During September 15 – October 15, we recognize Hispanic Heritage Month in Ontario and Latin American Heritage Month in Canada.
These recognition include celebrating the voices, cultures, and histories of peoples with backgrounds and ancestry from Spain, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. September 15 marks the day that El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua became independent. September 16 marks Mexico’s independence and Chile celebrates its independence on September 18. In Mexico, rather than celebrating Columbus Day, Mexico celebrates Dia de la Raza which recognizes the many Indigenous Peoples of Mexico along with their mixed European heritage.
To commemorate Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month, we collaborated with Aluna Theatre and RUTAS 2024 International Performing Arts Festival community to curate the following list of books available in the U of T Libraries (UTL) and the Toronto Public Library systems to learn more about Hispanic and Latin authors and stories.
From September 26 to October 6, RUTAS 2024 returns with an exciting lineup of theatre, dance, installations, a photo exhibition, talk backs, workshops, a cabaret, and a national gathering of Latinx theatre artists. International artists from Mexico and Chile, together with talent from our diasporas, explore stories of identity, displacement, and resistance through the theme of Personal Cartographies.
Full programming and tickets are available now at rutas.ca
La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende
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Historias de cronopios y de famas by Julio Cortázar
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Cien año de soledad by Gabriel García Marquez
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Delirium by Laura Restrepo
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El pais de las mujeres by Gioconda Belli
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Como maté a mi padre by Sara Jaramillo Klinkert
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Un tal Bernabé Bernal by Salom Becerra, Alvaro
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Don Simeón Torrente ha dejado de deber by Salom Becerra, Alvaro
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Open veins of Latin America: five centuries of the pillage of a continent by Galeano, Eduardo
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