MECA Performing Arts | 2016-17 Season
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September 6 - 24, 2016
¡Teatro! : Archival Exhibition of Chicano/Latino Theater from the Civil Rights Era* Courtesy of Arte Público Press | Visual Art Exhibition Friday September 23 and Saturday September 24, 2016 '57 CHEVY Performed by Ric Salinas | Theater Supported in part by NPN | Co-commissioned by MECA October 10 to November 18, 2016 Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Exhibition* Curated by Diana Muñiz Friday October 21, 2016 CALAVERA RENDEZVOUS Día de los Muertos Soirée Saturday October 29 and Sunday October 30, 2016 DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS FESTIVAL* Monday December 12, 2016 FIESTA GUADALUPANA* Friday December 16, 2016 LA POSADA IN THE OLD SIXTH WARD* |
January 13 - February 24, 2017
Jarocho Impressions: Musical Motives from Southern Veracruz Alec Dempster | Visual Art Exhibition* Curated by Dorota Biczel Friday February 10, 2017 Viva el Amor, Viva Veracruz CAMBALACHE Jarocho-Chicano Music March 3 - 11, 2017 | MECA Celebrates Sor Juana SOR JUANA AND THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS Angeles Romero | Theater March 3 - April 28, 2017 | MECA Celebrates Sor Juana Chicano Pop Curated by Jimmy Castillo Mayra Zamora | Visual Art Exhibition* Friday April 7 and Saturday April 8, 2017 FLASH Rennie Harris and Michael Sakamoto | Dance June 2 - July 7, 2017 Children's Prison Arts Project | Visual Art Exhibition* |
MECA Performing Arts | 2015-16 Season
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August 31 - September 25, 2015
Children's Prison Art Project Visual Art Exhibition August 31 - September 25, 2015 Texas Farm Workers: Valley March 1975 & Muleshoe to Austin 1979 Photographic Exhibition by Alan Pogue Friday September 18, 2015 Floricanto Houston with Conjunto Aztlan October 12 to November 20, 2015 Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Exhibition Friday October 23, 2015 Calavera Rendezvous VI Ermelinda Cuellar and Friends Saturday October 31 & Sunday November 1, 2015 Dia de los Muertos Festival Ruben Moreno and Zydeco Re-Evolution Richard Reyes and The Accent Band Mariachi Origen y Tradición Grupo Guermilére Chuan Qin Solero Flamenco Danza Azteca Taxcayolotl MECA Ballet Folklórico Saturday December 12, 2015 Fiesta Guadalupana Wednesday December 16, 2015 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward January 19 to March 4, 2016 Taquerías Southmost: Photographic Exhibition by Chuy Benitez from Texas Folklife Collection |
Friday February 12, 2016
Viva el Amor | Viva Mariachi MECA Celebrating 25 Years of Mariachi MECA March 4 & 5, 2016 | MECA Celebrates Sor Juana Virginia Grise Your Healing is Killing Me: A Performance Manifesto Directed by Emily Mendelsohn April 1, 2016 Alejandro Vela | Piano Noche Azul Supported in part by NPN April 22-30, 2016 El sueño de la razón produce monstruos Written and directed by Angeles Romero May 7, 2016 Lourdes Pérez and May Nasr | Music Written in Water June 3 - July 8, 2016 Children's Prison Art's Project Visual Art Exhibition |
MECA Performing Arts | 2014-15 Season
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September 2 - 26, 2014
Children’s Prison Arts Project: Graffiti Blowout Visual Art Exhibit October 13 - November 21, 2014 Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibit Friday October 31, 2014 Calavera Rendezvous V Cecilia Duarte with Elena Lacheva | Lupe Olivarez, Jr. |MECA Ballet Folklórico Calavera Fashion Show - Art Institute of Houston Saturday November 1 & Sunday November 2, 2014 Dia de los Muertos Festival Sister Sister | Richard Reyes and The Accent Band | Karla Lara | Colombian Folkloric Ballet | Ernesto Vega | Solero Flamenco | Danza Azteca Taxcayolotl | DJ RobCue MECA Ballet Folklórico | Nameless Sound | KoumanKe'le' African Dance and Drum Ensemble | Houston Girls Chorus and VOX: Rob Sieble Singers Friday November 14 & Saturday November 15 The Carpetbag Theatre | Speed Killed My Cousin Written by Linda Parris-Bailey, Directed by Andrea Assaf Supported in part by NEFA, NPN, NEA, and HGOco Friday December 12, 2014 Fiesta Guadalupana Tuesday December 16, 2014 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward |
