22nd International Woman's Day March

From Dr. Marie "Keta" Miranda at UTSA:

22nd International Woman's Day


SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
MARCH & RALLY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Meet at 10am
corner of Bowie & Market St,
next to Grand Hyatt
Rally at Plaza del Zacate (milam park)


For more info on march image & vision statement, flyers, updates y mas check
http://www.sawomenwillmarch.org/
or call 210.262.0654 or 210.232.9052

Book Presentation--Forging a Nation

The University of Texas at San Antonio – Mexico Center


We would like to invite you to the following book presentation presented by author Kathryn S. Blair and moderated by Dr. Harriett Romo, Director of the UTSA Mexico Center. Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores

Instituto Cultural de Mexico

UTSA Mexico Center

Invites you to a book presentation:

Forging a Nation: The Story of Mexico from the Aztecs to the Present

By Kathryn S. Blair

Presented by the autor and Dr. Harriett Romo, Director of the UTSA Mexico Center

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

6 p.m.

Auditorium Instituto Cultural de Mexico

Free Admission

RSVP (210) 227-0123

A Corazon Abierto

RSVP: pgortari@unam.mx



ESTACIONAMIENTO GRATUITO A PARTIR DE LAS 6 PM
EN LOS PARQUÍMETROS DE LA CALLE CÉSAR CHAVEZ (ANTES DURANGO)

RECEPCIÓN DESPUÉS DEL EVENTO


Paula de Gortari
Cultural Projects
UNAM-USA San Antonio
(210) 222-8626 ext. 236
600 Hemisfair Park
San Antonio, TX 78205
http://www.unamsanantonio.org/

Tejano Conjunto Festival

GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

PRESENTS THE 31ST ANNUAL
TEJANO CONJUNTO FESTIVAL EN SAN ANTONIO 2012

Tentative Schedule

Tuesday, May 15/Guadalupe Theatre/10am-12pm/Free for Seniors
Seniors Conjunto Dance
Los Conjunto Kingz de Flavio Longoria
with Rachel Longoria


Tuesday, May 15/Guadalupe Theatre/7pm/Free Admission
The Making of Juanito’s Lab

Producers/Directors Guillermina Zabala and Enrique Lopetegui
discuss the making of Juanito’s Lab, a new documentary film
about Juanito Castillo, the 22-year-old blind button accordionist
and musical wiz-kid konjunto jazz loko karnal de San Anto.
Some footage from the still-in-the-making documentary will be shown.


Wednesday, May 16/Guadalupe Theatre/7:30-11pm/$10 pre-sale $15 at the door
New Directions in Conjunto Music
7:30 Nick Gaitán and The Umbrella Man (Houston)
8:30 Piñata Protest (San Antonio)
9:30 La Santa Cecilia (Los Ángeles)


Thursday, May 17/Guadalupe Theatre/6:30-9pm/$65 & $100**
Special 31st Annual Gala Celebration Dinner & Baile
Honoring the Inductees into the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame
Best of the 30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival 2011 CD Release Party
8:15 Bernardo y sus Compadres
9:00 Rick De la Rosa y Los D Boyz


Friday, May 18/Rosedale Park/6pm-12am/$15 per person*
5:30 Opening Ceremonies/Poster Contest Exhibit & Awards
Puro Conjunto Pesado: Dos de Houston, Corpitos y el Valle

6:00 Impozzible (Houston)

7:00 Los Tremendos Cinco (Corpus Christi)

8:00 Los Monarcas de Pete y Mario Díaz (Houston)

9:00 Los Fantasmas del Valle (Mercedes)

10:00 Boni Mauricio y Los Máximos (Corpus Christi)

11:00 Los Dos Gilbertos (Edinburg)



Saturday, May 19/Rosedale Park/1pm-12am/$18 per person*
Puro Conjunto Pesado: Hecho en Tejas
1:00 Student Showcase: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center * Conjunto Heritage Taller

Conjunto Palo Alto/Palo Alto College * Estrellas de Acordeón/Houston Accordion Performers Palmview High School/La Joya Independent School District

3:00 La Familia Mauricio (Corpus Christi)

3:30 Crystal n The Crew (Pasadena)

4:10 Los Conjunto Kidz (Victoria)

5:00 Susan Torres y Conjunto Clemencia (Austin)

