University Lecture: Black Aesthetics and The Making of a Hip Hop Globe

CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN SOCIETY

I’m an African”: Black Aesthetics and The Making of a Hip Hop Globe

Sujatha Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

4:30 pm, Margaret Morrison 103

This talk explores whether the culture of hip hop can forge global alliances between Afro-descendant people. The American culture of hip hop was integrated into the arsenal, repertoire, and landscape of black youth across the globe. But through an exploration of hip hop in four cities, the talk reveals that the global hip hop ‘hood may be more a fantasy than a reality. Hip hop had galvanized the imagination of young people around the world, but it couldn’t erase the differences between them, or the difficulties of translating lives, cultures, and political visions.

For more information: http://www.cmu.edu/cas/events/fall2011/sept-13-2011.html

This Fall: Amigos del Cine's Top Picks

Las favoritas de Amigos del Cine/Amigos del Cine’s Top Picks

 

In 2011, Amigos del Cine celebrates its eight year of activity. It is an odd number to commemorate – a fifth or a tenth anniversary are all more traditional landmarks. And yet, it just happened to be one of those moments where we realized it is never too late, or too early, to show a side of ourselves that is as vital for what we do as the topics we often select to anchor our choices of screenings – our very own, individual tastes in movies.  Although brought together by a love of cinema, nostalgia for our respective homelands, and a need to celebrate the latter through former (not to mention our affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh), Amigos del Cine is a very diverse group with personalities that audience members at our screenings might be somewhat familiar with, but that to this day remain somewhat distant – we are faces and names who come on stage before the lights go out, give you some background information on the film you are about to see, and then return to thank you for your presence and attention. You might know us as a collective, but you are yet to glimpse, behind our choices as series programmers, how we really feel about the movies we eagerly share with you. So consider this as our way of introducing ourselves to you, our audience, the most important element of our series.  And what could be more revealing of our identities than our favorite movies?

 

Welcome, then, to our Fall 2011 series, where our unifying theme is the closeness of the films to our hearts – enjoy “Amigos del Cine’s Top Picks,” presented by those who selected them to tell you, rather simply, why these four films are so special.

 

 

Thursday, Sept. 8             Under The Same Moon / La Misma Luna   Director:  Patricia Riggen   (2008)

For some of us, immigrants by choice, not by force, the topic of immigration is very close to our hearts and minds.  “Under the same moon” is one of my favorite films.  I like this movie because it presents the realities of illegal immigration in a very simple and yet powerful way.  This is a simple movie that tells a simple story:  a child’s journey in search for her mother who has gone to US to build a better life for both of them.  Regardless of your political views on immigration, this is a wonderful and very human story.  It brings laughter, sadness, and a sincere sense of happiness into an enjoyable, movie-going experience.   Martha Mantilla

 

                                               

Thursday, Oct. 6               Profundo carmesí            Director: Arturo Ripstein (1996) 

After three decades of being among the most internationally renowned Mexican filmmakers and the country’s undisputed paragons of sordid, unflinching film drama that found ever more direct paths to hopelessness, director Arturo Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego made their first bona-fide black comedy in Profundo Carmesí, a madly hilarious tale of murder and twisted love between a couple (Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho) who kill wealthy spinsters for their money. Despite the lurid subject matter and some extremely hard-to-watch moments, the film sports a glorious sense of humor that magically balances drama with horror, and that opens unexpected affective possibilities where other Ripstein/Garciadiego (and many other highly regarded Mexican films, for that matter) shut them down as they wallow in their characters’ misery. It is film that is disturbing and enjoyable all at the same time.  - Felipe Pruneda

 

 

 Wednesday, Nov. 2        El bolero de Raquel / Raquel's Bolero  with Mario Moreno CANTINFLAS  Director: Miguel M. Delgado (1957)  

 

Thursday, Dec. 1               TBA

 

 

CLAS Weekly Update

Center for Latin American Studies

Upcoming Events

 

 

 

CLAS Fall Welcoming Reception

 

CLAS would like to extend a very warm welcome to its students and faculty (returning and new) for the upcoming academic year at its annual welcoming reception! All current and new students, faculty, and staff, as well as alumni and friends of the Center are cordially invited to attend, meet and greet each other for an auspicious beginning to the semester.

