7.25.10 Domingo Newsbytes...

Cast of Thirst: Left-To-Right: Claudia Martinez, Josie Dykas front Diane Herrar and Diana Pando in the back I woke up this morning  reflecting on this week  and I can’t help but be blown away by the amazing amount of Latina talent and creativity that is emerging. Here are some quick highlights: This week our reading series was packed over at Café Catedral. Folks got to see our feature writer Cristina Correa read her work and hear some new emerging Latina talent during the open mic portion like Awilda Gonzalez and Laura Nuñez. Later during the week, I had the...

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Tomorrow we pull out our Chisme Box and head over to Cedahlia’s for the next Proyecto Latina.  I am excited about our feature, Josie Dykas, she will be bringing us laughter via characters from her one-woman-show.  We hope you can join us. I am particularly inspired by this weeks round-up of news links which all happen to be about women and inititatives in the Chicago area.  The Domingo Newsbytes is also getting posted a little later this Sunday because I spent the morning with family at a confirmation mass.  I was really captivated by the heart design on one of...

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Happy Sunday!  Remember we are featuring Josie Dykas at the next Proyecto Latina on Monday, March 15th @ 7pm, held @ Cedaliah’s Café.  In the next week look for a new interview with Poet Linda Rodriguez author of Heart’s Migration and a creative audio piece from our archives that Silvia Rivera shared during her Proyecto Latina feature in March of 2007–we also want to congratulate Silvia on her new post as the as Managing Director of VOCALO. And now to our Domingo Newsbytes: Belen Gonzalez has brought together 20 women to contribute at least $1,000 each to...

03.15.10: Josie Dykas heals with laughte...

Josie Dykas, founder of Urban Indigenous, is the Proyecto Latina feature for March 2010. Save the date: Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 7 p.m. Held @ Cedahlia’s Cafe, 1010-12 S. Western Ave. Chicago For Proyecto Latina, Josie Dykas will be presenting characters from her one woman show. Josie is Yaqui & Polish and originally from the south suburbs of Chicago. She has studied at many of the great institutions of improvisation including UCB(NYC), Second City & ImproOlympic(Chicago) where she had the privilege of being one of Del Close’s last students and interned...