Spanish Group Meeting Feb. 1

Hola a todos
Les recuerdo que tendremos nuestra próxima junta del grupo de español el día Lunes 1ero de Febrero, 2010 a las 7:00 pm en Barnes & Noble de la Cantera 15900 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 3340, San Antonio, TX. 78256 teléfono 210-641-1613

Ana María Quevedo gentilmente se ofreció a ser nuestra facilitadora para el mes de Febrero y aquí les envio la propuesta para esta junta. ¡Muchas gracias Ana Maria!
¡ASI QUE A ESCRIBIR SE HA DICHO!!!

Martha, cumplo con enviar información para nuestra próxima junta una semana antes de nuestra reunión. Por favor envíalo al grupo. Junta de Escritores - 1ro de febrero, 2010 1. ¿Quién es tu autor favorito? ¿Por qué? Léenos algo que te gusta mucho de ese autor 2. Envíale una carta a tu autor favorito describiendo el proyecto en el que estas trabajando y contándole porque él/ella te va a querer apoyar. 3. Ten preparado para compartir un recurso (sea evento, página Web u otro), que te ayuda como autor a promocionar tu libro, etc. Gracias! Ana María Quevedo

Como siempre aquí les envio una fotografía esperando les inspire. ¡NO FALTEN ! ¡NOS VAMOS A DIVERTIR!
Y recuerden ¡LO IMPORTANTE ES SOLTAR LA IMAGINACION Y A DISFRUTAR ESCRIBIENDO!
¡Nos vemos en la junta!
¡Escríbelo o se pierde!
Martha Curcio
La Sociedad de Escritores Latinos e Hispanos de San Antonio

Meet Gwendolyn Zepeda

Meet Houston author

Gwendolyn Zepeda

at Barnes and Noble

San Pedro Crossing

(in San Antonio)

Monday, Feb. 8

7:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Gwendolyn's new book

"Lone Star Legend"

was just released this week!

Attend the meeting, purchase a book and

have it personally signed by the author!

Publisher's Description:

When Sandy Saavedra lands her dream job with the popular website ¡Latino Now!, she can't wait to write hard-hitting pieces to combat all those stupid Latino stereotypes. While visions of Pulitzers dance in her head, her editor in chief is suddenly laid off, replaced by the infamous Dolores Villanueva O'Sullivan. Dolores has one mission: make ¡Latino Now! an internet phenomenon, no matter how many pandering puff pieces she has to pack onto its pages. Sandy doesn't see how she can keep this job without losing her soul, especially when she's sent to Middle-of-Nowhere Texas to investigate the dumbest legend her people ever created, the Chupacabra. She fears she's about to fail an assignment-and lose her job-until she meets Tío Jaime, a grandfatherly hermit who might be crazy, or might be the best thing that ever happened to Sandy's career.

Call for Literature on Conjunto Music

The Guadalupe Announces Call for Literature on Conjunto Music

(San Antonio, Texas) – The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is seeking literature on Conjunto music for possible publication in a special edition of the 29th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio program magazine. Literature can include scholarly articles, short stories, poetry, essays, interviews with Conjunto artists, or any other written work that incorporates some aspect of Conjunto music. Conjunto is an original American musical ensemble and style of music that was created by the Texas-Mexicans and uses the button accordion and bajo sexto as its principal instruments.

Articles, poems, and short stories of any length will be accepted for review and possible publication. Submissions are being accepted through March 1, 2010. Literature should be e-mailed as an attachment to Juan Tejeda, director of the 29th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival and editor of this special edition of the program magazine for the Festival at juantejeda@sbcglobal.net. Literature submissions will be reviewed and entrants will be notified if their entries were selected for publication.

“The program magazine for the Tejano Conjunto Festival has always been a very important educational source on Conjunto music, and an economic generator and promotional tool for the Festival and the musicians performing at the Festival,” said Tejeda, who created the Tejano Conjunto Festival and directed it for the first 17 years while serving as the Xicano Music Program Director for the Guadalupe.

