In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, the Smithsonian Institution and places across the country will honor the culture and diversity of Hispanic Americans with exhibits, lectures and festivals. Interested in listing your cultural event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month? Email us at EventRSVP@si.edu.
| ARKANSAS | |
| Location: | Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas |
| City: | Pine Bluff |
| Date: | September 9th -November 4th |
| Description: | Las Artes de Mexico |
| ARIZONA | |
| Location: | Phoenix Art Museum |
| City: | Phoenix |
| Date: | July 1st - September 16th |
| Description: | Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A
Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950 Examines the wide-ranging impact modern Mexican artists and their contemporaries had on the world of modern art and printmaking, prints and posters by 50 artists, |
| Location: | Scottsdale Civic Center Mall |
| City: | Scottsdale |
| Date: | September 29th |
| Description: | Hispanic Heritage Celebration |
| Location: | Tuscon Museum of Art |
| City: | Tuscon |
| Date: | April 28th - November 4th |
| Description: | Chiquitito: Miniatures by Latin American Popular Artists
Chiquitito, or Teeny Weeny, is an exhibition especially designed for children and for those young at heart. It highlights small, fun and beautiful objects created by Latin American folk artists selected from the permanent collection of the Tucson Museum of Art with a few additions from private collections. |
| CALIFORNIA | |
| Location: | Arclight Hollywood |
| City: | Los Angeles |
| Date: | October 7th - 14th |
| Description: | Los Angeles Latino International Film
Festival To promote awareness and distribution of Latin cinema by bringing our Latin cultures to the public's awareness through film, the most influential audiovisual medium of our time. |
| Location: | Arclight Hollywood |
| City: | Los Angeles |
| Date: | October 12th - 14th |
| Description: | 2007 Latino Book and Family
Festival This major event showcases the diversity and importance of our multicultural community. |
| Location: | Los Angeles Zoo |
| City: | Los Angeles |
| Date: | September 8th |
| Description: | Latino Heritage Celebration This festive celebration focuses on Latino (North, South & Central America & Mexico) heritage and cultural traditions with music, dance groups, educational activities, and colorful crafts. |
| Location: | Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts |
| City: | San Francisco |
| Date: | September 29th |
| Description: | In Memorium Carlos
Aceituno Tribute to the Brazilian dancer and musician |
| FLORIDA | |
| Location: | Amelia Island Chamber of Commerce |
| City: | Amelia Island |
| Date: | September 29th |
| Description: | Fiesta de Santa Maria A festival celebrating the historic Latin heritage of Amelia Island. Held on Third Street between Centre and Ash Streets. Enjoy Latin cuisine from local restaurants, music and dancing, plus a marketplace with a variety of vendors. |
| Location: | Boca Raton Museum of Art |
| City: | Boca Raton |
| Date: | September 20th |
| Description: |
Sixth Annual Fiesta de Tapas This signature BAM fall soiree is held each year in the Museum Sculpture Garden. Fiesta de Tapas is being held in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and features Latin drinks, food, music and the opportunity to view the exhibition Guillermo Trujillo: Panamanian Master. |
| Location: | Gulf Coast Museum of Art |
| City: | Largo |
| Date: | July 28th - October 14th |
| Description: | Pablo Siebel: Reflexiones Intimas Displays the work of Chilean artist Pablo Siebel |
| Location: | Salvador Dali Museum |
| City: | St. Petersburg |
| Date: | July 13th - January 2008 |
| Description: | Dali in Focus Encounter Dali in depth through a selection of paintings from the Museum's permanent collection displayed with a focus on the hidden details. |
| Location: | Salvador Dali Museum |
| City: | St. Petersburg |
| Date: | September 29th - January 2008 |
| Description: | Traces [of the Avant-garde]: Mabel Palacín
Mabel Palacin, a mid-career Catalan videographer, was commissioned to create video projections which reflect her interpretations of Dali, the museum, its setting and the collection. |
| Location: | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art |
| City: | Sarasota |
| Date: | September 29th - January 6th |
| Description: | Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos
Enigmatic and controversial, Goya's Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain. |
| ILLINOIS | |
| Location: | National Museum of Mexican Art |
| City: | Chicago |
| Date: | September 27th - December 16th |
| Description: | Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition |
| Location: | The Art Institute of Chicago |
| City: | Chicago |
| Date: | October 13th - 20th |
| Description: | A Privileged View of
Spain: From Gaudi to Gehry in Barcelona and Bilbao Members, join Zoë Ryan, Neville Bryan Curator of Design, on this custom-designed journey exploring the art and architecture of northern Spain’s art capitals: the exuberant architecture of Antoni Gaudí and his turn-of-the-century contemporaries; works by early Modernists such as Picasso, Miró, and Mies van der Rohe; Frank Gehry’s iconic Guggenheim Museum; Santiago Calatrava’s magnificent Pedestrian Bridge; and the late Eduardo Chillida’s home and studio. |
