“Cielito Lindo” isn’t exactly about social unrest. The lyrics vary from singer to singer, but the song is ostensibly about a pretty girl with dark eyes. When it’s performed for someone who hates Latinos, however, the song has power.
“It was so beautiful,” Garcia says. “And it was so profound, because ‘Cielito Lindo’ is one of the most benign songs there is, but when they all sang it in that context, it had power, and power to make a point in a very non-violent and very profound way.”
With that spirit in mind, the United States’ third-longest running Chicano theater company is putting on a virtual Resistance Jam on Inauguration Day, January 20. Musicians of all stripes are invited to perform in a round robin-style show that will be broadcast over the Internet. Garcia says the Resistance Jam events started in 2017 and has taken place live in less plague-ridden years.
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In honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the Boulder Chamber Players commissioned an intriguing theatrical-musical event:
Incessant Hum: Beethoven 2020, featuring the later works, which were composed after Beethoven became deaf. Artistic director Barbara Hamilton enlisted the aid of award-winning actor-director Mare Trevathan and playwright Jeffrey Neuman, himself profoundly hearing impaired, to create the piece. The task was daunting, Neuman says, “because I wanted to serve Beethoven well both the music and the man and because I’d never really written about hearing loss, a subject that seemed a bit too close to home.” The result features acclaimed actors Chris Kendall as Beethoven and Chelsea Frye as Elise a name familiar to every piano student who ever attempted Beethoven’s lyrical Für Elise (Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor) . The stream is $25 for families, $10 for individuals and $5 students/unemployed; sign up at coloradochamberplayers.org.
Join us for a taste of Su Teatro holiday tradition, virtually!
Just like Hallmark…except that there are 3 cholo like wisemen on their way to a local Pastorela-like production when their car breaks down and they get lost in the Northside and run into a guy who resembles someone who is no longer president. I know, huh! There is also a Chicano capitalist and his smart ass side kick, and of course the Bruja Lady, who is like a super ninja metiche.