Events

These events took place in fall 2004.

For more information, please call (312) 747-1194. Except where noted, all programs are free and open to the public.

Julia Alvarez in Conversation with Ana Castillo
Monday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Julia Alvarez will discuss her life and writing with Chicagoan and Latina author Ana Castillo. Ms. Castillo is an English professor at DePaul University and the author of Peel My Love Like an Onion. Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow the event. Tickets are not required. Seating is limited.

Julia Alvarez Author Appearance
Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
1852 W. 19th Street
(312) 738-1503
Tickets are required for this event.
Julia Alvarez will read from In the Time of the Butterflies and discuss how she came to write about the Mirabal sisters. Ms. Alvarez’s books will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow the event. Free tickets can be picked up in person only at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum beginning October 1. Please call (312) 738-1503 for ticket availability.

Panel Discussion
Wednesday, October 13, 6:00 p.m.
DePaul University
Student Center, Room 120
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Join a panel of distinguished DePaul faculty, including Henry Godinez, director of the Goodman’s 2004 Latino Theater Festival and co-founder of Teatro Vista. The discussion of themes and issues raised by the novel will include identity and self-discovery, the juncture of the arts and political resistance, the conflicting roles of personal and social responsibility, and the artist’s role in portraying people and events in history. Sponsored by DePaul’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program. For more information, please call (773) 325-7840.

Julia Alvarez on Chicago Public Radio
Thursday, October 14 between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Tune into WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio’s (91.5 FM) Eight Forty Eight program for an interview with Julia Alvarez.

Film Screening
Wednesday, October 20, 6:00 p.m.
DePaul University
Student Center, Room 120
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Join the DePaul community for the film adaptation of In the Time of the Butterflies, starring Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos. Participate in a discussion following the film. Sponsored by DePaul’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program. For more information, please call (773) 325-7840.

Study In the Time of the Butterflies at DePaul University
Enroll in “Chicago’s One Book: Issues and Perspectives”
The centerpiece of this interdisciplinary, graduate-level course will be Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies. DePaul University invites adults to take this opportunity to read the city’s book selection in a setting that reaches beyond the limits of a book discussion group. This 10-week course meets on Wednesday evenings, beginning September 8. (Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree). For more information, including course tuition, please visit the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program website or call (773) 325-7840.