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Neighborhood Audio Portraits, Little Village • 09-12-24 • Part 2

Lumpen Radio is proud to present *Neighborhood Audio Portraits* - a new project spotlighting three vibrant Chicago neighborhoods—Little Village, Bronzeville, and Back of the Yards-New City. Through community interviews, music, and art, this project celebrates the unique culture of each neighborhood.
Tune into Lumpen Radio for a special broadcast featuring gathered audio portraits submitted by Little Village artists and residents, which highlight the diverse voices and compelling stories of this dynamic neighborhood.
Neighborhood Audio Portraits, Little Village was curated by journalist, writer, radio host, and Little Village resident Sandra Trevino
In this segment, you will hear the following audio:
“Osito’s Tap” Sandra Trevino
“Little Village 2600 S Kedzie” Todd Carter

Neighborhood Audio Portraits, Little Village • 09-12-24 • Part 1

Lumpen Radio is proud to present *Neighborhood Audio Portraits* - a new project spotlighting three vibrant Chicago neighborhoods—Little Village, Bronzeville, and Back of the Yards-New City. Through community interviews, music, and art, this project celebrates the unique culture of each neighborhood.
Tune into Lumpen Radio for a special broadcast featuring gathered audio portraits submitted by Little Village artists and residents, which highlight the diverse voices and compelling stories of this dynamic neighborhood.
Neighborhood Audio Portraits, Little Village was curated by journalist, writer, radio host, and Little Village resident Sandra Trevino
In this segment, you will hear the following audio:
“El Viento y La Calle” Benjamin Kruse
“Washtenaw & 19th” Nicole Alonso
“Remembering My Grandmother” Thais Beltran
“Little Village, My Memoir” Leo Guzman
“Leila, Leila” Katalyn Solis
“Little Village Veins” Jonathan Guzman

Art Design Chicago Talk Series • Pilsen Day Art & Experiences, Chicago Humanities Tapes

09/11/2024
The Art Design Chicago Talk Series by Lumpen Radio is set to explore and celebrate Chicago’s rich artistic heritage and its diverse creative communities. This series will examine the intersections of art, design, and activism and the city’s relationship with indigeneity, migration, and displacement.
Episode 7: Pilsen Day Art & Experiences "Chicago Humanities Tapes"
In this talk, Chicago-based artist and educator Alberto Aguilar joins Chicago Humanities Tapes host Alisa Rosenthal for an exclusive interview at his home studio, where they chat about his art-making process as well as preview Chicago Humanities’s free day of events, Pilsen Day Art & Experiences on Sunday, September 29, 2024.

SALA • Rufina G. Ruiz López • S3 Ep3

09-07-24
Sala is a show that invites artists, cultural workers, and civically minded people to discuss liberation, education, organizing, community, and practices toward healing, from the perspective of Artists’ and their artistic process. Hosted by Silvia Inés Gonzalez.Airs: 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 2-3pm
Sala: A Living Room of Ideas on Lumpen Radio hosts Rufina Ruiz López to discuss personal connection to land and creation, power in matriarchal and ancestral traditions, and using ceramics as a medium for storytelling. Este episodio sintoniza el primer Sábado de Septiembre completamente en Español.Quien es Rufina? De donde viene? Cual es la conexión entre la cerámica y lo que es tierra ancestral? Cómo podemos honrar de donde venimos y adónde vamos?

" Lumpen Special • Latinxt 2024

LUMPEN RADIO SPECIALLATINXT: 2024 Panel Discussion
09-06-2024
This Lumpen Special features Industry Conversations and Panels from this years Latinxt festival!
LatiNxt is a free festival featuring local, national and international artists who are exploring new ways of connecting traditional LatinE music with modern sounds.
As the population’s demographics evolve into a Latine majority in the United States, first and second generation Latine are establishing a new cultural identity informed by both their heritage and culture. This vibrant melting pot of ideas and innovation is shaping the global music community, however it continues to develop in the margins of the larger US music market.
*These conversations were recorded live on Friday, August 23rd 2024 at Marz Brewing

HTMS • Salem Collo-Julin, Travis, P. Michael, Da Wei Wang, & Rosé Hernandez

09-05-2024
How to Make a Scene is a conversation series about artist-run cultural ecosystems of the 1980s and 1990s in Chicago. This series is a collaborative effort between the Public Media Institute and MdW, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of the city-wide initiative, Art + Design Chicago.
The project aims to connect veteran artist organizers with those working today through a combination of intimate events at Co-Prosperity, broadcasts on Lumpen Radio, and live streams on LumpenTV. The series will offer audiences trailheads for further exploration of Chicago's storied history of alternative gallery spaces, independent publications, and socially engaged collectives.
This episode features: Moderator Salem Collo-Julin with panelists travis, P. Michael, Da Wei Wang, & Rosé Hernandez. Following the panel, ONO performed a special set featuring travis, P. Michael, Da Wei Wang, and Benjamin Karas.
 

Lumpen Special • Folded Map: The Curriculum

LUMPEN RADIO SPECIALFolded Map: The Curriculum
09-03-2024
Educators, are you looking for a way to center your student’s experiences in Chicago as a platform for exploring and understanding the historical and contemporary forces that created and perpetuated racial residential segregation?Want a tool for discussing big systemic issues in a way that is personal and inspires action?
After watching social justice artist Tonika Johnson’s 30-minute animated movie about her childhood experience with Chicago’s segregation, students are guided through a series of reflections and activities that culminate in an action plan to help disrupt the cycle of segregation in their own lives.
This conversation was recorded on August 15th at the Buddy store.
 

Mouth on Mic • Episode 3

09-03-2024
Mouth on MicAirs: 2nd & 4th Saturdays at 2pm - 3pm on Lumpen Radio, WLPN-LP 105.5 FM Chicago
Mouth on Mic is a sound abyss for the curious minds and hearts. We linger in the absences and openings of sonic mundanity. With each episode, Isra and invited guest circle along the sounds currently animating their lives and ask you to trail along too. Isra Rene is a writer and artist based in Chicago, IL by way of Capitol Heights, MD.

MDW Atlas • Indiana

08-29-2024
MdW Atlas on Air expands on the MdW Atlas, a comprehensive archive of the Midwest’s artistic and cultural landscape. Featuring interviews, poetic texts, and more, we bring the voices of editors, writers, curators, and artists directly to you.
Featuring: MdW Indiana

City Dreams • Annie Howard • Francine Almeda & Roland Knowlden

08-22-24
“City Dreams” is a radio show hosted by journalist, historian, and organizer Annie Howard. Paired conversations with musicians, activists, artists, community builders, and more aim to explore the many different facets of urban life, exploring how everyday Chicagoans are working to make their city better.Airs: Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday @ 10AM