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Spanish Program

University of San Diego

Department of Languages and Literatures

Calendar of Cultural Activities

in Spanish and/or related to the Spanish-speaking world on campus and in the community

Before attending events, please call to confirm time and place.

Please note that some of the events may have an admission fee.

If you have any corrections and/or upcoming events for the calendar, please call 619.260.7827 or write to kevin2@sandiego.edu.

November 2006

Event or Activity Place Day Time

--- (ongoing) Exhibition: "TRANSactions:

Contemporary Latin American and Latino

Art"

Museum of Contemporary Art - San

Diego, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla,

858.454.3541, www.mcasd.org

1 5:30-7:30 pm Reception and Artist Lecture: "Estamos

Buscando A - We're Looking For" - A photographic installation of the migrant experience along the U.S.-Mexico border by Paul Turounet

USD - IPJ Theater

Organized by:

Trans-Border Institute

Department of Art

1 3:00 pm Colloquium: Contexts for Bilingualism

Among U.S.-Born Latinos, 1990 and 2000

UCSD - Social Science Building

Dean's Conference Room 107

Department of Ethnic Studies ethnicstudies@ucsd.edu 858.534.3276

2 6:00 pm

2 7:30 pm

Gallery Talk: "Paper Traces: Latin

American Prints and Drawings from the

Collection at SDMA"

Argentinean film: "La historia oficial"

(1985)

San Diego Museum of Art

Balboa Park

(619) 232-7931, http://www.sdmart.org/

USD - UC 104

Romero Center, Maher 252

619.260.4600

2 5:00-6:30 pm

3 10:00 am

Distinguished Speakers Series:

"Accountability and Public Access to

Government Information in Mexico"

Docent Guest Lecture: "Días de los

Muertos—Days of the Dead Traditions"

UCSD - Institute of the Americas

Complex - http://usmex.ucsd.edu

858-534-4503

San Diego Museum of Art - Balboa Park

James S. Copley Auditorium

Phone: (619) 232-7931 http://www.sdmart.org/

Day Time

3-12 8:00 pm

6 12:00 pm

6 7:00-9:00 pm

6 5:00 pm

8 7:00 pm

8 3:00 pm

9 6:30-7:45 pm

10,

11,

17,

&18

8:00 pm

10-

16 call for times

Event or Activity

Comedy: "Sweet 15 - Quinceañera" by Rick Najera - The performance will jump with music, dance, drama, taffeta dresses and surprise appearances by the famous and infamous.

Place

San Diego Repertory Theatre

79 Horton Plaza; 619-544-1000 www.sandiegorep.com www.ricknajera.com

Presentation: "The Weavers of

Guatemala" by Linda Fisk

San Diego Museum of Man, Balboa Pk.

Evernham Hall, (619) 239-2001 http://www.museumofman.org/index.html

Documentary Screening: "Leading the

Way to Peace," which follows four women from the conflict affected countries of

Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and

Guatemala, tracing their personal stories of peacemaking, courage, and hope

Lecture: "De Pardo Bazán a Maruja

Torres: El viaje femenino en perspectiva"

Dr. Javier Torre

USD - IPJ Theater

Kathy Sangha

Sun & Moon Vision Productions

(760) 735-8300 production@sunandmoonvision.org

SDSU, Love Library, LL-430

Peruvian film: "Tinta roja" (Red Ink) UCSD - CILAS - Center for Iberian and

Latin American Studies

Copley International Conference Center

Institute of the Americas

858.534.6050 - http://cilas.ucsd.edu/

Colloquium: "National Camera: The

Ethnic Difference in Modernizing Mexico"

UCSD Social Science Building

Dean's Conference Room 107

Department of Ethnic Studies http://www.ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu ethnicstudies@ucsd.edu, 858.534.3276

Talk: "On the Border, at the Edge: Sex,

Drugs and HIV" - A conversation with

UCSD researchers Dr. Steffanie A.

