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<div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"
size="4"><b><small>also performing the same night see below</small><br>
The Role of the Artist in Society:<br>
A Conversation with Carlos Varela</b></font><br>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Wednesday,
May 12, 2010</span><br style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">
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<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">4:30 pm</span><br
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<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F.
Kennedy Street, Belfer Building, Fourth floor, Land Hall, Cambridge</span><br>
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This seminar is part of the Center’s ongoing seminar series
on Latin American art and culture and is sponsored by the Cuban Studies
Program at DRCLAS. Professor Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr.
Professor of Romance Languages and Literature and Director of Graduate
Studies in Spanish at Harvard University, will introduce Mr. Varela and
moderate a conversation with him regarding the arts and music in Cuba.
Mr. Varela will deliver his remarks in Spanish.<br>
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For more information, please contact: Maximiliano Mauriz, <a
href="mailto:mauriz@fas.harvard.edu">mauriz@fas.harvard.edu</a>.<br>
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In case you missed them below is a link to a NY Times article on his
visit in December 2009. See <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/world/americas/29cuba.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/world/americas/29cuba.html</a>.<br>
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Please note that Carlos Varela will play in concert in Somerville
that same evening. Advance tickets are available on the Johnny Ds
website: <a href="http://www.johnnyds.com/cal/2010/2010-05.html">http://www.johnnyds.com/artist/carlos-varela.html</a>
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