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Alejandro Cerrudo at Hubbard Street Dance Fall Series
  • Performing arts
  • Chicago

Alejandro Cerrudo at Hubbard Street Dance Fall Series

Season 39 at Hubbard Street begins this fall with a world premiere of Spanish choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, currently Hubbard Street Dance’s Resident Choreographer, alongside a new work by Brian Brooks, and works by master choreographer Jiří Kylián.

Nov 17 – Nov 20, 2016

Pablo Sainz Villegas at the Latino Music Festival in Chicago
  • Music
  • Chicago

Pablo Sainz Villegas at the Latino Music Festival in Chicago

Spanish guitar Pablo Sainz Villegas will perform at the 11th Chicago Latino Music Festival.

Nov 2, 2016

Flamenco without Borders Festival
  • Performing arts
  • Chicago

Flamenco without Borders Festival

Instituto Cervantes announces Flamenco without Borders, a 5-week festival that features internationally acclaimed musicians and dancers from all corners of the world performing Flamenco.

Oct 13 – Nov 5, 2016

Quixotes Around the World
  • Literature
  • Chicago

Quixotes Around the World

Quixotes Around the World represents the voice of the work’s readers in 30 different languages, and features iconographic and film translations and adaptations for children.

Oct 4 – Dec 12, 2016

Silk Road Ensemble U.S. Tour at Ravinia Festival
  • Music
  • Chicago

Silk Road Ensemble U.S. Tour at Ravinia Festival

Made up of performers and composers from more than 20 countries, including Spanish musician Cristina Pato, the Silk Road Ensemble was formed by Yo-Yo Ma in 2000.

Aug 16, 2016

Sexy Zebras at Ruido Fest
  • Music
  • Chicago

Sexy Zebras at Ruido Fest

Ruido Fest features both established and up and coming bands from all genres of Latin Alternative Music.

Jul 9, 2016

Beyond the Score: Falla in the South of Spain
  • Music
  • Chicago

Beyond the Score: Falla in the South of Spain

Designed for newcomers to classical music and longtime aficionados alike, each Beyond the Score program takes you on a dramatic exploration of a composer’s music.

May 13, 2016

Javier Perianes: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
  • Music
  • Chicago

Javier Perianes: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

One of Spain’s most exciting young artists, Javier Perianes is the soloist for the atmospheric Nights in the Gardens of Spain, and the concert ends with charming music from Falla’s humorous ballet The Three-Cornered Hat.

May 12, 2016

Cervantes and Shakespeare: A Transnational Conversation
  • Literature
  • Chicago

Cervantes and Shakespeare: A Transnational Conversation

A Joint Cervantes Symposium / Early Modern Studies Symposium.

Apr 14 – Apr 16, 2016

Uxía & Narf 2016 U.S. Tour in Chicago
  • Music
  • Chicago

Uxía & Narf 2016 U.S. Tour in Chicago

Uxía & Narf, two of the most important and influential artists from Galicia, Spain, tour the U.S. for the first time with Ballads of the Imaginary Galicia.

Mar 30, 2016

Maureen Choi Quartet 2016 U.S. Tour in Chicago
  • Music
  • Chicago

Maureen Choi Quartet 2016 U.S. Tour in Chicago

Maureen Choi Quartet live performance consists of original compositions and arrangements of traditional Spanish and Latin American pieces.

Mar 22, 2016

La Banda Morisca 2016 U.S. Tour in Chicago
  • Music
  • Chicago

La Banda Morisca 2016 U.S. Tour in Chicago

La Banda Morisca, a quintet from Spain, combines its original and creative view of traditional music with influences from the South of Mediterranean as well as Flamenco and Andalusian rock.

Mar 20, 2016

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2016 in Chicago
  • Film
  • Chicago

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2016 in Chicago

The official traveling festival about the new trends in Spanish Cinema returns to Chicago as part of the 19th Chicago European Union Film Festival.

Mar 4 – Mar 31, 2016

Medea's Got Some Issues
  • Performing arts
  • Chicago

Medea's Got Some Issues

A parody of and a tribute to Euripides’ classic tragedy from the perspective of a has-been Chicago diva.

Feb 26 – Mar 26, 2016

Writing without words: A poetic adventure
  • Design
  • Chicago

Writing without words: A poetic adventure

Spanish graphic designer Pepe Gimeno had the idea of constructing a book with no single intelligible word.

Feb 10 – Mar 29, 2016

Raquel Andueza y La Galanía at the Latino Music Festival
  • Music
  • Chicago

Raquel Andueza y La Galanía at the Latino Music Festival

World-renowned soprano Raquel Andueza and La Galanía dazzle the audience with their interpretation of Baroque music from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Nov 20, 2015