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SUMMARY:Me Llaman Calle | Puerto Rican Street Circus
DESCRIPTION:NIGHT OUT IN THE PARKS 2022\nMe Llaman Calle | Puerto Rican Street Circus\nBy La Vuelta Ensemble\n\nA family friendly interactive show blending circus\, acrobatics and improvisation with a Balkan-Tropical soundtrack.\n\nJune 10 | Blackhawk Park | 2318 Lavergne Ave.\, Chicago IL 60639 | Free\n\nBring the kids\, picnic\, chairs and blankets!
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/me-llaman-calle-puerto-rican-street-circus/
LOCATION:Blackhawk Park\, 2318 Lavergne Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Crossing Routes of Afro Music: Foundation\, History and Cimarronaje
DESCRIPTION:Conversation and workshop with Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera\, professor\, epistemologist\, renowned Bomba artist / practitioner and Director of AFROLegado. \nPOSTER ART “PAZ PARA LAS MUJERES” BY COLECTIVO MORIVIV´I.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/the-crossing-routes-of-afro-music-foundation-history-and-cimarronaje/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:Puerto Rican Art as a Territory of Re-existence: A Decolonial Approach
DESCRIPTION:Exploration of scholarship\, and artists who contributed to the body and meaning of the continuous rebirth of Puerto Rico’s visual culture\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nAFRORRIQUEÑES: Affirmation\, Solidarity and Healing \nMay 25-27 2022 at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center \nA multi-day series committed to the continuous dialogue on Afrodescendencia. \nThe history of the arts in Puerto Rico has traditionally repeated\, observed\, and framed the achievements of artists based on their adherence to movements outside the islands\, primarily in Europe and the U.S. historical and cultural responsibility to their own contexts of origin. This workshop we will incorporate and explore works of art\, scholarship\, and artists who contributed to the body and meaning of the continuous rebirth of Puerto Rico’s visual culture. \nDr. Marielba Torres-Muñoz \nShe serves on the Boards of Directors of the Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades\, (FpH) and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico. \nShe is currently a researcher in Programa de Diversidad en Afrodescendencia y Racialidad\, UPR-RP\, sponsored by the Andrew Mellon Foundation (2022). She teaches courses in the Humanities Department of the Faculty of General Studies at the University of Puerto Rico. She has given lectures at different universities in Puerto Rico\, the United States\, Cuba\, Mexico\, Chile\, and Brazil. \nPOSTER ART “PAZ PARA LAS MUJERES” BY COLECTIVO MORIVIV´I.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/puerto-rican-art-as-a-territory-of-re-existence-a-decolonial-approach/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ancestral Reckonings: Why Your DNA Results Don't Match the Records
DESCRIPTION:AFRORRIQUEÑES: Affirmation\, Solidarity and Healing \nMay 25-27 2022 at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center \nA multi-day series committed to the continuous dialogue on Afrodescendencia produced by Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center \n  \n“Ancestral Reckonings: Why your DNA results don’t match the records” \nConversation and workshop with Melanie Maldonado Diaz\, scholar\, genealogist\, and cultural organizer. \nThis workshop demystifies the racial triad (Spanish-African-Taino) proposed by colonial narratives and shows how record keepers were complicit in erasing Blackness from archival records in Puerto Rico. \nMelanie Maldonado Díaz \nMelanie developed the Lugares Históricos project\, which highlights Black history sites in Puerto Rico. In 2018\, she led a first-of-its-kind community tour of these ancestral spaces for African diasporic gathering and traditional practices and in 2019 began placing historical markers at these locations. \nMelanie is committed to creating access\, building commUnity\, and helping families re-member the legacies of their ancestors. Her bomba research explicates women’s agency\, the importance of textiles\, genealogy\, lineages of learning\, songs as critical records\, placemaking\, and historic spaces of praxis. \n  \nPOSTER ART “PAZ PARA LAS MUJERES” BY COLECTIVO MORIVIV´I.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/ancestral-reckonings-why-your-dna-results-dont-match-the-records/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:El Hijo de Borikén
DESCRIPTION:Puerto Rican rapper\, sonero and composer Emil Martínez presents his new album in his long-awaited Chicago debut.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nPuerto Rican rapper\, sonero and composer Emil Martínez presents his new album in his long-awaited Chicago debut at Chicago’s longest-standing Latino cultural center. \nAbout Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) \nOne of 40 organizations recently recognized for its contributions to the history\, culture\, vibrancy\, and identity of communities of color in greater Chicago (see Chicago Cultural Treasures)\, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) is the longest-standing Latino cultural center in Chicago. \nEstablished in 1971\, it was named in honor of Segundo Ruiz Belvis\, a Puerto Rican patriot and member of a secret abolitionist society that freed slave children under Spanish rule. In that spirit\, SRBCC realizes its mission to preserve and promote appreciation of the culture and arts of Puerto Rico and Latin America\, with a focus on its African heritage. \n 
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/el-hijo-de-boriken/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stories from the West Side
