JAM - July at Milagro

The Northwest's premiere Latino
arts and culture organization
Office: 425 SE 6th Avenue
Theatre: 525 SE Stark
Portland OR 97214
503-236-7253

JAM! July at Milagro

Sign up today for FREE creative classes for adults led by Miracle Theatre and guest artists. Then celebrate the summer in a fun-filled STREET FAIR for the family!

JAM will be held at El Centro Milagro 537 SE Stark St. TO SIGN UP: 503-236-7253 or contact Dañel Malan by email: malan@milagro.org

Registration closes one week before class starts. Classes will be primarily in English, though most instructors are bilingual.

July Class Schedule

EN LA COCINA / COOKING TUESDAYS 6:30 - 8:30pm	HECHO A MANO / CRAFTS WEDNESDAYS 6:30 - 8:30pm	BAILES YUCATECOS / DANCE THURSDAY 6:30 - 8:30pm	TALLERES INTENSIVOS/ WEEKEND WORKSHOPS FRIDAYS 7:00 - 8:30pm SATURDAYS 10:00am - 4:00pm
July 10 SALSAS: Develop your own signature salsa when you combine juicy tomatoes, garden-fresh onions and a variety of other secret ingredients.	July 11 CALAVERAS:Try your hand at making traditional sugar skulls and you’ll be ready to honor your loved ones on Día de los Muertos.	July 12 Raíces Unidas por Yucatán fills Milagro’s Zócalo with folkloric music and dance of Mexico.	July 13 & 14 On Friday night, enjoy a demonstration of the zampoña, one of the oldest wind instruments of South America, performed by one of Miracle’s favorite musicians, Gerardo Calderón of Grupo Condor. Then on Saturday, craft your own zampoña to play at an informal student recital.
July 17 ENSALADAS: Put away the iceberg lettuce and learn to create fresh salads with a Latin American twist — a light and healthy choice for hot summer nights.	July 18 CODICES: Create an Aztec-inspired codex, or accordion book, ready to fill with images and glyphs that share your story	July 19 Watch demonstrations and practice steps before sharing what you’ve learned in a short presentation for friends and family.	July 20 & 21 Join Teatro Milagro actor Ajai Terrazas-Tripathi for an interactive workshop based on the work of Augusto Boal, founder of Theatre of the Oppressed. Learn how Image Theatre and Invisible Theatre can be taken to the streets to tell stories, culminating with a performance in public.
July 24 TORTILLAS: Learn the tricks of the trade to making corn tortillas and then pair them with salsas and ensaladas from the first two classes.	July 25 PAPEL PICADO: Explore Mexican folk art when you create holiday banners in the style of papel picado, or designs of cut paper.	July 26 Each week builds on the previous class, so plan to attend all three sessions.	July 27 & 28 Enjoy a dazzling showcase of circus and commedia dell’arte performance styles by Danny Moreno of Teatro Milagro and CarlosAlexis Cruz of Pelú Theatre Friday night. Then on Saturday, try your own hand at juggling, flagging, tumbling and acrobatics to create a unique student showcase.

¡Fiesta en la Calle! Sunday Street Fair
July 29th - Afternoon
Throughout the month of July, Miracle Theatre Group has been hosting a variety of free classes and weekend workshops. From cooking to crafts, from music to dance — even circus skills! — theatre staff and guest artists have been sharing their talents with the community. The entire month’s activities culminate on Sunday, July 29 with “Fiesta en la calle” -- an old-fashioned block party filled with food, drink, live music and dance as artists, students, nonprofit organizations and neighborhood businesses, all come together to celebrate the vitality of our inner Southeast Portland neighborhood.

Every day, the list of artists and performers grows! Scheduled to participate are Comparsa Orgullo Morelense Cemiac dancers with their fascinating bigger-than-life costumes; the Bajo Salario Collective of musicians sharing their eclectic mix of indigenous, folkloric, ranchera music; Samuel Becerra and the other-wordly notes of a pan flute; the classically trained violin students of Laura Elena Jáuregui; the passonate dancers of Flamenco Callejero; and circus-style games of Wanderlust. A number of visual artists will be exhibiting their work, including Angela Bolaños-Osorio, Elements of Style, Karina Dale Art Studio, Shannon Eaton and Tina and Monica Harris. And the diversity of our neighborhood businesses will be on display, too, with Michelle’s Pianos wheeling out 88 keys to the street, Center Space opening its doors to a samba class, and Rocket Werks displaying custom choppers.

Join us from noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, July 29 outside El Centro Milagro (the corner of SE Stark and Sixth Avenue in Portland. The block party is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Southeast Uplift and Southeast Examiner. See you here!