Cross-Cultural Center April Events

API Film Series – “Eve and the Fire Horse”

Wednesday, April 4 ~ 7:00 PM ~ LT-161 (Little Theater)
“Eve and the Fire Horse” looks at a precocious 9-year-old with an overactive imagination. Eve was born in the year of the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. When her older sister Karena becomes fascinated with Christianity, crucifixes pop up next to the Buddha in the family’s house and Eve must contend with a Sunday school class where her wild imagination is distinctly out of place. Caught between her sister’s quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humor and wide-eyed wonder. Sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply.

Civic Responsibilities Series: Down But Not Out

Wednesday, April 4 ~ 7:00 PM ~ Student Services East – 1401
Local film producer Arthur Saenz will be showing a documentary of New Orleans entitled “Down But Not Out”. The film will showcase the devastated areas of New Orleans and incorporate personal testimony of people continuing to struggle to return to a normal life. Student Leaders from this year’s Alternative Spring Break New Orleans will be panelists in the discussion as they share their experiences and stories. A brief slide show of their efforts and assistance will be displayed.

Carl Winters – The Kalimba King

Monday, April 9 ~ 6:00 PM ~ Montezuma Hall, Aztec Center
For Carl Winters, playing the kalimba and studying the instrument's history had become a mission. Thus, the journey began, and after two decades of jamming with various bands, Winters commenced to offer his kalimba expertise to all types of venues including, universities, festivals, public schools and libraries. Winters is a member of the International Association for Jazz Education. Winters' sound has been described as funky yet spacey, earthy yet celestial, charismatic yet serene, and contemporary yet timeless.

Jessi La Costa: Engage, Ignite, Empowered – Are you ready?

Tuesday, April 10 ~ 12:00 PM ~ Casa Real, Aztec Center
Have you ever heard that if you know who are – you can do amazing things? Ok, but seriously – how do you know who you are? How much does your inner wisdom, your authentic self have to do with your wellness and your success? Does it really matter if you are different? Explore the answers on April 10th in Casa Real when Jessi LaCosta shares her journey from a sexual assault survivor to being a successful speaker and professional and personal development coach. She reveals how you too, can move your life forward by understanding your authentic core values--- who you are and what motivates you- engages you – what lifts you up each and every day and how to manifest it so you can do amazing things.

API Film Series – “Fire”

Wednesday, April 11 ~ 7:00 PM ~ LT-161 (Little Theater)
“Fire” is the story of two sisters-in-law who, living in a crowded household and smothered by lifeless marriages, eventually turn to each other for intimacy. It's a beautiful, interesting drama that benefits from its locale, but Mehta directs with a solemnity--perhaps intended to echo the stifling marriages.

Risk Through Your Art featuring Allison De La Cruz

Thursday, April 12 ~ 6:00 PM ~ Cross-Cultural Center, Aztec Center
This two-part evening invites you to engage with Los Angeles based performing artist Alison De La Cruz in a 45-minute exploration into the creative processes to help you explore your self and take risks through your art. Then, join De La Cruz, a queer, Filipina, mixed-race artist, as she shares humorous, thought-provoking and engaging performance pieces in an interactive lecture-performance. Come see what happens when you Risk Through Your Art.

Stand & Deliver: A Night of Spoken Word

Thursday, April 12 ~ 7:00 PM ~ Backdoor, Lower Aztec Center
Join us as we enjoy a night of spoken word at it’s finest with special guest performer Allison de la Cruz. The program will also include local spoken word artists and an open mic for SDSU students to share their work.

API Film Series – “Bayaning Third World”

Wednesday, April 18 ~ 7:00 PM ~ LT-161 (Little Theater)
“Bayaning Third World” is the untold love story of Jose Rizal and Josephine Bracken, finally revealed after more than 100 years. The film features a director and writer recreating Rizal's past as they go through the hero's letters and other historical accounts. As the past unfolds, the director and the writer dig up more of the gray areas of Rizal's life. Both of them set out on their journeys to the past only to find themselves having a hard time reconciling their personal beliefs with "recorded history."

API Film Series – A World Without Thieves

Wednesday, April 25 ~ 7:00 PM ~ LT-161 (Little Theater)
A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.

Speaker - Angela Oh

Thursday, April 26 ~ 4:00 PM ~ SS-1500
Angela Oh will discuss immigration and civil rights issues in the Asian American Community. While Chicana/o and Latina/o populations are at the forefront of the debate about immigration policy and civil rights for undocumented workers, the outcome of this debate will profoundly impact the Asian Pacific American Community as well.

Angela E. Oh is an attorney, teacher, and public lecturer. In June 1997, she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the President’s Initiative on Race where she served as part of a seven-member Advisory Board to the President in an effort directed at examining how race, racism, and racial differences have affected the United States. Ms. Oh has also been appointed Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California, Irvine where she continues to teach a course on Race and American Law and Leadership for the 21st Century and recently finished a collection of essays entitled Open: One Woman’s Journey.