Category Archives: Library Events

WWI Centennial – Emilio Zamora “The WWI Diary of Jose de la Luz Saenz”

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The year 2014 marks 100 years since the start of World War I.  Join us in commemorating the Mexican-American participation in the Great War.

Dr. Emilio Zamora will join us to discuss the WWI diary of José de la Luz Sáenz and help us commemorate the centennial of WWI. He is a Professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Published in Spanish in 1933 and now edited and translated by Dr. Zamora, the diary recounts the author’s war experiences and those of his fellow Mexican Americans. The book is the only WWI diary ever published by a Mexican American.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

6:00 PM –
Pecan Library
Build – F   Rainbow Room
3201 W. Pecan Blvd., McAllen, TX

For more information contact 872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.

Family Reading Night – Oct. 22 @ 5:30

Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Previous Events

Family Reading Night 2014

Want to find some fun entertainment for the entire family? Your local library is a good place to start. And you can get to know your South Texas College Mid-Valley Campus Library at its annual “Family Reading Night” on Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The free event, which is open to the public, is held in conjunction with Reading Week.

“We want to help children develop a love of reading and to encourage Valley parents to read with their children,” said Lillian Carrillo, Mid-Valley Campus Librarian. “Our college’s libraries are a gateway to the community, and we hope that participants will not only take advantage of these fun activities, but also learn more about some of the great services that the college has to offer.”

The night’s festivities include South Texas College Ballet Folkórico, book distribution by South Texas Literacy Coalition, entertainer Teensy Weensy the Clown, face painting and a variety of arts and crafts activities for the entire family offered by The Storybook Garden, and Mayor Sánchez Public Library. As an added bonus, fun opportunities will be featured by the college’s Library Art Gallery, Center for Mexican American Studies, CADD, Civil Drafting, & Construction Supervision Program, Design & Building Technology Department, Mid Valley Psychology Club, Jerry the Jaguar, and a special photo booth.

While on campus, attendees have the opportunity to use the library’s free services, view artwork on display in the Library Art Gallery, or sign up for a Community Library Card, which allows community members to check out books at any of STC’s libraries for free.

The library is located at 400 N. Border in Weslaco. For more information about the event contact Lillian Carrillo at 956-447-6663.

“Cesar’s Last Fast” screening with director – Nov. 3

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Join us for a special screening of the film Cesar’s Last Fast with the director of the film Richard Perez.  The director and film screening will be on Monday, November 3rd at 1:00 pm at the MidValley campus, and at the Pecan campus library at 6:00 pm.

Cesar’s Last Fast is a multi-platform feature documentary film about the private sacrifice and spiritual conviction behind Cesar Chavez’s struggle for the humane treatment of America’s farm workers, and the impact Chavez’s legacy has on today’s generation of organizers fighting for farm worker rights. The film is built around powerful, never-before-seen footage of Chavez’s 1988 “Fast for Life,” a 36-day act of penance for not having done enough to stop growers from spraying pesticides on farm workers. The story of this water-only fast is the film’s dramatic arc into which the filmmakers interweave the historic events that defined the life mission of America’s most inspiring Latino leader and the struggles confronting today’s farm workers.

Monday, November 3

1:00 PM –
MidValley Library
Auditorium
400 N. Border, Weslaco, TX
6:00 PM –
Pecan Library
Build – F   Rainbow Room
3201 W. Pecan Blvd., McAllen, TX

For more information contact call 872-2070.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the STC Libraries

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South Texas College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities will get underway on this September with several campus-wide activities, including the “Pláticas Sol de Aztlan Lecture Series” that will feature several award-winning authors.

Hispanic Heritage Month is officially celebrated across the country from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The STC library events during the month-long celebration are free and open to the public.

The guest speakers are sponsored by STC’s Library Services, Center for Mexican American Studies, the college’s Division of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and the PUENTE Program.

“It’s an honor to be able to have the caliber of guests that will be visiting our campuses and talking to our students and community during STC’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration,” said STC Librarian Esther Garcia. “This is a great opportunity to celebrate our culture and learn about the people that have made and are making a difference in our society, and to see that it is possible to do so through hard work and education.”

