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¡Viva! Celebrates 22 Years, Moves to Millennium Park
¡Viva! Salutes Colombia’s Bicentennial Independence Day
¡Viva! Salutes México 2010: Bicentenario Independecia / Centenario Revolución
The ¡Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival celebrates 22 years of showcasing some of the biggest, most beloved and respected Latin artists from around the world. The fest dates are Friday and Saturday, September 17 & 18 in Millennium Park. New Local! Join us as we celebrate Mexico’s and Colombia’s Bicentennial with Eljuri, Don Tetto, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Crístían Castro, Orchestra Broadway, Carolina La O, and Mexican Institute of Sound and more (see full schedule). Admission is FREE/Entrada Gratis.
Enjoy music from various Latin genres that include: Son Jarocho, Latin House, Brazilian music, R&B, Salsa, Pop, Banda, Tropical, and Samba. Enjoy live music from noon to 9p.m. daily with a celebration and Fandango at the En Vivo area (on Cloud Gate plaza). A Fandango is not just a way to buy movies tickets. It’s a lively couples’ dance, traditionally accompanied by guitars and hand-clapping. Fandangos also can be sung.
Performing his first free concert open to the public is Mexico’s Crístían Castro! Known throughout the world as a heartthrob and passionate singer, Castro performs Friday at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, taking the stage at 7:30p.m. And fresh from Lollapalooza is Mexican Institute of Sound. Watch and listen to how this group puts sounds together that will awaken your music sensibilities and get you dancing.
The festival features three performance stages and a Salon de Baile, where all are welcome to come and dance to live music as well as stay for the evening DJ set. Para los ninos (kids), don’t miss the ComEd Kids’ Zone, which will feature fun activities for kids including arts & crafts and bi-lingual storytelling as well as White Sox prize giveaways.
For more information visit the web: www.vivachicago.us or call 312-744-3370 TTY: 312-744-2964. The ¡Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival is presented by Best Buy and sponsored in part by ComEd, American InterContinental University, AT&T, Bud Light, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Tribune, CLTV – Chicagoland’s Television, Comcast, Communications Direct, Essex Inn, Hinckley Springs, Hoy Newspaper, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, La Grou Distribution System, Murray’s O’Reilly Auto Parts, Palmer House Hilton, Pepsi -Cola, Pinata Graphics, Univision Radio and WGN Television.
In This Economy You Can’t Beat This Deal; Eat At Over 20 Restaurants For $25!
There’s No Better Way to Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Mexican Independence Day Than A Restaurant Tour in the Historic Pilsen Community!
Chicago, IL: On Thursday, September 16, 2010, the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence Day, the Historic Pilsen Community will be bustling with hungry visitors attending the third annual Buen Provecho! Pilsen. Over twenty local restaurants, cafes and bakeries will be participating in the restaurant tour providing visitors with a sample of their delectable dishes.
Buen Provecho! Pilsen is centered along 18th Street in the heart of Pilsen’s commercial district and will feature over 20 restaurants, cafes and bakeries providing a sample of their signature dishes to attendees between the hours of 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. Restaurants featured at this event include: Benny’s Grill, Birreria Reyes de Ocatlan, Café Jumping Bean, DeColores Restaurant, Don Churro, Fig Catering, Honky Tonk BBQ, Kristopher’s Bakery & Cafe, La Esperanza, Lawrence’s Fisheries, La Casa del Pueblo, La Cebollita, Los Comales, Mundial Cocina Mestiza, May Street Café, Nightwood, Nuevo Leon Restaurant, Panaderia Nuevo Leon, Restaurante al Teatro, Take Me Out, Simone’s plus many more.
“We’re thrilled to be able to showcase the variety of businesses that Pilsen has to offer. I can’t imagine a better way to spend the 200th Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence than on a walking restaurant tour of our beautiful community” stated Alderman Daniel Solis. “With a large Mexican population in Pilsen, the food is some of the most authentic in the city” adds Solis.
Tickets to this event are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event – however, for a limited time, if, your audience joins “Friends of ESDC” on Facebook tickets can be purchased in advance, at a promotional rate of two for $40. All proceeds benefit the Eighteenth Street Development Corporation, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.eighteenthstreet.org, via Facebook or in person at ESDC’s community office located at 1843 South Carpenter, Chicago, IL 60608, 312-733-2287. Attendees will receive their ticket along with a routing map guiding them through Pilsen and all the participating restaurants to ensure they have the opportunity to visit each site. Please visit the website for exact locations of restaurants and additional information.
“In this economic climate, I can’t think of a better deal than spending $25 and eating at over 20 restaurants!” states Hector Saldaña, Director of Commercial Development, the event’s sponsor. “We created this event to showcase Pilsen and give people a chance to sample a variety of dishes in one night” Saldaña adds.
