Thanks to funds from the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation, the Noble Network of Charter Schools will…
Category: El Blog
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Interview: Fatimah Asghar discusses her new book of poetry and photo project
Poet Fatimah Asghar discusses some of her most recent and prolific work. The release of her…
Movie Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Writing about “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” on its opening week is like walking…
Accompaniment and Resistance
This past Tuesday, December 8th, was the feast day of la Purísima Concepción in El Zape,…
Mijente, a new national Latinx organization, launches this weekend in Chicago
Mijente is a new national organization that aims to fill in the gaps in advocacy, inclusion,…
Movie Review: The Big Short
Up until now, Adam McKay’s movies were not exactly my cup of tea. I have not…
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Sones de México Ensemble performs a live score of “¡Que viva México!”
Enter to win a pair of tickets to Sones de México Ensemble’s performance of a live…
Sones de Mexico and CIMMFest: Music for the story of a land, lyrical, brutal and tender
Sones de Mexico Ensemble and Chicago International Music & Movies Festival present the performance of an…
Movie Review: Chi-Raq
“I really pay attention to opening credit sequences, I think it is the way to get…