(PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2004) - In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Phoenix College Foreign Languages Department will join forces with student organizations like Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Atzlán (M.E.Ch.A.) and Asociacion Latina Estudiantil (A.L.E.) to offer the following events.

Oct. 15, 2004 - Free Admission
American Latino Redux: The Therapy Sessions (presented by Phoenix Colores Actors-Writers Workshop)
7 p.m.
Bulpitt Auditorium
(602) 285-7845

American Latino Redux: The Therapy Sessions is a satirical look at the state of "multi-Latinoism" in America. The play lampoons everything from '60s Chicano militants and their search for Aztlan to the search in suburbia for mainstream acceptance. The show's odd cast of characters includes a poetry-slam virtuoso, "El Marrano," Speedy Gonzalez and the ghost of Cesar Chavez. Written and directed by James E. Garcia. The play is sponsored by Phoenix College and Valley Hispanic Bomberos.

(Photo: Marcos Najera, center, and the cast of American Latino Redux: The Therapy Sessions. Other actors clockwise from left, Valeria Fernandez, Marcelino Quinonez, Luke Harm, Mark Figueroa, and James Garcia -the playwright.)

Nov. 4, 2004 - Free Admission
Mexican American Lecture - Curanderismo and Folk Saints in the Borderlands -Dr. Jorge Eager
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
C-102
(602) 285-7845

The presentation will focus on Curanderismo: the systematic treatment of disease practiced traditionally among common people, which stresses the use of herbs, natural substances, rituals and prayer. Dr. Eager will also cover the various kinds of lay-healers, medicinal herbs and remedies, psycho-spiritual maladies and folk saints of the borderlands who are considered great curanderos (healers). The three folk saints that will be highlighted are: Teresita Urrea, Don Pedrito Jaramillo, and El Niño Fidencio.

All events are free and the public is welcome.

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