Third Micro-theater Festival de THT- Tallahassee Hispanic Theater- ESO!!! @TallyHispanicT #850Latinos

Tallahassee Hispanic Theater

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls! 

On this TBT, BB is doing a Twofer with THT. And just who/what is THT? It's a theater company that has become an integral part of Tallahassee's mundo artistico. 

" Tallahassee Hispanic Theater has been serving the Tallahassee community since 2016. With the dedication and passion of its founders, board, and community, THT has presented nine performances since its creation, including two amazing micro festivals! Every performance presents contemporary Hispanic theater, poetry, music, and more!"

( and now 3 micro festivals!!)

Babushka has enjoyed many an event by THT, and even has participated in one- in Español even! 

Pero now she's so feliz that you Beautifuls can see their obras too. For Free!!  Isn't virtual a wonderful thing??  But of course we miss our in person live performances tambien, and that's what the following reposting is about. Tallahassee Hispanic Theater, a gem for Tally and now hopefully for you.

July 31, 2018 

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Y’all know Babushka is into The Arts, especially theater.  Cultivating cultura, especially when it’s not your typical mainstream type is one of BB’s amores.  As part of TWAM, Theater With a Mission, specializing in Spanish Golden Age plays and Palaver Tree Theater specializing in the history of community and opportunities for locals, Babushka thought that was about as diverse as North Florida was gonna get. Tallahassee Hispanic Theater, who’d of thunk it?  Bueno, BB’s amiga Alejandra did, and not only did she think about it, but she did it! Logro the dream of bringing modern plays written by Hispanic playwrights to Florida’s Capital. 

A little about Alejandra-
Alejandra Gutiérrez

“Alejandra has a PhD in Spanish. She also studied theater in Venezuela, and while going to graduate school, she was a member of the Spanish Theater Group at the University of Virginia. Since she moved to Tallahassee, she’s being working with Theater with a Mission, and recently with Polyphonic Bonsai. With Tallahassee Hispanic Theater she is turning one of her dreams into reality: creating a Hispanic Theater group in the US.”

And if you think this dream is only for the adult crowds, JU SO FONII!!!  Tallahassee Hispanic Theater has our hijos and futuro cultura very much al tanto.  Of course, to go to the future, one must know their past, so puppet shows of the classic, Don Quixote son perfecto.

And speaking of futures, Tallahassee Hispanic Theater just performed the first microtheater in North Florida.  Miami being the only other microtheater in the state, this is cosa grande, and as BB shared, BUENISIMO!!  Looking forward to next years offerings.

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Alejandra shared, "We’ve been doing Hispanic plays in translation since 2016. The micro theater Festival idea occurred to me because it is a format very popular and successful in Spain and Latin America. Since it was during the summer we wanted to do something fun and fresh, so we added live music, food and drinks and we were really surprised with the response we got. People really enjoy the whole event and we hope to do it every summer. We will continue doing a play during the fall and spring. On November 9-10, 15-16 we’ll be presenting our next play “Idiots Contemplating the Snow”, by Alejandro Ricaño at the Monticello Opera House.

As you can well imagine, BB is very proud of Alejandra, THT- Tallahassee Hispanic Theater and all the actors and audiences who have become of part of this diversification of Tallahassee voices. Not only is the public being exposed to offerings from varied Hispanic authors, they’re beginning to realize that “Hispanic” encompasses many different types and countries. Ya Buena Hora y Al Fin!!

So you can follow, cheer, and hopefully join us un dia.

Website:  http://tallahasseehispanictheater.org/

Feibu:  https://www.facebook.com/TallahasseeHispanicTheater/

Tweety: https://twitter.com/TallyHispanicT

Until the next curtain call Beautifuls!

BB2U

.#TBT Honoring Father Time this Father's Day @ConexionFlorida June 2020

The article Babushka wrote for the June 2020 edition of Conexion, the bilingual newspaper of N.Florida, S.Alabama and Georgia. If you'd like to read it, the above link will take you to it.

Battleground of the Gods - Father Time Chronos!

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Last month for Dia de Las Madres in May, Babushka shared our mutual Madre, Mother Earth. Seems only fitting that for June, we should speak about our mutual Padre, Father Time. There are many fotos del Father Time, and BB will be sharing some of them at the end, pero considering how 2020 is playing out, this is perfecto. Fijate que el baby, the New Year, is in a bubble… aja, like nosotros (or how debemos estar, en quarantine) , with our eyes closed. No idea how to guard ourselves against this pandemic, but still open arms to what the year brings. This is an illustration for a game that como la vida, has Father Time just throwing us out there. Now, before you think that is said sarcastically, isn’t that what a good padre is supposed to do? To guide and guardar us for the futuro, giving his most and best, then letting us go into el mundo armed with the armor of his amor and best intentions. Symbol of Accion, he showed us the ways of the world, the possibilities e inevitabilities of growing up and growing older.

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And like Father Time, our fathers age before our eyes. Nuestros viejos, always a part of us, always their lessons guiding us, even when we become Father Time.

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Our viejos, Mother Earth and Father Time.

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How very special are we

For just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

To have on our fam'ly tree

Mother Earth and Father Time

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He turns the seasons around

And so he changes her gown

But they always look in their prime

They go on dancing their dance

Of everlasting romance

Mother Earth and Father Time

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The summer larks return the scene

Oh, what a gift they give!

Then autumn days grow short and cold

Oh, what a joy to live!

How very special are we

For just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

To have on our fam'ly tree

Mother Earth and Father Time

Mother Earth and Father Time- song by Richard and Robert Sherman

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With mucho amor to all parents & guiding figures in our vidas

And to starting 2020 over con hindsight and foresight.

Babushka Besos a Todos. Cuidensen.

P.S.  After this writing, BB spent time with her father who is in hospice. Please hug your parents tight and let them feel your love. No doubt they did that to you many times. And should they not be near, or on this plane, send them your gratitude and appreciation, and in this way you'll be juntos again.

Coming home again. - Day 13 of SMCSF 30 day Blog Challenge

It was one week ago yesterday that I arrived from Miami. La Tata asked me when I was going back.

With a backed up sink, a dying car, a non housebroken dog, a broken ac which caused mold and being presently unemployed,  it's tempting... 

but I spent 3 weeks away and I need to give some calorcito.

To my home, to my Sweetie, to My Life.

And I'm happy to be back.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

P.S.  Tonight it's supposed to go down to the high 40's here Up North in The South.  

Miss this weather & go to Miami now?  JU SO FONII!!!

Life. It is Bueno. - Day 6 of the SMCSF 30 day Blog Challenge

A nice crisp fall evening. 

Snuggling with my Sweety we caught up with the day's activities and listened for My Little One's safe return from work. 

The dogs were quiet and so was the night.  All is right in the world.

 It's good to be home.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

P.S.  Queee??  You thought the picture is of BB's home?  JU SO FONII!!!  

This photo of Son Julia Country House Hotel is courtesy of TripAdvisor