6:00 Conjunto Prestigio (Dallas)

7:00 Edgar Vásquez y sus Muchachos (Laredo)

8:00 Rubén De la Cruz y su Conjunto (Edcouch)

9:00 Joel Guzmán Sarah Fox y Conjuntazzo (Austin)

10:00 Rio Jordán featuring Juanito Castillo (San Antonio)

11:00 Albert Zamora (Corpus Christi)


Sunday, May 20/Rosedale Park/1-11pm/$18 per person*
Puro Conjunto Pesado: Así se baila en San Anto

1:00 Los Padrinos

1:40 Los Hermanos De León

2:40 Eddie “Lalo” Torres y Anita Paiz y su Conjunto

special presentation by Salvador García y Los Pavos Reales

3:40 Lobo IV

4:40 Eva Ybarra y su Conjunto

5:40 Max Baca y Los Texmaniacs

special presentation by Dwayne Verheyden

6:40 Santiago Jiménez Jr. y su Conjunto

7:40 Bene Medina y el Conjunto Águila

special presentation by Nick Villarreal

8:40 Mingo Saldívar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas

9:40 Flaco Jiménez y su Conjunto

10:30 Accordion Conjunto Jam


WORKSHOPS

Saturday, May 19/Guadalupe Theatre/9-10:30am/$40
Accordion Tuning, Maintenance & Repair Workshop
Tim Schofield, Hohner Accordion Repair and Parts Supervisor,
will teach you how to tune the reeds of your accordion and
maintain it in tip-top playing shape. Accordion tuning kits
will be available for purchase. For registration, call 210.271.3151.

Saturday, May 19/Guadalupe Theatre/10:30am-12:30pm/$40
Button Accordion & Bajo Sexto Workshops

Master Button Accordion and Bajo Sexto maestros Joel Guzmán
and Max Baca will conduct this concurrent two-hour workshop.
Basic chords and scales will be explored, along with the playing and
accompaniment of different conjunto rhythms. The two workshops will
come together at the end for an impromptu performance and conjunto jam.
For registration, call 210.271.3151.

* 3-Day Rosedale All-Events Pass
$35 GCAC Members
$40 Non-Members

** $65 Conjunto Music Hall of Fame Dinner & Baile,
plus, a Best of the Tejano Conjunto Festival CD and TCF 2012 Magazine
$100 Conjunto Music Hall of Fame Dinner & Baile,
plus, a 3-Day Rosedale All-Events Pass,
a Best of the Tejano Conjunto Festival CD and a TCF 2012 Magazine

For reservations call 210.271.3151. Limited Seating

For info, 210.271.3151
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/

Awaken the Sleeping Poet

Awaken the Sleeping Poet at Barnes & Noble

Tonight! February 23, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
John Friedland and Steve Johnson

Awaken the Sleeping Poet at Northwoods Barnes & Noble
Henderson Pass at 281 and 1604
Open mic from 8:00 to 9:00
Bring yourself, bring a poem, and bring a friend!

Your Host:
Floyd (Michaud) L. Lamrouex
lamrouex@sbcglobal.net
(210) 656-3131

Cosmo Latina Magazine

From Latinidad by Marcela Landres:

COSMO LATINA MAGAZINE


Cosmo Latina seeks: 1. Your wildest sex fantasies. Have you ever wanted to do something so bad it consumed you? And then actually made it happen?  Yes, you can be anonymous. 2. Sh*t my mami says. Remember all the funny, outrageous things your Mami has been saying to you all your life? Now's your chance to get even. Share her worst quotes on everything from men to fashion. This can also be anonymous. 3. Most awkward party fouls and angover cures. What's the worst thing you've ever done at a Cinco de Mayo bash? What weird Latin-American dishes do you swear cure your hangover? Please submit all ideas to Editor-in-Chief Michelle Herrera Mulligan, mmulligan@hearst.com

Book Review--1812:The Navy's War

Here is a link to a book review I wrote that appeaeds in yesterday's San Antonio Express-News:

1812: The Navy's War

Dr. Bernstein Presentation

Dr. Bernstein will discuss the emergence of interracial civil rights activism in mid-twentieth century Los

Angeles. Her work places multiracial communities of the U.S. West at the center of U.S. civil rights history. She will focus on how concerns about 1930s-era Nazi activities in Los Angeles, an increasingly multiracial

wartime community, and fears of Cold War red baiting helped facilitate Jewish Americans’ involvement in

interracial social justice efforts, and how that involvement mattered to the rest of Los Angeles and to the nation.

