North Dakota State University will host a popular one-act play to celebrate Latino Heritage Month.
The play “Help Wanted” is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at Beckwith Recital Hall in the Reineke Fine Arts Center on the NDSU campus. The performance is free and open to the public.
Based on true events, the satirical play tells the story of impoverished Mexican immigrants who came to Minnesota to find a better life and to help their family. The play is produced by “Teatro del Pueblo,” a nonprofit theater company based in St. Paul, Minnesota, whose mission is to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about Latino culture and to promote cultural diversity in the arts.
The event is sponsored by the NDSU Office of Multicultural Programs and Campus Attractions Issues and Ideas.
The Office of International Student and Study Abroad Services Fall World iView series features a presentation related to Latino Heritage Month. “Discover Mexico: Perception, Passion, Purpose” will be presented on Thursday, Sept. 18, by Deb Maertens, assistant director of faculty immigration, and Bradley Benton, assistant professor of history. Several students will join them to discuss the 2014 spring break course that combined a historical and cultural survey of Puebla and Mexico City with a three-day home stay where students took part in service-learning projects in a rural community. The presentation is scheduled for noon in the Memorial Union Room of Nations.
Latino Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The celebration honors the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. More information on Latino Heritage Month is available at www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov.
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation’s top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.