http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A00434F80502F97?artistid=1375976&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=5 false false 2009-10-05T16:16:24-04:00 As one of the first artists to perform at The Loft last year, the wonderful Rupa (UC San Diego Alumni) and the April Fishes return to the venue this November celebrating the release of their new album Este Mundo as part of a national tour. </br></br> Described as “one of the hottest emerging acts” by Time Out, Rupa & the April Fishes mix in elements of Gypsy swing, Colombian cumbia, French chanson and Indian ragas for a sound that effortlessly blurs the boundaries of genre and geography. </br></br> Campus Partners: Alumni Association true false false 392 false Over the past year, the group has brought their infectious live show to adoring crowds at NY’s Central Park Summer Stage, the Montreal Jazz Festival, San Francisco’s Outside Lands and Stern Grove festivals, not to mention dozens of Europe’s most prestigious festivals and venues. The group has been compared to Gogol Bordello, Manu Chao, Beirut and other boundary- breaking genre-straddlers. </br></br> While in New York, the band will participate in the second installment of the adventurous music series, “Is America part of the World?” Part II of this series will also feature the band Nation Beat and will take place at The Bell House in Brooklyn on November 13. This series aims to challenge the way we think about “American” and “World” music with artists that are home-bred and world- traveled. </br></br> Rupa & The April Fishes will also present ¡Catapulta! at The Brava Theater in San Francisco on October 9 & 10. This unique concert and multidisciplinary event was put together to help dispel fears among immigrants about public health options. </br></br> As a practicing doctor, lead singer Rupa is particularly passionate about the human impact of US anti-immigration policies and how it affects immigrants’ (documented and undocumented) ability to seek public health care. Over the past several years, she has met countless patients who sought medical attention late in their disease process for fear of deportation. She was awarded a grant by the SF Arts Commission to bring her inquiry of these issues to a deeper level, which lead to the creation of music for ¡Catapulta! and este mundo. </br></br> ¡Catapulta! is a one hour performance of innovating new music by Rupa & the April Fishes, scoring stories culled from the band’s trip along the US-Mexico border performed by longtime collaborators, the Pan-American circus group Malamaña, along with documentary photographs by Lars Howlett, choreography by Sara Shelton Mann and sculpture by Carlos Cartagena. 2009-11-04T21:00:00-05:00 4 11 2009 false false 0 Regular: $12</br> UCSD Student: $5 advance; <br/>pay as you can at the door<br/><br/>Purchase online at the link below or call 858.534.TIXS (M-F,10am-4pm) 2009-11-05T14:03:27-05:00 7 0