UTSA
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

MH 2.01.36

Dr. Shana Bernstein is an Associate Professor of History at Southwestern University. Her areas of expertise include 20th century civil rights, comparative race and ethnicity, the U.S. West, the U.S. in the World.

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Librotraficante Caravan Smuggling Banned Books Back to Arizona Sparks National Movement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:
Tony Diaz
AztecMuse@aol.com
(713) 867-8943


LIBROTRAFICANTE CARAVAN SMUGGLING BANNED BOOKS BACK TO ARIZONA
SPARKS NATIONAL MOVEMENT

HOUSTON (February 13, 2012) - The Librotraficante Caravan will travel from Houston, Texas, to Tucson, Ariz., carrying a payload of contraband books, creating networks of Underground Libraries and leaving community resources in its wake. One of many responses to Arizona’s unconstitutional laws prohibiting Mexican-American Studies, the Librotraficante Caravan has captured the imagination and hearts of activists, writers, educators, and students from all walks of life who want to preserve freedom of speech.

The Librotraficante Caravan launches in Houston at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 12, from Casa Ramirez Folk Art Gallery (241 West 19th Street, Houston, Texas 77008.) It will stop in San Antonio and El Paso, Texas; Mesilla and Albuquerque, N.M., and culminate in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, March 16. On St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17, we’ll host a huge literary celebration of El Batallion San Patricio at 6 p.m., celebrating Irish and Mexican collaboration of the past. The caravan celebrates Quantum Demographics, or multifaceted cultural unity, throughout its tour also highlighting African-American and Native American literary contributions along the route. The entire schedule is available online at www.Librotraficante.com.

“Every great movement is sparked by outrage at a deep cultural offense,” said Tony Diaz, founder of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, which has led the charge, “When we heard that Tucson Unified School District administrators not only prohibited Mexican-American Studies, but then walked into classrooms, and in front of young Latino students, during class time, removed and boxed up books by our most beloved authors - that was too much. This offended us down to our soul. We had to respond.”

Diaz added, “With their record of anti-immigrant legislation, politicians in Arizona have become experts in making humans illegal. We did not do enough to stop that, thus that anti-immigrant legislation spread to other states such as Alabama and Georgia. Now, these same legislators want to make thoughts illegal. If we allow this to happen, these laws, too, will spread. Other branches of ethnic studies will be prohibited, and other states will follow suit.”

With its radio program and blockbuster literary showcases, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say has 13 years of experience promoting Latino literature and literacy with authors and thinkers from across the country. This once informal alliance of artists, activists, educators, and professionals has galvanized to create cornerstone structures for a network that will remain in place for future causes as well.

The full spectrum of this network links the talents of such people as Genius Mac Arthur Grant recipient Sandra Cisneros, whose beloved novel HOUSE ON MANGO STREET is prohibited in Tucson High School classrooms; Southwest Organizing Project, contributing extensive experience organizing national caravans and publisher of banned book 500 YEARS OF CHICANO HISTORY IN PICTURES; to Unidos, the student group in Tucson that is organizing teach-ins, while still attending classes and pursuing their education.

Banned writers have embraced the caravan and those that will participate along the route include Sandra Cisneros, who kicked off our fundraising efforts by making a generous donation; Guggenheim Fellow Dagoberto Gilb, whose work recently appeared in the New Yorker and Harpers simultaneously; and best selling author Luis Alberto Urrea, with multiple titles found on the banned book list was the first to enthusiastically support the project through Twitter. Other literary giants participating in the Librotraficante Caravan include Rudolfo Anaya, whose seminal novel BLESS ME ULTIMA is banned; Denise Chavez, FACE OF AN ANGEL, who is hosting the caravan in Mesilla, N.M., and who organizes the Annual Border Book Festival; Lalo Alcaraz, creator of the syndicated comic LA CUCARACHA and who coined the phrase “Self Deport”; and Rene Alegria, founder of Boxing Badger Media and www.mamiverse.com, who attended one of the impacted high schools in Tucson. Institutions that have already confirmed to host the caravan include the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M.

