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Weekender: Chicana/o Film Series at TANA; 'Cara and Diego' at Crocker

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Cara Romero (Chemehuevi/American, born 1977), 3 Sisters, 2022. Archival pigment print, 40 x 55 inches. @Cara Romero (Courtesy of the artist/Crocker Art Museum)

El Norte in film series tonight at TANA

Thursday, July 3, 2025 , 6:30 – 8 p.m

TANA, 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland, free, no registration required

Tonight TANA ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù presents El Norte (1983), directed by Gregory Nava — a groundbreaking story of two siblings, Enrique and Rosa, who escape persecution in Guatemala and journey north to the United States. 

The film captures the immigrant experience with vivid realism and emotional depth, described by critics as "a Grapes of Wrath for our time." Concessions and exclusive TANA merch will be available for purchase. All proceeds help support future film nights and build TANA's community film archive.

painting of coyote dancing wiht a flute in brown and black with white background

Ongoing Art at Gorman and Library this summer

Read the full story, and see photos and captions, in the Arts Blog here

Crocker Art Museum presents Cara and Diego Romero: Tales of Futures Past

The Crocker Art Museum announces its new exhibition  on view through Oct. 12. Bringing together the work of the wife-and-husband duo, photographer Cara Romero (Chemehuevi/American) and ceramic artist Diego Romero (Cochiti/American), Tales of Futures Past is the first exhibition highlighting the artistic dialogue between the two leading artists.
 

Tales of Futures Past is a traveling show, originating at the Figge Art Museum(Davenport, IA). It is the first nationally traveling exhibition to showcase the husband-and-wife duo’s works in dialogue. This exhibition explores the diversity of Indigenous identity and experiences through the distinct but interconnected practices of Cara Romero (Chemehuevi/American) and Diego Romero (Cochiti/American). On view will be approximately 35 works of Diego Romero’s thought-provoking pottery pieces and lithographs and Cara Romero’s evocative photographs, including selections from her Indigenous Futurism series, as well as a collaborative work the two made exclusively for this exhibition.

Cara and Diego Romero: Tales of Futures Past is organized by the , Davenport, Iowa. This exhibition is made possible in part through the support of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. 

 

 
 

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