This community center that is located on Halsted St offers a variety of services to the LGBTQ community.
What is the Center on Halsted?
100
This classic Mediterranean dessert consists of various layers of filo, honey, and ground nuts.
What is Baklava?
100
This four day festival takes place in Pilsen every summer.
What is Fiesta Del Sol?
100
This was the most popular business run by Chinese immigrants.
What is Laundromats?
100
This person, born normal but a victim of scarlet fever at a young age, was a major activist for the handicapped.
Who is Helen Keller?
200
This market located on Halsted St is the place for all LGBTQ items and accessories, including t-shirts, flags, etc.
What is Gay Mart?
200
This Greek festival celebrates Greek food, entertainment (traditional music and belly dancing), and is loaded with local vendors.
What is TASTE OF GREECE?
200
This immigrant population first inhabited Pilsen
What is Czech immigrants?
200
This wall was built in 2003 in Chicago's Chinatown, and it is typically found in imperial Chinese palaces and gardens.
What is the Nine Dragon Wall?
200
This African-American poet from New York City brought up topics of gender, sexuality, and race in her works "First Cities," "From a Land Where Other People Live," and "The Black Unicorn."
Who is Audre Lorde?
300
This restaurant has been meat free since 1983, located on Halsted.
What is the Chicago Diner?
300
This museum displays Greek-American heritage, and is located on the corner of Halsted and Van Buren.
What is the National Hellenic Museum?
300
This artwork is most popular in Pilsen.
What are murals?
300
This summertime festival has been celebrating Chinese culture for 38 years in the Chinatown square. A hallmark of this festival is the Lion Dance Procession.
What is the Chinatown Summer Fair?
300
From 1985-1995, this woman served as the first principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, where she fought to improve health care, the education system, and government.
Who is Wilma Mankiller?
400
This was the year of the first annual PRIDE parade in Chicago?
What is 1970?
400
These two food items where introduced to the U.S. for the first time in Chicago's Greektown.
What are gyros and saganaki (flaming cheese)?
400
This architectural style is most commonly found in Pilsen.
What is Neo-Bohemian Baroque?
400
This temple on Wentworth Ave offers free admission and education on several Buddhist statues and other religious items.
What is the Enlightenment Temple?
400
This person founded the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez in 1962.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
500
This architectural style represents the 23-feet pillars with rainbow rings characteristic of Boystown.
What is art-deco?
500
This decade was when the first Greek immigrants were recorded in Chicago.
What is the 1840s?
500
This nonprofit organization works with the Pilsen community to develop leadership and promote community development.
What is Pilsen Neighbors Community Council?
500
This dance is conducted by several performers under a costume. It is typical at major Chinese festivals, and is thought to bring good luck to the people.
Who is the Dragon Dance?
500
This man, born in Tennessee in 1968, has spoken to over 600 colleges and institutions in an attempt to eradicate institutionalized racism.