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- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2017
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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
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2017
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 28, 2017
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2017
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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.
- News & Politics, Politics May 10, 2017
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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.
- Columns & Opinion, Transportation Feb 8, 2016
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What Chicago can learn from Mexico City's bus rapid transit
Metrobús offers a taste of how robust BRT could work on Ashland.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 29, 2015
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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.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 11, 2014
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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.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 7, 2013
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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?
- Film, Movie Review Jul 3, 2013
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Pedro Almodovar, wacky once more
I'm So Excited! is a throwback to the director's early farces.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review May 23, 2013
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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.
- Film, Movie Sidebar Apr 18, 2012
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Cocaine, rough sex, and a killer cow
Week two of the Chicago Latino Film Festival
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2010
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2007
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Life is a dream
In the Pit, Juan Carlos Rulfo's new documentary about Mexico City's Periferico Freeway, gives the devil's highway its due.
