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Eastfield College Hosts Cinco de Mayo Celebration

((Mesquite, TX) – Eastfield College’s Arts, Language & Literature Division presents The Historical & Colloquial Significance of El Cinco de Mayo on April 29 from 11:15 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. in the Performance Hall.

Dr. José Ángel Gutiérrez, Keynote at 11:15 a.m.
Dr. Jose Angel Gutierrez earned a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from the University of Houston. He has published 10 books (with more in progress), as well as book chapters and articles. His international standing in his field led to him being contracted by Oxford University Press to write five entries for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States (2005). He has conducted more than 200 videotaped ethnographic interviews and almost 200 oral history interviews with Mexican American public figures. Dr. Gutierrez is currently a fully tenured professor of political science (15 yrs.) at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has his general practice, attorney licensed in Texas, U.S. Federal courts-Northern and Southern districts in Texas, Arizona, U.S. Court of Claims since 1989.

Mariachi Los Soles, Music Recital at 12:45 p.m.
Mariachi Los Soles is a local Mariachi band, popular in Oak Cliff venues and the greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area. The Mariachi Los Soles features six band members and the traditional instruments of a “charro” Mariachi; consisting of violins, trumpets, Mexican guitar, one vihuela (high-pitched, five-string guitar) and one guitarrón (small-scaled acoustic bass). They are a fully “charro” dressed Mariachi band who sing the popular songs of the Mexican Revolution and traditional Mexican ballads.

April 20 – May 20: Invasion Yanqui: The U.S.-Mexican War, 1846–1848 (Eastfield College Library)
In 1846 Mexico and the United States went to war over territory that covered a half-million square miles. The outcome of this war determined the size, shape and wealth of the two nations, and it marked the beginning of a unique culture: Mexican–American. This exhibit uses paintings, lithographs, sketches, letters, diaries, sheet music, print documents, and artifacts from museums and libraries in both the United States and Mexico to narrate the story of the all-but-forgotten Mexican War. The exhibit is sponsored by the Southeast Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce based out of the Pleasant Grove area in southeast Dallas.

For more information about the Cinco De Mayo celebration please call 972-860-7661.

Eastfield College, one of the seven Dallas County Community Colleges, is located at 3737 Motley Drive in Mesquite, just north of I-30.