TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Starting this week, a variety of events will be offered at The University of Alabama in celebration of National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month.
To celebrate the start of National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month, the UA Crossroads Community Center will sponsor a Kickoff Celebration Thursday, Sept. 14 at noon in the Ferguson Center Crossroads Lounge. The event will feature food from Latin America and the U.S., music and information about the month’s festivities.
Activities and events range from photography exhibits to forums to chamber music and step shows through Oct. 15.
The College of Communication and Information Sciences will sponsor a lecture by Dr. Alberto González on Thursday, Sept. 21 in 222 Reese Phifer Hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m. González is the Annabel Dunham Hagood Visiting Lecturer in Communication Studies and co-editor of “Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication.”
“Tres Vidas” a chamber musical theater work will be held on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in Moody Music Concert Hall. The event will be sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, School of Music, New College, Women’s Studies Department, Housing and Residential Communities, Creative Campus, Hispanic Student Association and Campus Programming Council. The work, written by Marjorie Agosin and directed by Matthew Wright, celebrates the lives of three Latina women — Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran peasant Rufina Amaya, and Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni. For further information on Tres Vidas, please visit http://www.core-ensemble.cc/tv.htm.
A listing of UA events for Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month includes:
Sept.1-30
“Mother Nature: Our Protector and Provider”
Photography exhibit by James Mas
Ferguson Center Art Gallery, open all day
Sponsored by the Ferguson Center Student Union
Contact: Kelli Knox-Hall, 205/348-3250 or Matt Harper, harpe043@bama.ua.edu
Thursday, Sept. 14
Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Kickoff Celebration
Ferguson/Crossroads TV Lounge, noon
Sponsored by Crossroads Community Center
Contact: Crossroads Community Center, 205/348-6930 or crossroads.community@ua.edu.
Thursday, Sept. 14
Forum: A Crossview of Immigration
Ferguson Forum, 8 p.m.
Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.
Contact: G. Puente, puent001@bama.ua.edu
Tuesday, Sept.19
Study Abroad Fair
Ferguson Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sponsored by Capstone International Center
Contact: Angela Channell, achannel@aalan.ua.edu
Tuesday, Sept. 19
Screening: “The Bronze Screen”
30 ten Hoor Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Honors College
Contact: Dr. Lesa Shaul, 205/348-5557
Thursday, Sept. 21
Dr. Alberto Gonzalez
The Annabel Dunham Hagood Visiting Lecturer in Communication Studies
222 Reese Phifer Hall, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Contact: Dr. Caryl Cooper, 205/348-3593
Friday, Sept. 22
Welcome to UA Fiesta
Recreation Center Pool, 7-11 p.m.
Sponsored by the UA Counseling Center and Hispanic Student Association
Contact: Jennifer Turner, 205/348-3863
Sunday, Sept. 24
“Tres Vidas” by the Core Ensemble
A chamber musical theater work celebrating the lives of three Latina women: Frida Kahlo, Rufina Amaya, and Alfonsina Storni
Moody Music Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, School of Music, New College, Women’s Studies Department, Housing and Residential Communities, Creative Campus, Hispanic Student Association and Campus Programming Council
Contact: Elle Shaaban-Magaña, 205/348-5040
Monday, Sept. 25
Lunch on the Quad
Celebration of Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month
UA Quad, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the Ferguson Center Student Union and Bama Dining
Contact: Kelli Knox-Hall, 205/348-3250
Monday, Sept. 25
Forum: Latinos in America
Ferguson 301, 7:31 p.m.
Sponsored by Phi Iota Alpha and Crossroads Community Center
Contact: Daniel Asper, asper001@bama.ua.edu
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Panel Discussion
Ferguson 312, Morris Mayer Room, 7:31 p.m.
Sponsored by Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Contact: Daniel Asper, asper001@bama.ua.edu
Thursday, Sept. 28
Disfruta La Calentura
Location TBA, 9:31 p.m.
Sponsored by 1-9-3-1 Productions
Contact: Daniel Asper, asper001@bama.ua.edu
Thursday, Sept. 28
Forum: Adjustment
Recreation Center Media Room, 6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the UA Counseling Center and Hispanic Student Association
Contact: Jennifer Turner, 205/348-3963
Monday, Oct. 2
Alma Gala
Location TBA, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the Hispanic Student Association and African-American Graduate Student Association
Contact: Francisco Yegres, yegre001@bama.ua.edu or Del Smith, dsmith@cba.ua.edu.
Wednesday, Oct. 4
Film: “Maid in America”
A documentary independent film by Anayansi Prado on Latina domestic workers
Ferguson Center, 12:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center and Women’s Studies Department
Contact: Elle Shaaban-Magaña, 205/348-5040
Wednesday, Oct. 4
Film: “Fresa y Chocolate” and discussion hosted by Aaron Greer
Film directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea (rated-R)
Ferguson Theatre, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Contact: Dr. Caryl Cooper, 205/348-3593
Thursday, Oct. 5
Book Discussion: “Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood in La Frontera” by Norma Elia Cantu
Ferguson/Crossroads Lounge, 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, English Department, Women’s Studies Department and Crossroads Community Center
Contact: Elle Shaaban-Magaña, 205/348-5040
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Latino Breast Educational Program and Screening
DCH Cancer Treatment Center, call for appointments
Sponsored by DCH Cancer Treatment Center
Contact: 205/343-8493.
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Miss Royal Purple and White
Ferguson Center, second floor, 6:18 p.m.
Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.
Contact: G. Puente, puent001@bama.ua.edu
Wednesday, Oct. 11
Beta Comedy Jam
Location and time TBA
Sponsored Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.
Contact: G. Puente, puent001@bama.ua.edu
Thursday Oct. 12
Step Tease
Ferguson Plaza, 6:18 p.m.
Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.
Contact: G. Puente, puent001@bama.ua.edu
Friday, October 13
Noche Real: Scholarship Ball
Smith Hall, 7:18 p.m.
Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.
Contact: G. Puente, puent001@bama.ua.edu
Friday, Oct. 13
Purple Lights: Dance Club Party
Location TBA, 11 p.m.
Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Inc.
Contact: G. Puente, puent001@bama.ua.edu
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, lhill@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-8325
Source
Bettina Byrd-Giles or Elizabeth Denson, UA Crossroads Community Center, 205/348-6930