The 10th Annual Multicultural Conference will be held April 20-22, featuring presentations, screenings, a writing workshop, and literary readings on the theme "Transcending Multiculturalism: (Trans)nationalism and (Trans)genrification." All events except the luncheon are free and open to the public and will be held in the Visual Arts and Technology Center, Room 120, unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Juanita Luna Lawhn, Conference Coordinator and English Professor, at 733-2514 or check the web site at http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/multicultconf/program04.htm.

The Opening Ceremonies begin Tuesday, April 20 at 6 p.m. in McCreless Theater, with an Introduction by Moumin Quazi (University of the Incarnate Word) and readings by Carol Coffee Reposa (San Antonio College) and Beatriz Rivera (Penn State Worthington Scranton). The conference schedule follows:

Wednesday, April 21:
9-9:50 a.m. Cynthia Ward on Their Eyes Were Watching God and Astrid Fellner on "Transnational Ethnicity in Writings by U.S. American and German Women of Color"

10-10:50 a.m. Beatriz Rivera reading from "Playing With Light: A Novel" and Roberta Leichnitz on "Cross-Cultural Communication in American Popular Cinema: The Joy Luck Club Example" with book signing in the lobby.

11-11:50 a.m. R.L. Smith on "The Virgin Mary in Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands" and Amara Graf on "The Work of Gloria Anzaldua, Pat Mora, and Sonia Saldivar-Hull"

12-12:50 p.m. Charles Belcher on "The Influence of Julio Cortazar on World Cinema" and Terry Caesar on "The Sopranos in Japan: Video Technology, Television, and Nation."

1-1:50 p.m. Film Viewing - a biographic profile of Sergeant Jose M. Lopez, WW II veteran: Jose M. Lopez: Un Hombre Valiente, with discussion by Manuel Medrano.

2-3:30 p.m. Beatriz Rivera will conduct a Writing Workshop.

6-8 p.m. Two Artists' Exhibit, by Arturo Almeida and Daniel Guerrero, in the Fine Arts Building, University of the Incarnate Word

Thursday, April 22:
8-9:15 a.m. Barbara McClure Smith on "Edward Said and the Role of Iconoclasm" and Mariano Aguilar on "Excerpts of a novel As Sure as the August."

9:25-10:40 a.m. Eva Bueno on "Placing Thailand in the West," Phil Lampe on "Exporting an Image," and Judith Infante, "Ofrendas en poesia."

10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Shawn Easley on "The Role of Transnational NGOs in Economic Globalization," Patti Dunn on "The Cementville Story, and Ned Bailey reading from her novel Fire in the Bones.

12:15-1:45 p.m. Luncheon at the Bright Shawl, (819 Augusta St.), reservation required - 733-2491. Speaker Juan Bruce-Novoa, English Department, University of California at Irvine, on "Don't Move or Else: Bodies in Motion . . . What Are We So Afraid Of and Why Does It Turn Us On?"

7-9 p.m. An Evening of Literary Selections by Jo LeCoeur, Moumin Quazi, Juanita Luna Lawhn, and Juan Bruce-Novoa at Borders, Alamo Quarry Market, 255 E. Basse Rd., Suite 350, 828-9496.

Sponsors include the Alamo Community College District, Arte Público Press, San Antonio College Bookstore, the departments of English, Enrollment Management, Library and Media Services, and Student Life, and the University of the Incarnate Word Art Department.