FREE FAMILY EVENTS
BRANCH LIBRARIES
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
FIESTAS!
A series of FREE programs open to the general public. All programs begin at 7:00 p.m.
For more information, call 791-4391.
THE SACRED AND THE SALTY
A contrast between formal ceremony and lighthearted celebration. Two films:
A TREE OF LIFE, poetic documentary of the oldest surviving ceremony in the New World; and CHULAS FRONTERAS, featuring the ranchero music of borderlands fiestas.
Tuesday, August 28
Columbus Branch Library
4350 E. 22nd Street
Wednesday, August 29
Mission Branch Library
3770 S. Mission Road
SAINTS DAY FIESTAS IN NEW MEXICO
Dr. Bernard Fontana discusses the rituals and images of Dia de Guadalupe and Dia de San Lorenzo in specific communities where they have become especially large and important celebrations.
Tuesday, September 4
Columbus Branch Library
Wednesday, September 5
Mission Branch Library
All SOULS DAY AND HALLOWEEN
How one EuropeanChristian holiday is celebrated in different cultures, contrasting a quiet, a reverent feast for the dead with a colorful gathering of ghosts and goblins at costume parties.
Tuesday, September 11
Columbus Branch Library
Wednesday, September 12
Mission Branch Library
HOLY FEAST DAYS IN PIMERIA ALTA
Views of three major events in three different communities. Magdalena's centuries-old Feast of Saint Francis which begins with a holy pilgrimage and ends in a bawdy carnival; the annual feast in Santa Cruz, a traditional Papago Indian village; and Sonora's Dia de San Juan which marks the coming of the rains and the planting ofthe crops.
Tuesday, September 18
Columbus Branch Library
Wednesday, September 19
Mission Branch Library
YAQUI EASTER NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Mini Kaczkurkin and Felipe Molina discuss how continuity from past to present is maintained through ritual, linking the urban barrio to the Sonoran homeland.
Tuesday, September 25
Columbus Branch Library
Wednesday, September 26
Mission Branch Library
Sonoran Heritage
Sonoran Heritage is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Tucson Public Library is a National Endowment for the Humanities Learning Library.
