Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in L.A.

Oaxacan Food Presentation with Soledad Lopez
2018-01-06 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Soledad Lopez is credited as the first person to import Oaxacan ingredients to Los Angeles, starting the Oaxacalifornian food craze that continues to gain momentum. She has opened numerous Oaxacan restaurants, including Guelaguetza, and was featured on the Martha Stewart Show for her expertise in Oaxacan cuisine. Join us for a demonstration and tasting of tlayudas (“Mexican pizza”) as well as the unique Oaxacan variety of horchata.

Build-A-Lotería (bingo) Workshop in Zapotec with Pergentino José
2018-01-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Arroyo Seco Regional Library, 6145 N. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90042, United States
Join the Arroyo Seco Library for a workshop with Zapotec poet Pergentino José. Participants will have the opportunity to assemble their own homemade lotería (bingo) sets in the Sierra Zapotec language!

Build-A-Lotería (bingo) Workshop in Zapotec with Pergentino José
2018-01-10 15:30 - 17:00 | Sunland – Tujunga Branch Library, 7771 Foothill Boulevard, Tujunga, CA, 91042, United States
Join the Sunland Tujunga Branch for a workshop with Zapotec poet Pergentino José. Participants will have the opportunity to assemble their own homemade lotería (bingo) sets in the Sierra Zapotec language!

Build-A-Lotería (bingo) Workshop in Zapotec with Pergentino José
2018-01-11 16:15 - 17:45 | West Los Angeles Regional Library, 11360 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA, 90025, United States
Join the West Los Angeles Regional Library for a workshop with Zapotec poet Pergentino José. Participants will have the opportunity to assemble their own homemade lotería (bingo) sets in the Sierra Zapotec language!

Plants in the Life of a Oaxacan Indigenous Town
2018-01-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Wilshire Branch Library, 149 N. Saint Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA, 90004, United States
A lecture on the incredible biodiversity of Oaxaca and the plants most central to the lives of those in the Zapotec town, San Juan Mixtepec. With Eugene Hunn, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington and author of the book, A Zapotec Natural History.

Oaxacan Regional Dances Performance with Grupo Folklórico Huaxyacac
2018-01-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Cypress Park Branch Library, 1150 Cypress Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90065, United States
Renowned ensemble Grupo Folklórico Huaxyacac shows off the colorful costumes and traditional dances of Oaxaca.

Creative Writing Workshop with Víctor Terán
2018-01-20 15:00 - 16:30 | Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90071, United States
Join the Central Library for a family-friendly writing workshop with Zapotec language activist Víctor Terán. In this multilingual workshop, participants will have the opportunity to generate creative writing in their native languages and create first drafts of several short texts.

Creative Writing Workshop with Víctor Terán
2018-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Frances Howard Goldwyn – Hollywood Regional Library, 1623 N. Ivar Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
[:en]Join the Goldwyn Hollywood Library for a family-friendly writing workshop with Zapotec language activist Víctor Terán. In this multilingual workshop, participants will have the opportunity to generate creative writing in their native languages and create first drafts of several short texts.

Plants in the Life of a Oaxacan Indigenous Town
2018-01-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90071, United States

Teen Hip Hop Workshop with DJ Survive and the Inner City Dwellers
2018-01-22 15:30 - 17:00 | Sunland – Tujunga Branch Library, 7771 Foothill Boulevard, Tujunga, CA, 91042, United States
Join the Sunland-Tujunga Library for a bilingual hip hop workshop with Oaxacan DJ Survive and Inner City Dwellers. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the technical skills involved in rhyming, producing beats, and in turntablism.

Oaxacan Food Presentation with Soledad Lopez
2018-01-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Sunland – Tujunga Branch Library, 7771 Foothill Boulevard, Tujunga, CA, 91042, United States

Blossoms of Fire Film Screening
2018-01-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library, 2920 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90064, United States
[:en]Join the Van Nuys Library for a film screening of Maureen Gosling’s Blossoms of Fire, a documentary about the beauty and strength of the women of Juchitán, Oaxaca.

Haiku in Zapotec: From Oaxaca to Japan and Back
2018-01-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90071, United States
Jane Hirshfield and Víctor Terán
In conversation with poet and translator David Shook
Because of its similar celebration of the beauty of the natural world and focus on compactness, contemporary Zapotec-language poetry shares much in common with the Japanese haiku. Poet Víctor Terán—who’s performed his work from Oaxaca to London—will share some of his translations of the Japanese masters of the form alongside his own original Zapotec haiku, and American poet Jane Hirshfield will discuss both the haiku form and the way that the natural world informs her own work. The program will culminate with the presentation of Terán’s new translation into Zapotec of a poem by Hirshfield and a conversation between the two poets, moderated by David Shook—translator, poet, and publisher of Phoneme Media.
Bilingual program Spanish/English with simultaneous interpretation by Antena Los Ángeles.
Join us for a post-program reception in the Library’s courtyard!
FREE reservations at lfla.org/aloud

Teen Hip Hop Workshop with DJ Survive and the Inner City Dwellers
2018-01-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Cypress Park Branch Library, 1150 Cypress Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90065, United States
Join the Cypress Park Library for a bilingual hip hop workshop with Oaxacan DJ Survive and Inner City Dwellers. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the technical skills involved in rhyming, producing beats, and in turntablism.

Oaxacan Food Demonstration and Tasting with Rocio Camacho
2018-01-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Junipero Serra Branch Library, 4607 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
Join the Junipero Serra Branch Library for a demonstration and tasting of traditional Oaxacan moles with Rocio Camacho.
