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FESTIVAL NERUDA SF

by podp
A week long festival celebrating 100 years of the poet, Pablo Neruda.
FESTIVALNERUDA SF
July 12th - 18th, 2004
Ticket Reservations: 866.413.0868 / http://www.redpoppy.net
PROJECTARTAUD THEATER http://www.artaud.org/theater/index.html
450 Florida St @ 17th St, San Francisco 94110

A week long festival celebrating 100 years of the poet, Pablo Neruda.
Featuring world premiere of "¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE! "  a co-presentation by Latino Film Festival; a new documentary film, directed by Mark Eisner, with narration by Isabel Allende; book release party of "The Essential Neruda"; along with the de flor o sangre art exhibition, performances of poetry, music, dance, and tango inspired by the poet.

Give me silence, water, hope.
Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.
Fasten your bodies to mine like magnets.
Come to my veins and my mouth.
Speak through my words and my blood.
-- Pablo Neruda

The Festival begins on July 12th, 2004, when the poet would have turned 100. Please spread this information to all your friends in the SF Bay Area who love peace and art.

mon, 12 THE PABLO NERUDA CENTENARY FIESTA 100 years
7:30 pm FREE Readings inaugurating "The Essential Neruda" co-sponsored by City Lights. Robert Hass, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, Stephen Kessler, Mark Eisner, Youth from Center for Art and Translation w/ accompaniment by Quijeremá,  a new dynamic Latin Americana music ensemble and more... (http://www.redpoppy.net/pabloneruda_aboutmusic.htm)
8:30 pm $15
World Premiere of documentary, ¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
Reception & Fiesta Sponsored by Peña Pachamama & Stags' Leap Winery

tues, 13 La Noche de Juventud/The Night of the Children
7:30 pm FREE
Youth readings: Youth Speaks, Center for Art and Translation,
WritersCorps, Colored Ink, & more...
8:30 pm $7 Community Night ¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
wed, 14 Es Hora de Jardín /It's the Hour of the Garden
7:00 pm FREE Cultivating art-activism in the spirit of Neruda.
Panel of poets, artists, and activists moderated by author/educator, Alejandro Murguía.
Panel: Poet Laureate devorah major, Jack Hirschman, James Lerager, Leslie Scalapino, etc.

While Neruda is known in the U.S. as a writer of love poems, a tribute to
his work must acknowledge him as a life-long activist. In the '40s he was exiled from Chile for accusing his president of selling out to the US and oppressing workers and communists. In the year 2004, we explore the role of the writer and the artist in the face of the violence of an unjustified war,
attacks on civil rights, and a government favoring private interests over
the social well being of its country. Es Hora de Jardín , features a dialogue among poets, artists, and activists in the spirit of Neruda, to encourage a call for social change.
8:30 pm $15 ¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!

thurs,15 de flor o sangre / of flower or blood
6-8 pm FREE
A multidisciplinary art show, featuring painting, sculpture, installation,
and performances by twenty-two well-known artists from Latin America,
Europe, and the United States. Work by Roberto Matta, Rene Yañez, Tom
Fowler, Red Poppy's resident artist, Todd Brown, and many more!
8:30 pm $15 ¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!

ADDITIONAL SCREENING AT LA PEÑA http://www.lapena.org

fri, 16 FESTIVALNERUDA GALA
8:00 pm $45
Film, Poetry, Jazz, & Dance.
¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
LOVE AND WAR: Interdisciplinary collaborative performance w/ jazz, poetry, and modern dance.
Jazz:
MARCUS SHELBY TRIO
Spoken Palabra (excerpts from Neruda's text):
Peter Macon (actor/painter) & Paula Tejeda Rieloff (poet)
Choreography:
Veronica Irene & Jacinta Vlach
Dance:
Kalliope Kalombratsos, Aja Randall, Juan Carlos de la Rosa, Laura Sadai, Laura Serghiou, and Jacinta Vlach
Lighting Design:
Christopher Studley
Costume Design:
Sasha Rieker     
Reception sponsored by Ramblas & Thirsty Bear

sat, 17 Matinees
3:30 pm Matinees $7
¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
5:30 pm $7
La Hormiguita*: documental que refleja Delia Del Carril, segunda esposa de Neruda
*spanish only