Strathdee and Dr. Tom Patterson about

HIV/AIDS, drug users, and sex workers in

Tijuana

Institute of the Americas

Weaver Conference Center http://www.iamericas.org/

10111 North Torrey Pines Road

La Jolla, CA 92037

858.453.2165, inquiries@iamericas.org

Centro Stage Theater Production:

"The Night Sky" - Through dance, music and drama, the story of the Mexican

Revolution and the contemporary evolution of its people

Argentinean film: "Rolling family"

Centro Cultural de la Raza

Balboa Park, Info: 619-235-6135 www.centroraza.com, centro@centroraza.com

UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at

Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center

Drive (Mission Valley) 619.230.1938 www.sdlatinofilm.com

Day Time

12 2:00 pm

13 5:00-7:00 pm

15 7:00 pm

15 3:00 pm

15 3:30-5:00 pm

16 7:00 pm

16 7:00-8:30 pm

16 5:00 pm

16-

25

8:00 pm

19 12:00 pm

Event or Activity

Folkloric dance presentation:

Sunday Zapateado: Ballet Folklórico en

Aztlán

Lecture: "US Diplomacy and the

Challenge of Political Change in Latin

America"

Place

Centro Cultural de la Raza

Balboa Park, Info: 619-235-6135, www.centroraza.com, centro@centroraza.com

Institute of the Americas

Weaver Conference Center http://www.iamericas.org/

10111 North Torrey Pines Road

La Jolla, CA 92037

858.453.2165, inquiries@iamericas.or

Peruvian documentary: "State of Fear"

Based on the findings of the Peruvian

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

UCSD - CILAS - Center for Iberian and

Latin American Studies

Copley International Conference Center

Institute of the Americas

858.534.6050, http://cilas.ucsd.edu/

Colloquium: "Classifying Race and

Ethnicity in Spanish California: Working with the Sources"

UCSD Social Science Building

Dean's Conference Room 107

Department of Ethnic Studies http://www.ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu ethnicstudies@ucsd.edu, 858.534.3276

Colloquium: "Poverty and Natural

Resources in Mexico: A Microeconomics

Approach"

Latin American Film Festival: "Crossing

Arizona" (2006) - An up-to-the-moment look at the hotly debated issues of illegal immigration and border security on the

U.S./Mexico border

UCSD - Center of US-Mexican Studies

Institute of the Americas Complex http://usmex.ucsd.edu or call 858-534-

4503

San Diego Museum of Art

Balboa Park

Phone: (619) 232-7931 http://www.sdmart.org/

Documentary and talk: "The Invisible

Mexicans of Deer Canyon" by John Carlos Frey

Lecture by Mexican author Humberto

Félix Berumen: “La literatura de la frontera norte de México”

Comedy: "The Labyrinth of Desire by

Lope de Vega"

Danza Azteca and Drumming

USD - IPJ Theater

UCSD - deCerteau Room, 155 Literature

Building - Contact Max Parra at mparra@ucsd.edu

UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance

Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre

Contact Phone: (858) 534-4574

Ext.BXOFC - promotions@ucsd.edu

Centro Cultural de la Raza

Balboa Park, Info: 619-235-6135, www.centroraza.com, centro@centroraza.com

Day Time Event or Activity Place

19 12:00-4:00 pm Family Festival: "The Many Cultures of

Latin America" - Enjoy live entertainment, including traditional folk dances, participate in fun art projects.

28 3:00-5:00 pm Lecture: "What is the Object of

Remittances? Analyzing the Significance of Migration and Money Circulation between El Salvador and the United

States"

29 6:00-8:00 pm

30 7:00 pm

Film Screening: "Milagros: Made in

Mexico" - Followed by discussion/Q&A with women filmmakers: Tica Maria Lema and Piper Kessler

Mexican film: "Temporada de patos"

(Duck Season) (2005)

San Diego Museum of Art

Balboa Park

Phone: (619) 232-7931 http://www.sdmart.org/

UCSD - Center for Comparative

Immigration Studies

Conference Room 115, Eleanor

Roosevelt College Administration

Building - http://www.ccis-ucsd.org

USD - UC 107

San Diego Museum of Art - Balboa Park

Phone: (619) 232-7931 http://www.sdmart.org/

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