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Lane County’s largest celebration of Latino/a/x/e arts, culture, and heritage, Fiesta Cultural features multicultural in person and digital events happening September through December in Lane County.
Stay tuned for more information about Fiesta Cultural 2023! In the meantime, please enjoy some of the ongoing events or online programming included below.
FIESTA CULTURAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Bilingual Storytimes
Wednesdays at 10am & Saturdays at 11am.
Springfield Public Library, 225 5th St Suite 301, Springfield
FREE!
Wednesday storytimes are designed for preschoolers, and Saturday storytimes for families!
Salsa & Bachata Fridays
Every Friday, lesson at 9pm and open dancing at 10pm
Vet’s Club, 1626 Willamette St (upstairs), Eugene
$8 cover on regular Fridays
$13 online/$15 at the door for first Fridays with live music
Website
Join Salseros Productions every Friday for some dancing! They start off with a beginner salsa and bachata lesson from 9-10pm and then dancing starts at 10pm. No previous experience or partner necessary to attend.
PERMANENT VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
Bilingual Storytime Online
Online: Eugene Public Library’s YouTube (www.YouTube.com/EugeneLRCS)
FREE!
Join Toña Aguilar online for fun stories, songs, and rhymes in Spanish and English. She is an experienced local teacher and currently coordinates the Nutrition Services Program at The Village School. She was born and raised in the Willamette Valley; her father was an activist for migrant farmworker rights and her mother was a bilingual elementary school educator. Enjoy this video anytime on Eugene Public Library’s YouTube (www.YouTube.com/EugeneLRCS).
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Antonio Huerta
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook
FREE!
Join this special Live Stream Happy Hour as Fiesta Cultural grabs hold of the ropes! Jill Torres interviews Antonio Huerta, who practices Charrería. Charrería is an art form involving the use of ropes in horsemanship and cattle work, dating back to the 1500s. Learn more about the history of this sport, as well as some of the other work Antonio has done in the community during this Happy Hour.
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Erick Wonderly Varela
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook
FREE!
Erick Wonderly Varela’s work is inspired by his experience working in a fish market, an appreciation for food illustration, his Honduran family background, and his love of the natural world. His preferred medium is gouache paint. As a cartoonist/illustrator, his work is bright and colorful with subject matter that evokes both whimsy and dreamy adventurism.
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Fernell López
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook
FREE!
Fernell López started his musical journey over 40 years ago in México City. He has been an artist and educator in Eugene since he arrived in 1984. He currently works as a Human Services coordinator at Kelly Middle School and teaches Mariachi Music at the Shedd Institute. Grab a beer, wine, cocktail, soda or seltzer – and join us for this special Fiesta Cultural Happy Hour Takeover with host Jill Torres!
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Jessica Zapata
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook or YouTube
FREE!
For this Fiesta Cultural Livestream Happy Hour, Jill Torres interviews Jessica Zapata! Jessica Zapata was born in Mexico, a wonderful country extremely rich in culture, traditions, legends, music, art, architecture, literature and gastronomy. Currently based in Eugene, Oregon, she is a fervent cultural promoter and manager, architect and educator and has facilitated an extensive cultural promotion link between Mexico and various cities in the Northwest United States. In 2007, she founded Eugene Arte Latino, whose mission is to promote the music, dance, art, and values of Mexican and Latin American traditions in a warm and vibrant environment for the entire Lane County community. Jessica is also a mentor for several organizations and several Spanish-speaking youth. She offers monthly bilingual art workshops for Spanish-speaking children and youth and mothers.
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Lalo Lira & Pamela Garcia
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook or YouTube
FREE!
Pamela Garcia & Lalo Lira are dancers visiting from Mexico! Jill Torres interviews the artists to learn about their current creative projects, how they got here, and their artistic collaborations.
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Marina Hajek
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook
FREE!
For this Artist Happy Hour, Jill Torres interviews sculptress and art restorer Marina Hajek. Marina recently had a show at the Adell McMillan Gallery.
Lane Arts Council Artist Happy Hour featuring Mary Sollo
Lane Arts Council’s Facebook
FREE!
Host Jill Torres welcomes Mary Sollo, who is a cultural promoter and producer, artist, dancer, radio personality, musician, and a voice of indigenous women and her community.