| INDIANA | |
| Location: | Fort Wayne Museum of Art |
| City: | Fort Wayne |
| Date: | September 23rd |
| Description: | Hispanic Heritage Lecture |
| KENTUCKY | |
| Location: | Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory |
| City: | Louisville |
| Date: | October 20th - February 28th |
| Description: | Beyond Baseball: The Life of
Roberto Clemente Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente, a bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition, explores Clemente through his childhood experiences and the baseball fever that gripped Puerto Rico in the 20th century. It examines Clemente’s athletic and humanitarian achievements in both the United States and Puerto Rico, and offers telling glimpses through the eyes of his family and fans, revealing Clemente as both man and myth. Beyond Baseball was developed by the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico with Carimar Design and Research Studio, and is organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Smithsonian Latino Center. A website—www.robertoclemente.si.edu—features a virtual exhibition and timeline, children’s section with games and activities, and a teacher’s resource area with free downloadable curriculum guides. |
| MASSACHUSETTS | |
| Location: | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology |
| City: | Cambridge |
| Date: | October 5th - 7th |
| Description: | Storied Walls: Murals of the Americas
From Awatovi in New Mexico to San Bartolo, Guatemala, to the desert cities of Peru, murals, painted on the walls of rooms and temples provide a rare and unique look into the past. In vivid colors, the murals were sometimes bold and threatening, sometimes exquisite and sacred. Murals were painted in palaces and temples or small interior ceremonial rooms.They were the province of the few, accessible to only a fraction of society, though their subject matter appears in many other artistic forms. |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |
| Location: | Mint Museum of Art |
| City: | Charlotte |
| Date: | October 6th |
| Description: | 12th
Annual Latin American Festival The 12th Annual Latin American Festival returns to the front lawn of the Mint Museum of Art on Sunday, October 6 from 12 noon to 7 pm. Co-sponsored with the Latin American Coalition and the Latin American Womenís Association, the cultural festival features continuous music and traditional dances representing from 20 Latin American countries and Spain as well as crafts, cultural displays, childrenís activities, authentic food, community services, museum tours and more. Regional dancers and bands join national acts for one of Charlotteís best and most authentic Latino celebrations. |
| Location: | Mint Museum of Art |
| City: | Charlotte |
| Date: | October 7th (12pm - 7pm) |
| Description: | Latin American Festival The Sixteenth Annual Latin American Festival - one of Charlotte’s signature cultural events- attracts thousands of individuals from our multicultural community to enjoy local, nationally and internationally known musicians, handmade art and crafts, authentic Latin American cuisine, and traditional folkloric dance performances from over 20 Latin American countries. |
| Location: | Museum of Anthropology |
| City: | Winston-Salem |
| Date: | September 18th - December 14th |
| Description: | Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead) |
| NEBRASKA | |
| Location: | El Museo Latino |
| City: | Omaha |
| Date: | October 6th |
| Description: | Latinofest A unique festival celebrating Latino culture, arts and traditions. Enjoy the music, songs, dances and foods from different countries in Latin America. |
| NEW JERSEY | |
| Location: | The Newark Museum |
| City: | Newark |
| Date: | April 28th - November 25th |
| Description: |
Mexicana: Discovering Mexican Popular Arts, 1919-1950 During early decades of the 20th century, Americans eagerly traveled to Mexico to discover their culturally distinct neighbor “south of the border.” |
| NEW MEXICO | |
| Location: | El Rancho de las Golondrinas Museum |
| City: | Santa Fe |
| Date: | October 6th - 7th |
| Description: | Harvest Festival Bring in the harvest with the villagers of El Rancho de las Golondrinas, crushing grapes for wine by foot; grinding sorghum with burros, stinging colorful chile ristras, and much, much more. |
| Location: | Hacienda de los Martinez |
| City: | Espanola |
| Date: | September 22nd - 23rd |
| Description: | Taos Trade Fair The annual Trade Fair at the historic Hacienda de los Martinez is one of the oldest and most important in the United States and features historical exhibits, music, vendors, food, and live demonstrations by re-enactors and skilled artisans that recall life in the early 1800s at this former Spanish trading post. |
| Location: | Historic San Miguel Mission |
| City: | Soccoro |
| Date: | September 28th - 30th |
| Description: | San Miguel Fiesta A Fiesta celebrating the Patron Saint of the Mission; there will be food vendors, music, dancing, bingo and games, and a nightly raffle drawing. The celebration includes a Mariachi Mass and a procession from the Mission to the Historic Plaza. |
