In commemoration of two historic events in Mexico’s history, the bicentennial of the independence movement and the centennial of Mexican Revolution, the DFT is pleased to join with the consulate of Mexico’s Cultural Affairs Department to present a number of significant gems from Mexico’s rich cinematic history. Admission is free to all films in the Mexican Cinema series, which will continue on Thursday evenings through October 13.
This first program consists of a pair of classic works directed by Emilio Fernández (known by his colleagues as El Indio) and photographed by the legendary Gabriel Figueroa. La Perla is an acclaimed 1945 adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, starring Pedro Armendáriz and Maria Elena Marqués. Las Abandonadas(1944) is the daring and invo ... Go to event
The Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic presented by 100 Black Men of Atlanta is one of the nation’s largest Black college football games pitting Florida A&M University against Southern University on the gridiron. The event is also 100 Black Men of Atlanta’s largest fundraiser for its mentoring, academic support and scholarship program, Project Success. But the Classic is far more than just a game between two fine Black colleges. It’s an HBCU and an Atlanta tradition!
The game takes place at the Georgia Dome on Saturday, September 24, 2011 with kickoff at 3:30 pm. Click here to purchase tickets.
On October 4th, the Talea Ensemble will present their first big concert of the season featuring Pierre Boulez’s classic Le marteau sans maître and Georges Aperghis’ wild, Triangle Carré.
Pierre Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître (The Hammer Without a Master, 1955) is the work that established the composer’s reputation as a leading figure of the European postwar avant-garde.
René Char’s surrealist poetry, like that of Mallarmé’s that Boulez went on to set in future years, serves as the bridge between the worlds of Boulez’s arcane, severe harmonic vocabulary and the cool sensuality of his instrumental writing.
Georges Aperghis’ Triangle Carré (1989), written three decades later, takes an entirely different approach to exoticism. The friction of culture and timbre are primary areas of explorati ... 
This 1940′s movie starring Heinz Rühmann has become a cult classic in Germany. Our movie has English subtitles. Sample our “Feuerzangenbowle”, a mulled wine fortified with rum. Gemütlichkeit and camaraderie!
JANUARY 20, Friday
Sacramento Turn Verein Hall
3349 J St.
Sacramento, CA
For further information, contact Shirley Riemer, GACC/L at 916-442-7360
