Cultural Heritage Months
2023-2024
Latin American Heritage Month
September 15 - October 15
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Black Friday w/ALSO
September 15, OAAA, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join the Afro-Latinx Student Organization @ Black Friday.Comida y Comunidad
September 15, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for arepas & making rep your flag bracelets!LUL & PMP Cookout
September 17, Lambeth Field, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join LUL and PMP for a cookout!CulturaFest
September 24, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join COLA for a celebration of Latin American food, music, & culture.Carne Asada
September 23, Faulkner Gazebo, Afternoon
Join the Afro-Latinx Student Organization for a cookout.Game Night w/ALSO X MSS
September 26, Multicultural Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 2nd Floor, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join ALSO and MSS for games about Afro-Latinx history, card games, & dominoes!Latinx Queer Dinner Dialogue
September 27, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us in the LGBTQ Center for dinner & discussion!Make Jarritos de Barro Mexicanos w/the LSC
October 4, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join the LSC for an event celebrating Latin American culture by painting Mexican mud mugs!STEM Alumni/Internship Panel
October 5, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, Time TBD
Latinx alumni from SHPE will talk about working in STEM.PMP Jeopardy
October 5, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join PMP for a game of Jeopardy!LAHM Feel Good FRIDAZE!
October 6, Multicultural Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 2nd Floor, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join us in the MSC for LAHM Feel Good FRIDAZE!LAHM Queer Brunch
October 10, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Join us for Brunch catered by a queer latinx baker!PLUMAS & LSC Open Mic Night!
October 11, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Join PLUMAS and the LSC for a LAHM open mic night!Hoo’s Cooking Celebrates LAHM
October 12, UVA Teaching Kitchen, Student Health & Wellness, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join the UVA Teaching Kitchen for this cooking class! Sign up on TK’s website.Latinx Health Fair w/the Latino Health Initiative
October 14, Albemarle High School, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Come to this health fair serving the Latinx community.Parents' Brunch w/LAIC
October 15, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, Time TBD
Join the Latin American Identities Coalition for a Parents Brunch.Dinner w/CAFE
October 15, The Park (North Grounds), 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Central Americans for Empowerment for a Parents Dinner!LAIC x CAFE World Cup!
Games in September and October, Lambeth Field
Join LAIC & CAFE for a World Cup Tournament w/mini games!
LGBTQ History Month
October 1 - October 31
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Glozet Fundraiser
Oct. 5, Crozet Pizza, 7:00PM-9:00PM
Join QSU and Mutual Aid for this fundraiser!
QSU General Body Meeting
Oct. 5, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 5:00PM- 6:00PM
Join QSU for a general body meeting and to learn how to get involved!
QVA Fall Weekend
Oct. 6-8, Various Locations & Times
The Queer Virginia Alumni Network Annual Fall Weekend - Print Registration Required
Queer Brunch
Oct. 10, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 11:00AM-12:00PM
Join us for Latin American Heritage Month Queer Brunch! Catered by a local queer latinx baker, BakerNoBakery.
National Coming Out Day Celebration
Oct. 11, UVA Amphitheatre, 12:00PM-3:00PM
Join the LGBTQ Center to celebrate National Coming Out Day with stickers, flags, pins, and temporary tattoos!
National Coming Out Day Dialogue
Oct. 11, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 5:00PM-6:00PM
This is a space to talk about your own personal coming out process or listen to others' experiences. We will not assume level of out-ness at this event. All students are welcome regardless of where they are in their journeys.
Queer-Owned & Queer-Supportive C'Ville Food Tour
Oct. 18, Newcomb Hall Courtyard, 2nd Floor, 1:00PM-3:00PM
Join the MSC for a tour of queer-owned and queer-supportive restaurants in C'Ville. These restaurants provide safe spaces for the celebration of queer culture right here in C'Ville!
Fireside Chat with UVA Data Science
Oct. 20, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 1:00PM-2:00PM
Fireside Chat with Kelsey Campbell, Founder of Gayta Science.
