Camilo Lara, who makes music as Mexican Institute of Sound, is hardly the only Latinx artist to meld traditional rhythms with contemporary electronic dance genres (Colombian group Bomba Estéreo, Ecuador-based producer Nicola Cruz, and fellow Ruido Festers Los Amigos Invisibles immediately come to mind). Lara is one of the most high-profile, though; he’s done production […]
Tag: Mexico City
Posted inMusic
DIY versus development, international edition
Chicago cultural space La Casa del Inmigrante and Mexico City anarchist library Biblioteca Social Reconstruir bond against a common enemy.
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Jacob Wick’s trumpet playing proposes some queer notions
Trumpeter Jacob Wick grew up in the Chicago area and now lives in Mexico City. Like his contemporaries Birgit Ulher, Peter Evans, Axel Dörner, and Nate Wooley, he employs extended techniques that enable him to produce sounds very different from conventional brass playing. His vocabulary encompasses coarse-grained ribbons of frayed wind, rhythmic puffs that resemble […]
Posted inFood & Drink
In Bertha Garcia’s hands the elusive chorizo verde is a symphonic sausage
Green chorizo is now on the menu at Xocome Antojeria.
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Love is a tlacoyo at Xocome Antojeria
After a six-month hiatus, these extraordinary Archer Heights antojitos are back.
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The Daily Show live, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The Amazing Acro-Cats, architect Kaneji Domoto, the Joffrey’s Giselle, and more goings-on about town from October 16-19
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Rosemont hotel: There’s no video of Kenneka Jenkins walking into freezer, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicagoans start to organize relief efforts for victims of Mexico City earthquake.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pilsen celebrates the Fourth of July with a bang
Photographer Rick Majewski captures the neighborhood’s spectacular Independence Day parties, as American flags are hoisted, Mexican food is served up, and amateur fireworks displays erupt on block after block.
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Mike Quigley: Russians hacked the Illinois State Board of Elections’ voter database, and other Chicago news
Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.
Posted inNews & Politics
Maria Hinojosa considers Latino power and peril in the first 100 days of Trump
The legendary journalist says the administration’s upheaval has made people “much more woke” to problems with immigration.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
What Chicago can learn from Mexico City’s bus rapid transit
Mexico City’s Metrobús offers a glimpse of how fast, reliable BRT could work on Ashland Avenue.
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Ruido Fest brings three days of Latin alternative music to Addams Park this summer
Ruido Fest brings three days of Latin alternative music to Addams Park, Radar Eyes play two farewell shows, and Killwave and Vaya celebrate new releases.
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Bar Takito gives David Dworshak room to explore his continent-spanning influences
The food at Bar Takito is wonderful. But waiting for it to arrive is a real adventure.
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The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant
Why did the DEA look the other way while two brothers imported as much as eight tons of cocaine into the city?
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Pedro Almodovar, wacky once more
Pedro Almodovar returns to flat-out farce with I’m So Excited!