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.

Location: Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh

 

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Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Fall 2011 Film Series

 

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Films will be presented at 6:30 p.m. at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

As usual, we will give a short introduction of the film and after the presentation you are welcome to stay for a discussion.

Some films are adult in nature and may not be appropriate for young audiences.

Film Schedule:

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Film: Under The Same Moon/La Misma Luna (2008, Director Patricia Riggen)

Description: Nine-year-old Carlos (aka Carlitos) is one of the countless children left behind by parents who come to the U.S. seeking a way to provide for their families. His mother, Rosario, has worked illegally as a domestic in Los Angeles for four years, sending money home to her son and mother to give them a chance at a better life. When the death of his grandmother leaves young Carlitos alone, he takes his fate into his own hands and heads north across the border to find his mother. As he journeys from his rural Mexican village to the L.A. barrio, Carlitos faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles with a steely determination and unfettered optimism that earn him the grudging respect and affection of a reluctant protector, a middle-aged migrant worker named Enrique. The unlikely pair finds its way from Tucson to East L.A., but the only clue Carlitos has to his mother’s whereabouts is her description of the street corner from which she has called him each Sunday for the last four years. Unaware that Rosario is only hours away from returning to Mexico to be with her son, Carlitos and Enrique desperately comb the vast unfamiliar city for a place he has seen only in his imagination.

Sponsored by: the Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Hispanic Languages & Literatures, and Eduardo Lozano Latin American Library Collection

 

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Lectures and Colloquiums

 

“Identifying Exchange Systems and Economic Development Scenarios in Ancient Vercruz,” a lecture by Dr. Alanna Ossa (Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Archaeology)

This study uses archaeological residential inventories from the center of Sauce and its hinterland to address the possible appearance of markets and the structure of exchange during the Middle Postclassic period (AD 1200-1350) in south-central Veracruz, Mexico. Sauce’s economy is of interest because the region displayed significant economic and political transitions. Sauce differed from previous local centers because of craft production in its central zone and hinterland. Researchers have argued that Sauce’s political elites encouraged production and marketing, though the extent was unknown. Recent innovations use network (mathematical distributional) expectations in combination with spatial and contextual information to identify exchange mechanisms. New quantitative methods help distinguish between social network exchanges such as gift-giving versus market exchange using household inventories. Results support market exchange of most pottery, lending strong support to commoner household prominence in developing local markets, while the restrictions of a few artifact types to Sauce and wealthier residences describe political and social inequalities. New research will evaluate exchange systems for both the Preclassic (600BC - AD300) and Late Classic (AD 600-900). These periods also have significant political transitions, with the formation of a large capital and state (Cerro de las Mesas) during the Preclassic, and the breakdown of this state into several likely competing polities (Nopiloa, Azuzules, and Zapotal) in the Late Classic. Current research does not indicate the same level of craft production, although there is an increase over time. Information about these earlier exchange systems will better describe cycles of exchange, production, and local political development.

Date: Friday, September 9, 2011

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: Anthropology Lounge, 3106 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

 

“Con y contra Borges: la huella del maestro es alargada,” a lecture by Francisca Noguerol (University of Salamanca)

Francisca Noguerol (PhD, University of Sevilla) is Profesora Titular at the University of Salamanca and one of the most important specialists on Latin American literature in Spain. She has published books on Augusto Monterroso, Mario Benedetti, and José Emilo Pacheco and is co-editor of collections on the contemporary Latin American novel and on Latin American poetry. Her dozens of published articles include studies of Cortázar, Onetti, Vallejo, and Gonzalo Rojas. Her complete c.v. is available at http://literatura.usal.es/profesores/fnoguerol

Date: Monday, September 12, 2011

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Location: Norwegian Room, 151 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored by the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, the Borges Center, and the Center for Latin American Studies

 

