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Saturday, April 6, 2013

OUTSIDERS: Zines, Samizdat, and Alternative Publishing

@ The Newberry Library
The 2013 Caxton Club / Newberry Library Symposium on the BookThis year’s symposium will explore the use of self-produced books and pamphlets to express individualized, unconventional, controversial, or prohibited messages.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Stigma and Culture: Global Migrations and the Crisis of Identity in Black America

@ DePaul University - Student Center, Lincoln Park Campus
As Gilroy points out, the black Atlantic is a site of not just roots and cultures but also routes and convergences. We must add that an element of those convergences is oppositional identity-making among populations of African descent from diverse geographical origins.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

A stage reading of "Gandhi Marg"

@ Raven Theatre
The Raven Theatre in association with the Indo-American Heritage Museum presents a staged reading of “Gandhi Marg” written by Anita Chandwaney and directed by Kaiser Z.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Reconciling Lives - German-Jewish Dialogue

@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
The evening will be opened by Chair of the Association of Israelis of Central European Origin, Ambassador (retired) Reuven Merhav, who will give the keynote address, followed by a panel discussion and presentation of the book “Reconciling Lives”.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Sones De Mexico Recital/Lecture- A Musical Geography of Mexico

@ Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
"Geografía Musical de México" is a live music program presented by Sones de Mexico Ensemble.Mexico's folk music and dance styles are very diverse and largely unknown outside of Mexico.

Film Screening and Talk: Cadaver with Tavi Gevinson and Jonah Ansell

@ Museum of Contemporary Art
Longtime family friends and Oak Park natives Tavi Gevinson and Jonah Ansell discuss their work on Cadaver and the transformation of the story from short film to graphic novel. Heidi Reitmaier, Beatrice C.

Culture Catalysts: Cultivating Talent

@ Museum of Contemporary Art
Each month, get to know different cultural innovators in Chicago.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Lunch Talks@CAF: Make Plans! Pilsen Sprints Forward

@ Chicago Architecture Foundation
Pilsen is a neighborhood located in the residential Lower West Side community in Chicago. In the late 19th century it was inhabited by Germans, Irish, Czech, Polish and Lithuanian immigrants. Mexican immigrants and Latinos became a majority in 1970 as the neighborhood served as a port of entry.

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