Just for Fun

Cultural Opportunities

EXTRA CREDIT

	Sept. 28 - Oct. 20	Picasso at Lapin Agile Sacramento Theater Company 1419 H St., Sacto. (916) 443-6722
	Oct. 15 Organized Field Trip	Ballet Folklórico, National Theater of the Performing Arts Crest Theater, 1013 K St., Sacto.
	Oct. 30	Salif Keita Influences of Africa, Cuba, Spain, Portugal + Middle East Mondavi Center, UC Davis, www.MondaviArts.org
	Nov. 22	Afro-Cuban All Stars Mondavi Center, UC Davis
	Every 2nd Saturday	Art Walk La Raza Galería Posada 704 O St., Sacto. (916) 446-5133
	December 16 Organized Field Trip	Taquería Luncheon
	December 16-25	Keep your ears open for local Posadas, Christmas caroling, Mexican style
	Jan. 6	Día de los Reyes, Three Kings Day celebrations
	February 23	Quinceañera and Wedding Fashion Show Woodland Mall, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
	March 7 Organized Field Trip	Cuban Dance Mondavi Center, UC Davis
	March 29	César Chávez Celebration Central Park 3rd and C, Davis 11:30 AM
	April 23	Día de los Libros y la Rosa Celebration in Spain, similar to Valentine's Day
	April 27	Festival de la Familia @ Cal Expo Great Latino food, music, dance, crafts, etc.
	April 28-May 2	Foreign Language Week at Emerson
	May 5	Cinco de Mayo Festivities Commemorates the Mexican Battle of Puebla, against French Troops occupying Mexico.

Check out some of these sites for celebrating
el Día de los Muertos

		Glossary of Words for Day of the Dead:
		http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/boeckmann/Dead/day_dead_glossary.html
		Aztec Roots of Day of the Dead:
		http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html
		Comprehensive Info and Pix for Day of the Dead:
		http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/altar/
		Folk Art (Posada) and Day of the Dead:
		http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/mjmendoza/mjmdiadelasmuertos.html
		Pictures of Day of the Dead in Oaxaca:
		http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/boeckmann/Dead/karno.html
		“Meeting the Bony Woman”:
		http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/wdevlin/wdbones.html
		Symbolism on the Altars
		http://csumb.edu/events/dead/altar.html

Proverbs:

Some of the translations are literal; others are the general meaning.
Do you have any favorite proverbs or sayings? Start your own bilingual collection.

No es oro todo lo que reluce. .All that glitters is not gold.

Del dicho al hecho hay un gran trecho. Easier said than done.

Aunque mona se viste de seda, mona se queda. A monkey dressed in silk is still a monkey.

Tontos y locos nunca fueron pocos . The world is full of fools.

Paso a Paso Web Site:

This site was created by the publisher for use with our Spanish textbook.

1. For fun or practice, do the vocabulary puzzles or take the self-test for the current or past chapters at www.pasoapaso.com

2. Browse through the blue links in the two cultural activities. One of the activities will be a required assignment at www.pasoapaso.com