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“ The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and bring the transformative power of literature into the lives of its citizens. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. ”

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Events

Pulse aquí para ver el calendario en español. (click here to see the Spanish Calendar)

• Sep 11^th — “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” ACC Faculty and Staff Book Club

  Location:HBC Room 221
  Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
  ACC Faculty members and staff are invited to discuss “Sun, stone, and Shadows” Suggested Readings. Lunch provided. This event counts towards Professional Development Credit.

• Sep 15^th — Mexican Independence Day Celebration

  Location: Mexican American Cultural Center
  Time: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
  The Mexican American Cultural Center in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read hosts the Mexican Independence Day Celebration.

• Sep 16^th — ACC Big Read Opening Ceremony

  Location: RVS Campus Auditorium, Bldg G.
  Time: 6 p.m.
  Austin Community College’s Arts and Humanities Division in conjunction with the Foreign Language Department Presents: ACC’s Big Read Opening Ceremony.
  
  Featuring Dan Arellano, author of Tejano Roots and Rosa Davila, ACC Associate Professor of Spanish discuss Sun, Stone, Shadows: Cultural Connections in Texas and Mexico.

• Sep 16^th — Mexican Independence Day Celebration

  Location: RVS Campus
  Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
  Austin Community College’s El Centro and The Center for Public Policy and Political Studies in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read present a Mexican Independence Day Celebration on ACC’s Riverside Campus. Master of Ceremony: Former Senator Gonzalo Barrientos.

• Sep 17^th — Magical Realism Presentation

  Location: CYP Campus, Room 2102.2
  Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
  Dr. Heidi Juel, Associate Professor of English, and John Golden, Spanish Professor, present: Magical Realism.

• Sep 17^th — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location:Austin Public Library, Yarborough Branch, 2200 Hancock Dr., Austin, TX 78756
  Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” Children’s author Liz Scanlon reads a children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

• Sep 17^th — “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” ACC’s The Big Read Students Bilingual Book Club

  Location:RVS, Building G, Student Lounge
  Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  Spanish Professors Talia Loaiza and Charles Rand read stories from “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” in Spanish and English. Open to ACC students.

• Sep 18^th — “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” ACC Faculty and Staff Book Club

  Location:HBC Campus, Room 221
  Time: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  ACC Faculty members and staff are invited to discuss “Sun, stone, and Shadows” Brown bag lunch. This event counts towards Professional Development Credit. Suggested Readings: “Injustice vs Valor”, “Tell Them Not to Kill Me!” Juan Rulfo, “The Carnival of the Bullets” Martin Luis Guzman, “Permission Granted” Edmundo Valades.

• Sep 19^th — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location:Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe, Austin, TX 78701
  Time: 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” Children’s author Liz Scanlon reads a children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

• Sep 21^st — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location:Austin Public Library, St. John Branch, 7500 Blessing Ave., Austin, TX 78752
  Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” Children’s author Liz Scanlon reads a children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

• Sep 23^rd — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location:Austin Public Library, Ruiz Branch, 1600 Grove Blvd., Austin, TX 78741
  Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” Children’s author Liz Scanlon reads a children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

• Sep 23^rd — Revolutions: Personal and Political

  Location:  Mexican American Cultural Center 600 River St., Austin, TX  78702
  Time: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
  ACC’s The Big Read and the Mexican American Cultural Center present: Revolutions: Personal and Political featuring Austin actors Amparo Garcia Crow and Rupert Reyes reading stories from “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” with special guest Jorge F. Hernandez, editor of the anthology.

• Sep 25^th — “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” ACC Faculty and Staff Book Club

  Location:HBC Campus, Room 221
  Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
  ACC Faculty members and staff are invited to discuss “Sun, stone, and Shadows” Brown bag lunch. This event counts towards Professional Development Credit. Suggested Readings: “Saying Good Bye to Women”, “Saying Good Bye to ‘LOVE’”, “My Life with the Wave” Octavio Paz, “What Became of Pampa Hash?” Jorge Ibarguengoitia, “August Afternoon” Jose Emilio Pacheco.

• Sept. 30^th — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location: Austin Public Library, Southeast Branch, 5803 Nukols Crossing, Austin, TX 78744
  Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” A children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

• Oct 1^st — Cristina Garcia and Liliana Valenzuela Reading

  Location: RGC Mainstage Theater
  Time: 7 p.m.
  National Book Award Finalist Cristina Garcia and acclaimed Spanish–language translator Liliana Valenzuela will give a collaborative reading. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Department and Arts and Humanities Division as part of The Big Read.

• Oct 5th — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location: Austin Public Library, Spicewood Springs Branch, 8637 Spicewood Springs , Austin, TX 78759
  Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” A children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.

• Oct 6^th — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location: Austin Public Library, Milwood Branch, 12500 Amherst Dr., Austin, TX 78727
  Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” A children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

• Oct 7^th — Corona Cafe Community Book Club

  Location: Corona Cafe, 1215b Corona Drive, Austin, TX 78723
  Time: 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  Corona Cafe Community Book Club discusses “Sun, Stone, and Shadows."