sat, 17 TANGO FOR DON PABLO
8:00 pm $20
Film & Tango
¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
Tango Protesta
Tango Protesta is a Buenos Aires-based dance theater collective that
utilizes popular culture (tango) to explore and address political and social
issues.  Festival Neruda is proud to have Pedro "El Indio" Benavente, Tango Protesta founder, here collaborating with local dancers and actors to
present this night's performance. What better tribute to Neruda than to
present the joining of political intent with artistic expression.
This night's dance theater performance is formed from an interplay of images and scenarios juxtaposing fragments of Neruda's work against the diverse realities that compose today's modern society. The performance occurs outside the stage setting, engaging the actual space; the architectural reality of the canning factory that we now know as Artaud Theater. It is fragmented and abstract, guerilla theater that emerged from a week of collaborative workshops. We leave you to your own interpretations.
Milonga: Tango dance party

sun. 18 Matinee
3:30 pm Matinee $7
¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
sun, 18 give rise to my song / originan mi canto
7:30 pm $20
Final Musical:
Ismael Duran & Lichi Fuentes (on international tour)
Neruda's Territories Tribute to Pablo Neruda
A musical homage with rhythms and colors of the traditional music of
Latin-America and the magical poetry of Pablo Neruda of Chile. Celebrating
the 100th.Anniversary of the poet with original compositions which have
found in Neruda's poetry inspiration and courage to sing a wake-up call for
the people of the world. http://www.duranproductions.com/tour
http://www.lichifuentes.com/
Quijeremá tinta verde / green ink Soundtrack from the documentary ¡PABLO NERUDA! ¡PRESENTE!
Quique Cruz (Claudio Durán Pardo) has composed an exceptional score for the movie with his new dynamic Latin Americana group Quijeremá. It draws from the musical roots of the Americas, incorporating jazz ideals with South American instruments and rhythms. The soundtrack will be available July 12th, so check back then! The album is named "Tinta Verde," after the green ink in which Neruda wrote his poems.
(http://www.redpoppy.net/pabloneruda_aboutmusic.htm)

Festival Passes are available for all events: $65
Ticket Reservations: 866-413-0868
http://www.redpoppy.net/events_festival.htm
Sliding scale and discounted tickets for students, seniors, and disabled
available at the door or by phone reservation.
Film by Mark Eisner. A Red Poppy Production. Festival produced by Tanya Marie Vlach.
Sponsors: Red Poppy, Latino Film Festival, City Lights, Project Artaud,
Stanford Center for Latin American Studies, La Peña Cultural Center, &
Friends of the Berkeley Neruda Foundation
Donations: Francsican Estates, Peña Pachamama, Ramblas, Stags' Leap, Thirsty Bear, Veramonte
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by Tibor Sz. (proletaire2003 [at] yahoo.com)
Neruda was an avowed admirer of the most murderous counter-revolutionary of all time, Stalin. He wrote a poem, titled, "Ode to Stalin," and in one of his works effused, "Stalinists! Yes, we are Stalinists! That is the Legion of Honor of our time."

Neruda was a cheerleader for mass murder and counter-revolution, but let's see if any of the weak-ass liberals fawning over him this week will say anything about it.
by eatpoetry
In response to your
"ode to illiteracy and historical oblivion"...

Actually the documentary film touches on this element or period of Neruda... and while unfortunately it doesn't go deeply enough to explore many perspectives of ( and reasons for ) the communist movements throughout Latin America and the world... it does provide a passionate and informative introduction to THE most widely read Spanish poet of the 20th century.

Contrary to the tragic blips on today's popular culture radar this does not equate w/ the analogy of say, the Anglo world having read the latest Tom Clancy or McRandomHouse hacks , Neruda was a profound artist who once served as Chilean ambassador to France during Allende's presidency and was admired not only by intellectuals around the world from Arthur Miller to Picasso to the Surrealists to Gabriel Garcia Marquez... but by people worldwide who are poetry literate.

The work and his role in the history of Latin America is fairly new to me so I have not assessed whether for me personally I have issues w/ the artist's politics , but to ignore the historical implications of a poet who had such political resonance in the world is a bit like willfully wearing an Ashcroft-sack on your head and kneeling to the McCarthy memorial choir.

' ode to Stalin ' is likely piece of shit , but i wonder if,

INCITACIÓN AL NIXONCIDIO Y ALABANZA DE LA REVOLUCÍON CHILENA, 1973 - A Call for the Destruction of Nixon and Praise for the Chilean Revolution

is worth reading?

