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 ...
Sandra Delgado originally had hopes to write a play dedicated to her parents, but in researching soon realized how much of Chicago's Latinx history has been erased. “We are not being counted in the ...
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 ...
3 Photos & Video: Full Cast Set for PETER PAN National Tour Chicago's fabled 1960s nightclub, La Havana Madrid, comes bursting back to life in "an immersive, wholly enjoyable experience" (Chicago ...
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 ...
One of South Coast Repertory’s stronger achievements this century has been in developing, staging and showcasing immigrant tales. On its two Costa Mesa stages, through spoken word plays and sometimes ...
Heading out of José Martí International Airport and towards the Cuban capital of Havana, the Caribbean island’s affiliation with rum is immediately apparent. Amidst the myriad of Ché Guevara T-shirts, ...