• Oct 10^th - Austin Bat Cave Family Writing Workshop

• Location: Mozart's Cafe, 3825 Lake Austin Blvd., Austin, TX  78703
  Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  ABC (Austin Bat Cave) in collaboration with ACC's the Big Read present a Family Writing Workshop. This event is open to the public. For additional information contact: info@austinbatcave.org

• Oct 10^th — Reading the Future: Preparing Texas Educator’s Today for  the Students of Tomorrow

  Location: HBC Board Room
  Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  ACC’s Center for Public Policy and Political Studies and ACC’s Education Department in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read present: Reading the Future: Preparing Texas Educators Today for the Students of Tomorrow, featuring former Austin Mayor Gus Garcia.
  
  Note: This event is open only to Education Students in Central Texas Colleges.

• Oct 12^th — America de Los Indios: “Lo Indio” (A Big Read Event)

  Location: Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St., Austin, TX  78701
  Time: 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
  The Mexican American Cultural Center in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read present America de Los Indios: “Lo Indio” in the Music of the Chicano Movement featuring Conjunto Aztlan.

• Oct 13^th — “My Life with the Wave”

  Location: Austin Public Library, Cepeda Branch, 651 N. Pleasant Valley Rd., Austin, TX 78702
  Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  The Austin Public Library Youth Programs in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read host “My Life with the Wave.” A children’s version from Octavio Paz short story “My Life with the Wave.”

  Oct 14^th —Hispanic Student Reception

• Location: EVC room 8500
  Time: 5:00 p.m.
  ACC's The Big Read will have a booth with literature available at the event.

• Oct 16^th - "Sun, Stone, and Shadows" Student Spanish/English Book Club

• Location: RVS Building G Student Lounge
  Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  Spanish Professors Talia Loaiza and Spanish Professor Charles Rand read stories from “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” in Spanish and English. This event for ACC Students wishing to improve their Spanish and English.

• Oct 17^th - Austin Bat Cave Family Writing Workshop

• Location: Mozart's Cafe, 3825 Lake Austin Blvd., Austin, TX  78703
  Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  ABC (Austin Bat Cave) in collaboration with ACC's the Big Read present a Family Writing Workshop. This event is open to the public. For additional information contact: info@austinbatcave.org

• Oct 19th — Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives

  Location:  Austin Public Library Manchaca Branch 5500 Manchaca Rd., Austin, TX  78745
  Time: 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
  ACC’s Creative Writing and Art Department present: Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives, featuring Steven Schneider, poet, and Reefka Schneider, artist. The Schneiders are the authors of the book Borderlines(Wings Press, 2010).

• Oct 21^st — Corona Cafe Community Book Club

  Location: Corona Cafe, 1215b Corona Drive, Austin, TX 78723
  Time: 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  Corona Cafe Community Book Club discusses “Sun, Stone, and Shadows”

• Oct 26^th and Oct 27th - Artist Jane Madrigal Welcomes ACC Students   to Create Day of the Death Altars

  Location: Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St., Austin, TX  78701
  San Antonio Artist, Jane Madrigal, welcomes ACC students to create Day of the Death Altars for ACC's the Big Read Closing Day/Day of the Death Celebration. Please, contact Rosa Dávila at rdavila@austincc.edu to sign up. Limited attendance. This is a first come, first served opportunity.

• Oct 28^th — Corona Cafe Community Book Club

  Location: Corona Cafe, 1215b Corona Drive, Austin, TX 78723
  Time: 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  Corona Cafe Community Book Club discusses “Sun, Stone, and Shadows”

• Oct 30^th — "Sun, Stone, and Shadows" Student Spanish/English Book Club

  Location:  RVS Building G Student Lounge
  Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  Spanish Professors Talia Loaiza and Spanish Professor Charles Rand read stories from “Sun, Stone, and Shadows” in Spanish and English. This event for ACC Students wishing to improve their Spanish and English.

• Oct 30^th — "Sun, Stone, and Shadows" ACC Faculty and Staff Book Club

  Location:  HBC room 220
  Time:  1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  Last Faculty and Staff Book Club!  ACC Faculty and Staff are invited to discuss "Sun, Stone, and Shadows".  Suggested Readings:  "The Night of Margaret Rose" by Francisco Tario, "The Mist" by Juan de la Cabada, and "The Dinner" by Alfonso Reyes.  Lunch will be provided.

• Oct 30^th — The Aztec Mummy Returns

  Location: Lorraine “Grandma” Camacho Recreation Center, 34 Robert T. Martinez, Jr. St., Austin, TX  78702
  Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
  Austin Parks and Recreation Department in collaboration with ACC’s The Big Read present: The Aztec Mummy Returns, a film festival and Halloween event.

• Nov 1^st — ACC's Big Read Closing Ceremony/Dia de los Muertos Celebration

  Location: Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St., Austin, TX  78701
  Time: 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
  The Mexican American Cultural Center and ACC’s The Big Read present: Dia de los Muertos Celebration featuring Jane Madrigal Day of the Dead Altar and Play.

• Nov 2nd—Altares del Día de los Muertos

  Location: RGC Campus Student Lounge
  Time: TBD
  Spanish Professor Patricia Fernos and her students exhibit altars for the Day of the Dead.

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