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Vancouver International Salsa Festival
Friday to Sunday
Westin Bayshore Hotel, Coal Harbour
Tickets: Go to www.salsafestival.ca
**FREE Salsa Party & Marrow Donor Drive at Cafe Cocomo's Sun 3/7
Dear Community,
We need to raise awareness of the lack of minority representation on the National Marrow Donor Registry. Minorities account for less than 31% of all donors - Asians, only 6% & Hispanics only 10%.
If you or a loved one is in need of a marrow donor, you have a less than 30% chance of finding a match. Let's increase these numbers and survive.
Learn how to become a donor and if you choose, take the test at our event. It's as easy as swabbing your mouth.
Cafe Cocomo
650 Indiana St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 824-6910
Palo Pinto County
Tickets are now available for the Salsa Baron’s Ball benefitting Palo Pinto Challenge, set for 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Sheriff’s Posse Building.
Tickets are $100 per couple and prices include a fajita dinner and a chance to win $1,500 grand prize. Tickets can be purchased at the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce.
CARIBE (ka-ree-ve) Salsa Thursdays - Eric Rangel Y Orq. America on Feb. 25
CARIBE (ka-ree-ve) Salsa Thursdays continues its trajectory to becoming the hottest salsa dancing spot in Oakland, featuring Bay Area's top salsa artists. This Thursday, February 25th, salsa pa'l bailador continues with one of Bay Area's renowned band leaders, Eric Rangel Y Su Orquesta America.
CARIBE (ka-ree-ve) is happening every Thursday at the newly-remodeled Karibbean City Nightclub, a true classic nightlife spot in the heart of Oakland. The New Karibbean City features a new dance floor, VIP section, and full bar.
Join the other energetic and fun people in a nice friendly atmosphere perfect for those who know how to appreciate good live salsa music.
This week we will also start salsa dance classes with "Salsa with Juan" instructors. The salsa lessons will be from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.
Also in the mix, DJ Carlitos Way playing salsa, merengue, and bachata, pa' bailar y gozar.
Admission only $8.00, and it includes one FREE vodka drink.
Salsa Festival scheduled for April 24, vendors wanted
The 6th Annual Salsa Festival is just around the corner. Save the date: April 24 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Pacana Park.
This year over 8,000 area residents are expected to be in attendance to enjoy an evening of free family fun and entertainment, including bands and kids activities, plus the opportunity to sample some delicious and sizzling salsa entries.
THURSDAY 4
SALSA: Frankie Vázquez and the Bronx Horns at Latin Tinge Thursdays, Brooklyn Crossroads Supper Club, 402 Third Ave. at Sixth St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, 6 p.m.; $10; women free until 8 p.m.
MIX: Brooklyn band Chicha Libre plays to Charlie Chaplin’s “Pay Day” and “The Idle Class” and guitarist Gyan Riley to shorts from Harry Smith’s “Early Abstractions,” 8 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., $40-$45. Part of the New York Guitar Festival.
SATURDAY 6
SALSA: Dominican singers José Alberto (El Canario) and Raúl Rosendo and Puerto Ricans Nino Segarra and Paquito Guzmán at “Back to the the ’80s” concert, Lehman Center, 8 p.m., $35-$50.
FUND-RAISER: New York Latin bands Zon del Barrio (salsa), Alma Moyo (bomba), Bryan Vargas & Ya Está (Afro-Latin soul) and Vaya (funk), along with the collective Welfare Poets and the dance groups Kalunga Neg Mawon and Paleros Dominicanos de Nueva York! come together for Caribe Negro for Haiti! — a fund-raising event — at Bruckner Bar & Grill, 1 Bruckner Blvd., Bronx, 7 p.m.-3 a.m. (Dance classes from 7 p.m.-9 p.m.). $15-$20.
KIDS: Hot Peas ’N Butter, a children’s musical group that mixes traditional Latin music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazz, folk and rock, at Queens Theater in the Park, 1 p.m. Also Feb. 7, 2 p.m., $12.
KIDS: Dan Zanes and Friends perform songs in both English and Spanish with tap dancer Derick K. Grant, buzuq player Tareq Abboushi, the Brooklyn Symphony Youth Orchestra and the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble, at BAM Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., $15-$25.
KIDS: “La Cucarachita Martina/Martina, the Little Roach,” a bilingual Latin rock ’n’ roll musical based on the children’s tale, at Teatro Sea @ Los Kabayitos Puppet & Children’s Theatre, 107 Suffolk St., 3 p.m., $12.50-$15. Also Feb. 13.
SUNDAY 7
EXHIBIT: Opening reception for Dominican visual artist Demostina’s show “Tuning In” at El Rio Gallery, 10 Fort Washington Ave., at 160 St., 4 to 7 p.m., featuring performance by flamenco singer and dancer Sol La Argentinita and guitar player Cristian Puig. Free.
TUESDAY 9
TV: “P-Star Rising,” a documentary about Priscilla (P-Star) Diaz, a New York kid rapper who struggles to make a name for herself hoping that in the process she will lift her family out of poverty, airs on PBS, 10 p.m.
TANGO: Pianist Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Insiders at Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St., 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. shows, $20.
A salsa dance will be held Saturday Feb. 6 at Cornell's Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. Intro salsa lesson by Felipe Rivera will be from 8-9 p.m. with dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight. There will also be a performance by Sabor Latino. A donation of $5 students and $10 non-students will go to UNICEF/Haiti. Admission includes food and non-alcoholic beverages. Free private dance lessons by Dance Hosts will be available all night.
For more information go to www.salsalibre.org
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If this week's feature story made you want to shake your tail feather, there are weekly salsa nights hosted by several venues in Kansas City.
