Latino Heritage Week continues through Sept. 21 at UTSA
(Sept. 17, 2001)--Latino Heritage Week continues through Sept. 21 at the 1604 and Downtown Campuses. A veterans display was presented Friday at the Downtown Campus Frio Street Building Commons Area, while the "Diez y Seis" parade scheduled for Sat., Sept. 15, was cancelled due to the week's tragic events.
Events include a talk by writer Cecilia Balli titled "It's Not All About Music No More: Interethnic Conflict and Compromise in the Regional Mexican Music Industry" at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17, at the Downtown Campus Buena Vista Building Room 1.338. The speech is cosponsored by the UTSA Division of Bicultural Bilingual Studies and the Guadalupe Cultural Center.
Other events include the "Mi Familia, Mi Cultura" family photo display at the Downtown Campus Sept. 17-19, and the "Latino Cultural Expressions Through Art" exhibit in the Frio Street Building Multipurpose Room at the Downtown Campus Sept. 18-19.
For more information call the Office of Multicultural Programs at (210) 458-4770. Following are the remaining events listed by campus:
Latino Heritage Week Events, Downtown Campus
Monday-Wednesday, September 17-19
12-5 p.m. -- "Mi Familia, Mi Cultura" family photo display,
Commons Area, Frio Street Building.
Tuesday, September 18
10 a.m.-8 p.m. -- "Latino Cultural Expressions Through Art"
art exhibit, Frio Street Building Multipurpose Room1.402.
12-1 p.m. -- Meet and Greet the Artists -- Luis Guerrero, Ben Mata,
Luis Valderas, Vincent Valdez, Mujer Artes, Cruz Ortiz, Frio Street Building
Room 1.402.
Wednesday, September 19
10 a.m.-8 p.m. -- "Latino Cultural Expressions Through Art" art
exhibit, Frio Street Building Multipurpose Room1.402.
11:30 - 1:30 p.m. -- Lowrider Car Show with 98.5 FM The Beat live,
Bill Miller Plaza.
Thursday, September 20
All events at Durango Building Student Center, 1st floor, sponsored by CAB:
1-3 p.m. -- Refreshments: Fruit Cups and Aguas Frescas
1- 2 p.m. -- Ballet Folklorico
2-3 p.m. -- Mariachi Festival
Friday, September 21
8-11:30 p.m. -- "El Baile" Dance, Frio Street Building, 3rd floor
terrace, sponsored by BESO.
Tuesday-Thursday, Sept. 18-20
10 a.m.- 2 p.m. -- "Chicano!" video, Commons Area, Frio Street Building.
10 a.m.- 2 p.m. -- "Hispanic Americans" video, Durango Building,
Student Community Room, 1st floor.
Latino Heritage Week Events, 1604 Campus:
Wednesday, September 19
11 a.m.-12 p.m. -- Jalapeno Eating Contest, Sombrilla, sponsored by
Kappa Delta Chi.
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. -- "Ojos de Dios" craftmaking, Sombrilla,
sponsored by Sigma Lambda Alpha.
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
UTSA's
record enrollment nears 20,000 students
Tuesday
is deadline for Staff Excellence Awards nominations
Latino Heritage Week continues through Sept. 21 at UTSA
Chess
Club hosts 'simultaneous chess' exhibition Sept. 18
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