YOU WONT BELIEVE: 4 - What They Never Told You

Chicago says it’s on track to plant 15,000 trees in first step to fix city's tree disparities. But ‘real work’ starts now, advocates say

CHICAGO — About four days a week, Dulce Garduno picks a few blocks in the Little Village neighborhood and knocks on doors. If there’s no response, she flags it as a house to revisit. If someone answers, she makes her pitch by posing a simple question: Do you want a…

Chicago Tribune · Nov 17, 2022

Sims Metal is working to fix glitches in Pilsen air monitors

We are a recycling business, and protecting our environment, including clean air, has not only been fundamental to our business and important to our employees but it is also our purpose.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2022

In Pilsen mural, Sergio Maciel uses masks to celebrate the neighborhood’s diversity

Growing up in Chicago sparked the artist’s interest in the ‘differences between people and the commonalities between one another.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022

Bronzeville woman cooks for the homeless: ‘Cooking is my love language’

Shara Washington cooks and delivers as many as 60 meals for homeless people around Chicago, four days a week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Chicago’s best Halloween decorations: Homes and yards get spooky with ghosts, ghouls and more

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2022

Community group at odds with shelter, city over donations for immigrants bused from Texas

The Pilsen-based Mural Movement along with other community leaders say they plan to continue providing donations directly to those arriving from Texas.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 19, 2022

Removal of beloved statue from shuttered church delayed

A group of protesters continues to resist a plan to move a replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta from the now-closed St. Adalbert Church to St. Paul’s Catholic Church, which is about a mile away.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 18, 2022

Contentious plan to move beloved statue from shuttered Pilsen church gets underway

The replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of Mary after the crucifixion, will be moved from St. Adalbert to St. Paul’s Catholic Church. News of the move surprised those trying to save the Pilsen church.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022

Guide to the Chicago International Film Festival: ‘It’s time to focus on being back together in theaters’

CHICAGO — Last year, the opening night of the Chicago International Film Festival told it like it was. One film (Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”) played indoors, at the Music Box Theatre. That same night, across town, another film (Todd Haynes’ “The Velvet Underground”) played outdoors at the Pilsen drive-in…

Chicago Tribune · Oct 7, 2022

Pilsen activist’s fight to close scrap-medal shredder, CTU’s mayoral endorsement and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2022