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Posted inFor the Culture

Best Musical Hall of Fame: Pilsen Musician Murals — Pilsen

by Dulce Maria Diaz September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

was only five when we arrived in Chicago from Mexico through California in October, 1988. My father was a lifelong mariachi and had been traveling to the United States for work. Some of my earliest memories of commuting to school include my father driving my siblings and me from La Villita to Pilsen. I knew […]

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by Jacqueline Serrato December 8, 2021December 11, 2021
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by Jacqueline Serrato December 8, 2021December 22, 2021
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