Cuban 5 art exhibit opens March 9th in Chicago
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'Humor from My Pen' prisoner art exhibit opens Friday March 9th, 6pm-9pm
Calles y Sueños Gallery, 1900 S. Carpenter, Chicago [between Halsted and Racine
The Cuban 5 are locked up for life in U.S. prisons for blowing the whistle on "anti-Castro" terrorists operating out of Miami.
Their release is supported by former President James Carter, 10 Nobel Laureates, a wide range of U.S. celebrities (including Ed Asner, Bonnie Raitt, Ed Asner, Danny Glover, and Jackson Browne), and also is the single featured "Unfair Trial" in Amnesty International's latest U.S. human rights report.
Here's the deal: Chicago is hosting 'Humor from My Pen' -an exhibit of political cartoons by Gerardo Hernandez (one of the Five), opening this coming Friday March 9th, featuring appearances by Alicia Jrapko (Int'l Cttee to Free the Five_ and Zoe Franklin (Chicago Council on Black Studies).
What's more, the exhibit will launch the First Annual Chicago Cuba Film Festival, screening four movies, two of which are Chicago premieres.
The exhibit will additionally host a poetry event featuring Miguel Barnet, president of Cuba's Writers and Artist Union.
The 'Humor from My Pen" exhibit also features a full-sized recreation of Gerardo's prison cell.
Chicago Cuba Coalition
312.952.2618
Calles y Sueños Gallery
773.208.0553
''Humor from My Pen' / Film Festival Events Schedule
Friday March 9 - Exhibit opening
with Alicia Jrapko, Int'l Cmte to Free the 5 and Zoe Franklin, Chicago Council on Black Studies
6pm to 9pm
Saturday March 10 - Cartoon workshop for kids and grownups
Noon to 2pm
Sunday March 18 - 'Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?'
Chicago premiere. Saul Landau reveals the history of terrorist operations against Cuba
With Danny Glover and Fidel Castro, [2011, 68 min.]
3pm
Wednesday March 21 - Evening with Luther Castillo, MD
Honduran graduate of Cuba's free int'l medical school, built hospital in Afro-Honduran community
Dinner 6pm (donation), Program 7pm
Friday March 30 - 'In the Wrong Body'
Chicago premiere. Moving story of Cuba's first (1988) gender reassignment
[Dir. Marilyn Solaya, 2011, 52 min., with 'Cuba's Campaign against Homophobia' [10 min]
7pm
FridayApril 6th - 'Poesia en Abril' event featuring Miguel Barnet, president of Cuba's Writers and Artists Union
Program 7pm
Sunday April 15 - 'Roots of My Heart'
The 1912 rise of revolutionary Black Cubans and their subsequent extermination
[Dir. Gloria Relondo]
3pm
Saturday April 21 - "Maestras'
Cuba's literacy campaign through the eyes of the girls who led it
[Dir. Catherine Murphy, 30 min]
7pm
Saturday April 28th - Closing: 'Standing Together for Democratic Rights'
Solidarity celebration with victims and fighters against torture and false imprisonment
6pm to 9pm