Tomorrow: Working Thought — A Celebration!

Working Thought — A Celebration!

Apr. 21, 2022 6:00 pm–8:30 pm

Hall of Architecture

Free, museum admission included with event registration

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Please join us on April 21 from 6–8:30 p.m. for a celebratory evening of Working Thought!
In the spirit of May Day (International Workers Day) please join artists, docents, and curators throughout the exhibition for conversations about the artworks, and in the Hall of Architecture for contemporary interpretations of work songs and sounds by regional musicians.

https://cmoa.org/event/working-thought-a-celebration/

***…and if you do make it, make sure to see the amazing cacti sculptures embroidered by Latino community members of Casa San Jose.****

 

BECAS de cursos en España

FORMACIÓN DE PROFESORES DE ESPAÑOL

CURSOS DE VERANO GRATUITOS EN ESPAÑA. 

BECAS PARA DOCENTES NO ESPAÑOLES

 

5 días - 30 horas

Ávila o Segovia en julio de 2022 (4 al 8 o 11 al 15)

 

Las becas incluyen: clases, alojamiento, manutención y actividades culturales.

 

Más información

 

Cursos impartidos por la UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) y patrocinados por el Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional de España.

 

Formación de Profesorado

Embajada de España en Estados Unidos

Consejería de Educación Estados Unidos y Canadá

 

 

 

BECA Looking for Volunteers

BECA provides a quality, affordable, bilingual education to the educationally disenfranchised K12 students of Honduras, while fostering meaningful multicultural collaboration at our three, bilingual partner schools. We are currently recruiting for our next cohort of teachers, and would love your support! All volunteer teachers receive:

• Flight stipend to support travelling to/from Honduras
• A comprehensive housing package (all housing and utilities are covered)
• A monthly stipend (reflective of the local cost of living)
• Intensive summer training
• Ongoing professional development and training

No Spanish knowledge or teaching experience required to apply! All majors are encouraged to apply!

 

Off Minor, Pittsburgh Opera, and more

 

PROGRAMS THIS WEEK     SUNDAY, April 10, 6:00 PM EDT* Michael Weiss & The Art of the Trio: Off Minor Jazz Series Run time: 90 minutes; *Please note the special start time Michael Weiss is one of the great journeymen in Jazz and has played and recorded with many of the music's masters. He joins the Off Minor Jazz series to present a program of original music along with original arrangements from his latest album, Persistence. Learn more.  Featured musicians: Michael Weiss (piano); Paul Thompson (bass); and Thomas Wendt (drums)   FREE ONLINE TICKETS   FREE IN-PERSON TICKETS   If you're coming live, you can also dine at the in-house restaurant 40 North—before, during, or after the concert. Reservations via Open Table highly encouraged.     Virtual Only: MONDAY, April 11, 6:00 PM EDT* In-Dialogue series Presented by the #notwhite Collective Run time: 120 minutes; *Please note the special start time The #notwhite collective in-Dialogue series features conversations with BIPOC, AALANA, indigenous and immigrant artists and arts administrators. Celebrating and recognizing arts and cultural workers, especially those who tend to be under the radar and forgotten about, speakers represent the Greater Western Pennsylvania region as well as national leaders in the arts.  April's program features artists Marika Constantino & DS Kinsel. Learn more.   FREE ONLINE TICKETS     TUESDAY, April 12, 7:00 PM EDT Pittsburgh Opera @ COA: Spanish-language Music and the Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca Run time: 90 minutes Pittsburgh Opera and City of Asylum are partnering together to explore the rich traditions of global operatic music and present an evening of Spanish-language poetry and song. The evening's music is inspired by the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca (and others), whose poems will be read by local Spanish-language poets including Jorge Olivera Castillo, a writer-in-residence at City of Asylum and a Research Scholar at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Learn more.     FREE ONLINE TICKETS   FREE IN-PERSON TICKETS     Virtual Only: THURSDAY, April 14, 7:00 PM EDT Culture of Care series: Harrison Apple Run time: 60 minutes Anthropology of Motherhood's Culture of Care series features artists who engage in the complex visual, material, emotional, corporeal, and lived experiences of motherhood, caregiving, parenting, nurturing, and maternal labor. They address maternal identities with birth as a metaphor for regeneration, creation and renewal. The series seeks to examine the broader culture of care and its potentialities within visual art practices as it intersects with feminisms, social justice issues, and activism. This installment features Harrison Apple from the Carnegie University Studio for Creative Inquiry  Learn more.   FREE ONLINE TICKETS   At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people. If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us.    All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible and there is a reserved parking spot.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request.   Help City of Asylum meet a $50,000 match challenge       Copyright © 2022 City of Asylum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: City of Asylum 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Drop-in Meet and Greet with Andrew Lynch: Tuesday 1:30-2:30

You are invited to an informal meet-and-greet with Dr. Andrew Lynch, who will be visiting Modern Languages from the University of Miami to give a research talk on Tuesday, 4/12 (the flyer for his talk is attached; abstract below).

