As part of the annual Glam Week festivities at Western New Mexico University, Las Cafeteras will be performing at Light Hall Theater on Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m.
The Los Angeles-based group is known for its fusion of music and political messages. The six band members are children of immigrants who are using traditional music to tell modern day stories.
Named by LA Weekly as the Best Alternative Band of 2013, Las Cafeteres is currently touring the country producing distinctive sounds through unique instruments including jaranas, a wooden platform called a tarima, and a donkey jawbone.
Formed in 2008 with the purpose of musically documenting the histories of their neighbors, the group originated as students at the Eastside Café, a Zapatista inspired community space in East Los Angeles.
Opening for Las Cafeteras is Summer Osborne, an award-winning American singer-songwriter currently touring the country.
Admission is $10 per person and free to WNMU students with Mustang Card. Students must pick up tickets at Hunter Hall, Office of Cultural Affairs, prior to event. The event is sponsored by the Center for Gender Equity, Western Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Office of Cultural Affairs.
For more information, visit http://wnmu.edu/culture.
Western New Mexico University has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as a comprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and serves a student body diverse in age, culture, language and ethnic background.
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