Sept. 1, 2021
Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) and the Hispanic Resource Center promotes and celebrates Hispanic culture year-round. During September and October, Hispanic Heritage Month provides additional opportunities for TCCL to share and honor the many colorful traditions of Hispanic heritage.
This year’s online celebrations, from Sept. 15-Oct. 15, include cooking demonstrations, a virtual event with award-winning educator and author Felicia Rose Chavez, a community mural project and more.
The annual celebration is coordinated by TCCL’s Hispanic Resource Center, which provides cultural, informational and educational resources, as well as activities and services for both Spanish-and English-speaking families. The center was established to meet the educational and cultural needs of Tulsa County’s growing Hispanic community.
Free virtual events include:
“Community Mural Project” Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Help us create a large community mural honoring the legacy and culture of our Latinx artists! Visit your local library and pick up a community mural kit, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 15. Each kit will come with the history of a Latinx artist and invite you to recreate one of their masterpieces. Return your finished canvas to your local library by Friday, Oct. 15. For all ages.
“Grab-and-Go Hispanic Heritage Craft” Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Drop by the Kendall-Whittier Library, 21 S. Lewis Ave., and pick up a grab-and-go Mexican art project to make at home to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
“In Conversation with Felicia Rose Chavez” Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2-3 p.m. Join us for an afternoon with award-winning educator and author Felicia Rose Chavez. Chavez is the author of "The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: Decolonize the Classroom" and "The BreakBeat Poets Volume 4: LatiNEXT." The event will be conducted through Zoom and broadcast live to the Hispanic Resource Center Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/TCCLhispanicresourcecenter. No registration is required.
“Cooking With the Hispanic Resource Center” Wednesday, Sept. 15, Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, noon-1 p.m. Join us for a cooking tutorial featuring a variety of dishes from across Latin America. We will broadcast two videos a month that will teach you how to cook some of the most interesting and delicious dishes in Latin America. The tutorials will be broadcast live to the Hispanic Resource Center Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/TCCLhispanicresourcecenter.
“Beyond the Book” Thursday, Sept. 16, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Join us for a lively Zoom discussion about "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henriquez. Reserved copies are available by request. Email kelli.mcdowell@tulsalibrary.org to receive Zoom link.
“In Conversation With Marcelo Hernandez Castillo” Thursday, Oct. 7, 4-5 p.m. Join us for a reading and discussion with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, poet and author of “Children of the Land.” Co-hosted by Fulton Street Coffee & Books. The event will be conducted through Zoom and broadcast live to the Hispanic Resource Center Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/TCCLhispanicresourcecenter. No registration is required.
“National Hispanic Art Museum: Meet the Curator” Thursday, Oct. 14, 3-4 p.m. Meet and talk with the curator of the National Hispanic Art Museum and learn about the museum’s current exhibitions and permanent collections. The event will be conducted through Zoom and broadcast live to the Hispanic Resource Center Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/TCCLhispanicresourcecenter. No registration is required.
Hispanic Heritage Month programs are sponsored by the Hispanic Resource Center and Tulsa Library Trust.
For more information on TCCL’s Hispanic Heritage Month activities, call the AskUs Hotline, 918-549-7323, or visit the library’s website, www.tulsalibrary.org.
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