Bakersfield College will host the second annual Noche de Cultura in the BC Indoor Theater at 6 p.m. Dec. 2. The theme is “Embracing the Beauty of our Cultures,” and BC’s M.E.Ch.A will be hosting the event. The event was also held last year on campus. This year, the event’s Gold Sponsor is H.A Salla, attorney at law.

BC’s M.E.Ch.A president, Jesse Ibarra, a history major, said, “We’re excited about putting on this event; It’s going to be great.”

Ibarra said he has scheduled Peruvian and Aztec dancers, both of whom will perform dances that go back hundreds of years, as well as ballet dancers and Mariachis.

Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall will be attending the event as a keynote speaker, who will also be making a proclamation that evening. Also, Ibarra will present discussions regarding the beauty of cultures.

M.E.Ch.A adviser and Chicano studies professor Rosa Garza is happy with the event and hopes for more similar events.

“The students are doing a good job, and events like these are a great way to bring in the community,” she said.

Garza said she also offers her students extra credit for attending the gathering.

Tickets are $10 at the door for general admission ($7 for pre-sale) and $5 for seniors and students with proper ID. Those 10 and younger are free. Pre-sale tickets are available from any M.E.Ch.A member. Meetings are held on Tuesdays in the executive boardroom in the Campus Center at 3:15 p.m.