Peggy Montes started Bronzeville Children's Museum, worked to elect Mayor Harold Washington and sought to empower, inspire ...

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

Pinball in Mexico has never enjoy the same popularity as in the U.S., but in the heart of Mexico City, aficionados are ...

Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago Admission to the museum is free for Illinois residents on Tuesdays between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., according to the website. More information can be found here.

The Mexican Independence Day Parade and a weekend of celebrations that included El-Grito attracted more than 15,000 attendees, parade organizers said. The events were hosted by the Cicero Mexican ...

The National Museum of Mexican Art Board of Trustees announced its honorees for the 2025 Gala de Arte, to be held Friday, May ...

Chicago urban historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas is expanding his history lessons from social media to the museum space. He’s got a new gig at theDuSable Black History Museum and Education Center as a ...

According to figures from the last state census, the city of is home to more than 1.9 million people of Hispanic origin, 35.8% of whom are of Mexican descent. Now, the culinary heritage of this large ...

Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History evacuated its staff and opened late on Tuesday due to a false bomb threat. The museum announced that it received a threat of explosives in the building ...

Next up is Denisse Soto, a Chicago mixologist highlighting Mexican flavors and traditions through inventive cocktails. Denisse Soto’s cocktails taste like her memory of green chorizo blowing in ...

VERACRUZ, MEXICO -- Paquita la del Barrio, the legendary Mexican singer and songwriter best known for her bold personality and powerful lyrics, has died. She was 77. According to a statement ...