Chicago Latina's Empower Yourself

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Beyond the Kitchen Table Event
( Educating and Empowering Through Leadership)

Latina’s get ready to become empowered this spring!! The Latina Leadership Council of The Chicago Foundation for Women in partnership with Mujeres Latinas en Acción will host the Annual Beyond the Kitchen Table Workshop at DePaul University’s Egan Center on Saturday, April 16, 2005, bringing the Latina community together to educate and empower.

This unique event invites Latinas from all walks of life to share their experiences with one another. The main goal is to cultivate Latina Leadership skills through informative, yet entertaining workshops. The sessions will present ways for the women to take action-by improving their personal health and becoming more financially saavy and by affecting change in their community by becoming involved in organizations or politics. All of these aspects play a role in creating a positive balance in the lives of Latinas. Ana Maria Soto, coordinator of the event, says “ This event will give Latinas a chance to learn leaderships skills they can apply to their daily lives and share with others.”

The Latina Leadership Council is one of four councils of The Chicago Foundation for Women. Each Leadership Council informs its respective communities about the power of women’s strategic giving by hosting workshops, fundraising trainings and events to increase awareness and support within their communities This Foundation is dedicated to providing support to programs and organizations serving diverse groups of women and girls through its general grant making. Each Leadership Council is in the process of establishing a fund to provide even more support to the communities they serve. Proceeds generated though fundraising efforts by the Councils will be dedicated to these special funds.

Mujeres Latinas en Acción is a bilingual/bicultural agency that seeks to empower women, youth and their families and to become self-reliant and create new opportunities to improve the quality of their lives. Mujeres offers services in areas of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault crises management and counseling, Latina leadership, youth after-school and tutoring programs, parent support, respite care for youth, non-custodial parent visitation and homelessness prevention.

The event will take place on Saturday, April 16, 2004 at DePaul’s Egan Center located at 243 S. Wabash, 9th Floor. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.The registration fee is $10.00 and includes lunch. Workshops will be held in English and Spanish. Space is limited we encourage you to RSVP with Claudia Perez at 312-738-5359 ext. 21.

S-E-X-OH Anyone?

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Teatro Luna presents
the world premiere of
La Probadita S-e-x-oh!
Based on autobiographical writing and interviews, this funny and poignant piece places the virgin/whore stereotypes about Latina sexuality within the larger context of Latina lives and experiences.
March 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, April 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7:30
Studio 2
$15 - Call 773-PAC-LINE (722-5463)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday

Performance at the Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Ave. (Southport, Lincoln & Wellington) (MAP)
CTA Brown Line: Wellington
Parking: Lot behind theatre
Free and Metered street parking

Performing Arts Chicago and the School of the Art Institute Chicago proudly present the third annual PAC/edge Performance Festival, one of the city’s most diverse arts festivals, beginning Friday, March 11, 2005 and continuing through Sunday, April 10, 2005. PAC/edge draws on every facet of the performing and visual arts spectrum, from theater and dance to film, visual arts and spoken word.

Cisneros Comes to Town

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Sandra Cisneros is coming to town.

Harold Washington Library-Winter Garden
400 S. State Street
Chicago, IL
Monday, March 21, 2005
6:00 PM
Reading and Conversation
Sandra Cisneros with Donna Seaman and Patricia Ann McNair
Sponsored in part by Columbia College Chicago's Office of Latino Cultural Affairs

Book signing to follow

CHICAGO PREMIERE: LIVING OUT

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Teatro Vista and American Theater Company proudly present Living Out by Lisa Loomer and directed by Cecilie Keenan.

Teatro Vista and American Theater Company announce their unique co-production of Living Out. This is the first time both theatre companies are working together to bring a hilarious and thought provoking play to Chicago theatre-goers. Artistic Director Edward F. Torres of Teatro Vista says, "We are thrilled to be part of this co-production. It establishes a common ground in which both theatre companies can come together artistically and share and explore the the differences in this vast culture that we know to be American and Latino in the U.S." American Theater Company's Artistic Director Damon Kiely also had some thoughts on the co-production, "I couldn't be happier to be telling this distinctly American story with Teatro Vista. I think Lisa Loomer's characters are right on the money both on the Latino and Anglo side; she doesn't pull any punchs. That's why it's so funny and in the end so thought provoking."

Play Synopsis: Ana is an immigrant from Latin America with two children and Nancy is a liberal L.A. attorney with a newborn baby. Their paths cross when Ana needs a job in order to bring her son from El Salvador and Nancy decides to go back to work and needs a "live-out" nanny for her child. They both struggle to find a common ground as they grapple with the guilt of leaving their children to be raised by someone else while pursuing the American dream. Featuring Teatro Vista ensemble member Sandra Márquez and Carmen Severino and Cheryl Graeff (ATC ensemble member)

Begins April 20-May 22, 2005

Box Office: 773-929-1031

Play performed at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St., Chicago

To purchase tickets on line log on to TICKETWEB or for more info. on
Teatro Vista go to www.teatrovista.org

Mujeres de Arena

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Testimonies of the Women of Juarez, Mexico (Presented in Spanish)
Presented by Carlos Theatre Productions & La Resistencia Teatro
Synopsis: This dramatic presentation is based on the testimonies of the mothers and sisters of the many young women who have been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered over the last 12 years in and around Juarez, Mexico. It is presented for one night only.

