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Enjoy a five-course Caribbean dinner with Daniel Orr

FARMbloomington chef and owner Daniel Orr will present a special five-course dinner at the Brown Hotel in Louisville this Thursday, January 26 at 7 p.m. The menu will feature traditional Caribbean recipes from Orr's cookbook Paradise Kitchen, copies of which will be available for signing.

The price to attend is $55 per person, plus tax and gratuity, or $65 including wine. Seating is limited, so please call (502) 736-2996 to make a reservation.

Book review: Made in Mexico

"In Made in Mexico, W. Warner Wood takes the reader on a tour of Zapotec textiles unlike any other Oaxacan tour. ...His tour is one that challenges the reader to rethink what Zapotec textiles are and who weaves them." —Museum Anthropology Review

Reading selections for Hispanic Heritage Month

Today marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. Originally conceived as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, the observance was lengthened to a month-long celebration in 1988. Every year from September 15 through October 15, people across the United States celebrate the culture and traditions of those citizens whose ancestors are from Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

In honor of this month, we're featuring two reading selections on Scribd to further your understanding of Hispanic heritage in the United States. The first selection, from the second edition of Manuel G. Gonzales's book Mexicanos, focuses on Cesar Chavez and the Chicano movement. In the second selection, Latinas in the United States editors Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol provide a historical and regional overview of Latinas in the Southwest and Northeast.

Two IU Press books named bestsellers in African history

Yankee Book Peddler named the The Atlantic World (#2) and India in Africa, Africa in India (#14) among the top 20 bestsellers for African history. See Wednesday's article in Library Journal.

Blog recommends Made in Mexico

Thanks to the Oaxaca Cultural Navigator blog for recommending Made in Mexico as a resource on Zapotec weaving!

If you are interested in textiles, and especially in Zapotec and Navajo weaving, comparing them, and understanding the economic viability and marketability of handmade textiles in a global economy, I suggest you read, “Made in Mexico: Zapotec Weavers and the Global Ethnic Art Market,” by W. Warner Wood (Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-21986-2). It is a wonderful discussion of the issues around how the work of weaving is organized from a social, political and cultural perspective, and factors that determine success and failure. <continue reading>

New Negroes from Africa wins Wesley-Logan Prize

Congratulations to Rosanne Marion Adderley, whose book New Negroes from Africa was recently named co-winner of the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize by the American Historical Association.

Tango reviewed by ForeWord magazine

". . . a delightful text, illuminating the fascinating convergence of cultural influences that produce an art form." <read review>