January 23-25, 2015
Workshop Performance Series | El Entrecejo: La vida y los tiempos de Frida Escrita y Dirigida por Angles Romero January 30 - March 6, 2015 Grace Zuñiga: Sweat of the Sun Faculty Visual Art Exhibition Series February 2-13, 2015 Viva el Amor Hearts Visual Art Exhibit and Silent Auction Friday February 13, 2015 Viva el Amor | Vanessa Alonso and Friends, Reprise In collaboration with Houston Grand Opera and HGOco Friday March 6, 2015 Palabras de mi Madre Workshop Performance Series/Faculty Recital Series Text and Music by Ermelinda Cuellar March 26 - April 24, 2015 Voices in Concert: In the Spirit of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Tina Fuentes, Delilah Montoya, and Kathy Vargas Curated by Grace Zuñiga and Mark Cervenka In colllaboration with O'Kane Gallery of UH-Downtown and Arte Público Press Supported in part by City of Houston with a City's Initiative Grant Friday April 24, 2015 An Evening with Gwendolyn Zepeda | Houston Poet Laureate Supported in part by Poets & Writers June 5 - July 10, 2015 Paris Jomadiao: Sediment Installation/Mixed-Media Visual Art Exhibit | Curated by Grace Zuniga June 26, 2015 YETLANEZI Supported in part by Mexican Consulate |
MECA Performing Arts | 2013-14 Season
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September 6-27, 2013
Serie Print Project Visual Art Exhibit Friday September 20, 2013 Binh Nguyen | Classical Guitar Faculty Recital Series October 21 - November 15, 2013 Dia de los Muertos Altar Exhibit Friday November 1, 2013 Calavera Rendezvous IV Yetlanezi | MECA Ballet Folklórico | Calavera Fashion Show - Art Institute of Houston Saturday November 2 & Sunday November 3, 2013 Dia de los Muertos Festival Yetlanezi | El Rectorado del Son | Zenteno Spirit | Colombian Folkloric Ballet | Chikawa | Solero Flamenco | Rodrigo Gamboa | Ermelinda Cuellar | MECA Ballet Folklórico Trio Control | DJ RobCue | Tania Rivas | Houston Chinese Traditional Music Group Ambassadors International Ballet Folklórico Thursday December 12, 2013 Fiesta Guadalupana Monday December 16, 2013 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward |
Saturday February 1, 2014
The Nina Simone Project | Dallas Black Dance Theatre Supported in part by NEFA, NPN, and TCA Friday February 14, 2014 Viva el Amor | Vanessa Alonso and Friends In collaboration with Houston Grand Opera and HGOco February 14-25, 2014 Viva el Amor Hearts Visual Art Exhibit March 7 - April 25, 2014 MECA Celebrates Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Delilah Montoya: Mi amor me ha dado recuerdos para ti Visual Art Exhibition Friday March 21, 2014 David Dove | Sounding Out the Dow School Sound Performance/Installation Friday April 11 & Saturday April 12, 2014 El Rumor del Incendio | Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol Supported in part by MAAF/Southern Exposure, NPN Performing Americas, and UH Mitchell Center/CounterCurrent Friday April 25, 2014 Francisco Mora Catlet | AfroHORN In collaboration with Houston Museum for African American Culture (HMAAC) June 5 - July 11, 2014 Bernardo Díaz | Writing on the Wall Visual Art Exhibit |
MECA Performing Arts | 2012-13 Season
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September 17-October 12, 2012
