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Our Next Arts Workshop: Margaret Walker, Haki Madhubuti, Carol D. Lee, and Sterling Plumpp

3/31/2015

Monday, April 13th
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Dr. Margaret Walker, Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti, Dr. Carol D. Lee, and Sterling Plumpp. We will:

Talk about their work, including their connections to Chicago;
Make music and create text-and-image collages inspired by work by Walker, Madhubuti, Lee, and Plumpp.

Bring your musical instruments, your poetry, your art supplies! These workshops are interactive and multidisciplinary. We have supplies and equipment on hand that workshop participants can use -- including pencils, pens, paint, a piano, other musical instruments.

Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers.

Registering for Chicago Portraits & Arts Journeys: Click here or here to register for the spring term at the Chicago Park District website.

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Portraits & Arts Journeys workshop series.

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Our Next Arts Workshop: Ana Castillo, David Hernández, Elizabeth Marino and Carlos Cumpián

3/30/2015

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Monday, April 6th
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Ana Castillo, David Hernández, Elizabeth Marino and Carlos Cumpián. We will:

Talk about their work, including their connections to Chicago;
Make music and create text-and-image collages inspired by work by Castillo, Hernández, Marino and Cumpián.

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Chicago Imagining in Andersonville

3/30/2015

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Sunday, June 14th (5:30-9:30 p.m.)

Ebenezer Lutheran Church Auditorium
1650 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640

Borderbend is happy to be facilitating a Chicago Imagining, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture and the Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. This Imagining happens as pre- and post-show discussions, on the last date of the Midwest premier of Xtigone by Chicago playwright Nambi E. Kelley, presented by the Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. This Chicago Imagining is among many Imaginings that are happening across the country this May and June.

Xtigone is a contemporary lyrical re-imagining of Sophocles’ Antigone about gun and gang violence in the city of Chicago told through hip-hop, music, dance and theatre, and the Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble is giving away 500 free tickets. Xtigone runs May 15th-June 14th, at the Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble's performance space at Ebenezer Lutheran Church.

During the pre- and post-production discussions, we will talk about themes explored in Xtigone as they resonate with contemporary Chicago -- e.g. youth culture, conflicts that might occur between individual convictions and group affiliations, and gang violence, as well as the power of the arts to transform attitudes and communities. We will also talk about how those themes relate to contemporary situations and dynamics nationwide.

From the USDAC website: "An Imagining is a vibrant, arts-infused gathering in which a community envisions its ideal future and identifies creative tactics to get there. Part performance, part facilitated dialogue, part celebration, these first Imaginings brought together diverse groups of artists, organizers, and community members to imagine what their neighborhoods (and the world) might look like in the year 2034, when art’s transformative power has been fully integrated into all aspects of public life. How might the face of education, environmental protection, health care, community development and other essential social goods change when the USDAC’s Statement of Values is fully embedded in society? And, what will it take to get there? The ideas, images, and visions generated during this pilot round of Imaginings will be documented and fed back to inform the USDAC’s emerging national story and strategy."

The pre- and post-production conversations are free, and the tickets for the Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble's final production of Xtigone are half off ($12.50); you can purchase tickets in advance at brownpapertickets.com, and use the code "endviolence." Refreshments will be provided.

Several months ago Borderbend hosted a People's State of the Union event, and we're looking forward to working with USDAC again!

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Our Next Workshop: Margaret Esse Danner, Barbara Jones-Hogu & Elizabeth Alexander

3/3/2015

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Monday, March 9th
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

all ages, free & open to the public

You're invited to come to our next workshop, which is inspired by Margaret Esse Danner, Barbara Jones-Hogu and Elizabeth Alexander. We will:

Talk about their work, including their connections to Chicago;
Make music, create collages and write calligrammes inspired by work by Danner, Jones-Hogu and Alexander.

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"100 Years of Poetry: ‘In the Middle of Major Men’" by Liesl Olson (Poetry Foundation, 10/16/2012)

"Artists Who Defied Convention" by Susie Allen (University of Chicago)

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Our Next Arts Workshop: Margaret Walker, Haki Madhubuti, Carol D. Lee, and Sterling Plumpp

Our Next Arts Workshop: Ana Castillo, David Hernández, Elizabeth Marino and Carlos Cumpián

Chicago Imagining in Andersonville

Our Next Workshop: Margaret Esse Danner, Barbara Jones-Hogu & Elizabeth Alexander

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