Solis swapped his loyalty to Daley and Rahm for sex, Viagra, and the council’s zoning chair.
Tag: Pilsen
Posted inCity Life
Survivors find support at Mujeres Latinas en Acción
The country’s longest-standing Latina organization helps more than 8,000 clients a year in English and Spanish.
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Healthy Hood wants to make sure people on the south and west sides start living better and longer
Tanya Lozano’s nonprofit Youth Health Service Corps and fitness studio Healthy Hood make exercise classes and disease screenings available and affordable.
Posted inFilm
Ashley Cooper’s “American Ego” series at Filmfront looks at movie history with fresh eyes
Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.
Posted inArts & Culture
Brandon Lamar Rials is elevating jeans, one personalized pair at a time
The Pilsen-based designer crafts uniquely distressed pants.
Posted inArts & Culture
The roving live talk show The Hoodoisie makes radical politics entertaining and accessible
If the world can be saved, host Ricardo Gamboa believes it will be through open dialogue and dirty jokes.
Posted inMusic
Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds celebrates a new album of crystalline ambient techno
Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds celebrates a new album of crystalline ambient techno, Thirsty Ears Festival brings classical music to the streets of Ravenswood, and more.
Posted inArts & Culture
In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won’t leave a young couple alone
Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.
Posted inFood & Drink
Herbal Notes is planting the seeds of culinary cannabis in Chicago
Weed Week: Chef Manny Mendoza’s pop-up dinner series combines good food, good feels, and responsible cannabis consumption.
Posted inArts & Culture
Wendy Clinard and Akito Tsuda team up to create art out of the sights and sounds of Pilsen
Consider it a painting made from movements, beats, and the human body.
Posted inBlogs
Failed eviction attempts wouldn’t haunt tenants under proposed state law
Report finds 40 percent of Cook County eviction filings don’t end in a judgment against the tenant, yet can still lead to difficulty finding new housing.
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Two gubernatorial candidates support repealing Illinois’s rent control ban
J.B. Pritzker and Daniel Biss both say the 1997 law needs to go.
Posted inArts & Culture
Isabelle Frances McGuire’s bread and butter is their art
“I’m a Cliche” at Prairie Gallery uses yeast and fermentation to explore issues of identity.
Posted inBlogs
Toastamania: Halloween Havok collides rowdy bands and gonzo wrestling for the wildest show of the season
Chicago thrash band Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre headline the latest of their Toastamania debacles this Saturday in Pilsen.
Posted inBlogs
The movement for rent control in Chicago is gaining momentum
A new grassroots coalition is mobilizing in the face of rising rents and no-cause evictions.