At noon, Tey D. Rebolledo, the Regents’ Professor of Spanish at the University of New Mexico, will give a talk entitled "Crossings: Images of the Border in Chicana Writing and Art."

A buffet lunch is available. A meal ticket may be purchased for $7.50 in the food service office in Stockdale Center. Lunch reservations must be made in advance by calling Ruby Pentsil-Bukari at 309-457-2241, but anyone may attend the presentation without obligation to purchase the meal.

At 7 p.m., there will be a free performance by Las Guitarras D’Espana (The Guitars of Spain) in the Kasch Performance Hall of the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The group brings a mixture of flamenco and Caribbean tunes with an African and Middle Eastern influence.

Rebolledo specializes in Chicana literature, Latin American poetry and women’s literature. She has authored several works, including "The Chronicles of Panchita Villa and Other Guerillas: Essays on Chicana/Latina Literature and Criticism" (University of Texas Press, 2005). Besides being a Regents’ Professor at UNM, she has also been named a Distinguished Professor and a New Mexico Eminent Scholar.