UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 25, Page 4
March 21, 1996
Up and coming

Elba Sanchez to read her poetry
     Poet Elba Sanchez will read from her works at 7:30 tonight, March
21, in Room 110 of Memorial Hall.
     Born in Mexico, Sanchez grew up in San Francisco and Santa Cruz
and now teaches Chicano Literature, creative writing and other courses
in Spanish at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she
also coordinates a Spanish speakers' program.
     Sanchez was the founding coeditor of Revista Mujeres and edited
two books, From Silence to Howl and Lenguas Sueltas: Poesia, featuring
the works of her students and celebrated Chicano writers.
     Recently, her work has appeared in numerous publications and
critical anthologies such as Chicana (W)rites: On Word and Film;
Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Carras: Creative and Critical
Perspectives By Women of Color; and Frontiers: A Journal of Women's
Studies.
     Her book Tallos De Luna/Moon Shoots is a collection of poems in
English and Spanish, with pen-and-ink illustrations by artist Robert
Chiarito.
     Additionally, Sanchez appeared as Frida Kahlo in a touring
company of the award-winning play When Will I Dance.
     Known as a cultural activist, she has led many poetry workshops
with students of all ages in men's and women's prisons, parks,
community centers and classrooms.


Film festival on campus April 9
     The Black Maria Film and Video Festival, a collection of cutting
edge offerings from independent film and video makers, will be
presented Tuesday, April 9, in Room 007 of the Willard Hall Education
Building.
     Films in the festival, which travels around the country to
universities, museums and community organizations, will be shown at
4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.. The free public screenings will feature
different films.
     The festival takes its name from Thomas Edison's New Jersey film
studio where the "movies" began. It is committed to offering a
showcase for those appreciative of film and video makers who are not
in the Hollywood periphery and may break new ground with socially
relevant, personal or artistically inventive topics. Selections are
chosen from over 850 submissions from both the U.S. and overseas.
     The Black Maria is not a prepackaged festival. A local director
personally selects from the annual collection of 50 films and videos,
and introduces each program.
     This event is sponsored by the Department of Art. For more
information, call 831-2244.