Proyecto
Latina: More than Poetry, open mic
Monday, July 21st @ 7 p.m.
Proyecto
Latina: More than Poetry
open mic
Monday,
July 21st @ 7 p.m.
Featuring:
Desiree T. Castro
actress
| writer | educator | dancer
PROYECTO
LATINA TAKES PLACE
THE THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Starting March 2008
Proyecto Latina will be held
at
Radio Arte,
1401 W. 18th Street
on the corner of 18th and Blue Island.
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Desiree T. Castro will be sharing excerpts from her current project, The Cabrona Chronicles at the next Proyecto Latina on Monday, July 21st. An exploration of vital turning points in women's lives and those moments that trigger daughters to avenge their families, wives to leave their husbands, timid girls to have fist fights, students to discipline teachers, and grandmothers to mumble in their sleep," Te estoy viendo cabrona." Ginger Gallardo, Desiree's sister and contributor to the project will be accompany the readings with musical selections.
Desiree T. Castro is an actress, writer, arts-educator, dancer and mother. She was recently seen in Teatro Luna's hit play, "MACHOS," where she assumed 'Diego' as her alter-ego and was one of the collaborative writers for the play. Soon after, she wrote a Solo piece on motherhood that was featured in Teatro Luna's SOLO-TU play. Since 2004, she has been a Company Member of the renowned Barrel of Monkeys Theatre Company where she performs throughout the city in Chicago Public Schools and at the Neo-Futurarium in the ensemble's critically acclaimed on-going production, "That's Weird Grandma!" Passionate about the potential of art in society beyond her own work on stage, Castro has worked with over 2,000 school children teaching creative writing, dance and theatre with Barrel of Monkeys, Department of Children Home & Aide Society, Lifeline Theatre, Redmoon Theater, Little Village Community Development Corporation and Northeastern's Chicago Teacher's Center. Desiree has found that writing about the most embarrassing, lets-not-talk-about-it, and 'that's not important' moments, are the most liberating. We don't realize the weight of silence until we speak. Aside from her current writing projects, Desiree is also pursuing a BA in Public Policy at DePaul University and lives everyday as a balancing act between raising her 2 year old son, working, school and squeezing in the art and tacos to maintain her sanity as she envies people who sleep more than 6 hrs a night. Jerks.
Friendly
reminder Join us at Radio
Arte, 1401 W. 18th Street, on the corner of 18th and
Blue Island for this event. Event
details.
| Operation
Chisme |
Proyecto
Latina wants to know your chisme! Its anonymous. It can
be theraputic.We have a chisme box and we want your scoop.
Stop by Tianguis Books to drop off your anonymous chisme
in the box or email us a message - we'll keep your secrets,
we promise! Chismes will be read (and kept anonymous) at
Proyecto Latina, the third monday of every month. The best
chisme(s) will be selected and posted on the Proyecto Latina's
myspace,
go there now to check out last month's winning chisme.
Why
chisme? We like the idea of little secrets about our lives.
We discourage anything mean or terrible, but the little
vainas y esperanzas of our everyday experience! Did you
forget to wear deodorant today? Do you have a crush on a
someone? Is one boob bigger than the other? Do you like
to eat something strange? Do you pop your pimples? Have
you wished for something awful? Something great? Do you
think you look like a movie star? Do you sing in the shower?
What do you think about your life?
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We want to be your friend
Join
our network: www.myspace.com/proyecto_latina
For details:
proyectolatina@tianguis.biz.
October
2006:
Proyecto Latina on NPR's 848.
Local
Latinas take the Mic
In this excerpt, poets
Irasema Gonzalez, Silvia Rivera and Yolanda Cardenas
address everything from immigration to gangs and
violence. Proyecto Latina showcases the talents
of local Latinas at Radio Arte in Pilsen every
third Monday of the month. |
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| About
Proyecto Latina |
Proyecto Latina is a collaborative between Teatro
Luna, Tianguis, and Mariposa Atomica Ink. We are
excited about showcasing Latina talent and are always
seeking outgoing Latina poets and performers for our
monthly open mic series. Proyecto Latina takes place
the third Monday of every month. Its an open mic so
everything's game: Poetry, spoken word, music, monologues,
shorts y en el idioma que prefieras. And
if you're too shy to get on stage come and be one
of the lucky spectators. |
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Proyecto
Latina
2008
Calendar |
| January
19th: 2nd Anniversary Soiree |
| February
18th: Elizabeth "Liz" Sandoval |
| March
17th: Josephine Gasca |
| April
21st: Marcy Rae Henry |
| May
19th: Teatro Americano |
| June
16th: Liza Ann Acosta |
| July
21th: Desiree Castro |
| August 18th: Dawn Terry-Herrera |
| September 15th: Achy Obejas |
| October 20th: Diana Pando |
| November 17th: Yadi Jade |
| December: On break...see you in 2009! |
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Proyecto Latina past performers have included:
2007
Diane Herrera, Luna Blues Machine, Silvia Rivera, Sylvia Manrique, Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Lisa Alvarado, Dionna Griffin-Iron, Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez, Gwen Vargas, Paul Martinez-Pompa, Amanda Torres.
2006
Belinda
Cervantes, Maritza Cervantes, Tanya Saracho, Norbella
Peña, Teatro Luna w/ Piece of Ass, Diana
Campos, Achy Obejas, Coya Paz, Lupe Martinez, Yolanda
Cardenas, Diana Pando, Irasema Gonzalez, Magda Banda,
and Alicia Ponce. |
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WANTED:
LATINA TALENT |
Know
someone we should feature? Is it you? We are always
looking for established and emerging talent. Is it
your mom, sister, bff, novia or vecina? Drop us a
line, send us a sample of your work to: proyectolatina
at tianguis dot com. Or sign-up for the open mic and
show us what you got with . |
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