The 29th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival will take place from May 11-15, 2010, at the Guadalupe Theater and Rosedale Park and will feature the Tejano Conjunto Festival Poster Contest; a Seniors Conjunto Dance; inductions into the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame; workshops for the button accordion and bajo sexto; a CD Release Party for the “Best of the 28th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival” (recorded live at the 2009 Festival) at the Guadalupe Theater; and three days of over 20 of the very best bands in Conjunto music at Rosedale Park, plus, food and beverage booths, accordion raffle, student recital and more. The Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio is produced by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1980 to preserve, promote and develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples for all ages and backgrounds through public and educational programming in six disciplines: dance, literature, media arts, theater arts, visual arts and music. For more information, call 210-271-3151 or visit www.guadalupeculturalarts.org. Join “TheGuadalupe” on Twitter and Facebook.

Valentine's Day Poetry Reading

From Pancho Mendoza:

Please join me and Artist, Jesus Moron, in continuing to advance the arts in San Antonio, Texas. I will be hosting the " Valentine's Day" Poetry Reading and Art Viewing event on Friday, February 5, 2010, from 6 p.m. till 9 p.m. at:

C4 WORK SPACE and GALLERY
108 King William
San Antonio TX 78204
(210) 222-2405 (210) 222-2405
www.c4workspace.com

In addition to this festive activity, you can also visit the local and visiting artists displaying their works during the San Antonio "First Friday" event and let everyone know what a soul-full artist you are by reciting during the Open Mike portion of this venue.

I will be signing copies of my book, "Poetry and Short Stories of Pancho Mendoza" and even if you're out of town, you can send me your address for your own copy: panchmendoza001@yahoo.com, +1-210-341-0610 +1-210-341-0610 .

Other Artists and Special Guests in attendence include:
- Angelina Cliego
- Gilma Chavarria
- Graciela

Please remember, this is a free event and please help support La Arte de San Antonio, Tejas!

Con Mucho Gusto,
Pancho Mendoza

Blue Star Perks

Blue Star Perks
In the Blue Star Art Complex
1420 South Alamo
Look for the Big Silver Complex in the Middle

Starting Thursday February 4
This will be an ongoing Poetry Venue
as part of the First Thursday Celebration
Starting at 6:00 pm

Hosts Tom E
Jim Stewart

More Info Contact
Jim Stewart 210-291-4012 BRGGH@msn.com
www.voicesabookofhope.com (Blue Star Perk)
or
Gabriel
gabe@bluestarcoffeehouse.com

Please Visit Their Web Site
www.bluestarcoffeehouse.com

Barrios Joins National Book Critics Circle

From the San Antonio Express-News blog site: The Fine Print

Blog on Gregg Barrios joins Board of the National Book Critics Circle. Read HERE

Awaken the Sleeping Poet

From Floyd L. Lamrouex:

Awaken the Sleeping Poet
Next Thursday night, January 28, at 7:00 p.m.
Featuring: Dr. Wendy Barker and Natalia Trevino

Barnes & Noble will have on hand copies of Wendy's new book, Nothing Between Us from Del Sol Press. Readings will start right at 7 p.m., so please be on time or you will miss some excellent poetry. At 8 p.m., we have open mic; remember, open mic is where anyone from the audience can participate and read their own (or someone else's) poetry.

Where:Northwoods Barnes and Noble (281 & 1604)
18030 Hwy 281 North
Take the Henderson Pass Exit.

Bring yourself; bring a friend; bring a poem!
See you next Thursday night!