 

The drop-in meet-and-greet will be held from 1:30-2:30 in Posner 344 on Tuesday, 4/12. Faculty, please pass along this opportunity to undergraduate students who may be interested.

 

You can find out more about Dr. Lynch's work here. We hope you can come by--undergraduate and graduate students are especially encouraged to come!

 

The research talk will be held at 3:05 in the Grand Room (Posner Hall 340).

 

"Interpreting complexity and contradiction in the study of language attitudes: Spanish in the United States"

 

Heritage language researchers and sociolinguists understand a great deal about the ways in which U.S. Latinxs shift from Spanish/English bilingualism to English monolingualism over time. Emphasis on the structural effects of language shift, however, has obscured the societal causes of this process in bilingual settings. Understanding this phenomenon requires that we explore how varieties of Spanish are perceived vis-à-vis varieties of English. In this talk, I report on the findings of various language attitudinal and perceptual studies conducted in Miami over the past decade. With a majority Latinx population and vital ties to the Caribbean and Latin America, Miami is arguably the most dynamic bilingual city of the Americas. As superdiverse Spanish-speaking migratory flows crisscross hegemonic English language use across all socioeconomic strata of the city, the perception of Spanish 'on the ground' is conditioned by its ideological discursive construction 'in the marketplace'. In this regard, Miami offers an intimate glimpse into the complex vertical scalar orders of language contact situations in postmodernity (Blommaert 2010), and into the rescaling of Spanish in the global era. I suggest that differential degrees of orientation toward the 'language as commodity' ideology of economic neoliberalism and the exigency of English in the broader scheme of things result in an apparent paradox for Spanish in the U.S., i.e. Spanish is positively valued in principle yet disfavored in practice. I highlight distinctions according to socioeconomic class and explicit versus implicit measures.

Federico García Lorca music, Pgh opera, and poetry reading by Jorge Olivera Castillo at City of Asylum

 

Live music and reading:  Music and the Poetry of Federico García Lorca Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00 PM EDT (Run time: 90 minutes)  Watch for free, streamed online or in-person.   Free Online Tickets

Free In-Person Tickets     Pittsburgh Opera and City of Asylum are partnering together to explore the rich traditions of global operatic music and present an evening of Spanish-language poetry and song. The evening’s music is a suite of songs composed by Federico García Lorca and inspired by his original poetry. Music performed by the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists and poetry read by Jorge Olivera Castillo, a writer-in-residence at City of Asylum and a Research Scholar at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director and achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting of mostly poets who introduced the tenets of European movements. He was murdered by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. His remains have never been found.   Free Online Tickets   Free In-Person Tickets   Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists: These stellar artists were hand-selected after a grueling and competitive application and audition process. During the course of the 2021-22 season, these talented individuals will perform the principal and supporting roles in the fully-staged Pittsburgh Opera productions as well as special community programs just like this.      With the health, well-being, and comfort of all as our top priorities, City of Asylum requires that our staff, artists, and all those attending an event be fully vaccinated.  Read safety guidelines and FAQs for City of Asylum @ Alphabet City.      At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people.  All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible and there is a reserved parking spot.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request. If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us.     Help City of Asylum meet a $50,000 match challege

 

Raffling 2 Free Basketball Event Tickets (Until 11:59 pm 4/8)

 

WE ARE GIVING AWAY 2 FREE TICKETS FOR APRIL 9TH! Please email your full name by Friday, April 8th to celebasketevent@gmail.com for a chance to win 2 free tickets! Where is Penn State Greater Allegheny Wunderley GYM Located?  https://greaterallegheny.psu.edu/map 4000 University Dr McKeesport, PA 15132   https://www.pmahcc.org/event-4411569 Chance to win until 11:59 pm on FRIDAY, APRIL 8Th    Come see: Nate Walker (American Idol), Wendell Holland (Survivor CBS Winner), Derek Frazier (Big Brother, CBS), Chris Edmonds (former Cincinnati Bengal, NFL), Sky Walker (Harlem Wizards), Sarge (Harlem Globetrotter), Fessy Shafaat (Big Brother, CBS & The Challenge, MTV), Brandon Gomes (Siesta Key, MTV), Josh Martinez (Big Brother Winner, CBS & The Challenge, MTV), Omar Moreno (MLB Champion), Victory Brinker (America's Got Talent, NBC), Steel City Yellow Jackets and many more!     1555 Broadway Ave  Second Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15216   Please Like, Follow and Subscribe us at: