

Check out the moves and grooves of the Bay Area’s next generation of performers. Don’t miss it!

YO VENGO A OFRECER MI CORAZON
Concert Honoring Mercedes Sosa

Saturday, April 7 / 7:00 pm / Theater / $5 - $10


In conjunction with La Peña del Sur, MCCLA presents an evening of music inspired by Mercedes Sosa, as performed by Rafael Manriquez, Ingrid Rubis, MamaCoAtl, and a host of Bay Area talent!

"The Woodsman" (2004)

Wednesday, April 11 / 7:00 pm / Theater / Free


The Woodsman (2004) Co-Produced by Lisa Cortés, Directed by Nicole Kassell The Woodsman is a 2004 drama film directed and co-written (with Steven Fechter) by Nicole Kassell, based on Fechter's play of the same name. The movie stars Kevin Bacon as a convicted child molester who must adjust to life after 12 years in prison. See the trailer here:
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3858497817/

(FREE admission for all screenings, in MCCLA Theater. Space is limited, RSVP to 415.643.2775 or galleryasst@missionculturalcenter.org)

The San Francisco Mime Troupe
"Youth Theater Project 2012"

Saturday, April 14 / 7:00 pm & Sunday, April 15 / 2:00 pm
Theater / Free

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe presents the 16th Annual Youth Theatre Project. Teens from San Francisco and Oakland will perform two outrageous original ensemble-created shows. The performances are the culmination of a playmaking workshop in the Mime Troupe style of political satire.

Youth Theater Project is an after-school program for Bay Area teens (14-18) where students learn stage production, acting, playmaking, improvisation and earn a small stipend. The primary goal of the Youth Theater Project is to use theater as a means to artistically and creatively express the opinions of young people on topics that are relevant to their lives.

Founded in 1959, the San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater; their work is political satire and anything but silent. Winner of three OBIE awards and a Tony Award for Excellence in Regional Theatre, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, about which The New York Times stated, “Anyone concerned about the state of global politics -- and about the state of political humor -- should listen to the Mime Troupe’s message,” creates plays that make sense out of the headlines, close-up stories that make audiences feel the impact of political events on their personal lives. The New York Post called the Mime Troupe “America's oldest and finest street theater,” with the The Boston Globe concurring, “You're never only watching a political theater piece, but rather a double barreled re-invention of politics and theater at once.” To make this work accessible to the broadest audience possible, the Mime Troupe performs as a regional touring company, presenting their work at a price everyone can afford: free.
www.sfmt.org

"Antonia" (2006)

Wednesday, April 18 / 7:00 pm / Theater / Free


Antonia (2006) Directed by Tata Amaral, Produced by Tata Amaral, Geórgia Costa Araújo, Rui Pires Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
See the trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqXeJyb7GuY

(FREE admission for all screenings, in MCCLA Theater. Space is limited, RSVP to 415.643.2775 or galleryasst@missionculturalcenter.org)

Poetry Projection Project

Saturday, April 21 / 2:00 pm / Theater / Free


Lights! Camera! Poetry! In conjunction with National Poetry Month and WritersCorps, MCCLA co-hosts a screening of original videos from filmmakers exploring the power of young people’s words and voices. All videos are based on work scribed by Bay Area youth.

TERTULIA LITERARIAS:
"Sol, Piedras y Sombras"

Monday, April 23 / 7:00 pm / La Salita 2do piso / Gratis


Con la Biblioteca Pública de San Francisco, MCCLA presenta un club literario para adultos en la comunidad de la Misión para leer y discutir libros en español. El Club comenzara con la lectura de “Sol, Piedras y Sombras – Veinte Cuentistas Mexicanos de la Primera Mitad del Siglo XX” -- Edición de Jorge F. Hernández. Habrán copias gratis de este libro para los primeros 15 lectores que participen. Para más información, por favor llamen a Ricardo Antoni, Bibliotecario de Adultos de la Biblioteca Misión al (415) 355-5738.

