Oct 12th 2019

Lit & Luz Festival Kick Off Party

@ Sleeping Village

3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 5PM - 7PM

On view through Saturday, October 19th

Join us at Sleeping Village as we kick off the sixth annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art!

Pick up the festival program and plan your Lit & Luz week. We’ll have snacks, giveaways, and much more.

Featuring DJ Rocío Santos (Roxyo Sounds) Roxy Anestesia

In partnership with Sleeping Village and Vocalo

CHICAGO—MAKE Literary Productions is proud to present the sixth annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art October 12-19, 2019, at venues throughout Chicago.

This year’s festival theme, “Movement,” asks the participants and audience to consider migration, social movements, and bodies in motion.

The festival features more than a dozen free, bilingual events, including conversations, film screenings, live storytelling, and much more. Award-winning Mexican American author Luis Alberto Urrea will present the festival’s Lit & Luz Keynote Address with Luis Alberto Urrea at the Chicago Cultural Center on Sunday, October 13 at 3 PM. The festival’s closing event is on Saturday, October 19, when the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago partners to present the Live Magazine Show from 6-8pm. The “Live Magazine Show” is a ticketed program in which paired Mexico- and US-based participants debut their multimedia creative collaborations.

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