The caravan is intended to:

1. Raise awareness of the prohibition of the Mexican-American Studies Program and the removal of books from classrooms.

2. Promote banned authors and their contributions to American Literature.

3. Celebrate diversity. Children of the American Dream must unite to preserve the civil rights of all Americans.

4. Create a network of resources for art, literature and activism.

Specific outcomes:

1. Underground Libraries: Librotraficantes will donate copies of the banned books a local nonprofit in Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque and Tucson. These sites will not only be given copies of the banned titles, but from now on, all multicultural authors are encouraged to mail copies of their books to these sites when they are published, so that our community will always have access to our literature.

2. Teach-ins and a Supplanted Book List: Workshops that include free curriculum guides with literary excerpts and lesson plans that can be used in class and immediately applied to other works.

3. Network of Librotraficantes across the country: This is a case of new media saving the classic media of books. Had Arizona done this ten years ago, we most likely would not have heard about it until it had impacted a second generation of youth. However, because of new technologies and the network of writers and activists who are communicating on multimedia platforms, we were not only able to hear about Arizona’s actions, but to also utilize new media tools to organize some classic activist strategies to respond - from now on!

WEBSITES: www.Librotraficante.com and http://www.nuestrapalabra.org/

ORGANIZERS: Tony Diaz, Liana Lopez, Bryan Parras, Lupe Mendez & Laura Acosta

To become a part of history in the making, visit http://www.librotraficante.com/  and click on Donate.

Bihl Haul Arts

SLHW Meeting featurning Jorge Nunez

Please plan to attend our February Meeting which will take place Monday February 13th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossings.


This month, our guest speaker is 2011 Lone Star Emmy award winner and UNIVISION Newscast Personality, Jorge Nuñez.

He will talk to us about his public career, the hurdles of writing on a short deadline and the new trends in news reporting.

Jorge’s talk will be mainly in Spanish.

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Jorge Núñez es el conductor de los noticieros de las 5 p.m. y 10 p.m. de Univision 41.

Jorge ha sido comunicador y periodista desde hace 25 años y llegó a Univision como reportero en el año 2000, tras 14 años con Televisa Puebla. Al año de haber llegado a San Antonio, Jorge se convirtió en el conductor principal de Univision 41.

En Televisa Puebla, Jorge condujo el noticiero regional Nuevo Día, donde un día de 1994, le tocó abrir el noticiero para informar a 5 millones de televidentes acerca de la erupción del volcán Popocatepetl.

Fue en Televisa Puebla, que Jorge debutó como conductor del programa Estelar Musical, un programa de entretenimiento donde entrevistó a artistas mexicanos y extranjeros sobre sus discografías. Allí también participó en el primer Teletón de México y condujo programas de perfil político como Foro, de ventas de inmuebles como Videocasas y un programa infantil llamado Tiempo Feliz. Otro programa de entretenimiento bajo su batuta fue Esta Mañana, donde Jorge recibía un promedio de mil trescientas llamadas por programa.

En San Antonio, Jorge es la imagen de UNIVISION en eventos comunitarios como el Grito de la Independencia de México, donde ha fungido como maestro de ceremonias por siete años consecutivos. Ha portado la Antorcha Guadalupana, que cada año pasa por San Antonio en su trayecto a pie desde la Ciudad de México con destino a Nueva York.

Jorge fue galardonado en el 2011 con el premio Lone Star Emmy otorgado por la Academia Nacional de Artes y Televisión. También ha sido nominado por los premios SAMMY como el mejor conductor de noticieros y ha colaborado en eventos especiales de la organización San Antonio AIDS Foundation y de DaVita, un centro de salud especializado en diálisis y tratamientos de riñones.

Su trayectoria es larga y sus conocimientos vastos. Porfavor acompáñenos a escuchar a Jorge Nuñez en lo que promete ser una velada muy agradable e interesante.

Book Review: The Operators

Here's a link to my book review which appears in today's San Antonio Express-News: The Operators

From Bihl Haus Arts

Oh my goodness!  Wait until you see what's happening at Bihl Haus Arts! Artwork for the On & Off Fred exhibit began arriving in the gallery Monday night and it continued to pour in through Wednesday. We always know that this is going to be a terrific show--but we're totally blown away by the quality and variety of this year's exhibit.  Paintings of all styles and subject matter, jewelry, ceramics, photography, mixed media, fiberworks, sculpture . . .   And that's just the tip of the 'berg, as there's more--lots and lots and lots more--to see and enjoy in artists' studios on the 5th Annual ON & OFF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD STUDIO TOUR! 

So please plan to join us Friday, Feb. 17th (6-9 pm) for the On & Off Fred Autograph Party and Opening Reception at Bihl Haus, with music by Los Nahuatlatos.  Then take the tour on Saturday, February 18th (11 am-5 pm) and/or Sunday, February 19th (noon-5 pm) and stay in the 'hood into the evenings for an outdoor concert--there'll be dancin' in the streets!--by South Texas Jazz on Saturday night (bring a picnic or purchase award-winning tacos from Chelas Taco Truck) and the closing reception on Sunday at Long Hall Gallery. Please click here for a full schedule.

To take the tour all you need is the fully illustrated, color-coded catalog and map, which includes admission for 2 to all of these events.  Save $5 by buying it in advance ($10 now/$15 during the tour) at these area businesses: • BIG GRASS • 637 W. Hildebrand Ave • 210.735.7999 • biggrassliving.com                    Hours:Mon-Sat 9 am-6 pm & Sun noon-5 pm• VEE’S SALON • 1022 Donaldson Ave • 210.733.7131 • veeshairandspa.com         
Hours: Tue-Fri 9 am-8 pm & Sat 8:30 am-3 pm• CAFÉ TUTTI • 1933 Fredericksburg Rd • 210.722.7290 • cafetutti.com          Hours: Tue-Sat 7 am-6 pm• ARTWERX ALLEY • 1717 Blanco Rd • 210.387.0379 • artwerxalley.com           Hours: Wed-Sun noon-5 pm Want more info on the Tour?  Please click here See you on the tour! Kellen P.S. Special thanks to the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, City Councilmen Diego Bernal (District 1) and Cris Medina (District 7), and Texas Commission on the Arts; Michael Imbimbo Inc., Architects; Drs. Raphael Guerra and John E. Martin; Dr. and Mrs. Philip Valente; and FirstMark Credit Union, Whole Foods, and all of Fred's Amigos who made this community event possible.  And to all of the artists on the tour: Muchisimas gracias! Please feel free to forward this email to family and friends and to post it on Facebook, Twitter, etc. . .  Kellen Kee McIntyre, PhDExecutive Director  Bihl Haus ArtsP.O. Box 100806 2803 Fredericksburg Rd.San Antonio, TX 78201(210) 383-9723 (cell)(210) 732-3502 (off)kellenkee@swbell.netwww.bihlhausarts.orgwww.RxArtSA.orgwww.OnAndOffFred.org

Bihl Haus Arts

PO Box 100806
San Antonio, TX 78201

Univision41.com features SLHW column

Good news! Our column in Univision41.com may its dayview today with the first article from Dr. Santiago Daydi-Tolson. Below please find the message that Diego Aparicio sent me. Please thank Diego by sending him an email at DAparicio@us.univision.com and we expect articles from all of you so we can keep this column going. Send them to Dr. Daydi Tolson.


If you need translation we have some people who can do this for you.

Also post this on your Facebook profiles so that others can read it.

Ruben

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Rubén,

Hoy debuta el Rincón Literario de San Antonio, con los textos de la Sociedad de Escritores Hispanos de San Antonio.

Te invito a que lo compartas con tu grupo, y que tengan en cuenta que aquí pueden ir publicando poesías, cuentos cortos, textos de interés literario y contemporáneo, reflexiones literarias contemporáneas. Lo que quieran, la imaginación es el límite.

Salud y felicidades!

El rincón literario de San Antonio: La palabra amenazada, inundación escrita en la red

univision41.univision.com

Nunca como antes el escritor ha tenido tan fácil acceso a decir en público su palabra, nunca la palabra escrita se vio tan amenazada en su función como hoy.

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Jorge Nunez appearing Monday, Feb. 13

Dear SLHWSA Member,

Please plan to attend our February Meeting which will take place next Monday February 13th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossings.

This month, our guest speaker is 2011 Lone Star Emmy award winner and UNIVISION Newscast Personality, Jorge Nuñez.