Dow School Centennial and MECA 35th Anniversary Photography Exhibit Curated by Eva Martinez Tuesday September 25, 2012 Film Screening | Lemon In collaboration with Houston PBS and Talento Bilingüe de Houston October 22 - November 20, 2012 Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibit Friday October 26, 2012 CALAVERA RENDEZVOUS III MECA Ballet Folklórico | Calavera Fashion Show - Art Institute of Houston Saturday October 27 & Sunday October 28, 2012 Dia de los Muertos Festival Conjunto X | Free Radicals | Los Guerreros de la Música | Solero Flamenco Re-Kreation Dance Company | Vantrese Musick | Houston Heights Orchestra Ermelinda Cuellar | MECA Ballet Folkórico | Mariachi MECA | KoumanKe'le' African Dance and Drum Ensemble |Ambassadors International Ballet Folklórico |Nameless Sound December 7-9, 2012 La musica del Cielo: Una Pastorela Written and Directed by Peter Webster In collaboration with Main Street Theater |Supported in part by NPN and Fiesta Wednesday December 12, 2012 Fiesta Guadalupana Sunday December 16, 2012 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward |
Saturday February 9, 2013
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Supported in part by TCA Friday February 15, 2013 Viva el Amor | Mariachi Autlan de Houston February 15-28, 2013 Viva el Amor Hearts Visual Art Exhibit Friday March 8 and Saturday March 9, 2013 Carrying the Seeds of the Past into the Future: A Celebration of International Women's Day and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz In collaboration with Creative Women Unite Saturday March 23, 2013 ¡UNO, DOS, TRES! Concert Series: El Rectorado del Son In collaboration with HAA, TBH, and KPFT Supported in part by City of Houston with a City's Initiative Grant Monday April 1, 2013 Alkali Ensemble April 12 - May 3, 2013 Through the Eyes of our Children | Something Beautiful Preservation LINK, Inc. Saturday April 13, 2013 ¡UNO, DOS, TRES! Concert Series: Son Vallento In collaboration with HAA, TBH, and KPFT Supported in part by City of Houston with a City's Initiative Grant Friday May 3, 2013 Daniel Valdez Sponsored in part by NPN Saturday May 18, 2013 ¡UNO, DOS, TRES! Concert Series: Lumalali In collaboration with HAA, TBH, and KPFT Supported in part by City of Houston with a City's Initiative Grant June 10 - June 27, 2013 "Art Inside" Visual Art Exhibit In collaboration with Children’s Prison Art’s Project |
MECA's Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Series | 2011-12 Season
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August 27, 2011
The People’s Art Collaborative In collaboration with Center for the Healing of Racism and Jewish Community Center of Houston September 9, 2011 Sarah Rafael Garcia | Wild Womyn Writers Supported in part by Poets & Writers September 16 – October 14, 2011 Pablo Bobbio: WAR Visual Art Exhibit October 24 - November 30, 2011 Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibit October 28, 2011 Calavera Rendezvous II MECA Ballet Folklórico and Mariachi MECA | Calavera Fashion Show - Art Institute of Houston October 29 – 30, 2011 Dia de los Muertos Festival Huehuetl | Ruben Moreno and Zydeco Re-Evolution | Tres en Punto de Colombia Solero Flamenco | Curt Warren Trio | Mariachi Autlan | Houston Heights Orchestra Sargam School of Music | Ermelinda Cuellar | Nameless Sound | Mariachi MECA MECA Ballet Folklórico | KoumanKe'le' African Dance and Drum Ensemble International Ballet Folklórico de Crockett Elementary December 9, 2011 - January 6, 2012 Serie Print Project Visual Art Exhibit | In collaboration with Black Swan Printing December 10, 2011 Houston Heights Orchestra | Midwinter Merriment December 12, 2011 Fiesta Guadalupana December 16, 2011 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward |
February 6 - 24, 2012
Viva el Amor Visual Art Exhibit and Silent Auction February 10, 2012 Viva el Amor, Viva America Latina Mariachi MECA with Tres en Punto de Colombia March 2, 2012 Liza Garza Supported in part by NPN March 2- 30, 2012 Renee Rodriguez: Transcendent Lens Photography Exhibit April 2 - 27, 2012 The Art of Le Quan Pham Visual Art Exhibit April 20, 2012 Alejandro Salvia Faculty Recital Series May 4, 2012 Yetlanezi Supported in part by NPN June 18 - 29, 2012 Children’s Prison Arts Project: Making a Difference Visual Art Exhibit |
