IT IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE CULTURE AND HONOR CONTRIBUTIONS. AND TONIGHT’S PROJECT COMMUNITY. KCCI ALYSSA GOMEZ DOES INTRODUCE US TO A DES MOINES WOMAN WHO IS HELPING PRESERVE TRADITION THROUGH DANCE.
In a Northwest Side studio, young folklorico dancers keep rhythm to the thump, thump, thump of maestro Sergio Martinez’s staff. The staff, a gift from his mentor, is carved from the cactus stalk of ...