Brava Presents
Indómitas: Live Podcast with guest Aida Salazar
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
7:00pm in Brava’s Cabaret
Indómitas is a live monthly podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring untamable voices of fierce women artists and activists. For the April 2024 podcast, Indómitas will interview author, artistic activist and translator Aida Salazar who is also a mother and partner/wife.
Please note that the live podcast will be conducted in Spanish.
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ABOUT Aida Salazar
Este mes de abril, Indómitas platicará con la galardonada autora, activista artística y traductora Aida Salazar quien también es madre y compañera/esposa.
Aida cuenta con una maestría en Escritura del Instituto de las Artes de California, y ha leído en centros culturales, cafés, espacios alternativos de arte y universidades en todo el suroeste y América Latina. Sus escritos para adultos y niños exploran cuestiones de identidad y justicia social.
Entre sus libros, destaca la novela “The Moon Within”, ganadora del Premio Internacional del Libro Latino.
El tema migratorio es un asunto que aborda en su libros como en el caso de “Land of the Cranes”, una historia sobre una niña y su madre embarazada que están enjauladas en un centro de detención de inmigrantes.
A través de las páginas de “A Seed in the Sun”, cuenta la historia de una chica campesina que anhela ser teatrista y se inspira en Dolores Huerta durante los momentos cruciales de la 1965 boicot a la uva de la UFW.
Compartirá las luchas y discusiones que ha tenido con juntas escolares y maestras conservadoras sobre sus libros y por la palabra "género fluido”.
Su más reciente libro es Ultravioleta y hablaremos sobre este.
ENGLISH
This month of April Indómitas will interview an award-winning author, artistic activist and translator Aida Salazar who is also a mother and partner/wife.
Aida has an MFA in Writing from the California Institute of the Arts, and has read at cultural centers, cafés, alternative art spaces, and universities throughout the Southwest and Latin America. Her writings for adults and children explore issues of identity and social justice.
Her novel “The Moon Within” is the winner of the International Latino Book Award.
The immigration issue has been addressed in her books, such as in the case of “Land of the Cranes,” a story about a girl and her pregnant mother who are caged in an immigration detention center.
And through the pages of “A Seed in the Sun,” she tells the story of a farm girl who longs to be a theater artist and is inspired by Dolores Huerta during the crucial moments of the 1965 UFW grape boycott.
She will share the struggles and discussions she has had with conservative school boards and teachers about her books and because of the word “genderfluid”.
Her most recent book is Ultravioleta and we will talk about it.
ABOUT INDÓMITAS
Indómitas is a live podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring interviews with fierce women artists and activists
Each month in Brava’s Cabaret, Indómitas will interview female singers, writers, poets, activists, artists, journalists, filmmakers, and others – some well-known and some deserving to be – for live broadcast. These 60-minute conversations will cover the women’s stories of achievement, pitfalls, and hopes for their futures.
Be ready for open and honest conversations, where intimacy fosters the sharing of joy, fear, acceptance, and ultimately, the strength of women. It’s our time to be the ones who narrate our stories of who we are, what we do, what matters to us and how we organized and stand up for our rights.
Indómitas Podcast Series will be available through Chelis López’ website, and other platforms.