Events for Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Some Tulipanes Events are Cancelled due to Weather. All Indoor Events are Still on. See "Hot News" (in column on right side) for Cancellation Listings
Due to inclement weather on Saturday, September 13, many outdoor Tulipanes events in Centennial Park have been cancelled.
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Erick Pichardo Art Exhibit
The paintings of Erick Pichardo are intensely sensual.
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Giant Piñata - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
The Giant Piñata is the highlight of the Festival for all children who attend. It’s as though they experience Christmas in September.
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Tulipanes Fine Art Fair - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
10am-7pm
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Children's Mural with Erick Pichardo - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
A Tulipanes favorite…artist Erick Pichardo works with children to create a large mural which will be on display for next year’s Festival.
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Children's Workshop: Bamboo Flute Making Workshop
This workshop is led by Martin Espino, a Mexican-American musician and composer of indigenous Yaqui and Tepehuano ancestry.
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La Quinceañera
Many important events in Ana Maria’s life have been disappointing. Will her Quince Años (fifteenth birthday) be any different?
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Tulipanes Cantina
MARGARITA'S RESTAURANT
Sopes, Enchiladas, Tacos, Beans, Rice, Chips & Salsa
TACO FIESTA
Tacos, Tortas, Quesadillas, Tamales, Rice, Beans, Pop
VIC'S TIKI HUT
Puerto Rican Pork Skewers, Stewed Beans, Rice, Plantains
THE MAC SHACK
Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Water
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Bueno Ritmo - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Bueno Ritmo is a musical project exploring the rhythms, sounds, textures, melodies of Latino culture in the world today.
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La Leyenda de la Nahuala
Leo San Juan, a 9 year old insecure kid, throughout his life he has lived scared by the stories that his older brother Nando tells him.
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Borinqueneers
The 65th Infantry Regiment was nicknamed “The Borinqueneers” after “Borinquen”, the word given to Puerto Rico by its original inhabitants, the Taino Indians.
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Bracero Stories
Bracero Stories is a video documentary exploring the personal experiences of five former “guest workers” who participated in the controversial U.S.-Mexican government sponsored Bracero
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Los Gallos de Oro Charreada - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Since 1997 Martin Perez has presented at different artistic events, becoming well known throughout the Midwest for his enthusiasm for the art of folkloric-dance and his constant desire to broaden h
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MEXIKA: Sounds of Ancient Mexico - Saturday 1:15pm Show Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Playing music on a vast array of instruments rarely seen or heard outside of Mexico such as floating gourd water drums, stone marimba, clay and bamboo flutes, seas shell trumpets, hunter’s bo
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Lucia Gonzalez: Storyteller
Lucia Gonzalez was born in 1957 in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in Cuba and Miami. She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Tampa in Florida.
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Fuego de Angel
A powerful look at poverty in Peru and its' affects on a young boy who makes bricks for a living.
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Crossing Numbers
What if the US Border Patrol and the Mexican Police find the corpse of an illegal alien lying right on the border line? Who would take the case?
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Afro Caribbean Dancers - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Caribbean dancers present a performance of graceful movements combined with pulsing rhythms of drumming and pounding feet.
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Inside the Circle
Capturing the raw power of a grassroots hip-hop movement in the heart of Texas, the film tells the story of two strikingly talented b-boys, Josh and Omar, former best friends who become rivals when
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Children's Workshop: Bamboo Flute Making Workshop
This workshop is led by Martin Espino, a Mexican-American musician and composer of indigenous Yaqui and Tepehuano ancestry.
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Intimidad
An in-depth portrait of Cecy and Camilo Ramirez, ages 21, whose dream is to buy land and build a house in Reynosa, Mexico so their 2 year-old daughter, Loida can live with them.
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Evolucion Norteña - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Evolucion is a young band from West Michigan ranging from a tender nine years of age to the two eldest who are thirteen, siblings, joined together when their parents married.
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Viva Cuba
The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences.
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Guitar Holiday
How does a small town of 30,000 people in Mexico get its name on the map of the international music community?
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Pá
Pá tells the story of Jaime, a young successful businessman.
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August Evening
August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval.
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Grand Rapids Arthur Murray Studio: Latin Ballroom Dance - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Just like dancing with the stars!
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Orquesta Sensacional - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather - You can still her them at Salsa Night tonight at 9pm!
Endowed with Puerto Rican and Dominican blood, the newly resurrected Orquesta Sensacional blends youth and experience to create the ultimate joy that Latin music lovers have come to expect and dema
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Writ Writer
The year is 1960. A young man in San Antonio, Texas is arrested for robbery. He pleads notguilty, but is convicted and sent to a racially-segregated state prison farm to pick cotton in 1961.
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Una Historia de Amor
Luna and Miguel’s love story starts, as many others, during their adolescence.
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Teresa Lamb: Tribal Dance - Saturday, Sept 13 Performance Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Teresa Lamb is originally from Mexico City, Mexico.
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La Leyenda de la Nahuala
Leo San Juan, a 9 year old insecure kid, throughout his life he has lived scared by the stories that his older brother Nando tells him.
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Martial Arts Exhibition: Matthew Quintero & Jornales System - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Matthew Quintero is a dedicated martial artist with a black belt in Shorin Ry ( a Japanese style) and 9 years training under grand master Bong Jornales.
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El Brindis
“El Brindis” tells the story of Emilia, a Mexican woman who travels to Chile to meet her father. Things get complicated when she starts a romance with a local rabbi.
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Son de Mexico - Cancelled due to Inclement Weather
Saturday, September 13 • 7:15pm • Centennial Park
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Salsa! Night
The vibe is dance, dance and more dance! An evening celebration featuring the sounds of seven-piece salsa band Orquesta Sensacional, the new school in Latin music.
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Una Historia de Amor
Luna and Miguel’s love story starts, as many others, during their adolescence.
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Crossing Numbers
What if the US Border Patrol and the Mexican Police find the corpse of an illegal alien lying right on the border line? Who would take the case?
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Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Nine-year-old Carlos aka Carlitos is one of the countless children left behind by parents who come to the U.S. seeking a way to provide for their families.
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Lucia Gonzalez: Storyteller
Lucia Gonzalez was born in 1957 in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in Cuba and Miami. She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Tampa in Florida.
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Motherland
How do we decide where is home? For millions of immigrants, loyalties are divided between the land of their birth and the country in which in they choose to live.
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