The event is being brought to you by the Eighteenth Street Development Corporation (ESDC), a non-profit organization located in Pilsen, one of the city’s most lively Mexican neighborhoods. Since 1976, ESDC has served the Pilsen community assisting with a variety of services including Commercial, Industrial, Housing Development and Historic Preservation. ESDC also offers technical and financial resource assistance to property owners and area businesses on a variety of issues to ensure that neighborhood needs are being met and addressed.
After last year’s successful conference, next month Illinois ResourceNet’s (IRN) will base its theme on its signature, place-based approach to capacity building in the federal grants arena.
IRN proposes that the state can further the flow of federal resources to organizations through continuous, cross-sector planning at the regional and community levels.
Since 2008, the organization has helped nonprofits and local governments throughout the state to submit proposals, leading to $6.8 million in awards for these groups. More than $185.8 million still await decisions.
In the course of two years, IRN has collaborated with experts from federal, state and regional groups who will be present at the conference to assist participants on topics such as planning and obtaining federal grants in place-based strategies.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with skilled trainers during the six breakout sessions. Topics for the sessions include collaborative proposal development, case examples of successful grantees, data collection and grant writing, layering federal funding proposals and working with universities and community colleges to apply for such funds.
“Illinois Communities Rising:
Place-Based Pathways to
Federal Resources”
Sept. 16
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
UIC Forum
725 W. Roosevelt Road
e-Hispanics.com
Media Sponsor for Mexican Fiesta 2010
Since 1977 Mexican Fiesta brings a taste of Mexico to Milwaukee. Sharing Mexico’s history, food, and entertainment for three wonderful days, our public has responded with open arms to this festival every year. We have had breathtaking entertainers such as Alejandra Guzman, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, Montez De Durango, Ramon Ayala and many more! We please your taste buds with Milwaukee’s very own exquisite Mexican cuisine from El Campesino, Tres Hermanos, and many other wonderful local restaurants. Mexican Fiesta has become an enormous success with the help of the community and the thousands of people who attend this incredible festival.
Chicago Professionals United for ANNUAL HOPE SOIREE In support of Women’s Health Initiatives.
858 LOUNGE
858 W. Lake Street, chicago, IL
Thursday, September 23, 2010 @ 6 PM – 9 PM
We are thrilled to invite you and your friends to celebrate and support the Women’s Health Program of Centro de SaludEsperanza at our Annual Fundraising Gala Event. We hope you can join us in spreading awareness, so that we can continue to provide quality healthcare to the Chicago community.
Admission: $35
- Includes Los 3 Garcias Tequila Cocktails
- Hors D’oeuvres
For tickets or information:
Steven Conrad 773-584-6132 or visit www.esperanzachicago.org
The Aurora Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board is pleased to announce Fiestas Patrias Aurora 2010, a celebration of Latin American heritage and culture.
The two-day music festival will take place in downtown Aurora on Saturday, September 18th from noon to 10 pm and Sunday, September 19th from noon until 8 pm. Reestablishing the Fiestas Patrias festival is timely considering the bicentennial anniversary of Mexico and several other Latin American countries’ declarations of independence from Spain in 1810. Fiestas Patrias Aurora 2010 invites the community to celebrate and recognize this event.
The festival series will be staged at North River Street Park and the parking lot immediately south of the park. Main stage entertainment will take place throughout Saturday and Sunday. Various genres of music will be performed, including banda, mariachi, cumbia, tejano, norteno, and rock. A children’s amusement area will be featured on both days.
Vendors will provide booths specializing in festive foods and many different culinary delights from Latin America, along with traditional festival food fare of hamburgers, Bar-B-Que, corn on the cob, hot wings and other delights. Additionally, local businesses will provide booths with offerings for festival patrons.
The parade steps off at 12 noon, Sunday, September 19th at the corner of River Street and Benton Street; then to Broadway, Galena Boulevard, Stolp Avenue, Downer Place, and ending at Middle Avenue. The parade program begins at 11:15 am in front of the Paramount Theatre.
Admission to Fiestas Patrias Aurora 2010 is free to all ages. The Aurora Police Department will coordinate the festival’s security efforts, and volunteers will make up the vast majority of the event staff. Anyone interested in becoming a Fiestas Patrias Aurora 2010 event volunteer, vendor, or sponsor, or for more event information, should contact Norma Vazquez, Executive Director at (630) 264-2422.
For more information, visit http://www.ahcc-il.com/fiestas.html
School is IN and so are the Parks!
Monday through Friday beginning August 9, sign up for homework help, sports, games, crafts and more!
Dvorak Park
1119 W. Cullerton St.
(312) 746-5087
Fosco Park
1312 S. Racine
(312) 746-5086
Harrison Park
1824 S. Wood St.
(312) 746-5491
NTA Park
55 W. Cermak Rd.
(312) 747-1615
Taylor Park
39 W. 47th St.
(312) 747-6728
Williams Park
2710 S. Dearborn St.
(312) 747-7107
Prices dates and times vary by park. Please call the Central Region E Track parks listed for more info.
