[CW-Grad] Fwd: Latino Book & Family Festival: Program sneak-peek

[Robin Russin]

Check it out--



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From: Susan Straight <susan.straight at ucr.edu>
Date: July 8, 2010 11:35:30 PM PDT
To: rrussin at ucr.edu
Subject: Fwd: Latino Book & Family Festival: Program sneak-peek

Robin,
Can you forward?  So nice to see Eliud, Juan Felipe and Alex E in the lineup!
Susan

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> From: Reyna Grande <jim at lbff.us>
> Date: July 7, 2010 12:35:28 PM PDT
> To: susans at ucr.edu
> Subject: Latino Book & Family Festival: Program sneak-peek
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> Issue #3 	July 2010
> Greetings! 
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> Exciting things are happening at the Latino Book & Family Festival. Our program schedule is about to be finalized. Take a look at our sneak preview of some of our wonderful panels/presentations in the works. Don't forget to reserve your tickets to our buffet dinner "An Evening With the Authors", where you can wine and dine with your favorite authors. But if you can't wait to meet them, join us at our wine-and-cheese fundraiser event on August 7th for an evening of author readings, music, art, and much more!
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> Sincerely,
> LBFF Committee 2010
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> LBFF-Los Angeles Committee 2010
>  ~Jim Sullivan, Executive Director
> ~ Kirk Whisler, Secretary
> ~ Reyna Grande, Program Coordinator
> ~Dr. Roberto Cantu, Program Coordinator & CSULA Liaison
> ~Delila Vasquez, Children's Area Coordinator
> ~Dr. Lilia Sarmiento, Community Outreach
> ~Corina Chaudry, Treasurer
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> Support Team: Patricia Alarcón, Jenny Hicks, Lia D. Kamhi-Stein, Isabel Martínez, Teresa Metcalf-Yzaguirre, Mauricio Montoya, Velia Murillo, Juan Carlos Parrilla, Montserrat Fontes, Melinda Palacio
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> Cal State L.A. Sponsors:
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>  Charter College of Education, College of Arts and Letters, College of Business and Economics, College of Natural and Social Sciences, Gigi Gaucher-Morales Memorial Lecture Series, Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, Office of Community Engagement, American Communities Program, Department of Chicano Studies, Department of Child and Family Studies, Department of English, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Statement Magazine Student Association.
> Our Sponsors
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> SAVE THE DATE!
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>  "An Evening of Art, Music, Dance & Literature"
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>  Wine-and-Cheese 
> Tequila Tasting
> Silent Auction
> Author readings
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>  This Fundraiser/
>  mixer will benefit the Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival
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> August 07, 2010 
> 4:00pm-8:00pm
> $20 and $30 couples
> Pan American Bank 
> 3626 East First Street Los Angeles, CA 90063
> RSVP: 323 314-1330
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> Sponsored by
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> Authors' Corner: News & Events
>  Luis J. Rodriguez will be traveling to England for two weeks from June 30 until July 14, 2010.  He will speak in Manchester, London, and Devon, including universities, community centers, writer's groups, and juvenile detention facilities to address gang youth and gang intervention workers.
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> Book,Discussion & Signing:
> Hope In Times of Darkness: A Salvadoran American Experience by Randy Jurado Ertll
> Wednesday, July 07, 6:00 PM
>  Western Justice Center Foundation
> 55 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105
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> Click here  to read a special interview with author Mike Padilla about his debut novel, The Girls from the Revolutionary Cantina
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> Please join author Reyna Grande for a Book Reading & Signing of her work at:
> Corona Public Library
> 650 S. Main St. Corona CA 90882  July 24 @ 2:00pm
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> Please join author Amy Costales for a reading & signing of her children's books at:
>  Junction City Public Library Junction City, Oregon July 21 @  12:30
> Don't Miss It!
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> SOL-PRO Mega Networking Event!
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> Thursday, August 4th @ Staples Center
>  An Evening with the Authors
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> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TICKET ORDER FORM. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
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> Sponsored in part by PEN Center USA-West
>  PANELS & SESSIONS
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> 36 Panels are planned throughout the weekend of October 9th and 10th. Here is a sneak preview of some of the panels! Stay tuned for the final schedule in the coming months.
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> How to Stay Alive in a Dying  Industry 
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> Presenter: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
> Sunday, October 10th 
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> Tales of T.V., Tupperware, and la otra Frida 
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> Presenter: Michele Serros 
> Saturday, October 9th 
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> Mixing it UP: Writers Who Write in Multiple Genres
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> Presenters: Luis J. Rodriguez, Michele Serros, Melinda Palacio, Daniel Olivas
> Saturday October 9th
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> Fade In: Latinos in Tinseltown