| Location: | Mexican Heritage Plaza |
| City: | San Jose |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | El Grito de la Independencia This celebration replicates the Mexican National Celebration of the Cry for Independence that occurs each year in Mexico City. |
| Location: | Mexican Heritage Plaza |
| City: | San Jose |
| Date: | September 21st - 22nd |
| Description: | 2007 San Jose International
Mariachi Festival and Workshops Two day outdoor music and community festival with three stages of music and dance, food, drinks, family activities, related vendors. Saturday, will showcase other genres of Latin music and Sunday, traditional Mariachi |
| Location: | National Hispanic Cultural Center |
| City: | Albuquerque |
| Date: | January 2002 - January 2008 |
| Description: | Hispanidad: Selections from the Permanent Collection Highlighing recent acquisitions from the Center's Growing art collection, this installation features important objects from the 1930's to the present by artists from New Mexico and throughout the nation. |
| Location: | National Hispanic Cultural Center |
| City: | Albuquerque |
| Date: | September 21st - 22nd |
| Description: | ¡Globalquerque! This week long state wide series of events culminates in a two-day festival on the NHCC campus. Enjoy two nights of performances on three stages with groups from places like Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Tibet and more. |
| Location: | National Hispanic Cultural Center |
| City: | Albuquerque |
| Date: | September 28th - January 31st |
| Description: | Mayan Textile Art This exhibition showcases contemporary Maya textiles which, as works of art, reflect the splendor and continuity of the Maya culture that spans the centuries and continues to thrive today. |
| Location: | Pancho Villa State Park |
| City: | Columbus |
| Date: | September 15th (10am - 4pm) |
| Description: | 2nd Annual Mexican Independence Day
Fiesta and Car Show Visitors can enjoy live entertainment from mariachi performers and folklorico dancers. Food, arts and crafts vendors on site plus entertainment for children. |
| Location: | Plaza de San Jose |
| City: | Carlsbad |
| Date: | September 15th - 16th |
| Description: | 16th of September Fiesta This is LULAC Council 206 annual Fundraiser, all proceeds go to deserving Students from Carlsbad and Loving Highschools going into College. This is the best community show in New Mexico. |
| NEVADA | |
| Location: | Planet Hollywood Casino and Resort |
| City: | Las Vegas |
| Date: | September 15th (8pm) |
| Description: | 17th Annual Las Vegas Mariachi Festival |
| NEW YORK | |
| Location: | El Museo del Barrio |
| City: | New York |
| Date: | July 25th - January 6th |
| Description: | El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 007: With Invited Guest
Country Ecuador NEW YORK, NY – July 6, 2007 – El Museo del Barrio, New York’s premier Latino and Latin American cultural institution, will present its fifth edition of El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files from July 25, 2007 through January 6, 2008. El Museo’s Bienal celebrates the experimental, immediate pulse of contemporary art, and supports the work of emerging Latino / Latin American artists based in the New York metropolitan area. The exhibition has been curated by Elvis Fuentes, Associate Curator, El Museo del Barrio, and E. Carmen Ramos, Assistant Curator for Cultural Engagement, The Newark Museum, NJ. In addition, guest curator Rodolfo Kronfle Chambers (independent curator, Guayaquil , Ecuador), has included in the exhibition a selection of works by five artists from Ecuador , this year’s invited guest country. |
| Location: | Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester |
| City: | Rochester |
| Date: | October 6th - December 30th |
| Description: | TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American
and Latino Art Art created by contemporary Latin American and Latino artists moves across and beyond geographical, cultural, political and aesthetic borders. By turns humorous and critical, inspirational and tragic, this exhibition’s goal is to dispel the myth that Latino artists are a homogeneous group with common experiences and ambitions. TRANSactions features artists from the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. Approximately 38 paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, textiles and electronic media from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (by 32 artists) are accompanied by bilingual wall labels and a fully-illustrated, bilingual exhibition catalogue. |
| Location: | Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester |
| City: | Rochester |
| Date: | June 2007 - February 2008 |
| Description: | Across Borders |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | New York |
| Date: | September 15th (2pm) |
| Description: |
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival: Words of the People/Palabras de los Seres Verdaderos Mexico Now is a multi-venue arts festival focused entirely on contemporary Mexico. This program, moderated by Donald Frishmann, focuses on the indigenous theater of Mexico |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | New York |
| Date: | October 27th (1 - 5 pm) |
| Description: |
El Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead This Day of the Dead celebration includes dance performances by Danza Mexica Cetiliztli Nauchcampa and hands-on workshops. |
| Location: | The New York Botanical Garden |
| City: | Bronx |
| Date: | September 15th - 16th |
| Description: | Fiesta de Flores Kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a weekend festival celebrating the people and plants of Latin America and the Caribbean. Enjoy the beauty of the Garden while being treated to live music, dancing, savory and sweet food specialties, storytelling, and more. Discover what Garden scientists have been researching for the last century, originating from the first exploration in the Caribbean and learn about current projects, such as the Virtual Herbarium. Take in the tropics on a tour through the Conservatory exhibit, Caribbean Gardens: Journey to Paradise. |
| TENNESSEE | |
| Location: | Latino Memphis |
| City: | Memphis |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Latino Memphis Fiesta Celebrate our vibrant and diverse cultures! |
| TEXAS | |
| Location: | Chamizal National Memorial Ampitheatre |
| City: | El Paso |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Mexican Independence Day The Mexican Consul General's office honors Mexico's independence with live music, ballet folkloricos and fireworks. |
| Location: | Chamizal National Memorial Ampitheatre |
| City: | El Paso |
| Date: | September 28th - 30th |
| Description: | Tradiciones y Matices Mexicanos Ballet Folklorico Quetzales presents this program of fast costume changes, ringing music and festive dancing to make an educational experience designed to satisfy the intellectual mind of the avid learner as well as the adventurous tastes of the show seeker. |
| Location: | Courthouse on the Square Museum |
| City: | Denton |
| Date: | September 21st |
| Description: | Fiesta on the Square Celebrates Hispanic Heritage with ballet folklorico, mariachis and charros. |
| Location: | Downtown Tyler |
| City: | Tyler |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Festival On the Square Features arts & crafts, children's activities, music, dance, food, historic tours, volleyball and more. After-hours concert features an evening of Texas music on the brick streets of Downtown Tyler. |
| Location: | Foote Park |
| City: | Baytown |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Grito Fest Celebrates Mexican Independence Day. Includes live entertainment, mariachis, Grito competition, accordion competition, salsa contest. jalapeno eating contest and more. Enjoy games, food and craft vendors, and more. |
| Location: | Fort Bend Museum |
| City: | Richmond |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Fiestas Patrias Celebration This free family event is a tribute to the day in 1810 when Mexican patriot Father Hidalgo rang the church bells in the town of Dolores and began the struggle for Mexican (and thus, Texan) independence from Spain. Includes the Fiestas Patrias Queen contest. |
| Location: | George R. Brown Convention Center |
| City: | Houston |
| Date: | September 29th - 30th |
| Description: | 2007 Latino Book and Family Festival
This major event showcases the diversity and importance of our multicultural community. |
| Location: | Irving Arts Center |
| City: | Irving |
| Date: | September 6th - October 28th |
| Description: | Arte de America Hispana Exhibit |
| Location: | Isaac Rodriguez Park |
| City: | Ramona |
| Date: | September 16th |
| Description: | Diez y Seis de Septiembre Celebration Includes food vendors and live entertainment. |
| Location: | Mexic-Arte Museum |
| City: | Austin |
| Date: | April 28th - December 31st |
| Description: | From Revolution to Renaissance: Mexican Art from the
Aaron Collection Art created by master artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo), Carlos Merida, Rufino Tamayo, Maria Izquerido, Olga Costa, Juan Soriano, Alfredo Ramos Martinez, and others are divided into four categories: Rediscovering Folk, Reinventing the Nation, Return to Classicism, Portraying the Self |
| Location: | Miller Outdoor Theatre |
| City: | Houston |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Festival de Independencia: El Grito Celebration features artists from Mexico, mariachis, folkloric dances and more. Festival begins at 3 p.m. Stage show begins at 5 p.m. |
| Location: | Miller Outdoor Theatre |
| City: | Houston |
| Date: | October 12th |
| Description: |
Dia de la Hispanidad In celebration of the Day of Hispanic World, the Institute of Hispanic Culture presents a professional theatrical production of folkloric music and dance. |
| Location: | Seguin Guadalupe Coliseum |
| City: | Seguin |
| Date: | September 14th - 15th |
| Description: | Fiestas Patrias/Diez y Seis
Celebration Features live music, arts & crafts, carnival, food vendors and Fiestas Patrias 5-K Run/Walk. |
| Location: | The Museo Alameda |
| City: | San Antonio |
| Date: | September 19th |
| Description: | Huipiles: A Celebration Exhibit opening reception FREE and open to the public! La Famila Cortez Gallery |
| Location: | The Museo Alameda |
| City: | San Antonio |
| Date: | September 26th |
| Description: | ¡Azúcar! The Life and Celebration of Celia Cruz
Exhibit opening reception FREE and open to the public! La Famila Cortez Gallery |
