09.05.10: Doming Newsbytes...

We hope you are unwinding and indulging on a lazy Labor Day weekend! This week I had the opportunity to sit down and lunch with Sylvia Puente, Executive Director of Latino Policy Forum, at the Park City Grill in beautiful Millennium Park. We took a moment for ourselves and over iced tea reflected how hectic the year has been.  Slowing down requires extra effort to squeeze it into busy schedules and sometimes you need to bring everything to a screeching halt to maintain your sanity. If you are a hyper-busy Latina what do you do to catch your breath? Speaking of Latinas...

08.01.10 Domingo Newsbytes...

“They’ve towed my car with Chisme Box in the trunk!”  That was the alarmed text I sent Diana and Coya on Wednesday afternoon when I walked out of work and discovered that street parking had been restricted due to a neighborhood festival and I had missed the (minute) signage in the morning.  Both stepped in like champions, you see I was due at the  Guild Complex’s, B.Y.O.P event.  Proyecto Latina had an invitation to present with Dancing Girl Press. While I navigated a huge dusty yard of impounded cars, in my brand new sandals, trying to recover...

06.06.10 Domingo Newsbytes...

I was born, raised, and continue to reside in Little Village, I recall that fifteen years ago, June meant the end of school, warm summer days to sit on front steps of my home and join my friends to take endless strolls on 26th street.  The days were long and I spent long stretches watching daytime soaps and reading books, managed somehow to keep myself out of trouble when there was so little to keep me occupied.  I remember thinking, there had to be something more, its something I probably wrote into the journal I kept, because I filled a lot of my time writing  diary...

06.21.10: Alicia’s Dulce Palabras...

The third Monday in June is going to be extra sweet for Proyecto Latina. We are featuring Alicia Tellez Vega from La Dulce Palabra Spoken Word ensemble and we are taking our reading series back into Little Village, we are being hosted at the lovely Cafe Catedral. Get the full scoop below and plan to join us. Date: Monday, June 21, 2010 Time: 7 p.m. Place: Cafe Catedral, 2500 S. Christiana, Chicago, Il Alicia Tellez Vega of La Dulce Palabra is the Proyecto Latina feature for June 2010. Alicia Tellez Vega was raised on the southwest side of Chicago and comes from a...

5.29.10 Domingo Newsbytes...

Photo via Giulia Lasagni/MEDILL It’s a gorgeous Sunday in Chicago! Hope you are lounging and getting ready to hang out with family and friends. Remember to take a moment to remember all of the men and women that are serving in the armed forces. Our next Proyecto Latina is on Monday, June 21 @ 7pm @ Cafe Catedral in Little Village featuring Alicia Vega from Palabra Dulce. Look for the full details  later this week. Now, here is this week’s Domingo Newsbytes: More and more Latinas are converting to Islam. On Sunday’s  these women meet at the Mosque Foundation...

04.25.10: Domingo Newsbytes...

What an exciting week it turned out to be.  Proyecto Latina was this past Monday, and we were pleased to have Sandra Posadas feature with us.  She shared inspiring poetry, influenced by her Puerto Rican heritage and her work as a public school teacher that resonated with many in attendance.  We all discovered that haiku chismes can require a lot of counting! Diana suggested we needed an abacus on hand–maybe next year. Dawn Herrera Terry did a brief performance piece that the group determined captured the spirit of census question number nine. We also want to...