Or any of these:

:

CREPUSCULARIO, 1923

VEINTE POEMAS DE AMOR Y UNA CANCÍON DESESPERADA, 1924 - Twenty Love Songs and a Song of Despair

ed.: PÁGINAS ESCOGIDAS DE ANATOLE FRANCE, 1924

RESIDENCIA EN LA TIERRA (1925-31) - Residence on Earth

TENTIVA DEL HOMBRE INFINITO, 1926 - Attempt of the Infinite Man

ANILLOS, 1926 - Rings

EL HABITANTE Y SU ESPERANZA, 1926

EL HONDERO ENTUSIASTA, 1933 - Enthusiastic Slingshooter

RECIDENCIA EN LA TIERRE, 1933-35 - Residence on Earth

ESPAÑA EN EL CORAZÓN, 1937 (Espagne au coeur, foreword by Luis Aragon)

LAS FURIAS Y LAS PENAS, 1939

NERUDA ENTRE NOSOTROS, 1939

'Un canto para Bolívar', 1941

'Canto de amor para Stalingrado', 1942

'Nuevo canto de amor a Stalingrado', 1943

CANTOS DE PABLO NERUDA, 1943

SUS MEJORES VERSOS, 1943

SELECCIÓN, 1943 (ed. by Arturo Aldunante Phillips)

Selected Poems, 1944

SALUDO AL NORTE Y A STALINGRADO, 1945

CUATRO DISCURSOS, 1945 (with others)

TERCERA RESIDENCIA, 1947

RESIDENCIA EN LA TIERRA, 1947

DULCE PATRIA, 1949

CANTO GENERAL, 1950 - Canto General / General Song

LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITÁN, 1952 - The Captain's Verses

TODO EL AMOR, 1953

POESÍA POLÍTICA, 1953 (2 vols.)

Le chant général, 1954 (ill. by Fernand Léger)

Pablo Neruda, choix de poèmes, 1954 (ed. and trans. by Jean Marcenac)

Tout l'amour, 1954 (ed. by Pierre Segners)

LAS UVAS Y EL VIENTO, 1954

ODAS ELEMENTALES I-III, 1954-57 - Elementary Odes

NUEVAS ODAS ELEMENTALES, 1956

TERCER LIBRO DE LAS ÓDAS, 1957

OBRAS COMPLETAS, 1957

ESTRAVAGARIO, 1958 - Extravagaria

NAVEGACIONES Y REGRESOS, 1959

CIEN SONETOS DEL AMOR, 1960 - One Hundred Love Sonnets

CANSIÓN DE GESTA, 1960 - Song of Protest

LAS PIEDRAS DE CHILE, 1960 - Stones of Chile

CANTOS CEREMONIALES, 1960

Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda, 1961

PLENOS PODERES, 1962 - Fully Empowered

SUMARIO, 1963

MEMORIAL DE LA ISLA NEGRA, 1964 (5 vols.) - Isla Negra, A Notebook

ARTE DE PÁJAROS, 1966 - Art of Birds

LA CASA DE ARENA, 1966 - The House in the Sand

FALGOR Y MUERTE DE JOAQUÍN MURIETA, 1967 - The Splendour and Death of Joaquín Murieta

LAS MANOS DEL DÍA, 1968

COMIENDO EN HUNGARÍA, 1969 - Sentimental Journey around the Hungarian Cuisine

FIN DEL MUNDO, 1969

AÚN, 1969

Early Poems, 1969

A New Decade, 1969

AÚN, 1969 - Still Another Day

LA ESPADA ENCENDIDA, 1970

LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO, 1970 - Stones of the Skies

GEOGRAFÍA INFRUCTUOSA, 1972

OBRAS COMPLETAS, 1973 ( 3 vols.)

CONFIESO HABER VIVIDO, 1973 - Tunnustan eläneeni

INCITACIÓN AL NIXONCIDIO Y ALABANZA DE LA REVOLUCÍON CHILENA, 1973 - A Call for the Destruction of Nixon and Praise for the Chilean Revolution

2000, 1974 - translated as 2000

EL MAR Y LAS CAMPANAS, 1974 - The Sea and the Bells

ELEGÍA, 1974

Five Decades, 1974

EL CORAZÓN AMARILLO, 1974

EL LIBRO DE PREGUNTAS, 1974

JARDÍN DE INVIERNO, 1974 Winter Garden

LA ROSA SEPARADA, 1974 - The Separate Rose

DEFECTOS ESCOGIDOS, 1974

PARA NACER HE NACIDO, 1977 - Passions and Impressions

EL FIN DE VIAJE, 1982

Late and Posthumous Poems 1968-1975, 1988









  
  
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