Sones Jarochas y canciones de Sefarad. In this unique concert created for Festival Sefardí, Laura Rebolloso y Las Flores del Valle explore the connections between son jarocho, , and the Sephardic music of Spain.

Laura Rebolloso, from Xalapa, Veracruz, is a singer, dancer and virtuoso performer on the Leona. She is an expert in the genre of son jarocho, a regional style of Mexican son and a genre that has become a focal point for arts activism in Mexico and the U.S.. Rebolloso has performed and recorded extensively, including several years during which she played in the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Son de Madera. She is a doctoral candidate at UNM. Las Flores del Valle is made up of Carol Vigil and Leila Flores-Dueñas. With Laura Rebolloso they have prepared a concert of Jarocho and Sephardic music especially for the festival!

With Héctor Contreras López and Hershel Weiss

In a Jewish framework, what does it mean to make a decision to do repair? With Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb.

Creativity Break with Roxie Ehlert

Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate explores the history and significance of the Pueblo Revolt in a series of presentations, including a knotted yucca cord demonstration, which helped the individual Pueblos coordinate the timing of the revolt against the Spanish.

Enrique R. Lamadrid, a celebrated University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of Spanish and former director of Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies, will present his extensive knowledge of New Mexico’s Genízaro culture at the annual membership meeting of Friends of El Camino Real Historic Trail Saturday, April 15, at Socorro Public Library.

In 2019, Lamadrid coedited the book Nación Genízara, Ethnogenesis, Place, and Identity in New Mexico with Moises Gonzales. He describes his expertise as “all the untold, forgotten stories.” The stories are basically family histories to many New Mexicans.

Four New Mexicans share their personal histories and unique identities.

UNBOUND is a NM based dance project that aims to uplift the lives & legacies of the artists' enslaved indigenous ancestors. In this workshop, we will spend the first hour moving together in accessible and nourishing ways that connect us to our own ancestors and lineages. The final half hour will be spent viewing an excerpt of the UNBOUND performance, then sharing reflections as a group. 

Negotiating Religion and Power: Sephardic Conversos, Indigenous Slavery and Religious Identity in Colonial New Mexico. With Dr. Roger Louis Martínez-Dávila.

Delicious vegan enchiladas and tamales by Itality Restaurant.

You must purchase a lunch ticket ($20) in advance!

BUY LUNCH TICKET

“I aspire to bring vitality to Native communities through

healthy foods, while empowering people to recognize their

power to revive their own health.”

-Tina Archuleta, Owner, Vitality Plant Based Foods

With Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and members of the Sephardic Community. In Spanish and Hebrew wit English translations.

Everyone is welcome!

Vegetarian Pot Luck Shabbat Dinner and Service.

Art Opening “Within and Among All Things” Art by students at the Native American Community