Noche Latina at University of Saint Joseph Celebrates an Evening of Latino Music, Art, and Culture

The
University of Saint Joseph will celebrate Latino culture with its third annual Noche Latina: Infini Tango, October 11, 2013 in the Bruyette Athenaeum’s Hoffman
Auditorium, located on the university’s West Hartford campus at 1678 Asylum Ave.
Infini Tango creates a
breathtaking and sensual musical experience through traditional Argentine
tangos of the Golden Age, including selections by Carlos Gardel, Osvaldo
Pugliese and Astor Piazzolla’s Tango
Nuevo. The event begins with an art exhibition and reception at 6:00 p.m.
followed by the performance at 7:30 p.m.

“Noche
Latina has quickly become a popular and meaningful event — for both the
University and the greater Hartford community,” said Assistant Professor of
Social Work Nelly Rojas Schwan, Ph.D. “It complements the University’s
Institute for Latino Community Practice, which prepares undergraduate and
graduate students for culturally and linguistically competent leadership in
their professions.”

In conjunction
with Noche Latina, several well-known
Latino artists from the Hartford area will be featured in an exhibition
organized by Jerry Berry in the reception room on the second floor of Bruyette
Athenaeum. Artists include Juan Andreu, Humberto Castro Cruz, Imna Arroyo, and
Carlos Hernandez Chavez. The university’s Art Gallery also will exhibit a
recent acquisition, the codex Escape from Fantasylandia: An Illegal Alien’s
Survival Guide (2011), by famed contemporary artist Enrique Chagoya (born
Mexico, 1953). The art exhibition runs October 2-11.

Although
tickets are free, patrons must reserve them. Contact the Frances Driscoll Box
Office at 860.231.5555 or www.usj.edu/arts.