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Shakespeare and the traditions of the Aztec, Maya and Catholics!
By Tony Zamorano – español abajo With the opening night of ¡O Romeo! right around the corner, along with this year’s celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), now is an appropriate time to look at the importance of both the holiday and the integration of it into William Shakespeare’s work. Join us, along with Hamlet, Yorick, Titania, and many others from Shakespeare’s plays, to celebrate this year’s Día de los Muertos! Día de los Muertos is one of Mexico’s most profound and culturally defining holidays, combining Aztec,...
read moreThe art of embossing: Beautiful yet simple!
Did you knew that a pencil can be a tool use to create a beautiful embossing design? Beautiful yet simple, the art of embossing has been a popular folk art expression since the middle ages. This simple art form is an elegant way to change the nature of the media adding multidimensional effect. The metal embossing technique, called repujado in Spanish, arrived in Mexico during Spanish colonization. At that time churches were lit with candles and the smoke from candles damaged the sacred...
read moreMouth-watering anticipation for ¡Viva Milagro!
¡Viva Milagro! is just around the corner! A special night that many in our Milagro family look forward to as an indispensable part of the holiday season, full of traditional Mexican arts and culture, delicious food and merriment, live music, a silent auction featuring the stunning creations of talented visual artists from Mexico and Portland, and a chance to mingle with Milagro’s staff, its Board of Directors, fellow audience members, family and friends. This year, Mayahuel Catering has planned a very special Día de Muertos menu;...
read more¡O Romeo! A Latino look at Shakespeare’s dead heroes
In ¡O Romeo! Shakespeare is alive but not well at all. His time draws near and friends from “the other side” have begun to visit! But are these friends real or simply the creations of his imagination? Hamlet, Ophelia, Titania and more circle his deathbed while he fights to write his last play! Has he gone mad? Is he reading too many stories of the New World? What surprises will the joy of Día de los Muertos bring to the beloved Bard? Get your ticket now for ¡O Romeo! and discover the crazy adventure...
read morePhoto of the Day: Ready for “In the Aftermath”
Today we bring you a detail of the preparations for the companion event to Words That Burn scheduled for Saturday Sep. 27 (7pm). Installation artist Yukiyo Kawano and Butoh dancer/choreographer Meshi Chavez present one night only in El Zócalo, In the Aftermath: Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This event will take place before the performance of Words That Burn; each night is matched with a different event. Check out the full listings and get tickets today!
read moreComing up: Day of the Dead and ¡Viva Milagro!
Does it seem like every restaurant, bar, and theatre is having a “Day of the Dead” special these days? Portland’s largest and longest running Día de Muertos Festival is only a month away at Milagro! You’ll experience an entire month of authentic arts, crafts, culture, cuisine, theatre, and traditional altars built especially for the occasion! On Friday, October 17, get ready to join Shakespeare and his characters in the Land of the Dead, with ¡O ROMEO!, Milagro’s 20th original Day of the Dead production. Come early and tour the creative and...
read moreLearn Repujado with Rosa Floyd
Español abajo What do the Statue of Liberty, King Tut’s mask and our ¡Viva Milagro! invitation have in common? They are great examples of the centuries-old embellishment technique known as “repujado”, and now you can learn how to make your own piece of art using traditional Mexican artistry with longtime Milagro collaborator, Rosa Floyd. The two-session class, to be held on Oct. 20 & 22, will cover using simple tools to craft your own unique decorative piece from a tin sheet and paint. Materials and instruction...
read moreThe talented minds behind Dreamscape
The time is nearly here for the Portland premiere of professor and playwright Rickerby Hinds’ Dreamscape! We have seen videos, read interviews from newspapers around the country a well as local press (El Hispanic News & Portland Monthly) and reviews from other cities and reached by the contagious passion that the Honduran-born Hinds and his group put into their hip-hop theatre production performing for the first time in Portland on Sep. 19th and 20th during La Luna Nueva! Today we invite you to meet the talent behind this powerful...
read moreNo Child:the talent behind the FREE staged reading
Portland’s only festival of Latino arts and culture continues with a free event at 7pm this evening! Milagro’s La Luna Nueva brings us the staged reading of the Obie Award-winning play No Child for the first time on the Milagro stage!The play is is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system, in which Sun fearlessly transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents administrators, janitors and security guards who inhabit our schools and shape the future of America, making this play...
read moreBask in the glow of La Luna Nueva!
It’s here! The much awaited return of Milagro’s festival of art and culture celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month launches tonight! The many artistic expressions presented during La Luna Nueva are a mosaic of the vibrancy of Latinos around the world, but we’re being a little more literal as we begin this amazing 3 week adventure in sights and sounds. Local artist and instructor (and frequent Milagro collaborator) Hector Hernandez kicks off the festival with a special exhibit, the result of his Innovative and Traditional Mosaic...
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