New England Public Radio is airing a series of special live interviews on the station's Spanish-language program, Tertulia, in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Host Raquel Obregon will be joined in the studio each week by special guests including:
Sept. 30:
Manuel Frau Ramos, editor of
El Sol Latino.
Oct. 7: Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College.
Oct. 14: Mari Castañeda, associate professor of Communication (right), and Marcos A.
East German filmmaker Iris Gusner will visit the Five College area from Sept. 25 through Oct. 1 for a retrospective of her films, including the premiere of the DVD release of All My Girls (1979) in Herter Hall and a special screening of her unique semi-autobiographical film Were the Earth Not Round (1981) at Amherst Cinema.
In accordance with President Barack Obama’s proclamation, Gov. Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the U.S. and Commonwealth flags be lowered to half-staff, effective immediately, until sunset on Sunday, Sept. 16 in honor of John Christopher Stevens, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, and American personnel killed in the attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi.