A One-Day Festival of Wordsmiths & Musicians! 

New Orleans has a growing number of African and Latin American Wordsmiths crafting some of the most engaging verse that addresses social justice concerns, and this one-day festival celebrates these brilliant ​Poets of Color in the Crescent City. This year, the festival celebrates Honduran Women Poets, featuring Edith Romero & Jennifer Pagan. The event will also host Honduran Garifuna poet and singer Rudy Mills.

Jaleo Flamenco invites you to the inaugural Feria Sevillana de Nueva Orleans, a springtime flamenco fiesta inspired by the tradition of the "Feria de Abril" of Seville, Spain.

Join us in the beautiful courtyard of Casa Borrega to celebrate the arrival of Spring with flamenco dance, music, food, and fashion!

Events include:

How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina? What cultural, economic, and political processes made the U.S. currency dominant on certain domestic markets? How did the dollar-peso exchange rate become an everyday part of life, something nearly everyone follows? In other words, how precisely did this global currency become a local currency on the other end of the Americas?

Latin American cities like São Paulo and Mexico City have seen tremendous improvements in public safety in the last decade. But, as crime rates have gone down, clashes over who is responsible for these rare accomplishments have emerged. The reason is that states provide security in these cities. Yet mayors have used their minimal or imaginary responsibilities in public safety to claim credit for improving public safety. What do citizens know about security provision in cities such as these?

Join A Studio in The Woods to meet and learn more about Rising Residents Omar Mendoza. He will give a short presentation on her work followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Thursday, April 4th, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. Registration is required, click here to register.

The Tequila region of Jalisco, Mexico followed a unique trajectory of cultural development that challenges traditional models of social complexity. For many decades, it was forced into unsuitable categories, inadequate for explaining the richness and diverse material culture manifested in the archaeological record. Advances in anthropological theory and fieldwork research in the area have enhanced our understanding of the nature of political organization through time.

The Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO) will be hosting a movie night. They will show Favela Frontlines, a Brazilian film chronicling the police and drug trafficking within the country. The movie will be followed by a Q&A session headed by Ph.D. Candidate Ana Carolina de Paula Silva.