Nuestra Palabra ON THE AIR

Nuestra Palabra on the air, Latino writers featured on KPFTTuesdays 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
90.1 FM, KPFT
www.kpft.org

Hosts: NP Founder Tony Diaz, Liana Lopez and Bryan Parras.

NP Crew: Paul Barron, Raisa Chauca, Tony Garcia, Jr. and Alejandra Sanchez.

Interviews with leading authors and new voices, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memorias, teatro, audio open-mike, and insights into the Latino Literary Renaissance in all its splendor. Special segments on issues impacting education, art, and culture in Houston, the nation, and the world, and mas, always mas. Broadcast in English and Spanish.

    Line up for the NP Radio Show:
    Tuesday, July 6th
    7:30 – 8:30 pm

Spotlight on the truly hot Texican summer NP alumni will be bringing to Houston with three smokin’ July events. Catch the first blast of that heat wave on the airwaves tonight!

Liana Lopez and Bryan Lucas Parras salute Independence Day and ‘The Spirit of ’76’ with the Roots of Rebellion photography exhibition opening 8 p.m. Saturday, July 10th at Dean’s Credit Clothing in Montrose (315 Fairview St.) On view until August 6th, it’s visual testimony of the seeds of rebellion and protest from coastal Louisiana, Houston, Mexico City and Palestine.

Lupe Mendez and Jasminne Mendez have a special preview of the 2010 Word Around Poetry Tour kicking-off this Sunday, July 11th. Seven nights, seven venues with headliners Joe B, Kool B, Dee!Colonize, Nine, Marlon Lizama and 10 other local poet celebrities. Tune in for the first dose tonight and a few free tickets to the closing night party at Aerosol Warfare on Saturday, the 17th.

And last but not least, Alvaro Saar Rios, El Crazy Mex, is back from El Norte (Wisconsin) bringing a new one-man play to Houston this summer: One Hot Texican Summer (or the summer I found out I was Mexican.) This special one-night event will be on Wed., July 7, 2010 7:30 p.m. at Heinen Theatre, 3517 Austin St., on the HCC-Central Campus. Admission is FREE!!!

and mas…..always mas…..

7:30pm on 90.1 FM or online at www.KPFT.org

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For author interviews, send 2 copies of books with informational packets to:
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
419 Lovett
Houston, Texas 77006

Photographs taken by Thomas V. Gandy