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2022-23
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents Todos se van – 1 December, 6:30PM, Cornerstone 131 – Pizza provided
Todos se van (Everybody Leaves) tells the story of Nieve Guerra, an 8-year-old girl living in Cuba whose life is thrown into turmoil due to her parents’ battle over her custody. The decisions that Nieve must make regarding where and with whom to live not only reflect the social and political unrest of Cuba in the 1980s, but also demonstrate how hard it is to make the decision to cross into the unknown.
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents Cartas mojadas – 8 December, 6:30PM, Armstrong 300 Max Kade Theater – Pizza provided
Cartas mojadas (Drowning Letters) follows a rescue ship of the Spanish NGO Open Arms and a Libyan Coast Guard military ship to reveal all facets of migration from Libya to Europe in the present day. Roundtable discussion on African migration to Europe to follow.
The Crossings X Travesías Film Festival is sponsored by Spanish Film Club by Pragda, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. The CC Cultural Attractions Fund provides grants for traditional and nontraditional activities that enhance Colorado Springs' cultural richness, are community oriented, and are free to the public or offered at a modest price.
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Department Faculty Publications and Awards
Glenn Brooks Professorship for Innovation in Education
The professorship is awarded to an exemplary tenured faculty member whose approach to teaching best exemplifies and advances the core mission of Colorado College.
Congratulations to the next recipient:
Carrie Ruiz
Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World
#ThanksFor(Not)Typing Richard: Misogyny, "Himpathy" and La tesis de Nancy in the #MeToo Era
Diana Norton in Ámbitos feministas
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2022-2023
Block 1
Thursday, Sept. 8th 6:00-10:00PM on Worner Quad at the CC Mobile Arts truck
Orishas dance workshop with Yesenia Selier and live percussion with Miguelo Valdés
Spoken word poetry with CC students + hands-on art activity
Screening of “In the Heights” co-sponsored by Pragda and organized by Dr. Diana Norton
Friday, Sept. 9th at 5:30 at the Fine Arts Center Courtyard
Performance: Dance of Oshun by Yesenia Selier with live percussion by Miguelo Valdés
Check out the exhibition!
Yesenia Selier has been studying, teaching, and performing Afro-Cuban dance for over 25 years. With a warm and dynamic teaching style, she has led workshops in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, in dance studios, cultural centers, spiritual retreats, and university settings.
As a performer of traditional genres, her stage presence is thrilling, fiercely beautiful, and transmits loving authenticity. Her original performance work, on the other hand, discards the boundaries between folklore, theater, performer/spectator, identity, ritual, and embodied transformation. Her work on Afro-Cuban culture, encompassing dance, music, and racial identity, has been published in Cuba, the United States, Colombia, and Brazil.
Miguelo Valdés was born in the Havana province of Cuba, comes from a highly musical family, including a father who was one of the top percussionists of the esteemed Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba. Is a percussionist graduate from the Havana National School of Art Instructors (ENIA). In 2010, Valdés left México to come to the US where he now resides permanently.
The screening of In The Heights was made possible by the Spanish Film Club series, with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.
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Thursday, September 15, 6:30PM in Cornerstone 131
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents
Alice Júnior
Alice Júnior is a lighthearted rom-com that presents a deeply humanizing coming of age story of a trans girl in Brazil. It follows Alice, a teenaged influencer, during the year when her father accepts a new job and they must move from cosmopolitan, coastal Recife to the rural, conservative Amazon, and at a time when she aims to finally have her first kiss.
Food by from Taste of Brazil provided, with Q&A afterwards. This screening is co-sponsored by the Luso-Brazilian Club.
The Crossings X Travesías Film Festival is sponsored by Spanish Film Club by Pragda, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. The CC Cultural Attractions Fund provides grants for traditional and nontraditional activities that enhance Colorado Springs' cultural richness, are community oriented, and are free to the public or offered at a modest price.
Block 2
Thursday October 6th 6:30-10PM Cornerstone 131
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents
AMERIKANUAK
Amerikanuak is a documentary about Basque immigrants to the American West during the 20th century and how their experiences reshaped the region.
