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Tucson All Saints Procession 2006 : Thousands of people participated in this honoring of the deceased

Tucson All Saints Procession 2006

Thousands of people participated in this honoring of the deceased

Updated: Nov 14, 2006 12:09pm PST

Artes de Mexico & Los Amigos : Dinner - Artes de Mexico with Los Amigos del Arte Popular in Houston, June 4, 2006

Artes de Mexico & Los Amigos

Dinner - Artes de Mexico with Los Amigos del Arte Popular in Houston, June 4, 2006

Updated: Jun 08, 2006 6:08am PST

LADAP Houston Event in April - Focus on the Tarahumara of Copper Canyon : Los Amigos of Houston met on April 23, 2006 to hear John Mason Hart present on The Tarahumara of Copper Canyon.  Prior to his presentation, we enjoyed a home tour of one of our member's home and following the presentation we ate dinner together at Escalantes.  About 25 participated and many brought items from their collections made by the Tarahumara.  John is a member of Los Amigos and is one of the country's leading experts on modern Mexican history, American Relations with Mexico and the Mexican Revolution.  He is author of Los Anarquistas Mexicanos, 1974; Anarchism and the Mexican Working Class, 1978 (fifth on the Mexican non-fiction best seller list in 1980; Revoluntionary Mexico, 1988; Border Crossings 1998; Empire and Revolution, 2002; and over 40 articles.  Winner of the Herring prize, the Johnson Prize and the conference of Latin American History Prize.  He has also been a Shelby Cullom Davis Fellow at Princeton University and NEH Senior Research Fellow.  Most recently he won the Distinguished Research Award, College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communications, 2000 and the Harvey Johnson prize for best article on Latin American, 2000.  John is Professor of Mexican History at the University of Houston.

LADAP Houston Event in April - Focus on the Tarahumara of Copper Canyon

Los Amigos of Houston met on April 23, 2006 to hear John Mason Hart present on The Tarahumara of Copper Canyon. Prior to his presentation, we enjoyed a home tour of one of our member's home and following the presentation we ate dinner together at Escalantes. About 25 participated and many brought items from their collections made by the ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2006 8:27am PST