Sequoya Branch Public Library

Tokay at Midvale Boulevards — Madison, WI

Please note: January’s meeting to be held in Study Rooms A & B at Sequoya Library.

A G E N D A

I.  Happy New Year!  Welcome and introductions.

II.  Progress report on Wisconsin Medical Project’s travel license application and related programs.

III.  Crane Project report.

IV.  Treasurer’s report.

V.  What’s ahead for 2011: Economic changes in Cuba and prospects for US-Cuba policy.

VI.  Other business.

VII.  Adjournment.

A G E N D A

I.  Welcome and introductions.

II.  A.  All set — Wisconsin Medical Project’s next delegation to Camaguey, Nov. 6-13.
B.  Ricardo will travel with the group and take donations to
Camaguey’s Video Art Festival.  NOTE:  Laptop needed to donate to this project; if you have one you wish to donate or sell, please reply to this message.

III.  Crane Project report.

IV.  Update on the Wine Tasting & Silent Auction, Wednesday, Nov. 17
at Cardinal Bar from 5 until 8 pm.  If you can volunteer time or
have any items to donate to the auction, please contact us.

V.  Annual Meeting scheduled for Wed., Dec. 1.

VI.  Review of current conditions for opening travel to Cuba; mark-up vote in
House Foreign Relations Committe was postponed last week, will there be a floor vote in this session?  Join us for a discussion.

VII.  Treasurer’s report.

VIII.  Other business.

IX.  Adjournment.

A G E N D A

I.  Welcome and introductions.
II.  Update on Wisconsin Medical Project’s next delegation to Camaguey.
III.  Crane Project report.
IV.  Report by Bob Skloot on his visit to Camaguey in early August.
V.  Update on the Wine Tasting & Silent Auction coming up in November.
VI.  Review of current conditions for opening travel to Cuba.
VII.  Treasurer’s report.
VIII.  Other business.
IX.  Adjournment.

Reminder:  There will be no meeting in July.
Our next monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, August 4.

A G E N D A

I.    Welcome and introductions.
II.    Update on Wisconsin Medical Project and prospects for sending a container this summer.
III.   Update on Crane Education Project.
IV.   Update on Cuba legislation pending in Congress.
V.    Other business.
VI.    Adjournment.

Please remember to send in your dues for 2010:  $30/family/$20 individuals.  Send to MCSCA, P. O. Box 608, Madison, WI 53701.  Thanks!

Our project site is currently under construction and we invite you to visit the Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association’s website often for new developments.  We hope you will enjoy getting to know and taking part in this new and exciting educational adventure!

A G E N D A
I.    Welcome and introductions.
II.    Report on recent visit to Camaguey by Wisconsin Medical Project group, April 10-17, and prospects for sending a container this summer.
III.   Update on Crane Education Project.
IV.  Tuesday’s (May 4) benefit for MCSCA, Arcatao and WORT–Radio Victoria, El Salvador.
V.    Other business.
VI.    Adjournment.

I.    Welcome and introductions.

II.    Wisconsin Medical Project group to visit Camaguey April 10-17.

IV.   Report of committee on Crane Education Project regarding partial approval of grant proposal.

VI.   Treasurer’s report and details on upcoming fundraising event: Tuesday, May 4 at Cardinal with Bonobo Secret Handshake band.

VII.    Update on prospects for Congressional action on Cuba expected in April.

VIII.    Other business

IX.    Adjournment.

A G E N D A

I.    Happy New Year.  Welcome and introductions.

II.     Update on Wisconsin Medical Project.

III.    Upcoming Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Benefit on Wednesday, January 20 at Cardinal Bar.

IV.    Crane Education Project in Cuba by Korie Klink.  Proposal for discussion and sponsorship by MCSCA.

V.    Other business.

VI.    Adjournment.

Please remember to send in your dues for 2010:  $30/family/$20 individuals.  Send to MCSCA, P. O. Box 608, Madison, WI 53701.  Thanks!

A G E N D A

I.    Welcome and introductions.

II.   Cuban Artists in Madison/Celebrating Friendship:  Exhibit by Orestes Larios and Gregorio Escobar being held at DiRicci Gallery at Edgewood College, November 4-24.  Join us tonight in welcoming Orestes, his wife Maria Ofelia, and Gregorio to Madison.  Opening Reception on Friday, Nov. 6 from 5 to 7 PM.  See Press Release below.

III.    Wisconsin Medical Project Update: Group to travel November 14-21.

IV.    Tiempo Libre, a Cuban salsa/timba group to perform at Wisconsin Union Theatre on Thursday, November 5; sponsored by MCSCA, this promises to be a great show–bring your ticket and get in free at Cardinal Bar following performance.  C’mon folks, get out and throw a little grey hair in the air . . .

V.   Wine Tasting/Silent Auction scheduled for November 11 at Cardinal Bar has been postponed to Wednesday, January 20, 2010.  Please mark your calendars.  Volunteers needed!

VI.    Lecture and Showing of Documentary focusing on Jewish community in Cuba:  Wednesday, November 18 at University Club on UW-Madison campus–Reception at 5 PM, Lecture and Showing at 7 PM–featuring Dr. Delvis Fernandez Levy, president of Cuban American Alliance Education Fund.

VII.   Latin Music Fest II at Majestic Theater on Wednesday, November 25.  Benefit for Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association’s ongoing cultural exchanges, featuring local bands Mambo Blue, Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band, Grupo Candela and the premiere of Madison’s new charanga group Charanga Agoza.

VIII.    Treasurer’s report.

IX.    MCSCA Annual Meeting: Wednesday, December 2 at Cardinal Bar (418 E. Wilson St.) from 7 to 9 PM.  Mark your calendars.

X.    Other business.

XI.    Adjournment.

NOTED CUBAN ARTISTS TO VISIT MADISON

With the recent thaw in Cuba-United States relations, it appears that Madison and Dane County will be major beneficiaries of the positive change. The  proof will be seen in the visit of two renowned Cuban artists to exhibit their work at the DeRicci Gallery of Edgewood College from November 4-24, 2009. The opening reception for the exhibition will take place on Friday, Nov. 6, from 5:00-7:00 p.m at the gallery to which the public is invited. The DeRicci Gallery is open 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. daily.

The exhibition is called “Cuban Artists in Madison: Celebrating Friendship/Artistas Cubanos en Madison: Celebrando Amistad,” and is sponsored by the Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association with support from Edgewood College and the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the Overture Foundation and Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.

The two artists, Orestes Larios Zaak and Gregorio Perez Escobar, are well-known in their native Cuba. Both hail from Camaguey, the city in central Cuba with which Madison has had a “twin” relationship since 1994. One reason for their visit is to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the sister-city agreement.

Larios is a painter who has exhibited his work in Canada and Europe. His paintings explore the natural environment around us and call attention to its beauty and fragility. Perez is a sculptor who works with polished, fine-grained wood. His sculptures reveal a variety of human and inanimate forms that can be both mysterious and shocking.

While in Wisconsin, the two artists will visit classes and workshops in painting and sculpture at Edgewood, as well as the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. They will present a public lecture, “Canto a la vida: A View of Cuban Art Today” at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, in the Predolin Building on the Edgewood Campus, 1000 Edgewood College Drive.