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Michael Sedano

From Los Angeles, California and the fabulous Cathedral on the hill, the annual Guadalupana festival is sponsored by the food giant Goya. This year marks the 16th rebirth of the Tepeyac spectacle, written by Evelina Fernandez, mounted by Jose Luis Valenzuela with and a cast drawn from the community and the actor collective of the Latino Theater Company, resident at Los Angeles Theater Center (link).

LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE, DIOS INANTZIN
Written by EVELINA FERNANDEZ
Directed by JOSE LUIS VALENZUELA
Produced by the Latino Theater Company in association with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

The LATC writes:​
A gift of love, hope and faith to the City of the Angels. La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin is the story of an indigenous peasant’s vision of the Virgin Mary that has become a theatrical cornerstone at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral for over a decade. This beautiful pageant play, with music, dance and a universal message of faith, love and perseverance, appeals to many people, regardless of race, language or religion. Join the tens of thousands who have become transfixed by the story of Juan Diego, a peasant from Tepeyac.

Friday, December 7 at 7:30PM

Saturday, December 8 at 7:30PM

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

555 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Checking In On Latinopia.com

Latinopia.com updates its weekly offering every Sunday. This week, Latinopia's offering includes an opportunity to visit with La Bloga-Friday's Melinda Palacio, as well as interviews with raza teatro and music artists.

National Cultural Center Opens Doors to  Impresarios

Alburquerque's National Hispanic Cultural Center democratizes the local arts scene in as big a way as the New Mexico metropolis has to offer. The NHCC campus features modern theater and projection stages where its programmers schedule over 700 events a year.

If you're six artists in search of an audience or a stage, the gente running the show at NHCC have thrown open the doors to arts companies to pitch their stuff for a chance at an awesome record-breaking run in...

The Centro writes:
The NHCC has launched a proposal process to determine the 2019-2020 Performing Arts season. All performing artists who would like to be a part of this season are invited to submit a proposal no later than December 21, 2018. Learn more, including how and where to submit your proposal, by reading the guidelines (link).

Make Mine Conjunto
La Bloga friend and publisher of note, Juan Tejeda, recently released his first music compact disc, with his primo hermano, Armando Tejeda, Raiz XicanX (link).

Look for a La Bloga review of Raiz XicanX soon. Click this link for a description of la musica. Congratulations and felicidades, too!

Ramos Talks About Gus Corral
La Bloga-Friday's Manuel Ramos has been reading from his latest crime novel, The Golden Havana Night,  all over the Front Range. Arte Publico Press lets us know that now readers outside of Denver can get their own ears around Ramos' account of his new feature character.

From Arte Publico's email:

Houston Public Media host Eric Ladau interviews Manuel Ramos about his book The Golden Havana Night for its website's "Arte Público Press Author Interview" feature. Along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners through on-demand audio streaming here.

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