In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, NCC is honoring their Hispanic alumni. Enjoy entremeses típicos - d'oeuvres, wine and soda. Reservations must be made by November 1 to the Alumini Office at 610-861-5088. This event will take place in Alumni Hall 130 C & D. It is sponsored by the Hispanic Alumni Association and the NCC Hispanic Caucus.

The YCP Players' production of this comedy-drama by Jules Tasca, adapted from Latin American Tales, includes five short plays that explore Latin American mythology for all ages and cultures. The performances will take place each evening at 8 PM in DeMeester Theater. For more information contact the Music, Art, and Communications Department of York College (717-815-1354).

The conference theme this year will be Empowering Ourselves Through Unification. Last year there were over 250 attendees from 13 universities. The cost of registration is $30. For additional information send an email message to swillia2@bloomu.edu or call 570-389-4510.

Four Days in September (Sunday, March 11), El Mariachi (Tuesday, March 13), Like Water for Chocolate (Thursday, March 15). Each film will be shown at 7:30 PM in DeMeester Theater. Before the film on March 11, a York College faculty member will offer remarks introducing the film series, explaining the content of the films and their relevance to the Latin American culture. For more information contact the Music, Art, and Communications Department of York College (717-815-1354).

Roberta Fernández, who teaches Romance Languages and Literatures and Women Studies at the University of Georgia, is a three-time Lila Wallace Resident at the MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire. Her book, Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories, about the transmission of women's cultural expressions on the Texas/Mexican borderlands, was selected by Multicultural Publishers Exchange as Best Fiction for 1991.

As an arts advocate, Dr. Fernández was assistant to the director at The Mexican Museum in San Francisco, directed a bilingual arts program in the Oakland schools, and founded Prisma: A Multicultural, Multilingual Women's Literary Review at Mills College. An editor for Arte Público Press from 1990 to 1994.

A fifth-generation tejana from Laredo, Texas, she received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Texas, Austin, and a doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Fernández will speak in the Lehr Room, Bolger Conference Center, Gordiniew Hall.

The Moravian Music Institute will present a special performance for school groups entitled &!excl;Sofrito! Written and performed by Dr. David González, ¡Sofrito! is a recipe for fun that combines masterful storytelling and the hot sounds of The Latin Legends Band. ¡Sofrito! incorporates stories from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, México, and the Bronx. The Latin Legends Band spices up the stories with wonderful songs, chants, and music. There is a lot of audience participation in the songs and dances so that the entire audience can join in the fun. Monolingual people will leave singing new works in Spanish!

Tickets for this music and theater experience are $3 for students and $5 for teachers/adults (chaperones) who may be travelling with their group. Seating is limited. The deadline for ordering tickets is February 1st. The performance will take place in Foy Concert Hall on the South Campus (Main and Church Streets) of Moravian College in Bethlehem. For more information, call the music department office at 610-861-1650, Monday-Friday between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM.

Mr. Darke is a widely published author, photographer, lecturer, and landscape consultant specializing in regional landscapes around the world. This dual-image presentation will explore the legend and legacy of Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, who turned an artist's eye to the Amazon flora and forever changed the way we see and garden with tropical plants. The late Mr. Marx is considered the strongest single influence on gardens since the development of the English garden tradition in the 18th century. He studied painting at the National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro and his gardens reveal his painterly vision of the landscape as well as his profound love and knowledge of the rich native flora of Brazil. The presentation will take place in DeMeester Theater. For more information contact the Music, Art, and Communications Department of York College (717-815-1354).

Robert Suro, author, speaker and television commentator, is a nationally recognized expert on immigration and its economic, cultural and political impact on the United States. A veteran international journalist, Suro is also an authority on the Washington scene and national security affairs.

He is the author Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing American, which was published in May 1999. He also authored two Twentieth Century Fund papers on immigration: Remember the American Dream: Hispanic Immigration and National Policy, and Watching America's Door: The Immigration Backlash and the New Policy Debate.

Suro was a panelist on the National Dialogue on Race with President Clinton, broadcast by PBS last year. He also appears frecuently on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and has been featured on the ABC Evening News, Frontline and numerous other television news shows. This lecture will take place in the Lehr Room, Bolger Conference Center, Gordinier Hall.

Muévete, the Boricua youth conference, has been consistent in creating a forum in which progressive Puerto Rican/Latino/African American issues can be brought for discussion and analysis by the youth. Muévete has been successful in outreaching, mobilizing and educating Boricua youth on topics such as Puerto Rican political prisoners, AIDS/HIV prevention, police brutality and Vieques.

Gala Hispanic Theater presents its production of this Federico García Lorca play. For information, call 202-234-7174