World Language and Culture Day is coming up on Thursday, May 15, with events in the MU Ballroom at 9 AM – 3 PM.  OSU’s World Languages and Cultures Department is organizing this “day bursting with performances, informational kiosks, and presentations for university and high school students, faulty, staff, and the surrounding community.” A Facebook event page has now been started, too.   If you go in the morning, look for our College of Education table.

You might also be interested in this week’s Spanish Language Film Festival at the Darkside Cinema (214 SW 4th St., Corvallis).  It’s being organized by the Spanish Film Club and sponsored by the School of Language, Culture, and Society with help from PRAGDA and the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC.

The Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement (CL@SE) will also be showing Gay Latino LA: Coming of Age at the Darkside on Thursday, May 8th at 6:30 PM – as part of their CL@SE 2014 Documentary Film Series – followed by a Q&A session with director Jonathan Menendez and actor Mario Lopez.   Earlier that same day, Lydia Oterio will be at the Centro Cultural César Chávez speaking on Revisiting the Mexican American Past for a Place-Based Sustainability Model.