Lecture: Seeing in New Ways—The Afterlife of Aztec Pictography Ballplayers, Gods, and Rainmaker Kings: Masterpieces from Ancient Mexico Elizabeth Boone, Tulane University, examines intriguing images in Aztec codices and explains the rich graphic complexity of early colonial Mexico, which...

Alberto Ruy Sanchez, internationally noted writer and editor of the award-winning Artes de Mexico, speaks to the ever-strengthening fabric of art and imagery from ancient traditions through contemporary work across North America. March 3 6-7 p.m. Free with admission Art Institute of...

Lecture: Discovering Manchay Culture—Ancient Temples of Peru Archaeologist Richard Burger, Yale University, previews his 2009 discovery of Pre-Chavín murals and a ritual cache (1000 B.C.) in a Pre-Chavín Temple. December 9 6-7 p.m. Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave. Fullerton...

Sones de México Ensemble presents a special concert for kids with music from their new family album entitled “Fiesta Mexicana — Mexican songs and stories for niños and niñas and their papas and mamas.” Sones de México Kids Show Sunday, December 5, 2010 | 12pm Gary and...

Chicago and the Diana: Toy Camera Images by Dan Zamudio December 30, 2010 – March 27, 2011 Dan Zamudio’s photographs are intimately scaled, hand-printed, black and white images reminiscent of the faded, vintage works of old photo albums.  Captured through the plastic lens of a Diana...

SCARPETTA PRODUCTIONS & SANDALOB ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTA: SE PRENDIO LA RUMBA en Chicago…….es un placer TRAERLES a el “Dueño del soneo”… El maestro Cano Estremera; y a uno de los “Originales reyes de la salsa” el inigualable Hector...

An evening of Brazilian jazz performed by small ensembles from the Bienen School of Music will be conducted by Victor Goines, director of Northwestern University’s Jazz Studies Program. Tickets are $7 for the general public; $5 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $4...

2011 Segovia Classical Guitar Series Moving gracefully between classical and folkloric repertoire, Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas has appeared at celebrated venues throughout the world, including sold-out concerts at the South Bank Centre in London and the Kennedy Center in Washington....

The 2010-11 Season is one you won’t want to miss! Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton has programmed an awe-inspiring season with the best in today’s contemporary dance. We invite you to experience the radiating passion and energy of Chicago’s own world-renowned contemporary dance...

Columbia College Chicago invites you to a conversation with April Lee Hernández. Ms. Hernández is a Latina actress born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She has appeared in Freedom Writers, ER, and most recently as part of the ensemble cast on the fifth season of Showtime’s award-winning...

   10 reasons music, dance and theater fans should go to the Chicago Theatre on Nov. 20… Benise’s The Spanish Guitar. 10. It’s a trip around the world to 10 exotic locales in under 2 hours, without the airport hassle. 9. It’s  a 3-for-one deal with a concert,...

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Join us for the last Palabra Pura of 2010, featuring Luivette Resto (Los Angeles) and Carlos Cumpia’n (Chicago). Resto –  born in Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx – has published Unfinished Portrait with Tia Chucha Press and been a finalist for the 2009 Paterson...

Latinos Take Center Stage At The Circus By Elias Cepeda All it took was a little fire for Buenos Aires native Virginia Tuells to decide what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. As a child Virginia visited a circus and saw a fire “spectacular” and knew she wanted to one day become...

Image: Esteban Andres Cruz + David Daniels  ©Dan-Rest With nothing to his name but talent, a Berwyn kid makes good at the opera by Elias Cepeda It was the break of a lifetime, but Esteban Andres Cruz was still skeptical. The Berwyn native and actor was being called in to audition for the...