He will talk to us about his public career, the hurdles of writing on a short deadline and the new trends in news reporting.

Jorge’s talk will be mainly in Spanish.

=====================================================

Jorge Núñez es el conductor de los noticieros de las 5 p.m. y 10 p.m. de Univision 41.

Jorge ha sido comunicador y periodista desde hace 25 años y llegó a Univision como reportero en el año 2000, tras 14 años con Televisa Puebla. Al año de haber llegado a San Antonio, Jorge se convirtió en el conductor principal de Univision 41.

En Televisa Puebla, Jorge condujo el noticiero regional Nuevo Día, donde un día de 1994, le tocó abrir el noticiero para informar a 5 millones de televidentes acerca de la erupción del volcán Popocatepetl.

Fue en Televisa Puebla, que Jorge debutó como conductor del programa Estelar Musical, un programa de entretenimiento donde entrevistó a artistas mexicanos y extranjeros sobre sus discografías. Allí también participó en el primer Teletón de México y condujo programas de perfil político como Foro, de ventas de inmuebles como Videocasas y un programa infantil llamado Tiempo Feliz. Otro programa de entretenimiento bajo su batuta fue Esta Mañana, donde Jorge recibía un promedio de mil trescientas llamadas por programa.

En San Antonio, Jorge es la imagen de UNIVISION en eventos comunitarios como el Grito de la Independencia de México, donde ha fungido como maestro de ceremonias por siete años consecutivos. Ha portado la Antorcha Guadalupana, que cada año pasa por San Antonio en su trayecto a pie desde la Ciudad de México con destino a Nueva York.

Jorge fue galardonado en el 2011 con el premio Lone Star Emmy otorgado por la Academia Nacional de Artes y Televisión. También ha sido nominado por los premios SAMMY como el mejor conductor de noticieros y ha colaborado en eventos especiales de la organización San Antonio AIDS Foundation y de DaVita, un centro de salud especializado en diálisis y tratamientos de riñones.

Su trayectoria es larga y sus conocimientos vastos. Porfavor acompáñenos a escuchar a Jorge Nuñez en lo que promete ser una velada muy agradable e interesante.

Bihl Haus Arts Update

Dear Friends of Bihl Haus Arts,


Enjoy two beautiful days and three exquisite nights of art, music, adventure! Sounds like a fabulous weekend get-away you’d spend hundreds on . . . but, wait! The cost? Just $10 in advance for the catalog and map! What’s that, you say? That’s right! Just 10 bucks, a ten-spot, a sawbuck gives you and a friend (it just gets better and better) entrance into the magical realms of the 5th Annual ON & OFF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD STUDIO TOUR!

More than 80 artists will welcome you into their homes and studios from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, February 18, and noon to 5 pm on Sunday, February 19, 2012. On & Off Fred features two full days of leisurely self-guided tours (and three nights of music and fun!) that offer you the rare opportunity to interact with area artists in their work spaces. Demonstrations, hospitality, and opportunities to purchase art of all kinds directly from the artists are part of the On & Off Fred experience.

Kick off the tour weekend on Friday evening, February 17, 6:00-9:00 pm, at the not-to-be-missed ON & OFF FRED AUTOGRAPH PARTY and Opening Reception at Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg Rd. On exhibit will be works by each of the studio tour artists who will be on hand to autograph your personal copy of the catalog (bring it with you or purchase at the door). Latin fusion by Los Nahuatlatos, dancing, hors d’oeuvres, wine, and the opportunity to mingle with artists, event sponsors, and community leaders fill the evening. (Free parking at Redeemer Church, 2700 Fredericksburg Road @ Quentin.)

On Saturday evening, February 18th, after the tour, enjoy ON & OFF FRED IN THE PARK, an outdoor concert (weather permitting) by South Texas Jazz in the triangular park at 800 Fredericksburg Road @ Michigan Ave., 5:30-9:00 pm. Bring your blanket, lawn chairs, and picnic to this family-friendly event. (Free parking at Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church, 1101 W. Woodlawn @ Michigan Ave.)

And finally, on Sunday evening, February 19th, 5:30-8:30 pm, join us for SAY GOODNIGHT, FRED, the closing reception at Long Hall Gallery, 618 W. Craig Place.

