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CLA presents

‘Jaime Cortez & Dino Enrique Piacentini’


The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present authors Jaime Cortez and Dino Enrique Piacentini in a reading and conversation from their literary debuts. Written with balance and poise, Cortez braids together elegant and inviting stories about life on a California farm worker camp, in essence redefining what all-American means in his book Gordo.  In Piacentini’s book about family, “invasion,” and heroism, Invasion of the Daffodils, rifles through the tumult of love and the rubble of loss to examine the problems, possibilities, and inevitability of unexpected change.


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SJSU Theatre presents

‘Cabaret’


Home to an intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET.  Experience this groundbreaking musical like never before. The denizens of the Kit Kat Club have created a decadent sanctuary inside San José’s Hammer Theatre, where artists and performers, misfits and outsiders rule the night. Step inside their world. This is Berlin. Relax. Loosen up. Be yourself.

 

 

 

 

 


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Hammer presents

‘Merry-achi Christmas’


Led by the incomparable José Hernández, Mariachi Sol de Mexico® returns to the Hammer Theatre Center for a festive musical tribute to Mexico’s Christmas traditions. Experience a multicultural celebration as the ensemble sings and plays holiday favorites from both Mexico and America in a vibrant performance you won’t want to miss!

 

 

 

 

 

 


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