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 Día das letras galegas 2012 2012: A Basque year Basque Music Concert with NOKA We are celebrating a year of Basque courses at UCSB thanks to the agreement with the Etxepare Institute and our Basque lecturer Diana Palenzuela. JOIN US THIS FALL! Noka is a trio of Basque American women, who perform songs in Basque about women, particularly those using the ‘noka’ familiar female address form. Andréa Bidart, Begoña Echeverría, and Cathy Petrissans are from Chino, CA, and they hope to revive interest in songs about women through their music. They put on an amazing show -­‐ NOT TO BE MISSED!! The Day of Galician Letters this year is dedicated to Paz Andrade UCSB Spanish and Portuguese celebrates his life and work -­‐ MAY 24th, Multi Cultural Theater 11 -­‐ 4 Paz Andrade celebrations -­‐ Program: 11:00 – Opening Remarks – Galicia and the other Iberias – The poetry of Paz Andrade -­‐ Silvia Bermúdez, Chair 11:45 – Paz Andrade’s galeguismo and Basque Parallels – Diana Palenzuela 12:00 Paz Andrade and Portuguese Literature – Ricardo Brites 11:15 – The sea in the work of Valentín Paz Andrade and antecedents in medieval Galician-­‐Portuguese lyric poetry– Harvey Sharrer 12:30 Paz Andrade’s poetry in images and LUNCH in the Lounge (next to theater) 11:30 – Paz Andrade's commitment to fishing and aquaculture: Galicia and Pescanova– Daniel Chui & Viola Miglio About Noka: http://www.chinoka.com/ 1:30 ***** NOKA CONCERT ***** THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL Sponsored in part by: the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Xunta de Galicia, the Etxepare Institute, Barandiaran Endowment.