| Literacy Pavilion - UTPA Library Lobby |
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Storytelling, Poetry Readings, Storybook Characters, performances coordinated by Jane Goodman, UTPA Head Reference and Instructional Services Librarian
Texas Book Festival guest authors
Nuevas Voces: The Journal of Young Adult Literary Arts,
Student creative writing competition awards ceremony at 02:00 p.m. |
| Theatre Pavilion - UTPA Jeffers Theatre |
02:00 - 04:00 p.m.
08:00 p.m. |
Scenes from the movie The Red Queen
Skills Demonstrations: Fights, Accents, Costumes, Makeup
Theatrical monologue of "La Media" performed by Dr. Edna Ochoa & Edin Burgo's Poets' Café (MFA student work) directed by Tato Laviera and Emmy Perez, Jeffers Theater.
Theatrical Performance: Wait Until Dark, by Frederick Knott Performance at Studio II, CAS Building, 8:00pm.
Tickets are available through the University Theatre Box Office. |
| Art Pavilion - UTPA Student Union |
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UTPA Artists and Friends Art Corridor
Premiere of La Frontera photography publication
"New Technology in the Performing Arts" Pavilion UTPA Library Auditorium (also called "Media Theater")
"The Art of Light" Automated Lighting Events - Automated lighting, cyberspace and using the digital world in design and production |
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Showtimes: Every hour starting at 11:00 a.m. - Last show: 07:00 p.m. |
UTPA Planetarium and Journey through the Solar System
(guided group tour) Take a walk around the galaxy with this tour that showcases the planets representing our solar system using buildings in the UTPA Science Building courtyard. Groups scheduling a showing in the UTPA Planetarium will view the planetarium show and the take solar system courtyard tour. |
Music Pavilion - UTPA Fine Arts Auditorium
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| 09:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m. |
High School and Middle School Mariachi Competition with the world renowned Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, $5.00 Admission |
Lifestyles Pavilion - UTPA Quad (Tent)
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Exhibits and Presentations on "Cool Cities", the Edinburg Birding Center, Wellness, Local Gardens, and more With Sodexho Master Chef,
Vietnamese and Slovenian Language and Culture (Intro to Language Studies Class), coordinated and designed by Arlen Robinson |
| Student Union Theater: |
| 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. |
Spanish Symposium Fronteras del Siglo XXI: Activism in the Borderlands Cosechas Voices:
Empowering Migrant Students Through Voice; Film Screening "Cosecha Voices: Testimonio de mi vida como migrante," Student Readins and Panel Discussion with Tato Laviera, Silvia Solis, Jay Garcia, Stephanie Alvarez, Edna Ochoa, Jose Martinez and UTPA Students |
| 12:00 - 01:30 p.m. |
Juan Flores (Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University) and Tato Laviera (Nuyorican Poet) Keynote Speakers: Juan Flores (New York University), and Tato Laviera (Nuyorican Poet). |
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Keynote Speakers: Ana Celia Zentella (University of California, San Diego) |
| 04:00 p.m. |
Sandra Cisneros, Award winning author and poet best known for her novel The House on Mango Street. Much of her writing is influenced by her Mexican heritage. |
| 08:00 p.m. |
Theatrical Performance: Wait Until Dark, by Frederick Knott
Determined to find a heroin stuffed doll they believe is hidden in her apartment, three thugs descend on a recently blinded Greenwich Village housewife. As the trio formulates an elaborate scam to convince their victim to turn over the doll, murder and mayhem ensue, until the young woman levels the playing field by plunging her apartment into total darkness. The climax of Wait Until Dark is one of the most shocking moments in American theatre. CAS Studio II. |
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