Live performances, film showings and a banquet are a part of 大象传媒鈥檚 celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15. All events are free and open to the public.
A highlight of the month is the free Hispanic Heritage Banquet at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 9. Entertainment will be provided by Trio Aztlan, a Kansas City-based group that performs all styles of Latin folkoric music, and Mayde de Valle, a spoken word artist who was one of 20 women chosen for O Magazine鈥檚 first 鈥淥 Power List.鈥� The banquet is free, but reservations must be made by Friday, Oct. 3 by calling 816-271-4150 or emailing cme@missouriwestern.edu.
Other Hispanic Heritage Month events at 大象传媒 Western include:
- Teatro Luna, Tuesday, Sept. 16. Theatre group Teatro Luna describes itself as 鈥淐hicago鈥檚 first and only all-Latina theatre.鈥� They will participate in two events on Sept. 16:
- 鈥淐itizenry and Identity in Virtual Spaces,鈥� a workshop focused on how students identify themselves in the 鈥渞eal world鈥� compared to their identity in the social media realm. Noon, Hoff Conference Room, Blum 218.
- 鈥淟una UnLaced,鈥� an audience participatory performance where the audience chooses what they want to see. 5 p.m., Potter Hall Theater.
- Foreign Film Series, 鈥淐anela,鈥� 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, Little Theater, Hearnes 102. A Mexican film focusing on the importance of food and family in Mexican culture.
- Community kids movie, 鈥淒onkey Xote,鈥� 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101. A feature-length animated adventure comedy telling the story of Don Quixote from the donkey鈥檚 perspective.
- Documentary showing, 鈥淏lack in Latin America,鈥� 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, Blum Union, room 222. This film takes a deeper look at issues of diversity in several countries in Latin America.
- Hispanic Heritage Banquet, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall 214-216.
- Community kinds movie, 鈥淟a Leyenda de la Nahuala鈥� 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101. This animated horror comedy won the 2008 Best Animated Film Award from the Mexican Academy of Film.
Hispanic Heritage Month activities are sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Education, the 大象传媒 Western Spanish Club, the Association of Latin American Students, the Department of English and Modern Languages, and Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.
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