Back by popular demand
after their SOLD-OUT show in November, join us at The Dreamland in partnership
with the Nantucket Historical Association for an evening of fun and dancing
featuring Latino icon and mariachi band leader Veronica Robles and her
all-female band as they play the evening away on the second floor of The
Dreamland! Cash bar and lite bites will be available for this community concert
celebrating the Cinco de Mayo holiday. Bring your dancing shoes and enjoy an
evening of Mariachi music!
Bio:
Veronica
Robles is a Mariachi singer by trade but has become a cultural icon for Latinos
in Boston. She has effectively utilized the power of the arts, culture, and
multimedia to bring communities together by raising awareness on the importance
of diversity and she has empowered the youth by employing them and teaching
them about their roots and culture. As a singer, Veronica Robles offers
education programs for schools.
Robles
is co-founder and director of the Veronica Robles Cultural Center that supports
community action and economic growth in East Boston though traditional dance
and music programs representing several countries of Latin America. She has
received countless awards, the most recent including the Extraordinary Woman In
Cultural Enrichment by the Governor of Rhode Island and the 2016 East
Boston Woman of The Year by East Boston Times. In the year 2005, the
Mayor of Cambridge proclaimed September 17 as Veronica Robles Day. In 2017,
Veronica was honored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh with a mural of her in her
Mariachi outfit on Paris Street in East Boston.
In
2018, Veronica was awarded the Live Arts Boston grant to support her
project, Veronica Robles All-Women Mariachi Band. The mission of this group is
to deliver a message of Peace and Unity in all their public performances. In
2019, Veronica Robles released a new music album entitled Cuando sale la
luna, recorded with her all-women mariachi band and produced by Willy Lopez.
You
can listen to Veronica on her radio show "Orale con Veronica" every
Tuesday from 10 to 11 AM at Super Boston 99.9 FM and 1300 AM. or check her
official website for
information about upcoming performances.
General Public: $25 +$3 Service Fee
Dreamland Members: $20 + No Service Fee
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