Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 Calendar
“Nuestra Música*: Identity, Culture and Resistance”
Thursday, September 15 – Saturday, October 15
For questions, please contact Melissa Landrau Vega at mxl256@psu.edu.
Screening of Historical Documentary: Dolores. Rebel. Activist. Feminist. Mother.
Monday, September 19
6:00 p.m.
Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center
Join the Penn State Student Farm and the Hispanic Heritage Month Dolores Huerta Day of Service’s screening of a riveting documentary about civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, one of our nation’s most important Latinx labor and community organizers.
Interactive Virtual Workshop: Las Cafeteras
The Sounds of Resistance: From Storytelling to Movement Building
Tuesday, September 20
6:00–7:30 p.m.
Register at https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpdu2sqjgiEtSOfxNNdrTELAKquV15p6Xw
Facilitators: Denise Carlos, MSW and Hector Flores, Las Cafeteras
Event by the Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee
Las Cafeteras are part of a legacy of musicians who have written themselves into the soundtrack of social change in the United States, believing they are storytellers before they are musicians. In this virtual interactive dialogue, Carlos and Flores will focus on breaking down social and cultural influences on identity, examining perceptions of privilege and power, and reclaiming our voices. Participants will be given tools and poetry prompts to begin to create their own personal narrative, as they engage in the power of storytelling while sharing His-story, Her-story, Your-Story… Our-story.
2022 Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote Event: Betto Arcos
Music Stories from the Cosmic Barrio: The African Roots of Latin Music
Thursday, September 22
6:00–7:30 p.m.
Foster Auditorium, Pattee-Paterno Library
A music journalist and contributor to NPR since 2009, Betto Arcos is the author of the book Music Stories from the Cosmic Barrio, a collection of stories about music from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Join us for a discussion on the influence of African roots on music from Latin America.
Dolores Huerta Day of Service I: The Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm at Penn State
Sunday, September 25
11:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Big Hollow Road, University Park
Assist in harvesting crops to help provide fresh food to the Community Café at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. CATA bus tokens/passes for the HM/HU bus loop will be provided to all registered participants. To volunteer and register (by September 14), email Sebastian López (sjl6172@psu.edu) and Samantha Escobar (sae5401@psu.edu).
Hispanic Heritage Month Children’s Day
Sunday, September 25
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Schlow Rentre Region Library, 211 S. Allen Street
Join the Penn State Latinx student leaders in an afternoon of fun, arts, and crafts.
Acoustic Performance: REYNA
Wednesday, September 28
6:00–7:00 p.m.
HUB Lounge 008, HUB-Robeson Center
Event by the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
REYNA is an indie pop band, with lead vocals from sisters Vic and Gabby Banuelos. The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity welcomes the band for an acoustic performance and a discussion about their experience as a rising Latinx indie pop sensation. Students will get the opportunity to ask questions in between sets.
Dolores Huerta Day of Service II: The Community Café at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Thursday, September 29
5:00–8:00 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 208 W. Foster Avenue
Assist in serving during, and cleaning after the Community Café’s meal service to community members. To volunteer and register (by September 14), email Sebastian López (sjl6172@psu.edu) and Samantha Escobar (sae5401@psu.edu).
Malpaso Dance Company
An Associated Company of Joyce Theater Productions
Thursday, September 29
7:30 p.m.
Eisenhower Auditorium
Cost: University Park students $5 with student ID
Tickets and information: https://cpa.psu.edu/events/malpaso-dance-company
Event by the Center for the Performing Arts
One of Cuba’s most acclaimed ensembles, Malpaso emphasizes a collaborative creative process, working with leading international choreographers while nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography.
Happy Valley Latino Festival
Saturday, October 8
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, Fraser St., State College
Event by the Borough of State College, Downtown State College, and Happy Valley Latino Festival
Celebrate Hispanic/Latinx heritage with live music, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, and much more!!
Concert prelude and discussion: Miguel Zenón
Identities Are Changeable
Tuesday, October 11
5:30–6:30 p.m.
128 Music Building II
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/m2z15gjgCd
Event by the Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee
Saxophonist, Grammy Nominee, and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow, Miguel Zenón, will discuss his recent project, “Identities Are Changeable,” inspired by the idea of national identity, specifically as manifested in Puerto Rican communities in and around New York City. Zenón conducted a series of interviews with individuals of Puerto Rican descent and wrote music based on some of the themes that developed during the conversations, such as home, language, tradition, and lineage. During the presentation, Zenón will play video and audio from the project, breaking them down both musically and conceptually.
Latin Jazz Concert: Miguel Zenón
Tuesday, October 11
7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, School of Music, Allen Road, University Park
Cost: University Park students $5 with student ID
Tickets and information: https://cpa.psu.edu/events/miguel-zen%C3%B3n-quartet
Event by the Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee
Miguel Zenón’s Quartet will perform songs from the band’s new release, Música de las Américas. Zenón, an alto saxophonist and a native of Puerto Rico, will lead his ensemble in a “plena” percussive and jazz exploration of a timeline of continental American music.
Themed Dinner at Penn State Dining: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Wednesday, October 12
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Dinner (hours vary by location)
All University Park Dining Commons’ All You Care to Eat locations
Cost: $8 for non-Campus meal plan holders (please note all locations are cashless)
Event by Penn State Residential Dining
Discount Meal Coupon
Hispanic Heritage Month Cultural Night: Los Bomberos de la Calle
Bomba y Plena: A Story of Identity and Resistance
Friday, October 14
6:00–9:00 p.m.
Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m.
(ATTENTION! The HHM Cultural Night event is SOLD OUT! However, you can place your name in the waitlist using the order link. Thank you.)
Business casual/dinner attire. This event is best suited for ages 10+.
Tickets: Free tickets are required for everyone occupying a seat for dinner. You can request your ticket HERE, starting on October 1, 2022
Join us for a night of music with Colombian artist Pernett, dinner, and an interactive presentation by Puerto Rican music and dance group Los Bomberos de la Calle. Los Bomberos will discuss the history of the musical genre of Bomba and Plena and its function as political and spiritual expression, based on the African heritage of Puerto Rico. Be ready to dance, as this is an interactive presentation!
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