Downtown Chicago, the 73rd annual Christopher Columbus Day parade stepped off at noon. It celebrated Chicago's Italian ...

The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans (JCCIA), on Monday afternoon, held its 73rd Annual Columbus Day Parade on ...

Hundreds of locals and visitors gathered for Little Village’s 54th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade Sunday, in a roaring celebration of pride and power — the theme of this year’s event. It ...

The longstanding event begins at 9 a.m. with a mass at The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, at 1244 Lexington Ave.

The silence at the kick off of the Pilsen Mexican Independence Day Parade Saturday morning broke as soon as someone shouted “Viva, México!” A second woman then chimed in, yelling “Don’t be afraid, ...