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> Presenters: Manny Pacheco, Ligiah Villalobos, Nely Galan, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Marilyn Atlas
> Saturday, October 9th 
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> In Focus: The Immigrant Experience in Literature
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> Presenters: Sonia Nazario, David Corbett, Sam Quinones, Juan Felipe Herrera
> Saturday, October 9th
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> Diáspora and Exile: Writers from Latin America
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> Presenters: Carolina Rivera, Randy Jurado Ertll, Kathleen de Azevedo, Roger Lindo, Roberto Leni Olivares
> Sunday, October 10th 
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> The Children's Hour: Writing & Publishing Book for Kids
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> Presenters: Amada Irma Perez, Amy Costales, Laura Lacámara, Rene Colato Lainez, Mara Price
>  Saturday, October 9th
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> It's Nothing Personal: Agents & Editors Tell it Like it is 
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> Presenters: Irene Vilar, Johanna Castillo, Betsy Amster, Stefanie Von Borstel
> Saturday, October 09th 
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> Beginning, Middle, and End: The Art of the Short Story
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> Presenters: Stephen D. Gutiérrez, Thelma Reyna, Stella Pope Duarte, Alex Espinoza
> Sunday, October 10th
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> The Chicano Novel: Beyond the Barrio
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> Presenters: Eliud Martínez, Mike Padilla, Manuel Ramos, Julio Martínez, Victor Cass, Daniel Cano
> Sunday, October 10th
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> SELF HELP: 7 Powers all Latinos Have Upon Which to Build an Empire
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> Presenter: Susan Orosco
> Sunday, October 10th
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> Dancing Across Borders: The Art & Culture of Folklorico Dance
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> Presenters: Olga-Nájera Ramírez, Rudy F. García, Martha González, Russell Rodríguez 
> Saturday, October 9th
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>  La Malinche, La Llorona, and La Virgen de Guadalupe:  Exploring Feminine Archetypes in Chicano History
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>  FESTIVAL AUTHORS/PRESENTERS FROM A to Z 
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> Aurora Anaya-Cerda
> Lalo Alcaraz
> Lisa Alvarez
> Kathleen de Azevedo
> Julia Amante
> Dr. Avila & Dr, Diamond
> Betsy Amster
> Marilyn Atlas
>  Gustavo Arellano
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> Luna Calderon
> Margo Candela
> Daniel Cano
> Kathy Cano-Murillo
> Johanna Castillo
> Susana Chavez-Silverman
> Daniel Chacon
>  Zulmara Cline
> Rene Colato Lainez
>  Amy Costales
> Linda Cortez
>  David Corbett
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> Anjanette Delgado
> Donna Del Oro
> Manuel Delgado
> Tatiana de la Tierra
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> Randy Jurado Ertll
> Alex Espinosa 
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> Aurelia Flores
>  Montserrat Fontes
> Carribean Fragoza
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> Nely Galan
> Rudy F. Garcia
> Sarah Rafael Garcia
> Vanessa Libertad Garcia
> Estella Gonzalez
> Martha Gonzalez
> Raul Gonzalez
> Reyna Grande
> Javier Grillo-Marxuach
> Stephen Gutierrez
> Myriam Gurba
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> Tim Z. Hernandez
>  Javier Hernandez
>  Danny Boy Herrera
> Juan Felipe Herrera
> Michelle Herrera Mulligan 
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> Yuri Morales Lara
> Laura Lacamara
>  Roberto Emilio Leni Olivares
> Francisco Leterier
> Roger Lindo
> Josefina Lopez
> Sandra Lopez
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> Eliud Martinez
> Gabriel Martinez
> Jamie Martinez Wood
> Julio Martinez
>  Juan Martinez
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> Rafael Navarro
>  Sonia Nazario
> Vertis Nephew
> Ana Nogales
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> Daniel Olivas
> Jose Luis Orozco
> Rolando Ortiz
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> Manny Pacheco
>  Lucio Padilla
> Mike Padilla 
> Melinda Palacio
> Alicia Partnoy
>  Amada Irma Perez
> Stella Pope Duarte
> Mara Price
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> Chuy Ramirez
> Manuel Ramos
> Thelma Reyna
>  Carolina Rivera
> Ed Rodriguez
> Luis J. Rodriguez
> Russell Rodriguez
> Isabel Rojas-Williams
>  Anabell Romero
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> Patricia Santana
> Alicia Anabel Santos
> Michele Serros
> J F Seary
> Juan Solis
> Gil Sperry
> Frank Suarez
> Griselda Suarez
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> Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
> Philip Victor
> Irene Vilar
> Ligiah Villalobos
> Stefanie Von Borstel 
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>  Call to Exhibitors 
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> Applications are now being accepted to exhibit at the 2010 Latino Book & Family Festival. Click here to look at the festival map.
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>  Call 760 434 4484 to reserve your booth today!
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> About Us
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> Edward James Olmos, actor and community activist, is the Co-Producer of the Latino Book & Family Festival, a weekend event that promotes literacy, culture and education in a fun environment for the whole family. Launched in 1997 in Los Angeles and organized by the non-profit organization Latino Literacy Now, the LBFF has provided people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to celebrate the beauty and diversity of the multicultural communities of the United States.  
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Robin Russin

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