Reception compliments of Revolution Brewing, Del Maguey Mezcal, and Topo Chico to follow.

The ninth annual edition of the Lit & Luz Festival is proud to co-present the festival’s signature program, the Live Magazine Show, with the Logan Center for the Arts. Each year, Lit & Luz supports the creation of new collaborative artworks between writers, visual artists, and musicians from Chicago and Mexico.

This year’s six collaborative teams feature:

Aura Arreola (MX) and Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué (US)

Balam Bartolomé (MX) and Antonio Díaz Oliva (ADO) (US)

Dolores Dorantes (MX), Robin Myers (MX), and Amber Ginsburg (US)

Héctor Jiménez Castillo (MX) and Marty McConnell (US)

Mariana Oliver (MX) and Laleh Motlagh (US)

yolanda segura (MX) and Victoria Martinez (US)

With musical director Andy Slater (US) and special guests Stephanie Alma and Tommy Carroll

Audiences will be treated to live storytelling, music, poetry, video art, and extemporaneous performances that explore the relationship between the languages, art forms, social issues, and cultures of the United States and Mexico through the theme “Revision.”

Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago, will provide opening remarks at the event.

Presented in partnership with the Logan Center for the Arts, the Mexican Consulate in Chicago, Vocalo, and the Museo Universitario del Chopo, and UIC’s Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas.

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La novena edición anual del Festival Lit & Luz se enorgullece de presentar el evento principal del programa, el Live Magazine Show con el Logan Center for the Arts. Cada año, el Festival Lit & Luz apoya la creación de nuevas piezas de arte colaborativas entre escritores, artistas visuales y músicos de Chicago y México.

A través de seis equipos colaborativos que incluyen a:

Aura Arreola (MX) and Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué (US)

Balam Bartolomé (MX) and Antonio Díaz Oliva (ADO) (US)

Dolores Dorantes (MX), Robin Myers (MX), and Amber Ginsburg (US)

Héctor Jiménez Castillo (MX) and Marty McConnell (US)

Mariana Oliver (MX) and Laleh Motlagh (US)

yolanda segura (MX) and Victoria Martinez (US)

Con musical director Andy Slater (US) y invitadxs especiales Stephanie Alma and Tommy Carroll

El público disfrutará de storytelling en vivo, música, poesía, arte de video y performances extemporáneos que exploran la relación entre lenguajes, formas artísticas, problemas sociales y culturas de Estados Unidos y México a través del tema “Revisión.”

Recepción de Revolution Brewing and Del Maguey Mezcal al finalizar

Presentado en asociación con el Logan Center for the Arts, el Consulado de México en Chicago, Vocalo, el Museo Universitario del Chopo, y el UIC’s Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas.

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