| Location: | The Museum of Fine Arts |
| City: | Houston |
| Date: | Ends September 23rd |
| Description: |
Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection The collection, which consists of the finest examples of geometric abstraction in paintings, constructions, drawings, posters, and graphic materials by Brazil´s foremost artists of the post-World War II era, has long been regarded as a brilliant window into the seminal decades of Brazil´s modernization. |
| Location: | Traders Village |
| City: | Grand Prarie |
| Date: | September 15th |
| Description: | Fiestas Patrias Features live cultural music, dancing food and family fun. Join in the festivities and observe Mexican Independence Day. |
| Location: | Tyler Museum of Art |
| City: | Tyler |
| Date: | May 5 - January 6th |
| Description: | Past/Present Future: Folk Art of Mexico Selected Works from the Laura & Dan Boeckman Collection of Mexican & Latin American Folk Art. The Boeckmans developed their collection during many trips to various Central and South American locales. |
| WASHINGTON D.C. | |
| Location: | Arts on Foot: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 15th (11am-4pm) |
| Description: | Arts on Foot: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month At downtown D.C.'s annual Arts on Foot street festival, the National Portrait Gallery hosts hands-on activities for children, including Mexican paper-flower making. Recommended for ages 5-12. The event will be held rain or shine. |
| Location: | Carlos Rosario International Charter School |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 12th (6:30 - 9:30 pm) |
| Description: | Pena Cultural: Sharing Immigration Stories Peña Cultural is a community gathering for the performance of music, poetry, stories, and social commentary. This year, the National Museum of American History has teamed up with a Washington-based poetry collective, ParaEsoLaPalabra, and Museo de la Cultura to present a program that focuses on stories of immigration. An open-mike session is included. |
| Location: | Fiesta DC (A Washington Metropolitan Regional Coalition) |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 30th (11am-7pm) |
| Description: | The Official Latin American Festival of Washington D.C. The festival will feature three stages that will incorporate music, folklore, theatre and other performing arts. |
| Location: | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Ring Auditorium |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 29th (3 pm) |
| Description: | We All Need a Pygmalion Artist Pablo Helguera presents a musical “improvement workshop” to introduce his satirical book The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style. Part of the Smithsonian Latino Center series "Mexico at the Smithsonian." |
| Location: | Mexican Cultural Institute |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 6th - October 11th |
| Description: | Embracing Mexico: Mariana Yampolsky, Art and Life Yampolsky’s photographs are visually striking for the manner in which she captured the intense radiance of Mexican light and the inky shadows beside it. Yampolsky captured the nature of Mexico, where death figures as vividly as life. |
| Location: | Mexican Cultural Institute |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 14th - 16th |
| Description: | The New Fusion of Son Jarocho with Sonex This concert presents a unique illustration of the Son Jarocho genre, from traditional rhythms, to newer tendencies stemming from modern Mexican music. |
| Location: | Mexican Cultural Institute |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 28th |
| Description: | We all Need a Pygmalion: The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style We All Need a Pygmalion is a musical panel discussion and improvement workshop performance that serves as an introduction to the book "The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style". |
| Location: | Mexican Cultural Institute |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 11th - December 16th |
| Description: | Homage to Elizabeth Cattlet Elizabeth Cattlet (Born April 15, 1919, in Washington, DC), acclaimed for her figurative sculptures and lithographs, has been one of the most prominent black artists of the last 50 years. Known for her technical accomplishment, Catlett specializes in realistic art that shows her concern for preserving black cultural traditions, especially as represented in the lives of everyday, working-class people. |
| Location: | Mexican Cultural Institute |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 13th |
| Description: | Mono Blanco Led by Gilberto Gutiérrez, a champion of the movement to revitalize son jarocho, Mono Blanco is acknowledged as one of the best groups of this dynamic style. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 6th (7 pm) |
| Description: | Ballet de Monterrey The acclaimed Mexican dance group presents a program of traditional and experimental forms. For information call 202.633.1240. Part of the Smithsonian Latino Center series “Mexico at the Smithsonian.” |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 14th (12 pm) |
