Celebrate the great tradition of Latin American radical culture through song and music in our first Peña Foklórica at MESA sin fronteras, dedicated to Violeta Parra. <br><br>Musicians: Rafael Medina, Sergio Reyes<br>
+ Open Mic.<br><br>Sunday, May 9th 2010<br>7pm to late<br><br>Bring your voice, history, song and spirit!<br>
<br>MESA sin fronteras, a burgeoning worker-run social club @ encuentro 5 <br>33 Harrison Avenue, 5th floor. <br>Close to Boylston, Chinatown, and Downtown Crossing T stops.<br><a href="http://www.mesasinfronteras.org">www.mesasinfronteras.org</a> and <a href="http://www.encuentro5.org">www.encuentro5.org</a><br>
<br>Light snacks and refreshments offered for suggested donations. <br>
<br>Peñas take historical root in Chilean social gatherings during the 60s and early 70s that expressed the spirit of creativity and resistance in melody, poems, and artwork under some of the most brutally repressive social regimes. They began to sprout all over Latin America in a time when songs resounded with a collective heart beat for a more just society and continue to weave a fabric of solidarity through generations. Each peña at MESA sin fronteras will be dedicated to a musician from this great tradition who fought with the spirit of song that defied borders.<br>
<br>Our first Peña on Sunday will be dedicated to the song and struggle of Violete Parra, who was one of the first musicians in Chile to host Peñas. Her radiant songs are a testament to a creative and rebellious spirit who loved much too much, inspiring listeners with her defiant lyrics and gentle voice, her rhythm and passion, her life ascribed in sadness. (It was her song, Gracias a La Vida, played by Sergio Reyes, that inspired me to start learning how to play the guitar!) <a href="http://www.violetaparra.cl/">http://www.violetaparra.cl/</a><br>
<br>¡Nadie puede quejarse cuando tú<br>
Cantas a media voz o cuando gritas<br>
Como si te estuvieran degollando<br>
Viola volcánica!<br><h2 style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="1">(>From Defensa de Violeta Parra</font><font size="1">, por Nicanor Parra)</font></h2>
I hope you join us this Sunday in developing a new tradition of peñas at MESA sin fronteras.<br><br><br>Alisa.<br><br><br><br> <br>