Events sponsored by WACC during the 2007-2008 academic year:
Mexican Independence Day Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Grossmont’s Spanish Club serves food. The Puente Club serves carne asada tacos; mariachi band; presentation by history professor Carlos Contreras. Organized by Yolanda Guerrero and Edda Temoche-Weldele.
Arabic Culture Day Monday, October 22, 2007, Main Quad
Traditional dance, music, and food; cultural awareness activities. Organized by The Arabic Club.
Holidays Around the World Monday, October 29, 2007.
Asian Awareness Month/Japanese Cultural Month February, 2008.
Black History Month Tuesday, February 5 – Monday, March 4, 2008
A series of performances and special events; other sponsors include the Black Student Union of Grossmont College, and the Grossmont College Division of Student Services. February 5, Main Quad, 11 a.m.: African Drummers and Mask, featuring Teye Sa Thiosanne Dance Company with Master Drummer Yiriba. February 12: DJ Leon Meyers “Hip Hop on the Quad” with Melissa Adao and the Dance Department’s Hip Hop Dancers. February 19, 11 a.m., Main Quad: Afro Cuban music, Gene Perry and his Afro Cuban Ensemble, followed by Professor Derek Cannon and the Grossmont College Afro Cuban Ensemble. February 21, Main Quad, 11 a.m.: Grossmont College Gospel Choir will perform under the direction of Ken Anderson. March 4: “I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda,” 7 p.m., Room 220: A play by Sonya Linden.
Women's History Month Monday, March 24 - Monday, March 31, 2008
Languages of the World Festival Thursday, April 10, 2008, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Main Quad.
The seven languages offered at Grossmont College are Arabic, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese. Each language will be represented offering a glimpse at the country's culture, food, music, clothing and more. Instructors will be on hand to answer any questions.
12th Annual Literary Arts Festival: Marge Piercy Monday, April 21 – Thursday, May 2, 2008
Monday, April 21, 7 p.m., Griffin Gate: Politics and the English Language: An Interrogation by Grossmont Faculty. Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 p.m., Griffin Gate, At Rise! Dramatists' Project. Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m., Griffin Gate Acting Locally: Writing San Diego (Jim Miller, Kelly Mayhew, Adrian Arancibia, Mel Freilicher & Local Jazz Master Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos). Tuesday, April 29, 7 p.m., Griffin Gate: New Voices:, A Student Reading. April 30, 12:30 p.m., Griffin Gate: Lover and Warrior: The Literature of Marge Piercy. Thursday, May 1, 12:30 p.m., Student Center: The Protest Song & Open Mic, with Raul Sandelin & Guests. May 2, 7:00 p.m., Room 26-220: Poet Marge Piercy.
Cinco de Mayo Monday, May 5, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Main Quad.
Enjoy mariachi music and Carne Asada tacos. Presented by the World Arts and Cultures Committee.
Mexican Independence Day
September 5, 2007, Main Quad. Grossmont’s Spanish Club serves food. The Puente Club serves carne asada tacos; mariachi band; presentation by history professor Carlos Contreras. Organized by Yolanda Guerrero and Edda Temoche-Weldele.
Arabic Culture Day
October 22, 2007
Holidays Around the World
October 29, 2007
Asian Awareness Month/Japanese Cultural Month
February
Black History Month
A series of performances and special events; other sponsors include the Black Student Union of Grossmont College, and the Grossmont College Division of Student Services. February 5, Main Quad, 11 a.m.: African Drummers and Mask, featuring Teye Sa Thiosanne Dance Company with Master Drummer Yiriba. February 12: DJ Leon Meyers “Hip Hop on the Quad” with Melissa Adao and the Dance Department’s Hip Hop Dancers. February 19, 11 a.m., Main Quad: Afro Cuban music, Gene Perry and his Afro Cuban Ensemble, followed by Professor Derek Cannon and the Grossmont College Afro Cuban Ensemble. February 21, Main Quad, 11 a.m.: Grossmont College Gospel Choir will perform under the direction of Ken Anderson. March 4: “I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda,” 7 p.m., Room 220: A play by Sonya Linden.
Women's History Month
March 24-31, 2008
14th Annual Languages of the World Festival
April 10, 2008, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Main Quad. The seven languages offered at Grossmont College are Arabic, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese. Each language will be represented offering a glimpse at the country's culture, food, music, clothing and more. Instructors will be on hand to answer any questions.
Literary Arts Festival
April 21-May 2, 2008. APRIL 21, Politics and the English Language: An Interrogation by Grossmont Faculty; 7 p.m. in Grossmont College Griffin Gate. APRIL 22, At Rise! Dramatists' Project, 5:30 p.m., Griffin Gate. APRIL 24 Acting Locally: Writing San Diego, 7 pm in Griffin Gate; Jim Miller, Kelly Mayhew, Adrian Arancibia, Mel Freilicher & Local Jazz Master Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos. APRIL 29, New Voices:, A Student Reading, 7 pm in Griffin Gate. APRIL 30, Lover and Warrior: The Literature of Marge Piercy, 12:30 pm in Griffin Gate. MAY 1, The Protest Song & Open Mic, with Raul Sandelin & Guests, 12:30 pm in the Student Center. MAY 02, Poet Marge Piercy, Friday, 7 pm in Room 220.
Cinco de Mayo
Monday, May 5, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Main Quad. Enjoy mariachi music and Carne Asada tacos. presented by the World Arts and Cultures Committee.
