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portoluz news and events

february 2012   

in this issue
:: coming attractions
:: WPA 2.0 PART II
:: dim the lights
:: Van Jones
:: Jazz on a summers day returns
:: join portoluz
:: our team
 
Greetings!

Behind the scenes we have been working round the clock to build portoluz into one of the most essential cultural organizations around. While we continue to dot our i's and cross our t' s on our 2012 program schedule, please get out your calendars and SAVE THE DATE for these upcoming events.
highlights of our upcoming season 
 


Saturday May 19th @ the Metro  

Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert

holly near~son del viento~jon langford~rob wasserman & more  

wpa 2.0, a brand new deal

a multi-disciplinary instigation

 our  festival about work  

WPA image

 

  

continues with part two 

in our year long  series   

 

portoluz is working with four outstanding FILM presenters and archivists in the second part of our series WPA 2.0, a brand new deal. Look for a season of rarely seen documentaries, rescued footage, compelling stories about labor and the triumphs of ordinary people and classic screen gems.  portoluz program committee member and fllm maker  Peter Kuttner is curating a wonderful set of programs with our partners: Chicago Film Makers, The Chicago Film Archive, Black World Cinema and The Northwest Chicago Fllm Society. 

The Northwest Chicago Film Society 
From May through August we will be featuring rarely screened films from the 1930's and 40's reflecting Hollywood during the Depression.
in the menatime we are also promoting other related program

 

March 7

GIVE US THIS DAY (CHRIST IN CONCRETE)
Directed by Edward Dmytryk * 1949
give us this day still

Originally pitched as the American debut of director Roberto Rossellini (!), this moving adaptation of Pietro di Donato's experimental proletarian novel Christ in Concrete was finally made in England's Denham Studios by top-line talent recently blacklisted in America: actor Sam Wanamaker, screenwriter Ben Barzman, and director Edward Dmytryk. Pressure from the American Legion kept the film from playing more than a handful of engagements, but the show is hardly hardline Communist propaganda. Instead, Give Us This Day simply sketches the nearly insurmountable odds of succeeding in America for bricklayer Geremio (Wanamaker) and his wife Annuziata (Lea Padovani). Their modest dream (a house of their own) is always just out of reach, even when Geremio becomes a foreman and must weigh cost-costing and unsafe work practices against mounting domestic tension. 
120 min * Eagle-Lion * 35mm preserved by the Library of Congress 
Short: "What's Your IQ?" (Pete Smith, 1940) - 35mm Technicolor

WHERE: The Portage Theater, 4050 N Milwaukee Ave, 
ADMISSION: $5
FREE PARKING available in the Sears parking lot at Irving and Cicero.
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To all those who submitted and responded to OUR CALL FOR PROPOSALS, we send you a special note of gratitude.
Thank you for all your ideas, fellowship and encouragement
Sincerely,
Marguerite Horberg, Founder & Executive Director
portoluz
VAN JONES ~ APRIL 10


Marc Bamuthi Joseph with Van Jones

 

At Your Own Risk: what is to be done

 

Tuesday, April 10 7-8:30p

Free Reservations strongly advised at mcachicago.org 

The International House, 1414 E 59th Street

 

Co-presented by MCA with The University of Chicago, and portoluz as part of WPA 2.0: a brand new deal. Sponsored in part by the Joyce Foundation 

vINCENT chancey et al at Lakeside
JAZZ on a Summers Day
last sunday of the month  
may 27 through october 28
with jason amejian~thomas buckner~robert dick~ig henneman~ab baars~the velvet trio and many more  
book your summer sound/waves get away at the lakeside inn
Join the fun  
portoluz is seeking new board and committee members
portoluz members at the annual meeting
celebrating the completion of our strategic plan at the annual meeting of portoluz members
Our overarching goal is to build a new permanent home for progressive culture. While we work on site acquisition and in the interim we are presenting a wide range of innovative arts and humanities programs throughout the region.  
  • Do you have 3 hours a month to volunteer ? Drop us a line [email protected] please add board development in the subject line.
Many thanks to Jorgina Pereira and Sinh� for hosting our wonderful meeting. Visit 
Sinh� site and enjoy your delicious expereince

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portoluz is... 

 

Bruce Robbins,  Heather Schafer, Regina Sant'anna, Jennifer Moran, Laurie Cohen,  Kavitha Maradadu, Susan Gooding, Lorraine Chavez, Dennis La Gory, Barbara Engel, Beatriz Badikian, Aasia Muhammad, Gina Gamboa, Jaime Garza, Jerry Harris, Uche Omoniyi, Ayana Contreras,  Holly Hutto, Peter Kuttner, Eve Ewing,Carmen Aguilar, Rushia Butler, Neil Tesser, Barbara Koenen, Roger Klich, Nancy Myers, Sheldon Baskin, Jacklyn Rodriguez & Marguerite Horberg

 

support for portoluz programs and operations is generously provided by the following:  

  • The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
  • The Puffin Foundation
  • The Illinois Labor History Society 
  • The Pokagon Fund  
  • The Joyce Foundation  
  • The City of Chicago, Chicago Office on Tourism and Culture  
  • The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency    
  • & Brinks, Hofer, Gilson and Lione  
  • An anonymous fund supporting our WPA series     
& the many, many individual donors who respond to our appeals for contributions

 THANK YOU !

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