A Think and Drink Conversation with Héctor Tobar and Luis Alfaro

The conversation is part of OSF’s biannual CultureFest, which this year was celebrated in combination with the National Asian American Theater Festival and Conference (ConFest), the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists’ fifth national convening, held Oct. 1-9 in Ashland, Oregon. The event is open to the public and will be followed by a reception. Tickets are $5 and available on the OSF website, in person at the OSF Box Office, or by calling 800-219-8161.

Think & Drink sparks provocative conversations about big ideas. The 2016 series features conversations with Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists in Portland, Bend, Eugene, Astoria, and Ashland. The series is part of the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative, a joint venture of the Pulitzer Prize Board and the Federation of State Humanities Councils in celebration of the 2016 centennial of the Prize.

Héctor Tobar has reported stories from the streets of East Los Angeles, São Paulo, and Baghdad. During his two decades writing for the Los Angeles Times he was part of the reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and served as bureau chief in Buenos Aires and Mexico City. His books include Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States, the novels The Tattooed Soldier and The Barbarian Nurseries, and, most recently, Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free, which recounts the aftermath of the 2010 cave-in at the San José Mine in Copiapó, Chile, that trapped thirty-three miners 2,000 feet underground for sixty-nine days.

Luis Alfaro is a Los Angeles playwright, performer, poet, and journalist. His dramatic works include Oedipus El Rey, Electricidad, Black Butterfly, and Mojada. He is a recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, popularly known as a “genius grant,” and is currently the first-ever resident playwright of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

About HowlRound TV

HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email [email protected], or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.