Concert benefits documentary
By Isaac Toporek

Concert Harpist Luis Ku Sat, Sept 8, 9pm El Viejo Topo Café-Teatro Stirling Dickinson 28 Plaza Pueblito 154-8704

El Viejo Topo is pleased to announce a special concert Saturday. Renowned musician and sociologist Luis Ku will be gracing a San Miguel audience with his unique and beautiful music to support a local documentary project, In the Absence of Men.

The film is not pro- or anti-immigration, but a vehicle to bring viewers into the lives of the families carrying on beyond the news headlines, policy debates and border problems.

Luis Ku, hailing from Veracruz, learned of the project and is thrilled to share his musical talent in support of Reel Futures International. His music is not only sensuous, but carries a depth of human experience that is rare.

The film has already begun production and Reel Futures will show a short trailer, as well as answer questions about the project. For more information, visit www.reelfutures.org.

Mexican romance in piano recital series
By José Luis Mendoza

Piano recital series
Maestro Antonio Cabrero
Mon, Sept 10, 7:30pm
Sala Quetzal
Biblioteca Pública
Reloj 50A
100 pesos 

Maestro Antonio Cabrero studied piano, composition and direction at the University of Houston. In Italy he studied with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia Chighiana in Siena and in the Roman conservatory. He also attended workshops with Zubin Mehta and Leonard Bernstein at Juilliard in New York, and represented México at the Besancon festival in France, with the Metz Philharmonic.

Cabrero, conductor of the San Miguel Symphonic Ensemble and founder of the San Luis Potosi Symphony, will be offering a series of concerts at the Biblioteca’s Sala Quetzal, the piano recital hall.

September is our national patriotic month, so this first concert will be called “Mexican Romance” and the name should suffice to attract those who want to know more about the finest Mexican composers such as Agustín Lara, composer of Granada and Maria Bonita, and Juventino Rosas, composer of the famous waltz Over the Waves, who went from life in rural areas near San Miguel to world acclaim.

Tickets are 100 pesos at the Teatro Santa Ana box office and seating is limited.