International Virtual Dinner
Saturday, April 17, 2021
5 pm Alaska Time/ 8 pm Mexico Time
The Alaska and Mexican cooking events will culminate with an International Dinner. Prepare your meals to gather in a community setting with people from Mexico City and Alaska. The evening will include: Alaskan and Mexico music, Alaska Native Dance, Poetry art and Conversation.
Buy a ticket to access this event in addition to our Alaska Food event (March 30) and our Mexican Food event (April 4). You will receive a video link by email beforehand.
The Evening Events
Performances
Alaskan Yupik Song – Stephen Blanchett “Pamyua” member
Alaska Native Dance – Marie Meade
Mexican Trio Singers
Dinner & conversation
Participants from Mexico and Alaska will be equally divided into Zoom rooms to begin their dinner and conversations. Example: 5 people from Mexico and 5 people from Alaska in one Zoom room. Bilingual speakers will be assigned to each room. We will have conversation and getting to know each other through the power of our stories. Participants will be asked to share stories to a proposed question, i.e. What is a favorite meal your mother or grandmother prepared?
Musicians
A musicians team from the Hiland Mountain Lullaby project, Suzanne Little and Cornitha Rabb McCoy, will visit each Zoom room. They will create a song that captures the essence and phases of the event.
Poet
Shelby Mahogany Evolving Wilson will visit each Zoom room and will create a poem that captures the essence and phases of the event.
Each artistic creation will be performed at the end of the dinner.
The artistic work will be available for download on Keys to Life website.