History Department Book Symposia Series presents: Rob Ruck’s Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game

Featuring Commentary by: Sean Gibson (Director, Josh Gibson Foundation), Lara Putnam (Associate Professor, History, University of Pittsburgh), and Laurent Dubois (Professor, French Studies and History, Duke University)

Moderated by Reid Andrews (Chair, History, University of Pittsburgh)

Raceball examines the colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues and confronts the traditional rendering of this history as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. While Jackie Robinson jumped baseball’s color line to much fanfare, integration was painful as well as triumphal. It gutted the once vibrant Negro Leagues and often subjected Latin players to Jim Crow racism. Today, MLB tightens its grasp around the Caribbean’s burgeoning baseball academies while at home, it embraces, and exploits, the legacy of the Negro Leagues.

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Location: Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored by the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh

 

“The Banjo: Roots and Routes,” a lecture by Laurent Dubois (Duke University)

This lecture will explore the complex history of what became known in the nineteenth century as “America’s instrument.” The lecture draws on a book-in-progress that traces the instrument’s history from the 17th century Atlantic world to the music of Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Dubois will focus in particular on the debates surrounding the African origins of the banjo, on new findings about the early history of the instrument in the Caribbean, and about the links between the instrument and Afro-Atlantic religious culture. The lecture will also highlight the challenges surrounding writing the history of vernacular music and discuss how the work attempts to bring together cultural history, visual studies, and musicology in reconstructing the vanished sounds of the banjo, and the perspectives of the musicians, artisans, and audiences who made it what it is.”

Date: Friday, September 16, 2011

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: 602 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh

For more information: please visit www.humcenter.pitt.edu

 

MCSI Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series

“Rio, São Paulo, and the Amazon: Adventures in Sugarcane Ethanol Research,” a lecture by Briana Niblick (IGERT Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Location: 153 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored by the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

 

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Portuguese Language Workshops This Fall

 

13 Week – Introduction to Portuguese Workshop – TUESDAYS

Dates: September 13 to December 6, 2011

Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

Location: 4130 Posvar Hall (University of Pittsburgh)

 

13 Week – Introduction to Portuguese Workshop – PART 2 – MONDAYS

Dates: September 12 to December 12, 2011 (NO class on Oct 10)

Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

Location: 4130 Posvar Hall (University of Pittsburgh)

 

If interested in either of these workshops, please email Lilly Abreu (lillyabreu1@gmail.com)

 

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Student Club Activities

 

Spanish Club

Conversation Tables/Mesas de Conversación

Spanish Conversation Tables for all levels. It's a great way to practice Spanish with native speakers and students alike - and you can have a coffee or tea on us!

Dates & Times: Every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. & Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Panera Bread, 3800 Forbes Avenue, Oakland

 

Capoeira Pittsburgh

Capoeira Pittsburgh offers classes in Brazilian martial arts, music, and dance on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. at Bellefield Hall (2nd floor, aerobics studio), University of Pittsburgh and on Saturdays at 11:45 a.m. at BYS Yoga (1113 E Carson St, 3rd Fl) on the South Side.

Capoeira is a martial art that was developed by African slaves in Brazil in the 1500s. The art is a great work out, but also a philosophy of life teaching confidence, discipline, and respect.

For more information, please visit: http://capoeirapittsburgh.wordpress.com/ or email capoeirapittsburgh@gmail.com

 

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NOTE: The Center for Latin American Studies will be providing transportation for faculty/students to and back from the concert venue on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please RSVP by September 20^th, to Luz Amanda Hank at lavst12@pitt.edu

 

**SAVE THE DATE**

Fourth Annual “The Americas—In Concert”

featuring the Octavio Brunetti Quintet

 

Created by Octavio Brunetti, Tango pianist and arranger, the quintet combines the traditional roots of Argentine Tango in its purest form with the style of the Tango Nuevo. The quintet has performed in some of Argentina’s best-known venues, including the famous Teatro Colón and Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires and Teatro San Martín in Córdoba.

