With relations normalizing between the United States and Cuba, and with President Obama and the Rolling Stones having just concluded high-profile visits to the island nation, Havana is hot. The timing ...
WBEZ's food, culture and health reporter Monica Eng recently saw “La Havana Madrid,” a documentary theater experience based on the true story of a 1960s Chicago nightclub, La Havana Madrid, and the ...
La Havana Madrid, a nightclub on Chicago’s North Side in the 1960s, was a place of celebration and belonging for Cuban, Colombian and Puerto Rican immigrants new to America. It’s also the title of ...
The Latin beats, music and showmanship of big bandleaders of the early 1950s, such as Desi Arnaz and Xavier Cugat, helped promote the growing popularity and success of themed nightclubs prospering in ...
CHICAGO — At the intersection of Belmont and Sheffield Avenues in the Lakeview neighborhood here, a few blocks south of Wrigley Field, once stood a Latin supper club known as La Havana Madrid. A ...
In recent years, an unprecedented wave of Latin Americans have arrived in the U.S. in search of a better life. And in recent weeks, the federal government’s efforts to barricade the border and deport ...