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Posts in category "culture"

Remembering Carlos Fuentes: 1928-2012

Remembering Carlos Fuentes: 1928-2012
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By Teresa Puente,
May 15, 2012 at 10:50 pm
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The Pilsen Picasso: Francisco Mendoza, 1958-2012

The Pilsen Picasso: Francisco Mendoza, 1958-2012
Francisco Mendoza, 53, an artist and a teacher, left his mark in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Every day thousands walk by his murals at the 18th Street Pink Line “L” stop. His mosaic murals grace Orozco Community Academy in Pilsen. Among his many other works is a mural at the YMCA in South Chicago, the neighborhood... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 17, 2012 at 11:37 am
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Teatro Luna's new play "Crossed" explores immigration

Teatro Luna's new play "Crossed" explores immigration
Teatro Luna, Chicago’s All-Latina Theatre Company, is performing a new play, “Crossed,” in a new home in the Live Bait Theater on the North Side. They have new creative leadership and many new cast members but the play, first workshopped last year under trying circumstances, still lives up to the old spirit of the company... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 24, 2012 at 10:53 am
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Chicanísima cultural calendar

Chicanísima cultural calendar
Here are some upcoming cultural events that may interest Chicanísima followers in Chicago: Diego El Cigala Flamenco artist Diego El Cigala is performing Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 at the Harris Theater. His latest CD is called Cigala & Tango, and is from a concert he gave in Argentina that fused flamenco and tango performers. Una... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 5, 2011 at 9:58 am
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One city cancels their Columbus Day parade

One city cancels their Columbus Day parade
I’m not one for celebrating Columbus Day. I’ve blogged about this topic before that I personally don’t celebrate the history that led to the genocide of indigenous people in the Americas. In some communities, there is growing disinterest in honoring Christopher Columbus. Some schools have stopped taking it as a holiday. In Albany, N.Y.,  the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 10, 2011 at 1:07 pm
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Sun-Times drops Latino cartoonist

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Lalo Alcaraz is the creator of La Cucaracha, the first nationally-syndicated, politically-themed Latino daily comic strip. His comic strip appears in newspapers nationwide and it had been appearing in the Sun-Times for many years. But over the weekend it was mysteriously dropped. “There is no info from my syndicate or reason from the paper. Sometimes... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 4, 2011 at 4:50 pm
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Ay Chihuahua!!! Perro chases armed robbers out of store

Ay Chihuahua!!! Perro chases armed robbers out of store
Ay Chihuahua!!! I had a love hate relationship with Chihuahuas. An amigo called them “Mexico’s national rat.” Maybe that’s too harsh. But I’ve disliked them since freshmen year in college when I came home for winter break and found out my mom and sister had adopted a Chihuahua named Ricky. What was el problema? I’m... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 21, 2011 at 2:32 pm
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Remembering Facundo Cabral

Lovers of Latin American music are mourning the murder of Facundo Cabral, the Argentine folk and protest singer shot and killed in Guatemala Saturday. It’s not clear why he was gunned down and his concert promoter may have been the target, according to some news reports. Still it’s a terrible and ironic death for a... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 10, 2011 at 7:17 am
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Oscar Hijuelos explores identity and language in his first memoir "Thoughts Without Cigarettes"

Oscar Hijuelos Writer Oscar Hijuelos read from his new memoir “Thoughts Without Cigarettes” at the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago Saturday. The author won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love” in 1990, and he was the first Latino author to win that prize for fiction. Hijuelos spoke... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 5, 2011 at 11:11 am
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Gil Scott-Heron's Revolution...¡Que viva la revolución!

La revolución will not be televisedYou will not see la revolución on Fox News, CNN or even UnivisiónLa revolución is not telenovelas, reality TV or talk radio La revolución is not Sarah-zonaLa revolución is not Jan Brewer’s SB1070La revolución will not be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court La revolución is not Cinco de MayoLa... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 28, 2011 at 1:50 am
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