On Friday and Saturday evening, July 24th and 25th, at 7:30PM, the Austin Classical Guitar Society will present a concert featuring two of Austin’s favorite musicians Douglas Harvey (cellist, ASO) and Liz Cass (mezzo-soprano, ALO) alongside of a Naumburg prizewinning Peruvian virtuoso guitarist Jorge Caballero and New York City-based violinist Maria Conti. These fine musicians will collaborate to perform music ranging from Bach to Piazzolla at Austin ’s gorgeous Mexican American Cultural Center on Lady Bird Lake .

ACGS would like to offer AATIA members $15 tickets to the show! Normal ticket prices range from $25-$50. To redeem this offer, please call the ACGS office at 512-300-2247 by Thursday, July 23rd at 4PM. For a preview of Jorge Caballero’s masterful playing, please tune in to his live performance at 7:50AM on Fox 7 Morning News on Tuesday, July 21st.

Celebrate World Refugee Day and welcome our newest Texans to this community on Saturday, June 20 from 1-5 pm at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum! This event is FREE, open to the public, and will offer a wide variety of activities for the whole family!

This year’s World Refugee Day will feature: Sara Hickman, WinoVino, El Tule, a Refugee Fashion Show, a naturalization ceremony, and performances by refugee musicians and dancers. Refreshments will be provided by Catering by Rosemary.

Currently, 10 million refugees around the world are under the protection of UNHCR. Less than 1% will be fortunate enough to be resettled in one of the 10 or 12 countries that have a formal refugee resettlement program. For this year alone, the US is planning to accept and resettle a total of 75,000 refugees. In Austin alone, we expect to resettle at least 600 refugees — families from Iraq, Burma, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Congo, and Burundi.

Refugees living in Austin are legal, international refugees brought to the United States by the Department of State because they have been persecuted in their home countries. The US government only provides for short term assistance — all refugees are expected to be self-sufficient within 2 to 4 months of arrival regardless of their level of education, English speaking capabilities and exposure to western society.

All refugees apply for their permanent residency one year after arrival and plan to become citizens within 10 years after arrival. To celebrate this transition, a naturalization ceremony will be taking place during the World Refugee Day for refugees who are becoming U.S. citizens!

Please join AAIM, The Bob Bullock State History Museum, Caritas of Austin, Catering By Rosemary, Iranian Christians International, Multicultural Refugee Coalition, Center for Survivors of Torture, and Refugee Services of Texas as we honor the unique journeys of refugees living in Austin.

See you on Saturday, June 20th!

Journalist and former Austinite John Gibler will discuss his new book, Mexico Unconquered, tomorrow night, March 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. at MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop in Austin. One reviewer has said about the book: "From Spanish colonization to today’s state and corporate repression, Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt, by John Gibler, is written from the street barricades, against the Slims of the world, and alongside ‘the underdogs and rebels’ of an unconquered country. The book offers a gripping account of the ongoing attempts to colonize Mexico, and the hopeful grassroots movements that have resisted this conquest."

Help make this fall’s ATA Annual Conference in New York City (October 28-31, 2009) one of the Association’s very best by sharing your knowledge and expertise through a conference presentation.

Proposals are currently being accepted; you do not need to be an ATA member to submit one. Submission deadline: March 9, 2009. Additional information.

Celebrate Brazil Week 2008 with events sponsored by the Brazil Center of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS). All events are free and open to the public:

• Mon., 11/10, 10:00 a.m.-12 p.m.  Texas Union UNB 2.102
  Afro-Brazilian Quilombo Communities’ Struggle for Land
• Tues., 11/11, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Texas Union UNB 3.116
  Renewable Energy in Latin America: Current Issues
• Wed., 11/12, 1:00-4:00 p.m. ICA, 211 E. 2nd Street
  Doing Business with Brazil (RSVP required)
• Thurs., 11/13, 12:00-1:00 p.m.  LLILAS SRH 1.313
  Opportunities for Study Abroad in Brazil
• Thurs., 11/13, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Texas Union UNB 3.128
  Emerging Artists & Artistic Expression in Brazil
• Fri., 11/14, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Texas Union UNB 2.102
  Amazon ABCs: Ants, Birds and other Critters
• Fri., 11/14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Crown & Anchor Pub, 2911 San Jacinto
  CARAMBOLA! Happy Hour with the Assoc. of Brazilian Students and Brazilianists of all Nationalities

Download the detailed Brazil Week 2008 program.

Banff International Literary Translation  Centre/Centre international de traduction littéraire de Banff

Call for Applications: Three-week residency. June 8 – 27, 2009

The Banff International Literary Translation Centre is a three-week residency program offering literary translators an opportunity to focus on a current project, consult with experienced translators, network with colleagues in an international literary forum and, in some cases, spend time with the writer whose work they are translating. Financial assistance is available. Application deadline: February 20, 2009.

More information:

http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=793

Plus de renseignements:

http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/93_words/2009/biltc/docs/webfr2009.pdf

"The Banff Centre" arts_info@banffcentre.ca

Director: Susan Ouriou

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Call for Participants: World Congress on Specialized Translation

Languages and intercultural dialogue in a globalizing world

Havana (Cuba), 8-13 December, 2008

The World Congress on Specialized Translation aims to be a forum for discussions on current international policies that facilitate translation work, a key factor in the preservation of linguistic diversity. Besides the plenary sessions, specific workshops will take place around related themes and a technological showcase will present cutting edge translation tools.

Registration:  http://dtil.unilat.org/cmte2008/

Program: http://dtil.unilat.org/cmte2008/es/programa.htm

For more information contact Unión Latina

131 Rue du Bac - F-75007 Paris

T: +33(1)45 49 60 62  F: +33(1)45 49 67 39

Skype: secretariat-ul-dtil

dtil@unilat.org

As announced on her new website, Marian Schwartz will read from her new translation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel White Guard at 7 pm on Friday, November 7th, at BookPeople ( 603 N. Lamar).

Join Liliana Valenzuela at the Texas State Capitol (room E2.010) on Sat. Nov. 1, 3-4 pm, for a panel discussion “Lessons in Language and Life” based on the anthology How I Learned English: Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life, published by National Geographic Books, in which both she and fellow panelist Ruth Behar have essays. The third panelist is Tom Miller.

Check out the Texas Book Festival’s full schedule, which has more information about the panel discussion and other events.