Founded by Chicago-based poets Eve L. Ewing and Nate Marshall, the Chicago Poetry Block Party proves that “poetry is not a luxury.”
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Beloved underground rapper Mic One passes on too soon
Beloved underground rapper Mic One passes on too soon, Donnie Biggins of Harmonica Dunn takes over as booker at FitzGerald’s, and more.
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Filmfront brings a passion for cinema studies to Pilsen
The cine club and artists’ studio celebrates its second anniversary this July with the release of a monograph and related screenings.
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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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Chicago’s south and west sides offer a wealth of art galleries and museums
Feast your eyes at these spaces outside the downtown area.
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Renegade Craft Fair Pop-Up in Pilsen, Home Theater Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Morgan Parker talks There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, Mother’s Day Brunch, and more happenings from May 12-14
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Four former cops turned aldermen push for police access to assault rifles, and other Chicago news
Also, Heineken acquires the rest of Lagunitas Brewing Co.
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WTTW unveils its Pilsen project with documentary this week
New WTTW documentary on Chicago’s Pilsen neighorhood has flaws
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Board votes to revoke Dennis Hastert’s state lawmaker pension, and other Chicago news
Also, city treasurer Kurt Summers decides against running for governor.
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Women of color call the shots in the Chicago-based webseries Brown Girls
A mostly female cast and crew come together to tell the story of the friendship between writer Fatimah Asghar and musician Jamila Woods.
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For Latino activists, transportation justice means factoring in immigration and gentrification
Undocumented residents have special concerns, and infrastructure-related housing price spikes are a major issue.
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‘It feels like we’re screwed either way’: Latinos vote with mix of apathy and trepidation
Voters in Pilsen and Little Village cast ballots in an election marked by hateful rhetoric about immigrants.
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Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music
Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music, 606 Records books 24 hours of DJs to benefit Lumpen Radio, and more.
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Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art
Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art, Vamos and Lil Tits play a first-anniversary party for the new Crown Liquors, and more.
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Scenes from Fiesta del Sol
Photos of the long-running Pilsen street festival and its house-music celebration, House of Sol, which celebrated its tenth anniversary this year