| Description: | Meet the Musicians: Ranferi Aguilar A founding member of Alux Nahual, Guatemala’s best-known rock band, Ranferi Aguilar (Maya) blends traditional Mayan music with the guitar and other modern instruments to create new arrangements of ancient sounds. He discusses his music and culture in an informal setting. Rain location: Potomac Atrium. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 15th (5:30 pm) |
| Description: | Indian Summer Showcase 2007: Ranferi Aguilar Ranferi Aguilar (Maya) blends ancient Mayan sounds with the guitar and other modern instruments, to create new arrangements of traditional Mayan music. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 19th (6:30 pm) |
| Description: | Native Writers: Nora Naranjo-Morse The fourth season of the Native Writers Series opens with Nora Naranjo-Morse (Pueblo Santa Clara) reading poetry from Mudwoman: Poems from the Clay. |
| Location: | National Museum of the American Indian |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 26th - 28th (10 am - 5:30 pm) |
| Description: | Los Dias de los Muertos/Days of the Dead Rooted in the indigenous cultures of Mexico, Day of the Dead celebrations honor the memory of departed ancestors, family, and friends. This family festival includes cooking demonstrations around an outdoor fire pit, special film screenings in the Rasmuson Theater, crafts activities, storytelling, and music and dance performances. |
| Location: | National Museum of Women in the Arts |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | July 6th - Ocober 14th |
| Description: | Frida Kahlo: Public Image, Private Life. A Selection of Photographs and Letters Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s birth, this exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts will include her Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky, photographs of the artist, and previously unpublished personal letters. |
| Location: | National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 15th (12 - 4 pm) |
| Description: | Portraiture Now: Framing Memory This Drop-In Family Day includes stories about Frida Kahlo and Cesar Chavez and a hands-on art activity. Recommended for children ages 5-12, accompanied by an adult. |
| Location: | National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 27th - 29th |
| Description: | The Spanish Contribution to the Independence of the United States Scholars from Spain, Mexico, and the U.S. discuss the impact of Spain in the United States from 1763 to 1848, particularly its role in the American War of Independence. This symposium complements the exhibition Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848. Sessions are held all day on Thursday and Friday. There are morning sessions on Saturday. Call 202.633.1240 for registration information, or visit the National Portrait Gallery Web site. |
| Location: | National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 29th (12 - 4 pm) |
| Description: | Legacy Family Day A Spanish-language tour, hands-on arts activities, and a musical performance are all part of this special day marking the opening of the exhibition Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848. A list of activities is available at the Visitor Services Desk. Recommended for children ages 5–12, accompanied by an adult. |
| Location: | National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 29th (7 pm) |
| Description: | Zarabanda The gallery hosts a special evening concert by this trio of baroque classical musicians from Spain. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848. |
| Location: | National Portrait Gallery, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 6th (12 - 4 pm) |
| Description: | Legacy Drop-In Family Day Program The gallery presents a series of Drop-In Family Days during run of the exhibition Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848. This first day features a Spanish-language tour, a hands-on art activity, and a reading of a children’s biography of Bernardo de Gálvez, a Spanish general who assisted the United States during the Revolutionary War. |
| Location: | National Postal Museum, Atrium |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 13th (1 - 4 pm) |
| Description: | Hispanic Heritage Family Festival The museum celebrates Hispanic Heritage with an event that ties together stories, letters, and Hispanic Americans featured on stamps. |
| Location: | National Zoo |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 16th (11am-5pm) |
| Description: | Fiesta Musical Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this family-oriented festival featuring regional music, dance performances, traditional arts and crafts, and a Latin American food court. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | Ongoing Exhibition (10 am - 5:30 pm) |
| Description: | Graphic Eloquence: Limited-Edition Prints from the Smithsonian Associates Art Colectors This collection of Smithsonian-commissioned prints includes works by Luis Cruz Azaceta, Carlo Mejia, and Felix M. Rodriguez. Signed and numbered lithographs, serigraphs, aquatints, and linocuts are available for sale. Revenue supports educational and cultural programs of The Smithsonian Associates |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 5th - November 11th (5:30 pm) |
