ATA presents: BareBonez Open Mic (acoustic music, poetry, standup, anything one mic can help with!)
An open mic celebrating “bare bones” performances on the stage, hoping to see everyone’s ideas shine through.
Sign up @ 7:30 pm
Showcase @ 8 pm
VAZQUEZ’ MAIZ + LEWISON + MEJIA +
It’s Indigenous People’s Day, and we are overjoyed to welcome back Gustavo Vazquez, SFAI grad and UCSC prof, with his new doc on the beloved seed culture of Qaxaca, The Keepers of the Corn. Gustavo presents the story of the native species as told by the indigenous famers, artisans, and cooks whose ancestors shepherded the ever-evolving seeds from the dawn of agriculture into the 21st Century–a story of collective labor and food sovereignty spanning more than 350 generations! ALSO in person is Alex Mejia, with the world premiere of Franciscan Inscriptions, his astonishing collage-essay on the role of Franciscan monks in the contradictory colonial struggle for the spread of written literacy in the New World. PLUS Pulque, Sarah Lewison‘s (Fat of the Land) own paean to the native Meso-American diet, here on the production of this cactus-based beverage. AND: Through respective clips we pay tribute to two Mexican maestros who passed away last year: Gregorio Rocha and Lourdes Portillo. Pulque tastings! $14