Professor Emeritus Anaya Honored October 30th

Submitted by Kevin Comerford on

On the 30th, there will be a celebration for Professor Emeritus Rudolfo Anaya’s 80th birthday at University of New Mexico Zimmerman Library at 12 noon in the Willard Room. The event is open to the public! This event is part of an ongoing effort to honor Anaya’s work and contributions to the community. Opera Southwest celebrating Anaya’s birthday by encouraging Albuquerque Public Schools to incorporate his novel, Bless Me, Ultima, into the classroom and urging students to participate in community events that honor his life-long commitment to New Mexico arts and humanities, spurred in part by Héctor Armienta’s highly-anticipated opera rendition of Bless Me, Ultima, produced by Opera Southwest and premiering in February at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

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