California State University, Los Angeles October 10-11, 2009 10:00 am-6:00 pm

Latino Book and Family Festival

Greenlee Plaza

Admission Free and Open to the Public

All sessions in Salazar Hall E-184, Salazar Hall 236,

Salazar Hall 368, Kid’s Stage and Main Stage

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2009

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE MAIN STAGE

10:30-11:30 am

History Past and Present in the U.S. Latino Novel

Moderator: Rigoberto González ˖Montserrat Fontes ˖Reyna Grande ˖Ignacio López-Calvo ˖Eduardo Santiago

10:30-11:30 am

Latino Poetry in K-12 classrooms

˖María Meléndez ˖Marisela Norte

10:30-11:30 am

Self Help: Cómo Alcanzar el éxito

Moderador: Alfonso Silva

˖Enrique Villanueva ˖Moisés Olivares

10:30-11:00

Story time with Mara Price

11:00am-11:30am

Story time with Ligiah Villalobos

10:00-11:00 am

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

11:00-11:30

Hombre Nuevo: Radio Guadalupe

Fr. Mariano de Blas LC

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE MAIN STAGE

11:30 -12:30 pm

Writing for the Big Screen

Moderator: Valerie Talavera-Bustillos, CSULA ˖Josefina López ˖Ligiah Villalobos ˖Evelina Fernández

11:30-12:30 pm

Latinos In Lotusland

Moderator: Daniel Olivas

˖Melinda Palacio ˖Conrad Romo ˖Rigoberto González ˖Estella González

11:30-12:30 pm

Cuentos, Rimas, y Canciones Pa’ Todos

Oralia Garza de Cortés

11:30am-12:00pm

NONE

12:00pm-12:30pm

NONE

11:30-12:00 pm

Sing 2 Learn

12:00-12:30 pm

TONGVA, a play by ALEJANDRA Flores

12:30-1:30 pm

Editor/Agent’s Panel: What’s Hot in Publishing

Moderator: Lisbeth Espinosa, CSULA

˖Toni Plummer of St. Martin’s Press ˖Adriana Domínguez of Full Circle Literary ˖María Meléndez

12:30-1:30 pm

Chicana Historical Fiction

Moderator: Amelia Montes

˖Alicia Gaspar de Alba ˖Emma Pérez ˖Graciela Limón

12:30-1:30 pm

Las ventajas de criar a hijos bilingües

˖Delila Vásquez

12:30 pm-1:00pm

Story time with Linda Cortez

1:00-1:20pm

Story time with Pat Mora

12:30-1:30

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

1:30-2:30 pm

A conversation with Pat Mora

Moderator: Adriana Domínguez

1:30-2:30 pm

Family Stories Through Fiction and Autobiography

Moderator: Aaron Sonnenschein, CSULA

˖Montserrat Fontes ˖Rigoberto González ˖Sara Rafael García ˖Patricia Santana

1:30-2:30 pm

Students from The School of Global Studies:

A Bilingual reading of Behind Every Beautiful Eye

1:30pm-2:00pm

PUC/Excel Charter Academy: Music Concert

2:00-2:30 pm

Teens: Story time with Gil Sperry

1:30-2:00pm

Herman Rodríguez, singer

2:00-2:30 pm

Boy Scout’s 100th Anniversary Tribute

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE MAIN STAGE

2:30-3:30 pm

Border Stories: Writing About the Immigrant Experience

Moderator: Domnita Dumitrescu, CSULA ˖Alicia Alarcón ˖Reyna Grande ˖Graciela Limón ˖Rubén Martínez

2:30-3:30 pm

Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery

Moderator: Pablo Baler, CSULA

˖Alicia Gaspar de Alba ˖L.M. Quinn ˖S. Ramos O’Briant ˖Lucha Corpi

2:30-3:30 pm

Taller para padres: La importancia de los libros en el hogar

Presentado por: Bring Me a Book Foundation

2:30-3:00pm

Storytime with Oralia Garza de Cortés

3:00-3:30pm

KCET

2:30-3:00

CONT’D Boy Scouts 3:00-3:30 pm

Poetry Jam

˖Melinda Palacio ˖María Meléndez ˖Rolando Ortiz

3:30-4:30 pm

Chicas, Chicanas & Latinas: A Panel of Contemporary Female Authors

Moderator: Mary Castillo

˖Julia Amante ˖Margo Candela ˖Irete Lazo ˖Josefina López

3:30-4:30 pm

Mariachi 101

˖Gil Sperry

Signing: Booth 107

3:30-4:30 pm

Cómo enfrentar el comportamiento negativo de nuestros hijos: Estrategias de prevención e intervención:

Parte 1

Lucio Padilla

3:30pm-4:00pm

Story time with René Colato Laínez

4:00pm-4:30pm

Story time with Lucha Corpi

3:30-4:30

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE MAIN STAGE

4:30-5:45 pm

LATINO LA: The City of Angels through Poetry, Journalism and Fiction

Moderator: Daniel Olivas

˖Gustavo Arellano ˖Julio Martínez ˖Rubén Martínez ˖Marisela Norte ˖Héctor Tobar

4:30-5:30 pm

A LIFETIME OF LOVE: Inner and Outer Beauty and Happiness for Latinos

FELICIDAD Y BELLEZA PARA LATINOS

˖Dr. Avila ˖Dr. Kapoor

Bilingual Session

4:30-5:30 pm.

