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Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D. is a bilingual Chicago-based music journalist. She hosts and produces her own radio show, Beat Latino, which airs in Chicago on Vocalo (Chicago Public Media) and other USA cities as well as Berlin. Catalina is also a regular contributor to NPR, Songlines and other publications. an editorial board member of Revista Contratiempo and is a speaker on the Illinois Humanities Council “Road Scholar” roster. Catalina’s music journalism explores the extraordinary diversity of the global music scene with an emphasis on Latine music – from the most traditional roots music to cutting-edge electronic grooves.
This is a bilingual program.
Este es un programa bilingüe.
Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D., es locutora y periodista cultural bilingüe de Chicago. Conduce y produce Beat Latino, programa de las redes de radio pública de Chicago, Berlín y otras ciudades estadounidenses. Catalina es además creadora y productora de segmentos radiales para NPR (la Radio Pública de Estados Unidos), miembro del consejo editorial de Revista Contratiempo , escritora publicada en Songlines y otras publicaciones y ponente especialista del Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar Program en temas de la música latina. Su periodismo musical explora la extraordinaria belleza de la música global, con énfasis en la música latina en todos sus géneros y estilos, desde los más tradicionales y folclóricos hasta los experimentales y vanguardistas.
This event is co-presented by the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau. Road Scholar speakers travel throughout Illinois sharing free, dynamic presentations about literature, philosophy, theater, local history, film, music, politics, and more, at no cost to host organizations. The program enables local nonprofit organizations to present free-admission cultural programs to their communities.
Este evento es co-presentado por el Illinois Humanities Road Speakers Bureau. Los ponentes de Road Scholar viajan por todo Illinois compartiendo presentaciones gratuitas y dinámicas sobre literatura, filosofía, teatro, historia local, cine, cine, etc. música, política y más, sin costo alguno para albergar organizaciones. El programa permite a las organizaciones locales sin fines de lucro presentar programas culturales de admisión gratuita a sus comunidades.
Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly [through the Illinois Arts Council Agency], as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
Las Humanidades de Illinois son apoyadas en parte por la Fundación Nacional para las Humanidades: Democracia Demanda Sabiduría y la Asamblea General de Illinois [a través de la Agencia del Consejo de Artes de Illinois], así como por contribuciones de individuos, fundaciones y corporaciones.
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