Documentary Film “No Le Digas a Nadie” on September 6

DON”T MISS THIS FILM!
Tuesday, September 6, 2016, 7pm (FREE BILINGUAL EVENT)

Napa Valley College, Library /Learning Resource Center Room 1730
2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa, CA 94558, Napa, CA

Don’t Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie) with Spanish Subtitles
In a community where silence is seen as necessary for survival, immigrant activist Angy Rivera joins a generation of Dreamers ready to push for change in the only home she’s ever known — the United States.

For more information about the film: http://www.pbs.org/pov/donttellanyone/

A FREE joint collaboration with Napa County Library, McCarthy Library, and POV; Docu Nights is a monthly series that aims to use independent documentary films to inspire, raise public awareness and initiate conversations around important issues.

For directions to this event https://www.meetup.com/unshelved/events/233236368/

 

2016 Mes de la Herencia Latina

¡Favor de compartir!

Descargar e imprimir en Inglés y Español ( negro y blanco / 8×11 calendario / 2016-nv-latino-heritage-month-calendar-black-and-white-8-5×11-1).

Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month 2016

2016 Black and white calendar for printing 

Please download, share this calendar of upcoming events, most of which are free and family friendly! Stay tuned for more details about each of these events shortly.  Down

Thank you to all the organizations hosting events and their sponsors.  The Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee is grateful to Napa Valley Vintners, our sponsor, who makes our promotion of Latino Heritage Month in our communities possible!

More Spanish films of Interest during the Napa Valley Film Festival

The following films, either in English or in Spanish with English subtitles are offered during the Napa Valley Film Festival, November 11th (Wednesday) through November 15th (Sunday.) These films are in addition to the day of Spanish films on November 14.

Napa Valley Film Festival: Spanish films with English Subtitles, Nov. 14

Don’t miss “Spotlight on Latino Heritage,”  a day of films about Latinos, at Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 per screening.  Four short films will be screened together at 5pm and three longer films will be shown throughout the day and evening.

The Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee is proud to be listed as a partner of the film festival, helping to get the word out about this special opportunity.

El Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibition & Celebration, October 31- November 1

El Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) will be observed in Napa on Saturday October 31^st through Sunday, November 1st, with highlights including the exhibition of 25 altars and a celebration of the life of our loved ones.  Don’t miss this event at the Harvest Middle School gym, at 2449 Old Sonoma Road in Napa, rain or shine.

Saturday October 31^st, 10am-4pm:  will be a time for quiet reflection while visiting the altars.

Sunday, November 1^st, noon -4pm, there will be festive celebration of life featuring the altars, traditional music, Aztec Dancers and Ballet Folklorico, face painting, craft activities, professional story telling by Olga Loya and delicious Mexican food.

Admission and all activities are free. Food and beverages will be for sale.

El Día de Los Muertos is organized by the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee in partnership with Harvest Middle School.

Additional sponsors include the Napa Valley Unified School District, Napa Valley Vintners, Community Projects, Inc., Napa Valley Education Foundation, Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center and Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza.

For more Information contact: 707-337-2970 or nvlatinoheritage@gmail.com.

St. Helena will also observe El Día de Los Muertos on November 1, noon-4pm.

Author Francisco Jiménez to speak November 3-4

Families are invited to hear author Francisco Jiménez speak about the American Dream as part of Napa County Office of Education’s annual, Napa County Reads programs.Jiménez, the son of migrant workers, writes autobiographical books about his life.  Adults and students are encouraged to read his first book, The Circuit, before his visit.

Jiménez will speak in English at 7pm on Tuesday, November 3rd at Lincoln Theater in Yountville.  The Hecho Aquí/ Made Here Exhibition will also be on display.  Tickets are a $10 donation.  Students are free.

The same program will be offered in Spanish, for free, at 7pm on Wednesday, November 4th  at St John the Baptist Catholic Church Parish Hall on Napa Street in Napa.

Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee is part of the Napa County Reads planning group.. 

The Hecho Aquí Exhibition is now a book and a website!

Hecho Aquí is a photography exhibition and bilingual collection of biographies featuring 20 Latino entrepreneurs–their lives, businesses, and dreams “made here” in the Napa Valley. It was created by the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee and a team of talented artists, with support from our generous sponsors.

NVLHC and Hecho Aquí Committee members celebrate the release of the first copies of the book Hecho Aquí, with the exhibit in the background, at Taquería María Restaurant. 

This exhibition was a featured event during the 2015 Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month, exemplifying its theme, “Celebrating Latinos and the American Dream.”

Hecho Aquí may be purchased on line as a hardcover or softcover book.  Click the links to see also what the books will look like. 

Read the inspiring stories of our local entrepreneurs, hosted on the hechoaqui.org website.

