Events

To music lovers and critics in Brazil, André Mehmari is a musical wonder and a source of national pride. To the ear, imagine a meeting of Mozart and Keith Jarrett in Brazil: Mozart for the intensity of his creation, Jarrett...

Daughter of the renowned fado singer Teresa Siqueira, Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade, better known as Carminho, made her debut singing in public at the age of twelve at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon. Fado, her first...

Las Migas return to our city after their sold-out Chicago debut at the Instituto Cervantes  in March. Las Migas first exploded on the flamenco scene 20 years ago in Barcelona as a singularly unique, all-female and multinational quartet in an...

Sonia Franco, who also goes by the artistic name of Sonia Libre, is a dancer, choreographer, and actress who has graced stages worldwide with her exceptional talent. She is a pivotal member of Sara Baras’ dance company, notably performing in...

The last day of the Chicago Latino Dance Festival will be held at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. On stage you will find modern dance interpretations from different cultural perspectives. Dancers representing Brazil, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and Spain...

A Journey Through South America Colombian soprano Wilma Rueda and Taiwanese pianist Ching Fen Lee present this musical journey featuring songs from Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico interspaced with piano solos. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Wilma Rueda studied law...

Jupía — Genre: Horror • Dominican Republic, 2022/79 min. • Directed by José Gómez de Vargas and Julietta Rodríguez Spanish w/English subtitles According to Taíno legend, the jupía are spirits who live on our earthly plane and who can adopt any form, usually female....

The second date of the Chicago Latino Dance Festival, Chicago’s only latino festival brings six performances by mostly indigenous performers representing Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Panamá and Brazil. Performance will begin at 6pm at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center...

DAY ONE – Thursday, October 17th, 2024 at Wilbur Wright College Returning for a second edition, the Chicago Latino Dance Festival brings together some of Chicago’s best Latino dancing groups working in the city right now. The first of this...

Celtic music runs through Carlos Núñez’s veins. Nicknamed the “Jimi Hendrix of bagpipes” by Billboard in 1997, Núñez has, besides the traditional Galician bagpipe (or gaita), mastered such wind instruments as the ocarina, the Scottish highland pipes, the uilleann (Irish)...