Cómo enfrentar el comportamiento negativo de nuestros hijos: Estrategias de prevención e intervención:

Parte 2

Lucio Padilla

4:30-5:00 pm

Aztec Stories by Michael Heralda

4:30-5:00 pm

Hombre Nuevo: Radio Guadalupe

Grover Bravo

5:00-6:00pm

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

Sunday, October 11, 2009

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE

MAIN STAGE

10:30-11:30 am

Barrio Stories: Inspiring Tales of Survival

Moderator: Louis R. Negrete, CSULA

˖Luis J. Rodríguez ˖David Bueno-Hill ˖Rolando Ortíz ˖Danny Boy

10:30-11:30 am

European Journals Specializing in Chicano/Latino Literature: Camino Real (Spain)

˖María Herrera-Sobek, UCSB

˖Francisco Lomelí, UCSB

10:30-11:30 am

Oaxaqueños haciendo cambios sociales aquí (USA) y allá (México).

Presentado por: Gabriel Martínez

10:30-11:00am

TBA

11:00am

Story time with Mara Price

11:15am

Storytime with Laura Lacamara

10:00-11:00 am

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

11:00-11:30 am

Hombre Nuevo: Radio Guadalupe

Fr. Mariano de Blas LC

11:30-12:30 pm

Helena María Viramontes: Creative Writing Workshop on the Novel

Moderator: María Herrera-Sobek, UCSB

11:30-12:30 pm

Family Secrets: What Do You Do When Secrets Hurt Your Family?

Dr. Ana Nogales

11:30-12:30 pm

Escribiendo Nuestras Memorias:

Moderator: Eliud Martínez

˖Danny Boy Herrera ˖José Gálvez ˖Pablo Chapoy ˖Lucio Padilla

11:30-12:00pm

Story time with Lucha Corpi

12:00-12:30pm

Story time with René Colato Laínez

11:30-12:30pm Poetry Jam:

IN LAK ECH

Mujeres Con Palabras

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE

MAIN STAGE

12:30-1:30 pm

Chicano/Latino Thought and Art

Moderator: Isabel Rojas-Williams, CSULA

˖Francisco Letelier ˖Eliud Martínez ˖Luis J. Rodríguez

12:30-1:30 pm

The Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing

Moderator: David Bueno-Hill

˖Danny Boy Herrera ˖Jim Márquez ˖Gabriel Martínez ˖Gloria De La Torre-Wycoff

12:30-1:30 pm

Cómo enfrentar el comportamiento negativo de nuestros hijos: Estrategias de prevención e intervención: Parte 1

Lucio Padilla

12:30-1:00pm

TBA

1:00-1:30pm

TBA

12:30-1:30 pm.

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

1:30-2:30 pm

Screening of Thinking Grande: Creating California’s Mexican Wonderland

Followed by a discussion by filmmaker Kevin Bender

1:30-2:30 pm

New Directions in the Latino/a Novel

Moderator: Linda Greenberg, CSULA

˖Helena María Viramontes ˖María Amparo Escandón ˖Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa ˖Michael Jaime Becerra

1:30-2:30 pm

Cómo enfrentar el comportamiento negativo de nuestros hijos: Estrategias de prevención e intervención: Parte 2

Lucio Padilla

1:30-2:00 pm

Story time with Kathleen Contreras

2:00-2:30pm

NONE

1:30-2:00pm

Génesis Codina, singer

2:00-2:30

TONGVA ALEJANDRA FLORES PLAY

SALAZAR HALL E-184

SALAZAR HALL 236

SALAZAR HALL 368 SPANISH

KID’S STAGE

MAIN STAGE

2:30-3:30 pm

A Conversation with Víctor Villaseñor

Moderator: Carlos Gutiérrez, CSULA

2:30-3:30 pm

Illustrating Books & Magazines

Moderator: Michelle Hawley, CSULA

˖Mara Price ˖Laura Lacamara ˖Sharon Kroner

2:30-3:30pm

La Espiritualidad y Metafísica: Moderadora: Aurora Ferrer

˖Alejandro Martínez ˖Emy ˖Alberto Marmayan

2:30-3:00 pm

Story time with Amada Irma Pérez

3:00-3:30 pm

Storytime with Linda Cortez

2:30-3:30 pm

HOMEBOY REVIEW

Readings featuring Luis J. Rodríguez and the Homeboy Poets

3:30-4:30 pm

Cinema of the U.S.-Mexico Border: Alambrista! and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, by Robert Young (Director).

Moderator: Roberto Cantú, CSULA

3:30-4:30 pm

Writing Children’s Books

Moderator: Oralia Garza Cortés

˖René Colato Laínez ˖Amada Irma Pérez ˖Linda Cortez ˖Kathleen Contreras ˖Lucha Corpi

3:30-4:30 pm

Taller para padres: La importancia de los libros en el hogar

Bring Me a Book Foundation

3:30-4:00 pm

El Crí Crí, a musical play

4:00-4:30pm

TBA

3:30-4:00 pm

Hombre Nuevo: Radio Guadalupe

Grover Bravo

4:30-5:45 pm

The Positive Effects Of Mariachi On The Education Of Hispanic Youth

Moderator: Gil Sperry ˖Génesis Codina ˖José Hernández ˖"Beto" Jiménez Maeda ˖Jeff Nevin ˖Hermán Rodríguez, ˖Lauryn Salazar ˖Cindy Shea ˖Laura Sobrino ˖ John Contreras ˖Sergio ‘Checo’ Alonso

4:30-5:30 pm

Editors & Agents

Moderator: Alejandro Solomianski, CSULA

˖Toni Plummer of St. Martin’s Press ˖Adriana Domínguez of Full Circle Literary

4:30-5:30 pm

Las ventajas de criar a hijos bilingües

Delila Vásquez

4:30-5:00pm

TBA

4:30--5:15 pm

KCET

5:15-6:00pm

FOLKLORICO CHALLENGE USA

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