Upohar offers authentic ethnic cuisines prepared by native cooks. Their cooks are resettled refugees from various countries who now live in Lancaster city. Their personal chef services are designed to save you time and energy. They spend the time planning the menu, grocery shopping and cooking, so you don’t have to. They also offer catering services for up to 50 people. Whether you’re hosting a small party or enjoying dinner at home with your family, allow them to share with you flavors, textures and aromas from far away places. For more information or to audition them, visit www.UpoharEthnicCuisines.com.
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10 Great Online Resources for Language and Culture
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
This month we’ll be sharing some helpful and fun language and culture resources. These resources are intended to merely complement formal language instruction, not substitute it. They are good tools to use alongside our conversational classes, which will get you actually using the language right away. We hope you will find these websites helpful too on your quest to learn a new language!
McDougal Littell’s Classzone.com allows you to use free online resources for their foreign language textbooks. These resources include an online workbook, flash card quizzes, composition practice, interactive maps and cultural webquests. These resources, except for the online version of the book, can be used without purchasing the textbook.
BBC has recently come out with brand-new language resource websites for children ages 4-11. These interactive websites are offered in Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese so far. Each website features sounds, numbers, vocabulary, games, videos, and photos to help children start learning a language at an early age. www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/
About.com contains large amounts of information on many major languages. Each language’s website contains informational articles about that language, including lessons, learning tools, and cultural facts.
Iphone and Ipod apps are a good way to practice a language on the go. There are many options out there, some free and some not.
321Speak provides high-quality language lessons with pictures and voices of native speakers. They offer Spanish, English and Chinese. Prices vary. http://321speak.com/
24/7 Tutor offers Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Russian language apps. Each language except Russian has both a free app and a $7.99 app with more features, including quizzes, native speaker audio, games and flash cards. http://www.247tutor.com/
BYKI offers a language app for $7.99 that helps you learn thousands of words or phrases for dozens of languages. http://www.byki.com/iphone/iphone.html
Internet Polyglot provides vocabulary-building through games for $1.99.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/internet-polyglot/id396269404?mt=8#
Achoo! is a 99-cent, humorous app that can be used when you encounter someone sneezing while traveling in a foreign country. The app will give you an appropriate response to the sneeze (such as “bless you”) in up to 48 languages.
Fasten Seatbelts 2 is a campaign to expose people to the cultural customs of other countries. They have dozens of short, entertaining videos that provide ways to avoid mistakes or misunderstandings abroad. You can also get these in the form of Iphone apps. http://fastenseatbelts.eu/en/35/0/About-this-project
Don’t Gross out the World is a fun, quick multiple choice quiz on dining customs in other countries. http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf
Upohar is a catering service that offers authentic ethnic cuisines prepared by native cooks. These cooks are resettled refugees from various countries who now live in Lancaster city. You can try their dishes as part of a small dinner at home or in a catering event for up to 50 people. For more information or to audition them, go to www.UpoharEthnicCuisines.com.
Latinos In America
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
March 17th
Internationally recognized scholar, translator, linguist and cultural critic Ilan Stavans presents a lecture titled “The Borders and Boundaries of Latino Culture and Language in the united States.”
York College of PA, Humanities rm 218
7 – 9pm. FREE. 717-815-1562
Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
This spring, from March 4 – April 15, Philadelphia’s beautiful flowering trees will come into bloom for the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia. A program of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadephia, the Subaru Cherry Blossom Fe…stival of Greater Philadelphia is an initiative to encourage a better understanding of the cultural, social, and educational customs of Japan and the United States. For hundreds of years, Japan has been celebrating the beauty of the elegant pink cherry blossom with picnics under the trees accompanied by traditional music and dance. Set under the blossoming canopy of Philadelphia’s cherry trees, our Festival is a chance to experience a centuries-old tradition that celebrates the fleeting splendor of spring like no other. Join tens of thousands in savoring the fruits of Japan’s rich cultural heritage before the flowers fall! The Festival benefits the JASGP Community Tree Planting Project, which seeks to beautify the Philadelphia landscape by annually planting and maintaining cherry trees in Philadelphia parks. In the spring of 2007, the JASGP finished planting 1,000 cherry trees to supplement the 1,600 flowering trees donated by Japanese government as a gesture of friendship in 1926. The 2011 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival will span from March 4 to April 15, with the centerpiece event of the Festival – SAKURA SUNDAY – taking place on April 10th in Fairmount Park’s Horticulture Center. Be part of a centuries-old tradition as they bring together the best in Japanese art, cuisine, dance, fashion, flowers, music and much more! Dozo, oide kudasai!
Fiesta Latina — Mardi Gras Night
Monday, February 28th, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011 starting at 9:30pm
First Satuday Latino Series at Rosa Rosa
Rosa Rosa 398 Harrisburg Ave Lancaster, Pa 17603Live performance by Edwin Lebron, local Salsa Recording Artist.
Cover charge $10, free parking
First Thursday Latino ~ Primer Jueves Latino ~ March 3, 2011
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ~ Social & Registration
…7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ~ Program & Special Presentations
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ~ Networking & Open Mic
Rosa Rosa Ristorante
398 Harrisburg Pike
(near The Lancaster Arts Hotel and Franklin and Marshall College)
Lancaster, PA 17602
Individuals and organizations interested in recruiting the diverse human capital to sustain our communities attend this gathering, nurture relationships and recruit professionals interested in a noble cause, in a community development initiative, in a selfless commitment to make a difference. Opportunity to meet and mingle with top decision makers in business, politics, NGOs and create lasting business relationships!