Historian and poet Teresa Palomo Acosta will visit South Texas College Sept. 22-24 as part of the college’s Hispanic Heritage celebration. She will present her lecture, “Preserving Historias Familiares: An Oral History Workshop” on Sept. 22 at 1:00 pm at STC’s Starr Co. campus in Rio Grande City, on Sept 23 at 1:00 pm at STC’s Pecan campus library in McAllen, and conclude on Sept 24 at 1:00 pm at STC’s Mid-Valley Campus Library in Weslaco. Teresa Acosta is a seminal figure in collecting and uncovering oral histories and preserving the stories of Mexican-Americans across Texas.
The following week, on Sept. 30 at 6:00 pm, Rio Grande Valley distinguished poets, Emmy Perez, Lina Suarez, Erika Garza and Isaac Chavarria will read at STC Pecan Campus library’s poetry event, “Voices of the Border.” Emmy Perez is the author of Solstice and a new poetry manuscript With the River on our Face. The event will be followed by pan dulce and a booksigning.

On Oct. 16 at 6:00 pm at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room, author Alfonso Gonzales will give a presentation and receive the Américo Paredes Book Award for his work titled, Reform Without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.

To conclude the lecture series, internationally renowned journalist and author Sonia Nazario will give a presentation at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room on Oct. 18 at 12:00 pm. Her book Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother has won over a dozen awards including the Pulitzer Prize and was named a National Best Seller. Nazario has been named among the most influential Latinos by Hispanic Business Magazine and a “trendsetter” by Hispanic Magazine. In 2012 Columbia Journalism Review named Nazario among “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40.”

In addition to the “Pláticas Sol de Aztlan Lecture Series,” the South Texas College libraries will show two films, “Cesar Chavez” and “Rebel: Loreta Velasquez, Secret Soldier of the American Civil War” throughout the month of September and October to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

For more information about these events and STC’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents or contact Esther Garcia at (956) 872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.

Hispanic Heritage Month – Film Festival

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To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month the STC Libraries will be screening movies including the acclaimed new feature film Cesar Chavez and the documentary Rebel: Secret Soldier of the American Civil War.

The films will be shown at the following campus libraries: Pecan, MidValley, Starr, and Tech. Check with your libraries for more information.

For more information about these events please contact Esther Garcia at (956)872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu, or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents/.

Cesar Chavez stars Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, and Michael Peña, and tells the story of the civil rights leader. It will be shown at:
• Starr campus library – Sept 15 at 12:00 pm
• MidValley library – Sept 16 at 11:30 am & 1:00 pm and Sept 17 at 1:00 pm
• Tech campus library – Sept 17 at 10:00 am
• Pecan library F-102 – Sept 17 at 1:00 pm

Rebel: Secret Soldier of the American Civil War While the U.S. military may have recently lifted the ban on women in combat, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, was fighting in battle 150 years ago; one of an estimated 1,000 women who secretly served as soldiers during the Civil War. It will be shown at:
• Tech campus library – Sept 17 at 1:00 pm
• Starr campus library – Oct 2 at 12:00 pm
• MidValley library – Oct 2 at 10:00 am
• Pecan library F-102 – Oct 9 at 1:00 pm
For a full listing of events:

http://library.southtexascollege.edu/?p=5018

Preserving Historias Familiares – Sept 22-24 – Hispanic Heritage Month at STC

Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

Teresa Palomo Acosta

We are thrilled to invite you to attend South Texas College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.

Historian and poet Teresa Palomo Acosta will visit South Texas College Sept. 22-24 as part of the college’s Hispanic Heritage celebration. She will present her lecture, “Preserving Historias Familiares: An Oral History Workshop.”

In every community there are people who have knowledge and skills to share — ways of knowing and doing that often passed down across generations. People in the community are primary sources of culture and history. Oral History interviews can bring to the study of local history and culture to life.  By documenting their memories and stories, we can learn about the living traditions — the foodways, celebrations, customs, music, occupations, and skills — that are part of daily experience.

  • Sept. 22 at 1pm at STC’s Starr Co. campus in Rio Grande City,
  • Sept 23 at 1pm at STC’s Pecan campus in McAllen, and conclude
  • Sept 24 at 1pm at STC’s Mid-Valley Campus Library in Weslaco.