City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners
Chicago Park District, Timothy J. Mitchell, General Superintendent & CEO
For more information about your Chicago Park District
visit www.chicagoparkdistrict.com or call (312) 742-PLAY or (312) 747-2001 (TTY).
Time To Talk (www.timetotalk.org) is designed to support and empower parents to have frequent, positive conversations with their children to keep them healthy and drug-free. Visit Time to Talk and get help talking to your kids about drugs and alcohol.
The International Latino Cultural Center (ILCC) in partnership with the Chicago Park District, the city of Elgin, Waukegan and East Chicago Indiana, present Film in the Park / Cine en el Parque summer series.
This series offers free screenings, of family-friendly films to neighborhood parks across the city. All films are shown in their original language (with English subtitles) and are special selections from this past 26th Chicago Latino Film Festival.
In continuing with the mission of the ILCC, Film in the Park offers an opportunity to view films that incorporate significant themes in our community: traditions, immigration, loss, and family. From Cuba to Argentina and Mexico to Puerto Rico –these diverse settings offer a unique occasion for Latinos and non-Latinos to partake in a cross-cultural experience.
FILM IN THE PARK-SUMMER SERIERS 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Kosciuszko Park
2732 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL (312) 742-7546
Libertador Morales, El Justiciero
Venezuela, 2009, 105 min.
Director: Efterpi Charalambidis
By day, Libertador Morales is an honest motorcycle-taxi driver in Venezuela and a law-abiding citizen. While struggling to pick up the pieces of his love life, he falls in love with Daisy, a receptionist and single mother devoted to her sickly six-year-old boy. At night, Libertador dons a disguise to become El Justiciero, an avenging motorcycle hero who foils the crime spree of a local street gang, which leaves authorities puzzled and is praised by the community. A big surprise awaits our hero as he pursues his dangerous mission.
De día, Libertador Morales es un mototaxista caraqueño respetuoso de las normas ciudadanas. Enamorado de Daisy, recepcionista y madre soltera de un niño de salud frágil, se esfuerza por rehacer su vida amorosa. De noche, tras un atuendo negro y una moto veloz, se transforma en El Justiciero, acechando a una banda de ladrones, dejando a las autoridades intrigadas y a la comunidad agradecida. Pero a Libertador le espera la sorpresa más inesperada en su peligrosa labor justiciera…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbPR68vz8pA
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Festival Park
136 South Grove Ave
Elgin, IL 60120 (847) 531-7056
Un Lugar Lejano / A Distant Place
Venezuela-Argentina-Spain, 2009, 100 min.
Director: José Ramón Nóvoa
At forty, famous photographer Julián has reached a crossroad in his life. He is exhausted and depressed as he tries to beat the cancer that slowly fades his last ray of hope. The only thing left for Julián to accomplish is to take the image he has always dreamed of. In search for his one shot, he will roam through breathtaking lands and not only capture the image but also a woman and a strange accident.
A los 40, el famoso fotógrafo Julián ha llegado a una encrucijada en su vida. Está cansado y deprimido tras luchar contra el cáncer que, poco a poco, está marchitando su último rayo de esperanza. La única cosa que le queda por hacer a Julián es tomar la imagen con la que siempre ha soñado. En la búsqueda de esta fotografía, deambulará por paisajes espectaculares y, no sólo tomará su imagen, sino que también encontrará a una mujer y un extraño accidente.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr5Rt15k-LA
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Nunez Park
3616 Elm Street
East Chicago, IN 46312 (219) 391-8485
La fuga / Wedding Au Lait
Puerto Rico, 2009, 77 min.
Director: Edmundo H. Rodríguez
Filmed in the breathtaking mountains of Puerto Rico where the Oramas family cherish their traditions and famous gourmet coffee. The comedy unfolds, as the entire household is abuzz in preparation for the wedding of the youngest daughter, Isabel. Little do they know Isabel is getting cold feet and plans to run away the night before the wedding.
Este comedia fue filmada en las bellas montañas de Puerto Rico, donde la familia Oramas conserva sus tradiciones y su famoso café gourmet. La comedia se desarrolla cuando toda la casa está alboratada mientras preparan la boda de la hija mejor, Isabel. No se dan cuenta de que Isabel se está arrepintiendo y planea escapar la noche antes de la boda. FILM TRAILER NOT AVAILABLE
Project VIDA Was founded in 1992 to address the urgent needs of racial and ethnic minorities. Initially, the agency provided HIV education through street outreach services to area youth. Now, ProjectVIDA has expanded its community scope by initiating a variety of programs and direct services for people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS as well as prevention education programs for the larger population.
Project VIDA offers individual and group services for adults (25 & up) living with HIV/AIDS. The programs offer workshops focusing on prevention related topics for those living with HIV/AIDS to encourage healthier lifestyles and support groups that help reinforce coping skills, decrease psycho-social stress associated with living with HIV/AIDS. Also, there are individual (prevention/risk reduction) counseling sessions offered for a more personal one on one discussion. All services are offered in English and Spanish.
For more information visit www.projectvida.org