QTBIPOC Hangout
Oct. 23, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 6:00PM-7:00PM
Join the LGBTQ Center for QTBIPOC Hangout.
Aro/Ace Space
Oct. 24, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 6:30PM-8:00PM
Join the LGBTQ Center for a meeting of Aro/Ace Space
Comida y Comunidad
Oct. 26, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 5:00PM-6:30PM
Join the LSC and decorate sugar skulls in honor of Dia de los Muertos. We'll have dinner and information about queer Latin American Historical Figures to honor on this upcoming day of rememberance and celebration.
Black Queer Club
Oct. 26, Pavilion VI, 6:30PM-7:45PM
Join Black Queer Club for dinner with Dean Rucker.
Sapphic Circle
Oct. 29, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 3:00PM-4:30PM
Join Sapphic Circle for a picnic. We'll be meeting in the LGBTQ Center first.
Queer History Month Documentary and Dialogue w/QSU
Oct. 30, LGBTQ Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 7:00PM-8:30PM
Join the Queer Student Union for a documentary and dialogue in celebration of LGBTQ History Month.
Indigenous People's Day
October 9
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The Native American Origins of Classic Southern Dishes
Oct. 9, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor, 4:00PM-5:00PM
Join us in the LSC to have some delicious classic Southern staple foods and learn about the actual Native American origins of these dishes.
NASU Game Night
Oct. 9, Multicultural Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 7:00PM-9:00PM
Join the Native American Student Union for an Indigenous People's Day Game Night in the MSC!
Native American Heritage Month
November 1 - November 30
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NASU Choctaw Beading Class
Nov. 1, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 6:00PM-9:00PM
A class on the art of making Choctaw Beaded Hoop Earrings!
Lindner Lecture Series: UVA Dept. of Art
Nov. 2, Campbell Hall 160, 6:30PM
"Lecture by Nancy Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache) & Elisabetta Frasca on Curating Native American Art in Italy.
UVA Health Storyteller Series: Kody Grant, UVA Tribal Liaison
Nov. 6, Pinn Hall 1005, 1:30PM-2:30PM
This event is hybrid- Register for virtual here: tinyurl.com/NAHMStorytellersSeriesNov6.
PLUMAS Teach-In
Nov. 8, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 7:00PM-9:00PM
A history of Indigenous, Black, & Latinx organizing & the creation of safe spaces.
CGII Brown Bag Lunch
Nov. 9, Hotel A, One West Range, 12:00PM-1:30PM
Indigenous Communities & Tallgrass Prairie Resilience in the Face of Changing Climate: Research Presentation. Registration Required.
Film & Discussion
Nov. 9, The Center at Belvedere (540 Belvedere Boulevard), 3:00PM-5:00PM
Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums, and Song Film and Discussion.
MSC Celebration
Nov. 9, Multicultural Student Center, 6:30PM-7:30PM
More details to come.
PLUMAS Radical Kitchen
Nov. 9, Outside of Clemons Library, 7:00PM-9:00PM
PLUMAS will sell snacks to raise money for mutual aid causes in C’Ville & discuss Indigenous activism in Latin America.
Eel Basket-Making Workshop
Nov. 10, Multicultural Student Center, Newcomb Hall 2nd Floor, 6:00PM-8:00PM
Join NASU for an Eel Basket-Making Workshop with Brad Hatch.
UVA Health- My Story My Voice: Dr. Edward C. Valandra
Nov. 15, Online, 12:00PM-1:00PM
This event is virtual- Register here: https://tinyurl.com/NAHMMyStoryMyVoiceNov15.
NASU Invites Suni Sonqo
Nov. 15, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 6:30PM-8:30PM
Suni Sonqo, a member of the Quechua Nation, will come speak on his art & upcoming film (Hatarimuy).
Comida y Comunidad
Nov. 17, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 5:00PM-5:00PM
Join us for food & an early tribute to the National Day of Mourning (unThanksgiving).
