Week 6
What is the name of the taqueria/internet café owned by Tacho?
A: The Fallen Hand
B: The Broken Foot
C: The Crooked Finger
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Photos of Professors' Panel and Summary of Discussion
From the Four Professors’ Panel, each professor gave an interesting overview of the book from different perspectives and entertained questions and statements from the audience.
Michael Berberich: overview of the book, summary.
Steve Curley: Urrea’s background qualifies him as a voice of the border. He was raised Mexican in Tijuana and then American in San Diego by a Mexican father and an American mother. Urrea has said “the border runs down the middle of me. I have a barbed-wire fence neatly bisecting my heart.”
John Gorman: Analogies between the book and the classical model of the Journey Quest and its Hero—Took a survey that determined that very nearly everybody really liked the book and its characters—Discussed the possibility that the ending soft-pedaled the Lethalness of drug gangs when they’re crossed (acknowledging that deadly violence got its due elsewhere—in the Border section of the tale- Talked about the whole set of current attitudes toward illegal migrants and how attitudes have hardened and how the affection we feel for Nayeli and her crew is a counterweight to that angry bitterness.
Carol Bunch Davis: In many ways, Dr. Davis points out, this is a coming of age story in that Nayeli, Tacho, and the other young women walk away from their experiences with a more mature and realistic outlook on their lives and on life in the U.S., and the novel enables such discovery through the use of popular culture to enact introspection and self-awareness.
Michael Berberich: overview of the book, summary.
Steve Curley: Urrea’s background qualifies him as a voice of the border. He was raised Mexican in Tijuana and then American in San Diego by a Mexican father and an American mother. Urrea has said “the border runs down the middle of me. I have a barbed-wire fence neatly bisecting my heart.”
John Gorman: Analogies between the book and the classical model of the Journey Quest and its Hero—Took a survey that determined that very nearly everybody really liked the book and its characters—Discussed the possibility that the ending soft-pedaled the Lethalness of drug gangs when they’re crossed (acknowledging that deadly violence got its due elsewhere—in the Border section of the tale- Talked about the whole set of current attitudes toward illegal migrants and how attitudes have hardened and how the affection we feel for Nayeli and her crew is a counterweight to that angry bitterness.
Carol Bunch Davis: In many ways, Dr. Davis points out, this is a coming of age story in that Nayeli, Tacho, and the other young women walk away from their experiences with a more mature and realistic outlook on their lives and on life in the U.S., and the novel enables such discovery through the use of popular culture to enact introspection and self-awareness.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
GALVESTON READS TRIVIA CONTEST: WEEK 5
Week 5
Nayeli chose to go to the United States to protect her village from whom?
(A) Thieves
(B) Her father
(C) Drug Dealers
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
Nayeli chose to go to the United States to protect her village from whom?
(A) Thieves
(B) Her father
(C) Drug Dealers
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
GALVESTON READS TRIVIA CONTEST: WEEK 4
WEEK 4
What three songs by a popular country singer, Patsy Cline, does Matt believe that every American bowling alley must install on their juke boxes?
A) Back In Baby’s Arm, Crazy Dreams, True Love
B) Crazy, Walkin’ After Midnight, I Fall to Pieces
C) Your Cheatin’ Heart, San Antonio Rose, So Wrong’
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
What three songs by a popular country singer, Patsy Cline, does Matt believe that every American bowling alley must install on their juke boxes?
A) Back In Baby’s Arm, Crazy Dreams, True Love
B) Crazy, Walkin’ After Midnight, I Fall to Pieces
C) Your Cheatin’ Heart, San Antonio Rose, So Wrong’
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
Saturday, January 15, 2011
GALVESTON READS TRIVIA CONTEST: WEEK 3
WEEK 3
In what state did Nayeli see the giant priarie dog?
A) Georgia
B) Kansas
C) Texas
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
In what state did Nayeli see the giant priarie dog?
A) Georgia
B) Kansas
C) Texas
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
GALVESTON READS TRIVIA CONTEST: WEEK 2
What is the name of the movie that triggers Nayeli's travel into the United States?
A) "The Magnificent Seven"
B) "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
C) "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
A) "The Magnificent Seven"
B) "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
C) "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest – Week 1
From staff reports
The Daily News
Published December 26, 2010
Want a chance to win $100 of books of your choice? Enter the inaugural Galveston Reads Trivia Contest.
Each week for the next six weeks, a trivia question will be asked.
All of the answers can be found in the Galveston Reads 2011 book choice, “Into The Beautiful North,” by Alberto Urrea.
1) Nayeli carries a postcard from her father. From what city and state does the postcard originate?
A) Miami, Florida
B) Kankakee, Illinois
C) Los Angeles, California
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
You can’t lose with Galveston Reads
By Glennda Rassin
Special to The Daily News
Published December 26, 2010
Win by reading the 2011 Galveston Reads book choice “Into The Beautiful North.”
Win by taking the opportunity to meet with Alberto Urrea, the author of “Into The Beautiful North,” at 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at Galveston College.