Floyd L. Lamrouex
lamrouex@sbcglobal.net
210-656-3131

2011 Texas Poetry Calendar Deadline

From Dos Gatos Press:

Hey Poets,

This is just a quick reminder that the deadline for the 2011 Texas Poetry Calendar is February 20, 2010 (a postmark deadline). Full guidelines are available in the back of the 2010 Texas Poetry Calendar and on the Dos Gatos Press website: http://www.dosgatospress.org

Also, we still have copies of the 2010 Texas Poetry Calendar available at the clearance price of $8.00 while they last, including postage and tax. A close look at the calendar itself is still the best gauge of the kinds of poems that we look to publish! If interested, send a check to the address below.

Finally, feel free to pass this information on to anyone you know who is interested in Texas poetry! We're looking forward to another year of wonderful submissions! Don't forget that date, February 20, 2010.

Scott Wiggerman
Dos Gatos Press
1310 Crestwood Road
Austin, Texas 78722
editors@dosgatospress.org
www.dosgatospress.org

Revolucion at PAC

You and your students are cordially invited to attend the film premier, art exhibit and launch of an historic, multi-disciplinary project, Revolucion! This free event will be held in the PAC Performing Arts Center, Thursday, Jan. 21, and is free and open to the public.

This is the first event of the year, city-wide, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1910 Mexican Revolution!

6 p.m.
Art Exhibit and Reception: “The Mexican Revolution’s Influence on the Faces of Tejanos” - Paintings by Kathy and Lionel Sosa. Kathy and Lionel Sosa will speak for a few minutes on an upcoming project they are working on:
Kathy--a multi-disciplinary project involving scholars, authors and artists to talk about Revolutionary Women. Lionel--Working on a book that will tell the story of how our city's history was changed by the waves of immigrants who came here to escape the Revolution of 1910.

7 p.m.
Film Premiere of the documentary by Arizona State University - “The Mexican Revolution of 1910 - Its Cultural Legacy in North America.”
Title: The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and Its Cultural Legacy in NorthAmerica (Film Run Time: 60 minutes)Description: Full-length feature documentary provides historical footageand much film, art, music, and folklore that interprets the Revolution.Much of the historical footage has only become available in recentmonths and has been seen by almost no one. The film highlights the mostimportant historical moments of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920.

Catering by Rosario's

RSVP: (210) 486-3124

Sponsors: Palo Alto College Lionel & Kathy Sosa Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Palo Alto College Spanish Club La Prensa and Rosario's

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Save the Date: OLLU Literary Festival

Save the Date:

OLLU LITERARY FESTIVAL

"With/In/With/Out"

APRIL 9-16, 2010

Website

Author Update

Here's a website that features books by some of our members: Contacto Latino

Andrea, by Ezra Nahmad

Please join me in congratulating Ezra Nahmad on the publication of his book of poetry, Andrea.

Book Order

Sun Poet's Society

From the Sun Poet's Society:

The Sun Poet's Society Open Mic Poetry Reading, San Antonio's longest running poetry reading, is changing our meeting schedule from every Tuesday to every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, starting at 7pm. We are still having our meetings at Barnes and Noble, 321 N.W. Loop 410, Suite 104, San Antonio, Texas, on the corner of San Pedro and Loop 410. Please mark your calendars and attend the next Sun Poet's Society Open Mic Poetry Reading this coming Wednesday, January 20th, 2010.For more information, please contact Rod C. Stryker - 210-325-8122 or email: rodcarlosstryker@yahoo.comThank you,Sun Poet's Society

Forrest Fest Poetry Competition

Adult and Children's Categories
The Forrest Fest poetry competition is now open for submissions

Poetry Guidelines
1. Poem must be no more than 32 lines
2. Adults 14 and up3. Children 13 and under4. Name, Address, age, Title on submission cover5. Title and poem only on submission6. E-mail, poem in body of e-mail, 10 linesbelow place name, title, address and age7. Form is open8. No entry Fee Snail Mail your entry to 301 North 19th Street, Lamesa, Texas 79331 or E-Mail to: forrestpoetry@live.com

1st Place Adult, $100
1st Place Children's, $50

Forrest Fest 2010, April 30 and May 1, Lamesa, Texas

Contact Us
email: redsagewoman@hotmail.com
phone: 806.777.9864
web: http://www.forrestfest.com

Please Read Jackie's Contest Entry

From Jackie Mendez:

Hi Friends and Family!

