A guide to local favorites in Little Village, Chicago

A guide to local favorites in Little Village, Chicago

By Adeshina Emmanuel – WashingtonPost.com – Photo: Lucy Hewett. Photo: Little Village Arch. “Bienvenidos a Little Village” — this terra cotta gateway welcomes visitors to the area. A thriving Mexican American enclave dubbed “the Mexico of the Midwest,”...
The adventures of War, a funk band like no other

The adventures of War, a funk band like no other

By Scott Mervis | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Post-Gazette.com – Photo: Courtesy of War. Somewhere in the pantheon of trippy songs of the late ’60s/early ’70s, you’ll find “Spill the Wine,” on which Eric Burdon talk-sings about falling asleep in a field of...