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Film Wilaya – Sept. 25th, 2013 @ 7 PM

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TRINITY COLLEGE PRESENTS:

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WILAYA
Pedro Pérez Rosado / Spain / 97 min / 2012 / Spanish and Arabic with English Subtitles
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
AT 7:00 PM in the Boyer Auditorium – Life Sciences Center
Guest speakers: Prof. Thomas S. Harrington
Free Admission

Born into a Sahrawi refugee camp before being sent to live with foster parents in Spain, Fatimetu returns to her Saharan birthplace following the death of her mother and, despite having been absent for sixteen years, finds herself expected to resume family duties. With unprecedented access to the Sahrawi community, who are still waiting for status under international law, Wilaya is Pedro Pérez Rosado’s poetic evocation of being caught between two worlds.

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WILAYA
Pedro Pérez Rosado / España / 97 min / 2012 / En español y árabe con subtítulos en inglés
MIERCOLES, 25 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2013
A las 7:00 PM en el Auditorio Boyer – Life Sciences Center
Oradores invitados: Prof. Thomas S. Harrington
Entrada libre

Nacida en un campo de refugiados Saharaui antes de ser enviada a vivir con sus padres adoptivos a España, Fatimetu regresa a su lugar de origen después de la muerte de su madre. A pesar de haber estado ausente por dieciséis años, su familia espera que asuma sus responsabilidades familiares. Con un acceso sin precedentes a la comunidad Saharaui, que aún espera la decisión sobre su estatus bajo la ley internacional, Pedro Pérez Rosado evoca poéticamente en Wilaya el estar inmerso en dos mundos.

Presented as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Trio Tremonti’s Debut at Trinity TONIGHT, SEPT. 19th @ 7:30 PM

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Trio_Tremonti_2Trio Tremonti, a new collaboration by violinist Saul Bitrán, cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws, and pianist Sally Pinkas, will make its Connecticut debut in a concert presented by Trinity’s Department of Music in Hamlin Hall tonight, September 19th, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Featuring contemporary and classical works, the program includes Passing Puntos, composed by Dan Román, assistant professor of music at Trinity and an alumnus of the Hartt School of Music, and Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy, composed by Matthew Malsky, a professor of music at Clark University in Worcester, MA.
In Passing Puntos, Román mixes the natural reiterations, overlaying patterns, and offbeat accents of the Bomba and Plena, Afro-Caribbean genres found in his native Puerto Rico, with the style of contemporary post-minimalism.
Trio Tremonti has become a sought after ensemble in New England and beyond following its January 2012 debut performance on WGBH, Boston Public Radio. (For a music video, visit www.wgbh.org/articles/Drive-Time-Live-Trio-Tremonti-Plays-Dvoraks-Trio-No-2-in-G-minor-Op-26-Scherzo-6802.) Last fall, the trio was appointed ensemble-in-residence at the Cambridge School of Weston. All three musicians have enjoyed international careers as soloists.
Bitrán was born in Mexico City to Chilean parents. He is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where he studied with Yair Kless. In 1986 he joined the Cuarteto Latinoamericano as first violinist, recording extensively with the group (which earned a 2002 Grammy nomination and won a 2012 Latin Grammy) and touring worldwide.
Müller-Szeraws’ musical journey has taken him over three continents as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Since his early debut with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción he has performed frequently as a soloist with orchestras in Chile, Germany, and the United States.
Following her London debut at Wigmore Hall, Israeli-born pianist Pinkas has been heard in recital throughout Europe and the U.S. She has toured Russia, China, and Nigeria as half of the Hirsch-Pinkas piano duo, and has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops, Jupiter Symphony, Aspen Philharmonia, and the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra.
Román’s compositional style integrates elements of Caribbean folkloric music with the mechanics of minimalism and the aesthetics of postmodern art. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1974, he completed a B.A. in classical guitar performance at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, and obtained a master’s degree and Ph.D. in composition from the Hartt School.

Open Mic Night at Vernon Social Center TODAY, Sept. 19th @ 7 PM

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Open Mic Night!
 
When: Thursday, September 19th @ 7pm
Where: Vernon Social Center
 
Join La Voz Latina as we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with OPEN MIC NIGHT! Performances include music, poetry, and dance!
 
Early sign-ups are encouraged, but not required. If you are interested, please contact viridiana.medina@trincoll.edu or keyla.inoa@trincoll.edu.
 