• Anita Alfaro, Anna’s Bridal Boutique
• Bernardo Ayala, Napa Valley Bistro
• Eduardo Balbuena, Wine Specialty Services LLC
• Pablo Chávez, Tacos Chávez
• Imelda Contreras, Imelda’s Designer Alterations
• Estela Navarro Cortez, Joey’s Bakery
• DeLuna & DeHaro Families, La Luna Market
• Javier Garcia, Garcia’s Auto Service
• Jose Guadalupe Maldonado & Hugo Maldonado, Maldonado Family Vineyards
• Ernesto Martinez, Market
• Patricia Martinez, Latino Professional Services
• Francisco Matias, Matias Martial Arts
• Rosa Morales, Rosemary’s Salon
• Maria Olvera, Rosemery’s Haircuts
• Emma Peña, El Vaquero Western Wear
• Joel Ramos, American Canyon Collision Center Inc.
• Davíd Reynoso, Taquería María
• Rafael Rios III, Law Offices of Rafael Rios III and Justicia Wines, LLC
• Jess Romero, Romero’s Tax Services
• Alex Sotelo, Alex Sotelo Cellars

Hecho Aquí es una exposición de foto­grafía y colección de biografías que muestran a 20 empresarios – sus vidas, negocios y sueños “ hecho aquí” en el Valle de Napa. Fue creado por el Co­mité de la Herencia Latina del Valle de Napa en honor del cuarto aniversario del Mes de la Herencia Latina del Valle de Napa del año 2015. Por favor, disfruten las historias inspiradoras dedicadas a los jóvenes en nuestras comunidades.

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We update our Facebook page  several times a week to keep community members informed about Latino cultural events and community information. To receive information by email contact nvlatinoheritage@gmail and ask to be put on our distribution list.   You may also sign up to follow this website.

Through these and through our programs, and our networking and advocacy, the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee (NVLHC) “promotes appreciation throughout the year of Latino cultures and individuals and their contributions to our Napa Valley communities while helping to create an inclusive, cross-cultural environment in which we can all thrive.” 

Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month 2015

Artwork by Paola Delgado, graphic design by Monica Monge Chavez.

Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month featured more than thirty events, spanning from September 11th to November 14th – more than a month of events!  See a sampling of the wonderful and varied events in our 2015 print calendars.

Thank you to the many organizations who hosted events this year, to our local elected officials who issued proclamations, to our generous sponsors who made the promotion of Latino  Heritage Month possible, and to our fabulous volunteers.

Thank you to Napa Valley Vintners and Community Projects, Inc.

Generous gifts from Napa Valley Vintners and Community Projects, Inc. underwrote  a large percentage of the programming costs for Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month,  the Hecho Aquí exhibition and book, and Día de los Muertos in Napa for 2015.  For information about our additional sponsors visit our Sponsors page.

Lucha Libre comes to Napa for the first time

Nearly 800 people filled Chardonnay Hall at Napa Expo and watched Lucha Libre reports the Napa Valley Register in their article:  Lucha Libre pulls out all the stops in Napa debut.

Visit www.facebook.com/napaluchalibre to stay informed about future events by the event’s organizers.   Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee provided social media promotion for this fun event to help support its success. 

Celebrants enjoy Napa Lucha Libre

Carlos Hagedorn on “Grapetown Barrio Education & Community Transformation”

How are we responding to the needs of our Chican@/Latin@ students of the Napa Valley? Are we providing authentic and culturally relevant learning experiences for them in our classroom and community? In this discussion we will explore how GrapeTown Barrio Education provides us with an educational framework that embraces the cultural wealth of our Chican@/Latin@ students, while affirming their local experiences as students in the Napa Valley. Through culturally responsive and culturally relevant pedagogies our Chicano/Latina students are best equipped to dream, succeed, thrive, and become agents of community transformation.

Carlos Hagedorn presented this talk touching on the themes above at Napa Valley College to a packed room of students, faculty members and community members on September 24th.

Hecho Aquí Exhibit inspires the crowd

Over 100 people turned out for the reception for the Hecho Aquí Exhibition at the Napa CountyLibrary featuring portraits and biographies of 20 local Latino entrepreneurs. This exhibit was a featured event of the fourth annual Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month.  It will be on exhibit two more times, on November 3 and November 4 as part of Napa County Reads events with author Francisco Jiménez.  Missed the exhibit?  Visit it online at www.hechoaqui.org.

Anita Alfaro, owner of Anna’s Bridal Boutique and her family

Jess Romero, owner of Romero’s Tax Services and his family and friends, with his portrait

Bernado Ayala, Executive Chef and Owner of Napa Valley Bistro reads his biography with his family

Icela Martin, left and Marisa Loza, right celebrate with exhibit curator and featured photographer, Juan Diaz

Featured business owner Rafael Rios (left) with Hope Lugo, Napa County Superintendent Barbara Nemko, and Napa County Supervisor Brad Wagenknect.