“The Americas-In Concert” is an annual concert series sponsored by Med Health Services and Pittsburgh Cardiovascular Institute in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies to promote the development of local and national professional musicians, while exposing Pittsburgh’s general public to the musical works of the Americas, from North to South.

Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Hillman Center for Performing Arts (Shadyside Academy Sr. School), 423 Fox Chapel Road, Fox Chapel

Free and open to the public

For more information: contact the Center for Latin American Studies, 412-648-7394 or visit http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/events/americas.html

Sponsored by Med Health Services and Pittsburgh Cardiovascular Institute in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), a component of the University Center for International Studies

 

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Grant Opportunities

 

Hewlett International Grant Program

UCIS announces the fall 2011 competition for the Hewlett International Grant Program. This Program helps Pitt faculty in the development or completion of international projects or helps to support presentations at international conferences or symposia.

Application deadline is Thursday, September 15, 2011

For more information, please visit: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/hewlett_international.html

 

St. Clair Drake Student Travel Grant

The Society for the Anthropology of North America announces the St. Clair Drake Student Travel Grant for travel to the 2011 AAA conference, titled "Traces, Tidemarks, and Legacies" on November 16-20, 2011 in Montreal, Canada.

The committee will distribute up to four grants for up to $500 each. To apply, submit your paper abstract, university affiliation, and contact information to sanatravelgrant@yahoo.com by September 20, 2011. No additional materials are needed.

Applicants must be SANA members. The membership fee is only $10 for students - please see http://sananet.org/about.php for instructions on how to join.

The student travel grant is awarded on a competitive basis and reviewed by a committee comprised of members from the SANA board. This travel grant is intended for currently enrolled graduate students without a PhD. Only students who are presenting papers at the conference will be considered for the grant.

Papers should relate to the study of North America and ­ in keeping with the work of the grant’s namesake, St. Clair Drake ­ preferably consider the politics of everyday life in North America such as those pertaining to race, ethnicity, class, gender, and/or sexuality. Priority will be given to those that address Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

Preference will go to those students who have previously applied for the SANA travel grant and have not yet received one.

The total dollar amount allocated to travel grants is limited; therefore, the number and dollar amount of grants awarded depends on the number of applicants and their travel needs.

Travel grants will not be awarded to any individual two years in a row.

SANA is an intentionally inclusive community of anthropologists and encourages every student to apply for the St. Clair Drake grant regardless of society’s labels or anthropology’s disciplinary boundaries. However, applicants must be SANA members presenting at the 2011 AAA meeting. Please direct all questions to sanatravelgrant@yahoo.com

 

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NOTICE

The following list of events is provided as a service to the community by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Pittsburgh. CLAS neither recommends nor endorses these events and activities. Please address questions or comments about the events to the contact provided and not to the Center.

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Salud para Niños - Birmingham Clinic

Free Pediatric & Flu Immunization Clinics

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Care Mobile

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Location: Salvation Army, 54 S. 9^th Street, Southside

For more information: http://www.chp.edu/spanishclinic, 412-692-6000 (option 8), http://www.chp.edu/saludparaninos

(Appointment and health insurance are NOT required)

 

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Job Posting

 

Spanish Instructors at Little Linguistics, Inc.

Little Linguistics, Inc. provides after school and evening elementary foreign language programs. Our business is rapidly expanding.  We are looking for Spanish instructors to fill numerous openings throughout the greater Pittsburgh area. Instructors must be either native speakers or fluent, certified teachers. They must have or be able to get all three clearances.  We provide training and curriculum. Payment is $30 per hour for certified teachers and $15 per hour for non-certified instructors. Programs typically run for 8 weeks, with students meeting once a week for one hour at a time. We have several programs starting towards the end of this month so time is of the essence. If anyone is interested, they may contact Accounts Manager Angela M. Berger at aberger.littlelinguists@gmail.com. Immediate openings are available in: Fox Chapel, Verona, Pine Richland, Moon Township, Sewickley and the greater Pittsburgh area. Our website is www.littlelinguistspittsburgh.com.