ACCEPTING ALL TYPES OF PERFORMANCES!
(performances do not have to be in Spanish)
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Film Southern District / Zona Sur – Sept. 18th, 2013 @ 7 PM

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT [Zona Sur]
Juan Carlos Valdivia / Bolivia / 108 min / 2011 / Spanish and Aymara with English Subtitles
WEDNESDAY, 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2013
AT 7:00 PM in the Boyer Auditorium – Life Sciences Center
Guest speakers: Prof. Priscilla Melendez & Tonny Velasco

La Paz’s Zona Sur neighborhood is Bolivia’s most exclusive enclave and has housed the country’s affluent elite for generations. Here, in an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled offspring and indigenous servants. Social change, however unwelcome, is on its way. As the mother squabbles with her self-indulgent, oversexed teenage son and clashes with her petulant daughter, her 6-year-old boy wanders the rooftops unsupervised. The scent of impending decline permeates the air, and the threat of aristocratic privileges quickly changing hands heralds a new era in a seemingly interminable class war. Bolivia’s official entry for the Academy® Awards foreign-language film race, this searing portrait of a patrician family in flux eloquently chronicles their final days during a time of intense social change and cogently exposes the bubble of decadence in which they exist.

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ZONA SUR [Southern District]
Juan Carlos Valdivia / Bolivia / 108 min / 2011 / En español y aymara con subtítulos en inglés
MIERCOLES, 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2013
A las 7:00 PM en el Auditorio Boyer – Life Sciences Center
Oradores invitados: Prof. Priscilla Melendez y Tonny Velasco

El vecindario Zona Sur de la Paz es la zona más exclusiva, habitada por generaciones de la élite más rica del país. Aquí, en un castillo de tejado de adobe, una matriarca escultural manda sobre sus mimados hijos y sus sirvientes indígenas. El cambio social, aunque inoportuno, está llevándose a cabo. Mientras la madre riñe con su hijo, autocomplaciente y libidinoso, y discute con su caprichosa hija, su pequeño de seis años vaga sin vigilancia por las azoteas. El declive inminente se hace sentir y la amenaza de que los privilegios aristocráticos pronto han de cambiar de manos anuncia una nueva era en una guerra aparentemente interminable. Este punzante retrato de una familia aristocrática en transformación, que es la entrada oficial de Bolivia a la competencia para los Premios de la Academia Cinematográfica por la mejor película en lengua extranjera, relata sus últimos días en un periodo de intenso cambio social y expone de forma contundente la atmósfera de decadencia en la cual vive.

Presented as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

Film TODAY Sept. 11, 20013 @ 7PM – The Man Next Door

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THE MAN NEXT DOOR [El Hombre de al Lado]
Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat / Argentina / 103 min / 2010 / Spanish with English Subtitles
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
At 7:00 PM in the Boyer Auditorium – Life Sciences Center
Guest speaker: Prof. Ingrid Robyn

In this black comedy, Leonardo (Rafael Spregelburd) is a prestigious designer who lives with his family in a famous house designed by Le Corbusier. Life is seemingly ideal for Leonardo until one day his neighbor Victor (Daniel Aráoz), a boorish used-car salesman, breaks through a common wall to make a window in order to “catch a few rays of sun.” Unfortunately, Victor’s new window looks directly into Leonardo’s living space. As the tension mounts between Leonardo and Victor, the film explores the complex relationships between class differences, social barriers, and right and wrong.

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EL HOMBRE DE AL LADO [The Man Next Door]
Mariano Cohn y Gastón Duprat / Argentina / 103 min / 2010 / En español con subtítulos en inglés
MIERCOLES, 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2013
A las 7:00 PM en el Auditorio Boyer – Life Sciences Center
Orador invitado: Prof. Ingrid Robyn 

En esta comedia negra, Leonardo (Rafael Spregelburd) es un diseñador de prestigio que vive con su familia en una famosa casa diseñada por Le Corbusier. La vida le parece ideal a Leonardo hasta que un día su vecino Víctor (Daniel Aráoz), un rudo vendedor de autos usados, rompe una pared para poner una ventana y “atrapar unos rayitos de sol.” Desafortunadamente, la nueva ventana de Víctor tiene vista a la sala de estar de Leonardo. Conforme va escalando la tensión entre Leonardo y Víctor, la película explora las complejas relaciones entre las diferencias de clase, las barreras sociales, y lo que está bien o mal.

 Presented as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.