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Festival Schedule & Tickets
RETURN
2008 BORDER BOOK FESTIVAL TICKETS
We accept Mastercard, Visa, check or cash. Tickets available at the Cultural Center de Mesilla.Please contact us if you have any questions: 575-523-3988 or bbf@zianet.com
All events on the Plaza are free but donations are greatly appreciated. This year's festival is our most public and we are proud to present it to you. The concert by Perla Batalla is our festival gift to you. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music, the performers and the creative ambiente all weekend.
¡Leer es Vivir! To read is to live!
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Friday, April 18 |
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7:00 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center
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Return: A Reading with Quincy Troupe. World Music with Border Sol Arkestra: Bobby Furgo, Bugs Salcido, Nancy Lorenza Green and Debarshi Roy. Presentation of the Premio Fronterizo, the Sunshine Community Service Award and the Volunteer of the Year Award.
The ticket includes Comida Cubana: Jicama cocktail, Avocado and Pineapple salad, Tostones Cubanos (Fried Plantains), White Rice, Black Beans, Empanadas de Rez., Pollo Borracho, Ropa Vieja, Coconut and Mango Aguas,& Arroz con Leche. Starting at 6:00p.m. |
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Saturday, April 19 |
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
A Handbook to Luck: Book Talk by Cristina García about her latest novel. |
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1:00-2:30 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
Teen Writing Workshop with Griselda "La RaNa" Muñoz. Reservations Necessary. |
To make reservations for this event, please click here. |
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
Plática/Talk by Quincy Troupe. |
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6:00-8:00 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
Returning, Exile, Home: A Circle of Culture and Roots. A reading by Cristina Garcia. Music by Fronteras No Más. |
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| Sunday, April 20 |
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Mesilla Plaza |
Almuerzo Mexicano. No host Mexican breakfast. Catered by Beltran's Meat Market. |
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11:00-12:30 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
A Conversation with Coffee and A Slide Show by Don Usner.
Hosted by BBF and resident photographer Daniel Zolinsky |
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11:00-12:30 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
A Mandala painting workshop with Sudeshna Sengupta. Includes all supplies. |
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3:30--5:00 p.m.
Mesilla Community Center |
Reading with Alex Espinosa, Don Usner, Adalucía Quan and Amy Costales. Music by La Familia Vigil. |
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