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In honor of international women's day, come celebrate international feminist solidarity and antifascist femme power with Las Mariposas Galácticas (@mariposasgalacticas) featuring burlesque performance by Leila Delicious (@leila_delicious) and an interactive art installation by Manuela Guillen (@lazybeamarte).
LAS MARIPOSAS GALACTICAS
Las Mariposas Galacticas is an 8 piece Cumbia Klezmer Punk band based in Philadelphia, PA. Combining band members’ South American and Jewish ancestries, the band creates a unique diasporic-punk sound that gets audiences everywhere dancing with rebellious joy. By honoring their Indigenous Andean musical ancestries, blended together with punkified ancient melodies from the Jewish diaspora, the band plays a mixture of original and classic tunes that span different languages, cultures, and genres.
LEILA DELICIOUS
Leila Delicious is a Palestinian burlesque artist and political performer based in Philadelphia. Her work exists at the epicentre of queer Palestinian decadence, and creates a container for her joy, indulgence and grief. Leila has performed around the country and was a finalist in the Philadelphia Burlesque Battle Royale. She has performed in festivals such as Cannonball, Radical Acts and Burlesque n Beyond. She’s smoother than olive oil, thicker than hummus. She’s the incredible edible Leila Delicious
MANUELA GUILLÉN
Manuela Guillén is a passionate Philadelphia-based artist, merging her Cuban and Salvadorian heritage into her work as a painter, muralist, and digital illustrator. Her art, inspired by plants, tropical colors, and her upbringing, focuses on promoting art education and addressing sociopolitical and environmental issues. Collaborating with organizations globally, her murals adorn spaces in the U.S. and Mexico. As an Art teacher, she aims to inspire creativity and bring communities together through the power of art.