{"id":1186,"date":"2008-01-20T16:03:31","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2008\/01\/20\/minneapolis-ritmos-unidos-toni\/"},"modified":"2008-01-20T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T16:03:31","slug":"minneapolis-ritmos-unidos-toni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/20\/minneapolis-ritmos-unidos-toni\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis: Ritmos Unidos Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The World of Emetrece Productions presents:&#8221;Ritmos Unidos&#8221;<\/strong><em>3rd Annual Afro-Latin Tribute to MLK DayFeaturing Maria Isa &#038; Cuban\u00c3\u00adaSunday, January 20th, 2008 \/\/ First Avenue Main RoomDoors 8PM \/\/ Show 9PM &#8211; 2AM \/\/ $8 Advance \/\/ $10 Door \/\/ 18+<\/em>In remembrance of King&#8217;s legacy, &#8220;Ritmos Unidos&#8221; celebrates the hyphen between Afro &#038; Latin.Advanced tickets available on-line at First Avenue &#038; TicketmasterIn contrast to the American &#8216;One Drop Theory,&#8217; of African racial classification, in Latin America there are various names for differing degrees of Blackness such as prieto, negro, mestizo, mulato, trigue\u00c3\u00b1o, or jabao. In general the term &#8216;Afro&#8217; declaring race has been uniquely hyphenated with nationhood, such as Afro-American, Afro-Cuban or Afro-Brazilian.&#8221;Ritmos Unidos&#8221; celebrates the hyphen by bringing together Twin Cities&#8217; artists whose musical repertoires are native to Minneapolis and St. Paul, yet speak to their national and racial afro-diasporic legacies.Hosted by former Timberwolves player Felipe L\u00c3\u00b3pez, this year&#8217;s &#8220;Ritmos Unidos&#8221; highlights the local Afro-Latin diversity. Rising Latin hip-hop and reggaet\u00c3\u00b3n artist Maria Isa headlines with her ten-piece band, accompanied by opening act Afro-Cuban salsa vocalists Viviana Pintado and Gloria Rivera inaugurating their folkloric fusion group Cuban\u00c3\u00ada. The evening also includes a diverse range of appearances by Danza Mexica Cuauht\u00c3\u00a9moc; Casino Revolution: Cuban Salsa Expo; Drizzle&#8217;s Drummers: McNally Smith Percussion Ensemble; &#8220;Lightning and Thunder&#8221; all-stars BussOne &#038; The Kamillion; with Back Up Plomo &#038; Don Xaba; Omac Mountainya; and Omari Omari on the 1&#8217;s &#038; 2&#8217;s.Ritmos Unidos &#8211; produced by Emetrece Productions, venue and tickets at First Avenue, additional sponsorship by Urban Gear Clothing and Rose Up Productions.First Avenue Main Room \/\/ 701 First Avenue North, MinneapolisInfo: 612-332-1775 (First Avenue) \/\/ 612.281.9970 (Emetrece Productions)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World of Emetrece Productions presents:&#8221;Ritmos Unidos&#8221;3rd Annual Afro-Latin Tribute to MLK DayFeaturing Maria Isa &#038; Cuban\u00c3\u00adaSunday, January 20th, 2008 \/\/ First Avenue Main RoomDoors 8PM \/\/ Show 9PM &#8211; 2AM \/\/ $8 Advance \/\/ $10 Door \/\/ 18+In remembrance of King&#8217;s legacy, &#8220;Ritmos Unidos&#8221; celebrates the hyphen between Afro &#038; Latin.Advanced tickets available on-line &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/20\/minneapolis-ritmos-unidos-toni\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minneapolis: Ritmos Unidos Tonight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-j8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}