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SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
The Sor Juana Festival is a multidisciplinary
festival that honors one of Mexico’s greatest
writers, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a 17th-century
Mexican nun who valued the education of
women. Sor Juana was a celebrated playwright,
mathematician and poet in her own time and
considered to be the first feminist of the
Americas. Through this unique festival, we
celebrate the legacy of Sor Juana Inés de la
Cruz and pay tribute to the rich artistic
accomplishments of Mexican women from
both sides of the border.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART’S
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND 2012
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL KICK-OFF CONCERT
FEATURING MARIACHI DIVAS
Millennium Park
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
Free event
Join us as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the nation’s only
accredited Latino cultural institution, the National Museum of Mexican
Art with a concert at Chicago’s very own Millennium Park featuring the
Grammy-award winning group Mariachi Divas from California. This
spectacular show will also feature Mariachi Perla de Mexico and Real
Guadalajara. This family concert is sure to delight fans of all ages!
Join us for a night under the stars and celebrate the Museum’s 25 years
of art, culture and community!
This concert is presented by:
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
LA CATRINA FASHION SHOW:
CULTURA MEETS COUTURE
National Museum of Mexican Art
Friday, September 7, 2012
5:45 p.m.- VIP registration, reception and gallery visits
7:00 p.m.- General registration and reception
8:00 p.m.- Cultura meets Couture Fashion Show
9:00 p.m.- Fashion Market
Join us for an evening of haute couture and culture on Friday, September 7 at
the National Museum of Mexican Art. Last year, our La Catrina Fashion Show
took Chicago by storm and quickly sold out! This year, we are honored to
highlight the talents of four female designers of Mexican descent: Elda De
La Rosa, Elizabeth Lara, Claudia Urrutia and Lilia Vega at La Catrina Fashion
Show: Cultura meets Couture 2012. Reserve your seat today and enjoy drinks,
eats and an evening of fashion and art at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
2012 Featured Designers:
ELDA DE LA ROSA
ELIZABETH LARA
CLAUDIA URRUTIA
LILIA VEGA
$75 VIP ticket includes:
5:45 p.m. VIP reception and access to Museum exhibitions,
one-year FREE membership to the Museum, and priority, reserved seating! Goody bag
included!
$50 general admission ticket includes:
Reception, general seating at the show, access to Museum exhibitions
This event is supported by:
For tickets, click here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/265469
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PRESENTS
WONDER WOM EN
OF COMEDY
PATTI VASQUEZ, GWEN LA ROKA,
AMY EISENBERG AND JACKIE HERRERA
Saturday, September 8, 2012, 6-8:30 p.m.
Reception 6:00 p.m.
Adult beverages for guests 21 and over
Comedy Show 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Suggested minimum age for this show is 18
PATTI VASQUEZ
Need a laugh? Never fear! Wonder Women
(of comedy!) are here and to the rescue!
AMY EISENBERG
JACKIE HERRERA
GWEN LA ROKA
Sometimes it takes a shero to punch a line and make an audience laugh.
Join us for an evening of comedy as Wonder Women and comedians:
Patti Vasquez, Gwen La Roka, Amy Eisenberg and Jackie Herrera bring their
humor to the Sor Juana Festival and serve audiences some Latina realness.
Presented in English with some serious Latina flavor.
Admission:
General $10
Members $8
Students w/ID $9
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE MEXICANO PRESENTA
STEPHANIE SALAS Y SU NUEVO DISCO
”SOY LO QUE SOY”
Domingo, 16 de septiembre, 2012, 2 p.m.
Concierto gratuito
Por primera vez en Chicago, Stephanie Salas forma parte del Festival
Sor Juana 2012. Hizo su debut como parte del elenco de Vaselina, la
versión en español de la producción estatal “Grease” junto a Timbiriche.3.
En 1992 protagonizó junto a Bibi Gaytán, Paulina Rubio y Eduardo Capetillo
la popular telenovela Baila Conmigo. Poco después, Stephanie lanzó su
álbum debut titulado Ave María, álbum que llegó a alcanzar disco de oro en
México. La canción principal se convirtió en un gran éxito en México,
América Latina, y los Estados Unidos. Después de múltiples discos como
“La Raza Humana” y “Tuna,” Stephanie Salas regresa al escenario con un
excepcional álbum llamado, “Soy Lo Que Soy” con un sonido mas
electro-pop y muy propositivo. Acompáñanos en el Museo para disfrutar
de un set acústico de Stephanie Salas presentando su nueva producción y
también disfrutemos de algunos de sus clásicos como “Ave María,” entre otros.
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PRESENTS
A LUNADA BY TEATRO LUNA
Friday, September 21, 2012, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Free Event
Teatro Luna hosts: Lunada at the Museum, a celebration of 12 years of new and
original work by Pan-Latina Artists, featuring excerpts from Teatro Luna’s classic
plays including S-e-x-OH! and Lunátic(a)s to newer work such as Crossed, a
sultry and poignant take on issues of immigration and race.
Lunada will showcase Teatro Luna’s trademark wit and humor and keep you
laughing all night long.
