the full 2015 Sor Juana Festival brochure

the full 2015 Sor Juana Festival brochure

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1852 W. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608
Sor Juana Festival
A Tribute To Mexican Women
The Sor Juana festival is dedicated to Mexico’s great Sor
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), a great poet and
philosopher who was known as La Décima Musa, (the
Tenth Muse) and is known as the first feminist of the
Americas. Through the Sor Juana Festival, the National
Museum of Mexican Art presents writers, musicians,
dancers and performers from both sides of the border
with a special emphasis on women in the arts.
Jueves 10 de Septiembre, 2015
Recepción 6:00pm / Presentación 7:00 p.m.
Entrada Libre
Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano
1852 W. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART, WORLD MUSIC
FESTIVAL CHICAGO, AND THE
CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF
CULTURAL AFFAIRS PRESENT
LA SANTA CECILIA
Friday, September 11 at 9:00 p.m.
Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Avenue
Lineup: La Santa Cecilia and Dos Santos
Anti-Beat Orquesta. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
18+, LIVE ON RADIO M 91.5 FM
Saturday, September 12 at 3:00 p.m.
Lineup: La Santa Cecilia and Red Baraat
Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion,
201 E. Randolph St.
ALL AGES.
BOTH SHOWS ARE FREE
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART’S
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
LA RISA EXTRAVIADA
ESPAÑOL
Miercoles, 16 de septiembre, 7:00 p.m.
El National Museum of Mexican Art y
Fedenaymo Nayaritas at Midwest presentan: La
Compañia de Teatro de la SPAUAN con su obra:
"LA RISA EXTRAVIADA". Obra de teatro para
toda la familia.
GRATIS en el National Museum of Mexican Art
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MEXICAN ART’S
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
BOOK READING
By award-winning author Victor Villaseñor on
Thursday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Victor Villasenor, author of the award-winning
novel “Rain of Gold”, will be reading from his
book, “Revenge of a Catholic Schoolboy”.
FREE at the National Museum of Mexican Art
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MEXICAN ART’S
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
Ballet Folklórico de México
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
will be giving two highlighted performances as part
of the Sor Juana Festival at the Auditorium Theatre
Saturday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. and
Sunday, September 27 at 3:00 p.m.
50 E Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60605
The New York Times raves that this must-see
performance is "a captivating spectacle ... a brilliant
visual and theatrical sense. . ." Experience the
profound colorful sights and enchanting sounds of
Mexico for one weekend only!
Save an extra 20% off your ticket purchase by using
promo code NMMA! Tickets available via
Workshop: Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia
Hernández
Saturday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m.
In addition to the above scheduled performances,
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
will present a FREE workshop at the National
Museum of Mexican Art. Experience the heart,
spirit, and traditions of the Mexican people during
this workshop
FREE at the National Museum of Mexican Art
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MEXICAN ART’S
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
POETRY READING
ESPAÑOL
Jueves, 8 de octubre, 1:00 p.m.
Presentacion de Poesia por
Olivia Maciel Edelman
en el National Museum of Mexican Art.
Poeta, ensayista, editora y profesora, Maciel es
autora de Filigrana encendida; Luna de cal;
Sombra en plata; Más salado que dulce; Surrealismo en la poesía de Xavier Villaurrutia, y Octavio Paz, y Luis Cernuda. Maciel ha sido incluída
en la bibliografía de King´s College en la sección
de mejor poesía de México en traducción del S.
XX:
Olivia Maciel recibió el Primer Premio por Poesía
en Español otorgado por Northeastern Illinois
University (2014), y el Premio José Martí, otorgado por la Universidad de Houston, y el Cuerpo
Consular de la ciudad de Houston por ensayo en
honor a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1993).
Sobre Maciel, Elena Poniatowska (Premio
Cervantes 2013), ha dicho: “La poesía de Olivia
Maciel es precisa y profunda, un motivo de
eroticismo iluminado por los mismos rayos de
sol en cada verso”.
GRATIS en el National Museum of Mexican Art
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BOOK PRESENTATION
Tuesday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m.
World Premiere Book Presentation
Scholar Victor Espinosa will be presenting his book
on Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), one of the twentieth
century’s most famous self-taught artists. Born in
Mexico, Ramírez was diagnosed as schizophrenic
and confined to California psychiatric hospitals for
more than 30 years. During that time he produced
more than 450 dynamic drawings and collages
imbued with hypnotic power. Utilizing repeating
lines and motifs, Ramírez visually transcended his
own experience to create a remarkably visualized
world, free of the concepts of time, constraints and
borders.
Today Ramírez’s work has become recognized as
outsider art. His work has been exhibiting in numerous solo exhibitions throughout the country, and his
fame and notoriety continues to grow. Most recently, in March of 2015, Ramírez’s work was selected to
appear on a U.S. postage stamp.
Presented by the National Museum of Mexican Art
and Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art.
FREE at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Sor Juana Festival
Sor Juana Honorees Reception/Presentation Honoring Local
Women: Wednesday, October 28 at 6:00 p.m. at the National
Museum of Mexican Art.
Elba Aranda - Suh
- Social Services and Education
Teresa Cordova
- University Programs
Maria Gaspar
- Arts and Art Activism
Clara Lopez
- Social Services
Esther Quintero Guzman
- University Programs
Elvia Y. Torres
- Community Engagement and
Mexico Advocate
FREE
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART’S
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
FERIA DEL LIBRO
viernes, 30 de octubre, 7:00 p.m.
