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About the event:On Thursday, December 8th, Rebelené’s Tumbleweed Tour Kicks-off in Houston, in promotion of Zelene Suchilt’s first bilingual poetry collection, Music for Butterflies/Música para mariposas.
Hosted at Wonky Power’s trailblazing venue in the heart of the East End Cultural District. A Latino-owned music agency serving the Houston community since 2014. Doors open at 6pm,This is a family friendly event. 3534 Navigation Blvd.
Zelene Suchilt (AKA Rebelené) will read from her book, "Music for Butterflies/Música para mariposas." As a multidisciplinary artist, she will take the audience on a journey that will make poems jump out of the page and land on the stage, film, dance, and music.
About the artist:
Zelene Pineda Suchilt (AKA Rebelené) is a Mexican born Chicana poet and filmmaker living in New York with strong roots in Tejas. She’s the creator of Houston’s groundbreaking Word Around Poetry Tour and the winner of the 2009 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award from the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. Rebelene.com
About the Music for Butterflies:
Zelene Suchilt immigrated to the United States from Mexico and was undocumented for 13 years. “Music for Butterflies” was born from that experience, a collection of poems aimed at the immigrant community. The butterflies in the title are none other than the monarch butterflies, a symbol that represents migration and is repeated in the imagination of the author, along with her readers, she is a transnational butterfly trafficking pollen with bees. Migrants are the pollen inside sunflower seeds. We ascend with the wind and migrate. It is our destiny, the one that does not let go of us. Zelene stands firm for those who came before her and were silenced, for those who will come after her, she includes us in the creation of her bridge and offers land to sustain us.-from the review written by @paginas_adulteradas
The Music for Butterflies EP (extended player album) accompanies the literature by providing a stunning soundscape to the world of the transnational butterflies that grace the first part of the book. Beautifully arranged by internationally acclaimed guitarist, Alberto Alabreda and accompanied by violinist Ernesto Llorens. Spoken word performed by the author.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wonky Power Live, 3534 Navigation Blvd,Houston,TX,United States