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Since 1929, the iconic Music Box Theatre on Southport Avenue in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood has been showing off a unique experience for generations. “The idea right now is to just stay afloat. Stay in business,” said Music Box Theatre general manager, Ryan Oestreich. Since Chicago placed capacity limits on businesses, the theater has laid off more than half of its...

When Kerl LaJeune started running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2000, he says it was still seen as an impossible task for the ‘common man’. After running the marathon for 19 years, the 51-year-old University Village resident is coaching runners this year, leaving more time to reflect on how the race has changed over the last two decades….

The Taste of Pilsen, a popular tradition during Hispanic Heritage Month in Chicago, has been reworked into a to-go format to make the event as safe as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. ¡Buen Provecho! Taste of Pilsen To-Go 2020 allows ticket holders to pick up signature “to-go” tasting samples from dozens of restaurants in Pilsen. “Buen Provecho” in Spanish translates…

Relatives of a man fatally shot by Chicago police after gunshots were fired at an unmarked police car don’t believe he fired those shots and want to see police body camera footage of the incident.

Relatives of a man fatally shot by Chicago police after gunshots were fired at an unmarked police car don’t believe he fired those shots and want to see police body camera footage of the incident.

Chicago police officers shot a male late Monday night in an exchange of gunfire in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, authorities say.

Chicago police officers shot a male late Monday night in an exchange of gunfire in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, authorities say.

A small group gathered in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood Sunday for a vigil to remember soldier Vanessa Guillen, who died earlier this year. The group held a vigil at 16th Street and Loomis Street around 6 p.m. to honor the life of Guillen, a soldier allegedly murdered at Ford Hood. Rep Chuy Garcia, Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez, artist Milton Coronado...

While authorities haven’t confirmed the identity of remains found Tuesday, the family of the missing Fort Hood soldier said Wednesday Vanessa Guillen’s body had been found. “My sister’s no joke, “ said Lupe Guillen, the soldier’s sister. “My sister’s a human being. And I want justice.”

The CTA, along with 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, is now taking applications from artists interested in updating the 18th Street Pink Line murals in Pilsen. The move comes two months after the CTA came under fire for whitewashing portions of murals inside the station. Their goal now is “to create an art installation for the station while involving community…

The deadline to apply is Feb. 26

Pilsen residents protested Monday afternoon at a local post office saying employees treated customers in a disrespectful manner.

Local Latino leaders are calling on the U.S. Postal Service to hire bilingual employees at a post office in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood after a social media post alleged non-English speakers were being turned away. Evelyn Gonzalez wrote in a Facebook post last week that she witnessed a post office clerk turn away several Spanish-speaking customers at the Cesar Chavez...

Local Latino leaders are calling on the U.S. Postal Service to hire bilingual employees at a post office in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood after a social media post alleged non-English speakers were being turned away.

Some of Chicago’s leading Latino chefs will show off their talents under one roof at the first-ever Pilsen Gourmet on Feb. 29.

The owner of a guitar store in the Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side is looking for whoever stole thousands of dollars worth of guitars from his store.

Police are trying to find whoever stolen 12 guitars from a guitar store on Chicago’s West Side. 

ICE agents have approached business and homes in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Thursday, 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez has confirmed.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the Chicago Police Department won’t cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, emphasizing, “we’ll never tolerate ICE tearing our families apart in our communities.”