Now, back to that sawbuck. To take the tour, all you need is the beautifully illustrated catalog with map. Just $10 in advance ($15 during the tour on Sat. & Sun.) at these supporting area businesses:

• ARTWERX ALLEY • 1717 Blanco Rd • 210.387.0379 • artwerxalley.com
Hours: Wed-Sun noon-5 pm

• BIG GRASS • 637 W. Hildebrand Ave • 210.735.7999 • biggrassliving.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 9 am-6 pm & Sun noon-5 pm

• CAFÉ TUTTI • 1933 Fredericksburg Rd • 210.722.7290 • cafetutti.com
Hours: Tue-Sat 7 am-6 pm

• VEE’S SALON • 1022 Donaldson Ave • 210.733.7131 • veeshairandspa.com
Hours: Tue-Fri 9 am-8 pm & Sat 8:30 am-3 pm

Hope to see you on the tour!!!
Kellen

P.S. Please feel free to forward this invitation to family and friends and to post it on Facebook, Twitter, etc. . . For more information, please go to www.OnAndOffFred.org ot call 210-383-9723. The 5th Annual On & Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour, organized by Bihl Haus Arts, is sponsored in part by the San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs and City Council Districts 1 and 7, by Fred's Amigos, and by sale of the tour catalog. Thank you all for your support!


Kellen Kee McIntyre, PhD
Executive Director
Bihl Haus Arts
P.O. Box 100806
2803 Fredericksburg Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78201
(210) 383-9723 (cell)
(210) 732-3502 (off)
kellenkee@swbell.net
http://www.bihlhausarts.org/
http://www.rxartsa.org/
http://www.onandofffred.org/

Awaken the Sleeping Poet

Awaken the Sleeping Poet at the Twig

Our Featured Poets for Tuesday, February 14, 2012, are two of San Antonio's favorites and best!

Valerie Bailey and Tom Keene!!!
Featured Reader: Valerie Martin Bailey

The Twig Book Shop is the premiere poetry place in San Antonio.
Located at 200 E. Grayson, Ste. 124, San Antonio, TX in the revitalized historic Pearl Brewery.

Bring yourself; bring a friend; bring a poem!
See you Tuesday, February 14th, 2012!

Host:
Floyd L. Lamrouex
lamrouex@sbcglobal.net
(210) 656-3131

SARA Workshop

Title: "Making Fairy Tales and Myths Your Own" with Sasha Summers
Date: Saturday February 11, 2012
Time: 9:15 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Barnes and Noble at The Shops at La Cantera
Street: 15900 La Cantera Parkway, Ste. 3340
City State Zip: San Antonio, TX 78256
Phone: 210-558-3903

Notes: As romance authors we're always looking for happily ever after. Author Sasha Summers will discuss familiar myths and fairy tales, go over roles and archetypes, explore new potential twists and turns, ideas and themes that are already present can can be fleshed out or built up

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In addition, she'll have us all do a very short synopsis of one together, then break into small groups, write a basic synopsis, and read the synopsis to the group as a whole.

Come dressed as your favorite fairy tale characters (hero, heroine, villain, etc.) and be included in a prize drawing of books! Hope to see you there!

You don't have to be a SARA member to attend this writing workshop. Come prepared to write. 

MALCS Protests Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies

MALCS Protests Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies


From the Executive Committee of MALCS

Last week important works of literature, history and philosophy by world-renowned writers and scholars such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman Alexie, Ofelia Zepeda, Paulo Freire, Rodolfo Acuña, Carmen Tafolla and others were removed from classrooms and some libraries in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). The perspectives and insights about diverse ethnic, racial and gender communities contained in these works as well as the penetrating visions of human community they offer contribute in Arizona, as they do elsewhere, to cultivating in students appreciation for difference and diversity, knowledge of wide-ranging ideas and fearlessness in engaging with the ideas of others. The TUSD Board’s action in banning and removing these works, in contrast, promotes fear and suspicion about select ethnic and racial groups and fear of free and democratic discussion and debate. Such attitudes have no place in the public school system that serves ALL children.

