2006 Hispanic Calendar of Events – Genesee County SEPT. 15

SEPT. 15 - OCT. 15, 2006
2006 Hispanic Calendar of Events – Genesee County
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Display
September 15 – October 15, 2006
Genesys Health Park Atrium - One Health Park, Grand Blanc, MI 48439
Learn about the culture, accomplishments, and contributions of Hispanic Americans
through this informational display.
FREE
Sponsored by: Genesys Health System Diversity Committee,
Information: Andy Kruse (810) 606-6255
Latino Pride Flag
September 15 - October 15
Artist Nora Mendoza and Ramon Hill will be displaying their rendition of a Hispanic/
Latino flag at El Especial Mexican Restaurant during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Information: www.aclumich.org
FREE
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Friday, September 15, 2006 • 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Happenings Room
This statewide gathering of health professionals will address the AIDS epidemic in
Hispanic and Latino communities in Michigan.
Co-sponsored by: Michigan Department of Health.
Information: Wellness AIDS Services, Inc. (810) 232-0888
Treats from Mexico
Wednesdays during September 15 - October 15, 2006
Hurley Medical Center Café - One Hurley Plaza, Flint, MI
Every Wednesday during the month-long Hispanic Latino celebration Hurley will offer
a Hispanic menu at its cafeteria. Affordably priced
Washington Bilingual School – Flag Raising Ceremony
Friday, September 15, 2006 • 10:00 a.m.
Washington Elementary – 1400 N. Vernon, Flint, MI
A traditional reception will follow in the school community room
(pan and chocolate).
Information: Vita Guajardo (810) 760-1382
FREE
Fiestas Patrias Dinner Dance
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Dinner: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Dance: 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. (midnight)
San Juan Diego Activity Center – 6041 Ballard Dr., Flint, MI
This event features the presentation of the Queen for 2006 from Our Lady of
Guadalupe Catholic Church. Live music to be provided by Grupo Estilo.
Information: Aurora Sauceda (810) 249-6952, or Francis Portillo (810) 659-3902
$15 adults; $10 students; Children 12 and under are admitted free (includes dinner
and dancing)
Information: (810) 424-3760 or www.pilaresaltos.org
Caminando Juntos (Walking Together)
Sunday, September 17, 2006 • 10:30 a.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church – 2316 West Coldwater Rd., Flint, MI 48505
Open to the public, Walk for the entire family.
Let’s celebrate good health!
FREE
Sponsored by: Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative
Information: Leesa Bodette (810) 232-9950
Feria de Salud y Seguridad (Health and Safety Fair)
Sunday, September 17, 2006 • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church – 2316 West Coldwater Rd., Flint, MI 48505
Open to the public, there will be health information covering all topics, food,
entertainment and activities for the whole family.
FREE
Sponsored by: Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative
Information: Leesa Bodette (810) 232-9950
Hispanic Heritage Month Recognition Publication
Week of September 17, 2006
Genesys Health Park Atrium – One Health Park, Grand Blanc, MI 48439
Hispanic Heritage Month Recognition article in Genesys Health System weekly
INK publication.
Sponsored by: Genesys Health System Diversity Committee
Information: Andy Kruse (810) 606-6255
Hispanic Artists – Art Exhibit
Monday, September 18 and Thursday, October 12, 2006
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Hispanic Community Technology Center – 2101 Lewis St., Flint, MI
Open to the Public. See other side for additional events.
Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival presents
Maid in America
Thursday, September 21, 2006 • 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
KIVA
They clean other people’s homes and raise other families’ children—often leaving
their own families behind. “Maid in America” is an intimate look into the lives of
three Latina immigrants working as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, three
of the nearly 100,000 domestic workers living in that city today. These women’s
stories vividly reveal how immigrants are redefining their roles, and underscores the
vital role they play in many American households. A rare view into what is becoming an increasingly common scenario, “Maid In America” offers insight both into the
immigrant experience, labor issues and contemporary Latino culture.
Maid in America: A Continuing Discussion on Immigration in America
Thursday, September 26, 2006 • 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
KIVA
This panel discussion will focus on the topic of immigration in America from both
political and social justice contexts.
Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena
Thursday, October 5, 2006 • 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
KIVA
This classic re-release from award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo (Señorita Extraviada, Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo ) is a complex tribute to
Selena, the Tejana superstar gunned down in 1995 at the age of 23 by the president
of her fan club, just as she was on the brink of blockbuster crossover fame. While
the story of her murder, which was filled with sex, glamour and betrayal, caught the
attention of many outside the Chicano community, this film moves well beyond the
sensational to present a nuanced feminist analysis of Selena’s story. With a compassionate lens, Portillo places Selena’s life and legacy in a cultural context, revealing
powerful social forces that transformed a popular entertainer into a Chicana cultural
icon turned modern-day saint.
Learn to Latin Dance - Intro to Salsa, Cha-Cha & More!!!
Thursdays, September 21 - October 12, 2006 • 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Hispanic Community Technology Center - 2101 Lewis St., Flint, MI
Bring your dancing shoes and wear comfortable clothing to the first class.
Registration required. Information: (810) 424-3760 or www.pilaresaltos.org
FREE
LatinoAmerican Baptist Church & American
GI Forum present: Cultural Awareness Event: Hispanics
in our Mist-The Dominicans
Saturday, September 23, 2006 • 12:00 p.m. (noon)
Hispanic Technology and Community Center – 2101 Lewis St. (near Davison), Flint 48503
There will be a presentation about life in the Dominican Republic and the Dominican
culture – historical background, food, music and dance (learn to dance merengue).
Contact: Orlando Garcia, Site Coordinator (810) 424-3760
Learn to Make Authentic Mexican Picante Sauce
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 • 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Hispanic Community Technology Center – 2101 Lewis S., Flint, MI
This is the real salsa made with fresh vegetables. Come, watch, and taste.
(Bring some water!)
Information: (810) 424-3760 or www.pilaresaltos.org
FREE
Hurley Medical Center & American GI Forum presents
Hispanic Heritage Film Festival
Wednesday, October 4, 2006 & Wednesday October 11, 2006 • 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Hispanic Technology & Community Center – 2101 Lewis St., Flint, MI 48506
A series of short educational and entertaining films depicting the culture and contributions of Hispanics in the U.S. along with a facilitated discussion on the highly debated
issue of immigration. Open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
FREE
Mott Community College Xochiquetzal Dance Group performance
Thursday, October 5, 2006 • 7:00 p.m.
1401 E. Court St, Flint, MI 48503
Under the direction of Carmen Menchaca of Saginaw, the Xochiquetzal dancers
perform a variety of Mexican dances from different states in Mexico
displaying colorful costumes.
FREE
Mott Memorial Building Auditorium with afterglow in Courtyard immediately
following with Mexican pastries, refreshments, and results from the Student Essay
Contest announced.
FREE
Sponsored by: Foundation for Mott Community College
and the MCC Latino Club
Information: 810-762-5125 [email protected]
October 6, 7, 8 – Hispanic Heritage Month Cinefestival
Duck Season – Directed by Fernando Eimbcke
(90 minutes, 2005)
Rated R. In Spanish with English subtitles.
In this Mexican comedy, Flama and Moko are two well-to-do 14-year-olds who
find that a power outage has killed their plans of a day filled with video games and
pizza. When the pizza man and a girl next door join them on this dark day they
are forced to relate to one another in a very real way and they begin to reveal inner
turmoil about divorce, loneliness and the confusion about relationships.
Saturday Matinée, October 7, 2006 • 4:30 p.m.
Why Cybraceros? – Directed by Alex Rivera
(5 minutes, 1997)
Based on a promotional film produced in the late 1940s by the California Growers
Council that justified the use of “braceros” (temporary Mexican farmhands), “Why
Cybraceros?” playfully recycles this stock footage to outline the history of the Bracero
Program in the U.S., then shifts gears to advocate a futuristic policy in which only the
labor is imported while the workers themselves are left at home in Mexico.
La Historia de Jonas – Directed by Luisa Sanchez
(5 minutes, 1992)
Using a collage of urban scenes and voice over narration, this video explores the
feelings and issues faced by a new Puerto Rican immigrant to New York City in his
own words.
Work in Progress – Directed by Luis Valdovino
(14 minutes, 1990)
This experimental documentary explores the effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform
that denied illegal immigrants the ability to file for amnesty. The video uses biting
humor in a provocative collage of interviews, stock footage, image processing,
thoughtfully presenting the complex forces that shape immigrant experiences in
the U.S.