"Night in Conversation"

Wednesday, April 25 / 6:30 pm / Gallery / Free


Join participating artists and curators, moderated by Dr. Ella Diaz (Visiting Lecturer, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, SFAI), as we explore their various processes and motives, in so doing, their relationship to the conceptual line of the exhibition― identity explored through documentation. FREE admission. RSVP requested by April 18. 415.643.2775 or galleryasst@missionculturalcenter.org

Ella Maria Diaz faculty profile:
http://www.sfai.edu/faculty/ella-maria-diaz

MCCLA and Tradición Peruana Cultural Center Present:

NIÑOS ON MISSION

Saturday, April 28 / 1:00 pm / MCCLA Theater / Free Admission

Come celebrate family fun day with a Drum workshop for kids with Juan De Dios Soto, Dance and theater performance by Bochinchito - Juan De Dios Soto and Paul Purizaga, Latin movements for kids taught by choreographer Lydia Soto, Jaranon y Bochinche, Afro-Peruvian Dance & Music Company.

¡PACHANGA DE PRIMAVERA!

Benefit Fiesta for CORO HISPANO DE SAN FRANCISCO

Sunday, April 29 / 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
MCCLA Gallery (2nd floor) / Donación $25


Featuring Yolanda Aranda & Enrique Coria La Familia Peña-Govea Los Cenzontles

Antojitos típicos vinos finos & cervezas selectas

El Clásico: More Than a Game

SF Premiere of Doc on the Barcelona-Real Madrid Soccer Rivalry

Wednesday, May 2 / 7:00 pm / Theater
Gen. Admission $10, Students and Seniors $8

In conjunction with filmmaker Kelly Candaele (“A League of Their Own”) and students from CSU-Chico, the MCCLA presents the Bay Area premiere of El Clásico – More Than a Game, the first American film about the historic soccer rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. El Clásico is about Spanish history, politics, loyalty, passion, and of course, SOCCER! Featuring commentary from European league stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Bay Area-based writer Daniel Alarcón and many more!

Solo ESAS Mujeres:
Documenting the Universal | Material

Visit the Gallery

March 17-May 5
Opening Reception: March 21 6:30-9:30p

Curated by iona rozeal brown and Veronica Jackson, this 25th Annual "Solo Mujeres" exhibition utilizes photography, watercolor, video, and mixed-media to explore aspects of female empowerment through documentation. The distinguished line up of artists includes:Nina Chanel Abney, Dawn Black, Zöe Charlton, Gina M. Contreras, Lisa Cortés, Martha Diaz, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deborah Grant, Jessica Ingram, Nicole Markoff (Nicacelly), Kelly Ording, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (Chuleta), Stephanie Syjuco, and Robyn Twomey.

Tokeson LIVE! @ Sunday Streets!

Sunday, May 6 /12:00 - 4:00 pm
BART Plaza (@24th and Mission) / Free


It’s a party at 24th Street BART Plaza. Join MCCLA for live screen printing, Mixcoatl Anahuac Aztec Dancers, and Bay Area cuuuuumbia leaders, TOKESON! ALSO, check out Mission Gráfica in the streets! Bring a light-colored t-shirt to get a free silkscreened Mission-inspired image. Check our website for the full program, and schedule.

The Color of My Spirit

Friday, May 11 / 7:00 pm / Theater
Gen. Admission $10, Students and Seniors $5, no one turned away


Back by popular demand! Community United Against Violence (CUAV) and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts invite you to an evening of queer and trans artistic offerings in honor of survival and resistance. Join us on Friday, May 11th at 7:30pm for this follow-up to last year’s wildly successful revue of local LGBTQ talent. Artists will share a collective vision of liberation through video, song, poetry and dance. Poet Yosimar Reyes returns to MC a spectacular line up including Nomy Lamm, Maisha Z. Johnson, Josh Merchant, and more.