Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Tropa De Elite II—O inimigo Agora é Outro) with Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos 2010, José Padilha, Brazil, 116 min., 35 mm Chicago Premiere “Stunning…wildly entertaining.”—Robert Koehler, Variety “A thumping modern policier with a...

Review: Teatro Vista’s Momma’s Boyz by Alexander Perry Running through December 4th, Teatro Vista’s Momma’s Boyz follows the story of three friends living in Chicago’s south side: the good-hearted yet timid Mimic, the charming yet brash Shine, and the aggressive yet insecure...

CROSSED is presented by Teatro Luna CROSSED, Teatro Luna’s eighth original play devised in an ensemble setting, seeks to explode (yes, explode!) stereotype and poetically navigate what it means to be an immigrant in the United States in an era some have ironically dubbed “post-racial.”...

Pedrito Martinez Quartet Afro-Caribbean Improvised Music Festival December 3-10 This very hot Afro-Cuban band is led by Pedro “Pedrito” Martinez. Martinez is from Havana and has been singing and drumming professionally since his early teens with the likes of legends Tata Guines,...

Afro-Caribbean Improvised Music Festival December 3-10 Music only exists through a creative process in which the desire to experiment pushes the boundaries of the imagination. Improvisation is the seed of every form of music. This is seen in the steps of a bomba dancer, the inspiration of...

Las BomPleneras Afro-Caribbean Improvised Music Festival All female ensemble dedicated to the preservation, promotion and growth of the Puerto Rican culture through the music and dance genres of Bomba and Plena. Their range of voices and improvisational dance elements are sure to captivate...

Sola Rosa Electronica/Dance | Reggae | Jazz Direct from New Zealand The best House music and one of the best Funk Bands in the world… Andrew Spraggon’s first formative releases as SOLA ROSA has built him a growing reputation for his deft synthesis of styles and quiet disregard for the...

By Alexander Perry “With you, I’m sadly happy…” Closing this week at the Wicker Park Art Center (at St. Paul’s Church), UrbanTheater Company’s Beauty of the Father follows the complicated relationship tangle of a father, his daughter, their mutual paramour, and the ghost of...

Kimberly Fredricks, wood engraving, 2011, “Dead Tandem” “Calacas” presented by Las Calacas Press International Print Exchange, featuring Day of the Dead imagery from over 150 artists from around the world, including works from resident artists in Argentina, Australia, Austria,...

It is an exciting time for Hispanic theatre and performance in Chicago. Through the hard work and innovative efforts of talented playwrights, directors, actors, teachers, and dancers, a kind of Latino renaissance of Chicago theatre and performance is slowly taking place. In this series of...

Sunday night was juerga night at the Harris By Debby Storms Flamenco singer Diego el Cigala and his group held a juerga on November 6 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and it rocked. Or, I should say, it tangoed. Juerga means “party” in Spanish, and el Cigala and his band had...

“Novus Ordo Seclorum” Linocut by Carlos Barberena. 2011.   PROSPECTUS Art Gallery Presents: “IMMORAL REALITY” Carlos Barberena – César Barberena (Nicaragua) Carlos Barberena’s work was selected to represent Nicaragua in the XIII Art Salon, Identity Imprint: A...

Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago Author: Leonard G. Ramírez with Yenelli Flores, María Gamboa, Isaura González, Victoria Pérez, Magda Ramírez-Castañeda, and Cristina Vital Overflowing with powerful testimonies of six female community activists who...

International Symposium: Economic Growth Through Pan-Hispanic Cooperation: The Emerging Economic Value of Spanish in the U.S. This symposium will offer a forum for discussion about the demographic change that the United States is experiencing due to the unprecedented growth of the Hispanic...

Write Now: Artists and Letterforms September 30, 2011 – April 29, 2012 For as long as there have been alphabets artists have explored the letterform, employing the fundamental element of written communication in many ways other than the setting of text. This exhibition presents recent works...