Pizza provided, with a discussion on migration and the American West to follow.
The Crossings X Travesías Film Festival is sponsored by Spanish Film Club by Pragda, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. The CC Cultural Attractions Fund provides grants for traditional and nontraditional activities that enhance Colorado Springs' cultural richness, are community oriented, and are free to the public or offered at a modest price.
Block 2
Friday October 14 - Sunday October 16 Cornerstone Arts Center
Thursday, October 13 6:30-10PM Kathryn Mohrman Theater
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents
Miriam miente (Miriam Lies)
Miriam miente is a coming-of age- tale set around a Dominican quinceañera. It shows how fraught the internet can make puberty, especially when combined with pre-existing social and racial values. As Miriam traverses the terrain of young adulthood, she finds herself held hostage by the lies that she invented to ease her transition to maturity.
Pizza provided, with a discussion with director Natalia Cabral to follow.
The Crossings X Travesías Film Festival is sponsored by Spanish Film Club by Pragda, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. The CC Cultural Attractions Fund provides grants for traditional and nontraditional activities that enhance Colorado Springs' cultural richness, are community oriented, and are free to the public or offered at a modest price.
Block 3
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents Extraterrestres – 3 November, 6:30PM, Cornerstone 131
Extraterrestres tells the homecoming of a Puerto Rican lesbian astrophysicist just before she marries her girlfriend, and the crisis that ensues because of the explosion of various familial secrets. It puts a new twist on themes of women in science and the clash between culture and identity and is a painful reminder of how difficult it can be to break the expectations that our loved ones hold for us and step into the lives we desire for ourselves.
Pizza provided, with a discussion on gender, identity and STEM to follow.
The Crossings X Travesías Film Festival is sponsored by Spanish Film Club by Pragda, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. The CC Cultural Attractions Fund provides grants for traditional and nontraditional activities that enhance Colorado Springs' cultural richness, are community oriented, and are free to the public or offered at a modest price.
“CROSSINGS X TRAVESÍAS” FILM FESTIVAL presents El viaje de Monalisa (The Journey of Monalisa) – 10 November, 6:30PM, Max Kade Theater
El viaje de Monalisa is a documentary film that portrays the life of Iván Monalisa and their experience as a two-spirit individual living in Chile and New York. Monalisa’s journey towards acceptance of themselves shows how complex gender crossings can be. For Monalisa, living in the middle –not crossing – characterizes their story.
Pizza provided, with a discussion with director Nicole Costa to follow.
The Crossings X Travesías Film Festival is sponsored by Spanish Film Club by Pragda, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College. The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts and culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. The CC Cultural Attractions Fund provides grants for traditional and nontraditional activities that enhance Colorado Springs' cultural richness, are community oriented, and are free to the public or offered at a modest price.
Block 4
2021-2022
Block 5
Thursday, February 10th, 2022, 3:00 pm “Musuq Illa: Expressions of Movement, Meditation, and Freedom in Contemporary Quechua Poetry” A lecture by Professor Alison Krögel (University of Denver) Cornerstone Screening Room
Thursday, February 10th, 2022, Dr. David Castillo, Professor at SUNY Buffalo, “Humanities to the Rescue! Cervantine Lessons to Survive the Disinformation Age”: Watch Recording Here
Block 6
March 3 @ 2pm - Max Kade Theater - Documentary Tambores de Agua (2009) and talk with dancer and researcher Tatiana Gómez
March 10
March 14
Block 7
Where: Cossit Gym, When: April 1 6:30-8:30PM Introduction to Mambo; April 2 10:00-12:00 Partner Work, 1:00-3:00 Emphasis on Afro-inspired Mambo, Who: Lawrence Garcia is a nationally recognized instructor based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is trained extensively in Salsa, Mambo, Afro-Cuban, and Rumba and has taught classes locally for over 10 years. Lawrence also is one of the organizers for the Phoenix Salsa Bachata Congress, a planner for local Latin events, and deejays for several Latin nights across the valley.