MECA's Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Series | 2010-11 Season
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September 17–19, 2010
Celebremos Libertad Concept by Peter Webster. Adapted and Directed by Estevan Azcona September 7 - October 15, 2010 Lorena B. Fernandez: How to Exist, an Impractical Guide Visual Art Exhibit October 15 - 16 and 20, 2010 Jose Torres Tama | Aliens, Immigrants, & Other Evildoers Co-commissioned by MECA, GALA Theatre, and Ashé Cultural Arts Center Supported in part by NPN October 29 - November 26, 2010 Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibit October 29, 2010 Calavera Rendezvous Vanessa Alonzo and Cecilia Duarte | MECA Ballet Folklórico | Calavera Fashion Show - Art Institute of Houston October 30 – 31, 2010 Dia de los Muertos Festival Nick Gaitan and The Umbrella Man | Los Guerreros de la Música | Solero Flamenco | Pam and Harry Sheppard | Grupo Teokalli de Houston | Vantrese Tillman | Second Generation Dance Company | Uzori Russian Folk Dance | Ermelinda Cuellar | Cuadro La Tempestad Flamenco | Bella Donna Dance | Thomas Wood the Pyrojuggler | MECA Ballet Folklórico | Mariachi MECA | Ambassadors International Ballet Folklorico | Nameless Sound | KoumanKe'le' African Dance and Drum Ensemble November 11, 2010 An Intimate Evening with Francisco Gonzalez Supported in part by UH CMAS, HSPVA, Casa Ramírez Folk Art December 12, 2010 Fiesta Guadalupana December 16, 2010 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward December 17 – 18, 2010 La Pastorela: La Musica del Cielo Written and Directed by Peter Webster Supported in part by NPN |
January 30, 2011
Raices Paul Boyd | Alejandro Salvia | Raúl Orlando Edwards | Mary Carol Warwick | Chris Howard | Solero Flamenco In collaboration with Flamárt/FMM February 4 - February 25, 2011 Viva el Amor Visual Art Heart Exhibit and Silent Auction February 11, 2011 Viva el Amor: Poesia Mariachi MECA and Friends March 5, 2011 ¡Pachanga!: Music and Art Los Pistoleros de Texas | Christian Navarrete | The Breadwinners | Linda Hinojosa Devil Killing Moth | Dot Dot Dash | David Lippold | Levi Rosen | Mike Hernandez Kyle Fu | Stephen Kelly March 18 - April 29, 2011 MECA Celebrates Sor Juana: Group Visual Art Exhibit April 1 – 2, 2011 Papi, Me, and Cesar Chavez Written by Tony Garcia. Directed by Jaime Zelaya May 6, 2011 Cinco on Cinco: Five Mexican Composers Omar Herrera-Arizmendi May 6 – June 6, 2011 Art, Revolution and Struggle, Part II - Group Visual Art Exhibit Rachel Skov | Travis Eckert | Rochelle Kornas | Eliazar Salasar | Jessica Romero | Randi Long July 22, 2011 Gabriel Gonzalez | Voices Uniting Cultures Recital Concert |
MECA's Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Series | 2009-10 Season
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July 3 – 31, 2009
Immigration Nation Visual Art Exhibit July 24, 2009 Elio Villafranca | Renacimiento Concerto Co-commissioned by MECA and Dallas Black Dance Theatre October 16, 2009 Mestizo | Patricia Santiago and Carlos Salomón October 30, 2009 Ochpaniztli | Javier Herrera and Grupo Teokalli de Houston October 31 & November 1, 2009 Dia de Los Muertos Festival Presented by Goya and Center Point Energy The Jive Sisters | Kofu Daiko Drummers | Mariachi MECA | Grupo Vital | The Grass Skirts | Flamenco by Gabriela Tempestad | Houston Balalaika Society | Vantress Tillman as TinaTurner | Colombian Folk Dance, | Ambassadors International Folkloric Dance Company | Calavera Fashion Show November 9, 2009 Frida Kahlo | A Century of Inspiration November 13, 2009 Catherine Ramirez and Friends November 16, 2009 Frida | Un Retablo December 11, 2009 Fiesta Guadalupana December 16, 2009 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward |
January 27 - February 25, 2010