Thank you to the photographers, biographer, curator and sponsors who made this exhibit possible.  Read all about it at www.hechoaqui.org.

Latino Heritage Month 2015 on Napa Valley TV, Napa Valley Broadcasting, and KVON radio

Watch these one minute public service announcements in English and Spanish featuring upcoming highlights for Latino Heritage Month 2015, featuring Icela Martin.

Frances Ortiz-Chávez and Carlos Hagedorn represented the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee on Napa Valley Broadcasting.

Icela Martin, Laura Valencia, and Debbie Alter-Starr were featured on “Today in the Napa Valley,”  on KVON.

Beyond the Label, Chicano Art Exhibition Brings Latino Crowds Downtown

Mauricio Villares (far left) and Sergio Velazquez (far right), the creators of Beyond the Label, Chicano Art Exhibition, August 29, with a friend at their event.

For the second year, Beyond the Label, brought crowds to the Black and White Center  in downtown Napa to see Chicano Art from Napa and around the bay area.   The mission of the exhibit and its resulting success were captured in this front page article –  Latino artists urge Napans to see ‘Beyond the Label’

Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee and its fiscal agent Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center were delighted to assist Mauricio and Sergio with fiscal agency and some support with promotion.  We look forward to partnering again next year.

Photo by Karla Marquez of Beyond the Label, packing in a crowd

The Villalobos Brothers at Lincoln Theater

Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in Yountville is committed to promoting Latino cultural arts in our communities and the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee considers itself a partner in “getting the word out” about these events.

The theater brought out the Villalobos Brothers from New York via Veracruz, Mexico who played an awesome set of “contemporary, high-octane Mexican fiddling,” enchanting their audience.  When their show was over, Ernesto Villalobos continued performing out in the lobby and the band mingled with their guests.

Vintage High Student, Jessica Kickingwoman with Luis Vilallobos

Teen, Paola Delgado, designs her fourth Latino Heritage Month poster!

Paola Delgado, a graduate of Harvest Middle School, won first place in our student contest to create art for the first annual, Napa Valley Latino Heritage Month poster in 2012.

In 2013, during her freshman year at New Tech High School,  she won first place again. Here is the piece she created.

After she won first place for the THIRD year in a row in 2014, she really had our attention!

We decided to hire her outright, in our fourth year –her senior year–to create our poster “Celebrating Latinos and the American Dream,” for 2015’s Latino Heritage Month!

Paola is a talented animator as well as an artist, receiving accolades for her work from many.

Graphic design on the posters is by Monica Monge Chávez. 

Napatitlan, Napalerisma/o, Napalera/os, and Napatistas

A new Facebook page was born July 7, 2015, Napatitlan, which explains itself through its posts, which are also shared on Instagram and Twitter, and increasingly finding their way into the local vernacular.   One writer shares:

“Napalerismo promotes the right and duty of Napaleras, Napaleros, and Napalerxs to organize and to create narratives; the right to individual and collective self-determination, self-expression, and self-affirmation. We can create the moments and spaces to define and redifine who we are, what our stories are, and who we will become. This image (below) is a moment in an art space in downtown Napa where many Napalerx artists expressed their narratives in their own terms and styles to their own people and to the community at large, organized by their own efforts. Self-determination is important in this collective, global human experience. ‪#‎Napalerismo‬‪#‎napatitlan‬ ‪#‎napavalley‬ ‪#‎ournapa‬ ‪#‎napatista‬

Beyond the Label, Chicano Art Exhibit, oganized by Maurio A. Villares and Sergio Velazquez.

Napa Valley Museum features Latino Artists

After several years of planning, the Napa Valley Museum hosted its first exhibition of the art work of local and bay area Latino Artists,  Inherit: Latino Artists in California.

Opening Night at Inherit: Latino Artists in Calfornia, at Napa Valley Museum

In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, this exhibition features Latino artists whose artwork portrays Latino culture, history and influence on American culture. The exhibition is presented in partnership with Latino Heritage Month and Somos Napa.

Featured Artists: Dionisio | Frances Ortiz Chavez | Israel Valencia | Joann Ortega Snowden | Jose Hernandez | Juan Diaz |Lewis de Soto | Malaquías Montoya | Oscar Aguilar Olea | Rupert Garcia | Susann Ortega

Hope Lugo and Alfredo Pedroza with the artist and his work

Napa Artist Frances Ortiz-Chávez and her family

Artwork by Napa artist Oscar Aguilar

Image by Napa photographer, Israel Valencia