This Sunday Nov. 4, Los Porteños writers group invites you to a special Day of the Dead reading entitled Música y Espíritu beginning at 11:30 a.m. among the Día de los muertos altars in Milagro’s Zócalo, adjacent to the theatre’s lobby.  In addition to music by Kildem Soto and Joaquín López, the program includes readings of poetry and prose by Catherine Evleshin, Enrique Patlán, Frank Delgado, Ana Consuelo Matiella, Emma Oliver, Tony Trujillo and Cindy Williams-Gutiérrez. This event is free and open to the public; no advance reservations required (if you wish to stay for the matinee of Raíz, however, we recommend that you purchase your tickets in advance).

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Cindy Williams Gutiérrez collaborates with musicians, thespians, and visual artists. Her collection, the small claim of bones, is forthcoming from Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (Arizona State University). Poems and reviews appear in Borderlands, Calyx, Harvard’s Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Rain Taxi, and UNAM’s Periódico de poesía. Cindy earned an MFA from the University of Southern Maine Stonecoast Program.

Frank Delgado has a degree in Economics. He lived in Germany for two years, and traveled thru much of Mexico and Guatemala seeing indigenous communities.  He currently lives and writes in Beaverton.

Enrique Patlán is a poet and novelist who still doesn’t know what he has been doing for the past 30 years. He writes to figure it out

Catherine Evleshin.  Since she first choreographed a play in 1989, Catherine has been a part of Miracle Theater.  Her career as a dancer and researcher informs many of her stories.

Kildem Soto was born in Huanuco, Peru.  He grew up in Lima and in New Jersey.  He spent the last ten years in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Kildem is a musician and a poet.

Emma Oliver was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Her short stories have been published in Mexico City, Guadalajara and San Francisco.  She is working on her second novel “The Mexican Gang of Four”.

Joaquin López is a poet, musician and songwriter; he writes in both Spanish and English. His passion also includes producing creative events. As an actor, he has worked with the Miracle Theater, Oregon Children‘s Theater, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and DanceGatherer Dance Company.

Ana Consuelo Matiella was born in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico and immigrated to the United States when she was six years old.  Her book of short stories, The Truth About Alicia, was published by the University of Arizona Press.  She is a fotonovela producer and author of numerous books on multicultural health education.  She was a political columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican for over 10 years.