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Latino Heritage Month events

7:10 p.m., Sept. 9, 2003--“Celebramos! Music and Culture of the Latin World” will include an evening of Argentine Tango music and dance, an award-winning film, Latin food and a traveling public exhibition of poetry and photography, with a focus on Argentina, as part of the 4th annual Latino Heritage Month at UD.

Events include:

  • Wednesday, Sept. 10—“New Student Orientation,” 4 p.m., 204 Gore Hall. At this informal orientation, students new to the campus will have a chance to meet with and talk to returning students, faculty and staff who can provide information and support for those beginning their academic careers at UD.
  • Wednesday, Sept. 17—“Opening Ceremony of Hispanic Heritage Month,” 5 p.m., Clayton Hall. Includes remarks by Keyla DiSalvo, a music performance by Retumba and a sampling of Latin American cuisine. DiSalvo is constituent relations liason for Hispanic Affairs for Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and an associate writer at the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies at Delaware State University. Retumba is an all-female multicultural dance and percussion ensemble that celebrates diversity with music and dance from Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Brazil. Presented by the Office of Hispanic and Latin American Concerns and Lambda Phi Chi Sorority.
  • Wednesday, Sept. 24—“Real Women Have Curves,” 7 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre. Based on the play by Josefina Lopez, “Real Women Have Curves” is the story of Anna, a young Mexican-American woman struggling between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage. Winner of the Dramatic Audience Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, the film depicts Anna’s journey in finding her niche in the world as an American and a Chicana.
  • Thursday, Sept. 25—“Comedia Latina Latin Food Festival” Indulge in delicious foods from several Latin American countries at all campus dining halls.
  • Thursday, Oct. 2—“Tango New York,” 6:30 p.m., multipurpose room, Trabant University Center. Enjoy an evening of Argentinean tango music and dance as the Tango New York Trio serves up a combination of solid tango traditions with a contemporary sound influenced by jazz and classical music.
  • Friday, Oct. 10—“Fiesta Latina,” 9 p.m.-1 a.m., multipurpose room, Trabant University Center. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by dancing the night away to live Latin music. Refreshments will be served.
  • Oct. 13-24—“Buenos Aires: A Tale of Two Cities: Mapping the New Reality through Poetry and Photography,” an exhibition on display in the Perkins Gallery of the Perkins Student Center.

Corresponding events include:

  • Thursday, Oct. 16—Opening event, “Crisis and Change in Argentina and Latin America: Local and Hemispheric Perspectives,” 7:30 p.m., Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center. A discussion featuring Argentine journalist Santiago O’Donnell and Peter Hakim, president of Inter-American Dialogue, moderated by Ralph Begleiter, Edward and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Communication. Photographer Silvina Frydlewsky will talk about her photography. Refreshments will be served afterward.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 22—Closing event, “An Interdisciplinary Look at Contemporary Argentine Culture and Politics,” 7 p.m., Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center. Panel discussion with John Deiner, associate professor of political science and international relations; Reinaldo Laddaga, assistant professor of romance languages, University of Pennsylvania; and Silvio Waisbord, senior program officer, the CHANGE Project, Academy for Educational Development. Julio Carrion, assistant professor of political science and international relations at UD, will serve as moderator.
  • Thursday, Oct. 23—“The Dirty Girls Social Club Roundtable,” 6-8 p.m., in the Trabant University Center, room 209/211. Lambda Pi Chi sorority will host an informal discussion of the many faces of Latinas.
  • Wednesday, Nov. 5—“Why Multiculturalism Matters,” 7:30 p.m., at a location to be announced. Ronald Takaki, a leading advocate of multicultural education and author, will visit UD to provide a public lecture and a workshop for faculty and others on the importance of integrating a multicultural curriculum into the classroom.
  • Tuesday, Nov. 7—HOLA (Hispanic Student Association) presents “An Evening with Comedian Eric Nieves,” in the Scrounge at the Perkins Student Center at 8:30 p.m.

For more information, call 831-2991 or 831-0229. To request disability accommodations, call at least 10 business days in advance of the program or event.

Article by Jerry Rhodes

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