Thursday, July 26, 2007

Damen L Stop

I took some photos today while on my way downtown.

/mc






excellent mosaic mural by Juan Angel Chavez

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

FANDANGO

FANDANGO* FANDANGO*
Saturday 28 at 9:00pm
( Last saturday of every month)

For everybody who likes dancing(zapateado) or play any instrument................or simply watch and enjoy a Torito Jarocho or a beer.

Performance starts with: "LOS PICHARDO" (music from Mexico) at 9:00pm

"GUSTAVO LOPEZ"

Cantautor mexicano autor e interprete exintegrante de los folkloristas, gran difusor de la musica tradicional at 10:00pm

fandango from 11:00pm to 12:00am
con LOS QUE LLEGUEN a tocar y zapatear!!!!!!

Colibri gallery/studio

2032 w. 18th st
312- 7338431

$8 donation is for musicians
please.....!

*also in Chicago Public Radio this Friday at 9:00pm Fandango in Pilsen program recorded in "Colibri Studio" last month featuring Tarima Son and other groups from Chicago!!!!!!!!!

Monday, July 23, 2007

DIALOGO


DIALOGO a video/installation project by:
Maria Gaspar
Adriana Baltazar
Esme Baltazar


Opening:: July 27, 2007

National Museum of Mexican Art/KRAFT gallery
1852 W. 19th St

312.738.1503
www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org

Dialogo explores the contradictory roles that women are expected to play in society with a video and installation that recreates the home environment.
Local mothers and daughters share their lives (and furniture!) in memories, fears, hopes, and dreams for the future!

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

echelon: who is watching you?


echelon: who is watching you?

Opening Friday August 3 from 6pm-10pm
August 3 - September 1, 2007

"One cannot use spies without sagacity and knowledge, one cannot use spies without humanity and justice" - Sun Tzu

"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face… was itself a punishable offense."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 5

US surveillance began centuries ago with the concept of slave passes, which allowed slave-owners to monitor and control the mobility of their "chattel." Yet the slave pass system was sometimes subverted by the rare slaves who could write, such as Frederick Douglass. These literate slaves could create their own passes and might thus gain freedom for themselves and other slaves. Trafficking in passes and "free papers" soon became a burgeoning business, one that the slave system grappled with for nearly two centuries.

From slaves, the history of surveillance next turns to the infamous Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which restricted Chinese immigration to the United States. All Chinese laborers were forced to register with the government and subject themselves to being photographed and fingerprinted. A whole apparatus of surveillance was created.

In the 1920s, government surveillance spread to political radicals, especially workers trying to organize union activity. J. Edgar Hoover headed this government surveillance unit which would later become the FBI. As the 20th century advanced, computer technology proved a powerful enhancement to the regime of surveillance. This allowed most devices and databases to be monitored and evaluated, including automobiles, Your car can be tracked by GPS, and your spending habits can be gleaned from accessing your credit card records. Internet and email are monitored in the workplace and cameras are just about everywhere.

For this show artists will explore the history of surveillance and how this affects us at this present time. They will in turn create work dealing with this theme which will include 2D work, installation, and new media.

ARTISTS PARTICIPATING:
Anni Holm
Drew Browning and Annette Barbier
Dustin Klare
Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa
Finishing School
Gretel Garcia
Ian Simmons
Jesus Macarena-Avila
Noelle Mason
Patricht Lichty
Tom Sibley
T.W. Li
Venia Bechrakis

Polvo, www.polvo.org
1458 W. 18th St., 1R Chicago, IL 60608
773.344.1940
info@polvo.org



Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Meztli

Meztli Galeria y Organizacion Cultural Presents

Salsation! Theatre Company, NFP

Three special presentations before their
2007 Hispanic Attack Tour
“Comedy with a Latin flavor”

September 16, 27 & 30, 2007
Hours - 7:00 P.M.
Suggested Donation $ 6.00

Meztli
556 W 18th Street (Pilsen) Chicago Ill.
(312) 738-08-60
meztlicinema@yahoo.com
www.meztli.net

Parking available at Ken- Tone’s, 551 W18th St.

Protest LULAC aiding military recruiters this FRIDAY

Protest LULAC aiding military recruiters this FRIDAY!

Latino recruitment is up 22% since the beginning of the Iraq war. Recruiters court us with their false promises. Instead of telling us the truth about the recruiters' lies, LULAC is helping the military suck more latino youth into the war machine. Recruiters will be at their national JOB FAIR FOR YOUTH!!!!

CAMi (Comité Anti-Militarización) has been planning a protest and press conference on July 13th at 10:30 am. LULAC has caught wind of our plans and they are freaking out a bit. Their national president, Rosa Rosales, has even offered us a speaking position to stop our protest.

Our actions can cause change!

We continue planning our event. It will either continue as scheduled. Or we can meet to celebrate our victory.

LULAC's event is another sad example of our own people selling us out. For example, at the Puerto Rican Parade in June, the military recruiters had booths and displays. There were soldier images on stage and even recruiters speaking from the stage and doing push up competitions! No doubt they will be at the Fiestas del Sol as well.

The armed services has relaxed their entrance standards to be a new soldier. They did this because their recruitment numbers have been declining (excluding latinos!). We will not be suckered in with their lies and half truths.

WE REFUSE TO BECOME CANNON FODDER IN THEIR IMPERIALIST WARS!

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOUTH WHO REFUSE TO BE SUCKED INTO THE MILITARY!

NO MORE WARS OF AGGRESION AND IMPERIALISM!!!

Join us Friday, July 13th

10:30 am @ Main Entrance to Navy Pier
At the front gates by the Globe artwork that is in chains

Agenda for Friday, day of the youth job fair. You can see how the military will be infused from the "Department of Defense Youth Luncheon" to the " U.S.Armed Forces Academy Presentations". The whole agenda can be found at the following link

http://www.lulac.org/events/convention/cyouth2007.html

Friday, July 13, 2007

7 to 12, 2 to 5 Youth Convention Registration ............................................Terrace A East
7:30 am to 9 am LULAC National Educational Service Centers Breakfast ................Grand Ballroom
9 to 12, 2 to 4 Exposition, Job Fair, and College Fair Open ...................... Exhibition Hall A
9 am to 3 pm LULAC Youth-Collegiate Federal Career and Recruitment Forum
9 am to 2 pm College, University and Rising Seniors Grade 12.................................325-326
9 am to 12 pm High School Grade 9-11............................................................309-312
9 am to 12 pm Middle School Grade 6-8 ........................................................ 302 & 304
12:15 to 1:15 pm Department of Defense Youth Luncheon............................201-207
1:15t o 2:15 pm U.S. Armed Forces Academy Presentations.............................. 302 & 304
Captain James Henden, U.S. Army – West Point (New York)
Lt. Tony Lewis, U.S. Navy – Naval Academy (Anapolis)
Lt. Trier Brayn, U.S. Air Force – Air Force Academy (Colorado)
Lt. Ashley Housley, U.S. Air Force – Air Force Academy
2:15 to 3:15 pm Parliamentary Procedures (Ray Mancera, Nat'l Parliamentarian)................ 302 & 304
3:15 to 5:15 pm Young Women's Summit Presentation (Irma Ayala, VP-Young Women........ 302 & 304
7 pm to 11 pm Presidential Awards Banquet, MALDEF CEO John Trasvina.............Grand Ballroom
American GI Forum National Commander Antonio G. Morales
9 pm to 11:30 pm Youth DJ Dance ..............................................................Hyatt Burnham