Chicago Chapter of the Polish-Mexican Friendship Society

09/26/2024

Explore Wicker Park’s Polish History During Free Walking Tours Next Week

Hosted by the Chicago Public Library, the tours will highlight the landmarks and history of the city’s “Polish Downtown” and kick off programs for Polish American Heritage Month.

Hosted by the Chicago Public Library, the tours will highlight the landmarks and history of the city's "Polish Downtown" and kick off programs for Polish American Heritage Month.

08/07/2023

On Monday, August 7th at 1PM, YOU can help us landmark Saint Adalbert Roman Catholic Church in Chicago. Come to City Council Chambers (121 N. Lasalle) for the emergency meeting of the Chicago Commission on Landmarks. The commission will be discussing giving PRELIMINARY LANDMARK STATUS to this architectural treasure of Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Let us preserve the façade and interior for future generations as an official city landmark!

The city's landmark commission is set to discuss potentially landmarking the shuttered Catholic church at a meeting Monday.

01/04/2022

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) is backing an ordinance to rename Woodard Plaza as Solidarity Triangle, a nod to the 1980s Polish solidarity movement.

12/26/2021

Today, Christmas Day, Saint Hyacinth Basilica, a spiritual oasis for our Polish-American neighbors, celebrates 100 years since their first service in their current church. Referred to by some as a “Polish Cathedral”, the parish hall houses one of Chicago’s 3 restorative justice courts, a noble embodiment of our common values of mercy and being our brother’s and sister’s keeper.

Thank you St. Hyacinth Basilica for being a pillar and beacon of hope in the community

Will you help me congratulate them on their 100th anniversary?

05/06/2021

A Mexican beach town is the unexpected home to one of the world’s finest post-WWII Polish poster collections, curated by a Jewish expat from Brooklyn

The Mexican beach town is the unexpected home to one of the world’s finest post-WWII Polish poster collections, curated by a Jewish expat from Brooklyn

10/27/2020

Flavor of Poland is an excellent show! Read this insightful interview w/ show host Aleksandra August for the The Warsaw Institute Review by Daniel Pogorzelski.

„Flavor of Poland” to nowy kulinarny program podróżniczy o Polsce, który miał swoją premierę w telewizji publicznej w Stanach Zjednoczonych w styczniu 2020 roku. Jest to pierwszy tego typu program ukierunkowany na Polskę, pozwalający widzom zanurzyć się w jej historii, kulturze, a prze...

06/11/2020

“The search for literary connections between Poland and Mexico leads to La Epifania ranch. For several years, it belonged to Sławomir Mrożek, who depicted it in his Dziennik Powrotu (Diary of A Return).”

“Another figure is Elena Poniatowska, a descendant of prince Józef Poniatowski. This laureate of the Cervantes Prize – considered as important in the Spanish-speaking world as the Nobel Prize – is now in the process of writing a book about the Poniatowski family. She complains about the lack of sources in Spanish, having never mastered the Polish language herself.”

Polonia in Latin America can take pride in their very own president of Costa Rica (Teodoro Picado Michalski) and a reported king of the Haitian island of Gonâve (Faustyn Wirkus). But many more Poles have immigrated to the region, finding new customs, opportunities, and especially weather there. How...

11/04/2019

Have a look at this intriguing piece by Elodie Edjang on Polish life in Chicago. Check out our dear neighbors, the Chrzan family, as they talk on screen about what life is like in