Friday, April 11, 2008 (2pm-4pm)

Mary Pickford Theater  -  3rd Floor, James Madison Building

Independence Ave. & 1st Street, SE, Washington, DC

(Capitol South Metro Station – ‘Orange’ and ‘Blue’ Lines)

Saturday, April 12, 2008 (2pm-8pm)

at Casa de la Luna

(Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro Station – ‘Green’ Line)

In commemoration of the centenary of dancer José Limón, of the musicians Pablo Sarasate and Herbert von Karajan, and of the philosophers Simone de Beauvoir, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Claude Levi-Strauss, Teatro de la Luna’s XVI Poetry Marathon celebrates poetry’s close relationship with dance, music, philosophy, and with other artistic and cultural expressions. Organized and Moderated by : Rei Berroa and Mario Marcel In this “celebration of words,” renowned Spanish-language poets are accompanied by audience members of all ages who recite, read or interpret their own work or that of well-known authors. This is the only Spanish-language poetry marathon in the country! The visiting poets who are bringing us and other faithful devotees of poetry the freshest in Hispanic poetry: Marcelo Pellegrini (Chile-USA), Mateo Morrison (Dominican Republic), Ivón Gordon Vailakis (Ecuador-USA), Otoniel Guevara (El Salvador), Antonio Barbagallo (Italy-USA), Héctor Carreto, Dana Gelinas, Ciprián Cabrera Jasso (Mexico), Hernán Bravo Varela (Mexico-USA), Juana Goergen (Puerto Rico-USA), Ana Rossetti, Juan Carlos Mestre, Vicente Cervera Salinas (Spain).

• Free Admission [Donations gratefully accepted] • Free street parking • Book show and sale • Cash Bar If you would like to share your own poetry in Spanish with the audience, or read your favorite poem, please send it by fax at 202-291-2357 or email: info@teatrodelaluna.org by April 5 (space is limited.) INFO: 202-882-6227

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