Mi Otro Yo – Produced by Cinewest
(30 minutes, 1989)
This video looks at the work of Chicano artists living in southern California and their
cultural ties to Mexico and historical presence in the U.S., well before it became
the “new world.” Broadening contemporary debates on identity and multiculturalism, “Mi Otro Yo” features the views and works of artists like Luis Valdez, Amalia
Mesa Bains, and Jose Montoya with a narration written and performed by Guillermo
Gómez-Peña, expanding his exploration of marginality and border culture.
Border Brujo – Produced by Cinewest
(60 minutes, 1989)
“Border Brujo” is a ritual-linguistic journey across the U.S./Mexico border written
and performed by interdisciplinary artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña. In the guise of a
cross-cultural shaman, Gómez-Peña shifts into 15 different personas, each speaking
a different language. The personas are symbolic of the borders between North and
South, Anglo and Latino; myth and reality; legality and illegality; art and life.
Sponsored by: Comcast
October 13, 14, 15 – Hispanic Heritage Month Cinefestival
Guantanamera – Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba,
(104 min., 1995) In Spanish with English subtitles.
This Cuban road movie is also a poignant romantic comedy with satiric bite. Yoyita
is a famous singer who returns to the town of Guantanamo for a celebration in her
honor. Reunited with her girlhood lover Candido after 50 years, she dies in his arms
from overstimulation. The farce of returning her body to Havana for proper burial
provides the vehicle for an easygoing yet incisive overview of contemporary Cuba
and a lighthearted admonishment to live for the moment. Winner of the 1996 Latin
America Cinema Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Saturday Matinée, October 14 , 2006 • 4:30 p.m.
All Water Has a Perfect Memory – Directed by Natalia Almada(19 minutes, 2001)
At seven months old, filmmaker Natalia Almada lost her two-year-old sister, Ana
Lynn, in a drowning accident at her childhood home in Mexico. Through personal
recollections narrated by each family member, including her brother, Almada incorporates Super-8 home movies, photographs and fabricated images to weave together
a touching and moving visual memory of Ana Lynn.
I Wonder What You Will Remember of September – Directed by Cecilia Cornejo
(27 minutes, 2004)
A haunting personal response to the events of September 11, 2001, informed and
complicated by the filmmaker’s status as a Chilean citizen living in the U.S. Cornejo’s mesmerizing experimental film provides a striking new context with which to
view the World Trade Center attacks—from the point of view of an immigrant whose
home country has endured its own tragedies.
Home is Struggle –Directed by Marta Bautis
(37 minutes, 1991)
Using interviews, photographs and theatrical vignettes, Home is Struggle explores the lives of women who have come to the United States from different Latin American countries-Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina and the Dominican
Republic-for very different reasons, economic and political. In sharing stories
about their pasts and present and their views on issues such as sexism and
personal and political repression, Home is Struggle presents an absorbing
picture of the construction of ‘Latina’ identity and the immigrant experience.
CORPUS: A Home Movie for Selena - Directed by Lourdes Portillo
(47 minutes, 1999/2006)
This classic rerelease from award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo is a complex
tribute to Selena, the Tejana superstar. Clips of rare home movies, family photos,
and glossy music videos from later in Selena’s career are interspersed with lively
conversations with her father, sister and Latina intellectuals that shed light into just
who Selena was and what makes her such a powerful figure today.
Sponsored by: Comcast
Flint Institute of Arts: Art a la Carte films
Flint Institute of Arts’ Theater - 1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503
Art a la Carte is a series of informative programs focusing on the arts offered free of
charge on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to bring lunch coffee, tea
and cookies are provided.
The Art of Mexico: Ancient and Modern Traditions, (50 minutes)
Wednesday, October 4, 2006 • 12:15 p.m.
This program traces the foundations of Mexican art from its roots in Indian masterworks from the Olmecs, the Mixtecs, and the Mayan and Aztec civilizations, through
the invluence of the Conquest and Christianity on indigenous art forms.
FREE
The Art of Mexico: The Painters, (50 minutes)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 • 12:15 p.m.
This program surveys the rich history of Mexican painting, illumninating seminal
works by such illustrious artists as colonial painter Beltasar de Echanve Orio, 19th
century painter Jose Maria Estrada, muralist Diego Rivera, and surrealist Frida Kahlo,
among others.
