October-November Miraflores Book Events
Upcoming in San Antonio and Austin
Cuauhtémoc, by LL Sanchez. Photo © Anne Elise Urrutia
University of Texas at San Antonio
Friday, October 28 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Miraflores, garden of an artist-scientist
A presentation by Anne Elise Urrutia, author of “Miraflores, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory” to the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, on the multi-faceted garden of Dr. Aureliano Urrutia. Dr. Urrutia was a prominent physician from Mexico City, who created Miraflores garden after immigrating to San Antonio from Mexico in 1914.
Hosted by Dr. Glenn Martinez, Dean of COLFA, and Dr. Wendy Barker, Poet-in Residence and Pearl LeWinn Endowed Chair in Creative Writing. Free and open to the public.
Coyolxauqui, the moon goddess, by LL Sanchez. Photo © Anne Elise Urrutia
Texas Book Festival
Sunday, November 6, 2022 from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
Miraflores: a conversation with the author
Join Anne Elise Urrutia, author of “Miraflores, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory” in conversation discussing Miraflores, del pasado al futuro. Free and open to the public.
The Contemporary Austin-Jones Center
Austin, Texas
Photo of author by Josh Huskin.
Published October 8, 2022.
November 2, 2024. From San Antonio, Texas to North Adams, Massachusetts, Día de los Muertos brings a remembrance of my father, Dr. Aureliano Adolfo Urrutia, and reminds me that Latinx culture lives… Read more »»