Beatriz Luengo became well known for her role in the Spanish production “Un Paso Adelante”, an adaptation of the American 80’s TV series “Fame”. Bela y Sus Moskitas Muertas is Luengo’s fourth studio album, co-written and produced by “Un Paso Adelante” co-star and now husband Yotuel of Cuban hip-hop group Orishas. The title comes from[…]
Hosted by the Sunnyside Community Hospital Foundation. Come and enjoy this beautiful winter event with breath-taking decorations, and maybe even place your bet on your favorite tree during our live auction! Tickets are $40 per person and attendees must be 21 or older. Call (509) 837-1640 to purchase your ticket! Festival of Trees is a[…]
This Nov 26, celebrate Small Business Saturday with Sunnyside Downtown. It’s a special holiday created so communities like ours can show love for the small businesses in Sunnyside Downtown. And it wouldn’t be a celebration without customers like you joining us! So mark your calendars for Nov 26, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and get ready[…]
It’s a tractor parade. People put lights on the tractors. Sunnyside takes great pride in being first to call their tractor parade a “Farm Implement Parade”, except that is not true either. Residents are bummed to find out that people elsewhere have put lights on their own tractors to parade through their city streets. In[…]
Debut solo hip-hop album from Cuban style jazz vocalist turned rapper.
In the 1990s an influx of young Chileans, children of political exiles from Pinochet’s dictatorship, returned to Chile. Exposed to both the budding rap scenes in Europe and their parent’s social activism, they ignited an intensely political hip-hop scene in Santiago. Ana Tijoux rose to become the international wunderkind of this movement. Her music takes[…]
Debut album from Cuban-American singer/songwriter/rapper from Miami, finally released 2 years after her single “Gangsta” blew up on youTube. Dahlia’s songs typically transition from Rihanna-esque vocals to aggressive raps pushed through a throaty vibrato. Only Spanish language track is a hip-hop homage to Celia Cruz’s “La Negra Tiene Tumbao”.
A musician’s musician who can be appreciated by non-musicians. Nano Stern’s music is a fusion of Folk-Rock-Jazz styles deeply rooted in Chilean folk traditions. Mil 500 Vueltas features collaborations with Jorge Drexler (Uruguay), Pedro Aznar (Argentina), Marta Gomez (Colombia), Susana Baca (Peru), and Joan Baez (USA).
Nicknamed “La Montra,” Rita Indiana is the 6-foot gender-bending monster fronting the Dominican Alternative band Los Mysterio. The music combines ridiculously frenetic meringue beats with electronica, punk, ska, and her own eccentricities. Ms. Indiana is also a respected novelist.
This will be the third year that vezVida has been open for Halloween season; in 2014 we had trial openings during Cinco de Mayo week and the month of October. As in previous years we offer Halloween costumes, masks, makeup, decorations, and sugar skull candles, votives, and candle holders.