Hope all is well. Just wanted to let you know that I entered a 250-word, short story contest recently, and there is a reader's choice award category. I'd appreciate your support if you'd vote for me. Polls close on the 19th. It's actually an excerpt from the first chapter to my prequel. Pass it along if you like it, leave a message and check it out! I have more to talk about but will send it on another email soon.

Here's the direct link to the story
http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2010/01/entry-200.html

Here's the voting page:
http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/

Love and blessings
JAX, Author, Freelance Writer, Entrepreneur
Author of Heart of the Jaguar

Gemini Ink Writing Class by Norma Cantu

From Gemini Ink:

Hello,

I wanted to see if you could pass this e-mail along to the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers group. San Antonio-based writer, Norma Cantú is the author of the award-winning Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera (University of New Mexico Press, 1997). Cantu is also the co-editor of Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios (Duke University Press, 2001) and a number of academic books, both her academic and creative work focuses on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. She teaches at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

#6 Telling to Live: Writing Your Life Story
Level: All
Instructor: Norma Cantú
Do you have an urge to tell your family’s story? Have people said, “You should write a book!” when you tell them stories of your life? Telling to Live: Writing Your Life Story is a one-day workshop focusing on the key elements of life writing. The participants will engage in in-class writing exercises designed to elicit writing that focuses on personal recollection. Come prepared to write and share your work with the class. Leave with a plan for completing a project.

Date: Saturday, Jan. 23, 10am - 1pm

Limit: 15 Participants

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Jan. 20

Required Materials: Submit a one-page (double spaced, size 12 font) proposal of what you would like to write by registration deadline.

CPE Credits: 3 Language Arts
Fee: $ 81

The class will be held at our office on 513 S. Presa, in the heart of San Antonio’s eclectic Southtown. Also, let members know that scholarships are available.

Thanks,

Jennifer Herrera
Communications Director
Gemini Ink
513 S. Presa :: San Antonio, TX :: 78205
210.734.9673 p :: 210.737.0688 f
communications@geminiink.org
www.geminiink.org

Dirt, Germs, Grit and Grime

This book was created by one of our newest members, Arcenia Alvarez, to help young children learn the importance of washing their hands regularly to keep themselves and others healthy. It is animated in full color and is worded in rhyme to keep your child's attention.

To order, or for more information: Dirt, Germs, Grit and Grime

PALABRA Update

From elena at PALABRA:

For those of you who couldn't make it, here's a link to the write up on La Bloga about the PALABRA reading on 1/10.

http://labloga.blogspot.com/2010/01/review-palestine-nm-palabra-poets-at.html

elena

PALABRA A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art
P. O. Box 86146
Los Angeles, CA 90086-0146

www.palabralitmag.com
palabralit@earthlink.net

Raza Poetry and Open Mic

Date: Friday, January 22, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Guadalupe Street Coffee
1320 Guadalupe
San Antonio, Tejas

Raza Poetry and Open Mic nights return to San Anto’s Westside to Celebrate the Release of Desahogate #2: Amor y Pazion, a San Antonio Barrio-Based Publication

What: Come celebrate the release of Desahogate #2: Amor y Pazion, a San Antonio barrio-based literary anthology published by The Xicana Xicano Education Project (XXEP) with work from over 30 local writers and artists. This event is the first time that the publication will be available to the public. XXEP and San Anto Cultural Arts will host an open mic event with a special reading featuring Desahogate contributors.

Who: As part of its mission, the Xicana Xicano Education Project (XXEP) works to strengthen the community through self-determination, education, cultura y arte. It is the mission of San Anto Cultural Arts to foster human and community development through community-based arts.

