Anthony Janas makes sound art by sailing a boat, Fiesta del Sol celebrates ten years of its house-music festival, and more.
Tag: Pilsen
Posted inArts & Culture
A major mural in Pilsen gets a few more years in the sun
Prevent World War III, an 18th Street artwork that dates to the early 1980s, gets a new life thanks to a generous endowment.
Posted inBlogs
Shady Rest Vintage & Vinyl joins Pilsen’s booming record-store strip
Two longtime record collectors open Shady Rest in Pilsen, the neighborhood’s third new vinyl shop in a year.
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Police have taken almost 2,900 illegal guns off the streets this year, and other Chicago news
Also, a former state champion wrestler coached by Dennis Hastert says he feels betrayed.
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Police officer Jason Van Dyke doesn’t want to attend his own murder trial, and more Chicago news
RIP Winnetka Section Eight voucher holder, Anthony Bourdain explores Chicago, a speculative history of Carmelo Anthony as a Bull, and more news.
Posted inMusic
Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos
Revisiting the old haunts of legendary 90s hardcore band Los Crudos provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Little Village residents hope Paseo won’t be a path to gentrification
Neighbors want affordable housing support to buffer rails-to-trails project.
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A movie about mobsters Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana is in the works and other Chicago news
Also, LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers dominate Lollapalooza rumors.
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Two of Chicago’s most powerful Latino politicians bury the hatchet by endorsing a Chinese-American candidate
It took Illinois house candidate Theresa Mah to bring Luis Gutierrez and Jesus Garcia back together.
Posted inNews & Politics
The last days of the Lugo Hotel?
The for-sale Pilsen SRO sees time running out under a city ordinance meant to preserve affordable housing.
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The new VICE Guide to Chicago is basic as hell
VICE‘s rundown of Chicago restaurants, bars, and shops is a DON’T.
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Ryley Walker performs tonight to raise awareness for Chicago’s homeless
The jazz-folk prodigy plays a show for a good cause.
Posted inMusic
Pilsen welcomes another new record shop
Plus: The Golden Horse Ranch Band hosts Haunted Honky Tonk Karaoke, and Gel Set scores “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Posted inBlogs
Jose Guerrero—printmaker, muralist, worker—dies at 77
Guerrero’s prints, tours and murals in Pilsen and Humboldt Park melded the personal and political.
Posted inArts & Culture
Recycled Barre brings affordable dance lessons to Pilsen
Two CPS teachers want to make ballet accessible to everyone.