 

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Brazilian Jazz Performance featuring Lilly Abreu

 

Chatham University 9/11 Memorial Concert featuring Villa-Lobos song with Yeeha Chiu (piano)

Performers include Chatham’s music faculty and guest artists

Date: Sunday, September 11, 2011

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: Campbell Memorial Chapel, Chatham University, Shadyside

 

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Salsa Events with Marlon Silva

For more information on upcoming events, please visit: www.MarlonSilva.com

 

Salsa Nights

At: South Aiken Bar & Grill, Shadyside

Dates: Every Tuesday

Times: 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. (lessons: 8:00 - 8:30 p.m.  for beginners, 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. for Intermediate and Advanced Combinations)

Cost: No Cover Charge

For more information: contact 412-682-6878

 

At: Creamy Creations and More, Penn Hills

Dates: September 9-23, 2011

Times: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. (lessons: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.)

Cost: $5.00 per person

For more information: contact 412-727-1780 or visit www.CreamyCreationsandMore.com

 

Dance Lessons

At: Dance Alloy Theater

Dates: Every Monday (September 26 - December 5, 2011)

Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Location: Dance Alloy Theater, 5530 Penn Avenue, East Liberty

Cost: $175.00 for Singles; $215.00 for Couples

For more information: contact 412-363-4321

 

At: Point Park University Recreation Center

Dates: Every Monday (September 26 - December 5, 2011)

Time: 9:00 - 10:00 p.m. (Group A), 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. (Group B)

Location: Point Park University Recreation Center (Former YMCA), Downtown Pittsburgh

Cost: N/A

For more information: contact 412-392-3456

 

At: August Wilson Center Dance Academy

Dates: Every Saturday (September 17 - December 10, 2011)

Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Location: August Wilson Center Dance Academy, 980 Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh

Cost: $170.00 for Singles; $195.00 for Couples

For more information: contact 412-338-8730

 

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If you have an announcement related to a Latin American/Caribbean activity taking place that

you would like to share with others interested in the region, please send details

no later than Tuesday of the week prior to the event to:

Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh,

4200 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260;

Phone: 412 648 7392; Fax: 412 648 2199; e-mail: clas@pitt.edu

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Amigos del cine is back! This Thursday: "Under The Same Moon" / "La Misma Luna"

Amigos del cine Latinoamericano is back!

 

This Fall:  The Amigos del Cine organizers' Top Picks -

Las favoritas de los organizadores de Amigos del Cine

 

 

Day: Thursday, September 8, 2011

Time:  6:30pm

Location:  Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

 

Under The Same Moon / La Misma Luna 

Dir. Director: Patricia Riggen – 2008

 

Surely one of my favorites ! a smart script, good acting.

It's a simple - well told - story about the powerful bond between a mother and child  - 

 

For some of us, immigrants by choice, not by force, the topic of immigration is very close to our hearts and minds.  “Under the same moon” is one of my favorite films.  I like this movie because it presents the realities of illegal immigration in a very simple and yet powerful way.  This is a simple movie that tells a simple story:  a child’s journey in search for her mother who has gone to US to build a better life for both of them.  Regardless of your political views on immigration, this is a wonderful and very human story.  It brings laughter, sadness, and a sincere sense of happiness into an enjoyable, movie-going experience.   Martha

 

Great film!  Don't miss it!

 

 

 

When the death of his grandmother leaves young Carlitos alone, he takes his fate into his own hands and heads north across the border to find his mother. As he journeys from his rural Mexican village to the L.A. barrio, Carlitos faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles with a steely determination and unfettered optimism that earn him the grudging respect and affection of a reluctant protector, a middle-aged migrant worker named Enrique. The unlikely pair finds their way from Tucson to East L.A., but the only clue Carlitos has to his mother's whereabouts is her description of the street corner from which she has called him each Sunday for the last four years. Unaware that Rosario is just hours away from returning to Mexico to be with her son, Carlitos and Enrique desperately comb the vast, unfamiliar city for a place he has seen only in his imagination.