FREE
Information: 810 234-1695 www.flintarts.org
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Monday, October 9, 2006 • 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
San Juan Diego Activity Center – 6041 Ballard Dr., Flint, MI
Third annual college awareness night – sponsored by Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Church. Information: Alberto Vasquez (810) 275-2606
Hispanic Heritage Month Finale!
Thursday, October 12th, 2006 • 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Happenings Room
An evening of music, dancing, food and fun for the entire family!
Hispanic Heritage Month 2006 is sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity
Initiatives Diversity Education Services. All events are free and open to the public.
Information: Diversity Education Services at (810) 762-3169.
Washington Bilingual School – Hispanic Heritage Celebration Fundraiser
Thursday, October 12, 2006 • 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Washington Elementary – 1400 N. Vernon, Flint, MI
There will be door prizes, food & music in the school community room. Information: Vita Guajardo (810) 760-1382
$5.00
Genesee District Library – Hispanic Heritage Essay and Oratorical Contest
Thursday, October 14, 2006 • 11:00 a.m.
Genesee District Library Headquarters - 4195 W. Pasadena Ave, Flint, MI 48504
This event is the culmination of the month-long period of students entering essays in
the contest. Judges will pick the first through third place winners of the essay and oratory contest.
FREE
Essay entries may be turned into your local Genesee District Library branch starting
8/28 and ending on 9/30/2006 by end of business day. Pickup rules at your local
library branch on at www.thegdl.org. Open to the public.
Sponsored by: Comcast Cable Information: Kelly Richards 810-230-3330
Celebrando Juntos (Celebrating Together)
Saturday, October 28, 2006 • 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. (midnight)
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Hall - 2316 West Coldwater Rd, Flint, MI 48505
SSIC’s third annual awards, dinner and dance event fundraiser to benefit Catholic
Charities’ Spanish Speaking Information Center. Festivities will include entertainment,
dancing, music by Grupo Estilo.
Admission: $20.00
Sponsored by: Catholic Charities’ Spanish Speaking Information Center
Information: Sheila Shegos (810) 232-9950
Dia de Los Muertos
Thursday, November 29, 2006 • 6:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church – G-2316 W. Coldwater Road, Flint, MI
The evening begins with a 6:00 p.m. Mass remembering our deceased family
and friends and is followed by a reception at 7:00 p.m. in the San Juan Diego Activity
Center.
FREE
Information: Linda Espinoza (810) 600-2722, or
Mary Mosqueda (810) 787-5701
“Hispanic Americans: Our Rich Culture Contributing to America’s Future”
The University of Michigan-Flint
(TBA): Film Festival at the
Hispanic Technology and Community Center - 2101 Lewis St. (near Davison), Flint 48503
Information: Orlando Garcia, Site Coordinator, (810) 424-3760 for dates,
times and film to be shown.
Annual Block Party (Lots of FUN and Educational activities for children of all ages)
Sunday, September 30 •10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Mott Children’s Health Center – 806 Tuuri Place, Flint, MI 48503
Information: (810) 767-5750 www.mottchc.org
ACLU Lady Liberty Project
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Hyatt Regency in Dearborn
Ramon and Tara Hill are participating artists. Original artwork will be up for
auction at the Hyatt Regency Dinner in Dearborn.
Information: www.aclumich.org
FREE
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Hurley Medical Center
Mott Community College
PrintComm
Security Federal Credit Union
University of Michigan-Flint
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Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative
5K Walk, Health & Safety Fair, and Hispanic Heritage Month
Calendar of Events Sponsors
Catholic Charities of Shiawassee
& Genesee Counties
Genesys Regional Medical Center
Greater Flint Health Coalition
Hamilton Community Health Network
FREE
Hispanic Heritage Mexican Lunch and Dinner
Thursday, October 12, 2006 • 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Genesys Health Park Cafeteria – One Health Park, Grand Blanc, MI 48439
Enjoy Mexican cuisine in the Genesys Health Park Cafeteria in recognition of Hispanic
Heritage Month. Open to the Public
Sponsored by: Genesys Health System Diversity Committee,
Information: Andy Kruse (810) 606-6255
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Flint Institute of Arts: Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series
Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2:00 p.m.
Flint Institute of Arts’ Theater – 1120 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48503
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Promoting America By Enhancing Our Cultures
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