Gustavo Arellano in Denver - Ready to Take On Tom Tancredo
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November 14 - 16
¡Social Satire, Social Justice y el Chiste! 
Gustavo Arellano is the newly appointed managing editor of OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, a contributing editor of the Los Angeles Times op/ed pages, author of Orange County: A Personal History and radio host on KPFK-FM 90.7 in Southern California. He is the author of ¡Ask a Mexican!, a nationally syndicated column in which he answers any and all questions about American’s spiciest and largest minority, as well as a book by the same name, published by Scribner Press. His column is a 2006 and 2008 Association of Alternative Weeklies award winner and enjoys a circulation of over 2 million in 39 newspapers across the United States, appearing locally in Westword. He is also the recipient of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2007 President’s Award and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition. Arellano is the proud son of two Mexican immigrants, one of whom was illegal.
All events are FREE and open to the public! For more info, call 303-556-3124.
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November 14-16, 2010Sunday, November 14
La Bienvenida – Welcome Reception
5:30 – 8 p.m. Hosted by:
Su Teatro @ the Denver Civic Theatre
721 Santa Fe Drive – Denver Please RSVP for this event online by Nov 5.
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Monday, November 15 Keynote Address and Luncheon
10 a.m. – 11:15 p.m. Keynote Address
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Student Luncheon St. Cajetan’s – Auraria Campus
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Tuesday, November 16 ¡Social Satire, Social Justice y el Chiste! Colloquium
1 – 2 p.m.
Panel of experts: Gustavo Arellano, 2010 Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professor, Metro State; Arturo J. Aldama, Ph.D., Chair, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, CU-Boulder; Jennifer Alvarez Dickinson, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Edwards University; Adriana P. Nieto, Ph.D., moderator, Assistant Professor Chicano/a Studies, Metro State.
¡Ask a Mexican! Q&A with Gustavo Arellano
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Do you have questions? Gustavo Arellano has answers. Don’t miss this live version of Arellano’s provocative