Sunday,
May 23, 2010
Reading with Border Poets at Beyond
Baroque, Venice, CA. 4 to 6 PM. Also reading are Amalia
Madueno, Maria Miranda Maloney, Laura Cesarco Eclin, and
Daniel Elias Galicia. Hosted by Richard Modiano.
For more information call 310-822-3006
Saturday,
May 15, 2010
Speaker at Peace Rally in the Northeast
Los Angeles community of Highland Park. And keynote speaker
for Latino student graduates at Occidental College, Los
Angeles, CA.
Saturday,
June 19, 2010
5th Annual "Celebrating Words Literacy
& Performing Arts Festival," sponsored by Tia Chucha's Centro
Cultural and the LA Department of Cultural Affairs. From
2 to 8 PM. Bands, poets, books, booths, community service
information, and more. Mission Community College, Sylmar,
CA.
Contact: Karina Ceja 818-528-4511
July
1 to July 11, 2010
Readings, talks, and workshops in
Manchester and London, England, with possible side trip
to Dublin, Ireland.
Sunday,
July 18, 2010
Reading with other poets on prison
writing and promotion of "Honor Comes Hard: Writings from
California Prison System's Honor Yard" edited by Luis Rodriguez
and Lucinda Thomas (Tia Chucha Press). 3 PM at Beyond Baroque,
Venice, CA.
Sunday,
August 1, 2010
Tia Chucha's Annual Benefit at the
Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood, 6 to 10 PM. "Fire & Soul:
LA Women Unite for Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural." Artists
include Perla Batalla, Wanda Coleman, Ceci Bastida, Kristina
Wong, and Las Ramonas. $30 entrance, $12 students and children.
Contact: Ford Box Office 323-461-3673
Early
August
Luis will bet in Chicago to be with
his family and assist the release of his son Ramiro from
the Illinois Department of Corrections after thirteen-and-a-half
years of incarceration.
August
16 to August 22, 2010
Luis will be a teacher along with
Michael Meade, Duncan Allard, Kokou Soglo Katamani, Noel
Amherd, and Hector Aristizabal at the Mosaic Multicultural
Foundation men's conference "Paths of Initiation: A Mentoring
Retreat for Young and Older Men."
Contact: Jacob Lakatua 206-935-3665
Saturday,
October 2, 2010
San Diego City College Book Fair,
CA. Reading with commentary and a short collaboration with
renowned singer Perla Batala. Book signing to follow.
Contact: Virginia Escalante 619-388-3596
Monday,
October 18, 2010
Class visits, talks, and reading at
St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO (just outside
of St. Louis).
Contact: Mandi Smith 636-922-8469
Upcoming
events for 2011
February
2 to 5, 2011
Panelist and reading at the Associated
Writing Program conference in Washington DC. Various nationally
renowned authors and scholars to participate.
For more information, go to www.awpwriter.org
Wednesday
& Thursday, March 30 & 31, 2011 - Ypsilanti, MI.
Ypsilanti District Library reading
with two class visits and evening presentation. Book signing
to follow.
Contact: Lori Kunkel-Coryell 734-879-1301
