Event Calendar 3 April 2008, Thursday Celebración: Latino Contributions to U.S. Culture Time: 8:30am - 9:00pm Location: Logan; Utah State University; Eccles Conference Center Auditorium - 3200 Old Main Hill Utah State University announces the 2008 O.C. Tanner Symposium: Celebración: Latino Contributions to U.S. Culture. It will be held April 2-4, 2008 at the Eccles Conference Center in Logan, Utah. Visiting speakers include Luis Valdez, Sonia Nazario, Demetria Martinez, Paul Espinosa, Marta Sánchez, Sam Colorado, Norma Cantú, and a host of others. The event is free and open to the public. 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Chicano/a Folklore Jim Griffith, "An Unbroken Chain: The Traditional Arts of Tucson's Mexican-American Community, Norma Cantú, "Fiestas on the Borderlands: Chicana/o Traditional Celebrations", Lisa Gabbert (moderator) 10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Zoot Suit Luis Valdez, Rachel Rubin, "Echoes of the Zoot: The Many Lives of the Drape Shape", and Desirée Garcia (moderator) 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Latino Representations in Film Paul Espinosa, "Recovering Chicano History on Film: Case Studies from the Border Region" , and Laura Isabel Serna, "Representation and Reception: Mexican Audiences Respond to U.S. Cinema" (moderator) 3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Corridos and Contemporary Music Jim Griffith, "Corridos: The Collective Memory of a Community" , Rachel Rubin, "El Vez is in the Building", Local songwriter and singers, and Elaine Thatcher (moderator) 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Exhibition Reception and Poetry Reading at USU Merrill-Cazier Library 5:00 p.m. Introductions of poet Aleida Rodríguez and artist Sam Coronado 6:00 pm.-7:00 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Showing of . . . and the earth did not swallow him with introduction and follow-up discussion by Paul Espinosa and Marta Sánchez Contact: 435-797-3363 http://tanner2008.usu.edu The Nature of Things 2008 Lecture Series Time: 7:00pm Location: Salt Lake City; The City Library Auditorium - 210 E 400 S No matter where we look, our world is changing around us. From the food we eat to the way we use our land, form the snow on our mountains to the ice at the Poles, nature is in flux. We as humans both react to and help create those changes. Each lecture and event of The Nature of Things Lecture Series invites you to consider "the nature" of change and you r place within it as we ponder the future of our planet. Come hear how Utah's water policy addresses the complex needs of our state with Gayle McKeachnie. Contact: 801-585-3948 www.umnh.utah.edu/nature For questions regarding this calendar, contact: Maria K. Torres