Mong-Lan Tango

below are the videos of Mong-Lan’s Tango Show . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYuUes9uARM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OJWi53e4SU

hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think.

 

Mong-Lan

Writing / Art:  www.monglan.com

Tango:  www.monglan.com/tango

 

The Church of Tango: a Memoir

Saludos desde Buenos Aires!

I just wanted to let you know about my just-published new book, The Church of Tango: a Memoir.
Not a typical tango book, nor a tango history or a how-to, it is my passionate memoir of tragedy and adventure, lust and music, romance and tango, that takes place in four countries. It is my personal story of loss and survival and how I ended up living and teaching tango in Buenos Aires. (I was tempted to subtitle it Death, Dance, Destiny but came to my senses in time.)

It is now available on Amazon in paper and on Kindle.

You can read a review of it here:
http://doniganmerritt.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/one-of-my-rare-reviews/

Un abrazo tanguero,
Cherie Magnus

(Please forgive me if you happen to receive more than one notice about my book; it’s not intentional. Thanks.)

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“My Life with Him” – a review from Butaca Teatral

“My Life with Him” – a review from Butaca Teatral

(translated from the Spanish by Stephen Page}

My Life With Him musicians and actors

The curtain of the Teatro Margarita Xirgu lifts and the stage comes alive with musicians and actors introducing the audience to the love story between Jack (Carlos Zabala) and Anna (Paula Villanuestre). A burning young love that becomes unrequited and lies dormant for decades in the hearts of the two protagonists over decades until fate strikes with a casual and unexpected reunion.

With brilliant character interaction, an audience member might say that “My Life with Him” is a tender rendering of a universal dream. Fito Paez’s empathic music helps the plot move along by strumming the hearts of the audience, and his lyrics are used for dialogue.  The third character in the play Angel (Emma) plays an important Venus/Cupid role, and she deserves the standing ovation she received after the opening show.

Mi Life With Him stage

“My Life with Him” implements simple scenery and a basic wardrobe. Carolina Papaleo geniusly breaks with the structures of the classic love story, and demonstrates commitment to quality theater.

Read the review in Spanish on Butaca Teatral

You can follow Carolina Papaleo on twitter, on facebook, Blogger, or WordPress

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Carolina Papaleo – a talented and busy artist

Every Monday and Tuesday, Carolina Papaleo will be in Mar de Plata, performing on stage in “Yo Adivino el Parpadeo (Our Fortune In A Blink)“

Every Wednesday thru Friday, at 12 noon, Carolina Papaleo is live on news and music show Radio 10, AM 710.  For expats this is a great way to practice your Spanish.  For movie, TV, and theater fans, this is a great way to listen to one of your favorite stars.

Every Wednesday and Friday, at 3 PM, Carolina Papaleo hosts a talk show on radio Touché, channel 89.1 FM.  For expats this is a great way to practice your Spanish.  For movie, TV, and theater fans, this is a great way to listen to one of your favorite stars.

Every Thursday and Friday, at 9 PM, Carolina Papaleo directs a play called, “Mi Vida con Él (My Life with Him)” at the Teatro Margarita Xirgu, Chacabuco 875 – Buenos Aires. 

Watch interviews of Ms. Papaleo on Youtube:

The Early-Morning Show

Postscript

Red Carpet

You can follow Caro on twitter, on facebook, Blogger, or WordPress

“My Life with Him” – a review from Butaca Teatral

(translated from the Spanish by Stephen Page}

The curtain of the Teatro Margarita Xirgu lifts and the stage comes alive with musicians and actors introducing the audience to the love story between Jack (Carlos Zabala) and Anna (Paula Villanuestre). A burning young love that becomes unrequited and lies dormant for decades in the hearts of the two protagonists over decades until fate strikes with a casual and unexpected reunion.

With brilliant character interaction, an audience member might say that “My Life with Him” is a tender rendering of a universal dream. Fito Paez’s empathic music helps the plot move along by stroking the hearts of the audience and his lyrics are used for dialogue.  The third character in the play Angel (Emma) plays an important Venus/Cupid role, and Angel deserves the standing ovation she got for the opening show.

“My Life with Him” implements simple scenery and a basic wardrobe. Carolina Papaleo geniusly breaks with the structures of the classic love story, and demonstrates commitment to quality theater.

Read the review in Spanish on Butaca Teatral

Forces of the Heart: Tango Art

by Mong-Lan

This is a great book of art interspersed with poetry.

Find it. But it. Preview it here: Forces of the Heart: Tango Art.

Watch Mong-Lan dance tango and perform her poetry (both in English and in Spanish) on YouTube:

click on the icon to watch the vid

Check out Mong-Lan’s website

This is Cool

Check out rad photography at Day Clicker.

Check out Amelia McGoldrick Photography.

Eternal Youth

By Ricardo Coler

In Vilcabamba Ecuador, people live from one hundred thirty to one hundred and forty years.

The people do not have yearly medical examinations. No one is sick. They smoke, drink and regularly use substances most people think are reserved solely for rock stars.

They live very humble lives, the workers as well as the aristocrats–but they all party heavily.

Watch a video about the book on Youtube.

Ricardo Coler was born in Buenos Aires in 1956. He is a doctor, a photographer, and journalist. His photographs and essays about matriarchal societies—polygamous and polyandrous—have been published in several Argentine and foreign media. He is the founder and director of the cultural magazine lamujerdemivida.

He is the author of The Kingdom of Women (2005) and To Be a Goddess (2006). His books have been translated into several languages.

Read Ricardo Coler’s bio is Spanish  here

Irma Roy awarded an Alberto Olmedo Award

On November 22, at the Lola Theatre, Irma Roy was awarded an Alberto Olmedo Award for her films and TV work. In attendance with her was her daughter, Carolina Palpaleo.

Watch part of the Awards Ceremony onYoutube.

Irma Roy and Carolina Papaleo

The Jacarandas are in Bloom

It’s Thursday. Thanksgiving, and we are having a party in my house–whole pig on the spit, barbeque chicken, twenty different salads and side dishes, red wine, champagne, cake. About forty people are here. Everyone is laughing, joking, telling stories. I just snuck away to my writing room and turned on the television to watch American football.  The jacaranda outside my window is in bloom–violet the flowers are.

Last night, around three in the morning, I wrote a couple poems. Then I found on-line this poem:

-a poem by James Tate:

Teaching the Ape to Write Poems

They didn’t have much trouble
teaching the ape to write poems:
first they strapped him into the chair,
then tied the pencil around his hand
(the paper had already been nailed down).
Then Dr. Bluespire leaned over his shoulder
and whispered into his ear:
“You look like a god sitting there.
Why don’t you try writing something?”

-and a moot quote by W.S. Di Piero

“Some shy from putting prose out there because it’s a dead giveaway. You can’t fake it. It reveals quality of mind, for better or worse, in a culture where poems can be faked.”

Daniel Fuster at the café El Histórico 24 November

Daniel Fuster will present his new book  Grandmother Luisa and other stories on the 24th of November at 18:30 hours (6:30 PM) at the café El Histórico located on Mexico 524, Buenos Aires.

Here are a couple of links to Mr. Fuster’s blogs

http://laabuelaluisa.blogspot.com/

http://danielfuster.blogspot.com/

The book is available at El Ateneo