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Honoring Portland State Chicano/Latino students
Respect, honor, and celebrate—these are the goals of the annual Chicano/Latino Gala scheduled for November 13 at the Oregon Convention Center. The celebrity event includes dinner, dancing, and scholarships to be awarded to stellar Latino students.
In its eighth year, the gala raises money for future student needs in the University.
Speaking at this year’s gala will be MTV award-winning director Sergio Arau and his wife, acclaimed actress Yareli Arizmendi. Arau is also a visual artist, political cartoonist, and musician. He won the Coral De Plata award at the Havana Film Festival for his animated short El Muro (The Wall) in 2001, and A Day Without a Mexican, now showing in the United States, is earning awards in Europe and India.
Arizmendi, a professor at Cal State San Marcos, translated the screenplay and acted in the movie Like Water For Chocolate and was lead actress in A Day Without a Mexican. The latter movie will play at the Northwest Film Center on November 14.
For more information about the gala, contact Maria Alanis Ruiz at 503-725-4447.
In its eighth year, the gala raises money for future student needs in the University.
Speaking at this year’s gala will be MTV award-winning director Sergio Arau and his wife, acclaimed actress Yareli Arizmendi. Arau is also a visual artist, political cartoonist, and musician. He won the Coral De Plata award at the Havana Film Festival for his animated short El Muro (The Wall) in 2001, and A Day Without a Mexican, now showing in the United States, is earning awards in Europe and India.
Arizmendi, a professor at Cal State San Marcos, translated the screenplay and acted in the movie Like Water For Chocolate and was lead actress in A Day Without a Mexican. The latter movie will play at the Northwest Film Center on November 14.
For more information about the gala, contact Maria Alanis Ruiz at 503-725-4447.
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