Open Mic: Sounds of the Silenced
Nov. 20, Latinx Student Center, Newcomb Hall 3rd Floor, 7:00PM-9:00PM
Join the LSC and PLUMAS for an open mic night discussing the silencing of oppressed voices
Memory Monday w/NASU
Nov. 27, Multicultural Student Center, Newcomb Hall 2nd Floor, 7:00PM-8:00PM
Join the Minority Rights Coalition for Memory Monday ft. NASU.
Cooking Class with NASU ft. Mary Wilson
Nov. 29, UVA Teaching Kitchen, Student Health & Wellness, 6:00PM-7:30PM
Learn to make homemade cranberry sauce & sweet potato kale pilaf.
Middle Eastern / North African Heritage Month
April 1 - April 30
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Charity Iftar
April 3, Newcomb Hall, 7:00 PM
Students for Justice in Palestine & the Muslim Student Assoc. will be raising money for Palestinian refugees. Food provided.
Race vs. Ethnicity & the US Census
April 12, Latinx Student Center, 3rd Floor of Newcomb Hall, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Join MSS in viewing The 2020 Census: The Risks of Getting It Wrong, highlighting the ways in which many MENA & Latinx people are often forced to identify as white in formal paperwork, including the US Census.
Nowruz Celebration
April 15, Newcomb Ballroom, 4:00 PM
Join the Persian Cultural Society for Nowruz, which marks the first day of spring, to celebrate year 1402 with music, dance, and much more! Food will be provided.
The Queer Revolution in the Middle East
April 19, LGBTQ Center, 3rd Floor of Newcomb Hall, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Join MSS for a screening of this documentary in the QC!
MSS Community Gathering
April 28, Multicultural Student Center, 2nd floor of Newcomb Hall, 10:00AM-3:00PM
Come join MSS in the MSC for a MENA community gathering!
Hindustani Music Residency
April 29, McLeod Auditorium, 202 Jeanette Lancaster Way, 6:00PM-8:00PM
Join the Dept. of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures for this musical performance.
Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian American Heritage Month
April 1 - April 30
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Thai New Year (Songkran) Celebration
April 8, Observatory Hill or Lambeth Field, 2:00PM-4:00PM
Join the Thai Student Org & Asian Student Union for water balloon games!
Community Gathering & East Asian Film Series: The Phantom Lover
April 13, New Cabell Hall, Room 236, 5:30PM-8:00PM
The Phantom Lover (夜半歌聲) is a 1995 Hong Kong musical romance drama film and is a remake of the 1937 film Song at Midnight. Food will be provided.
Open Mic Night
April 13, Multicultural Student Center, 2nd Floor of Newcomb Hall, 7:00PM-8:30PM
Join the Asian Student Union & Flux Poetry & Spoken Word for open mic night!
Bengali New Years Celebration
April 14, Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room, 2:00PM-8:00PM
Join BSO for a Bengali New Years Celebration!
Barrio Fiesta - Maunawaan Ako: Understand Me
April 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center, 2:00PM-5:00PM
Join the Organization of Young Filipino Americans for its annual culture show! More details on FB & Instagram: @oyfaatuva
Enactus Kimchi Making Event
April 16, Multicultural Student Center, 2nd Floor of Newcomb Hall, 1:00PM-3:00PM
Join Enactus for a kimchi cooking class with Mama Jen from Umma's
Intertwined Histories: Migration to the US
April 19, Latinx Student Center, 3rd Floor of Newcomb Hall, 4:00PM-5:00PM
Join MSS for a discussion on how migration to the US from countries in Asia & Central/South America have influenced each other's histories.
ASU Movie Screening
April 21, LGBTQ Center, 3rd Floor of Newcomb Hall, 6:30PM-9:00PM
The Asian Student Union will screen Everything Everywhere All at Once!
Hawaiian Cuisine Cooking Class
April 24, UVA Teaching Kitchen, Student Health & Wellness Building, 5:00PM-6:30PM
Join Hoos Cooking & Mochiko's Chef for a lesson in Hawaiian Cuisine!