Desconocidos release celebration

WHAT: Desconocidos Album Release featuring performances by
Palabristas, Big Quarters, Tish Jones, Angel, and Rodrigo
Sanchez-Chavarria with percussion provided by Quilombolas. FREE
EVENT. Album will be for sale for $10.
WHEN: Friday, June 22nd , 8 p.m.
WHERE: The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415

On Friday, June 22nd Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria will celebrate the
release of his debut album of poetry and spoken word at the Loft/Open
Book. The album, Desconocidos (meaning the unknown) is a collection
of his work over the past 2 years.

As a poet and spoken word artist of Peruvian heritage,
Sanchez-Chavarria is heavily involved with Palabristas, a local Latino
poetry collective, and is an activist in the Latin@ community. He
writes about fatherhood and the duality of two cultures in English,
Spanglish and Spanish as well as issues pertaining to his community
and life experiences. He takes the power of his work to local high
schools in which he engages in conversation with students regarding
the art of spoken word and how they can use it as tool of liberation.
He was recently part of the poetry collective, "Found In Translation"
for the Minneapolis MOSAIC and is one of the recipients of the 2005
SASE VERVE Spoken Word Grant.

With appearances by fellow Palabristas members, Lorena Duarte, Larry
Lucio Jr., Brandon Lacy Campos and local music group, Quilombolas, the
album touches on issues like immigration, fatherhood, self expression,
life experiences and hope. Mixed with live performance recordings,
Desconocidos gives insight into Rodrigo's growth as an artist and
shows the true power of the word.