WED AUG 29, 7 PM: Concert by soprano Martha Juliana Ayech Rodriguez, from Querétaro, Mexico, Holland's sister city. Part of Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival. Tickets $11.50 adults, $6.50 students, at Hope College ticket office, DeVos Field House, Fairbanks Ave, or call (616) 395-7890. At Dimnent Memorial Chapel, College Ave at 12th St, Holland.

FRI AUG 31 - SUN SEP 2: 7th annual Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival, downtown Holland locations. Includes free films, music and dance performances, fine art fair, children's mural, giant piñata, storyteller, poetry, paso fino horse demonstration, food booths. See the website www.tulipanes.org for schedule of events and times.

FRI AUG 31, 8:30 PM: Outdoor family film, "Happy Feet," part of Tulipanes. Free. At Centennial Park, River Ave at 10th St., Holland.

SAT SEP 1, 8 PM: Tulipanes Salsa Night, with Orquestra Sensacional; includes salsa lessons. Tickets $10 at Holland Visitors Bureau, 76 East 8th St, Holland, phone 394-0000; or $15 at the door. At Holland Armory, 9th St at Central Ave., Holland.

WED SEP 12: Film/película – Place and time TBA La lengua de las mariposas (José Luis Cuerda, 1999) España. Butterfly is the story of an extraordinary relationship between Moncho, a young boy beginning school and the compassionate school master who teaches him courage and exposes him to the beauty and wonder of the natural world.

TUE - WED OCT 2 & 3: Critical Issues Symposium – Simposio de Asuntos Críticos - Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America – For updated information on speakers, times and location consult: http://www.hope.edu/cis/

THUR OCT 4: Off-Campus Study Fair (Maas Auditorium – time TBA)

WED OCT 10: Film/película – Place and time TBA Fresa y chocolate (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, 1994) Cuba - Can two people from diametrically opposed sides of the political coin be friends? Apparently so. This Academy Award-nominated dramedy set during the Cuban Revolution mines the complex bond between the stick-in-the-mud conservative David (Vladimir Cruz) and his homosexual, anti-Castro neighbor, Diego (Jorge Perrugoria). When Diego's subversive adventures land him in hot water with the authorities, David decides that friendship trumps politics.

TUE NOV 13: Chilean writer, critic, and poet Marjorie Agosín – Knickerbocker – Visiting Writer Series.

MON NOV 19: Film/película – Place and time TBA Todo sobre mi madre (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999) España. An Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, writer-director Pedro Almodovar's compassionate tribute to women examines the life of Manuela (Cecilia Roth), who leaves Madrid for Barcelona shortly after she witnesses her son's accidental death. She reunites with an old friend (Antonia San Juan), a pre-op transsexual prostitute, who introduces her to Rosa (Penelope Cruz), a pregnant nun. Their fast friendship binds them through many struggles.