Why: It has been 5 years since the Xicana Xicano Education Project and In Tilli, In Tlapalli Press published Desahogate #1: Growing Up Xicana/o, and we are excited to present Desahogate #2 to the community. Desahogate embodies XXEP’s mission of inspiriting and uniting San Antonio’s Xicana/o community, and is a means of recording, preserving, and sharing stories from our lived experiences. Being a community-based publication, Desahogate allows unheard voices from the community to be expressed. Come share, exchange, and learn from one another in a dialogue that carries beyond the printed page.

Where: Guadalupe Street Coffee, 1320 Guadalupe, San Antonio, Tejas.

When: Friday, January 22, 2010, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This is a family-friendly free event sponsored by the Xicana Xicano Education Project and San Anto Cultural Arts.

Revolucion

Monday's Meeting

Fellow Writer,

Just a reminder that the next meeting of the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio will be on Monday, January 11 at the Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossing, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This month's featured artist is Ana Maria Quevedo, who recently published a Spanish book entitled, Nos Vemos en Purgatorio. While Ana is a Spanish writer, her presentation will be in English (at least most of it!).

As an added bonus, our President Emeritus, Ruben Soto, will be at the meeting! Ruben has moved back to San Antonio after being away 4 years and I ask everyone to please join me Monday night and welcome him back home--to San Antonio and the Society. Ruben, some of you know, founded the Society in July 2004 in order to help Latinos and Hispanics accomplish their dreams of getting published, and I'm proud to say his dream and Society, is still going strong today!

See you Monday night!
Keep Writing,
Vince

Angela De Hoyos Tribute

For Immediate Release
Contact: Lorraine Pulido
210-410-6699

The Guadalupe to Host Tribute for Late Poet Angela De Hoyos

Mayor Castro to Make Special Presentation

WHO: Mayor Julian Castro will make a special presentation at a tribute in memory of the late San Antonio poet Angela De Hoyos (1924-2009). Several local artists, activists, and authors, including Dr. Carmen Tafolla and Rosie Castro, will participate in the tribute. The program includes music, a ceremonial Aztec dance, poetry readings, video presentation, and an altar of words. The event is free and open to the public.

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at 7 p.m.WHERE: Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St. (corner of S. Brazos and Guadalupe Streets)

WHY: Angela De Hoyos played a significant role in the creation, struggle for, and development of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center as a cultural institution in the community.

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1980 to preserve, promote and develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples for all ages and backgrounds through public and educational programming in six disciplines: dance, literature, media arts, theater arts, visual arts and music. For more information, visit www.guadalupeculturalarts.org.

Invitation to Multi-Disciplinary Event

You are cordially invited to attend the film premiere, art exhibit & launch of an historic multi-disciplinary project:

Revolución!

January 21, 2010
6 to 9 p.m.
The Performing Arts Center at Palo Alto College
1400 W. Villaret Blvd
RSVP: (210) 486-3124
FREE!


6 p.m.
Art Exhibit and Reception: “The Mexican Revolution’s Influence on the Faces of Tejanos”
Paintings by Kathy and Lionel Sosa

7 p.m.
Film Premiere of the documentary by Arizona State University
“The Mexican Revolution of 1910 - Its Cultural Legacy in North America”

For more information, please call Rosie Castro at (210) 486-3124

Big Red needs a home

The following email is from Barbara Renaud Gonzalez, author of Golondrina, why did you leave me?:

Big Red ran away dragging this tire behind him on Christmas Day. He's at a shelter in Austin, on death row (he's been there waiting for a home, no luck yet) and deserves a good home with a yard. He LOVES cats and puppies and dogs. Hesitant around men and children, likes gentle people. Great guard dog, will bark but not bite. He's already lost an eye and had a leg broken as a result of abuse. I want to keep him but don't have a yard. Please let me know if you want him. He's less than 2 years old, and weighs about 50 lbs. Maybe you can foster him, and when I move into a house in a few months, I'll take him back?

