Fiesta Cultural Pop-Up Event at the Emporium, Veneta

87980 Territorial Highway,Veneta OR 97487

22 October, 2021

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Fiesta Cultural Pop-Up Event at the Emporium Presented by Emporium & Lane Arts Council Friday, October 22nd, 4-8pm Emporium, 87980 Territori Fiesta Cultural Pop-Up Event at the Emporium Presented by Emporium & Lane Arts Council Friday, October 22nd, 4-8pm Emporium, 87980 Territorial Hwy, Veneta FREE! This pop-up event features *Live music from 4-8pm Vocals and jarana by Lucia (4-6pm) & Classical guitar by Ricardo Cardenas (6-8pm) *Traditional foods from the Zapotec region, cooked on site by Marcelina Garcia (member of the Mujeres con Alas artist collective) *Free craft activities: Kids craft activity from 4-6pm and adult craft activity from 6-8pm *Art for sale and on display by Mujeres con Alas. Mujeres con Alas is a group of women whose purpose is to reclaim our culture. Women are holders of the memory of our people, and each town, each person, and each woman has her own way of transmitting this knowledge. Some ways of transmission are through embroidery, oral narratives such as stories and poetry, weaving with local material, cooking, music, dances, and other forms of expression.