Summer Socials
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Welcome to our new series, Summer Socials!
Every Wednesday over the next month we’ll bring you social media highlights from events we attend around the Washington area.
Blanco y Negro at Cuba de Ayer
You can find Blanco y Negro performing every other Wednesday night at the Burtonsville, Md., restaurant, Cuba de Ayer. Musicians Yenobis Delgado Alba and Reimy Perez Bauta began playing together in their native Cuba in the early 2000s before moving to the Washington area a few years ago.
“People request to be near the music to sit down and listen. Most get up and start dancing. It brings in a delightful experience.” server César Martinez says.
On June 28 they performed covers of famous Cuban songs such as “Cuando Salir de Cuba,” and “Guantanamera.” Playing with instruments such as bongos, guitar, tambourine, and maracas, they sang energetically getting the crowd to get out of their seats and join in dance.
Blanco y Negro performs at Cuba De Ayer every other Wednesday from 6-9 p.m., and at El Golfo every Friday night from 7- 9:30 p.m. For more info visit their Facebook page or check them out on
Youtube.
—Rebecca Toro
Carl De Keyzer’s “States of Mind: Cuba and North Korea”
We are at the @AUMuseum_Katzen viewing Carl De Keyzer’s exhibition States of Mind: Cuba and North Korea pic.twitter.com/lsPmvYzaWI
— Hola Cultura (@DCcultura) June 30, 2017
—Andrea Shek
Behind the scenes at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
We were on hand last Saturday as artists David López, Vinicio Cabrera, Ubaldo Sánchez, and Astrid Garcia (not pictured) kicked around ideas for the alfombra de aserrín, or sawdust carpet, they will create tomorrow, July 6, at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
BREAKING NEWS: The alfombra de aserrín has been moved to Saturday, July 8, due to rain forecast for tomorrow and Friday. Stay tuned to Hola Cultura and we’ll bring you more information on the time of activities, as we receive them.
-Andrea Shek and Pavithra Suresh
Come back tomorrow for our Latino Links, our go-out picks for the coming week!
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