Category Archives: Library Events

Author Visit – Milcha Sanchez-Scott & Alvaro Rodriguez

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

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Join us on February 18 at 11:30 am for an exclusive conversation with Milcha Sanchez-Scott and Alvaro Rodriguez.

Milcha Sanchez-Scott is the reknowned playwright whose work Roosters has been performed throughout the country and was turned into a film.  The STC Theater Department will be presenting the play Feb. 27 – March 2.

Alvaro Rodriguez is the screenwriter of the blockbuster film Machete.  His other screenplays include The Hangman’s Daughter and Shorts.

Their conversation will take place at the Pecan Library – Rainbow Room.

For more information call 872-6485.

 

Book Launch for STC Faculty

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

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Two of STC English Faculty have books that have recently been released for purchase.  Please join us in their book launch with three events at our three major campuses.  Joseph Haske, English instructor and chair, has just had his novel North Dixie Highway released, and it’s available for purchase at this time.  Juan Ochoa, English instructor, has just released his book Marijuano, a novel, and it is also available for purchase at this time.

Mr. Haske and Mr. Ochoa will be presenting at the following locations and times together:

  • Nov. 19 at 1:00 pm – Pecan campus library
  • Nov. 19 at 6:00 pm – MidValley auditorium
  • Nov. 21 at 1:00 pm – Starr library

For more information about this event call 956-872-6485 or email egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.

Filmmaker Laura Varela at Starr – April 2nd

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Movies, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

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April 2nd at 1pm – Starr Campus Auditorium

On April 2nd Laura Varela, filmmaker, media artist, activist and educator will be a guest speaker at South Texas College, Starr County Campus.

Laura Varela is a San Antonio-based documentary filmmaker and media artist whose work as a storyteller is shaped by her roots growing up on the US/ Mexico Border in El Paso, Texas.  Her work navigates between ideological, cultural, linguistic and physical borders through the use of film and contemporary art installations.

She will speak about her upcoming projects and her experience with her film As Long as I Remember at 1 pm at the campus auditorium, located at 142 N FM 3167 Rio Grande City, Texas. The event which includes reception afterwards is free and open to the public.

As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos examines the steep personal toll and enduring legacy of the Vietnam War on three artists from south Texas: visual artist Juan Farias, author Michael Rodriguez and actor/poet Eduardo Garza. Through the personal histories and experiences of these Chicano veterans, the film examines the role art plays in the sorting of memories, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), activism and the conflict in Iraq.

For more information about the event contact Terri Rosalez at 956-488-5822 or mtrosalez@southtexascollege.edu.

Reknowned Poet, Kevin Prufer to Visit STC Library

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

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Reknowned poet, Kevin Prufer will visit the STC Pecan Campus Library on April 4th at 4:00 pm to celebrate National Poetry Month.

He is the author of five books of poetry and the editor of four anthologies.  Mr. Prufer is also Editor-at-Large of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writingand Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.

Among his awards and honors are three Pushcart prizes, two Best American Poetry selections, numerous awards from the Poetry Society of America, the Prairie Schooner/Strousse Award, two William Rockhill Nelson awards, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lannan Foundation.

For more information about his visit, please contact Joseph Haske at 872-8352 or Esther Garcia at 872-6485 (egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu).

Jan Seale, Texas Poet Laureate, to visit STC Libraries

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

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The STC Libraries are proud to host our 2012 Texas Poet Laureate, Ms. Jan Seale.  She will visit the libraries at the MidValley Campus, Starr County Campus, and Pecan Campus.

Ms. Seale is the author of seven volumes of poetry, the latest being Nape, published by Ink Brush Press. She has also authored two books of short fiction, three volumes of nonfiction, and nine children’s books. Her work is published nationally in such venues as The Yale Review, Texas Monthly, and Newsday. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing.

Her visit will be free to attend and open to the public.

See the schedule below:

Tues, Nov. 27 1 PM Mid-Valley Library (Weslaco)
Wed, Nov. 28 1 PM Starr Co. Auditorium (Rio Grande City)
Thurs, Nov. 29 1 PM Pecan Library Rainbow Room (McAllen)

 

 

For more information contact Esther Garcia at (956) 872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.

Julia Camacho’s talk “Mujeres Chineras” to conclude Jovita Gonzalez 2012 Lectures

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Historian Julia Camacho will wrap up the Jovita Gonzalez Lecture Series with her talk “Mujeres Chineras: The Tanspacific Journeys of Mexican Women and Chinese Mexican Families 1910-1960.” On Thursday, March 22 Dr. Camacho will lecture at STC’s Mid-Valley Campus Building G Auditorium at 1 p.m. and at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room at 6 p.m.

For more information about the Jovita Gonzalez Lecture Series contact Victor Gomez at 956-872-2070.

For more information about the Center for Mexican American Studies visit the website at http://lass.southtexascollege.edu/hist_phil/mas/index.html.

