The documentary "Duranguito," about the battle to save one of El Paso's oldest barrios from a controversial plan to build a Downtown arena, will be screened at a preservation group fundraiser.
The film screening will be at 6 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Sunset Parlor, 1307 N. Oregon St. The event will feature music by Los Liminals and will be followed by a discussion. Suggested donation is $25.
The screening is a fundraiser for Project Regeneración , a nonprofit advocating for historic and cultural preservation in "Duranguito" and South El Paso.
The 2023 documentary by Nikki Martinez and Zane Abraham focuses on two elderly Mexican American residents and their supporters trying to stop the destruction of the neighborhood, publicity material stated.
The future of the Union Plaza area known as "Duranguito" and the proposed Downtown arena, now called a "multipurpose center," is currently in limbo. In November, voters are to decide the future of the arena project , which was first approved in a bond election in 2012.
More community events:
2024 AIDS Walk
The El Paso Border AIDS Partnership will have its Fifth Annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, July 27, at Memorial Park.
The family and pet-friendly event features a 5k run in the historic Manhattan Heights neighborhood around Memorial Park and an optional one-mile walk. There will be a dog costume contest.
Registration begins at 7 a.m. with the race starting at 8 a.m. followed by a fun fair and wellness event, 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park, 1701 Copia St.
The Border AIDS Partnership , known as BAP, is nonprofit dedicated to advancing awareness and prevention of HIV and AIDS in El Paso, Juárez and southern New Mexico. The fundraising walk is dedicated to the memory of loved ones lost to AIDS and to help support those living with HIV and AIDS.
Participants can sign up at the park on the day of the race or in advance . The registration fee is $25.
Information : 915-533-4020
'Acts of Kindness: The El Paso Play' reflects on Aug. 3 Walmart tragedy
A theatrical drama paying tribute to victims and survivors of the Walmart mass shooting that killed 23 people in the Aug. 3, 2019 attack, will be staged for the first time in El Paso next week.
"Acts of Kindness: The El Paso Play" will be presented on the fifth anniversary of the racially-motivated massacre on Latinos by an out-of-town gunman .
The play will be staged at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 and 1 p.m. Aug. 3-4 at the El Paso Museum of Art. Admission is free. Seats are first come first serve. The presentation has a run time of 1 hour, 45 minutes with no intermission. A licensed mental health therapist will be available at each performance.
The play, written by Gregory Ramos, is a theatrical montage inspired by interviews in El Paso touching on issues such as immigration, gun control and divisive politics. Ramos is an actor, playwright and theater professor who was formerly a theater director at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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The production "strives to honor, reflect, and heal our Frontera community while preventing us and the world from forgetting," the UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance, which is presenting the work, stated on publicity materials.
The play is presented along with the Mexican American Cultural Center, the UTEP College of Liberal Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art. It is co-directed by Adriana Domínguez and Samantha Michelle Nava.
Information: 915-747-5146.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: El Paso community events: 'Duranguito' documentary, AIDS Walk and Aug. 3 play
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