http://www.benortiz.com/writing/ This area is an archive of writing by Benjamin Ortiz. en-us 2010-03-10T19:23:02-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000849.php "Laugh Riot: Pushing the Borders of Performance Art" By Benjamin Ortiz, for "Our Town" in the Chicago Reader September 19, 1996... Features bortiz 2010-03-10T19:23:02-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000848.php "Mex Texts: A homegrown historian makes the city his classroom" By Benjamin Ortiz, for "Our Town" in the Chicago Reader December 05, 1996... Features bortiz 2010-03-10T19:19:55-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000847.php "Spirit Guide: Carlos Cumpian on Poetry, Chicano Culture, and the Emergency Taco" By Benjamin Ortiz, for "Our Town" in the Chicago Reader September 05, 1996... Features bortiz 2010-03-10T19:14:30-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000846.php "Mouths From the South: A black poetry slam finds an unlikely home" By Benjamin Ortiz, for "Our Town" in the Chicago Reader August 28, 1997... Features bortiz 2010-03-10T19:11:09-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000845.php "Poetic Justice: No performance without representation!" By Benjamin Ortiz, for "Our Town" in the Chicago Reader January 08, 1998... Features bortiz 2010-03-10T19:06:41-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000844.php "Reading Out: D-Knowledge pushes poetry into the light" By Benjamin Ortiz, for the Chicago Reader Calendar Section January 29, 1998... Book Reviews bortiz 2010-03-10T19:02:01-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000843.php "Young Poets Society: The students in Sandra Cap's class use what they've read to write about their own realities" By Benjamin Ortiz, for "Our Town" in the Chicago Reader February 12, 1998... Features bortiz 2010-03-10T18:56:59-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000832.php "Colombian Exposition" By Benjamin Ortiz, for Café Latino Lifestyle Magazine February/March 2010... Features bortiz 2010-02-17T21:13:27-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000822.php "Making It Personal" By Benjamin Ortiz, for Café Latino Lifestyle Magazine February/March 2010... Features bortiz 2010-01-27T19:45:29-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000806.php "Christmas, the Acculturated Way" By Benjamin Ortiz, for Café Latino Lifestyle Magazine November/December 2009... Features bortiz 2009-11-30T21:48:39-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000802.php "Even more great international sounds" By Benjamin Ortiz, Special to the Chicago Tribune Date: November 20, 2009... Music Reviews bortiz 2009-11-20T14:13:30-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000793.php Feature and sidebar: "Live rock, warts and all: Catch local bands as they get their shot onstage and on camera with 'E > N > E Chicago Rocks'" By Benjamin Ortiz, Special to the Chicago Tribune Section: On the... Features bortiz 2009-11-06T12:12:52-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000788.php "Vicente Fernandez is still the king" By Benjamin Ortiz, Special to the Chicago Tribune Date: October 20, 2009... Music Reviews bortiz 2009-10-20T02:04:52-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000757.php "2012: The End or a New Dawn?" By Benjamin Ortiz, for Café Latino Lifestyle Magazine September/October 2009... Features bortiz 2009-09-09T15:19:54-06:00 http://www.benortiz.com/writing/archives/000731.php Music preview: "A red-hot explosion of Mexican electronica" By Benjamin Ortiz, Special to the Chicago Tribune Section: On the Town Date: July 10, 2009... Music Reviews bortiz 2009-07-14T14:04:26-06:00