Café Jumping Bean is vibrantly colorful, with art all over its walls, chairs and tables. The…
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Del Corazon Festival returns to Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen
The Del Corazon Festival at Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art will include culinary arts,…
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Lead pollution in Pilsen takes new form
Every so often, Sallie Gordon, driving force behind the Growing Station Community Garden group in…
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Growing Station Community Garden in Pilsen focuses on water conservation
For the past two years, every April through September, 63 year-old Carlos Nunez, has been…
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Video: Infinite Ripples of Peace March in Pilsen
On March 21, youth and members of the Pilsen community hung handmade prayer flags and…
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Chicago Latinos embrace first pope from Latin America
After the appointment of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Jesuit pope from Latin America, citizens of Chicago weigh in on what the appointment means to them.
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Former Pilsen gang member works to improve community
In the 1960s and ’70s, he was a member of a notorious, Chicago gang, but…
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Video: Aztec dreams on Pilsen’s walls
Murals are a Mexican art form. In Mexico, they were part of public art in…