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Events on Saturday, October 29, 2022

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 AM

10:00 AM
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Prevention Zone Inc's goal is to provide a forum for sharing and planning research, scholarship, and health policy in the field of correctional health. The Catalyst For Change Community Forum will organize conversations to encourage cross-sector, multi-disciplinary conversations, and to expand our collective understanding of approaches to justice issues especially as they align with other systems such as via education, health care, community development, etc.

Panelist Topic of Discussion with Q & A

Bail Reform Juvenile Justice - Reducing Harsh Prison Sentences Prison, Parole, Probation - Mass Incarceration, Completing Parole or Probation Successful Surviving Wrongful ConvictionRead more

Saturday, October 29

Verónica Gaona, para aquellos que no regresan en vida, siempre está la muerte (homenaje a David Gomez) / For those who do not return in life, there is always death (homage to David Gomez), F150 truck burnout performance, 2021. Photo: Junior Fernandez
1:00 PM
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A TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION FEATURING THE WORK OF JENELLE ESPARZA AND VERONICA GAONA

Sites of Memory is an exhibition featuring newly commissioned and recent works by San Antonio-based artist Jenelle Esparza and Houston-based artist Verónica Gaona, who come together to explore the impermanent nature of land and its residual energy through the use of objects, land-based materials, and living and historical research. This exhibition builds on conversations between Esparza and Gaona as they work to further explore the impacts of migration, familial legacy, transnationality, migratory labor, and ideas related to rest.

Sites of Memory explores the relationship between the body, history, and land. It is the next iteration of Overlapping Territories , an ongoing project about interconnected relationships to land, curated by Ashley DeHoyos, who is working with artists to identify and trace a network of knowledge and experiences through public conversations, art, and interviews with other curators, cultural producers, and scholars from across the Southwest United States.Read more

Saturday, October 29 at 6:30 PM

6:30 PM
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SPECIAL PERFORMANCE TRIBUTE FEATURING RENOWNED CONTRALTO ALEXANDRA GRAVAS PERFORMING SONGS FROM GREECE, INCLUDING PIANO BY JÓZEF OLECHOWSKI AND INTRODUCTION BY ALEX KALAMARIDES

The world-renowned composer of Zorbas the Greek , Mikis Theodorakis , is considered to have been the greatest Greek composer of the twentieth century, a symbol of Greece, and a hero in Greece’s political struggles. His music has travelled the world like that of no other Greek composer before him. His endless numbers of songs were sung by the Beatles, Shirley Bassey, Nat King Cole, Edith Piaf, and many more. The internationally renowned Greek contralto Alexandra Gravas has had the honor to work with the great composer on various occasions from the start of her career on stage and on recordings including the Symphonic song Raven with the composer himself conducting the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra. She has travelled the world singing his songs in her recitals to high acclaim. “ Each of Alexandra’s interpretations is a thorough penetration into the most hidden aspects of my work .” -Mikis Theodorakis

Following a brief introduction to the legacy of Mikis Theodorakis by Dr. Alex Kalamarides, Alexandra will interpret with her unique voice an assortment of songs representative and evocative of the great composer and his times, accompanied on the piano by Mexico City resident pianist, Mr. Jozef
Olechowski.

The event is sponsored and presented by the Hellenic Cultural Center of the Southwest (HCC-SW) and the Hellenic Professional Society of Texas (HPST).Read more

Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 PM

7:30 PM
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JULIÁN QUINTANILLA’S SPANISH VERSION OF THE WORLD ACCLAIMED COMEDY BY FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT LAURENT BAFFIE

With true fanfare, Gente de Teatro is celebrating its 27th season with Julián Quintanilla’s Spanish version of the world acclaimed comedy TOC TOC by French playwright Laurent Baffie.

TOC TOC is a hilarious play dealing with a serious topic in a humorous vein: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). “TOC” is the Spanish Acronym for OCD. Six characters displaying certain signs of OCD are in the waiting-room of a renowned psychiatrist, a specialist in the treatment of the disorder. Because the doctor is late, however, these potential patients are about to embark on a new journey. Without either the expert or the expertise, and amid roaring bouts of laughter from the audience, they will attempt to create a therapeutic group of their own to help one another control their symptoms. The result is a play that is uproariously upbeat, yet the humor never offends.Read more

Saturday, October 29 at 8:00 PM

8:00 PM
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Written by Bruce Graham, Directed by Malinda L. Beckham

Illiterate yet affable, Bobby Reyburn loves to do impressions and watch soap operas. He’s also a member of the Aryan nation sitting on death row, convicted of an unimaginable hate crime. John Brennan is an articulate, well-educated convict and editor of the prison newspaper, The Death Row Advocate. Following executions, John publishes obituaries that tell the stories of the executed but never mentions the crimes committed. John's writing draws national attention and the interest of a journalist who wants to do a story about him. As each awaits his final fate under the watchful eye of their female guard, they confront, comfort, and change each other. Inspired by the story of a real-life Texas death row inmate, Coyote on a Fence explores the questions: Can one be redeemed in the final hours of life? Is everyone redeemable even if they aren’t seeking redemption?Read more