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1 If you're having trouble viewing this , you may see it online. Cultural Events Calendar May 2009 LITERATURE Bilingual reading Americas Society 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY From Conflict to Discovery A Poetry Reading by Javier Campos, Martín Espada, Demetria Martínez and Jessica Treat (in English and Spanish) Thursday, May 7 7:00 pm Celebrated poets, respectively of Chilean, Puerto Rican, and Mexican heritage, will recite their poems in this dynamic program. Javier Campos is the author of three books of poetry, including Las cartas olvidadas del astronauta (1990 Letras de Oro prize) as well as works of prose, most recently, The Woman Who Looked Like Sharon Stone. Martín Espada is an acclaimed poet whose recent collections include Alabanza: New and Selected Poems (Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement; ALA Notable Book of the Year) and The Republic of Poetry, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has also received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Demetria Martínez's award-winning books include the poetry collections Breathing Between the Lines and The Devil's Workshop, the novel Mother Tongue, and the essay collection Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana. Jessica Treat will read her translations of Campos' work. Please culture@americas-society.org or call (212) ext. 1. Presented in collaboration with ACENTOS Bronx Poetry Showcase, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, the Consulate General of Chile in New York, and the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York. Magazine launch

2 Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas Issue 78 U.S. Latino Culture Thursday, May 14 7:00 pm Join us to celebrate Review's latest issue, no. 78, focusing on U.S. Latino culture. This festive program will feature comments by Guest Editor Gustavo Pérez Firmat (Tongue Ties) and readings of prose and poetry by authors Ruth Behar (An Island Called Home), Cristina García (A Handbook to Luck), and Nelly Rosario (Song of The Water Saints), all of whom are included in the issue. Review 78 is the second part of a two-issue project that has explored immigration and culture in the Americas. This issue focuses on first, second, and subsequent generations of immigrant writers whose development has largely taken place within the United States. In collaboration with the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Columbia University, the Cuban Cultural Center of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of New York, and the Consulate General of Guatemala in New York. Please culture@americas-society.org or call (212) ext. 1. Review 78 is comprised of an academic section containing articles by leading scholars on U.S. Latino writing and culture, and a creative section of poetry, prose, essays, and interviews by/with Latino writers of Chilean, Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage. The featured writers include those participants above as well as Junot Díaz, Martín Espada, Francisco Goldman, Demetria Martínez, and others; also included are a special feature by Sergio Ramírez, an essay on punk-art in East L.A.; and an interview with the iconic singer Linda Ronstadt. This special issue will be available to order at the event or online. To purchase a print or online subscription, visit Taylor & Francis. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas is published on behalf of Americas Society by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis. Book presentation Gabriel García Márquez: A Life Alfred A. Knopf

3 by Gerald Martin Wednesday, May 27 7:00 pm Americas Society and Alfred A. Knopf are pleased to present a program celebrating Gerald Martin's superbly narrated biography of the world-famous Colombian author, Gabriel García Márquez: A Life. An acknowledged authority on Latin American literature, Martin is Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Professor in Caribbean Studies at London Metropolitan University. Considered by García Márquez to be his "official" biographer, Martin met and conducted interviews with the novelist at regular intervals throughout his 17- year research period for the book, a unique literary achievement that will certainly delight readers for years to come. In this much-anticipated event, he will discuss and read from the biography, which recounts the tension in García Márquez's life between celebrity and literary quality as well as between politics and writing. Please culture@americas-society.org or call (212) ext. 1. Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of the Literature program: Honorary Benefactor Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat; the Reed Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Québec Government Office in New York; the Association internationale des études québécoises. The Literature Program's activities are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Inkind support has been provided by the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York; PEN World Voices; Blue Metropolis Foundation. MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS CONCERT SERIES Presented by Conversation & concert Glimpses Metropolis Ensemble and guests Wednesday, May 6

4 7:00 pm Americas Society and Metropolis Ensemble, led by Canadian/American conductor Andrew Cyr, present a concert forum of new chamber music from Canadian composer Vivian Fung, as well as composers Jakub Ciupinski and Cristina Spinei, that features live, interactive demonstrations of their musical sources of inspiration. Special guests will include Gamelan Dharma Swara, the spectacularly colorful musicians and dancers under the direction of master Balinese artists, the Brazilian percussionist and Berimbau player Meia Noite, pianist Jenny Lin, and members of the Metropolis Ensemble. Read more about this program. Due to the overwhelming response, we are no longer able to accept reservations. Please feel free to join us on a stand-by basis. Conversation & performance Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas Salon "Danzas y Danzones!" Salon with conductor Alondra de la Parra and violinist Elena Urioste Wednesday, May 13 7:00 pm This Salon Series concert will introduce the music and musicians that will be featured in POA's Danzas and Danzones! Gala concert on May 14. POA's conductor Alondra de la Parra will be joined by violinist Elena Urioste, recently selected by Symphony magazine as an emerging artist to watch, and hailed by critics and audiences alike for her rich tone, the nuanced lyricism of her playing, and her commanding stage presence.