The Tucson Unified School District in compliance with the State of Arizona Revised Statutes Sections 15-111 and 15-112 (formerly House Bill 2281 that was signed into law May 11, 2010) eliminated its Mexican American Studies (MAS) Program, resulting in the subsequent removal of textbooks and books on the MAS Program Reading List. Some of the banned and removed books are allowed in other classrooms, but not ethnic studies, making this a highly discriminatory action about who gets to teach. Why is a Mexican American Studies teacher prevented from teaching The Tempest but an English teacher is not? The removal of books amounts to censorship that undermines the United States’ commitment to democracy.

While the Board argues that the new legislation was intended to promote unity, the effect is to reject multiculturalism and pave a path back to Jim Crow practices of segregation and racism where the culture and values of ethnic groups go unrecognized in public education. Research has shown that multicultural education that addresses the history and identity of ethnic minorities in fact closes the achievement gap between white students and students of color.[i]

Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), a national professional association of Chicanas, Latinas, Native American and Indigenous women, calls on the Tucson Unified School District Board to reverse the decision to ban books from Tucson schools. MALCS encourages efforts to intervene through the use of non-violent tactics in order to guarantee democracy and freedom of expression. We appeal to all:

To send letters and email messages supporting Arizona State Rep. Sally Gonzales’ HB 2654 that would repeal the ban on ethnic studies in Arizona: Sgonzales@azleg.gov

Work to pass resolutions in your associations and organizations opposing the elimination of ethnic studies and censorship of Latin@ faculty and students in Arizona

Write to the Educational Opportunities Section of the U.S. Department of Civil Rights requesting that they investigate Arizona state superintendent of public instruction John Huppenthal, who has disregarded independent consultant reports on the value of the Mexican American Studies Program in Tucson. By e-mail to education@usdoj.gov By telephone at (202) 514-4092 or 1-877-292-3804 (toll-free)

Aztlan Libre Press Publishes New Book

by Award-Winning Chicano Historian Juan Gómez-Quiñones:

Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words: American Indian Heritage as Future


Aztlan Libre Press, an independent Chicano press based out of San Antonio, Texas, announces the publication of its third book: Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words: American Indian Heritage as Future, by the award-winning educator, author and Professor of History at UCLA, Juan Gómez-Quiñones.

“Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words” are two scholarly essays by the acclaimed academic that begin
by saying that: “American Indian ancestries and heritages ought to be integral to K-12 curriculums and
university explorations and graduate expositions for obvious reasons - contemporary universalist understandings. I refer not to a special presentation, project option, or ethnographic appreciation here and there, but rather to the full integration of Native American histories and cultures into academic curriculums. The Indigenous voice matters, yesterday and today, in substantive pedagogical and philosophical discourses.”

“Indigenous Quotient” depicts the history of academic discourse on American Indigenous Peoples.
Gómez-Quiñones chronologically examines the context and purpose of Western discourse, specifically
U.S. and Spanish/Mexican on Indigenous peoples, which demonstrates a continued attempt by Western
intellectuals to rationalize colonization from Columbus to current proponents of financial globalization.

“Stalking Words” begins where “Indigenous Quotient” left off by developing a paradigm rooted in
Indigenous ethos that consists of: 1) critiquing colonialism and all oppressive power structures; 2) selfreflection of historiography, theory, and philosophy; 3) responsibility of transmitting heritage; 4) Indigenous epistemology as the foundation of personhood and auto-validation; and 5) ideological autonomy.

By establishing these tracts as a foundation for intellectual theorizing, Gómez-Quiñones points students
and researchers towards theory that also serves as a pedagogy that teaches the values and ethics of compassion and understanding, or as he states it, “of strong heart and wise character.”

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Professor Emeriti, Ethnic Studies, at California State University East Bay,
and author of Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, has this to say about the book for the back cover: “Juan Gómez-Quiñones has dug deep and absorbed the relevant literature and Indigenous perspective, giving us a concise and brilliant interpretation, written in his unique and elegant style. This is a text sure to become essential and a classic, a challenge to every living scholar of the Americas.”

She goes on to say in her e-mail to the editors that she had written a note to Juan Gómez-Quiñones
saying that: “…if I were rich, I would buy up a million copies of this book and have them dropped from airplanes on every university campus in North America.”

For more information, or to purchase Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words: American Indian Heritage
as Future, visit http://www.aztlanlibrepress.com/

ISBN-13:978-0-9844415-2-5 * $18.00 * 132 pages * Trade Paperback * Publication: March, 2012