COCONINO COUNTY — Hispanic Heritage Month continued in Coconino County with a Sugar Skull workshop as part of Flagstaff First Friday on Oct. 4, and a NAU Latin American film series program on Oct. 10.
Oct. 4 — Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces will present its annual Sugar Skull-making workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 at Banderas Craft Tacos, 11 E. Aspen Ave., downtown Flagstaff. Come learn the secrets of turning water and sugar into skulls for upcoming Día de Los Muertos / Day of the Dead celebrations. Class led by Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces, presenters of the annual Celebraciones de la Gente at the Museum of Northern Arizona (Oct. 26-27). $10 for a completed sugar skull and decorating supplies. Visit www.FlagstaffNuestrasRaices.org or send an email to president@FlagstaffNuestrasRaices.org or info@FlagstaffNuestrasRaices.org for more information.
Other upcoming Hispanic Heritage Month and other future cultural events in the region:
(Please send more more information to fmoraga@amigosnaz.com)
Northern Arizona University’s Office of Inclusion (IMQ) presents “Campus Diversity Engagement Events Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month.” Click here to see the entire schedule.
Oct. 4 — Gato de Lixo Caporeira at Heritage Square, 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, Heritage Square, downtown Flagstaff. Come enjoy this exciting performance by Centro Capoeira Amizade Flagstaff in Downtown Heritage Square! Capoeira Angola is an art form that combines and draws elements from dance, martial arts, acrobatics, ritual, and music. It is ultimately a game where a “Capoeirista” or “Angoleiro” uses agility and technique to maneuver a fellow player into a defenseless position, making them open to a headbutt, kick or sweep. Players can only place hands, head and feet on the floor. Usually there is no contact from strikes as it is understood that an implied strike is more admirable especially if an opponent has been obviously manipulated into a position that is not defensible. The strikes, evasions, and counter-strikes are woven together with acrobatic and dance maneuvers during the course of a game, and the freedom to improvise and create openings keeps Capoeira Angola fluid and often unpredictable. FREE. Click here for more information.
Oct. 10 — Latin American Film Series presents “Embrace the Serpent,” 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Northern Arizona University, Liberal Arts, Building 18, 705 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff. Tonight’s film is Embrace of the Serpent(Ciro Guerra, Colombia, 2015), a beautifully shot narrative based on two expeditions up the Amazon in search of a plant with magical healing powers. Both expeditions, 40 years apart from one another, are conducted by Karamakate, a shaman, and two different European scientists. Shades of Apocalypse Now, but with a powerful emphasis on indigenous perspectives on colonialism. FREE for NAU students, faculty and staff. Contact David Gray David.Gray@nau.edu for more information. The Trial (Maria Ramos, Brazil, 2018).
Oct. 17 — Latin American Film Series presents “Memories of Underdevelopment,” 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Northern Arizona University, Liberal Arts, Building 18, 705 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff. Tonight’s film is Memories of Underdevelopment(Tomás Guttiérez Alea, Cuba, 1968). A newly restored classic of Cuban cinema’s glory days in the 1960s, this is the story of a disaffected Cuban intellectual observing the heady and chaotic early days of the Cuban revolution. FREE for NAU students, faculty and staff. Contact David Gray David.Gray@nau.edu for more information. The Trial (Maria Ramos, Brazil, 2018).
Oct. 19 — Consulate Mobil, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm. Saturday, Oct. 19 at the CCC Commons. More details to come from Coconino Community College.
Oct. 24 — Latin American Film Series presents “Nostalgia for the Light,” 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Northern Arizona University, Liberal Arts, Building 18, 705 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff. Tonight’s film is Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán, Chile, 2010, poetic documentary that juxtaposes two searches that take place in Chile’s arid Atacama desert: astronomers studying the origins of the universe and family members of the disappeared looking for the bodies of their loved ones, killed by the Pinochet dictatorship.) FREE for NAU students, faculty and staff. Contact David Gray David.Gray@nau.edu for more information. The Trial (Maria Ramos, Brazil, 2018).
Oct. 26-27 — Celebraciones de la Gente at the Museum of Northern Arizona, in partnership with Flagstaff Nuestras Raíces. Two-day event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with the return of the Courtyard After Dark program from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Visit http://musnaz.org/heritage/celebraciones/ or click here for more info, schedule
Nov. 1, 2 — Día de los Muertos — Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2. More details to come on local events.
Nov. 27 — David Archuleta Christmas Tour 2019, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, The Orpheum Theater, 15 W. Aspen St., Flagstaff. David Archuleta became a star when he was just 16. In 2008 more than 30 million television viewers fell in love with his angelic voice and their 44 million votes made him runner-up in Season 7 of “American Idol.” Soon after, the young Utahan had his first single “Crush,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of its release. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 166,000. Click here for more information.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 as Hispanic Heritage Month, which honors and celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of individuals whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America, Central America and South America.
In 1968, the United States Congress passed a resolution to celebrate Hispanic heritage at the national level and in 1988, the President of the United States formalized an annual month of Hispanic heritage recognition from September 15 to October 15 of each year.