The world at your fingertips

Here are a few resources to start finding information for your country presentations:

Google Earth - A way to find your country on the globe and look at actual aerial photos of your country. If you haven't heard of your country before, this is a good way to literally get a "lay of the land."

National Geographic - This is the official webiste of National Geographic magazine. The links on the left include Maps, Music, Photography, Travel & Cultures, and other headings that could help you to find information about your country. It also contains up-to-date world news and searchable archives.

CultureGrams - This website describes itself as "concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on 200 cultures of the world." It is just that: it contains a searchable database of numerous, often very specific, aspects of the countries' cultures.

Best of luck as you design your presentation about your country and, as always, feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, comments, queries or complaints.

Fievel: An American Tail

For those interested, here are a few links to help contextualize the life and times of the Mousekowitz family:
When Fievel arrives in New York City, he sees the Statue of Liberty being built by a French pidgeon. In reality, the Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French. Fievel and his family have to pass through immigration at Ellis Island. (Today, over 100 million Americans can trace their family history back to Ellis Island.) The sweatshop where Warren T. Rat tries to force Fievel to work, and the fire at the docks, may be allusions to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which until Sept. 11, 2001, was the largest industrial disaster in the city's history. The fat mouse in a top hat who registered dead mice to vote for him is a reference to the Tammany Hall political machines in New York.

For more about the making of Fievel, click here.

Think about this as we discuss the movie: What would Fievel: An Argentinean Tail look like? Where would Fievel go? What historical and cultural events would he run into in Buenos Aires?

Bilingual Writing Workshop!

Hey everybody,

You're all invited to participate in a free bilingual writing workshop.  The next one will be on Saturday, September 6 at 4pm (16:00) at Café de la Artes.  It will last for two hours.  Bring some paper and something to write with and your creativity.  It's bilingual, so even though this is an excellent opportunity to develop your writing skills in English, you can write in Spanish or even bust a Gloría Anzaldúa and write in both! Any questions, email me at kristalbivona@gmail.com or call/text me at (15)6683-6794.  See you then!

Return of Movie Night!

Return of Movie Night! DOUBLE FEATURE!

Flight of the Conchords (TV show episode)
and The Science of Sleep (movie)
Tomorrow, Thursday, August 28th
Charly's apartment: Calle 58, # 819 Dept. 6A
9PM (21 hrs)

Come over for pizza a lo Charly and bring any food or drinks you like!

If you're coming, please confirm so we know how much food to prepare: chuckabbo@gmail.com, (11) 3251-9018