Viva el Amor Visual Art Heart Exhibit and Silent Auction January 29, 2010 My Favorite Mozart Omar Herrera-Arizmendi with Natasha Covrighina February 12, 2010 Viva el Amor | Mariachi MECA and MECA Ballet Folklorico March 12 – April 25, 2010 Noemi Madrid and Faye Safo: Multicultural Spectrum FotoFest International Photography Festival March 17 - April 30, 2010 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Group Visual Art Exhibit Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Festival In collaboration with the National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. March 19, 2010 Flamenco Poets Societs Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Festival April 2 - April 30, 2010 El Día del Nino Visual Art Exhibit April 23 - 24, 2010 Chela Written and Performed by Dulce Maria Solis Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Festival May 7, 2010 Cinco on Cinco | Omar Herrera-Arizmendi and Angelica Salazar Turner Choreography by G. Armando Silva In collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico June 4 – 30, 2010 “Making a Difference” Children’s Prison Art’s Project Visual Art Exhibit August 5, 2010 Gabriel Gonzalez | Voices Uniting Cultures Recital Concert Supported in part by the City of Houston Mayor’s Special Initiative Grant. |
MECA's Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Series | 2008-09 SEASON
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November 1 and 2, 2008
Dia de los Muertos Festival Sponsored by Goya and Comcast Sister Sister y los Misters | Grupo Vital | Trio Guadalajara | Mariachi MEC | The Jive Sisters | Harry Sheppard | Espiral | Vantrese Tillman December 5 – 7, 2008 La Pastorela | La Musica del Cielo Written by Peter Webster, Directed by Liz Salinas In collaboration with the Mexican Consulate December 12, 2008 Fiesta Guadalupana December 16, 2008 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward Sponsored by Comcast |
January 16, 2009
Omar Herrera-Arizmendi February 13, 2009 Viva el Amor | Mariachi MECA February 16, 2009 Big Brass Bravo! MECA Mariachi Faculty and The New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band Sponsored in part by the Houston Institute for Culture, University of Houston Center for Mexican American Studies, National Endowment for the Arts, Heineken Green Ribbon Initiative, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Houston Arts Alliance April 24, 2009 Monica Palacios | Greetings from a Queer Seňorita Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Festival May 1, 2009 Cinco on Cinco | Omar Herrera-Arizmend |
MECA's Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Series | 2007-08 Season
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May 18, 2007
Looking East In collaboration with Foundation of Modern Music, Asia Society, and Rothko Chapel April 20, 2007 Los Majos in Love | Alejandro Vela and Friends April 19, 2007 Mexican Women Were My Mr. Miyagi | Gwendolyn Zepeda In collaboration with MFAH and Arte Público Press Dia de los Muertos Festival Presented by Goya December 11, 2007 Fiesta Guadalupana December 16, 2007 La Posada in the Old Sixth Ward |
January 18, 2008
Romantic Favorites | Alejandro Vela with Rufus Choi January 24, 2008 Nicholas Andre Dance Theater February 15, 2008 Viva el Amor | Mariachi MECA February 1, 2008 Progress Theater | Peaches Supported in part by NPN March 21, 2008 Images that Flicker Light Curated by Delilah Montoya and Lizbeth Ortiz FotoFest International Photography Festival Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Festival Second Generation Dance Company | The Self Portrait: The Life of Frida Kahlo Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Festival March 28, 2008 Papi, Me, and Cesar Chavez May 2, 2008 Cinco on Cinco | Alejandro Vela May 30, 2008 Tribute Elio Villafranca | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Mariachi MECA | MECA Ballet Folklorico Choreography of Armando Silva | National Performance Network Creation Fund Project June 27, 2008 Dances and Fantasies II | Eliran Avni |
