Jazz Showcase Stage
Saturday, Sept. 7th at 4:30pm

Pablo Ramirez, the author of Pocho Love: Pilsen Heart Beats To Chicago Streets, is a visual artist and poet as well as an activist and curator for cultural events in the Pilsen community. His art is influenced by the likes of Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl as well as legendary printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada. His poetry is inspired by the banging Boom Bap era of Hip Hop and the Boricua/Chicano poets such as David Hernandez of Street Sounds fame. “Pablo Ramirez has created a gorgeous, dizzying, Chicano epic in Pocho Love. It’s a wild ride. I love it.” – Luis Alberto Urrea