Family Art Day: Los Gallos Negros

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, bring your family to make simple crafts and hear the music of DC-based Los Gallos Negros, a collective of musicians focused on preserving and promoting musical genres from Mexican and Latin American culture. From rural son jarocho to urban mariachi styles and contemporary Caribbean rhythms, Los Gallos are an eclectic musical ensemble working to make the modern more traditional and the traditional more modern. Members of the group hail from throughout the U.S., and all have strong roots in Mexico. Lunch provided!

DOTS - UMD Smart Commute

UMD Smart Commute is campus’s sustainable transportation program that encourages faculty, staff, students, and visitors to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles coming to campus. Learn about biking, ridesharing, and other transportation options that take the stress out of your commute.

2018-19 Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Viet Thanh Nguyen will present “Refugees, Immigrants, Americans: Changing Our Stories,” followed by an audience Q&A. America is a story, one in which immigrants and refugees have different roles and challenges. For immigrants and refugees, becoming American must also mean changing the American story.

Nguyen’s book “The Refugees” is Maryland’s 2018-19 First Year Book and will be available to students free of charge. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture.

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