Music, Lectures and Film to Highlight DCC’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

 

Music, Lectures and Film to Highlight
DCC’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

 

Music, Lectures and Film to Highlight
DCC’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

 

September 7, 2017 – Dutchess Community College will mark Hispanic Heritage Month with seven events including a documentary, lectures and music performances, all scheduled from Sept. 14 – Oct. 26. All events are free and open to the public.

 

A performance by musical group Interminable is scheduled for Sept. 28 at 12:30 p.m. in the James and Betty Hall Theatre. The group will combine traditional sounds from Veracruz, Mexico with jazz, rock and electronic rhythms.

 

On Oct. 5 at 12:30 p.m., C. Daniel Lawson, adjunct professor at the Institute for Research on African American Studies at Columbia University, will discuss the societies formed by self-liberated Africans resisting slavery and oppression. The lecture will be in room 101 of Dutchess Hall.

 

A documentary called “Brazil: A Racial Paradise?” will explore the history and political economy of racism in Brazil, and their influence on race politics in that country. The viewing will take place on Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. in room 407 B of Hudson Hall.

 

A full listing of Hispanic Heritage Month events follows. All will take place on the main DCC campus in Poughkeepsie. For more information about the Hispanic Heritage Month events, contact Dr. Mehmet Kucukozer at (845) 431-8357 or mehmet.kucukozer@sunydutchess.edu.

 

Why I Don’t Call Myself Latino: A Conversation on Identity, Race, Language and the Remnants of Colonialism in the Americas
Thursday, September 14, 11:30-12:45 p.m.
Hudson Hall, room 226
Artist and Caribbean New Yorker Carlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez will discuss his artwork, which touches on important themes of history, race, identity and politics. An exhibit displaying his art will be on display in the Library through October.

Africa in the Americas: A Tile Mural

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Dutchess Hall, room 101

Artist and educator Aurelio Del Muro will introduce attendees to Yoruba art in Cuba and the folk art of Haiti through the work of artist Jacob Lawrence, and will instruct participants in the making of a mural celebrating the influences of African cultures in the Americas.

 

Gaita Music Workshop
Tuesday, September 26, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Dutchess Hall, room 101
Colombian musical artist and educator Martín Vejarano will introduce attendees to the history of Gaita music, its evolution through the colonial period, and to the various instruments and genres that constitute Gaita. Participants will be encouraged to dance and sing along to the music.

 

Musical Performance: Interminable
Thursday, September 28, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
James and Betty Hall Theatre
Interminable will perform its eclectic mix of “diasporic space fusion,” combining the sounds of the jarana and Son Jarocho, a tradition from Veracruz, México, with jazz, rock and an undercurrent of electronic musical rhythms.


Lecture: “Cultures of Freedom: Quilombos, Palenques and Maroon Societies in the Americas and Beyond”
Thursday, October 5, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Dutchess Hall, Room 101
C. Daniel Dawson, adjunct professor at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, will discuss the important societies formed by self-liberated Africans while resisting slavery and oppression: quilombos and mocambos in Brazil, palenques and cumbes in the Spanish-speaking Americas, and maroon societies in the United States, South America and the Caribbean. These movements offered pioneering ideas about social responsibility and individual rights, making significant contributions to social philosophy. They continue to be active, touching all spheres of society from the arts to cyberspace.

 

Exploring the Roots of Afro-Amerindian Music
Thursday, October 12, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Dutchess Hall, Room 101
Musical artist, educator and luthier Sinuhé Padilla Isunza will provide a historical analysis tracing how musical elements from the various parts of West Africa and Andalucía of southern Spain fused with the music of Native American populations, an evolution that is recognizable in today’s musical genres of Latin America.

 

Documentary: ‘Brazil: A Racial Paradise?’
Thursday, October 19, 5-7 p.m.
Hudson Hall, Room 407 B
This documentary explores the history and political economy of racism in Brazil, and their influence on the current politics of race in that country. Comparisons also are made with the United States. A conversation with attendees will follow the viewing of the documentary.

 

Day of the Dead Son Jarocho Concert

Thursday, Oct. 26, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Bowne Hall, room 122

The Hispanic Heritage Month celebration will close with a performance by the traditional Son Jarocho musical group Son Pecadores.

Author: Harlem Valley News