El corto La Nochebuena de Paco y Manolo, producido, dirigido y actuado por varios miembros de Venezolanos En Hollywood arranca la temporada navideña con dos screenings muy importantes!

en CARACAS: Diciembre 9, 7.00pm en el Celarg

FESTIVAL DE CORTOS DE CARACAS, CHORT 2009

y

en BOSTON: Diciembre 12, 4.30pm, Cambridge College

Boston Latino International Film Festival 2009

Felicitaciones a Alex Furth, Steve Wilcox y todos los que participaron en su producción!

Crexels' video for HotPockets “CUIDADO CON LOS LEFTOVERS” just won a Platinum award from the AVA. According to its owner/producer Yaniv Waisman: 

"We are extremely happy for this achievement, which demonstrates the quality of our work. we look forward to more awards for this project and others that we are working on.

We thanks Casanova-Pendrill and the creative team for a great idea and for giving us the opportunity to created for them and Hot Pockets"

Here is the link to where the video was posted:

• CUIDADO CON LOS LEFTOVERS
• YOUTUBE

MISSION VIEJO Not everything is closed on Thanksgiving Day.

Froz! Yogurt, a new frozen yogurt shop off Alicia Parkway, will open at 6 p.m. for patrons to eat yogurt and enjoy a free concert featuring guitarist Ernesto Ferro.

Venezuelan-born Ferro has had music influence his life since a very young age, and began to make a career out of playing the guitar very early in life. In the 1980s, Ferro opened for REO Speedwagon when the band was in Venezuela.

Since, Ferro has become somewhat of a globetrotting guitarist who plays everything from Latin to reggae.

Ferro's performance will begin at 8:30 p.m. Froz! is located at 24001 Via Fabricante, Suite 1004, in the plaza with Rocky's Chicken.

For more information, call the store at 949-215-3100.

Local hero José Navas never leave fans indifferent, no matter what form his work takes. While his Compagnie Flak upcoming double-bill features a new group creation, the Venezuelan-born dancer-choreographer will grace the stage only in a new solo, Villanelle. Mindful that though he has composed a series of contemporary dance group works in succession over a number of years, he's resolutely remained a soloist. "I put myself in different shoes, but my interest for solo work was always there."..

El próximo martes 17 a las 21:00 h en el Teatro-Bar El Vicio en Coyoacan. Madrid 13. El Maestro Manolo Mulet (en la guitarra), Omar Mederos (en la Dirección Artistica) y la cantante venezolana Neiffe Peña estarán haciéndole un merecido homenaje a una de las mas grandes Cantoras Latinoamericanas que ha existido jamás, “La Negra”, como se le llamaba cariñosamente en Argentina a Mercedes Sosa.

"Mercedes fue, particularmente para mí " - dice Neiffe - " esa figura, esa artista en todo el sentido de la palabra. Ella me  hizo decidir mi futuro cuando apenas tenia dieciocho años,   soy cantora persiguiendo su luz... Su ejemplo de vida, su pensamiento, su sensibilidad, su inteligencia y su compromiso, no dejaron dudas de su brillante destino, cambio la manera de pensar de mucha gente, nos despertó el sentido de justicia, fue una bandera de sonidos aguerridos…fue valiente. Ella es “La Voz” de todos los Latinoamericanos, del hombre humilde, del campesino, del indio, del estudiante, de la madre que pierde a su hijo...que voz tan bella tiene nuestro Continente.  Esta noche, será una noche especial, donde brillara la poesía de muchos compositores que en ella encontraron su fonema mas perfecto, será una noche llena de nostalgia, nunca de despedida, La Negra, como Lorca, como Benedetti, como Cortázar, como Gardel,  como Piazzola, siempre vivirá.

No me fallen, los esperamos en nuestra cita mensual con el amor de siempre - y recuerden, sin ustedes mi canto no tiene reflejo."

