Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico is a documentary that presents the journalist Natasha S. Alford on a journey to understand the complexities of black identity through the compilation of experiences of Afro-Latinos living in Puerto Rico during the political unrest of the summer of 2019.
This work opens Afro-Picks, a new virtual series of talks from the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, which highlights emerging films and filmmakers from communities of the African diaspora. Each Afro-Picks program selects clips from a tape and examines specific scenes and moments from within the filmmaker’s work. These conversations allow the filmmaker to share an in-depth look at specific narratives that serve as the foundation for their vision and way of telling their story. Starts Friday at 7 pm ET. The transmission will be live and there will be a question and answer session through the center’s social networks. Reports cccadi.org.
The Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage series Anywhere continues its weekly virtual presentation series at this 2021. The first concert of the year will be to commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
Marching On: Celebrating The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., along with Winter Jazzfest and Voices of a People’s History of the United States, will honor life and the commitment to equality, freedom and peace for black people and for all the inhabitants of this country and the world . Artists from all disciplines participate, including the saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin (pictured); the poet Mahogany Browne; vocalist and educator C. Anthony Bryant; actress and poet Linda Labeija; actor Ty Jones; R&B singer Deva Mahal; R&B singer-songwriter Tarriona “Tank” Ball, and harpist Brandee Younger. The presentation will be narrated by multidisciplinary curator and artist Niama Safia Sandy. Free. Premieres Friday at 7 p.m. ET on summerstageanywhere.org.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was created in 1937, and since then it has dedicated itself to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, mainly from the modern and contemporary periods, to through exhibitions, educational programs, research initiatives and publications.
The Guggenheim network, which began in the 1970s in New York, and which has spread with locations in Venice, Bilbao and Abu Dhabi (in development), has “open” its doors on Google’s Arts and Culture portal, where it makes available to the public works of art, architecture and design that go beyond the museum. For example, it now shows “But a Storm Is Blowing From Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa”, “The Little-Known Glass Works of Josef Albers” and “Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today”. Free at artsandculture.google.com/partner/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York offers concerts for all ages, although it has a section dedicated to children, Concerts for Kids. In this division, this institution, recognized for presenting shows with the world’s leading artists, singers and performers from various cultures and languages.
The shows were made from the artists’ homes, and each of they offered their own musical perspective. These are short performances recorded by the same interpreters, including Gina Chávez, Sonia de los Santos, MAKU Soundsytem, Moona Loona and 123 Andrés ( in the photo ). They are available for free on the Lincoln Center website. Lincolncenter.org reports.
The Louvre museum in Paris is one of the must-sees when traveling to Europe. However, in the 2020 opened and closed its doors repeatedly due to the pandemic. Despite this, this magnificent place continues to surprise, although in a virtual way, because it offers several tours that can be enjoyed from the comfort of home.
There are seven tours available to the Louvre, and one of them allows virtual visitors to explore the medieval foundations of the palace that now serves as a museum. “Remains of the Louvre Moat” is a walkway to the defenses that were built in 1190 to protect Paris from an attack via Siena. A virtual walk around the original perimeter of the moats allows you to explore the old piers that would have supported the drawbridge of the fortification. In addition, the museum’s Petite Galerie has other tours available, some dedicated to art and dance performances, while others focus on the Enlightenment period. You can also see the main collection of the museum. Free. Reports louvre.fr.
Before the pandemic, Jurassic Quest was an interactive and immersive show in which visitors could roam the habitat of more than 80 dinosaurs real size. Now this experience can be enjoyed alone in a car, but that means it is less fun or educational, said Dustin Baker (pictured), a puppeteer who has worked on the show for eight years, adding that “That’s fine, because dinosaurs have to be outside.”
And that’s what these creatures will look like when they arrive at the Rose Bowl parking lot on Friday (1001 Rose Bowl Dr., Pasadena), the first stop this show will make in southern California. The other two venues are the OC Fair and Event Center of Costa Mesa (5 al 14 and Fairplex of Pomona (from 19 to 28). This is the largest realistic dinosaur show in the United States, featuring species from the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic periods. It has over a hundred animatronic-powered dinosaurs that were replicated in every detail with the help of paleontologists. One of them is the baby operated by Dustin Baker, who interacts with the families who attend the show. From Friday to 31 January (closed Monday and Tuesday). Friday 11 am to 8 pm; Wednesday and Thursday 1 to 8 pm; Friday and Sunday 9 am to 8 pm, and Saturday 9 am to 9 pm. Tickets per car $ 49 to $ 123. Reports jurassicquest.com.