NETWORK ♦ SHARE ♦ LEARN
NETWORK ON A BUSINESS LEVEL ~ INTERACT ON A SOCIAL LEVEL
Opportunity to meet and mingle with top decision makers in business, politics, NGOs and create lasting business relationships! Individuals and organizations interested in recruiting the diverse human capital to sustain our communities attend this gathering, nurture relationships and recruit professionals.
ANNOUNCE YOUR NEW BUSINESS ~ INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COMMUNITY ~ BUILD YOUR NETWORK
Bring business cards for your chance to win a door prize!
CELEBRATING FTL’s 3rd ANNIVERSARY
Meet our Translators: Gayda
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Gayda belongs to one of the indigenous tribes of the Philippines – the Igorots. She grew up in the Philippines and lived there until she was 29 years old (six years ago) and has been living in Lancaster since she came to the States.
She spoke Kankana-ey growing up, which is one of the numerous dialects that the Igorots speak. She also speaks Ilocano, another dialect which is the third most spoken language in the northern part of the Philippines. She learned to speak Ilokano through her playmates. She learned to speak Filipino (which is considered to be the politically correct term for the Filipino language, instead of the more commonly known Tagalog) when she started going to school in kindergarten. English, which is also taught in school, is her fourth language.
Filipinos are very friendly and have close family ties. There is also a lot of respect for older people. The Filipinos are relatively happy despite the corruption and poverty that the country is experiencing.
How do you like YOUR coffee?
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Puerto Rico’s long association with coffee began when the bean arrived in the 1700s, quickly becoming the island’s main export. Coffee plantations were tended by the Jibaros, or mountain folk who worked for the wealthy hacendados, or landowners. The Jibaros, being uneducated and little more than servants, created a lasting form of expression through music, and their songs still survive today.
Between its tropical climate and rich, volcanic soil, Puerto Rico is the perfect place to grow coffee. The city of Yauco, famous for its coffee, is often called El Pueblo Del Café, or the “City of Coffee.” The Café Yauco Selecto and Alto Grande brands are among some of the highest quality coffee that Puerto Rico has to offer.
Puerto Ricans take their coffee in three main ways. Can you match the name to the drink?
Café expreso Cortadito Café con Leche
1. This drink is layered with a thin sheen of hot milk.
2. Served in a large cup, a large dollop of steamed milk is added to this coffee before serving.
3. Hot water is steamed under very high pressure and through extremely finely-ground coffee to create this very flavorful drink. It is also referred to as pocillo, in reference to the small cup in which it is served.
A series of devastating hurricanes have caused Puerto Rican coffee to lose some of the prominence it once had. However, it is still well known and if you can’t make it all the way to Puerto Rico to try it, you can just stop in at the Mean Cup at Central Market where coffee imported from Puerto Rico is now being sold. These gourmet Arabica coffees are made from carefully selected beans and their many varieties offer hints of chocolate, nut, or fruit in the flavor and aroma.
The Mean Cup: Central Market, 23 North Market Street, Lancaster, PA
Answers: 1. Cortadito, in Spanish meaning “small cut”.
2. Café con Leche , similar to the French café au lait or a latté.
3. Café expreso, from the Italian “espresso”.
Fulton Edge Series: Yo Soy Latina! is Friday Feb 18 at 9pm. 4th floor.
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
YO SOY LATINA! is a funny and very moving play that challenges a group of diverse Latina women to examine their identity and their connections in the contemporary American landscape. The play’s premise unites these women who come to share their individual anecdotes of living Latina in contemporary America. There’s Migdalia, a Nuyorican, who experiences prejudice from her own family because of her interracial marriage; Jennifer, a young Mexican-American college student who’s discovered her Chicana rights; Alicia, a Colombian actress who struggles with what keeps her from landing Latino roles because of the “lightness” of her skin; Maria Elena, a Panamanian, who faces inequity from other Latinos because of the darkness of her skin; Soledad, a Dominican mother who finds the courage to leave her machista husband in pursuit of her own dream; and Louisa, a Cuban-Irish who defends her right to be Latina.
First Friday for Families: Celebrate Black History Month
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Please join the Lancaster Public Library for an exciting First Friday event featuring artists Bill Hutson and Bardie Keith.
Friday, February 4 · 5:30pm – 8:00pm
2nd Floor Gallery, Lancaster Public Library
Prominent artist Bill Hutson will be featured in February at Lancaster Public Library. Bill states that in his abstract paintings “nature, sky, and indirect memory are the points of departure.”
Bill has traveled extensively abroad and in the United States for work, research, and exhibitions. He has taught in numerous institutions incl…uding The University of Paris-Sorbonne, Nouvelle École Nationale d’Art et Manufacture (Gabon), Hunter College, the Johns Hopkins University, The Ohio State University, and the National Museum of Art (Lagos, Nigeria).
During the past 30 years solo exhibitions of Hutson’s art have been presented in more than 20 museums and galleries and in over 50 juried shows. Abstract paintings and painted objects by Bill Hutson are in many private and public collections including The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/The New York Public Library, the Brandywine Graphic Art Workshop the Arco Collection in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Boysmans-Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, Holland. Bill Hutson lives and works in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he is the Cook Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Emeritus(Art and History), at Franklin and Marshall College.
Bardie Keith is an African-American artist, Lancaster native, and McCaskey graduate who after taking an art course at Millersville in 1978 found her calling and has not stopped creating since. She is a mixed media artist. She uses her art as a bridge to build community and raise consciousness of the oneness of our being.
The opening for the exhibit will be Friday, February 4th from 5:30-8 pm. There will be refreshments, activities for children, music with the F&M African-American Drumming Club, and and art activities with members of the Black Student Union of F&M College