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 ...
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 ...
When playwright and actress Sandra Delgado stands at the intersection of Belmont and Sheffield Avenues, she focuses on not what sits on the southeast corner—a bagel shop and a bank—but rather what ...
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 ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Goodman Theatre invites everyone to take a journey through 1960s Chicago and the Latin music scene in Teatro Vista's "La Havana Madrid." The play is so popular it's been extended ...
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 ...