March 16, 2024 10:00 AM
Visit the Latin American Resource Center at Family Day at the New Orleans Book Festival! We will be featuring award-winning bilingual YA and children’s books and hosting a book raffle! Family Day includes a diverse selection of local and national authors who will do live readings and sign books throughout the day. Children will find something that appeals to all reading levels, backgrounds, and reading interests.
March 15, 2024 2:00 PM
A panorama of 19th century and 20th century connections between Latin America and New Orleans through two major figures that lived in the city: Benito Juárez, future president of Mexico (Yuri Herrera published a book in 2022 about the time Juárez spent in the Crescent City) and George Febres, founder of the Jules Lafourge Art Gallery in the French Quarter in the 1980s and a staple of the New Orleans art scene in the 70s, 80s and 90s (Gabriela Aleman is writing a novel about him after extensive research in the Historic New Orleans Collection).
Event will be held in Spanish.
April 18, 2024 6:30 PM
Join us for a reading, interview, and talk-back with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of BookTok sensation Mexican Gothic! Moreno-Garcia joins a list of distinguished authors—including Elizabeth Acevedo, Sandra Cisneros, and Kali-Fajardo Anstine—hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Newcomb Institute.
May 01, 2024 12:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!
April 26, 2024 3:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.
Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408
April 24, 2024 12:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!
April 19, 2024 5:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.
Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408
April 17, 2024 12:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!
April 12, 2024 1:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.
Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408
April 10, 2024 12:00 PM
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!
