Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Zorro as a "Southwestern": The Ambivalent Latinx Superhero at Midcentury (April 5, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82620 82620-21147746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 5, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

In this presentation, Anthony Mora, Associate Professor of History and Interim Director of Latina/o Studies, will consider the decisions that Disney producers made during the production of the widely popular 1950s television show Zorro. As had been the case with the iconic character since his creation in 1919, setting the action in Southern California inevitably raised questions about prevailing racial assumptions and the meaning of the United States' Mexican past. Widely popular among children, Zorro concealed more secrets than just his identity.

Register here: tinyurl.com/ZorroLatinxSuperhero

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:17:44 -0500 2021-04-05T15:00:00-04:00 2021-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Latina/o Studies Lecture / Discussion Zorro as a "Southwestern": The Ambivalent Latinx Superhero at Midcentury
Latinx Heritage Month 2021: Opening Ceremony (September 15, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86384 86384-21633906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Latinx Heritage Month 2021 is just around the corner! Join us on Wednesday, September 15th at 6 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM) for the Opening Ceremony! We are excited to kick off our month-long celebration and look forward to you joining us! The event will include a keynote and logo reveal. Register here: https://myumi.ch/1p3Xo

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Ceremony / Service Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:46:57 -0400 2021-09-15T18:00:00-04:00 2021-09-15T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Ceremony / Service Green border with cream center. Flowers and leaves entering image from four corners. In dark green font, from top-to-bottom: Florecemos de nuestras raices symbol; “Florecemos de Nuestras Raices”; “We Bloom from our Roots”; LATINX HERITAGE MONTH; OPENING CEREMONY; Wednesday, September 15th; 6PM-8PM; DOORS OPEN 5:30PM; 530 S STATE ST, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109; THE UNION ROGEL BALLROOM
SHPEtinas Platicando con Paletas (September 29, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87570 87570-21644189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Join us and our great speaker, Diana Iracheta, as we bring light to the student, professional, and industry experiences of Latinas at Michigan Engineering. We aim to find a sense of community in a male-dominated industry and highlight the resources that Michigan has to offer. As a social event, we want to share ice cream (paletas) and experiences with our community. Register here: https://myumi.ch/E3Oxv

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:58:13 -0400 2021-09-29T18:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T19:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Lecture / Discussion SHPEtinas logo above the event name and description, two paletas, as well as SHPE and MESA's logos.
Latinx Heritage Month 2021: Closing Ceremony (October 8, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87722 87722-21645202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

We invite you to join us at the Closing Ceremony, as we unite around this year’s theme, share our narratives, and begin closing out our month-long celebration! The Closing Ceremony will kick off with a keynote from Norman Antonio Zelaya. Our keynote will be followed up with a wonderful lineup of U of M community member performances, music, food, and more! Registration is now open! https://myumi.ch/PlMDj

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Performance Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:53:58 -0400 2021-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 2021-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Performance Closing Ceremony flyer. Flowers and leaves entering image from top corners. In dark green font, from top-to-bottom: Florecemos de nuestras raices symbol; “Florecemos de Nuestras Raices”; “We Bloom from our Roots”; LATINX HERITAGE MONTH; CLOSING CEREMONY; Friday, October 8th; 6-8 PM; 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Michigan League Ballroom
Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind: From sharp shooters to earthmovers, roaming dogs, helicopters in the sky, quarantines and men that fly (November 3, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87560 87560-21644076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Latina/o Studies welcomes you for a conversation with Virginia Grise where she will discuss the developmental process of adapting Helena María Viramontes' novel Their Dogs Came with Them for the stage, a story about the destruction and displacement of a Mexican American community when six intersecting freeways are built right through the heart of the neighborhood. In 2018, Grise adapted and staged Their Dogs Came with Them at a medium security women’s prison in Goodyear, Arizona with a team of collaborators from both inside and outside the prison. Six months later, the play was staged site-specifically under the I-19 Freeway in Tucson, Arizona with a community cast of scholars, organizers and actors.

Virginia Grise is a recipient of the Yale Drama Award, Whiting Writers' Award, the Princess Grace Award in Theatre Directing, and the Playwrights’ Center’s Jerome Fellowship. Her published work includes Your Healing is Killing Me (Plays Inverse Press), blu (Yale University Press), The Panza Monologues co-written with Irma Mayorga (University of Texas Press) and an edited volume of Zapatista communiqués titled Conversations with Don Durito (Autonomedia Press).

In addition to plays, she has created a body of work that is interdisciplinary and includes multimedia performance, dance theater, performance installations, guerilla theater, site specific interventions, and community gatherings. Virginia has taught writing for performance at the university level, as a public school teacher, in community centers, women’s prisons, and in the juvenile correction system. She holds an MFA in Writing for Performance from the California Institute of the Arts and is the Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Cara Mía Theatre in Dallas, Texas and a Matakyev Research Fellow at the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands at Arizona State University.

November 3rd, 2021
6:00pm - 7:30pm
3512 Haven Hall

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Presentation Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:14:37 -0400 2021-11-03T18:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Presentation Virginia Grise