Preventa de boletos  100 pesos
Telf. 55435654 / 0445516065002.
Deposito: Número de cuenta Bancomer  0168729700

Boletos en Taquilla 150 pesos
Reservaciones "El Vicio" Teatro- Bar
por el telf. 56591139

Mozart was renowned for it, and so were such great pianist-composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries as Chopin, Liszt and Isaac Albeniz.

Even legendary piano showmen of the first half of the 20th century, such as Leopold Godowsky, Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein, made it part of their performance practice early in their careers.

And then - virtually nothing. Improvisation in classical music all but vanished from the world concert stage.

Why?

"I wish I knew," says Venezuelan-born pianist Gabriela Montero, who has almost single-handedly resurrected the seemingly rarefied art of conjuring music of substance on the spot, either from themes spontaneously given to her by concertgoers, or from musical ideas of her own...

Born in Texas but raised in his mother's native Venezuela, Devendra Banhart has built an enviable career out of being an outsider. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter broke out in 2002 with a lo-fi album made up of largely folky ditties he left on people's answering machines, quickly amassing a passionate following. On his sixth album What Will We Be (Warner Bros.), he once again blends Latin Grooves with mellow California vibes -- just don't call it freak folk. "That's the most embarrassing term in the world," says Banhart, by phone from his L.A. home. "it's humiliating." SPIN reached the talkative Banhart as he took a break from designing ironic T-shirts....

VenExpats y Venezolanos en Hollywood les invita a el estreno en Estados Unidos de la película venezolana Venezzia, del director venezolano Haik Gazarian.

"La inauguración del museo en honor a los muertos en las costas venezolanas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial nos recuerda la llegada de Frank Moore (Alfonso Herrera), especialista en radiocomunicaciones norteamericano, cuya misión es proteger los barcos petroleros de la amenaza de submarinos Nazis y descubrir la identidad de un espía infiltrado en el pueblo Puerto Miranda. Frank conoce a Venezzia (Ruddy Rodríguez) y se enamoran, pero su relación es imposible pues ella está casada con el superior de Frank, el Capitán Salvatierra. Frank y Venezzia dan rienda suelta a su pasión pero sus planes se truncan cuando Frank es sindicado de ser el espía..."

La película será parte de la muestra del festival ARPA International Film Festival patrocinado por el AFFMA, la cual será presentada este viernes 23 de Octubre a las 8:00pm en el Egyptian Theater. La presentación será seguida de una recepción y brindis que contará con la presencia del director, su productor ejecutivo el actor Edgar Ramirez, también estará Vinicio Adames quien realizó la musica, Valentina Rendón, guionista,  Ruddy Rodriguez junto con Alfonso Herrera ( ex miembro del grupo RBD ).  

Para los que disfrutan de las Alfombras Rojas (Red Carpet), ésta empezará a partír de las 6:00pm!

No te la pierdas!

...Venezuelan artist Patricia Cazorla creates “diaries” or personal collections of portraits of women who have a significance to her, whether because of their bold characters or because of their simple beauty. Cazorla depicts the emotions, sensibilities, and personalities of her subjects through vivid colors, strong brush strokes, and collages of images taken from the media, although her favorite media is oil paint. “I am Venezuelan,” Cazorla says, “but my blood is actually ‘mixed media.’” She has experimented with video, drawing, silk-screening, lithography, and collage in order to achieve a clear interpretation of her feelings and life experiences. She has been influenced by Spanish artists from the 19th century such as Joaquin Sorolla, as well as the American painter Romaine Brooks. Contemporary artists Elizabeth Payton, Marlene Dumas, and Kehinde Wiley have also influenced Carloza’s art...

At a party in an upscale mall, wealthy women and young girls in cocktail dresses cluster around the chicest of them all: Carolina Herrera.

Herrera, dressed in one of her signature white shirts and full skirts with matching heels, poses for photographs like a pro for hours. She smiles and chats and does interviews with the media.

"Darling, I have been doing this for 28 years, so I suppose that if they don't know by now, after 28 years, then I have been doing something wrong," she said. "If they don't know about me, maybe I shouldn't be here"...