LOS DELICADOS PRESS RELEASE
Los Delicados 25th Anniversary Floricanto
Friday November 19, 2021
6:30PM
Brava Theater, San Francisco, CA 94110
Tix available online only https://www.brava.org/all-events/los-delicados
Live in Person Performance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact Paul S. Flores (415) 350-9775
November 2, 2021, San Francisco, CA— Founded in San Francisco 1996, Los Delicados are poet performers Norman Antonio Zelaya, Darren J. DeLeon and Paul S. Flores. On November 19, 2021 the three artists return to their birthplace of the Mission District in San Francisco to celebrate 25 years and honor the Floricanto legacy of Chicano-Latino Movement poetry that flourished in the neighborhood in the 1970’s, and highlight the explosion of Latino Spoken Word that occurred in the 1990’s throughout California and the Southwest. Distinguishing themselves as poet performers "with sardonic humor and an often searing emotional tone" (San Francisco Chronicle), Los Delicados plan to present three shows November 18-20, 2021 in Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose. In Los Delicados' CD “Word Descarga” is available on all music streaming platforms.
Join Los Delicados November 19 at Brava Theater in the heart of the Mission as they celebrate 25 years of poetic lo-cura as innovators of Latino Spoken Word. Featuring special guests Alejandro Murguía, Cathy Arellano, Amalia Ortiz (San Antonio, TX) DJ Agana, Deuce ECLIPSE, Quique Padilla, Jaime Cortez Movimiento Molcajete (Sacramento) Yaya Porras and Nicole Limón, Milta Ortiz (Tucson, AZ) Adrian Arancibia (Taco Shop Poets San Diego), Pat Payne (Taco Shops Poets, Los Angeles). Hosted by JosiahLuis Alderete.
Once called heathens. Known to shock and vibe on congas with searing poetry, dance and song. “A post modern Last Poets meets Perez-Prado,” wrote Camille T. Taiara of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2001 describing Los Delicados style. “Theirs is a communal poetics. They combine the subversive power of music, theater, and poetry into a new genre. And -- as true sons and daughters of the movimiento of the 60s and 70s -- they have selected this genre as their weapon of choice in a struggle to popularize underrepresented voices and challenge ideological structures.” The San Francisco Chronicle described Los Delicados' “new poetry as Latino rap, some mixes salsa and Cuban musical influences with chants and rants, and some of the more lyrical work bears a striking resemblance to the cool jazz and poetry of the '50s Beats.” Los Delicados have performed with outstanding artists like Piri Thomas, Juan Felipe Herrera, The Last Poets, Miguel Algarin, Susana Baca, El Vez, Goapele, Jack Hirschman, Willie Colón, Quetzal, Guillermo Gomez Peña, Culture Clash and many more.
Los Delicados promise to deliver a high energy show joined by many Chicano-Latino artistic and literary stars including Mission District writers Alejandro Murguia, Cathy Arellano, and Jaime Cortez, as well as groups like the Taco Shop Poets and Movimento Molcajete, hip hop artists Deuce Eclipsce, DJ AGANA, as well as American book award winner Amalia Ortiz from San Antonio, and special musical guests Xicano rap rockers Aztlan Underground and more.
Read an article about Los Delicados and the Chicano Spoken Word scene from the 1990’s in the SF Chronicle here:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Rhyme-for-a-Reason-San-Jose-festival-celebrates-2927773.php
BIO
Founded in 1996 in San Francisco's Mission District, Los Delicados are the leading Latino spoken word troupe. Comprised of three writers, Norman Antonio Zelaya, Darren J. de Leon, and Paul S. Flores, they come from three different California experiences – Nicoya in San Francisco, Xicano in San Bernardino, and Cuban/Mexican in the borderlands of San Diego – and took the national spoken word scene by storm with their unique Word Descarga style, yet to be replicated. In 2001 they released "Word Descarga" on Calaca Press and their play "Guayaberas By The Pound" has been taught in college campus classrooms throughout the country.
Los Delicados 25th Anniversary Floricanto
Friday NOVEMBER 19, 2021
6:30pm-10:00pm
Brava Theater
2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
415-641-7657
Tickets are $25 General Admission.
$15 Discount for Students with code: DESCARGA
Masks and proof of Tax required.
**Featuring Special Panel at 5PM
“Spoken Word of the 1990’s to Today’s Published Authors with Book signing”
featuring Norman Zelaya, Cathy Arellano, Amalia Leticia Ortiz, Josiahluis Alderete, Adrian Arancibia and Jaime Cortez
Tix available now
https://brava.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F2M00000K4D96UAF
(ticket price includes panel and book signing event)
SHOWS IN OAKLAND & SAN JOSE
Los Delicados: Poetas del Sol 25th Anniversary Show
Thursday November 18
6:30pm
Speaking in Axolotl
111 Fairmont Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
Speaking Axolotl Presents:
Los Delicados 25th Anniversary Floricanto
Featuring:
Los Delicados: Paul S. Flores, Norman A. Zelaya, Darren J. deLeon, and Quique Padilla
Amalia Ortiz (San Antonio)
Mario Ellis Hill (Sacramento)
Vincent Kobelt (Sacramento)
Milta Ortiz (AZ)
Chuy Quintero (EPA)
and special musical guests: Aztlán Underground (LA)
Hosted by Josiah Luis Alderete
Tix $12 GEN Admission
Available here: https://m.bpt.me/event/5300595
Masks and proof of Vaccination required.
Los Delicados: Poetas del Sol 25th Anniversary Show
Saturday November 20
6:30PM
MACLA
510 South First St.
San Jose, CA
www.maclaarte.org
TIx Available Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/los-delicados-poetas-del-sol-25th-anniversary-show-tickets-195546874967?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
FEATURING
Los Delicados: Paul S. Flores, Norman A. Zelaya, Darren J. deLeon, and Quique Padilla
Juan Felipe Herrera
Margarita Luna Robles
Arlene Biala
Jimmy Biala
Marc Pinate
Grito Serpentino
Baktun-12
Pat Payne
Amalia Ortiz
Adrian Arancibia
and more.
**Author Panel at 5PM
“Spoken Word of the 1990’s to Today’s Published Authors with Book signing”
featuring Juan Felipe Herrera, Arlene Biala, Amalia Leticia Ortiz, Adrian Arancibia and Norman Zelaya
Tix available now
https://brava.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F2M00000K4D96UAF
(ticket price includes panel and book signing event)