 

 

Free and open to the public
Some films are adult in nature and may not be appropriate for young audiences

Contact and series info:
www.amigosdelcinelatinoamericano.blogspot.com
amigoscinelatinoamericano@gmail.com

 

CAS events - September 13

Please note the following Center for the Arts in Society sponsored events,
coming up next week:

***Tuesday September 13, 4:30pm, Breed Hall (Margaret Morrison 103)

"I'm an African": Black Aesthetics and The Making of a Hip Hop Globe Sujatha
Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Queens College and the Graduate
Center, City University of New York

This talk explores whether the culture of hip hop can forge global alliances
between Afro-descendant people. The American culture of hip hop was
integrated into the arsenal, repertoire, and landscape of black youth across
the globe. But through an exploration of hip hop in four cities, the talk
reveals that the global hip hop hood may be more a fantasy than a reality.
Hip hop had galvanized the imagination of young people around the world, but
it couldn't erase the differences between them, or the difficulties of
translating lives, cultures, and political visions.

***Tuesday September 13, 8:30pm, The Waffle Shop

LIVE! ON THE RADIO: CARACAS AND PITTSBURGH 8.30p-10p (Pittsburgh time) -
airing on 88.3 WRCT, broadcast live from The Waffle Shop, 124 S. Highland
Avenue 8p-9.30p (Caracas time) - airing live in Caracas, broadcast live
from Caracas

La Cocina Arepas, the third iteration of Conflict Kitchen, presents a
one-time community-based radio show hosted by Sujatha Fernandes in
Pittsburgh and grass-roots radio operators in Caracas, Venezuela.

Presented in collaboration between Caracas community organizers and local
Pittsburgh radio personalities, LIVE! ON THE RADIO will simultaneously air
both Pittsburgh and Caracas, highlighting contemporary culture and politics
in Venezuela through live hip-hop performances, readings by Venezuelan
science fiction writer Israel Centeno, guest of City of Asylum in
Pittsburgh, and interviews with Chavista barrio activists in Caracas.

The show will be presented in both Spanish and English.

In Sujatha Fernandes' newest book, "Who Can Stop the Drums? Urban Social
Movements in Chávez's Venezuela", she portrays everyday life and politics in
the shantytowns of Caracas through accounts of community-based radio, barrio
assemblies, and popular fiestas, and the many interviews she conducted with
activists and government officials.

Here is a link to an op-ed Sujatha recently published in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/cuban-rap-straight-outta-ha
vana.html?ref=opinion

Here is more information about her most recent work:

http://www.versobooks.com/books/1014-close-to-the-edge

Sujatha Fernandes' visit to CMU is cosponsored by the Department of History
and the Conflict Kitchen.

http://www.cmu.edu/cas/events/fall2011/sept-13-2011.html

Fall Language Opportunities at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland

As you know, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--Main, in Oakland, offers myriad free language classes and cultural opportunities! Check out what we're offering from September through December!



Spanish for Beginners



This introductory class meets on the first and third Monday of each month from September 19 through December 19 from 6:30-7:30 in Classroom A. To register, please reply to this email or click on the link below: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/index.cfm?keyword=spanish+for+beginners&;by=keyword



Spanish Conversation

Practice your Spanish at this bimonthly conversation group which meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 6-7pm. No registration necessary. http://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/index.cfm?keyword=spanish+conversation&;by=keyword



All our events are free.

If you have any questions, please email Bonnie at newandfeatured@carnegielibrary.org or call 412-622-3151.





Bonnie L. McCloskey
Senior Librarian
First Floor - New and Featured
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-622-3151

Hispanic Heritage Month celebration

Join ALPFA and PMAHCC in celebrating
Hispanic Heritage Month in style at Savoy.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

6pm to 12am

DJ Juan Diego will be playing Latin music all night.
Free Sangria when ticket is purchased in advance.
Free Appetizers from 6-8pm.

Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

A special thanks to our generous sponsors:
Comcast and PNC Bank.

Go to http://www.showclix.com/event/HispanicHeritageMonth to order your tickets

Please direct any questions to info@pittsburgh.alpfa.org or chamber@pmahcc.org.