November 2010
10 Hot Things: October 28 – November 4
Can you believe it is already almost November? Halloween is just around the corner too! We hope you’ll have a great weekend to come with your family and friends.
This week, we celebrate the Mexican festival of Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead on November 2nd. This is a great occasion to join in on the festivities and attend some great cultural events in the city!
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What: MC 1 Year Anniversary Party!
When: Oct 29, 2010, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Multilingual Chicago, 2934 N. Milwaukee, Suite C, Chicago, IL 60618
We are celebrating our 1 year birthday party tomorrow! Come join us and the festivities! We will be having food, drinks, and plenty of fun activities for everyone. Come and meet other people who are just as passionate in learning about cultures and languages!
What: Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba’s Fuerza y Compás
When: Oct 28 – Oct 29, 2010
Where: The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
A colorful, highly energized all-female company of 18 dancers, accompanied by a live band, Dance Cuba expresses the uniqueness of Cuban culture, combining flamenco, ballet and contemporary dance with Spanish and Afro-Cuban rhythms. For their Chicago engagement at the Auditorium Theatre, Dance Cuba will perform a program entitled Fuerza y Compás, showcasing the dancers’ grace, strength and technical precision.
What: Los Amigos Invisibles Concert
When: Oct 29, 2010 at 10 p.m.
Where: The Green Dolphin, 2200 N Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
This multiple-Grammy nominated and Latin Grammy winning Venezuelan band plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms. They will be playing at the Green Dolphin tomorrow night!
What: Chicago Sinfonietta Presents Day of the Dead
When: Oct 30, 2010
Where: Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
The Chicago Sinfonietta presents an orchestral celebration of el día de los muertos, the Mexican holiday of honoring the departed. Conductor Hector Guzman leads the orchestra and guest pianist Joaquín Achúcarro in a program comparing somber European traditions of mourning with the more jubilant customs of Latino cultures.
What: The Latino Music Festival & CUBE present Mexican Avant-garde Music
When: Oct 21, 2010, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Fullerton Hall – The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603
Free admission! The program includes:
- Friction of Other Things in Other Places (2002) by Rodrigo Sigal
- Sinapsis for reactive guitar performer and electroacoustic sounds (2008) by Rodrigo Sigal Gustavo Leone, guitar
- Solipse (2010) for amplified cello and electroacoustic sounds by Ana Lara Alyson Berger, cello (World Premiere)
- Negro Fuego y Cruzado (2008) for two bass clarinets, video and electronics by Javier Alvarez Christie Miller and Paul Petrucelly, bass clarinets
- Rimbarimba (2002) for marimba and electroacoustic sounds by Rodrigo Sigal She-e Wu, marimba
What: Facets Cinematheque Film School Class “Federico Fellini: His Cinematic Realm of Dreams, Magic, and the Self.”
When: Nov 9, 2010 – Dec 14, 2010
Where: Facets Film School, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago IL 60614
The Fellini class runs from November 9th to December 16th on Tuesdays from 7-10pm. The class is taught by Depaul Professor Connie Markey and screens classics such as “La Dolce Vita” and “Amarcord” in Facet’s cozy screening room. The class will examine Fellini’s cinematic attitude, his wry take on Italian society, and his personal stamp on even his most grandiose cinematic creations. The class is $125, $80 for Facets members- a true bargain for this sort of cinematic experience.
What: Franken- Plaza!
When: Oct 29 – Oct 31, 2010
Where: Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602
This Halloween, Daley Plaza becomes Franken Plaza for three days, October 29-31, with special performances, a Monster Bash – complete with prize give-aways, hayrides and trick-or-treating!
Lucky number 13 strikes again! Thirteen performers from Chicago’s very own Midnight Circus perform at the 13th annual Chicagoween celebration. Watch as Midnight Circus defies gravity and amazes audiences of all ages with heart-stopping feats of acrobatics & spooktacular theatrics!
On Saturday, October 30th, don’t miss the Monster Bash complete with a costume contest and treats. Visitors to Daley Plaza are witness to its transformation into Franken Plaza where both kids and adults can take part in arts & crafts and see performances that will thrill.
Jeanne Sparrow and Melissa Forman of WCIU will be our costume showcase and contest emcees for the Franken Plaza Monster Bash. The showcase and contest will take place from 11am to 1pm. It’s all FREE.
What: 27th Annual Chicago Children’s International Film Festival
When: Oct 22, 2010 – Oct 31, 2010
Where: Chicago Theater Throughout the City
There is still time this event to take your kids to this incredible event!
The 27th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival starts tomorrow, October 22, and continues through October 31. It’s the largest film festival for children in North America and features more than 270 films from over 40 countries, including 90 world premieres. Hailed as the “Cannes for Kids,” the Festival is the only children’s film festival in the world designated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as Academy Award qualifying. Schedules and ticketing information is available here. Spread the word and enjoy this fantastic opportunity!
What: Imagine Cuba: Photographs by Sandro Miller
When: Oct 2 – Dec 26 2010
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Exhibit Hall, Chicago, IL 60602
For over thirty years, internationally acclaimed photographer Sandro Miller has found a unique connection with the people he photographs. Between 1999 and 2007, Miller traveled to Cuba and shot one of his last series on film before transitioning to digital photography.
The photographic essay presents the Cuban people in a unique light, ranging from unposed, candid images of people going about their everyday lives to portraits of Cuba’s professional athletes and ballet dancers. In addition, this exhibition includes a previously unexhibited series of Miller’s black-and-white portraits of elderly Cubans taken in 2009. The subjects’ personal histories are contained in their deeply lined faces as they regard the camera with gazes alternately frank, humorous, defiant, or enigmatic, but always dignified.
What: Building Connections – Brazilian Design for Real Cities
When: Oct 28 – Nov 10, 2010
Where: Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, 31 W. Ohio St., Chicago, IL 60654
Urban acupuncture, transportation networks, city master plans, and innovative landscape interventions—these are all design strategies investigated in this unique exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes. FREE & open to the public, the exhibit will be on display in the Instituto Cervantes Gallery through November 10, 2010. Construindo Conexões: Desenho Brasileiro para Cidades Reais is a transcultural design platform for architects, urban designers, artists and city residents to discuss innovation within Brazilian urbanism.
