Nationally-recognized entertainer and educator Jesús "Chuy" Negrete will be performing at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Women's Intercultural Center, 303 Lincoln St., in Anthony. Negrete, with guitar and harmonica, will be performing the Mexican and Mexican-American experience through storytelling, poetic song and corridos (running verse ballads) and slides as he traces the history of Mexican-Latino experiences from pre-Columbian times to the present.
Prior to his performance at the Women's Intercultural Center, he will be performing for the students at Gadsden High School.
The performance is sponsored by the Gadsden High School Chicana/Chicano Student Union and the Women's Intercultural Center. Admission is $2 per person. For tickets or for information, call the Women's Intercultural Center, (575) 882-5556.