Luz at the Edge: A Night of Music and Dance in Support of the Lit & Luz Festival
Saturday, August 8, 8 PM
The Empty Bottle — 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago
On August 8, we will come together to celebrate Latinx culture and community in support of the artists, writers, and performers of Lit & Luz, as well as Make Lit's ongoing work to build bridges between Chicago and Mexico.
Join us for a night of live music, poetry, performance, and dance at Chicago’s Empty Bottle.
With special guests: Cabeza de Chivo, artists Selina Trepp, Flor Flores, and Dj’s selective listening, Jordan Knecht, and Señor Eddy
Hosted by Disc Jacqui & Kost
Art Raffle, Merch, Books, and more…
Artist ticket: $30
Lit & Luz Supporter (general admission): $40
GET YOUR TICKETS!
Your ticket purchase helps MAKE Lit continue fostering international exchange and multidisciplinary collaboration. Offering free bilingual arts programming throughout Chicago and Mexico City!
100% of ticket sales, raffle sales, and donations will go toward producing the Lit & Luz Festival and compensating the performing artists.
Your support fuels more than a festival; it sustains a transcultural ecosystem where writers, artists, and performers can create new work, build international networks, reach broader audiences, and build bridges.
MAKE Lit produces the international Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art, a one-of-a-kind program in Chicago that presents live, multilingual, multidisciplinary literary and art works and programs in collaboration with many organizations in Chicago and Mexico City.
All proceeds from this event benefit MAKE Literary Productions’ Lit & Luz Festival, which seeks to:
Foster international collaboration between artists and writers from Chicago and Mexico through the Collaboration Cohort—an interdisciplinary, low-residency program centered on the creation of new work through partnerships and travel.
Imagine and offer free, bilingual arts programming at accessible venues throughout Chicago and Mexico City.
Build dedicated audiences for contemporary Mexican literature and multidisciplinary art in Chicago, and likewise for Chicago literature and art throughout Mexico.
