Join Madrigal Publishing and Hexagon Books in SAY GA(y)ME! An evening of playing Queer Lotería and a book reading from local author/publisher Luz Emma Cañas' memoir, Martial Love. Lotería is the Mexican game of chance. Similar to the game Bingo. Lotería was created in the 1800's with images and archetypes inspired by Mexican nationalism (at the time )and the tarot's major arcana. Some of the images have not aged well. But lucky for us, modern versions of the game have been created like Selena Lotería, Millenial Lotería and Queer Lotería. Apropos to play during PRIDE month! There will be merriment and prizes! After the game, Luz will read from their memoir, Martial Love and take audience member questions. HEXAGON BOOKS 2184 Lee Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 June 28th 6:30-8PM Art created for the book's cover, inspired by Lotería, will be on display. Martial Love has been described as: a triumph, beautiful, inspiring, powerful, and a must read! Martial Love can be found at Cleveland Heights Library :: Coventry Branch. There will also be a limited amount of books available for purchase. Martial Love synopsis: An all-women’s Ayahuasca ceremony serves as the setting for Luz’s story. As A Xamã administers the psychoactive plant syrup, she asks what brought Luz to this healing circle. The search for a simple answer sends the sputtering warrior on a psychic journey recollecting fragments of her past: A near-death experience as a toddler, navigating through a violent home as a child, and settling into domestic violence as a young mother. Now in the middle of her years, multiple traumas begin sprawling before her after the murder of O Marido, her estranged husband and master of Capoeira. He had no family, leaving Luz the only one who can identify the body; which prompts her return to Brazil from the United States placing her directly in front of the unraveling secrets of her dead husband. Although she lobbies for her husband to receive Islamic burial rites, the day of his funeral, Luz discovers he was buried in a public grave. If his remains are not soon transferred to a permanent plot, they will be cremated and scattered across a mass grave with countless others. From her understanding of Afro-Brazilian ancestor worship, an improper burial could lead to O Marido’s spiritual unrest. If his bones wound up in the wrong hands, the volatile energy of his material life could be used against her. To ensure peace for her, and her children, Luz decides to exhume the remains, knowing that this action of love, and survival, will signal a declaration of war to the powerful characters plotting to condemn her husband’s soul, and skill, to spiritual servitude. She must use her own teachings to take up arms and intercede between the living and the dead, convince her evermore suicidal children that life is a miracle worth staying alive for, and urge her husband to continue his ascension into the higher realms of consciousness until he fully crosses over. Luz’s story is about the belief in a compassionate God, a life after death, and the thin, silver lining between love and dark clouds. Hers is a mythological tale of a hero’s journey through the shadow and along the line of spirit and matter. More about Madrigal Publishing: www.madrigal-publishing.com More about Hexagon Books: https://hexagonbooks.org/ More about Luz: https://www.luzemma.com/

Information Source: Madrigal Publishing | eventbrite

Cuyahoga County

United States

Cleveland Heights

Searching for information and tickets regarding SAY GA(y)ME ! | Hexagon Books taking place in Cleveland Heights on Jun 28, 2025 (UTC-5)? Trip.com has you covered. Check the dates, itineraries, and other information about SAY GA(y)ME ! | Hexagon Books now! Trip.com has also prepared more similar exciting activities and discounted flight and hotel packages.

Time:	Jun 28, 2025 (UTC-5) ENDED
Location:	Hexagon Books

SAY GA(y)ME ! | Hexagon Books

Details

Vote

Are you interested in SAY GA(y)ME !?