ESPAÑOL
El BeiSman y el National Musuem of Mexican Art
te invitan a la ceremonia de inauguración de la
Feria del Libro de Autor@s Latin@s Chicago
2015. Anabel Hernández y Francico González
Crussi presentan dos ángulos sobre la muerte en
la sociedad contemporánea.
Francisco González Crussí, profesionalmente, tiene una doble vertiente: médica y literaria. Se inició en Canadá como profesor asistente
de patología en la Universidad de Queen’s. Fue
profesor en la Universidad Northwestern de
Chicago. Escribió más de 200 artículos que
fueron publicados en revistas médicas. Fue autor
de dos libros técnicos sobre ciertos tumores
infantiles. En el campo literario, ha publicado 11
libros de ensayos en inglés, incluyendo “The Day
of the Dead” (1993) y 7 libros en español incluyendo “El Rostro y el Alma” (2014).
Título de su ponencia: La muerte en la literature
Anabel Hernández es periodista de
reportajes de investigación. Es colaboradora
de Reforma y Proceso. En 2003 Unicef le dio
un reconocimiento por una serie de reportajes
sobre la esclavitud sexual infantil en Estados
Unidos. Es autora de Los señores del narco
(2010), entre otros libros. En Los señores del
narco, con más de 100 mil ejemplares vendidos,
revela los nexos de la clase política y empresarial
mexicana con el narcotráfico. En marzo de 2012,
en París, la Asociación Mundial de Periódicos y
Editores de Noticias le otorgó el Premio Pluma
de Oro de la Libertad.
Título de su ponencia: Crimen e impunidad en el
México actual
GRATIS en el National Museum of Mexican Art
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SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
Book Reading with Patricia
Dominguez of her new book
“Tsipeni y Joselito” and
Children's Art Workshop
Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m.
BILINGUAL
Please join the National Museum of
Mexican Art for a special reading of Patricia
Dominguez's new children's book, “Tsipeni y
Joselito”. After the reading, children will
make their own alebrije out of recycled
materials to decorate and take home.
“Tsipeni y Joselito” is the story of a little
boy, Joselito, who is being bullied at school.
He experiences frightening dreams involving
scary monster-type creatures, known as
alebrijes in Mexico. One night, a small
alebrije appears. He is smiling and good
natured, and the other alebrijes try to scare
him away. He stands up to them and, eventually, they leave. Remembering this little
alebrije, named Tsipeni, gives Joselito the
strength to stand up to the bully at school.
FREE at the National Museum of Mexican Art
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SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
BOOK PRESENTATION
U.S. Premiere Book Presentation:
“Lunas de Estambul” By Sophie Goldberg
Tuesday November 10 at 6:30 p.m.
“Lunas de Estambul” is a novel about a young
woman (the author’s grandmother) who travels
from Istambul to Mexico to marry a man she has
NEVER seen. It is an adventure that represents
what an immigrant needs to do in order to adopt
her new land and how she can never forget in
her heart the place where she was born. But it is
something that all immigrants HAVE to suffer.
$10 at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Purchase tickets at www.NationalMuseumofMexicanArt.org
Co-sponsored by
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART’S
SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
SOR JUANA LEGACY AWARD
Chola Con Cello
Friday, November 13 at 6:30 p.m.
"Maria Elena Gaitán (Chola con Cello) is a musician, linguist, cultural worker, performance artist,
scholar, educator, translator, interpreter, consultant
for museums, art galleries, community arts and
philanthropic organizations. She is a citizen of the
world rooted in the experience of Mexican and
Chicana cultures who straddles the worlds of
performance, community service and activism.
Her cello has graced audiences in venues that
range from raunchy bars in San Antonio and
public hospitals in Los Angeles County to stand
up comedy venues, like the Belly Room at the
Comedy Store. She has performed with many
community artists in addition to members of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Within East L.A. musical communities, she was
one of the first to nurture dialogues focusing on
the influence of the African Diaspora in son jarocho. A Women Who Rock Keynote Performer, her
cello playing is always sensitive, imaginative, and
reflective of her studies with masters of the use of
sound as a healing force."
- University of Washington Libraries
$30 Dinner & Presentation
Purchase tickets at www.NationalMuseumofMexicanArt.org
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SOR JUANA FESTIVAL
BOOK READING
Saturday, November 14 at noon and
Sunday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m.
CHICAGO PREMIERE BOOK PRESENTATION “A HOUSE OF MY OWN: STORIES FROM MY LIFE”
by Award-winning author, Sandra Cisneros
“A HOUSE OF MY OWN: STORIES FROM MY LIFE” From the beloved author of “The House on Mango
Street”, a richly illustrated compilation of true
stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together,
form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of
a literary legend's life and career.
From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew
up and set her groundbreaking novel “The House
on Mango Street”, to her abode in Mexico in a
region where “my ancestors lived for centuries”,
the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided
inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and
poetry. But a house of her own, where she could
truly take root, has eluded her. With this collectionspanning three decades, and including never-before-published work, Cisneros has come home at
last.
$10 at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Purchase tickets at www.NationalMuseumofMexicanArt.org
Visit www.NationalMuseumofMexicanArt.org for detailed information about each performance.
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