5 Ms. de la Parra will discuss works to be performed at POA's Gala, including John Adams' electrifying Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Leonard Bernstein's Broadway-inspired Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Camargo Guarnieri's distinctive Dança Brasileira, and Samuel Barber's lyric Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op.14. Ms. Urioste will perform solo violin music. Please reserve online, by to culture@americas-society.org or call (212) ext. 2 Through conversations and performances, the ongoing POA Salon Series introduces audiences to the composers and performers included in POA's full-orchestra concerts, which take place at various venues throughout New York City. Americas Society members can purchase tickets for POA's concerts at a discount. Members should contact Doris Cramer at dcramer@as-coa.org or (212) for more information. Non members should purchase their tickets at Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of the Music program: MetLife Foundation, Citi Foundation, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Music of the Americas is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In-kind support provided by DIRAC, Cultural Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Metropolis Ensemble, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. VISUAL ARTS Dialogue between the Artists Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg and Curator Gabriela Rangel Tuesday, May 12 6:30 pm The artists will discuss their nomadic practice and projects. Please reserve online, by culture@americas-society.org, or call (212) ext. 3.

6 Members-only reception to follow. Dias & Riedweg... and it becomes something else Curated by Gabriela Rangel On view: May 12, August 1, 2009 Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Americas Society is proud to announce Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else, the first U.S. exhibition by Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg, a duo of internationally recognized Swiss and Brazilian artists based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Curated by Gabriela Rangel, the exhibition features five video and installation projects that examine the dichotomy between the private and the public spheres in different contexts. According to Rangel, "Dias & Riedwig's nomadic practice tackles social political issues through a poetic fusion of video, ethnography, and performance art, opening up new lines of thought about human interaction and identity across borders. This exhibition is an exceptional opportunity to consider seminal works that are central to contemporary art and have only previously been accessible to the circuit of art biennials." Dias & Riedweg have collaborated for 16 years on multidisciplinary projects in Brazil, Europe, the United States, and the Middle East in which they have tested the critical potential of the moving image, using video to delve into the relationship between ethics and aesthetics and art and politics. Directly involving both the subject and the viewer in their pieces, they sidestep traditional ethnographic documentation to examine spaces of subjectivity in a globalized, technologically-mediated world. Dias & Riedweg have garnered international recognition for their projects at prestigious venues such as the Documenta 12 (Cassel, Germany, 2007), the Venice Biennale (2007), InSITE (San Diego-Tijuana, 2000), and the São Paulo Biennale (1998). Panel discussion Optical Drama and Residual Modernities Tuesday, May 19 6:30 pm

7 The Speakers: Artists Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg, Beatriz Jaguaribe (Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), John Hanhardt (Consulting Senior Curator for Film and Media Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum) and Curator Gabriela Rangel. Moderated by Heike Arzápalo (independent critic and filmmaker) The speakers will discuss the role of the moving image in de-constructing discourses of modernity. This event is part of the exhibition Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else, on view at Americas Society from May 12 to August 1, Please reserve by to or call (212) ext. 3. Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of the exhibition Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else, and accompanying public programs: Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council; Consulate General of Brazil in New York; and Consulate General of Switzerland in New York. These programs are also made possible in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. About Americas Society Americas Society is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate and dialogue in the Americas. Our mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-american relationship. Americas Society unites opinion leaders to exchange ideas and develop solutions to the challenges facing the Americas today. Visitors Info All our culture programs are free, open to the public, and take place at Americas Society, unless noted. We are located at 680 Park Avenue at 68th Street in New York City. To arrive by public transportation, take the 6 train to 68th Street / Hunter College. Map. For wheelchair access, kindly call in advance. Gallery hours are Wednesdays to Saturdays from 12 pm to 6 pm. For more information, visit If you have questions or comments, please us at culture@americas-society.org. Membership Americas Society provides distinctive value to our members, whose support is vital to the success of our mission. Our members enjoy an exciting range of exclusive benefits that include preferred seating and members-only, meet-the-artist receptions at our Cultural programs. For more information please visit our website or call us at (212) Americas Society is a tax-exempt public charity described in 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of Mailing List Use these links to Join our Culture List, Leave our Culture List or Change your Address. Forward this to a friend. The Americas Society/Council of the Americas does not share your information with third parties. Images: Javier Campos, courtesy of the author; Martín Espada, photo by Robert Tobey; Demetria Martínez, courtesy of

8 the author; Jessica Treat, courtesy of the author; Review 78 cover art: Alejandro Díaz, Ongoing Series of Cardboard Signs, 2003-present, courtesy of the artist; Gabriel García Márquez: A Life cover courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf; Gamelan Dharma Swara photo courtesy of Metropolis Ensemble; Dias & Riedweg, Throw (2004), video still. Duration 39'; Dias & Riedweg, Mama & Vicious Rituals (2000), video still of public art project and video installation. What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out