Palabra favorita español
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Sin Nombre (Without Name)
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What's your favorite word in Spanish?
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What's your favorite word in Spanish?
For a chance to win tickets to 26 Miles at the Curious Theater, reply to this newsletter or comment on the site with a few of your favorite words or expressions in Spanish. Here's my list of favorite Spanish words.
Classes through the Denver Spanish House
Take a look at our full schedule of classes, including upcoming:
- New Thursday class for beginners starting May 7th at 5:15pm.
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Toque de Mexico 2009
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Sin Nombre (Without Name)
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Title: Sin Nombre (Without Name)
Released: 2009
Plot Summary
Sin Nombre is not an easy movie to watch. One of the first scenes shows the initiation of twelve-year-old Smiley into gang Mara Salvatrucha by men with their faces covered in tattoos in southern Mexico.
Smiley's macabre story intersects with a more hopeful story of a Honduran family at the dawn of their immigrant journey to the United States. The film exposes the dangers of the trip including crossing the Mexican border and shows what lengths people will go to for a better life.
The film illuminates gang culture from the inside as well as highlighting the dangerous reality of immigration. Sin Nombre blends Hollywood gangster movies like Goodfellas and New Jack City with classic immigration story El Norte, a favorite film of high school Spanish teachers. I'll certainly be thinking about this movie for quite some time.
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Music from Patagonia
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While Federico Aubele's music evokes modern life in Buenos Aires, Lisandro Aristimuño's music recall the feeling of his native Patagonia. His music is nostalgic and sweet, his lyrics are often pensive and tranquilo, bringing to mind the extreme countryside, dark colors, and hearty way of life in Argentina's south. From "Tu Nombre y el Mio",
Campo de colores se cubre en tu luz
deja la lluvia caer,
riega los suelos del sur
moja la nueva cosecha que vendrá.
Countryside of colors are covered in your light
Let the rain fall,
water the lands of the south
wet the coming new harvest
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Cuba
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Cuban coffees and Che in Denver
Cuban food in Denver has been limited to special occasion venues like Cuba Cuba and the Samba Room, but recently got a new addition in Northwest Denver called Buchi Cafe Cubano. Buchi offers a menu of Cuban-style sandwiches and cafe drinks, including a fantastic cafe con leche and provides a tranquilo setting to enjoy some breakfast and lunch options.
Lucha Libre masks
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Lucha Libre: Mexico's masked wrestlers are gaining popularity and traveling to complete in major cities in the US, including matches this Saturday April 4th at the National Western Complex.
Upcoming Events and Classes
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In this issue: Upcoming events, films, and class schedule
Current and upcoming Spanish classes
A new Spanish for complete beginner class will be starting on Thursdays from 5:15-6:45pm the first week of May.
Class openings in:
High Intermediate Spanish is taught by a native speaker from Chile on Monday evenings at 7pm.
High Beginner Spanish on Tuesday nights at 7pm.
Lower Intermediate Spanish on Thursdays at 7pm.
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Y tu mamá también
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Title: Y tu mamá también
Released: 2001
Plot Summary
This racy film out of Mexico from director Alfonso Cuarón was one of Mexico's greats and was extremely well-received internationally. The story recounts the coming-of-age of the film's two young protagonists: Tenoch (Diego Luna) and Julio (Gael García Bernal), who were recently reunited in 2009 film Rudo y Cursi.
The basic plot is a road trip from DF to Boca de Cielo, a beach Tenoch and Julio have invented to invite Luisa, a thirtysomething Spaniard who happens to be married to Tenoch's philandering cousin.
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