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DORIAN WOOD AND CHAVELA VARGAS

It’s the centenary of Chavela—the legendary Costa Rican cantante—intimate of Frida Kahlo and muse to Pedro Almodóvar.

To mark the occasion, singer-composer-performance artist Dorian Wood presents XAVELA LUX AETERNA, “deeply personal project and a unique tribute and dialogue between two creative souls passing through one body.”*

DORIAN WOOD—XAVELA LUX AETERNA

Friday and Saturday, November 22 and 23.

Redcat

631 West 2nd Street, downtown Los Angeles.

From top: Dorian Wood; Chavela Vargas (above) and Frida Kahlo; Vargas; Wood (2). Images courtesy and © the artists, the photographers, the publishers, and Redcat.

CHAVELA

“I live only for you and Diego.” — Frida Kahlo to Chavela Vargas

Costa Rica-born singer Chavela Vargas queered the Mexican ranchero patriarchy, and saw it all, played it all, lived it all—high and low.

Expect fireworks (and a devoted crowd) when Outfest screens the documentary CHAVELA (2017, directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi) on Saturday afternoon, July 8, at 4:15 pm.

DIRECTORS GUILD, 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Post-screening reception in DGA atrium.

outfest.org

chavelavargasfilm.com

newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-mexicos-majestic-lesbian-chanteuse-chavela-vargas

Chavela Vargas.

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