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| Tuesday, Apr 20 |
| 4:30 PM | Zoominar: Abenomics and the Japanese Economy |
| 6:30 PM | Talk: Myanmar: Development, Democracy, and Despair |
| Wednesday, Apr 21 |
| 12:00 PM | Poetry Reading with Kazim Ali |
| 4:00 PM | Book Talk: Yellow Wife |
| 7:00 PM | Shakespeare Trivia Night |
| Thursday, Apr 22 |
| 12:30 PM | 3 Italian Films |
| 6:30 PM | 2021 Women PeaceMakers Event |
| Friday, Apr 23 |
| 10:00 AM | Virtual Tour of Umbria, Italy |
| 12:00 PM | iCafé – Your Passport to Culture! |
| 4:00 PM | The Shadow of El Centro: a History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity |
| Saturday, Apr 24 |
| 11:00 AM | Book Talk: Kate Quinn |
| 11:00 AM | 16th Annual Student Shakespeare Festival |
| 7:00 PM | San Diego Opera: the Barber of Seville |
| Tuesday, Apr 27 |
| 7:00 PM | San Diego Opera: the Barber of Seville |
| Wednesday, Apr 28 |
| 11:30 AM | Talk: Confronting Racism. Embracing Diversity |
| 3:30 PM | Radicalism at the Crossroads: Black Women Activists in the Cold War |
| 4:00 PM | Talk: the Ripple Effect of Racial Bias in the Toy Industry |
| 6:30 PM | Film: Innocence |
| Thursday, Apr 29 |
| 1:00 PM | Talk: a Third Way - the Origins of China’s Economic Strategy |
| Friday, Apr 30 |
| 10:00 AM | 10th Annual International Jazz Day |
| 12:00 PM | iCafé – Your Passport to Culture! |
| 12:00 PM | Talk: Jillian Hernandez |
| 7:00 PM | San Diego Opera: the Barber of Seville |
| Saturday, May 1 |
| 10:00 AM | Old Town Cinco de Mayo |
| 7:00 PM | San Diego Opera: the Barber of Seville |
| Sunday, May 2 |
| 10:00 AM | Old Town Cinco de Mayo |
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| Guided Tour of Chicano Park |
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We will take you on a personalized tour of the biggest outdoor art museum in the country by one of its founders, artist Mario Torero. We will transport you by passenger van or meet you at the park.
Mario himself will take you on the tour of his and other colorful murals, decorated pylons and historic paintings of the Coronado Bridge collectively referred to as Chicano Park. You will learn the history of the Spanish colonization of San Diego including facts about the Kumeyaay tribe. Chicano Park is the birthplace of Chicano Civil Rights where the local community blocked the construction of a police station in the middle of the barrio. Murals illustrate this struggle to affirm the Chicano culture in San Diego.
Guests will tour the numerous murals just off the Ceasar Chavez Avenue, ask questions of the artists and learn the little known local history of the Chicano movement that changed America in the early '70s. You will be invited for a Mexican Chocolate with your guides at the Por Vida cafe in the heart of Logan. Then either return to the house or discover the hidden galleries of Logan's oft-overlooked local arts district. Where art prints and souvenirs are for sale.
This is a unique experience of living art history, of recalling the Chicano civil rights movement and of understanding how a culture uses visual narrative to assert and preserve its identity. The first tour of the summer, come and learn the real history of San Diego, from the Conquistadors to the Border Angels.
Admission/Cost:$36
Location:
Chicano Park
Logan Avenue
San Diego, CA 92113
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Dates and times:
Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.chicanoparksandiego.com/
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