Friday, April 6, 2007
King Juan Carlos I Center
Auditorium and Portrait Room
53 Washington Square South,
1st Floor

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9:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Portrait Room)
Meeting of Working Group Members

The following events are free and open to the public.

2:00 PM (Auditorium)
Panel:La virgen se fue de mojada: Migrating Devotions Across Borders
Screening of short film clips including Celebrating the virgin in "la mala vecindad" by, Elva Elisabeth Bishop and Altha Cravey, as well as Lupe & JuanDi from the Block by FULANA. Presentation by Joel Magallán, Executive Director of Asociación Tepeyac de New York. Moderated by Alyshia Gálvez.

6:00 PM (Auditorium)
A conversation with Jean Franco and Renato Rosaldo, with story-telling by Pedro Lasch. Introductions by Mary Louise Pratt.
Artist Pedro Lasch will launch the evening’s events by telling a story, La virgen más…
Our distinguished guests will respond to the story and to each other in an informal conversation touching on the topics of religion, globalization, local religiosities, Marianism, migration and dueling virgins…

7:00 PM
Reception to celebrate the new release of Performing Religion in the Americas: Media, Politics, and Devotional Practices of the 21st Century.