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| Our next few radio stories explore the relationship young, Mexican Americans in Chicago have to their parents' native Mexico. Check back here for broadcast times or ask us to put you on our email list. | ||
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 | |  El show en donde tocamos música, hablamos de Durango, Mexico, y revelamos la relación antigua e histórica entre Durango y Chicago. Escucha este programa este fin de semana (comenzando el 29 de abril) en WRTE 90.5 FM Chicago o por la Internet en WRTE.org. Eschúchalo sábado, el 29 de abril, a las 7 de la mañana, domingo, el 30 de abril, a las 5 de la tarde, o lunes, el 1er de mayo, a la 1 de la tarde. |
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 | |  The growing popularity of Chicago-born Duranguense music around the U.S. and Latin America has made the link between Chicago and Durango, Mexico more visible. But the connection is deeper than most creators and fans of the music know. This piece aired on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. Listen to it here audio archives. Learn more about "Durango, Illinios" and Duranguense music here. Take a trip to Durango with a Duranguense fan by listening to the radio piece below, "Finding Home." |
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 | |  Though born and raised in Chicago, Lizandra Nevarez has always considered Mexico her spiritual home. Now nineteen, she is determined to get to the family village she´s seen only once before, as a child. She looks forward to eating fresh tortillas there − "you can NOT get tortillas like that in Chicago!" − but what else awaits her? This piece is one of two about the Chicago-Durango link that aired on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. Listen to it here. |
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