Join NACLA and Nano Stern at Verso Books for an intimate evening of political and musical conversation!
Nano Stern, renowned Chilean singer-songwriter, will be taking a break from his tour schedule to discuss politics, activism, and creative expression in Chile and Latin America today with NACLA contributors. Interspersed, he'll offer rare solo performances of some of his extraordinary, open-hearted songs. Come for an intimate evening with one of Latin America's brightest young musicians!
Nano Stern’s path as an artist follows richly crafted song lines laid by his family and his Chilean musical ancestry, and unites those with a sound utterly fresh and relevant. Nano has found something within that has positioned him as the voice of a generation. The grandson of Jewish refugees fleeing persecution, Nano’s childhood was painted vivid by not only his own family’s activism and musicianship but by the powerful legacy of the Nueva Canción movement led by Chilean musical activists during Pinochet’s dictatorship a generation before. Legends like Inti-Illimani and Victor Jara- who suffered exile and even death during these troubling times- continue to inspire Nano’s breadth of sound and emotion. “I am extremely respectful of the tradition,” explains Stern, “It is an enormous gift we received from the people of the past.”
When: Friday, March 17th, 6:30 PM
Where: Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Cohosted by NACLA and Verso Books
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Focus on Bolivia: New Perspectives on Past and Present
Bolivia’s indigenous and popular mobilizations in the new millennium have brought about major political and economic shifts and have inspired a new body of work in history and the social sciences. This session brings together three scholars whose studies of natural resources and capitalist development, nationalism and imperialism, and popular and democratic governance represent a new generation of engaged research.
Featuring: Sinclair Thomson, Associate Professor of Latin American History at NYU, Kevin Young, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Sara Hines, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Smith College, and Gabriel Hetland, Assistant Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies, and affiliate faculty in sociology, at the University at Albany, SUNY.
When: Monday, March 20th, 6:00 PM
Where: King Juan Carlos Center Auditorium, 53 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of History at NYU.
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CineCLACS Presents: Hermanas en Ruedas
Documentary Film Screening: Hermanas en Ruedas is a documentary that follows the stories of young women in the underground skate culture in Havana, Cuba. Skateboarding in Cuba emerged in the 80's but has recently grown rapidly with the new interchanges of culture and art from abroad that are taking place on the island. In Cuba, skateboarding is still an unrecognized sport by the government, and the girls search to find their paths in a subculture that is not only male dominated but also completely underground.
Featuring: Speakers to be announced.
When: Monday, March 27th, 6:30pm
Where: King Juan Carlos Center Auditorium, 53 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU and Cinema Tropical. Learn more about the Indocumentales Series here!
Hope to see you there! - NACLA
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