A Taste of History – 2017
Thank you for supporting the 2017 Taste of History event, benefiting the California History Center and Euphrat Museum of Art, and featuring poet Juan Felipe Herrera.
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This special event with poet Juan Felipe Herrera is part of a year-long celebration of °®¶¹´«Ã½ College's 50th anniversary.
- Date & Time: Nov. 18, 2017, 3-6 p.m.
- Location: Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC)
- Cost: $75
- Parking: Free in college parking lots A and B
About Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera is the immediate past Poet Laureate of the United States (2015-2017) and the first Latino to hold that position. A former adjunct faculty member at °®¶¹´«Ã½ College, he has been called “the elder statesman of Mexican American poetry.â€
Herrera, who has written books for adults, young adults and children, is also a performance
artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.
When he was appointed Poet Laureate, the Washington Post reported: “As a child, Herrera learned to love poetry by singing about the Mexican Revolution with his mother, a migrant farmworker in California. Inspired by her spirit, he has spent his life crossing borders, erasing boundaries and expanding the American chorus.â€
At this year’s Taste of History, Herrera will share stories and perform with a troupe of friends, musicians and poets.
Waking up is the biggest thing. I’m a political poet – let us say a human poet, a poet that’s concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that’s what I’m going to use.
- Juan Felipe Herrera
Also At The Event
The event also features wine tasting, food and an opportunity to view the Euphrat Museum of Art’s fall 2017 exhibit, “Kindness as Resistance.â€
Proceeds will support after-school arts classes for at-risk youth, and °®¶¹´«Ã½ student multi-media projects that preserve and share our local history.
Previous Years' Events
- 2015: Commemorating the Panama- Pacific International Exposition
- 2014: A Taste of Wine, A Sip of Water
- 2013: A Celebration of Cupertino's Mayors, 1955-2013
- 2012: A Glimpse of the Future
- 2011: Celebrating Our Historic Corridor
A Gathering of Mayors
°®¶¹´«Ã½ Commission co-chair Orrin Mahoney, who served as Cupertino mayor in 2009 and 2013, was joined by 10 other former Cupertino mayors for a special Taste of History gathering in 2013 to honor Cupertino's mayors.
Sunken Garden Renovation
- The Sunken Garden Renovation project is complete! If you have not seen it, please stop by and step into this historic center of our campus.
- Check out the Historic Review Committee site plan presentation for a review of how the Sunken Garden was designed to reflect its original purpose. Slides include concept drawings and photographs of updated fixtures and native plants planned for the garden.
