Check the 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Calendar for an exciting roster of events and activities happening until November 2, 2024.
Special thanks to the several organizers who contributed to the calendar by sharing their events; LACSI's co-sponsors; Courtney Deans, LACSI's Student Worker, for designing the calendar; and Carla York, LACSI's administrative assistant, for her crucial support in organizing LACSI's main events.
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Quechua Conversation Table
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Q'illu Wasicha (LACSI's Yellow House)
Monday, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Fall Semester
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No previous experience with Quechua ?
No problem!
Join us every Monday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
at Q'illu Wasicha (LACSI's Yellow House. 290 S. Hull St.).
Contact Bethany Bateman McDonald (batemabd@uga.edu) with questions.
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Latinx Student Support Group
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Wednesday, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.| Fall Semester
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Join the Latinx Student Support Group .
Sessions start on October 2nd.
Spots are limited on a first come first serve basis.
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Hodgson Concert Hall (230 River Road) | Tuesday, October 1 | 7:30 p.m.
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Known as “The Queen of Ranchera Music,” Aída Cuevas is the first and only female mariachi singer to ever win a Grammy Award and a Latin Grammy Award.
Celebrating nearly 50 years as an international icon, her songbook albums have played a central role in defining Mexican popular music over an illustrious career spanning 41 full-length albums that have sold more than 11 million copies. She is an impassioned performer with a striking voice that evokes life’s deepest sorrows, greatest joys, and most profound longings. Cuevas makes her UGA Presents debut with a special program honoring her late mentor, one of Mexico’s bestselling performing artists, Juan Gabriel.
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LACSI's International Coffee Hour
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Memorial Hall Ballroom | Friday, October 4 | 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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Join us this Friday, October 4, from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Hall Ballroom for International Student Life and LACSI's International Coffee Hour.
Learn more about our Institute and its mission, and enjoy free food and snacks from Kiki's Bakery and Flama Brazilian Steakhouse.
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Latin American Masks Traditions
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Casa Amarilla (290 S. Hull St.) | Monday, October 7 to Friday, November 22
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After a week on display at Hendershot's the exhibit will be back and open to the public at LACSI's Yellow House, starting next Monday, October 7.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Amy Smoler (Linguistics Department) for curating the exhibits in Athens; CLAS (Ohio State University) and the President’s Ventures Fund for co-sponsoring the Grand Opening at LACSI’s Casa Amarilla; and Seth and Jennifer Hendershot for kindly hosting the collection for a week this fall.
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Dates and Locations
Monday, October 7 to Friday, November 22, 2024.
Exhibition at LACSI'S Yellow House (290 S. Hull St.)
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Movie Night (Rescheduled)
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
(Dir: Aitch Alberto. 2022)
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Tate Movie Theater | Tuesday, October 8 | 7 p.m. |
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A movie showing by the Pride Center to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month
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Willson Center Distinguished Lecture
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Brazilian Scholar Djamila Ribeiro
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Brooks Hall (Room 145) | Thursday, October 17 | 5:30 p.m.
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Join us at Brooks Hall – Room 145 for the Willson Center Distinguished Lecture with Brazilian Scholar Djamila Ribeiro. Ribeiro is one of the world's most impactful voices on race, gender, and social justice. A renowned Brazilian intellectual, philosopher, and activist, Ribeiro will share insights from her influential work, which has resonated globally, earning her a spot among BBC's 100 most influential women in 2019. Don't miss this enlightening evening that promises to challenge and inspire.
Sponsors:
Willson Center, Department of Romance Languages, Institute for African American Studies, Institute for Women’s Studies, English Department, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, and the Portuguese Flagship Program.
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Immigration Film Fest 2024
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Thursday, October 17 to Sunday, October 27, 2024
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The Immigration Film Fest is hosted by KAMA DC, a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing a platform for immigrants and refugees in the DMV to share their skills and stories.
The festival will include virtual screenings for 29 films via Eventive from October 17-27, and four in-person screenings in Washington, DC from October 17-20.
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Solanum lycopersicum
Tomato (Voyager)
Jitomate
Native to Peru and Ecuador .
They were first domesticated in Mexico before spreading worldwide.
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This week at the Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden, this remarkable tomato is one of the unique varieties donated to the garden by the van der Knaap Lab at UGA's Center for Applied Genetic Technology. Dr. van der Knaap's lab focuses on the genetics of fruit morphology, exploring how small, thumbnail-sized fruits have evolved into the larger, palm-sized varieties we find in grocery stores today. The featured tomato is a German heirloom, specially bred to grow in clusters that can be enjoyed without the need for a knife.
- Nunally Benzing (LAEG Curator)
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Telenovelas, Culture and Society
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Tuesday/Thursday | 3:55 to 5:10 p.m.
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LACSI Weekly Language Conversation
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Casa Amarilla &Via Zoom| Mondays, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. | Fall Semester
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LACSI's Mesa de Español is back!
Come if you need to practice or brush up your Spanish.
Sessions are on Mondays from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, thru November 25
(December 2 TBD).
For more information, please contact our facilitator, Mario Juárez (mj25877@uga.edu ).
¡Nos vemos pronto!
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