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Worldview: Haiti three years after the earthquake and global bull riding
Worldview takes a look at the current political, economic and social conditions in Haiti, and a trio of local musicians perform the music of Haitian composers.
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Haiti three years after the earthquake
This week marks the third anniversary of the deadly earthquake that devastated much of the Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Most of the rubble has been cleared away but the country hasn’t necessarily been able to “build back better.” Unemployment is rampant and at least 350,000 Haitians are still living in tents in scattered camps. The U.N. recently made a new humanitarian appeal for 144 million dollars to tackle cholera, homelessness and a food shortage. We talk with Bob Maguire, professor of international affairs and director of the Latin America and Hemispheric Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University about Haiti today.
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Weekend Passport: International bullfighting and Haitian classical music
Global citizen Nari Safavi helps listeners plan their international weekend. The Crossing Borders Music Collective stops by to give Worldview a preview of their concert “Beyond the Headlines: Haiti in Music.” The concert takes place Saturday and features string quartets by Haitian composers.
Professional Bull Riders Chicago Invitational
Watch Pure PBR Saturday from Chicagopbrnow
When:
Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, Jan.12-13, 2013 (6:45pm early admission to see bull riders arrive, main event at 8pm)
Where:
Allstate Arena, 6920 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, Illinois
Price:
Ticket prices $15, $35, $50, $75, $125
Saturday’s event is televised by CBS Sports Network at 9 pm. Sunday’s event is televised by CBS Sports Network at 7 pm. The top 35 bull riders in the world will be competing.
Every event begins with pyrotechnics, explosions and flames. Then the excitement really begins when the top 35 bull riders in the world compete against the fiercest bucking bulls on the planet, providing two hours of thrills and spills guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat and your heart pounding. The nationally-televised Built Ford Tough Series visits some of the most famous arenas across the United States, including Madison Square Garden in New York and the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Each event has a winner, and riders accumulate points towards the ultimate goal, the Professional Bull Riders World Championship. The highest-paid bull riders in the world are not only competing for the coveted Championship Buckle, but also the 1 million bonus awarded to the winner. Robson Palermo of Brazil was last year’s winner.
The Iran Job screens at the Gene Siskel Film Center
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When:
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at 3:00pm
Where:
The Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State St. Chicago, IL 60601 || 312-846-2600
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Pasfarda is pleased to announce that it will bring to Chicago the creative husband-and-wife director-and-producer team of Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi. Please join Pasfarda for the Q&A and a light reception at the Gene Siskel's Cafe/Gallery following the 3pm screening of "The Iran Job" on January 12, 2013. {General theater admission & Cash Bar}.
"The Iran Job" follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard as he accepts a job to play in one of the world’s most feared countries: Iran. With tensions running high between Iran and the West, Kevin tries to separate sports from politics, only to find that politics is impossible to escape in Iran. Along the way he forms an unlikely alliance with three outspoken Iranian women. Thanks to these women, his apartment turns into an oasis of free speech, where they discuss everything from politics to religion to gender roles. Kevin’s season in Iran culminates in something much bigger than basketball: the uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran’s reformist Green Movement – a powerful prelude to the currently unfolding Arab Spring. (
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Crossing Borders Music Collective presents its debut concert:
"Beyond the Headlines: Haiti in Music," featuring string quartets by Haitian composers
Crossing Borders Music Collective
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Crossing Borders Music Collective presents its debut event, "Beyond the Headlines: Haiti in Music," a concert of string quartets by Haitian composers on the third anniversary of Haiti's earthquake. While commemorating the tragedy, the concert will also explore the untold stories of the richness of Haitian culture. The first of the concert's three sections will feature Werner Jaegerhuber's Suite Folklorique ("Folkloric Suite"). Jaegerhuber, a German-Haitian composer of the early 20th century, researched and collected Haitian folk songs from around the country and used these songs in his compositions. In Suite Folklorique, the work's movements correspond to vodou deities and the folk music associated with them.
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