Contact me or especially Ginger at ginger.cherny@gmail.com Maybe you know someone? He's had a hard life and deserves better than this.

Guadalupe Tribute for Angela De Hoyos

For Immediate Release
Contact: Lorraine Pulido
210-410-6699

The Guadalupe to Host Tribute
for Late Poet Angela De Hoyos
Event Is Free and Open to the Public


The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will host a special tribute in memory of the late San Antonio poet Angela De Hoyos (1924-2009) on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., San Antonio, Texas.

The event is free and open to the public.The tribute includes a ceremonial Aztec Dance; poetry reading; video presentation; music; and an Altar of Words. Attendees are invited to bring Angela stories or memories in order to be a part of a special video booth. Reception to follow the event.

Angela De Hoyos played a significant role in the creation, struggle for, and development of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center as a cultural institution in the community.

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1980 to preserve, promote and develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples for all ages and backgrounds through public and educational programming in six disciplines: dance, literature, media arts, theater arts, visual arts and music. For more information, visit http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/

Spanish Group Meeting January 2010

Hola a todos,
¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO! Mis mejores deseos para que en este año que comienza logren rescatar de ese rinconcito de su mente esa idea, esa imagen, esa metáfora, para cobijarla con letras y adjetivos y disfrute así vivir en una frase, un poema o el mejor de sus cuentos! ¡A ESCRIBIR SE HA DICHO COMPAÑEROS!

Les recuerdo que tendremos nuestra próxima junta del grupo de español el día de mañana Lunes 04 de Enero, 2010 a las 7:00 pm en Barnes & Noble de La Cantera 15900 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 3340, San Antonio, Tx. 78256 teléfono 210-641-1613

Como siempre aquí les envio una fotografía esperando les inspire. ¡NO FALTEN!!! ¡NOS VAMOS A DIVERTIR!!!

Y recuerden ¡LO IMPORTANTE ES SOLTAR LA IMAGINACION Y A DISFRUTAR ESCRIBIENDO!
¡Nos vemos en la junta!
¡Escríbelo o se pierde!
Martha Curcio
La Sociedad de Escritores Latinos e Hispanos de San Antonio

Recuerden visitar nuestro blog http://slhwnotes.blogspot.com/
Y TAMBIEN RECUERDEN VISITAR Y PARTICIPAR EN NUESTRO BLOG EN ESPAÑOL!!! http://escritoressat.blogspot.com/

SARA Build-A-Book Information

BUILD-A-BOOK is San Antonio Romance Authors’ [SARA] uniquely designed 4-part series of hands-on workshops educating aspiring writers how to write, sell and promote fiction in the twenty-first century. This series of workshops, led by our award-winning published SARA authors, will teach what they know best--from plotting to characterization--to how to acquire an agent and promote the finished book, to help aspiring writers get their stories written and published. The series is open to the general public and we invite anyone who has ever thought of putting pen to paper for publication to attend.

Join us for information, fun, and a novel way to learn about writing, and the business of books on Saturday, January 9, 2010, from 8:30am - 12:30pm at the Hilton San Antonio Airport Hotel, 611 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216, (210) 340-6060.

Workshop attendees should bring a pen and notebook to take notes. Laptops are allowed, but electrical outlets are not readily available.

Presentation and Speakers are:
"Deep POV" presented by Kimberly Kaye Terry
"Dialogue" presented by Tara West
"Character Archetypes" presented by Linda Carroll-Bradd
Lupe Gonzalez will speak about Latina Characterization.

Workshop Registration fees: SARA members: $13.00 per workshop ($15.00 per workshop if paid with Pay Pal).NON-SARA members: $20.00 per workshop ($22.00 per workshop if paid with Pay Pal)For Questions please contact: Joni Hahn, Workshop Chairperson, at: jonihahn@satx.rr.com , or go to www.sararwa.net for more information.