DESCRIPTION:A new production inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago\nStories From the West Side\nJames Sanders & Conjunto and Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre present a new production inspired by the memories of Latino Chicago and the photography of historian and scholar Carlos Flores.\nOne of Chicago’s longest-running Latin jazz ensembles\, James Sanders & Conjunto creates music that moves audiences figuratively and literally\, where moments of hushed contemplation are followed by eruptions of joyous dancing.\nWith an intense focus on personal narratives\, the diverse collective of artists that is Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre engages audiences in magnetic human stories at once new and deeply familiar.\nStories From the West Side is a program of the Dr. Timuel Black Inspiration & Education Project\, supported by funding from the Jazz Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Community Hosts & Partners: Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center and San Lucas United Church
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/stories-from-the-west-side/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:SRBCC present {Trés}
DESCRIPTION:A chamber music collaborative trio project founded by José Antonio Zayas Cabán and Colin Young\, featuring Miguel Zenón.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nSRBCC presents {Tres} \n{Trés} is a chamber music trio founded in 2010. It started as a collaborative project between José Antonio Zayas Cabán and Colin Young\, with the purpose of performing transcriptions for 2 saxophones and piano. The trio has since performed chamber music by a wide range of composers in Central America\, the Caribbean\, and throughout the United States. \nRecently\, {Trés} finished a national tour titled A Tribute to Puerto Rico that was partly devoted to help raise funds and awareness about Puerto Rico and the island’s efforts to recover from Hurricanes Irma and María. This has now led to our 2019 project\, our first annual multi-week residency in Puerto Rico. \nAs the recipient of the 2019 New Music USA Project Grant\, José will is working with {Trés} on collaborations with composers such as MacArthur and Guggenheim Award recipient Miguel Zenón\, Brooklyn-based Angelica Negrón\, Illinois-based Carlos Carrillo\, and Dublin\, Ireland-based Amanda Feery\, {Trés} will bring free concerts – that will include new music – to low income communities across the island.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/srbcc-present-tres/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:Somos La Plena
DESCRIPTION:A Chicago celebration of the life and legacy of Tito Matos\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nOn January 18\, 2022 the Puerto Rican cultural community was shocked by the news of the sudden departure of musical giant Tito Matos. After an extensive career as a master percussionist\, teacher and bandleader of Viento de Agua and La Máquina Insular\, Tito left a strong legacy of community work and cultural preservation in Puerto Rico and abroad. \nHis time living in New York\, as well as his relationship with Chicago’s musicians and cultural institutions allowed him to deepen his roots in the diaspora. He was a teacher\, mentor and friend for hundreds of plena practitioners across the globe. \nSRBCC is proud to partner with Tito’s closest friends from Puerto Rico and Chicago\, including Lagarto Figueroa\, Llonsi Martínez\, Ricardo Pons\, Noel Rosado\, Emanuel Santana (Puerto Rico)\, Ivelisse Díaz (La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón)\, Bomba con Buya \, Las Bompleneras and Los Pleneros de Don Segundo (Chicago) to celebrate his enduring legacy\, raise funds for La Casa de la Plena Tito Matos\, and establish a new scholarship for Chicago’s creative youth in his honor. \nJoin us in this Chicago celebration of the Life and Legacy of Héctor “Tito” Matos.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/somos-la-plena/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sharing Grandmothers Concert
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nSharing Grandmothers is an original multidisciplinary song cycle exploring the profound contributions of Black women to humanity.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharing Grandmothers focuses on women’s oral traditions\, lullabies and folk tales\, as well as the combined musical traditions of Africa and the Caribbean\, replete with percussive rhythms\, rituals\, and vocal expressions. The project brings together two multidisciplinary musicians who each embrace a rich cultural heritage and mastery of traditional songs\, stories\, rhythms and dances from their respective cultures. \nThe two principal artists are Inez Barlatier\, a Miami-based Haitian-American singer/songwriter\, percussionist and dancer\, and LORNOAR\, a Cameroonian artist whose work also encompasses traditional and original songs\, music\, and dance. Under the direction of Miami-based director Carlos Caballero\, a Latino/Caribbean artist\, the work will celebrate the legacy of shared ancestry and traditions between Cameroon and Haiti\, celebrating the influence of Africa on the Caribbean and its diaspora\, and the empowerment of the 21st Century Black Woman. \nSharing Grandmothers is a transatlantic collaboration between two contemporary artists who have jointly created new music and lyrics that provide a modern-day commentary on issues that women face globally\, speaks to the double oppression of Black women both in the U.S. and Africa. \nThis concert is part of the Extended Play Series\, a collaboration between Old Town School of Folk Music\, DuSable Museum and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) made possible with the generous support of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. \nDate and time\n\nSat\, Feb 5\, 2022\, 7:00 PM CST \n\nLocation\n\nSegundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\n4048 West Armitage Avenue\nChicago\, IL 60639 \n\nTickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-grandmothers-tickets-247261805717
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LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W. Armitage Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60639\, United States
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