HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

Artist says this mashup in a Pilsen mural of birds and feathers and a beam of light is about ‘paying attention to nature’

Mexican artist Rodrigo Oñate completed the project in 2020 with help from an art gallery that, years earlier, helped launch his career.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 2, 2022

At El Paseo Community Garden in East Pilsen, neighbors connect with nature, each other

“This is community,” co-director Paula Acevedo says. “Not a sterile park that could just be in any part of the city. We want it to really identify and show the community, the culture.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 26, 2022

Family files lawsuit as Pilsen mom remains on life support after I-55 road-rage shooting involving off-duty Chicago cop

Lizbeth Urbina is a single mother of two daughters, ages 1 and 3, and works at a shoe store in Little Village. “People love her in the neighborhood,” Baltazar Enrique said. “This is one of our children. She’s one of our family.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2022

Workers rights groups celebrate new U.S. Labor guidelines that protect undocumented workers

“This opens the door for undocumented workers to be able to fight for the right to be respected in the workplace.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 13, 2022

Cook County homeowners told to pay up for tax breaks they shouldn’t have received, Illinois Dems’ assault weapons ban 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 · Jul 8, 2022

In Pilsen, weekly Aztec dance ritual offers joy and a link to tradition

Every Thursday, a group of Aztec dancers practices in Harrison Park. Through dance, they say they find community and harmony with nature.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2022

Afternoon Edition: June 27, 2022

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2022

Hector Duarte, Gabriel Villa mural bears a message for longtime Pilsen residents: ‘Fight to stay’

It’s about “anti-gentrification but mostly the big impact from investors,” Duarte says. “They buy the small, old houses, and they destroy the character of Pilsen.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 24, 2022

Scouring Chicago alleys for scrap metal is a hard way to make a living. Just ask Francisco Garcia.

Their trucks piled high with pipes and old refrigerators, scrap metal collectors like Garcia, 71, from Pilsen, help put discarded waste back into the supply chain.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2022

Artist behind Pilsen-area murals wants kids ‘Dreaming Big’ about their futures and art

Jorge Nambo-Palmeno, who came to the U.S. from Mexico at 9, wants people to see the basic square figures in his mural at 15th and Wood streets and think: ‘I can do that.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 3, 2022