Presenter: Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Praxis at UC Santa Barbara 

Show Title: Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind: A Concert-Performance 

Tag Line: “Created by Virgina Gonzalez and Martha Gonzalez, Directed by Kendra Ware", “Starring Martha Gonzalez and the Grammy Award Winning essemble, Quetzal."

Description: Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind is a theatrical concert with stories and songs about sharpshooters and earthmovers, helicopters in the sky and women that fly from Their Dogs Came with Them, the epic novel by Helena María Viramontes. Created by Martha Gonzalez and Virginia Grise, directed by Kendra Ware, the multifaceted sonic landscape—a mix of Mexican and Afro-Cuban rhythms, jazz, funk, rock and gospel—will be performed live by Martha Gonzalez, Tylana Enomoto, Quetzal Flores, and Juan Perez from the Grammy Award-Winning band Quetzal.