The UW-Madison Arts Institute and the Center for the Humanities are pleased to welcome Juan Felipe Herrera to Madison, April 7-11.
Since Juan Felipe Herrera began writing poetry, plays, and children’s books, his work has been devoted to the politics and identity issues of immigration in the Latino and Chicano communities. He is best known for his immensely popular books Super Cilantro Girl/La superniña del cilantro and Calling the Doves, which won the Ezra Jack Keats award in 1997. He is a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist who draws from real life experiences as well as years of education to
inform his work. His most recent book of poetry, from which he will perform on April 10, is 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border.
Schedule of Events
All events are free and open to the public
Tuesday, April 8, 3-4 pm
Guest Appearance on Jean Feraca's Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Program
WERN, 88.7 FM or online at http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/index.cfm
Wednesday, April 9, 3 pm
Humanities NOW Forum: "Immigration and Memory"
6191 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St
Wednesday, April 9, 6 pm
Reading and book-signing: 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border
A Room of One’s Own
307 W. Johnson Street
608-257-7888
Thursday, April 10, 8 pm
Performance: 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border, with special
guests Baba Israel, Michael Chang, and Amberine Huda
Hemsley Theatre in Vilas Hall
821 University Avenue
Sponsored by the UW-Madison Arts Institute and Center for the Humanities in partnership with the departments of English, Communication Arts, Spanish and Portuguese, Theater and Drama, Library and Information Studies, and the Chicano and Latino Studies Program, LACIS (Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies), and the Madison Metropolitan School District.
For more information, contact: Kate Hewson, (608) 263-9290,
kahewson@wisc.edu,or visit the UW Arts website.
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