| Description: | Lola Alvarez Bravo Lola Alvarez Bravo (1907-1993), is widely recognized as Mexico’s first major woman photographer. The exhibition of more than 56 vintage photographic prints that span six decades shows this pioneer of modern photography’s diverse subject matter and technique including street photographs, images documenting indigenous people and traditional culture in Mexico, portraits, and Surrealist-inspired photomontages. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 5th - November 11th (10 am - 5:30 pm) |
| Description: | Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian will showcase the full range of the Mexican presence in the Smithsonian’s collections, highlighting the shared histories and cultural exchanges between the United States and Mexico. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 5th - November 11th |
| Description: | Guided Tours of Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian and Lola Alvarez Bravo The Smithsonian Latino Center offers interactive bilingual tours of the exhbitions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, by appointment. Recommended for ages 4-12. Call 202.633.1268 or visit www.latino.si.edu. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater and Lecture Hall |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 16th (1 - 4 pm Family Festival; 5 - 6 pm Adult Program) |
| Description: | An Afternoon with Carmen Lomas Garza This celebration of Latino life, recommended for families with children 7 and older, features the many sides of Carmen Lomas Garza, artist and author of such children’s books as In My Family / En mi familia and Family Pictures / Cuadros de familia. At 1 pm, she reads from her books and holds a signing. At 2:30 pm, she conducts a workshop on the art of papel picado, or decorative paper cutting. At 5 pm in the Ripley Center’s Lecture Hall, she presents a talk for adults on her artwork, some of which is featured in the neighboring exhibition Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian and at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. This is the first event in the Smithsonian Heritage Month series “Sharing Stories / Sharing Heritage,” which explores the ways objects and stories connect us to our heritage and to each other. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, International Gallery |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 19th (6:45 pm) |
| Description: | The Giants of Barcelona: Picasso, Miro, Dali, and Gaudi Art critic Judy Pomeranz highlights the masterpieces of four giants of modern art who lived and painted in Barcelona as the nineteenth century raced into the twentieth. Tickets required. Call 202.357.3030. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 26th (6:45 pm) |
| Description: | The Cities of Ancient America Scholar George Scheper looks at the origins of cities in North and South America, focusing on Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico, arguably the greastest ancient American city. Tickets required. Call 202.357.3030. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 4th (10:15 and 11:30 am) and October 6th (12 pm) |
| Description: | African Roots, Latino Soul This passionate play, full of vibrant images and vivid characters, explores what it means to be Latino and black in the American melting pot. Recommended for ages 9–14. Tickets required. Call 202.633.8700. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 5th - 6th |
| Description: | Camera Culture Out of Mexico The Smithsonian Latino Center presents a symposium on Mexican photography in conjunction with the nationally touring exhibition Lola Alvarez Bravo on view at the International Gallery from September 5 through November 11. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center, Discovery Theater |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 9th - 12th (10:15 - 11:30 am) |
| Description: | African Roots, Latino Soul This passionate play, full of vibrant images and vivid characters, explores what it means to be Latino and black in the American melting pot. Recommended for ages 9–14. Tickets required. Call 202.633.8700. |
| Location: | S. Dillon Ripley Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 15th (6:45 am) |
| Description: | Explore Costa Rica Geologist Kirt Kempter discusses Costa Rica's distinctive geographical and biological features Tickets required. Call 202.633.3030. |
| Location: | Schermer Hall, Smithsonian Castle |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 5th - November 11th |
| Description: | Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex Mexican Folk Art from the Collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex is small version of the larger, national touring exhibition that features folk art made by a group of master artisans representing urban, rural and indigenous communities from all parts of the country of Mexico. |
| Location: | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 15th - October 15th (12:30 and 2 pm; No tour on October 8) |
| Description: | Daily Walk-In Tour at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the museum's docent-led tour features a work by a Hispanic artist. Meet at the Information Desk. |
| Location: | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Donald W. Reynolds Center |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 20th (12:30 pm); October 11th and 14th (2 pm) |
