Ep. 26: MERENDIANDO FROM HOME with Monica and Camila
April 15, 2020
This week is an extra special episode featuring Monica and Camila from their respective homes in Toronto: MERENDIANDO FROM HOME!We talked about how we are navigating productivity and creativity in isolation, how we’re staying connected with loved ones across borders, and how we think live performance can translate to the digital stage.
We also checked in with two of our previous podcast guests (Andrés Sierra and Ophira Calof) who are creating awesome, relevant online content for these times.
Although we weren’t able to meet in person we talked about our Merienda de Pandemia/Pandemic Snack and while Monica was eating little Peruvian chocolates she got as a gift, Camila bought some delicious fresh tortilla and masa from Maizal. Check them out and support local business!
Show notes:
- COVID-19
- Social distancing (you should know this by now)
- The hot tune featured during your snack break is Mueve (cero39 remix) by Lido Pimienta! – check out Lido’s New album Miss Colombia which drops on April 17!
- Further reading on the topic of productivity in these strange times – an Huffington Post article titled ‘Please Don’t Be Guilted Into Being More Productive During The Coronavirus’
- Club Quarantine, an nightly online queer dance party
- Club Quarantine’s Instagram
- Andres Sierra’s Instagram
- Ophira Calof’s Crip Tips
- Further reading on other online shows being offered by local artists – NOW’s The Best of Toronto Stage Events to Stream this April
- Glad Day TV, where Monica is streaming her new show “The Almost Night Show”, along with other amazing local queer artists!
- Queer, Far, Wherever You Are, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Instagram Live take over
- SpiderWebShow, a national digital theatre collective
- Camila Diaz Varela Instagram
- Monica Garrido Instagram
- Maizal, where you can buy delicious freshly made tortillas and masa made with ancient grains grown in their organic farm in King, Ontario. Very tasty, 10/10. 5 stars on Yelp. We love it.
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Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The Canada Council for the Arts, and The Ontario Arts Council.
Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido.
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