Fw: LGSA Newsletter, 10/04/2010

Dear members and friends,

Please find below a list of upcoming events.

This coming week:

• Pittsburgh Spanish Language Meetup: Mon 10/04, 7pm - Azul Bar y Cantina
• Salsa Night: Thu 10/07, 9.30-2am, Bossa Nova
• International Festival 2010: 10/08, 12:30-2pm, Rangos Ballroom, University Center
• Latin@ music radio show on WRCT. It follows Barrio Latino (The Spanish radio hour), Thu 7-8pm. 88.3 fm. Listen online through WRCT's webpage.

Please find more detailed information below.

Looking forward to see you soon,

LGSA board

Pittsburgh Spanish Language Meetup

Meet with other Spanish speakers for informal conversation

Mon 10/04, 7pm - Azul Bar y Cantina

Please find further information in the following link: http://www.meetup.com/spanish-150/calendar/list/

Salsa night

Thu 10/07, 9.30-2am, Bossa Nova: http://www.bossanovapgh.com/

International Festival 2010 – Borders: Crossings, Conflicts, Connections
Border Angels: Border Realities and Immigration Today
Keynote Lecture & Lunch: Enrique Morones, internationally acclaimed human rights activist
10/08, 12:30-2pm - Rangos Ballroom, University Center
 http://www.cmu.edu/uls/october/festival.html

Community Outreach: El Circulo

El Circulo is a not-for-profit community enterprise aimed at working with Hispanic/Latin@ children in Pittsburgh, ages 6-12, in order to assist in the preservation and development of their Spanish skills and cultural knowledge.  We do this each term through 20-hour workshops held two hours every weekend at CMU.  

 

El Circulo's Fall workshop will start on Sunday, Sep. 19, 3-5 pm, and will continue every Sunday on this schedule until Nov. 21. This Fall term, we will be focusing on "juegos," games and play ranging from mimica (charades), rayuela/golosa (hopscotch), loteria and other board games, including some regional treasures, all the way to educational video games in Spanish. 

Volunteers will devote 20 hours in the term to assisting the children in playing and learning some of these games, as well as in creating and developing their own games to be showcased (and played!) at the end of the workshop. Other opportunities to volunteer "behind the scenes" for El Circulo include website/blog developer/writer, grant-writer, logistics/events coordinator, photographer/videographer, community liaison, etc. 

For more info email Felipe Gomez at fgomez@andrew.cmu.edu