Teresa Acosta is a seminal figure in collecting and uncovering oral histories and preserving the stories of Mexican-Americans across Texas.

For more information about these events please contact Esther Garcia at (956)872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu, or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents/.

For a full listing of events: http://library.southtexascollege.edu/?p=5018

Voices of the Border: Poetry Event – Sept 30

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

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We are thrilled to invite you to attend South Texas College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.

On Sept. 30 at 6pm at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room, Rio Grande Valley distinguished poets, Emmy Pérez, Lina Suarez, Erika Garza and Isaac Chavarria will read at STC Pecan Campus library’s poetry event, “Voices of the Border.” Emmy Pérez is the author of Solstice and a new poetry manuscript With the River on our Face. The event will be followed by pan dulce and a booksigning.

Chicana poet Emmy Pérez is the author of Solstice (Swan Scythe Press, 2011, 2nd edition) and a new poetry manuscript With the River on our Face. Currently, she is at work on a third book, I Am Joaquín’s Mom.

She is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas-Pan American, where she teaches creative writing and Mexican American Studies courses. She has also taught poetry and writing in adult and juvenile detention centers. A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Southern California, Originally from Santa Ana, California, she has lived on the Tejas-Mexico border, since the new millennium.

Emmy Perez, Lina Suarez, Isaac Chavarria, and Erika Garza have been published in their own publications as well as the anthologies New Border Voices: An Anthology and Juventud: Growing up on the Border, Stories and Poems. Copies of both publications were co-edited by Erika Garza and will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information about these events please contact Esther Garcia at (956)872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu, or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents/.

For a full listing of events:http://library.southtexascollege.edu/?p=5018

Tim Z. Hernandez to visit STC – Oct 2

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South Texas College’s Center for Mexican American Studies and Library will have a special visit from author Tim Z. Hernandez on October 2nd, 2014 at 4pm in the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room, which is located at 3201 W. Pecan Blvd in McAllen. There will also be a book signing immediately following the event. Admission to each event is free and open to the public.

Tim Z. Hernandez is an award winning author and performance artist.  He teaches at the University of Texas – El Paso and has been featured on NPR and other news outlets.

His novel Mañana Means Heaven is a love story of impossible odds. It tells the story of Bea Franco, the real woman behind famed American author Jack Kerouac’s “The Mexican Girl.” Set against the backdrop of California in the 1940s, deep in the agricultural heartland of the Great Central Valley, the book reveals the desperate circumstances that lead a woman to an affair with an aspiring young writer traveling across the United States.

“We are honored and fortunate to be able to host such a celebrated author as Tim Z. Hernandez at South Texas College,” says CMAS coordinator Victor Gomez.“His book is inspired by the Jack Kerouak story from On the Road however, it is also the sweeping story of sacrifice and love.”

For more information call 956-872-6485.

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Alfonso Gonzales – Oct 16 – Hispanic Heritage Month at STC

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We are thrilled to invite you to attend South Texas College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.

On Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room, author Alfonso Gonzales will give a presentation and receive the Américo Paredes Book Award for his work titled, Reform Without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.

Alfonso Gonzales is a professor of political science at UT Austin in the Department of Mexican American and Latino Studies.

The Americo Paredes Book Award was established through the college’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) to highlight the best non-fiction work in the fields of Chicana/o or Latino/a studies.

For more information about these events please contact Esther Garcia at (956)872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu, or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents/.

For a full listing of events: http://library.southtexascollege.edu/?p=5018

Sonia Nazario – Oct. 18 – STC Hispanic Heritage Month

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We are thrilled to invite you to attend South Texas College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.

To conclude the lecture series, internationally renowned journalist and author Sonia Nazario will give a presentation at the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room on Oct. 18 at 12pm. Her book Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother has won over a dozen awards including the Pulitzer Prize and was named a National Best Seller.

Sonia Nazario has been named among the most influential Latinos by Hispanic Business Magazine and a “trendsetter” by Hispanic Magazine. In 2012 Columbia Journalism Review named Nazario among “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40.”

For more information about these events please contact Esther Garcia at (956) 872-6485 or egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu, or visit http://library.southtexascollege.edu/libraryevents/.

For a full listing of events: http://library.southtexascollege.edu/?p=5018