-
I Am Why: Reclaiming the Lens – Virtual Exhibition and Panel Discussion
- Virtual Opening: Monday, March 8, 2021
6 to 7:30 pm - Panel Discussion: Friday, April 9, 2021
6 to 7 pm - Free on our website, Facebook and YouTube!
- Runs through April 9th
"Watering the Seeds: Organizing and Creating Paths for Young Women to Lead"
Join us on Friday, April 9th for a Q & A and panel discussion. Live on our Facebook and Youtube.
Curatorial Statement
The portraits in this exhibition were created at four I Am Why art and writing workshops in 2018-2019 in Boston, Chicago, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. Each participant expressed themselves by altering their printed photographic portraits and writing “I am why” statements.
I Am Why is…
- Virtual Opening: Monday, March 8, 2021
-
Dos Bandoleros Online Concert
- Friday, February 26, 2021
- 6 PM to 7 PM
- Live on MCCLA's Facebook, Instagram, YouTube!
- Free online event!
Desde la cueva del jaguar!
Enjoy from your home the best local musicians, a bailar!
Dos Bandoleros is a Spanish Rumba Duo founded by Raul Vargas (Makrú) and Muchacho Mandanga (La Mandanga) in the Bay Area. Mixing Spanish covers and original compositions, Dos Bandoleros offers a really danceable fun show, full of energy and positive…
-
El vuelo de las letras
- Thursday, February 18, 2021
- From 6:30 pm to 7pm
- Free online event!
- Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and KPOO 89.5 Radio!
- A Collaboration with Pájaro Latinoamericano KPOO 89.5 FM by Chelis Lopez.
Event in Spanish. Evento en español.
El vuelo de las letras es un espacio para la literatura en español, personajes activos del género de Novela, Filosofía, Arte, Teatro y más, que estén envueltos en el vasto mundo de la palabra escrita. Acompañanos en este viaje de aprendizaje junto con nuestra entrevistadora Cheliz Lopez, radio locutora y periodista activa de nuestra comunidad, luchadora de la preservación de las artes y culturas Latinas por más de 20 años en el arte de la Bahía.
…
-
Orquesta Adelante Music Concert
Let’s dance with our favorite community resident band led by Bass Lady Suzanne…
-
Corazón del Barrio Virtual Open House
- Saturday, February 13, 2021
- 10 am to 4 pm
- Free! (Workshops require registration)
- Live on Zoom (Workshops), and MCCLA's Facebook and YouTube!
Celebrating 44 years of arts and culture!
With great pride and joy, we are celebrating MCCLA's birthday / open house, and want YOU to join us!
Despite all challenges brought about by the spread of a nasty and deadly virus, MCCLA, like so many other community organizations, stood strong and resilient; doing what they do best. MCCLA for one, ventured into "Desde la Cueva del Jaguar," From the Jaguar's Cave, a series of online programming which promises to become a strong link to a diverse and global community.
To begin our virtual birthday celebration…
-
El Vuelo de las letras
- Thursday, January 21, 2021
- From 6:30 pm to 7pm
- Free online event!
- Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and KPOO 89.5 Radio!
- A Collaboration with Pájaro Latinoamericano KPOO 89.5 FM by Chelis Lopez.
Event in Spanish. Evento en español.
El vuelo de las letras es un espacio para la literatura en español, personajes activos del género de Novela, Filosofía, Arte, Teatro y más, que estén envueltos en el vasto mundo de la palabra escrita. Acompañanos en este viaje de aprendizaje junto con nuestra entrevistadora Cheliz Lopez, radio locutora y periodista activa de nuestra comunidad, luchadora de la preservación de las artes y culturas Latinas por más de 20 años en el arte de la Bahía.
…
-
Bailando se alegra: movimientos de resistencia
Exhibition and Dance by Pablo Jimenez.
This exhibition will showcase the lives and stories of Bay Area artists and familias; the bailarines who are dedicated to movement and who for one reason or another trust in their dancing heart.
Dancers continue to share our passion and practice of emotional embodiment, physical discipline, and artistic creation within our families and greater communities, we continue to deconstruct the routines and societal pressures that make you question whether you should sway your hips or not.
Whether you let yourself participate or not or can't, this exhibition is meant to honor you and…
-
Navidad Negra: Bajada de Reyes
Live music by Juan de Dios Soto.
Bilingual Event.
The MCCLA and Tradición Peruana Cultural Center invite all the public to participate in this descent of Kings with Afro Peruvian cultural traditions.
Come and enjoy this particular Afro-Peruvian style to close the Christmas festivities with the presentation of Jaranón y Bochinche. With Cajon, guitar, conga, bass, box and percussion of all…
-
MCCLA at Macy’s Union Square
- Friday, November 13, 2020
- 1 PM to 3 PM
- Macy's Union Square – 3rd floor INC department
- 170 O'Farrell, San Francisco CA
Program
1 PM to 2 PM Performance: Juliana Mendonca will teach everyone the basic steps of Bachata!
2:15 to 3 PM Presentation: Guillermo Ornelas will present on behalf of the MCCLA.
3 PM Check Presentation: Macy's USQ is honored to present MCCLA with a $3,000 grant.
First 100 to register for this event will receive a $20 gift card!
Photo Gallery
[gallery columns="2" link="file" size="full"…
