Tango and Images on Country People from the Argentinean Patagonia

The Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston presents Tango and Images on Country People from the Argentinean Patagonia, an Art Exhibit, Tango Recital and Dance Celebrating the Day of the Argetinean National Flag, Friday, June 20, 2014 at 7:30p.m. in Keith Jackson Hall, IHCH Bldg. 3315 Sul Ross – Houston, Texas 77098. Reception at 7:30p.m. Tango Show starts at 8:00p.m. Free and Open to the Public.

Music: Eduardo Zetina, “Mr. Tango”, will sing some of the most beautiful tangos and milongas ever written. Tango and milonga are styles extended in all Latin-American, Europe, and beyond.  To make the evening complete, Veronica Marini–Quintana and Adriano Quintana, will dance tango and milonga with the typical Argentinean style.

Art Exhibit: The art exhibit will showcase tango images depicting people dancing tango, which is one of the most beautiful dances from Argentina. The tango and the milonga characterize a time that is remembered in the paintings.

The art exhibit also has paintings that indigenous populations worked on cloth and painted with a hand prepared mixture. The composition of each painting is impressive and absolutely astonishing.

Argentinean National Flag: The Day of the National Flag, celebrated on June 20th, is the holiday dedicated to the Argentine flag and to the commemoration of its creator, Manuel Belgrano.

The Keith Jackson Hall, at the IHCH where the event will take place has a capacity of 100 people. Please make reservations in advance. Contact : 713 528 1492 or institute@ihch.org  – Web: www.ihch.org.

The Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston (IHCH), Inc., is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.