Barbara Renaud Gonzalez reading – Feb 23 @ 5:30 pm at Pecan Campus Rainbow Room

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We regret that Dagoberto Gilb will be unable to attend the scheduled reading on Thursday.  Award winning author Barbara Renaud Gonzalez has generously agreed to take his place.  She will be accompanied by STC music instructor Jaime Garcia.

Ms. Renaud Gonzalez will be talking about her book Golondrina, why did you leave me? and her other writings.  The novel Golondrina, why did you leave me? is part of the Chicana Matters Series from the University of Texas Press.  Scholar Irma Mayorga has said that her writing “triumphs even more so due to her deft, exhilarating, and virtuosic command of written language.”

She will be speaking at the same schedule date and time – February 23rd at 5:30 pm in the Pecan Campus Rainbow Room.

Below is a link to the first chapter of the book:

http://books.google.com/books?id=T8Nbcm-aqZEC&lpg=PP1&dq=golondrina&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=golondrina&f=false

And note this video of one of her readings:

http://youtu.be/mu7aR3p6Kd8

Event: “El Primer Congreso Mexicanista” a Centennial Commemoration

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This event will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of El Primer Congreso Mexicanista, the first Civil Rights meeting for Mexican Americans.  CMAS STC Welcomes Dr. Jose Limon, Notre Dame, Dr. Cynthia Orozco, Eastern New Mexico State University, and Dr. Roberto Caldreon, University of North Texas as roundtable panelists.

Panel will take place on Monday, November 21 at 6:00 PM, at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room.

To find out more about STC’s Mexican American Studies Program click here.

Jose de la Luz Saenz Veterans Lecture Series

Author / Scholar Visit, Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

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In the week leading up to Veteran’s Day, the Center for Mexican American Studies at South Texas College will inaugurate the José de la Luz Saenz Veteran’s Lecture Series.  The week will feature lectures, documentaries, and photo exhibit that all take a historical look at the Latina/o Experience in the Armed Forces.

The week will start out with author and historian Emilio Zamora, UT-Austin and co-editor and contributor to Beyond the Latino World War II Hero among other publications.  Dr. Zamora will speak on November 7th at 6:00 PM at the South Texas College Pecan Campus at the Rainbow Room.  His talk “Fighting for Equal Rights at Home and Abroad” will focus on the life and work of Jose de la Luz Saenz, the namesake of the speaker series.  Following the talk will be a book signing session.

Documentary filmmaker, John Valadez, will introduce and screen his award winning documentary “The Longoria Affair.”  The film will be shown on November 8th at the Pecan Campus Library, on November 9th at the STARR County Campus in Auditorium E, and on November 10th at the Mid-Valley Campus in Auditorium G.  All viewings will start at 6:00 PM.

On Thursday, November 10th at 6:00 PM, Dr. Joanne Rao Sanchez or St. Edward’s University will be giving a talk entitled “The Latinas of World War II” based on her writing for the book Beyond the Latino World War II Hero.  The event will take place at the Pecan Campus Library’s Rainbow Room.  Following the talk will be a book signing session and a reception.

In addition, the Humanities Texas photo exhibit Images of Valor: U.S. Latinas and Latinos in WWII, will be displaying at the Pecan Campus Library’s Rainbow Room throughout the month of November.  That week will also feature flag raisings throughout the STC campuses, celebrating all who have served.

José de la Luz Saenz was a veteran of World War I.  He was raised in South Texas and was a lifelong teacher, educator, and civil rights advocate.  Saenz published the diary he kept during his time in the war entitled “The Mexican Americans in the Great War and their Work in Favor of Democracy, Humanity, and Justice” in 1933.

Cosponsoring the event are the Office of Student Life, the Office of Library Services, and the Library Art Gallery.  For more information, please contact Victor Gomez at 956-872-6485 or vgomez@southtexascollege.edu.

Author Talk for Hector P. Garcia Day at Pecan Library

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Every third Wednesday of September, the day is designated Dr. Hector P. Garcia Day.  (Learn more about Dr. Hector P. Garcia here.)

THIS Wednesday, Sept 21st at 6:00 PM, scholar Ignacio Garcia will give a presentation at the Pecan Campus Library in honor of this Civil Rights leader.  The lecture will be entitled “Pursuing Justice: What Would Dr. Hector P. Garcia Have Thought of Today’s Politics?” and he will be signing books afterwards.

Ignacio Garcia is a well regarded scholar that teaches Western and Latino history at Brigham Young University.  He has written five books including United We Win (check availability), Chicanismo (check availability), Viva Kennedy (check availability), and Hector P. Garcia: In Relentless Pursuit of Justice (check availability).  These books and his most recent book White But Not Equal (check availability) can be found at the STC Library.

To find out more about STC’s Mexican American Studies Program click here.