With Irma Lozano, Carmen Huete, Tanya Saracho, Charin Alvarez, Alfonso Seiva
Dramaturge: Humberto Robles
Direction: Patricia Carlos Dominguez
Original Music: Fratta

Saturday, March 19, 2005
7:30 p.m.
The Concordia Theatre
6134 W. Cermak Rd.
Cicero, IL

Tickets: $20. For information: (312) 491-9792.

References To Salvador Dali Make Me HOT!!

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Just the title makes me want to combust....sizzle, sizzle;)

References To Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera

Bailiwick Theatre
1229 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
773-883-1090
Play going on now through April 10, 2005

On a hot night in a California desert, Gabriela dreams that the moon plays the violin while a talking cat and coyote dance a dangerous tango. Gabriela fends off the advances of a young boy who wants to grow up too fast and learn the ways of women from his lusty neighbor, but Gabriela yearns for her husband, Benito – returning later that night from the war in Iraq. Once he’s home, the couple find they have little in common anymore. Is love enough to keep them together? This magical comedy/drama, is a dark and sexy fantasia about the chemistry between men and women and the ways that war changes everyone. Featuring Ivan Vega.

Patterns of Life by Esperanza Gama

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Opening Art Reception: March 18, 2005

6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Café Mestizo
2123 S. Ashland
Chicago, IL 60608

Guinea Pig Solo

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This March Teatro Vista ensemble member will appear in Collaboraction's "Guinea Pig Solo by Brett C. Leonard and Directed by Anthony Moseley at the Chopin Theatre located at 1543 W. Division.

The play is about Jose who is trapped between the forces of redemption and destruction. Bombarded with the memories and emotions of his recent tour as a frontline soldier in Iraq, he tries to recover the doubtful love of his wife and son and to make sense of his life as a regular guy from Spanish Harlem who earns his living from a food cart and by undergoing clinical experiments at the VA hospital. For tickets call Collaboraction at 312-226-9633. The play begins March 9 through April 2.

Mamacita: Tales of A Diaper Diva

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Patti Vasquez Returns To Pilsen
 
at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
 
presented by
The Pilsen/Little Village Information Center
 
Chicago, IL (February 10, 2005) –The Pilsen/Little Village Information Center welcomes comedienne Patti Vasquez back to Pilsen in celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8th).  One wonderful night of laughter will feature two showings of her wildly popular one- woman show Mamacita: Tales of a Diaper Diva. 
 
One of Chicago’s top comedic performers, Vasquez tours nationally in comedy clubs such as the Improv in Los Angeles, Caroline’s in New York and Zanies in Chicago. Vasquez and her hilarious stories about being an Irish-Mexican American woman have been featured in several publications. This event is in part sponsored by Cuerpo Magazine.

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (1852 W. 19th St.)
Date: Two shows on Saturday March 12 5 p.m. First Show & 7 p.m. Second Show*
Prices: First Show - $16 Advance, $20 Door
Second Show - $26* Advance, $30* Door  *Evening show price includes pre- show cocktail
and appetizers.
Tickets: Purchase tickets online at www.pilsenlittlevillage.org   or call the Pilsen/Little Village Information Center at 312.829.6189
 

Something to Scream About

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Thieves collect more Munch works


Monday, March 7, 2005 Posted: 9:19 AM EST (1419 GMT)
Detail from "Blue Dress," one of the three stolen art works.


OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -- Thieves stole three works by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch from a hotel in south Norway overnight, adding to a list of his missing art including "The Scream," police said.

Thieves took a 1915 watercolor, "Blue Dress," and two lithographs -- a self-portrait and a portrait of Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg.

"We have mounted an investigation," police spokesman Paul Horne told Reuters after the discovery of the theft from the Refsnes Gods hotel near the town of Moss late on Sunday night. He said police were seeking witnesses.

"The biggest loss is 'Blue Dress'," hotel owner Vidar Salbuvik told Reuters. He declined to estimate how much it was worth. The works were among 400 in a collection kept by the hotel.

On August 22, gunmen stole a version of Munch's most famous masterpiece, "The Scream," showing a terrified waif-like figure beneath a blood-red sky, from Oslo's Munch Museum in front of dozens of tourists.

On the same day thieves snatched another Munch masterpiece, "Madonna," from the same museum. That theft is unsolved.

"The Scream" has become a symbol of angst in a world scarred by horrors including the Holocaust, the atom bomb and terrorism. Munch painted four versions of his most famous work -- another was stolen for several months in 1994.

Munch lived from 1863 to 1944 and many of his works, like "The Scream" and "Madonna," are too well known for thieves to sell them to reputable dealers.

The head of the Munch Museum, Gunnar Soerensen, said that Munch produced about 1,700 paintings during his lifetime and perhaps 30,000 graphic works.

Of "Blue Dress," he told Norway's NTB news agency: "This is a good aquarelle clearly in Munch's style, but this is not 'Madonna' or 'The Scream' in terms of value."