On returning home and finding joy at the 42nd annual Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade
Tag: Puerto Rican
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An African-Latino showcase gives us history by way of cha-cha-cha
Columbia College inaugurates its new Afro-Latino dance program with four days of cross-pollinated performances.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/12: Brian ‘Box’ Brown, Fiestas Puertorriqueñas, Thomas Comerford
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 12
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Festival Cubano 2013
Festival Cubano starts with an evening of house, but it still has two whole days of Cuban music.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 4/21: Sister Souljah, The Happiest Song Plays Last, and Kvelertak
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Sunday, April 21, 2013.
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Aliens in the City
“Chicago360 v.5: Aliens in the City,” the final production of seven-year-old nonprofit Split Pillow, premieres tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
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New Muslim Cool
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s documentary “New Muslim Cool” about Muslim rapper Hamza Pérez screens today at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
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Cultural bootcamp at the Humboldt Park Stables
“De Pura Cepa” A Puerto Rican man returning to the island after 50 years in Ohio is kidnapped by a band of revolutionaries who put him through “cultural bootcamp” in Javier Colón Rios’ 25-minute American Film Institute production De Pura Cepa, screening Saturday 8/22 in the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture‘s free, outdoor […]
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Puerto Rican Short Film Program
There will be an outdoor screening of short films by Puerto Rican directors Javier Colón and Andrés Ramírez at 8 PM Saturday at the Humboldt Park Stables (3015 W. Division), part of the 2009 Puerto Rican Film Series. Parking, admission, and popcorn are all free; attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic […]