Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2017
The Daily Show live, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The Amazing Acro-Cats, architect Kaneji Domoto, the Joffrey's Giselle, and more goings-on about town from October 16-19
By Steve Heisler
Tags: Arts, Do This, the daily show, athenaeum, joffrey ballet, giselle, auditorium theatre, Madeleine O'dea, columbia college library, lit & Luz festival, mexico city, steve carell, nancy carell, stephen colbert, jordan klepper, Kaneji Domoto, acro cats, vittum theater, vic mensa
Rosemont hotel: There's no video of Kenneka Jenkins walking into freezer, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicagoans start to organize relief efforts for victims of Mexico City earthquake.
By Kate Shepherd
Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Kenneka Jenkins, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center, Facebook Live, Mexico City, earthquakes, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Harvey, Donald Trump, hurricanes, R.J. Melman, Rich Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, elite runners, Publican, Paul Kahan, cookbooks, Cheers to the Publican, Chicago Ideas Week, Kim Kardashian West, Lena Waithe, Video
Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 28, 2017
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.
Tags: Art Feature, Pilsen, Fourth of July, Rick Majewski, fireworks, Independence Day, Mexican, American, Mexican-American, photo essay, Columbia College, Tultepec, Mexico City, Baja California, Slideshow
Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2017
Mike Quigley: Russians hacked the Illinois State Board of Elections' voter database, and other Chicago news
Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.
Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Mike Quigley, Russia, hacking, Illinois State Board of Elections, Sun-Times, Reader, Tronc, Edwin Eisendrath, Neil Bluhm, Chicago Federation of Labor, O'Hare International Airport, scorpions, Mexico City, Aeromexico, Michelin, Michelin Guide, 42 Grams, Graham Elliot, Moto, Charlie Trotter's, Avenues, restaurant closings, AFL-CIO, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, Michael T. Carrigan, Bottled Blonde, Video
News & Politics, Politics May 10, 2017
Maria Hinojosa considers Latino power and peril in the first 100 days of Trump
The legendary journalist says the administration's upheaval has made people "much more woke" to problems with immigration.
By Alex V. Hernandez
Tags: Politics, Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA, In the Thick, Julio Ricardo Varela, immigration, undocumented immigrants, illegal immigration, Donald Trump, Mexico City, politics, deportation, immigration law, NPR, Futuro Media Group
Columns & Opinion, Transportation Feb 8, 2016
What Chicago can learn from Mexico City's bus rapid transit
Metrobús offers a taste of how robust BRT could work on Ashland.
By John Greenfield
Tags: Transportation, News, Politics, Transportation, Metrobús, Mexico City, Ashland Avenue, Ulises Navarro, ITDP, CTA, Chicago Transit Authority, Jeff Tolman, Loop Link, bus rapid transit, Jeffery Jump
Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 29, 2015
Ruido Fest brings three days of Latin alternative music to Addams Park this summer
Plus: Chicago rockers Radar Eyes play a farewell show while Killwave and Vaya celebrate new releases.
By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Tags: Gossip Wolf, Riot Fest Presents, Rock Sin Anestesia, Metronome, Star Events, Ruido Fest, Pilsen, Addams Park, Mexico City, Cafe Tacvba, Ozo­matli, Kinky, Radar Eyes, Ultimate Painting, Negative Scanner, Gel Set, Township, Hideout, Sun Splitter, Walking Bicycles, Killwave, Death by Distortion, Carried by Currents, Republic of Lights, Vaya, Stay Rad Forever, Young Camelot, Oshwa, Foul Tip
Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 11, 2014
Bar Takito gives David Dworshak room to explore his continent-spanning influences
The food—inspired by Mexico City, the Caribbean, Colombia, and Peru—is wonderful. But waiting for it to arrive is a real adventure.
By Aimee Levitt
Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Bar Takito, Latin American cuisine, Takito Kitchen, West Loop, David Dworshak, Mexico City, Colombia, Peru, Ruth Reichl, Recommended
News & Politics, Feature Nov 7, 2013
The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant
Pedro Flores is the U.S. government's star witness in the largest drug trafficking case in Chicago history. But should the DEA have looked the other way as he and his twin brother brought truckloads of coke into the city?
By Jason McGahan
Tags: Feature, cocaine, drug trafficking, U.S. Department of Justice, crime, Calumet, Outback Steakhouse, drugs, drug deals, Dollar Bazaar, North Lawndale, McDonald's, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, Dominick's, Atlanta, cell phones, Detroit, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Wayne County, Michigan, prison, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, drug dealers, wholesale drug dealers, Pedro Flores, Margarito Flores, Little Village, Sinaloa Drug Cartel, Vicente Zambada Niebla, Ismael Zambada, U.S. District Court of Chicago, Colombia, Alvin Michaelson, Ruben Castillo, Patrick Fitzgerald, Matthew McCarthy, U.S. District Court of Wisconsin, Ron Collins, Guadalajara, Eric Durante, Jorge Llamas, Frank Rubino, Miami, U.S. Attorneys, Halley Guren, Virginia Kendall, Mexico City, drug cartels, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, crystal meth, methamphetamine, war on drugs, drug supply, federal prison, drug investigations, Milan, Michigan
Film, Movie Review Jul 3, 2013
Pedro Almodovar, wacky once more
I'm So Excited! is a throwback to the director's early farces.
By Ben Sachs
Tags: Movie Review, Pedro Almodovar, I'm So Excited, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Madrid, Mexico City, Pointer Sisters, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Law of Desire, David Cronenberg, The Flower of My Secret, Lola Dueñas, Javier Camara, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Raul Arevalo, Recommended
Arts & Culture, Art Review May 23, 2013
AfriCOBRA when it was poised to strike
The first of three exhibitions in a series looks at the prehistory of the famous south-side arts movement.
By Claudine Isé
Tags: Art Review, Haki R. Madhubuti, South Side Community Art Center, AfriCOBRA: Prologue—The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement, Logan Center for the Arts, DuSable Museum of African American History, Third World Press, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Mexico City, Peter Norman, Jeff Donaldson, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Gerald Williams, Robert Black, Martin Luther King Jr., John Sibley, Malcolm X, Alonzo Parham, Wall of Respect, Muhammad Ali, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Archibald J. Motley, Georges Seurat, Claudia McNeil, Stokely Carmichael, the Marvelettes, Sunday in the Park, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Harlem Renaissance, Recommended
Film, Movie Sidebar Apr 18, 2012
Cocaine, rough sex, and a killer cow
Week two of the Chicago Latino Film Festival
Tags: Movie Sidebar, Chicago Latino Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Sebastien Borensztein, Chinese tourists, Mexico City, gay families, Gustavo Loza, Guayaquil, Sebastian Cordero, shaggy dog, S&M, Ari Maniel Cruz
Cronicas Chilangas
The obsessions of three Mexico City residents intertwine in Carlos Enderle's dark comedy "Cronicas Chilangas," screening after a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception tonight at 676 Media Center.
By Ed M. Koziarski
Tags: Film, Food & Drink, Mexico, Mexico City, Carlos Enderle, Cronicas Chilangas, 676 Media Center, Latino Cultural Center, Reel Film Club, schizophrenic, aliens, porn, Video
In the Pit, Juan Carlos Rulfo's new documentary about Mexico City's Periferico Freeway, gives the devil's highway its due.
By Pat Graham
Tags: Film, Apocalypto, David Lynch, Michael Mann, In the Pit, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Periferico Freeway, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Mexico City