Win by attending the special showing of the vintage movie “The Magnificent Seven.” Find out about the movie’s role in “Into The Beautiful North” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Galveston College.
Win by attending “Into The Beautiful North” discussion groups led by trained leaders.
Win by discussing “Into The Beautiful North” with a panel of professors 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at Rosenberg Library.
Win $100 of books of your choice by entering the first Galveston Reads Trivia Contest.
Everyone has a chance! Every time you answer correctly your name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win books of your choice from The Galveston Bookshop.
Six chances to be a winner! Each week for the next six weeks, a trivia question will be asked. All of the answers can be found in the Galveston Reads book choice, “Into The Beautiful North.”
The questions will appear each Sunday in the newspaper and on the Galveston Reads’ 2011 webpage, www.galvestonreads.org. To qualify, each answer must be received before the next question is asked.
Send your answers each week to Galveston Reads Trivia Contest, Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy St., Galveston, TX 77550 or e-mail to galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com.
Each correct answer will be entered for the drawing.
Urrea, the author of “Into The Beautiful North, will draw the trivia winners name on Feb. 17 at Galveston College. The winner need not be present, but if present will receive an autographed book from Mr. Urrea.
Win by attending our closing celebration and panel discussion about migration issues of the Galveston Reads Program for “Into The Beautiful North” at 3 p.m. March 12 at The Original Mexican Restaurant.
“Into The Beautiful North” is the eighth book chosen by Galveston Reads.
It is an amusing, poignant story about a strong young woman and her friends who are concerned about the drug lords beginning to invade their small village. The woman and her friends figure out a way that might rid their town of these vicious men but it includes an adventure to the United States.
To find out more about her quest, pick up “Into The Beautiful North” from your local bookstore or borrow it from Rosenberg Library or The Robbie Farmer Memorial Library at Moody Methodist Church.
See more about Galveston Reads programs at http://www.galvestonreads.org/ or by reading The Daily News for more information about upcoming events.
Glennda Rassin, a social work therapist in private practice, enjoys helping choose a book each year for Galveston Reads.
From staff reports
The Daily News
Published December 26, 2010
Want a chance to win $100 of books of your choice? Enter the inaugural Galveston Reads Trivia Contest.
Each week for the next six weeks, a trivia question will be asked.
All of the answers can be found in the Galveston Reads 2011 book choice, “Into The Beautiful North,” by Alberto Urrea.
1) Nayeli carries a postcard from her father. From what city and state does the postcard originate?
A) Miami, Florida
B) Kankakee, Illinois
C) Los Angeles, California
Send answers to: galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com
OR
Galveston Reads Trivia Contest
Rosenberg Library
2310 Sealy St.
Galveston, TX 77550
You can’t lose with Galveston Reads
By Glennda Rassin
Special to The Daily News
Published December 26, 2010
Win by reading the 2011 Galveston Reads book choice “Into The Beautiful North.”
Win by taking the opportunity to meet with Alberto Urrea, the author of “Into The Beautiful North,” at 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at Galveston College.
Win by attending the special showing of the vintage movie “The Magnificent Seven.” Find out about the movie’s role in “Into The Beautiful North” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Galveston College.
Win by attending “Into The Beautiful North” discussion groups led by trained leaders.
Win by discussing “Into The Beautiful North” with a panel of professors 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at Rosenberg Library.
Win $100 of books of your choice by entering the first Galveston Reads Trivia Contest.
Everyone has a chance! Every time you answer correctly your name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win books of your choice from The Galveston Bookshop.
Six chances to be a winner! Each week for the next six weeks, a trivia question will be asked. All of the answers can be found in the Galveston Reads book choice, “Into The Beautiful North.”
The questions will appear each Sunday in the newspaper and on the Galveston Reads’ 2011 webpage, www.galvestonreads.org. To qualify, each answer must be received before the next question is asked.
Send your answers each week to Galveston Reads Trivia Contest, Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy St., Galveston, TX 77550 or e-mail to galvestonreadsbooks(at)yahoo.com.
Each correct answer will be entered for the drawing.
Urrea, the author of “Into The Beautiful North, will draw the trivia winners name on Feb. 17 at Galveston College. The winner need not be present, but if present will receive an autographed book from Mr. Urrea.
Win by attending our closing celebration and panel discussion about migration issues of the Galveston Reads Program for “Into The Beautiful North” at 3 p.m. March 12 at The Original Mexican Restaurant.
“Into The Beautiful North” is the eighth book chosen by Galveston Reads.
It is an amusing, poignant story about a strong young woman and her friends who are concerned about the drug lords beginning to invade their small village. The woman and her friends figure out a way that might rid their town of these vicious men but it includes an adventure to the United States.
To find out more about her quest, pick up “Into The Beautiful North” from your local bookstore or borrow it from Rosenberg Library or The Robbie Farmer Memorial Library at Moody Methodist Church.
See more about Galveston Reads programs at http://www.galvestonreads.org/ or by reading The Daily News for more information about upcoming events.
Glennda Rassin, a social work therapist in private practice, enjoys helping choose a book each year for Galveston Reads.
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