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Traqueros de Chicago: Museum Exhibit Takes Mexican Labor History Out of the Shadows

by Jacqueline Serrato March 26, 2026March 26, 2026

The exhibit highlights early railworkers and boxcar camps that formed on the South Side in the 1900s.

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Best Arts Center with a Revolutionary Past: Epiphany Center for the Arts — Pilsen

by Dulce Maria Diaz September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
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Best Soul Food with a Side of Belonging: Daley’s Restaurant — Woodlawn

by Robert Speed Jr. September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
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What It Looks Like to Fight Back: Inside Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum

by NaBeela Washington May 22, 2025May 22, 2025
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The Nation’s Oldest Black Arts Institution Designs Itself Into the Future

by Jasmine Barnes April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
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Woodson Library Celebrates a Half-Century

by Dierdre Robinson April 10, 2025April 21, 2025
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by Dierdre Robinson February 27, 2025March 7, 2025
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by Evan F. Moore November 7, 2024November 8, 2024
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New Book Sifts Through Chicago House Music’s Complex History

by Evan F. Moore October 11, 2024October 11, 2024
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