Little Village Chamber of Commerce 26th Street Mexican Indepenence Day ParadeWe are getting ready for a magnificent celebration to commemorate the bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence. Corporations, businesses and government agencies participate in the parade demonstrating its great marketing mechanism.

Join us and be part of our traditional Independence Day Parade along 26th Street where history, culture and identity become one. This parade attracts over 450,000 live spectators and over a million consumers that tune in for the television broadcast. Que Viva México!

Nos estamos preparando para celebrar por todo lo alto, el bicentenario de la Independencia de México.

El domingo 12 de Septiembre se llevará a cabo nuestro desfile anual con motivo de La Independencia de México. La Cámara de Comercio de La Villita invita a organizaciones y al público en general a ser parte de éste magno evento donde se combinan historia, una cultura rica y un ambiente festivo. El desfile atrae a más de 450,000 espectadores y a más de un millon de televidentes. ¡Que Viva México!

Sunday September 12th
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Little Village Arch to Kostner Avenue (26th Street)

Pier 37 Bar & Grill
&
Phil Stefani Restaurants
Presents
2nd Annual Comdey on the Green

Comedian Line-Up
Prashant Venkarata
(Fajitas & Greens)

Marcy Deloney
(Global Giggles)

Ken Garr
(Second City)

Elizardi Castro
(“Made in Puerto Rico”

Tickets are $25 – includes Dinner Buffer

Cash Bar / DJ
Drink Specials – ID Required

Limited Seating – Advanced Tickets Only

To purchase tickets, please call 312-782-7837, ext. 237

Harborside International Golf Center
10959 S. Doty Rd.
Chicago, Illinois
(east of Bishop Ford expressway)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Doors Open @ 7pm
Show @ 8pm

Proper Attire – No Jeans
Produced by Mikey O Comedy

Hope to see you there!!

Mission: HispanoFest promotes the advancement to the Hispanic Community through educational and leadership development.

Festival: The festival brings together Latin foods, arts and crafts, entertainment and a children’s carnival all in one location.

How do we do it? HispanoFest is possible because of ongoing fundraising of our major sponsors, our sales of booths and the vendor commitment. HispanoFest also accomplishes their goals by fundraising through the residents and business owners in the community. This major event allows the committee to award scholarships to local Hispanic students that live in the surrounding suburbs and are currently attending a college, university, or a trade school. Over the past 20 years HispanoFest has awarded 150 scholarships.

Village of Melrose Park Civic Center
1000 N. 25th Avenue
Melrose Park IL 60160.
September 10th, 11th & 12th, 2010

Friday 5:00 pm to 11pm
Saturday 12:00 pm to 11pm – Parade at 12:30pm on Saturday
Sunday Noon to 10 pm

CALENDAR:

Latino Heritage Celebration 2010 Welcome Reception
Thursday 9/9/10, 6-8:30pm
Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, 1st floor

Join Latino Cultural Affairs as we kick off this year’s Latino Heritage Celebration. Meet fellow Latino students, alumni, faculty, and staff. This will also be the official call for work for the 13th Annual Columbia College Chicago Latino Student Short Film Festival. Mingle, enjoy authentic Latino cuisine, and all CCC students who finish the “ArtCrawl” enter a raffle for an iPad! This event is free and open to the public.

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Rain of Gold – Victor Villaseñor Lecture & Book-Signing
Tuesday 10/12/10, 1pm
Stage 2, 618 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor

In his nationally acclaimed best seller, RAIN OF GOLD, Villaseñor weaves the parallel stories of two families and two countries. His prolific work is the basis of a Latino-oriented series on HBO filming next year. This event is free and open to the public.

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Multicultural Comedy Chaos Show
Wednesday 10/13/10, 7:30pm
Location TBD

Join Damon Williams and his hilarious comic partners as they present an evening of jokes and laughs with a multicultural twist. This event is free, open to the public, and co-sponsored by African-American Cultural Affairs and Latino Cultural Affairs.

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Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería – Café Society Event
Thursday 10/14/10, 4pm-6pm
1104 S. Wabash, 2nd floor, Center for Book & Paper Arts

Explore the relevance of this year’s Critical Encounters theme, Image & Implication, as it relates to Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to participate in a discussion of the implications of rendition and interpretation. This event is free, open to the public, and co-sponsored by the Center for Book & Paper Arts.

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Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería – Gallery Talk & Studio Tour, Chicago Artists Month
Thursday 10/21/10, 6pm-8:30pm
1104 S. Wabash, 2nd floor, Center for Book & Paper Arts

Chicago artists with work in the Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería exhibition will be on hand to discuss their work and the process of creation. An in-depth tour of CCC’s papermaking, printing, and bookbinding studios, and inside view of the process of making an editioned artist’s book and print series. This event is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Center for Book & Paper Arts.

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GALLERY EXHIBIT: Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería.

A curated selection of works that either reference or appropriate characteristics of Lotería. Artists working in a variety of media will integrate Lotería themes including history, fortune, social ritual, national identity, storytelling, material culture, class, and sacred/secular. The iconography of all 54 Lotería cards will be complicated or amplified by each artist’s unique artistic sensibility or conceptual approach. Curated by Jessica Cochran. Exhibit opens in the Center for Book & Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash, 2nd floor, on September 9, 2010.

¡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.

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.

Purchase Tickets Here!

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

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 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

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).