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Hispanic Resources: News & Events: READING AND CONVERSATION WITH ANA LUÍSA AMARAL

Portuguese poet Ana Luísa Amaral will participate in a conversation and reading from her new book of poems What’s in a name? (New Directions, 2019) translated by Margaret Jull Costa. Amaral is one of Portugal’s most exciting poets whose work has been described as “small hypnotic miracles […] reminiscent of Szymborska and of Emily Dickinson”. This event will include a display of special editions of authors that have shaped Amaral’s literary work and scholarship, like Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Sponsored by the Hispanic Division in collaboration with Instituto Camões and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University. 

Free tickets available via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-reading-conversation-with-ana-luisa-amaral-tickets-58858781199

Date and time: Monday, April 8, 2019 / Book display (4:00-5:00 p.m.) / Reading and Conversation (5:00-6:00 p.m.)
Location: Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-240), Thomas Jefferson Building (2nd floor), Library of Congress.

Copies of 
What’s in a Name will be sold at the program.

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Hispanic Resources: News & Events: "Soy Cubana": Documentary Screening and Discussion

The documentary Soy Cubana charts the daily lives of four middle-aged women from Santiago de Cuba and their efforts to draw on a broad repertoire of musical genres in creating their own a capella style in an era of studio production and hi-tech sounds. Dr. Joseph Scarpaci, Director of the Center for the Study of Cuban Culture and the Economy, is the co-producer, creator, and translator/interpreter of the documentary. He will provide a short introduction before the screening and a Q&A will follow.

Date and Time: Wednesday, April 3, 2019--4:00 p.m.
Location:
Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-240), Hanke Room (conference room) / Thomas Jefferson Building, 2nd floor

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Hispanic Resources: News & Events: Join us tomorrow -- Reading and Conversation with Portuguese Poet Ana Luisa Amaral

Portuguese poet Ana Luísa Amaral will participate in a conversation and reading from her new book of poems What’s in a name? (New Directions, 2019) translated by Margaret Jull Costa. Amaral is one of Portugal’s most exciting poets whose work has been described as “small hypnotic miracles […] reminiscent of Szymborska and of Emily Dickinson”. This event will include a display of special editions of authors that have shaped Amaral’s literary work and scholarship, like Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Sponsored by the Hispanic Division in collaboration with Instituto Camões and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University. 

Free tickets available via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-reading-conversation-with-ana-luisa-amaral-tickets-58858781199

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Hispanic Resources: News & Events: CORRECTION: Next Monday!: Reading and Conversation with Portuguese Poet Ana Luisa Amaral

Portuguese poet Ana Luísa Amaral will participate in a conversation and reading from her new book of poems What’s in a name? (New Directions, 2019) translated by Margaret Jull Costa. Amaral is one of Portugal’s most exciting poets whose work has been described as “small hypnotic miracles […] reminiscent of Szymborska and of Emily Dickinson”. This event will include a display of special editions of authors that have shaped Amaral’s literary work and scholarship, like Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Sponsored by the Hispanic Division in collaboration with Instituto Camões and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University. 

Date and time: Monday, April 8, 2019 / Book display (4:00-5:00 p.m.) / Reading and Conversation (5:00-6:00 p.m.)
Location: Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-240), Thomas Jefferson Building (2nd floor), Library of Congress.

Free tickets available via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-reading-conversation-with-ana-luisa-amaral-tickets-58858781199

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Hispanic Resources: News & Events: Art Showcase and Workshop With Chicano Artist Mario Torero -- May 3 @ 4:30 p.m.

Leading Chicano Movement artist/muralist Mario Torero will be talking about some of his artworks collected by the Library of Congress. A hands-on drawing workshop will follow.

Mario Torero is an important figure in the San Diego California Barrio Logan group of artists active in the Chicano civil rights movement. From 1988 to 1993 he was the Commissioner of the City of San Diego Commission of Arts and Culture, and taught at several San Diego colleges and schools. He is a co-founder of several local cultural organizations, including the Centro Cultural de la Raza, and the Chicano Park Murals Outdoor Museum. Torero's work has been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, Peru, Germany, and Japan. Some of his major murals are in San Diego, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Prague. He has writen articles for the San Diego Union, the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, and USA Today.

Date & Time: Friday, May 3, 2019 / 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-240), Thomas Jefferson Building, 2nd floor 

Library of Congress / 10 First Street, SE, Washington, DC 20540.

Co-sponsored by the Hispanic and Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress / Please request ADA accommodations at least five days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

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Hispanic Resources: News & Events: TOMORROW -- Art Showcase and Workshop with Chicano Artist Mario Torero

Leading Chicano Movement artist/muralist Mario Torero will be talking about some of his artworks collected by the Library of Congress. A hands-on drawing workshop will follow.

Mario Torero is an important figure in the San Diego California Barrio Logan group of artists active in the Chicano civil rights movement. From 1988 to 1993 he was the Commissioner of the City of San Diego Commission of Arts and Culture, and taught at several San Diego colleges and schools. He is a co-founder of several local cultural organizations, including the Centro Cultural de la Raza, and the Chicano Park Murals Outdoor Museum. Torero's work has been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, Peru, Germany, and Japan. Some of his major murals are in San Diego, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Prague. He has writen articles for the San Diego Union, the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, and USA Today.

Date/Time: Friday, May 3, 2019 / 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Hispanic Reading Room (LJ-240), Thomas Jefferson Building, 2nd floor 

Library of Congress / 10 First Street, SE, Washington, DC 20540.

Co-sponsored by the Hispanic and Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress / Please request ADA accommodations at least five days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Click here for more information.

 




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Exploring the Dynamics of Zr-Based Metal-organic Frameworks Containing Mechanically Interlocked Molecular Shuttles

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