Food for Thought Presents Documentary "Food Fight" and Filmmaker Q&A, Nov. 27

Join us for the next Food for Thought Event:

Screening of the documentary film "Food Fight" and 

Q&A with Producer/Director Chris Taylor

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Roy G. Cullen Building, Room 104
Free and Open to the Public

About The Film:
FOOD FIGHT is a fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20^th century, and how the California food movement has created a counter-revolution against big agribusiness.

About The Filmmaker:
Chris Taylor received a B.A. from Harvard University in Folklore and Mythology. After attending the American Film Institute in 1988, Chris began his career as a Director of Photography by working as a DP with such talented filmmakers as Gary Oldman, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Michael Lehmann, and others. In 2005, Chris co-founded Positively 25th Street, a production company dedicated to creating original documentary programming with social and cultural significance. His first project, FOOD FIGHT, was awarded the Audience Award for 2008 by the International Documentary Association.

Sponsored by the El Paso Corporation Lecture Series, the UH Center for Public History, and the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. The talk is free and open to the public.  Parking is available in the Welcome Center Parking Garage located on Calhoun Drive near Entrance 1.

A campus map and directions can be found at: http://www.uh.edu/maps/#map-directions
For more information, contact Temple Northup at temple@uh.edu or Monica Perales at mperales3@uh.edu.

Reminder!

Just a quick reminder of two things this week:

• Food For Thought Series with Gustavo Arrellano
• Thursday, November 15
• 5:00PM
• Roy G. Cullen, Room 104

• Public History Gathering
• Friday, November 16
• 4:30PM
• Brasil

Please comment/email/call/text with any questions!  

See you soon,

Lori

Food for Thought Presents Gustavo Arrellano, November 15

Gustavo Arrellano, best-selling author and popular syndicated columnist (“Ask a Mexican!”) will discuss his new book Taco, USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America as part of the Food for Thought Speaker series on Thursday, November 15 at 5:00 pm in Roy G. Cullen Building, Room 104.  A book signing will follow the event.

Arellano’s new book details why the U.S. loves all things folded in a tortilla, how salsa overtook ketchup as the country’s favorite condiment in the 1990s, how nachos became the third-largest concession food after popcorn and soda, and how the U.S. is the world’s largest consumer of tequila.  He addresses what constitutes “Mexican” food in the U.S. – what is “authentic” and what’s “Taco Bell,” and why does it matter?

Food for Thought is a speaker series promoting the scholarly study of food.  Presenters highlight the latest research on the multiple ways food shapes business and economy, nutrition and health, the environment, and social relations.  The goal of the series is to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration through the examination of the food that sustains the cultural, economic, and physical lives of our diverse communities.

The lecture is sponsored by the El Paso Corporation Lecture Series, the Center for Public History, the Department of History, the Center for Mexican American Studies and Latin American Studies. The talk is free and open to the public.  Parking is available in the Welcome Center Parking Garage located on Calhoun Drive near Entrance 1.

A campus map and directions can be found at: http://www.uh.edu/maps/#map-directions

For more information, contact Todd Romero at tromero2@uh.edu or Monica Perales at mperales3@uh.edu.

Public History Gathering Information

Hi all!

It looks as if everyone is available on November 16th, so here is the info about the 'gathering'--  

Where: Brasil 
Date: Friday, November 16, 2012
Time: 4:30PM
Address: 2604 Dunlavy St.  Houston, TX 77006
Parking: You can park along both Dunlavy and Hawthorne, as well as parts of Westheimer-- basically anywhere on the street in the neighborhood behind Brasil (just be on the lookout for no parking signs).

Please let me know if 4:30PM doesn't work for you.  We chose this time so that we wouldn't get stuck in traffic getting to Brasil.  

I'll send a reminder email the week of the event, but please let me know if something comes up between now and then.  We really want to accommodate everyone for this first meeting.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

-Lori