| Description: | Latino Art and Culture Gallery Tour This decent-led gallery tour traces the work of Hispanic American artists from the nineteenth century to the present, highlighting ways in which the Latino experience is reflected in American art. Meet in the F Street Lobby. |
| Location: | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 15th - October 15th (12 noon on weekdays, 1 pm on Saturday and Sundays) |
| Description: | Daily Walk-In Tour at the Renwick Gallery Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the museum's docent-led tour features a work by a Hispanic artist. Meet at the Information Desk. |
| Location: | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 26th, October 3rd and October 10th (12 pm) |
| Description: | Renwick Gallery Bilingual Highlights Tours In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Renwick Gallery offers three bilingual walk-in tours of the permanent collection, featuring Game Fish, a whimsical sculpture by Larry Fuente. |
| Location: | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Treasures of American History |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 10th (12 pm) |
| Description: | The Spanish Frontier in North America Talks typically last 10-15 minutes and begin at the Museum "Great Seal", in the Milestones of Flight gallery on the first floor. Presented by the National Museum of American History as part of the Treasures of American History exhibit. |
| Location: | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 14th (6pm) |
| Description: | In Concert: Chéjere and Sonex Hispanic Heritage Month opens with a splash as Chéjere and Sonex combine the Son Jarocho and the Son Huasteco—two of Mexico’s most distinctive regional styles of music—with contemporary Afro-Latin, hip-hop, funk and electronic sounds. |
| Location: | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 25th - February 15th (10 am - 5:30 pm) |
| Description: | Mexican Cycles: Festival by George O. Jackson de Llano Organized by the National Museum of Natural History, Mexican Cycles celebrates Mexico's cultural diversity and the creativity of the members of its Indigenous communities by exploring the annual cycle of their religious festivals as captured in the images of the Mexican-American photographer George O. Jackson de Llano. |
| Location: | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 27th (10:15 and 11:30 am) |
| Description: | Carnaval Smithsonian! Discovery Theater presents a joyous program of music, dance, and beautiful images of Bolivia. Recommended for all ages. Tickets required. Call 202.633.8700. |
| Location: | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | September 29th (2:30 pm) |
| Description: | A Journey through Mexico with George O. Jackson de Llano In this illustrated lecture, photographer Jackson de Llano gives personal insights into the work featured in the new exhibition Mexican Cycles. |
| Location: | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Second Floor |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 13th (11 am - 4 pm) |
| Description: | Mexico-Fest The museum presents a day of craft making and performances that highlight the artistic and cultural traditions of Mexico. Also included are talks by museum scientists on their research activities in Mexico. |
| Location: | Voice of America Auditorium |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Date: | October 11th (7:30 pm) |
| Description: | Marta Gomez Colombian singer-songwriter Marta Gomez takes South American indigenous folk music into a hip new realm. Tickets required. Call 202.633.3030 or visit the Smithsonian Associates Web site. |
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| Location: | Latino Arts, Inc. Auditorium and Gallery |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | September 15th - 29th |
| Description: | Photographs from Latinos in Milwaukee Twenty-five enlarged photographs from the book form the core of this exhibit, bringing today's viewer face-to-face with those who came before. |
| Location: | Latino Arts, Inc. Auditorium and Gallery |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | September 15th (7pm) |
| Description: | Tlen Huicani A fitting kickoff to Hispanic Heritage Month, this highly respected five-member ensemble performs music from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and a host of other Latin American countries. |
| Location: | Latino Arts, Inc. Auditorium and Gallery |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | October 6th - 27th |
| Description: | Pablo Shugurensky A native of Argentina, Pablo Schugurensky creates 7 7 works that boldly interpret the people and places around him. Today he lives and works in Spain, but the sights and sounds of Buenos Aires continue to influence his work. |
| Location: | Latino Arts, Inc. Auditorium and Gallery |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | October 13th (7pm) |
| Description: | Bobby Sanabria Bobby Sanabria - percussionist, composer, arranger, recording artist, and educator - has been hailed from the clubs of his native New York to the international scene as the preeminent torch-bearer for Latin Jazz. |
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