Listen to the January 19th broadcast, a tribute to Haiti and Afro-Caribbean music. A preview of the music that was performed for the Afro-Caribbean Benefit for Haiti, which featured Africaribe, Son Del Viento, Ngoma Alegre, Wasani with Tamboula Hosts Demetrio, Leo and Brenda take you around the world with music!
Written by Amor on January 25, 2010
If you missed on on the January 12th broadcast, you can listen in now on the archive. Hosts Demetrio, Leo and Brenda take you around the world with music!
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Written by admin on January 18, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: 2965 N. Lincoln Ave Help us support Doctors Without Borders in Haiti! How you ask? By coming out and dancing to Live Afro-Caribbean music and enjoying complimentary empanadas. So here’s the plan so far, more details are on the way:
Written by admin on January 14, 2010
the next six stories you will read here are very special. They are the stories of how six immigrant communities here are dealing with the U.S. Census. What makes them so different? It’s the bond that you will see that links them. This work is the result of a unique collaboration of six Chicago area ethnic [...]
Written by Stephen on January 14, 2010
By Jessica Allen | January 14th, 2010 The Indo-American Center just off Devon Avenue has been ready for the 2010 U.S. Census for months, not wanting to overlook any opportunity to get the attention of the area’s large Indian community. When the census forms are mailed in March, they hope the area will be properly [...]
Written by Stephen on January 14, 2010
By Zoe Jennings | January 14th, 2010 It is seven o’clock on a Thursday evening at St. Francis the Catholic Worker in Uptown, and tonight, Filipino food – an aluminum container of spring rolls and big metal pots of white rice and noodles – fills a table in the dining room. Myrla Baldonado sits on [...]
Written by Stephen on January 14, 2010
By Jessica Abels, Raphaelle Neyton and Shasha Zou | January 14th, 2010 In the U.S. Census’ most recent American Community Survey, it is estimated that 51,972 people of Arab descent currently live in the greater Chicago areas of Cook, DuPage and Lake County. Another estimate, provided by the Advisory Council on Arab Affairs to the [...]
Written by Stephen on January 14, 2010
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