Entonces, please join us for a night out with friends and celebrate tú cultura in
a fun way with the ladies of Teatro Luna. We promise to entertain, provoke,
and definitely make fun of the everyday crazy and more!
This event is supported by Arte y Vida Chicago.
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
CREDIT: FARRELL KRAMER
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PRESENTS
PALOMA MARTINEZ-CRUZ AND HER BOOK
WOMEN AND KNOWLEDGE IN MESOAMERÌCA
FROM EAST L.A. TO ANAHUAC
Friday, September 28, 2012, 6-8 p.m.
Free Event
Join us and author/professor Paloma Martinez-Cruz for a reading from her
engaging book, Women and Knowledge in Mesoamerica: From East L.A.
to Anahuac, a significant and heartfelt contribution to women’s and gender
studies, Latin American Studies, Chicana/o and Borderlands studies, as well as
emerging intercultural dialogues on medicine and healing. Captivating
personal narrative that intertwines with the historical account of the ways
Mesoamerican women healers played a role during childbirth and helped cure
the sick. The resulting story is an engaging read for those intrigued by
indigenous healing practices, medicine, and spirituality.
ELDA DE LA ROSA
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PRESENTS
ELDA DE LA ROSA’S TRUNK SHOW
Thursday, October 11, 2012, 4-9 p.m.
Elda De la Rosa Couture
5555 N. Sheridan Rd. #15
Free event
PALOMA MARTINEZ-CRUZ
Come and have a drink, mix, mingle, browse and buy some of the stunning
fashion that has made Elda De la Rosa so well known throughout the fashion
world. Wine will be provided.
For more information, contact 773-769-3128.
CREDIT: RAY SANTISTEBAN
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PRESENTS
SANDRA CISNEROS AND ESTER HERNANDEZ
FOR THE CHICAGO PREMIERE OF
“HAVE YOU SEEN MARIE?”
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 6-8 p.m.
Book reading and author/illustrator meet and greet
General Admission: $12
Members: $10
The internationally acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street gives us
a deeply moving tale of loss, grief, and healing: a lyrically told, richly illustrated
fable for grown-ups in a perfect gift-sized format.
The word “orphan” might not seem to apply to a fifty-three-year-old woman.
Yet this is exactly how Sandra feels as she finds herself motherless, alone like
“a glove left behind at the bus station.” What just might save her is the search
for someone else gone missing: Marie, the black-and-white cat of her friend
Roz. As Sandra and Roz scour the streets of San Antonio, posting flyers and
asking everywhere, “Have you seen Marie?” the pursuit of this one small creature
takes on unexpected urgency and meaning. With full-color illustrations that
bring this transformative quest to vivid life, Have You Seen Marie? showcases
a beloved author’s storytelling magic in a tale that reminds us how love, even
when it goes astray, does not stay lost forever.
Sandra Cisneros is the author of two highly celebrated novels, The House on
Mango Street and Caramelo. Her awards include National Endowment for the
Arts Fellowships, the Lannan Literary Award, the American Book Award, and
a MacArthur Fellowship. Other books include the story collection Woman
Hollering Creek; two books of poetry; and two books of children’s literature.
Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. Cisneros is the
founder of the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral and Macondo Foundations, which
serve creative writers.
Ester Hernández is an internationally acclaimed visual artist whose work is in the
permanent collections of the National Museum Mexican Art, the Smithsonian
American Art Museum, the Library of Congress, the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, and the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo in Mexico
City. She lives in San Francisco.
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL: A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN WOMEN
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PRESENTS
THE 2012 SOR JUANA AWARDS RECEPTION
Friday, October 26, 2012, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Free event
RSVP (Required) at rachel@nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
The National Museum of Mexican Art is proud to honor seven Mexican/Mexican
American women leaders as the 2012 Sor Juana Award recipients. The award
is given to women who exemplify the spirit of resilience of Sor Juana Inés de
La Cruz. These women have shown leadership in their respective careers and
lives and have given so much through the arts, education, civic leadership
and community engagement.
CARLOS THEATER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
JOHNNY PUMPKIN Y DULCE MARIA CALACA:
UN ENCUENTRO DE DOS CULTURAS
En Español
Funciones: Domingo, 28 de octubre, 1-2 p.m.
Lunes, 29 de octubre, 10-11 a.m.
Domingo, 4 de noviembre, 1-2 p.m.
Domingo, 11 de noviembre, 1-2 p.m.
Para obtener boletos llame al (312) 491-9792, adultos: $10, niños: $7
2012 Sor Juana Awardees:
Hilda Cruz-Peña
Dolores Cupp
Francis Garcia
Alma Izquierdo
Beatriz Margain
Nicole Marroquin
Patti Vasquez
Ven a conocer una historia de amor entre Johnny Pumpkin y Dulce Maria
Calaca, un encuentro de dos culturas; Halloween y el Día de los Muertos. Esta
es una obra de títeres con música original que expone los temas importantes
que es el respeto y la tolerancia entre diferentes culturas.
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